Since its announcement back in 2016, Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding has seemed more like a dream with its weird and wonderful cinematics. Now, the game has come to life with a complete gameplay showcase during this year’s PlayStation’s E3 panel, as Death Stranding introduces more stars into its Hollywood line-up. …
Read More »Naturally, Bethesda’s most logical release is Skyrim for Amazon’s Alexa
Bethesda ended its E3 presentation by announcing the long-awaited Elder Scrolls VI. While many rejoiced at the title finally becoming a reality, countless more breathed a sigh of relief that this would likely be the end of Skyrim’s limitless re-releases. Unfortunately for that crowd, Bethesda has transcended the meme, announcing …
Read More »The Elder Scrolls VI and Starfield announced at Bethesda E3 conference
At Bethesda's E3 conference last night, not only did we get a good look at Fallout 76 and a few other games heading our way in the near future, but we were also treated to two major announcements. For starters, Bethesda has announced The Elder Scrolls VI, but the studio …
Read More »Forza Horizon 4 is set in Great Britain and will release in October 2018
Over the last six years, Playground Games has been helping to keep Microsoft's first-party efforts afloat with the Forza Horizon series. These huge open world racers tend to be crowd pleasers, but Forza Horizon 4 looks to be the best entry yet. The new game arrives in October and will …
Read More »Gears of War 5 and two spin-offs announced at Microsoft’s E3 conference
Two years ago, Gears of War made its big return with Gears 4. The game went on to garner plenty of praise amongst fans and critics, but we've all been left wondering what's next since then. Fortunately, the franchise made a huge splash at E3 this year, with three games …
Read More »Bethesda unveils Fallout 76, an online-only multiplayer survival experience out November
After dropping a new trailer during Microsoft’s E3 panel, Bethesda took to the stage for its own showcase, shedding light on Fallout 76. Approximately four times the size of Fallout 4, Fallout 76 will be an online-only survival game akin to Day Z and Rust, set just 25 years after …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077’s first full trailer revealed at E3
Cyberpunk 2077 was first teased all the way back at the start of 2013, and five years later we finally have our first look at what the game has in store for us. Last night during the Xbox E3 conference, CD Projekt Red finally unveiled the game, with a new …
Read More »9 of the most wanted sequels unlikely to appear this E3
E3 has arrived, and while there will be announcements aplenty, unfortunately not all series will get the same attention. Here are 9 of the most wanted sequels that likely won't appear at the event.
Read More »Hitman 2 announced and coming in November this year
Under Square Enix's reign, IO Interactive took Agent 47 in a very different direction with a new episodic Hitman game released in 2016. The game actually turned out to be fairly well received, but we were unsure whether or not we would get a sequel once IO Interactive went independent. …
Read More »Atari VCS faked gameplay footage as well as showing a port the creator knew nothing about
Over the course of this year, Atari has been trying to get a new home console off the ground in the form of the Atari VCS. The crowdfunding campaign advertised a few things, and even showed off gameplay. Unfortunately, it looks like at least some of the footage shown was …
Read More »Just Cause 4 leaked and a new IP revealed by Avalanche Studios
Avalanche Studios have a lot of projects going on right now. We already know that the team is co-developing Rage 2 with id Software, but yesterday two more games sprung out of the studio, as Just Cause 4 leaked on Steam and Avalanche revealed a brand new IP called ‘Generation …
Read More »Microsoft confirms rumours that Crackdown 3 will release in 2019
Yesterday we received word that the release of Crackdown 3 may have been pushed back once again, this time out of 2018 and into 2019. While the source on the story was strong, there were doubts amongst fans, but today we can finally put those doubts to rest, as Microsoft …
Read More »E3 2018: Here is the complete schedule for each of the big conferences
E3 is consistently the most exciting time of the year for gamers everywhere and this year should be no different. The event kicks off this weekend, and all of the big publishers are prepared, with EA, Microsoft, Bethesda, Square Enix, Ubisoft, Nintendo and Sony all hosting press conferences. Similarly to last …
Read More »Skate 3 servers are back up years after they unofficially shut down
