The Sims 5 will be free-to-play, according to a now-deleted job listing that briefly popped up on publisher EA’s careers website. The job advert was swiftly pulled offline – shocking, I know – but not before the internet saw, and screenshotted, the website and advertisement, which you can see for yourself on the web archive
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Be careful while you’re playing through Final Fantasy 16, as a particular moment in the game seems to be shutting down PS5s due to overheating. Final Fantasy 16 is obviously quite a visually intensive game, so it isn’t a huge surprise to hear that it might be pushing the PS5 a bit in places –
Capcom has announced sales figures for Monster Hunter Rise and its large expansion, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. The company reports that shipments and digital sales for Rise surpassed 13 million units, and Sunbreak has surpassed 6 million worldwide. The final update to Sunbreak was released on June 8, and it featured the final monster, Primordial
As possibly one of the next biggest things in mobile gaming, a lot of eyes are on The Division Resurgence release date now. The long-awaited next, and mobile, installment to Tom Clancy’s The Division franchise, The Division Resurgence arrives later this year – yet we are still waiting to learn about what this game has
On March 6, 2023, house bill 1521 was filed by Florida-based government officials. It would strictly determine what bathrooms people could use based on their assigned gender at birth – an attempt to prohibit the freedoms of non-binary people within the state. This bill, part of a wider political assault on the transgender population currently
Daedalic Entertainment has announced it is closing its development studio and will shift focus over to its publishing arm. News of the restructuring was first reported by German games industry site GamesWirtschaft, with the article stating the Hamburg development studio would be closed, and 25 out of over 90 employees would be affected. Daedalic told
Diablo 4‘s latest patch has put players back to square one in their search for a secret cow level. Though both Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 contained parody levels full of bovines, players have yet to discover whether or not such a level exists in Diablo 4. Clashing with the game’s unremittingly bleak art style,
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a big RPG. So big, in fact, the runtime on cinematics alone provides you with over 170 hours of entertainment. That’s three times more cinematic dialogue than all three The Lord of the Rings novels combined, and compared to a long-running show such as Game of Thrones, the runtime for the
Amazon has announced its July Prime Gaming offerings, and you will be able to grab four titles in addition to games and content already announced in the lead-up to Prime Day. The Prime Day games include Cook, Serve, Delicious 3, Nairi: Tower of Shirin, Wytchwood, and Lunar Axe. Now through July 11, Prime members can
A notable modder has released footage of Bloodborne running at 60fps on PS5 with no downsampling of any kind. It’s a new development for the long-running project to get FromSoftware’s opus running optimally on modern hardware. Bloodborne is one of the best PS4 games, and technically available to play on the PS5, however, with no
The Fallout: London team has decided not to release the DLC-sized mod for Fallout 4 in September, partly to give players time to play Starfield. In a video update, project lead Prilladog said the mod will be released during Q4 this year instead. Basically, sometime between October and December. Fallout: London – 2nd Quarter 2023
Square Enix has announced the first sales milestone for Final Fantasy 16. According to the developer and publisher, the game has shipped and digitally sold over 3 million units. Clive Rosfield and his allies fight to take back control of their fate. What salvation can they bring to Valisthea? Released on June 22, Final Fantasy
The newest update for Diablo 4 rewards players for all their hard work with extra class buffs and EXP boosts. “The Diablo 4 team has been diligently monitoring your feedback” the news blog said. “We’ll introduce patches to keep your experience in Sanctuary smooth”. The new 1.0.3 build has a lot of new features for
Bioware has finally confirmed it is handing the galactic reins of Star Wars: The Old Republic over to Ultima Online studio Broadsword. General manager Gary McKay broke the news in a letter to players today on the Bioware blog – news everyone pretty much already knew about. According to McKay, EA will remain the publisher
It appears the fantasy game IO Interactive is working on may indeed be an Xbox console-exclusive title. This is according to documents submitted during the FTC vs Microsoft trial over the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. One of the documents pertains to studios or companies the Xbox maker was considering acquiring. This list included the Hitman studio
Meta has just launched its new Meta Quest Plus subscription service, and it’s one of the simpler monthly subs we’ve seen in quite some time. Meta Quest Plus, available for Quest 2 and Quest Pro owners, will add two “handpicked VR titles” a month to subscribers’ libraries. It’ll cost you $7.99 / £7.99 per month
Although Blizzard didn’t hype it up too much ahead of release, Diablo 4‘s narrative ended up being one of the best things about it. The plot may have been predictable, but characters (especially Lorath, our new Deckard Cain), story, side-quests, and many random NPC chatter were all incredibly engaging. But what if you missed some
Alan Wake 2 creative director Sam Lake and game director Kyle Rowley have further clarified why the game is getting a digital only release. Back in May, when we got our first proper look at Alan Wake 2, we also learned that the game would not be getting a physical release, instead opting for a