Last week during an interview with a Japanese magazine, Final Fantasy 16 producer, Naoki Yoshida, confirmed that the game is now in the final phase of development. Now on a recent stream, we've learned a bit more about the game, including the fact that a trailer is locked in and …
Read More »Hangar 13 is working on a new Mafia trilogy using Unreal Engine 5, sources claim
Hangar 13 is making headlines this week. The Mafia 3 studio has been working away on a number of projects over the last few years, and now, the studio seems to have a plan in place for a new trilogy of Mafia games built with Unreal Engine 5. This week, …
Read More »The Guillemot family reportedly wants to maintain control of Ubisoft
Just one week ago, reports claimed that Ubisoft was in the process of cleaning up its business in an effort to sell to new ownership. As it turns out, things aren't that simple. According to updated information, the Guillemot family wants to maintain control over Ubisoft, and they may partner …
Read More »NYC lawsuit claims Kotick was ‘unfit’ to negotiate Activision Blizzard sale to Microsoft
Activision Blizzard CEO, Bobby Kotick, has come under fire over the last year, with thousands of employees campaigning to oust him from the company. Instead of stepping down, Kotick decided to negotiate a lifeline deal from Microsoft, something that New York City politicians aren't too happy about. In a new …
Read More »New documentary shows gameplay from Arkane’s cancelled Half-Life game
Prior to Valve scrapping the Half-Life 2: Episodes concept all those years ago, the team was working on Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Beyond that though, Valve was also licensing out the IP to other studios for future Half-Life Episodes. One of those studios was Arkane. Prior to Dishonored, Prey and …
Read More »Datamine suggests GTA V will get a ray-tracing boost on PC
Grand Theft Auto V officially came to Xbox Series X/S and PS5 consoles in March, bringing along new graphical enhancements like ray-tracing. All signs are pointing towards this enhanced edition of the game coming to PC, and when it does, it will have even more ray-tracing features. A dataminer was …
Read More »GeForce Now is bringing 4K streaming to PC and Mac, 120Hz streaming to Android
Yesterday for May 4th, we learned that a handful of Star Wars games were coming to GeForce Now for the first time. Now right on schedule, the full list of then games coming to the service was revealed today, as well as a sneak preview of some of the other …
Read More »Blizzard details first Overwatch 2 beta patch
The Overwatch 2 beta has been online for just over a week now, and Blizzard already has plenty of feedback to take into account. As we head into week two of the beta, Blizzard has revealed some of the changes it is planning to make. This is the first in …
Read More »Warcraft Arclight Rumble is a strategy action game filled with digital miniatures
Just as promised, last night Blizzard officially revealed its next mobile game – Warcraft Arclight Rumble. This is a new game set in the Warcraft universe, offering a full PvE campaign, co-op gameplay and a PvP mode, aiming to offer “Blizzard quality gameplay on the go”. Warcraft Arclight Rumble is …
Read More »There are currently no plans to create Shenmue 4
The Shenmue III reveal will go down in history as one of the greatest on-stage moments at E3. Unfortunately, following a successful initial crowdfunding campaign, things started to go down hill. Now, it seems that Yu Suzuki isn't sure that we'll see a Shenmue 4. Shenmue 3 was kickstarted back …
Read More »ASUS slashes WiFi 6 router prices this month
WiFi 6 technology has been maturing in recent years, but many have yet to upgrade their routers. If you are currently looking to make the jump to a WiFi 6 home network, then now is a good time to shop around, as Asus has cut prices by up to 30% …
Read More »Hitman 3 director joins Crytek to lead Crysis 4 development
Back in January, Crytek surprisingly announced Crysis 4, the first new game in the FPS series in almost a decade. Since then, Crytek has been staffing up for its development push, which will be led by Hitman 3 game director, Mattis Engström. Crytek has now hired Engström to lead development …
Read More »G.Skill’s latest DDR5 memory modules make significant latency improvements
Just a few weeks ago, G.Skill revealed the lowest latency DDR5 kit to date, offering CL34 timings. Development on DDR5 has been moving fast and G.Skill has already managed to out-do itself, offering the first DDR5 XMP-spec modules with under CL30 latency. Today, G.Skill is launching the new DDR5-5600 CL28 …
Read More »noblechairs teams up with Lucasfilm for new Star Wars-themed gaming chairs
The team at noblechairs has been hard at work on custom designs and collaborations for years now. So far, we've seen chairs themed after Bethesda and Ubisoft games, Marvel superheroes and now on May 4th, the company is unveiling its first Star Wars themed chair. The noblechairs HERO Boba Fett …
Read More »KitGuru Games: Overwatch 2 – the sequel nobody asked for
Just as promised, the Overwatch 2 multiplayer beta went live last week. We're still a year or so away from release, but the game is in a playable state and there is a small amount of new content to boot, including new maps and a new hero. The game is now 5v5 instead of 6v6, removing one tank character from each team, the biggest balance change to Overwatch since its inception. With all of that in mind, is there enough here to justify a full sequel, or should this have been a revamp for the original Overwatch instead?
