Following a multi-decade long partnership, EA and FIFA parted ways in May of 2022 due to the football association wanting to increase its licensing costs for the FIFA brand. EA has since gone on to continue their football efforts solo with the rebranded EA sports FC series. According to one …
Read More »SILENT HILL: The Short Message passes 2 million downloads
SILENT HILL: The Short Message released at the tail end of January as a free horror experience not too dissimilar to Hideo Kojima’s now-iconic PT. While reception surrounding the short experience is nowhere near the level of Kojima’s PT, fans have been generally receptive to the title – having now …
Read More »EA’s Skate gets mobile version with crossplay/progression
While the heyday of skateboarding video games may be behind us, EA is currently looking to revamp the genre, bringing back its much-loved Skate series in a new way. Said to be coming to PC, consoles and mobile devices, the free-to-play title looks to feature full crossplay and cross progression …
Read More »Bandai Namco announces London Elden Ring Symphony
Elden Ring is well known and loved for many reasons. One of its more underrated aspects is the game’s soundtrack, which perfectly encapsulates the mix of fear, epicness and adventure that you’ll experience throughout your playthrough. In appreciation of the game’s soundtrack, publisher Bandai Namco have announced that the ‘Elden …
Read More »More people are playing 2015’s Arkham Knight than Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is the first game from legendary studio Rocksteady since the release of Batman: Arkham Knight almost 9 years ago. Unfortunately, it seems as though the live-service multiplayer-focused title has failed to capture the hearts of fans, as just a few weeks removed from the …
Read More »Humble announces ‘Mind-Bending Masterpieces’ bundle
Humble Bundles are a good way for players to get their hands on a number of solid titles for a relatively low price. Those who enjoy puzzle games can now obtain over half a dozen “mind-bending masterpieces” for less than £2 a pop. Available for the next 3 weeks, the …
Read More »Switch 2 will reportedly include both physical and digital backwards compatibility
Nintendo’s relationship with backwards compatibility has historically been somewhat mixed, with some of their prior systems featuring absolute backwards compatibility at the hardware level – and others including no BC whatsoever. Fortunately, it seems as though the impending Switch successor will come with a robust implementation of backwards compatibility.
Read More »Kojima offers a ton of new details on Death Stranding 2
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was recently shown off properly for the first time at Sony’s most recent State of Play. As with all Kojima trailers, there were a whole lot of hidden details to unpack. Beyond this however, Kojima has now offered over a dozen new and exciting …
Read More »Palworld studio “recruiting for all positions” due to game’s overwhelming success
Palworld quickly became one of the biggest indie success stories of all time upon its Early Access release late last month – amassing a whopping 12 million copies sold on Steam alone in just two weeks and becoming the 2nd most-concurrently played game in the platform’s history. It seems as …
Read More »Xbox Series X|S has sold 25 million units according to estimates
Late last year, Sony announced that the PlayStation 5 had officially sold over 50 million units since its release in November 2020. While Microsoft stopped reporting on Xbox’s sales years ago, thanks to Take-Two Interactive’s latest fiscal earnings meeting, we now have a strong estimate. As mentioned, late last year …
Read More »GTA V nears 200 million copies sold
For more than a decade now, Grand Theft Auto 5 has continued to sell like hotcakes, with the now-two-generation-old title consistently pushing further and further towards the 200 million mark. It seems as though the day is near, with Rockstar announcing that GTA V has now sold over 195 million …
Read More »Humble has donated more than $250 million to charity since its launch
For more than a decade now, Humble has offered a new way to purchase PC games, letting you acquire ‘bundles’ of related titles for heavily discounted prices – with a portion of the proceedings going to different charities. Since its founding in 2010, the company has raised an impressive amount …
Read More »Ubisoft CEO claims Skull & Bones is a “Quadruple-A game”
Skull and Bones has had an incredibly turbulent development. After being delayed over half a dozen times and pushed back years beyond its initial release date, the multiplayer Ubisoft pirate game is finally actually launching on the 16th of February. That said, excitement surrounding the game has been minimal, but …
Read More »Spider-Man 2 ‘New Game+’ update arriving next month
Late last year, following the release of Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Insomniac Games announced that the title would be getting a rather significant update in 2024 – bringing with it a NewGame+ mode, additional accessibility options and more. Though details on the update remain light, we now know that the NG+ …
Read More »EVO 2024 line-up announced – including the return of SF3: Third Strike
EVO is one of the biggest competitive gaming tournaments in the industry, dating all the way back to 1996 and offering an arena where the biggest and best fighting game champions can clash. Back in September of last year, the event coordinator announced that more details on 2024’s EVO would …
