With the new PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S developers have typically been offering players much greater choice when it comes to tailoring the gameplay experience to their liking. One of these ways is through offering both performance and resolution options in games. While titles such as Spider-Man Miles Morales, …
Read More »The Switch Pro is rumoured to be announced tomorrow
For years we have been hearing rumblings of a Nintendo Switch Pro, only to be left disappointed when inevitably it was not revealed. However, it seems as though all of the stars have aligned, and a Switch Pro is just days from being shown off – with rumours suggesting the …
Read More »DICE to reveal new Battlefield next week
While there was a lot of buzz around the idea of a new Battlefield trailer dropping in May, DICE squashed those rumours with confirmation that its big reveal would be happening in June. Now, we know exactly when the next Battlefield will be announced, with a date set for the …
Read More »Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis launching next week
It has been close to a year since SEGA first announced Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis. The new version of the MMO is a complete overhaul of the game and it will be playable very soon, with a launch now set for next week. Back in April, the Phantasy …
Read More »Crytek announces full Crysis Remastered trilogy
Crytek has been unsubtly teasing remasters for Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 over the last couple of weeks. Now, its all official, with a full Crysis Remastered Trilogy coming over the summer, although all three remasters will also be available to buy separately. Crysis Remastered first released in September 2020 …
Read More »Knockout City goes free-to-start
Knockout City is a competitive team-based multiplayer title inspired by the real-world sport of dodgeball. Initially a premium game, Knockout City has now been made free-to-start following a successful free trial. Knockout City launched on the 21st of May, retailing for £17.99. For the game’s first 10 days of release, …
Read More »Nintendo wins $2.1 million in lawsuit against popular Rom and emulator website
Over the last few years, Nintendo has been looking to take down a number of console emulator and ROM download websites. Two major ones were taken down in 2018 and this year, Nintendo has won a lawsuit against another. Nintendo of America first filed its lawsuit against RomUniverse in 2019, …
Read More »Far Cry 6 is political, claims narrative director
While many of Ubisoft’s games have touched on political themes in the past, the publisher has often claimed that their games do not reflect any real politics, and are all merely deeply rooted in fiction. Many game developers have received criticism in the past for their non-position on the matter. …
Read More »The Witcher 3 and Sonic come to PS Now
Each month, Sony adds a number of games to its PlayStation Now game subscription service. While perhaps not as competitive as Microsoft’s Game Pass, it still offers plenty of great games. For the month of June, players can now download a number of major titles, including The Witcher 3: Wild …
Read More »Almost half a dozen Need for Speed games have been delisted
As the video games industry matures, more and more older titles are left to the wayside, being largely ignored – especially if they were not revolutionary at the time. Despite digital media needing no physical space, server costs are eventually deemed too high for the product it’s hosting. Such is …
Read More »Nvidia RTX features coming to Doom Eternal, Red Dead Redemption 2 and more
Today at Computex, Nvidia announced the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti graphics cards. Alongside these new GPUs, the company also announced a number of games getting RTX feature support, including the likes of Doom Eternal, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Rainbow Six Siege. This follows on from rumours …
Read More »Resident Evil producer joins Bungie
Following the success of Resident Evil Village, long-time producer at Capcom, Peter Fabiano, is stepping down from his role and heading over to a new studio. Moving forward, Fabiano will be working at Bungie, which is currently working on a new IP in addition to continued content for Destiny 2. …
Read More »New Nintendo Switch Pro appears on Amazon
Last week, multiple sources claimed that Nintendo would be announcing the long-rumoured Nintendo Switch Pro console ahead of E3. Shortly after, new specification details began leaking online and now, the first listing for the console has appeared on Amazon. While the name ‘Super Nintendo Switch' has been thrown around quite …
Read More »Microsoft Flight Simulator download cut in half
As great as the latest version of Microsoft Flight Simulator is, the drawback is a massive 170GB download in order to get the game installed. Fortunately, the download is being chopped in half as part of a new update. As part of the latest patch for Microsoft Flight Simulator, the …
Read More »Doom Eternal’s long awaited raytracing update may be revealed during Nvidia keynote
Last month following Doom Eternal's 1-year anniversary, id Software confirmed that some major updates would be coming to the game later this year. It looks like one of those could be the long-awaited ray-tracing upgrade. Nvidia is hosting a Computex keynote later today and Bethesda has confirmed that Doom Eternal …
