Yuji Naka, Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator, has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison and has been ordered to pay the equivalent of over $1.2 million in fines. The former Square Enix executive pled guilty to insider trading back in March. At a trial held in Tokyo District Court, it is believed
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Immortals of Aveum is a big budget, first-person magic shooter from Ascendant Studios, a new team built from industry veterans who have worked on the likes of Call of Duty and The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series. In fact, the Call of Duty inspirations are clear in how the game is trying to target magic
The latest Epic Games Store weekly freebie is Midnight Ghost Hunt. Replacing last week’s free game Death Stranding, Midnight Ghost Hunt is a 4v4 multiplayer title where spirits stalk the halls, and you are assigned to eliminate as a Ghost Hunter. Developed by Vaulted Sky Games and published by Coffee Stain Publishing, it’s Midnight Ghost
Capcom will host the final Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak digital event next week. It asks players to tune in to find out what’s coming in the Bonus Update, followed by a developer roundtable where the team will reflect on bringing Rise and Sunbreak to life. The digital show will kick off at 7am PT, 10am
Cutie Patootie Axew heads up the next Pokemon Go Community Day, and you can catch oodles of them next weekend on June 10. The Dragon-type Tusk Pokemon will appear more frequently in the wild, and if you’re lucky, you might even catch a shiny. If you evolve Axew into its first evolution Fraxure into the
The controversial and headline-attracting - and definitely not a political statement – shooter Six Days in Fallujah is arriving on PC through Steam’s Early Access program on June 22. Claiming to offer an experience that will put players in a position of experiencing modern “through the eyes of those who were there”, the tactical shooter
CD Projekt Red has announced the lastest sales figure for The Wither 3, and it’s a big number. According to the studio, the game has sold over 50 million copies worldwide, making it the ninth best-selling game of all time behind Red Dead Redemption 2. Minecraft is at the top of the list, with over
The first round of June games have been announced for Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass. Kicking things off today are top-down adventure game Chicory: A Colorful Tale on cloud, console, and PC and open-world, sci-fi sandbox game Farworld Pioneers for console ad PC. The world’s color has vanished. Can you bring it back?
There’s plenty of new PS5 games to look forward to in 2023. Thanks to some delays last year, and some new announcements, this year is absolutely packed with game releases, from big-budget AAA titles to indies. From Street Fighter 6 to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, many exciting new PlayStation 5 games are arriving in 2023 – with
On Friday (May 26) the creators of the Dolphin emulator, which allows users to play GameCube and Wii games, announced that the planned Steam release for the emulator is now indefinitely postponed. In the statement, it’s claimed that Nintendo filed a DMCA takedown notice with Steam owner Valve against Dolphin’s page on the PC gaming
Following the news that Remedy Entertainment will not be releasing Alan Wake 2 physically, THQ Nordic has offered to do it instead. Last week, following the first gameplay trailer for Alan Wake 2, developer Remedy released an FAQ where it stated that the upcoming sequel would be receiving a digital only release. This obviously made
The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake is in an uncertain state right now, but a recent report does at least suggest it’s still in development. It’s safe to say that since its announcement in 2021, things haven’t been sounding too good for the remake of Knights of the Old Republic. A report
A technical update for Escape From Tarkov has fixed several long-standing technical issues in the game. While these technical updates are light on content, they often work on the underlying systems that underpin the game. You can see the patch notes for the update here. The headline feature for long-term players will be the full
If you’ve ever dreamed of having your name on a statue, then all you need to do is be one of the first 1000 people to reach the level cap in Diablo 4 – while playing on hardcore. Diablo 4 is very nearly here (it’s out June 6) and in the lead up to the
While it’s obvious that Devil May Cry has had a big influence on Final Fantasy 16, it seems that Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was a source of inspiration too. In just a few days, we’ll be in the launch month for Final Fantasy 16, as we were reminded by in the recent launch trailer shown
Frontier has announced a brand new Warhammer RTS. Set in the world of Games Workshop’s beloved fantasy tabletop game, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin is a brand RTS in the mold of genre classics like Starcraft 2, Dawn of War, and Company of Heroes. In a welcome twist, Realms of Ruin won’t just
After over three decades since the first Alone in the Dark title, THQ Nordic is rebooting the series for October 25, later this year. This cosmic horror title pioneered the fixed-camera formula that fans would later see in series like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, with many hailing the original Alone in the Dark as
Alone in the Dark is back, this time starring some celebrity talent in the form of Jodie Comer and David Harbour. The pair will be playing the two protagonists that you’ll be able to take control of once the game launches on October 25. Harbour will be taking the role of Detective Edward Carnby, while