It’s a rough world out there for the live service games. Dozens of games have shuttered following lacklustre performance this year. Day one players are proving fair-weather. Who can blame them? Every live service game out there isn’t just fighting for your money, it’s fighting for your time. Why sink 100 hours into a flawed
As the holiday season approaches, we are excited to share that we have a new PS5 model launching. To address the evolving needs of players, our engineering and design teams collaborated on a new form factor that provides greater choice and flexibility. The same technology features that make PS5 the best to play are packed
Nearly three years after the initial launch of the PlayStation 5, Sony has revealed a slimmer redesign. Both the disc drive model and the digital model will be updated, but these two models aren’t as different as they used to be: you will now be able to purchase a disc drive separately, allowing you to upgrade
Ubisoft revealed its “fast-paced firefights meets punk rock mosh pits” first-person shooter, Tom Clancy’s XDefiant, in 2021. It’s a free-to-play shooter that features factions from different Ubisoft properties, like Splinter Cell, Watch Dogs, The Division, and Far Cry. We went hands-on with XDefiant earlier this year and came away impressed with the shooter. Players enjoyed
Nintendo revealed last week that it was teaming up with Lego to create Animal Crossing sets, in line with its previous Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong sets. Now, the company has released a new trailer for the Animal Crossing x Lego collaboration, alongside the official reveal of five Lego sets, their prices, and the release
Almost two years ago, Microsoft announced it was acquiring Activision Blizzard for a colossal $69 billion. Reports say the acquisition deal is expected to close this week and Xbox players are anticipating the addition of Activision Blizzard games to the Game Pass lineup. However, a new tweet by Activision Blizzard makes it sound like the
Hi Trailblazers! We’re delighted to announce that our latest space-fantasy RPG, Honkai: Star Rail, will be available for free on PlayStation 5. Board the Astral Express to explore an exquisite and beautiful universe alongside a cast of distinctive characters on this epic interstellar adventure! Begin your cosmic journey on PS5 We believe PS5 is an
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to
Image: Kit Ellis I have an idea for a video game. Actually, I’ve been making it for about six months now. My video game is a rhythm-based game. It’s also an American football game. To play it, you choose between plays, just like any sports game … but your play only succeeds if you push
It turns out that Baldur’s Gate 3‘s metal clanking sounds are so good because one sound designer literally learned blacksmithing for the game. Some people go the extra mile when it comes to making their work shine, and it sounds like (pardon the pun) Baldur’s Gate 3 sound designer Glen G. Goa is one such
Is there such a thing as good déjà vu? We felt like we had played Mystic Gate dozens of times before. It’s a twin-stick roguelike, which is a double-hander that isn’t exactly new, and it offers no real spin on the formula. But if you’re not going to do something new, then do the old
Helldivers 2 is set to arrive later this year, and following on eight years after the first game, there are a lot of expectations being set for the arrival of a successor. But, even though we have a few trailers under our belts, and we’re planning to see Helldivers 2 by the end of this
The smash hit indie fishing adventure game with a slice of horror, Dredge, has now shifted over one million units across all platforms since launching in March this year. The news was announced by the New Zealand-based developer at PAX Australia in an interview with Game Developer. The team told the site that its success
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the
Redfall was a disappointment upon release, thanks to its open world which felt – as Ed wrote in his Redfall review – like “playing through an already abandoned live service.” Yet though its sparsely populated world made it feel that way, Arkane haven’t abandoned Redfall. Yesterday they released its second major patch with a spate
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) For several years, it felt like if you’ve played one of Omega Force’s famed Musou action games, you’ve played them all. It seems the team took note of this souring sentiment, however, resulting in more nuanced takes on the formula in more recent titles such as Fire Emblem: Three Hopes
You can earn rewards in Modern Warfare 3 upon release by watching others play the Call of Duty: Beta on Twitch. The more you watch, the more items you can earn in-game for Modern Warfare 3. The beta is currently live e and runs through October 16, and tuning into others on Twitch playing the
Microsoft is looking to close its $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard next week. A souce familair with Microsoft’s plans told The Verge the company hopes to close the deal on Friday, October 13. The date is dependant on the approval of UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, which blocked the closure of the deal