Read More »Horizon Forbidden West shown off in gameplay stream
Sony held its most-watched State of Play stream earlier this week, during which we got a fresh 15 minutes of gameplay for Horizon Forbidden West, the long-awaited sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn. Horizon Forbidden West is set to be Sony's major holiday season exclusive, although the game unfortunately does not …
Read More »Far Cry 6 gets new gameplay trailer and release date
Ahead of E3, Ubisoft chose to reveal some new Far Cry 6 details this week, showing off new gameplay and announcing the game's release date. While Far Cry 6 was initially due to release in early 2021, after a delay, the game will now be coming out in October instead. …
Read More »New near-final Switch Pro details leak
With E3 just around the corner, and rumours of an imminent Switch Pro announcement, the beefed up Nintendo console is seeing more and more of its details finalised and leaked. A Chinese accessory manufacturer has gotten their hands on a significant number of details regarding the soon-to-be-announced Switch Pro. According …
Read More »The new BioShock game will use Unreal Engine 5
Back in December 2019, 2K Games officially set up a new studio to begin working on a new BioShock game. Things went pretty quiet after that but this year, a series of job listings have begun revealing more details about BioShock 4, including the fact that it will be an …
Read More »Sonic Colours Ultimate officially announced
Recently we reported that Sonic Colours was seemingly going to be getting a remaster thanks to a number of leaks. Now, during the Sonic 30th anniversary stream, SEGA officially announced that Sonic Colours would be getting a remaster, bringing the Wii game to modern platforms – except for Steam. Sonic …
Read More »Crytek teasing remasters for Crysis 2 and Crysis 3
Crytek made its long awaited return to the Crysis series last year with Crysis Remastered. It didn't take long for rumours of a Crysis 2 and 3 remaster to begin gaining ground and now, Crytek appears to be teasing both. The teasing began on Twitter last week, with the Crysis …
Read More »Sonic Origins announced, bringing the classic games to modern platforms
During the early 2000s, SEGA released a number of Sonic the Hedgehog collections, offering many of the blue blur’s adventures in one convenient package. Over the years however, these collections subsided. Now they are back with the Sonic Origins, a collection of Sonic’s classic games, enhanced with new features. During …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 has a new game director as CD Projekt undergoes internal shuffle
Back in March, CD Projekt Red announced that it would be making some internal changes to support development on multiple major projects at once. Now, we are starting to see that take shape, with Cyberpunk 2077 getting a new Game Director. Previously, CD Projekt's Adam Badowski served as both Studio …
Read More »Dying Light 2: Stay Human gets new gameplay and release date
Yesterday, Techland held a pre-E3 reveal stream for Dying Light 2 and sure enough, we got plenty of new details about the game, as well as a release date and new gameplay footage. The release date that leaked yesterday for Dying Light 2: Stay Human turned out to be accurate. …
Read More »GeForce Now adds Biomutant and 21 other games this week
Nvidia started off this month promising to bring over 60 games to GeForce Now. As we near the end of May, the final batch of GeForce Now games for the month have been announced, bringing over another 22 titles. The standout here is Biomutant, which launched on the 25th of …
Read More »Sony seemingly confirms that Uncharted 4 is coming to PC
Sony has been slowly but surely showing increasing amounts of support for the PC platform. Following the release of Horizon Zero Dawn, and the most recent launch of Days Gone, it seems as though the next PS4 game to get a PC release will likely be Uncharted 4. During a …
Read More »Borderlands 3 is getting cross play on all platforms except for PlayStation
Gearbox has some good news today – Borderlands 3 is finally getting cross-play support. The bad news is that this won't be enabled for PlayStation, as publisher 2K Games requested that the feature be disabled for Sony's console. Gearbox CEO, Randy Pitchford, made the reveal on Twitter this afternoon, stating: …
Read More »Dying Light 2 release date leaks
Techland is set to show off Dying Light 2 once again later today, but the game's release date may have already leaked. The studio has previously said that Dying Light 2 is still planned to release in 2021, but it may just barely make the cut. As spotted by Okami13 …
Read More »Square Enix announces Dragon Quest 12 and Dragon Quest 3 Remake
Today, Square Enix held a Dragon Quest showcase stream for the series' 35th anniversary and the publisher was not short on announcements. Not only did we get an announcement for Dragon Quest 12, but an older classic is also getting a remake. The major announcement here is Dragon Quest 12: …
Read More »Sony reveals that 41% of PlayStation players are female
Despite the fact that the video games industry has typically been viewed as a ‘boys club’, across the industry’s billions of players there is a great deal of diversity. PlayStation recently revealed that its portion of female players has been steadily increasing, with 41% of all PlayStation owners identifying as …
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