Hangar 13, the studio behind Mafia 3 and Mafia: Definitive Edition, have undergone a round of layoffs according to a report on Bloomberg. The layoffs are the likely consequence of several of the studios projects being cancelled in the past year, including an unannounced superhero game.
Clanfolk is colony sim set in medieval Scotland, in which you manage generations of Archibalds and Duncans and attempt to survive each harsh winter. It looks a lot like RimWorld, and it’s aiming for an early access release this July.
Details of Cyberpunk 2077’s first expansion have apparently leaked, including the dialogue for all its main quests. The leak apparently comes via files accidentally included with the Cyberpunk 1.5 patch released back in February, which were removed by CDPR hours later but discovered and saved by dataminers.
Microsoft has reiterated it will support Activision Blizzard employees at Raven who voted to join a union. Back in March, the company said it would honor Activision Blizzard employees’ right to choose whether to be represented by a labor organization. Yesterday during a meeting, as reported by Kotaku, Phil Spencer said once the merger with
For some, putting their PS5 to sleep after a gaming session is sub-optimal. They don’t want their console to be in a “standby mode,” and they don’t care about updates downloading while they’re away. When they turn their PS5 off, they want to be completely and fully off. That means no distracting glowing orange light
This week, virtual photographers across Twitter and Instagram braved the Forbidden West to photograph the menacing machines encountered during Aloy’s newest adventure. Let’s dive in: @ChowellCw gets dangerously close to a Stalker doing what they do best @UYScuti10 witnesses the silhouette of a Tallneck bathed in sunset @TheNanoWarrior is caught in this Watcher’s sights @ArtofVP
FromSoftware plans to restore online services to its Dark Souls games soon. That’s according to a statement the company sent to PC Gamer when asked how things were coming along. Each game will “progressively” have its servers restored until Dark Souls 3 is brought back online. “We are currently in the process of restoring the
It looks like the release date for Stray may have been leaked. According to files found within the PlayStation database by PlayStation Game Size, the third-person cat adventure will be released on July 19. While the date could be a placeholder, the date lines up with the game’s scheduled summer release. Originally slated for release
It’s Friday, which is usually the last good day for PS5 restock news. Thankfully, both US and UK hopefuls should have a bunch of opportunities to secure the new-gen Sony system in the coming days. Get the latest info on upcoming drops in this PSLS PS5 Restock Update for May 27, 2022. Which US stores
Blizzard Entertainment and NetEast Games have announced that the upcoming devilish MMOARPG Diablo Immortal is available for pre-load on PC today. As in, right now. It won’t launch in full until next June 2nd, but Blizzard have provided a handy ‘roadmap’ for accessing the game here. Scurry forth ye demons.
Hardspace Shipbreaker reviewHardspace Shipbreaker’s 1.0 release delivers a compelling work sim where methodically salvaging derelict spaceships is as enormously satisfying as it is thought-provoking Developer: Blackbird Interactive Publisher: Focus Entertainment Release: Out now On: Windows From: Steam, Humble Price: £30/€35/$35 Friends and loved ones will agree, I have big “background character” energy. If I lived
Amazon Games’ fantasy MMORPG New World has received its latest update, ‘Arenas’, which means you can now smack other players upside the head in teams of three. The update brings PvP arena combat in best-of-five contests that Amazon say are for “glory and riches”, but then quickly qualifies that they’re actually for unique stuff to
Earlier this month, a report surfaced that Microsoft was getting into the games streaming business with an Amazon Fire TV Stick-like device. The report was accurate, but Microsoft has since decided to refocus its efforts on “a new approach.” The report stated that within 12 months, the device would be released and allow users to
In creative writing class, they teach you: show, don’t tell. Todd Howard and his clan at Bethesda Game Studios obviously took notes on that, because Skyrim is all about stumbling into enigmatic scenes and being drawn to figure out what took place here. It shows you a dead body somewhere unusual, an incongruous set of
Square Enix has confirmed that it has no plans to release Forspoken microtransactions. However, the game will receive premium downloadable content. Rumors of the game featuring microtransactions started swirling again over the last week when the game’s rating board entries made reference to in-game purchases. Forspoken microtransactions have been rumored for a while Forspoken received its
The rumors were true. A PlayStation State of Play broadcast is set for Thursday, June 2, 2022, Sony Interactive Entertainment confirmed today via the PS Blog. We’ve been hearing rumblings about this one for a while and although the blog doesn’t reveal much, it looks like reports about what the showcase entails are at least
We’re thrilled to announce our latest DLC for Jurassic World Evolution 2. Developed in close partnership with Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, Jurassic World Evolution 2: Dominion Biosyn Expansion is inspired by Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World Dominion so you can bring all-new thrills, excitement and chaos to the ground-breaking management simulation game.
I’ve been keeping a curious eye on AMD’s Software Preview Driver for May 2022; GPU drivers often promise “optimisations” that are rarely felt in practice, but this one genuinely sounded like a performance enhancing drug for Radeon graphics cards. In a community post, AMD asserted this particular Preview Driver could provide double-digit percentage gains in