For the last year or so, the US and China have been engaging in a trade war, imposing various tariffs on each country’s goods and services. What this has meant for the video game industry is that the upcoming PlayStation 5, Xbox Scarlett, and Nintendo consoles were threatened to have …

The Epic Games Store is once again offering two free games this week. Available to download for free right now is ‘Nuclear Throne’, a post-apocalyptic, rogue-like top-down shooter, and ‘Ruiner’, an isometric action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. These two games have replaced last week’s …

PlayStation has certainly had a busy day. They have appointed a new head of PlayStation Worldwide Studios, they have also created a new initiative, focused on enhancing relations with indie studios, and now Jim Ryan, CEO of PlayStation, sat down with Gamesindustry.biz to talk about the future of PlayStation, as …

Earlier today, PlayStation announced that Hermen Hulst, the managing director of Guerrilla Games, would become the new Head of PlayStation’s Worldwide Studios, replacing Shuhei Yoshida. It was also revealed that Yoshida will remain at the company, but will now be leading a new initiative with a focus on working with …

While the gaming industry has taken strides over the years to diversify the characters and stories we see, it still lags behind the other two major media industries: films and TV shows. Brass Lion Entertainment has been created by a group of industry veterans to help tackle that exact issue. …

Earlier today, Nintendo hosted a 49 minute stream focusing on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's 6.0 update. The update video brought with it an abundance of new announcements, including the release date for the newest DLC fighter, Terry Bogard, a look at the new stage inspired by The King of Fighters, …

Microsoft have been on an acquisition spree in the last year, preparing itself for next gen. Eagle-eyed people on ResetEra are now speculating that Microsoft might be acquiring Playtonic Games, the studio consisting of ex-Rare devs, who worked on Yooka-Laylee. With the recent resurgence of Banjo-Kazooie in Super Smash Bros. …

Call of Duty has suffered many controversies with regards to its loot boxes. For a number of years, the First person shooter would launch without any microtransactions in sight, only to add them in later, once sales began to slow down. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare seems to be breaking …

As this generation of consoles start to wind down, we’re beginning to see developers transition towards working on games for the next generation of consoles. It appears that Square Enix’s First Development Division, whom are responsible for the Final Fantasy VII Remake, as well as Kingdom Hearts III, are looking …

PlayStation gave the PlayStation Now Streaming service a soft relaunch last month, where it cut the price of the service significantly as well as introduced blockbuster titles such as God of War (2018) and GTA V on a monthly basis. The list of high quality titles continues with November’s lineup: …

It's always been well documented that Hideo Kojima likes films. From his Twitter bio saying “Game Creator: 70% of my body is made of movies” to his inclusion of TV and film actors into his games, and even to the extreme lengths of some of the cutscenes in his games, …

While there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that Horizon Zero Dawn would be getting a sequel (even the game itself teased that there was more to the story), it has seemingly now been confirmed through a job listing that the next project coming from Guerrilla Games will be set …

No More Heroes 3 has been long anticipated by its fans. The game was officially announced back in June at E3, but people have been waiting years for news of a numbered sequel. Speaking at a developers’ conference, Suda51 was interviewed by Wccftech, and unveiled new details not only on …

Announced at last year’s Adobe Max conference, Photoshop for iPad was intended to bring desktop-class photo editing to Apple’s tablet. After a year of waiting, version 1.0 is finally here, but first impressions aren’t looking very positive. Adobe says “[t]his is just the beginning of our journey.” The iPad is …

The most memorable moment from E3 2019 was undoubtedly Keanu Reeves’ surprise appearance as Johnny Silverhand in the upcoming RPG Cyberpunk 2077. Reeves was always confirmed to be playing a pivotal role in the story, guiding the main character ‘V’ throughout the game. It appears that Keanu Reeves enjoyed playing the …

The smartphone market never slows down. As one device is released, another immediately enters the rumour mill with better specs and newer features. One rumour is concerning Samsung’s upcoming flagship for the first half of 2020, namely the Galaxy S11. The phone will allegedly come with a 108 megapixel sensor, which would …

It looks like Luigi might finally be stepping out from under the shadow of his older brother. Luigi’s Mansion 3 has become Nintendo’s fastest selling game of the year in the UK physical charts, outperforming The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, and even Super Mario Maker 2. The action-adventure ‘horror’ …

Responding to a question on Twitter, God of War (2018) director Cory Barlog added clarity to the deal struck between Hideo Kojima and Sony, with regards to Death Stranding releasing on PC. Ultimately it seems that the decision came from Hideo Kojima, not PlayStation. The discussion started when Barlog responded …

It appears that Google Stadia is here for the long run. After recently announcing it would be opening its first games studio in Montreal, Stadia Games and Entertainment now look to be planning to open 2 more studios, one in London, and the other in Tokyo.  Google Stadia is Google’s …

Just as the PlayStation halloween sale ended, the PlayStation Store is already back with another sale, this time targeting PlayStation Plus users. The ‘Double Discounts’ sale offers discounts to its regular users, but then doubles the discount percentage to all those with an active PS Plus subscription. Over 150 games …

It would appear that Chinese companies love to be inspired by Apple’s hardware designs. Following the recent leaks that Xiaomi is planning on releasing a smartwatch which is heavily inspired by the Apple Watch, Huawei appears to also be looking at Apple for inspiration – this time for its upcoming …

Google announced today that it would be purchasing the fitness tracking company Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The move is intended to assist Google in revitalising its Android-based smartwatch OS, ‘Wear OS’ which until now has lagged far behind the Apple Watch in both user experience, and sales. Fitbit was founded …

The Epic Games Store is continuing to hand out free games to users of its client. This weeks offerings are the Sci-Fi horror game ‘SOMA’ from the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and ‘Costume Quest’, a Halloween themed role playing game by Doube Fine Productions. The games are available …

A new trailer was recently released for the upcoming Crystal Dynamics Avengers game, providing lots of new details, showing off more gameplay, and giving us a look at some of the unlockable suits that will be available when the game releases on the 15th of May 2020. The new trailer …

In just 2 and a half years, the Nintendo Switch has already proven itself as one of Nintendo’s more successful consoles, selling 41.67 million units, since its release back in March of 2017. The handheld/console hybrid had already overtaken the Wii U, GameCube, and Nintendo 64, and is currently nipping …

The sequel to the critically acclaimed Souls-like action-adventure game from 2017 has received a new trailer, revealing not only the game’s release date, but also when fans will be able to play the beta. The game will officially be releasing on the 13th of March 2020, with the open beta …

Replacing The Last of Us: Remastered and MLB: The Show 19, your November PS Plus games are the critically acclaimed Souls-like ‘Nioh’, and the sequel to one of the biggest horror games this generation: Outlast 2. Both these games will be available to download from the 5th of November. “Nioh is …

The good news keeps rolling for Infinity Ward and Activision, as the publisher confirms that not only did Call of Duty: Modern Warfare make $600 million in its first three days, but is also the fastest selling Call of Duty this generation, set a PS4 record for the highest digital …

Mario Kart Tour is Nintendo’s fastest ‘selling’ mobile game, amassing over 123 million downloads in its first month. This is a significantly stronger performance compared to its second fastest selling, “Super Mario Run” which saw only 21.8 million downloads in its first month.  Despite having the most first month downloads …

Sony announced during its Q2 2019 financial results that the PlayStation 4 had officially become the second best selling home console of all time, surpassing the PlayStation 1, and putting it only behind its own PlayStation 2. Sony’s 4th generation PlayStation was released near the end of 2013, and has …