Back in September, EA announced a partnership with Koei Tecmo and Omega Force to produce a new Monster Hunting game to rival Capcom's Monster Hunter series. That game was later revealed to be ‘Wild Hearts', which is now launching in 2023. EA typically doesn't publish many Japanese games, but the …
Read More »Hearthstone is finally getting a Death Knight class with new Lich King expansion
Hearthstone has gone through plenty of changes over the years, with Blizzard implementing new modes and card sets over the years, but the core game has remained the same with the same set of playable classes. Now, with the next expansion, Blizzard will finally be introducing a new playable class …
Read More »The PS VR2 headset costs more than a PS5 console
Sony has been slowly drip-feeding us details on the PlayStation VR2 since the start of the year. Over the summer, we finally got a step closer to launch with the announcement of the first PS VR2 games. Now, Sony has announced that the new headset will be available as of February 2023, but it will cost more than a PlayStation 5.
Read More »EA says a ‘major’ game is releasing in Q1 2023, likely Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
We're a month into Q3 of the fiscal year and as a result, many companies are now releasing their earnings reports for the previous quarter and giving updates on upcoming products. EA is no different, teasing a ‘major IP' launch for early next year. As part of EA's recent earnings …
Read More »Embracer Group shuts down former Square Enix studio, Eidos working with Xbox on Fable
Shortly after being acquired by Embracer Group, Square Enix Montreal changed its name to Studio Onoma and revealed that it was working on a new IP. Now just a few weeks later, Embracer Group has cancelled that project and shut down the studio. Onoma was a bit of an outlier …
Read More »Blizzard disables Mei in Overwatch 2 due to ice wall bug
Overwatch 2 has been out for roughly one month at this point and we've already seen a couple of heroes disabled in-game due to bugs. Just recently, Bastion finally returned after weeks of being out of the game. unfortunately, now another character is being disabled for a period of time. …
Read More »Horizon Forbidden West writer joins Playground Games for Fable reboot
Playground Games' Fable reboot has been in the works for five years now, but there is still a long way to go before we finally see the game in action. Earlier this year, PlayGround Games appointed a new narrative lead for the project, and now, one of the senior writers …
Read More »HBO’s The Last of Us TV series to premiere in January
We're just over a month removed from HBO's The Last of Us TV series trailer debut. At the time, a premiere date was not announced, but it seems the adaptation of Naughty Dog's beloved game will be airing very soon. Following on from rumours that the release date would be …
Read More »PS+ lost subscribers last quarter but revenue still grew
This year, Sony completely revamped its subscription service offering, introducing new higher tiers of PlayStation+ with access to a large library of games. In the months since then, Sony has lost subscribers year-on-year, but a higher percentage of customers have migrated over to the new tiers. As part of Sony's …
Read More »Leaked images reveal Galax HOF Edition RTX 4090
The Galax HOF graphics cards are often one of the most popular high-end overclocking-oriented models, and they will be returning for the new RTX 40 generation. According to a new leak, Galax is currently preparing its RTX 4090 HOF edition. The team at Nordic Hardware were sent two images of …
Read More »Xbox Game Pass November update headlined by Obsidian’s next game
We've hit the first Tuesday of the month, which means it is time for another Xbox Game Pass update. Over the first couple of weeks of November, we can expect ten more games to join the library, including the latest title from Obsidian Entertainment. While we've just passed Halloween, there …
Read More »Resident Evil Village VR may be heading to PC too
Resident Evil 7 was one of the few major releases to get PlayStationVR support back in the day. Unfortunately, the PC version of the game never received a VR update, but Capcom might be looking to make things right with Resident Evil Village. Resident Evil Village is getting a VR …
Read More »God of War: Ragnarök copies are being sold weeks ahead of release date
Sony sent out a lot of review codes for God of War: Ragnarok ahead of its launch in November. Unfortunately, some who got early access leaked huge spoilers for the campaign. Now, those spoilers are likely to get worse, as at least one retailer has broken the street date, selling …
Read More »EA is working on three Marvel games
Over the summer, we heard rumours that EA had signed a licensing deal with Marvel that will see the publisher working on multiple new games. At this point, EA Motive's Iron Man game has been officially announced, and there is a rumour that another EA studio is working on a …
Read More »Instagram outage sees millions of accounts suspended
Meta has been having a few issues with its services recently. Earlier this month, there was a major WhatsApp outage, stopping millions from being able to send and receive messages. Now, Instagram is facing some problems, with millions of accounts getting an unintended suspensions. The Instagram outage began this morning, …
Read More »Xbox head acknowledges large gap between major first-party game releases
