Blizzard has been slowly expanding World of Warcraft: Classic with additional expansions, offering players a chance to go back in time to each major moment in the game as it was back then, or even with improvements if you participate in seasons. At this point, WoW Classic is caught up …
Read More »Pretendo restores Wii U online functionality without requiring custom firmware
Earlier this week, Nintendo officially shut down the online services for both the Wii U and the 3DS. Fortunately, fans have already developed a workaround for one of these systems. The developers behind ‘Pretendo' have been hanging on to a private Wii U exploit for years, which can allow owners …
Read More »Blizzard games are returning to China as Microsoft renews partnership with NetEase
In 2022, the relationship between Activision Blizzard and its Chinese publishing partner, NetEase, began to rapidly deteriorate, leading to NetEase being dropped as the publisher for Blizzard titles in China and thus making those games inaccessible in the country. Now after acquiring Activision last year, Microsoft has mended fences. Microsoft …
Read More »Destiny 2: The Final Shape will get a new subclass and new enemy types
While Destiny 2 had a pretty awful 2023, Bungie is looking to turn things around with its next expansion, The Final Shape, which will also serve as the finale for the game's major story arc. The expansion was delayed to the Summer a while back but Bungie is now starting …
Read More »DLSS is coming to Star Wars Outlaws, The Outlast Trials and Tribes 3: Rivals
Star Wars Outlaws is now officially launching in August and Nvidia is swiftly announcing that the game will support several of its features, including DLSS 3 with Frame Generation for super-charged frame rates on RTX 40 series graphics cards. Star Wars Outlaws will be one of 2024's flagship titles to …
Read More »Star Wars Outlaws releasing this August, new trailer confirms
Just as promised, Ubisoft's new story trailer for Star Wars Outlaws is now live and better yet, it included a release date. The first open-world Star Wars game is now set to arrive in late August. We've had a few hints at this for a while now. Recently, the media …
Read More »EA Motive’s Iron Man game has passed ‘a major milestone’
EA Motive has been doing some excellent work in recent years, having impressed fans with Star Wars Squadrons and the Dead Space Remake. The studio is also expanding now to aid in development on the next Battlefield game, a project that will run alongside others, like the Iron Man project. …
Read More »DICE is moving on from Battlefield 2042 after Season 7
While Battlefield 2042 got off to a bad start, DICE managed to salvage things once again. After many updates and several post-launch seasons, fan sentiment around the game began to improve. However, it is now time to start looking towards the future, so Battlefield 2042 development will now begin winding …
Read More »Disney hires veterans to expand further into gaming
Earlier this year, Disney announced that it had agreed to acquire a minority stake in Epic Games for $1.5 billion USD. Alongside this investment, Disney and Epic Games are also teaming up on a new multiverse project, which will feature all of Disney's major IP, like Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, …
Read More »Gearbox Publishing rebrands to Arc Games
Embracer Group recently sold off Gearbox Entertainment, along with a few other studios, to Take-Two Interactive. However, Embracer did hang on to Gearbox Publishing. Now, Gearbox Publishing is rebranding, renaming to Arc Games. Gearbox Publishing partnered with a number of indie studios over the years to publish some very successful …
Read More »The Fallout TV series is getting an early release
The upcoming Fallout TV series has been getting a lot of good reception recently thanks to early fan preview events. Now, Amazon will be releasing the series earlier than planned. The Fallout TV series was set to air worldwide on Prime Video on the 11th of April. However, Amazon has …
Read More »A new Prince of Persia game is set to be announced this week
Evil Empire has wrapped up its work on DLC content for Dead Cells and is now moving on to a new project. Recent reports have indicated that the studio has teamed up with Ubisoft to develop a rogue-like Prince of Persia game. Better yet, the official reveal and release dates …
Read More »The first story trailer for Star Wars Outlaws drops tomorrow
We recently learned that Star Wars Outlaws has begun getting ratings from classification boards in various countries, a process that typically takes place within months of a game's planned release. Official news on the game's impending launch will be with us soon, as a new trailer is due to drop …
Read More »Helldivers 2 hotfix will address new crashing issues
If you've been joining the fight against the Automatons in recent weeks, then you may have run into various crashing issues. A recent Helldivers 2 patch, which fixed crashes when players use Arc weapons, introduced a new random crash issue. Fortunately, a fix is on the way. In an update …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops Gulf War to be revealed ahead of Xbox showcase
Over the weekend, it was claimed that the Xbox Games Showcase would be returning on the 9th of June and that the next Call of Duty would be shown at the event. Now, new sources are corroborating this, although Call of Duty: Black Ops Gulf War should be announced before …
Read More »Monolith’s cancelled Batman game featured an early version of the Nemesis system