Read More »Phantom Blade Zero demo detailed – will be invite only
A couple days ago, the team at S-GAME released a new trailer for their upcoming spectacle fighter Phantom Blade Zero. Though no release date has been given, the team promised that a demo will be released sometime this year. Unfortunately, more details surrounding the demo have been revealed – including …
Read More »Overwatch 2 Season 9 includes Cowboy Bebop crossover
Overwatch 2 has had somewhat of a controversial life so far, with many of the game’s promises ultimately being canned in favour of more small-scale changes and additions over time. That said, the team at Blizzard have been putting a decent amount of work into each new Season – the …
Read More »Honkai Star Rail surpasses 100 million downloads in 10 months
Genshin Impact put studio MiHoYo (now known as HoYoverse) on the map, with the open-world free-to-play Zelda-like title raking in over $4 Billion since its launch in late 2020. Since then, the team have released Honaki Star Rail – which while it performed well ahead of launch, has not been …
Read More »February’s Humble Choice line-up available now
Each month, those who are subscribed to the Humble Choice service are privy to a number of games – letting you obtain a handful of titles for a relatively low price. February’s line-up is now available to acquire, including the likes of Life is Strange: True Colors and Scorn. Available …
Read More »Persona 2 and 4 Remakes reportedly in development
Following the success of Persona 3 Reload, it looks like Atlus is now looking to remake Persona 2 and Persona 4...
Read More »PS5 firmware update adds DualSense improvements and more
Since its launch back in 2020, the PlayStation 5 has received a significant number of updates, adding brand new features alongside miscellaneous quality-of-life improvements. This latest beta update is part of the latter – though does bring with it a whole host of welcome additions. Making the announcement via the …
Read More »Helldivers II to get free post-launch story updates
Helldivers II is the next major first-party release from PlayStation Studios, with the co-op focused 3rd person shooter set to arrive later this week. Ahead of launch, the team have released a story recap for the first game – alongside promises of free post-launch support, Making the announcement via the …
Read More »Nintendo Switch becomes best-selling console ever in Japan
When all is said and done, the Nintendo Switch will have been one of the most successful video game consoles of all time. With less than a year to go until the company most likely releases their next-gen successor, the 2017 handheld-hybrid has proven itself across the world – especially …
Read More »Persona 3 Reload becomes biggest ATLUS game on Steam
For decades, the Persona series remained exclusive to Sony’s PlayStation platforms. Back in 2020 however the PS Vita exclusive Persona 4 Golden was remastered for the PC. Since then, many more ATLUS titles have been added to the platform – to great success. Even so, the release of Persona 3 …
Read More »Naughty Dog on TLOU Part III: “There is one more chapter to the story”
Shortly following the launch of The Last of Us Part II Remastered, Naughty Dog released Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II. The two-hour long documentary holds many revelations within it, but one of the most interesting is the fact that Naughty Dog’s next game is not a …
Read More »Neil Druckmann addresses TLOU Part II leaker
Back in 2020, ahead of the much anticipated launch of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II, the entirety of the game’s major plot points were released online, marking one of the single biggest leaks for a game in the industry’s history. Though the team of course addressed these …
Read More »Capcom reportedly working on 5 separate Resident Evil games
The Resident Evil series is by far Capcom’s biggest, with the decades-long franchise seeing more than 150 million copies sold across its many games. Following its continued success with the likes of Resident Evil Village and RE4 Remake, the publisher is said to currently be working on nearly half a …
Read More »Phantom Blade Zero gets new trailer and demo release update
During Sony’s PlayStation Showcase last year, the console manufacturer showed off a number of new titles, including Phantom Blade Zero – an action heavy experience which features some of the most flashy and bombastic combat seen in a video game. While we have yet to get a release date, a …
Read More »Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth ships over 1 million copies in a week
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is the latest mainline entry in the long-running Yakuza (now Like a Dragon) franchise. Though it was originally a rather niche series, the Yakuza games have seen a strong and rapid growth over the past generation – with Infinite Wealth having managed to ship an …
Read More »Hi-FI RUSH all-but-confirmed to be coming to PS5 and Switch
In recent weeks we have heard a great deal about Microsoft and their alleged plans to adopt a more multi-platform approach with their games. This was followed up by an update to Xbox exclusive Hi-Fi RUSH which seemed to suggest that the game would be coming to PlayStation. Now, thanks …
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