While 2022 initially looked very promising for Xbox, a number of high-profile delays have left a pretty big gap in major first-party releases. Halo Infinite struggled out the gate and with Starfield and Redfall now coming in 2023, there is no major holiday season exclusive this year, a fact that …
Read More »Phil Spencer says Microsoft will keep Call of Duty on PlayStation
In the wake of regulatory scrutiny over the Activision Blizzard acquisition, Microsoft has attempted to make its plans a bit clearer, confirming that Call of Duty will continue to be a multiplatform game. While some do doubt how true this is, Microsoft is continuing to reiterate this statement. In a …
Read More »Valve potentially ramping up for Neon Prime announcement
Valve recently filed a trademark for a brand new video game – Neon Prime. Recent rumours have pointed to this being a Dota spin-off with a sci-fi theme. When the trademark first came to light, a former Valve employee revealed that the company had been working on a ship-building game …
Read More »Henry Cavill is leaving The Witcher, Liam Hemsworth to play Geralt
Henry Cavill impressed many fans with his performance as Geralt of Rivia in the first seasons of The Witcher. Unfortunately, with Cavill now returning to his role as Superman in the DC movies, he is stepping away from The Witcher, and a replacement has already been chosen. Since The Witcher's …
Read More »Marvel’s Midnight Suns season pass includes four DLC characters
Firaxis has been working on its big new Marvel strategy game, Midnight Suns, for years now. While the game was almost delayed to 2023, the game is now arriving on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S before the end of the year. In the runup to launch, the game's season …
Read More »Physical copies of Modern Warfare 2 for consoles ship with no game on the disc
While the PC gaming market shifted over to digital games years ago, many console owners still buy physical discs. However, we are now starting to see publishers pulling back on physical releases. This year for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Activision chose to put almost no data on the …
Read More »Xbox Game Pass growth has slowed down on console but PC subscriptions are rising
With Microsoft looking to acquire Activision Blizzard, there has been a lot of discussion around the popularity of Xbox Game Pass and whether or not Microsoft can become dominant in the market using the service. While Xbox Game Pass is currently profitable, Microsoft has observed a slowdown in growth for the …
Read More »WB mistakenly removed Denuvo from Gotham Knights
While Denuvo isn't as popular nowadays as it once was, several major publishers still use the anti-piracy protection for PC games. Gotham Knights launched earlier this month with Denuvo in place, until a patch earlier this week mistakenly removed it from the game. Now, Denuvo has been put back in …
Read More »Sony has surpassed 2 million PS5s sold in Japan
The PS5 has been a fast seller ever since its launch. Even now, almost two years later, the console is still difficult to pick up at retail and requires some planning on the customer's part. With the console selling out as fast as they can be made, we've seen Sony …
Read More »Valve’s Neon Prime could be another Dota spin-off
It has been a while since Valve last released a game, and even longer since the company started a new IP. While it initially looked like an upcoming game called Neon Prime would be a totally new series from Valve, a recent report claims it will be set in the …
Read More »Microsoft ‘regrets’ passing on Genshin Impact for Xbox
Genshin Impact has been a huge success since its launch two years ago. In a short space of time, the game has already generated around $4 billion in revenue, and much to Microsoft's chagrin, the game is not available on Xbox. It might be too late to rectify the situation …
Read More »Dragon Age: Dreadwolf has reached a major development milestone
EA has been attempting to be more open about its in-development projects. While BioWare hasn't been as open about Dragon Age 4 as EA Motive has been about Dead Space Remake, we've still had a good number of development updates. This week, BioWare gave us the latest news on the …
Read More »Microsoft’s Xbox Keystone streaming device is still ‘years away’
Microsoft had been working on Xbox Keystone for quite some time. Keystone, the codename for a dedicated streaming box for Xbox games, appeared once again on Phil Spencer's shelf a few weeks ago, but now, Spencer confirms that the device is still years away from launch. We've been hearing about …
Read More »Phanteks launches Glacier G40 liquid cooling block for Asus RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 GPUs
The RTX 4090 has arrived and it is truly a beastly card. We've seen many incredibly chunky air-cooled models so far, which means many looking at this GPU may be considering liquid cooling. Phanteks has those people covered with a new set of GPU water blocks. This week, Phanteks is …
Read More »GeForce Now Priority membership gets a big discount
While GeForce Now does offer a free account option, it also has a Priority subscription membership option, granting users quicker access to their games over the cloud, longer play sessions and a more powerful GPU. Usually, a six-month GeForce Now Priority membership goes for £44.99, but for a short while, …
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