Monolith Productions is well known for its Lord of the Rings games, including Shadow or Modor and Shadow of War. Prior to landing on the LOTR IP, Monolith was working on something entirely different, a Batman videogame using the same version of Batman that appeared in the film trilogy directed …
Read More »Nintendo shuts off online access for 3DS and Wii U today
Just as announced in the final months of 2023, the online services for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U consoles are shutting down. As of today, online services for both systems will be shut off for good. With online services coming to an end, Wii U and 3DS players will …
Read More »The Xbox Games Showcase will return in June, Gears 6, Avowed and Indiana Jones expected
There has been quite a bit of Xbox news this week. We recently learned a lot more about Hellblade 2, which lands on Xbox and PC next month, and we've also recently heard rumours that Gears of War 6 is due to be announced this Summer. Now to cap off …
Read More »Relic undergoes layoffs after split from Sega
Just last week, SEGA underwent some structural changes, selling off Relic Entertainment, which is now an independent studio, and laying off workers across its various other divisions. While Relic Entertainment may have gotten away from any potential publisher-led lay-offs, unfortunately, the studio still needs to undergo some cuts to survive …
Read More »Helldivers 2 Democratic Detonation Warbond promises explosive new weapons
Helldivers 2 has continued to do very well in the weeks following launch and the team at Arrowhead has been swiftly delivering on new content updates, with weekly operations pushing the campaign forward and introducing new threats. The next Warbond has now been announced for the game, bringing a new …
Read More »The Elder Scrolls Online’s 10th Anniversary roadmap revealed
The Elder Scrolls Online is turning ten years old and Zenimax plans on celebrating the milestone. Ahead of the game's next major expansion in June, Bethesda has now revealed the 10th Anniversary roadmap, giving us a peak at all future ESO updates coming over the next year. There will be …
Read More »Undead Labs may be gearing up to reveal State of Decay 3
June is just around the corner and studios/publishers are beginning to lock in their summer announcement plans. We've recently heard several rumours about upcoming announcements from the Xbox team. Recent reports have claimed we'll be getting our first look at Gears 6 this year and as it turns out, we …
Read More »Insiders claim we’ll be getting our first look at Gears 6 soon
We've been hearing rumours about The Coalition's development plans for quite some time now. While a small, new IP was in development at one point, this was scrapped to focus all efforts on the next Gears of War game. Now, the time to reveal Gears 6 might be just around …
Read More »We might be getting our first look at the Splinter Cell Remake soon
Earlier this week, Ubisoft announced plans for its next summer showcase. We are already expecting to see updates for titles like Star Wars Outlaws, XDefiant, Assassin's Creed Red and Prince of Persia, but it would seem that Splinter Cell fans now also have reason to be excited. Ubisoft Forward, the …
Read More »Ninja Theory co-founder leaves studio ahead of Hellblade 2 launch
Ninja Theory co-founder, writer and director, Anteem Antoniades, has left the studio, ahead of the highly anticipated launch of Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2. This move does not immediately spell cause for concern at Ninja Theory, as the studio is filled with many creative people, many of whom are currently leading …
Read More »Hellblade 2 will run at 4K/30FPS on Xbox Series X, no 60FPS option planned
The release of Ninja Theory's long awaited next-gen exclusive, Hellblade 2, is just around the corner. Ahead of the game's release in May, the first previews have now gone live, painting a positive picture for the game, particularly on a technical level. Ninja Theory has been utilising Unreal Engine 5, …
Read More »Razer unveils the new Blade 18, the world’s first laptop with an 18-inch 4K/200Hz display
The next-generation Razer Blade 18 has arrived. The new Blade 18 2024 flagship gaming laptop will sport the world's first 18-inch 4K/200Hz display. Under the hood, you'll be well powered for gaming with an Intel Core i9-14900HX processor and GeForce RTX 4090 graphics. If you would prefer a QHD display …
Read More »ARK: Survival Ascended now available via GeForce Now
Nvidia has given a huge preview of its release plans for GeForce Now this month, with 19 games set to arrive throughout April. Some fairly big hitters will be arriving early, like ARK: Survival Ascended, which is now available via Xbox Game Pass for the first time. Thief, the 2013 …
Read More »Nvidia’s latest Game Ready driver brings fresh optimisations for Call of Duty and Diablo 4
It is time for another GeForce Game Ready graphics driver update this week. The new 552.12 driver brings new optimisations for content updates in Call of Duty: Warzone and Diablo IV, both of which now support ray-tracing, DLSS 3 and Nvidia Reflex. With the new season of Warzone ushering in …
Read More »Ubisoft announces summer showcase plans
We are expecting big things from Ubisoft this year. Not only are we getting the release of Star Wars Outlaws, but Ubisoft is also expected to usher in a new age for Assassin's Creed for the first campaign for Assassin's Creed Infinity. We should get our first official look at …
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