Games

The cancellation of The Last of Us Online reportedly wasn't a 'bloodless endeavour' at Sony

13 August 2024

The Last of Us Online's cancellation saw 'heads roll' at Sony

The cancellation of 'The Last of Us Online' reportedly wasn't a "bloodless endeavour" at Sony. After the highly-anticipated single-player sequel 'The Last of Us Part II' released in 2020, developer Naughty ...

Future Assassin's Creed games may have longer development times, Shadows lead producer Karl Onnee has hinted

13 August 2024

Assassin's Creed may have longer development times following Shadows, hints Ubisoft dev

Future 'Assassin's Creed' games may have longer development times, 'Shadows' lead producer Karl Onnee has hinted. The upcoming action-adventure title is due to release this November after spending roughly four years ...

Fallout: London has become the 'fastest-redeemed' game of all time on GOG

12 August 2024

Fallout: London becomes ‘fastest-redeemed game ever on GOG’

‘Fallout: London’ has become the “fastest-redeemed” game of all time on GOG. The fan-made mod - which was developed by Team FOLON and is built on Bethesda Game Studio’s ‘Fallout 4’ ...

Grand Theft Auto VI will not appear on the likes of Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Plus when it launches

12 August 2024

GTA VI to miss day-one Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus launch

‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ (‘GTA VI’) will not appear on the likes of Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Plus when it launches. The highly-anticipated Rockstar Games title is due to release ...

Krafton has bought Tango Gameworks and the rights to Hi-Fi Rush from Xbox

12 August 2024

Krafton acquires Hi-Fi Rush and Tango Gameworks from Xbox

Krafton has bought Tango Gameworks and the rights to ‘Hi-Fi Rush’ from Xbox. The company - which is best known for developing the battle royale ‘Player Unknowns: Battlegrounds’ - purchased the ...

9 August 2024

Developers of 'Hellblade 2 switched to Nanite to save costs

Developers of 'Hellblade 2' switched to Nanite to save costs. The makes of the action-adventure game recently made the decision to create their new game with Unreal Engine's virtualized geometry system ...

Krafton insisted on releasing The Callisto Protoco'too soon, according to director Glen Schofield

9 August 2024

Krafton insisted on releasing 'The Callisto Protocol' too soon, according to creator Glen Schofield

Krafton insisted on releasing 'The Callisto Protocol' too soon, according to director Glen Schofield. The video game artist, designer, director, and producer was at the helm of the survival horror game ...

Sega has announced its video game lineup for Gamescom

9 August 2024

Sega announces 'its video game line up for this year's Gamescom,

Sega has announced its video game lineup for this year's Gamescom. The annual event will take place in Germany later this month and 'Sonic X Shadow Generations' will be playable in ...

8 August 2024

Epic Games breaking Fortnite promise

Epic Games is scrapping its 'Fortnite' promise to never make Battle Pass items available to buy at a later date. The studio is set to ditch its long standing rule entirely, ...

8 August 2024

Equity introduces new rates to battle 'systemic low pay' in video game industry

Equity has introduced new minimum rates to battle "systemic low pay" for performers in the video game industry. The UK actors' union has addressed issues within the gaming world with pay ...

The Callisto Protocol boss is still disappointed in how the game was handled

8 August 2024

The Callisto Protocol was 'released too early' with content cut

'The Callisto Protocol' director Glen Schofield has insisted the game was released too early. The creator has blasted Krafton for their handling of spiritual follow-up to 'Dead Space', which dropped three ...

Google has decided to end production on its Chromecast

7 August 2024

Google announces Chromecast will be discontinued as they announce Firestick rival

Google has announced their Chromecast will be discontinued. The digital media player was launched by the search engine giant more than a decade ago but the company has now made the ...

Amazon Web Services has upgraded its AI image generator

7 August 2024

Amazon announces AI image generator update

Amazon Web Services has upgraded its AI image generator. The tech giant's on-demand cloud computing platform has upgraded their artificial intelligence-based application and promised that the new version is a "powerful ...

7 August 2024

Microsoft and ASOS announce three-year partnership

ASOS and Microsoft have announced a new three-year AI-based collaboration. The clothing brand will be teaming up with tech giant Microsoft that will see them continue using Microsoft Azure as its ...

7 August 2024

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead release date confirmed

'A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead' will be released this autumn. The highly anticipated solo survival horror game - which is set in the universe of the 'A Quiet Place' movie ...

7 August 2024

Blizzard won't fix popular Diabo 4 bug this season

'Diablo 4' won't get patch to "fix" a useful error. The hit game's fifth season - 'Season of the Infernal Hordes - has revealed a bug which has proven popular and ...

7 August 2024

Descenders gets expanded sequel with more extreme sports

'Descenders' is getting a sequel of sorts expanding on the original game. Developer RageSquid - the team behind the 2018 downhill biking title - are looking to build on its success ...

Star Wars Outlaws will include missions from Lando Calrissian and Hondo Ohnaka through its season pass

6 August 2024

Star Wars Outlaws season pass roadmap revealed to include Lando and Hondo missions

'Star Wars Outlaws' will include missions from Lando Calrissian and Hondo Ohnaka through its season pass. Yesterday (05.06.24), Ubisoft unveiled owners of the paid DLC – which is included in Gold ...

Clash of Clans fans have been given the chance to 'claim' their own dragons in real life

6 August 2024

Clash of Clans fans 'claim' dragons in real life

'Clash of Clans' fans have been given the chance to 'claim' their own dragons in real life. As the popular HBO show 'House of the Dragon' aired its season two finale ...

Bloober Team boss Piotr Babieno is 'dreaming that gamers will trust [them]' with the Silent Hill 2 remake

6 August 2024

Bloober CEO 'dreaming that gamers will trust them' with Silent Hill 2 remake

Bloober Team boss Piotr Babieno is "dreaming that gamers will trust [them]" with the 'Silent Hill 2' remake. Fans of the beloved horror franchise have been sceptical of upcoming remake – ...

S-GAME has refuted claims a mystery developer said 'nobody needs' Xbox

5 August 2024

Phantom Blade Zero studio hits back at mystery dev who claimed ‘nobody needs’ Xbox

S-GAME has refuted claims a mystery developer said “nobody needs” Xbox. Recently, it was reported at ChinaJoy 2024 an unnamed developer at the studio - which is working on the upcoming ...

A 'fully-fledged Half Life game' is in the works at Valve, studio insider Tyler McVicker has claimed

5 August 2024

Half-Life 3 in development, says Valve dataminer

A “fully-fledged ‘Half Life’ game” is in the works at Valve, studio insider Tyler McVicker has claimed. Yesterday (04.08.24), fans of the iconic action franchise - which hasn’t been seen since ...

Larian Studios initially began working on a follow-up to Baldur’s Gate III because it seemed to be 'the obvious thing' to do at the time

5 August 2024

Baldur’s Gate III dev started work on sequel as it seemed to ‘the obvious thing’ to do

Larian Studios initially began working on a follow-up to ‘Baldur’s Gate III’ because it seemed to be “the obvious thing” to do at the time. After releasing a year ago, the ...

Bungie has reportedly canned it’s Destiny spin-off Project Payback

2 August 2024

Bungie shelves Destiny spin-off Project Payback after suffering major lay-offs

Bungie has reportedly canned it’s ‘Destiny’ spin-off ‘Project Payback’. Following the major lay-offs at the company - which saw 220 employees lose their jobs and a further 230 join Sony or ...