Read More »Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake moving studios as development hell continues
It has been almost two years since Ubisoft first announced Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake. Due to the reaction to the initial reveal trailer, Ubisoft quickly delayed the game to address feedback. The game was then delayed again, and again, seemingly stuck in development hell. Now, the …
Read More »Blizzard disables Overwatch 2 hero for crashing the game
The first major update for Overwatch 2 has arrived. Blizzard launched the beta version of the game's multiplayer mode just one week ago and players were quick to discover a bug with Wrecking Ball, which can cause the game to crash for all players in the match. The bug in …
Read More »Quest 3 VR headset to launch next year according to roadmap
Recently, Meta began talking about Project Cambria, a new VR headset building off of the success of the Quest line to offer a high-end, ‘pro-grade' mixed reality experience. That headset should be coming out later this year, and it seems three other VR headsets will follow in 2023 and 2024. …
Read More »Danganronpa 2 and Loot River headline latest Xbox Game Pass update
It's the first week of the month, which means we're getting a new wave of Xbox Game Pass titles announced today. Previous months were headlined by the likes of MLB: The Show 22, Weird West, Life is Strange and Guardians of the Galaxy. For May, we're getting a boost in …
Read More »Corsair revamps RGB Elite Series AIO coolers with LGA 1700 and AM5 compatibility
Corsair's H-series AIO liquid coolers have been a favourite amongst PC builders for years now. This year, the company is revamping its line-up with compatibility for the latest Intel and AMD sockets, including LGA 1700 and the upcoming AM5 socket. From today, new H100i RGB Elite, H115i RGB Elite and …
Read More »G.Skill launches first Ripjaws DDR5 SO-DIMM memory with up to 5200MHz speeds
We’ve seen a focus on desktop DDR5 memory over the last six months, but availability of DDR5-equipped laptops is also improving. For those looking to get some extra performance, G.Skill is now launching DDR5 SODIMM modules. G.Skill's new DDR5 “Ripjaws” SO-DIMM modules will soon be available for laptops and small …
Read More »Apex Legends is coming to mobile this month
It has been three years since Respawn Entertainment first talked about bringing Apex Legends to mobile. Now, six weeks on from the game's soft-launch in select regions, Apex Legends Mobile will be releasing worldwide this month. Apex Legends Mobile Design Director, Jordan Patz, revealed the early release during a developer …
Read More »Blizzard is working on a Warcraft mobile strategy game
Back in 2018, shortly following the reveal for Diablo Immortal, we learned that Blizzard had multiple other mobile games in the works, including a couple based on Warcraft. At the time, we were told to expect a Pokémon Go style game, perhaps with Warcraft pet battles or something similar. Now, …
Read More »Microsoft Flight Simulator will get FSR and DLSS in July
Microsoft Flight Simulator has been quietly receiving major updates ever since release, with each content patch making the world more life-like. The game has always been hardware-intensive, but soon, on PC at least, we'll finally have some performance saving features, including Nvidia's DLSS and AMD's FSR. During a recent Q&A, …
Read More »Crystal Dynamics will still co-develop Xbox’s Perfect Dark reboot
It has been six months since The Initiative announced that Tomb Raider and Marvel's Avengers studio, Crystal Dynamics, would also be a development partner on Xbox's Perfect Dark reboot. Now, Crystal Dynamics is splitting off from Square Enix, having been sold to Embracer Group, along with the Tomb Raider IP. …
Read More »Call of Duty anti-cheat now makes cheaters blind and deaf
With the launch of Call of Duty: Vanguard, the development team also revamped its anti-cheat efforts, with a new system called Ricochet. Using this new system, over 50,000 cheaters have already been banned from this year's Warzone update, as well as Vanguard multiplayer, and the developers are continuing to find …
Read More »Square Enix is keeping a handful of western IP, including Life is Strange and Just Cause
Square Enix is making headlines this week after selling off a good chunk of its western development studios and valuable IP, like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex. The Japanese publisher isn't pulling out of western games entirely though. From what we know so far, Square Enix will be holding on …
Read More »Square Enix sells off western studios, Tomb Raider, Deus Ex and other IP for $300 million
It has been just over a year since we first learned that Square Enix was shopping itself around and looking to sell. As it turns out, Square Enix will be sticking around, but the Japanese publisher is essentially pulling out of western game development for now, selling off its major studios and IP, like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex.
Read More »Bethesda is giving away some of its classic RPGs for free on Steam
With the Bethesda.net launcher shutting down soon, Bethesda is fully embracing Steam once again. This means some classic Bethesda titles are heading to Steam for the first time, with several of them being given away for free. For starters, the game that kicked the entire franchise off, The Elder Scrolls: …
Read More »Infinity Ward announces Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
We've known for a long time now that Infinity Ward will be releasing a new Call of Duty this year, and that it will be a sequel to 2019's Modern Warfare reboot. Now this week, following Activision Blizzard's earnings call, Modern Warfare 2 (2022) has been officially announced. Call of …
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