There is a lot of mystery surrounding EA's plans for the Skate series. Back in 2015, Skate 3's online servers went down with no official announcement, and over the last couple of years, there have been plenty of rumours surrounding Skate 4. Now, it looks like we may finally be …
Read More »Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu/Eevee will require Nintendo online subscription
Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu/Eevee is looking to be quite a unique Pokémon adventure, thanks to Pokémon Go compatibility and various gameplay changes. It looks like these games will also be used to help push Nintendo's upcoming Switch Online subscription service too, with trading and online battling locked behind the service. …
Read More »The UK is now Europe’s largest video games market
The gaming market has been consistently growing over the last decade across all segments. From mobile and VR to PC and consoles, there are more active gamers now than ever before. With that in mind, plenty of research goes on behind the scenes to figure out the biggest markets, and …
Read More »Crackdown 3 has apparently been pushed back to 2019
It has been a long road for Crackdown 3 and it seems to just keep getting longer. The game was first revealed back in 2014 and was originally expected to release in 2016. Delays pushed the game into 2017, then into 2018 and now, it looks like the game is …
Read More »Valve loosens its grip on content control, now allowing any law abiding title on Steam
Valve’s content policy has been the subject of a lot of conversation over the years, with the firm often criticised for allowing one type of game to flourish, such as the recent school shooter simulator, while titles with sexual content seem to always have a target on their back. Well, …
Read More »Facebook gave Chinese companies access to user data
On the third of June, sources reported that Facebook had given around 60 firms access to user data on the service. Three days later, it has been discovered that some of the firms involved were Chinese, including one deemed a national security threat by the US. After some more digging, …
Read More »A job posting by Blizzard confirms new Diablo project is in development
Blizzard is quite well known for leaking information about new projects through job listings, and they’ve done it again. This time they are looking for a Dungeon Artist for a currently unannounced Diablo project. On the Job Openings section of the Blizzard website, you will find the position of ‘Dungeon …
Read More »Fortnite for Nintendo Switch leaked via an update to the eShop
Fortnite is the biggest game in the world right now, with the free-to-play behemoth boasting over 45 million players worldwide. Thanks to some data mining of the latest Nintendo eShop update, it was revealed that Fortnite will be coming to the Nintendo Switch, confirming the last few months of rumours. …
Read More »Evolve’s writer weighs in on the inevitable failure of its 4v1 design
Earlier this week, 2K Games announced that it would be shutting down the dedicated servers of Evolve, and with it removing ranked play and leaderboards. Since then, writer and designer of the title, Matt Colville has shared his thoughts as to why he believed the game had such a turbulent …
Read More »Yakuza Creator estimates sales of between 800,000 to 900,000 worldwide for Yakuza 6
Toshihiro Nagoshi, the creator of the Yakuza franchise, revealed yesterday in a Sega Nama live stream that Yakuza 6 sold between 800,000 and 900,000 copies worldwide. He went on to explain, it's not the totality of the number that is interesting, but where the sales came from. Siliconera deciphered the …
Read More »Apple lifts two-month ban on iOS Telegram updates
In April, Russia imposed an official ban on the messaging app, Telegram. Russia ordered Apple to remove the app from the App Store, and since the order, Telegram updates on iOS were banned worldwide. Now finally, two months later, that ban has been lifted. Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, revealed …
Read More »Bungie receives $100m investment from Chinese publisher
Bungie is the mastermind behind some of the biggest games of all-time, including the likes of Halo and Destiny (and Marathon…). Now, they could be going in a different direction with the help of a Chinese publisher called NetEase. Bungie reported on the 1st of June that they had received …
Read More »Code Vein will be hitting PC and consoles in September
Code Vein was revealed all the way back in May 2017, as an action RPG that would scratch the same itch as the likes of Dark Souls. Just over a year we now have a finalised release date for the anime-inspired co-op title. Code Vein is due to release on …
Read More »Botched Amazon listing hints at Fallout 76 release date ahead of E3 reveal
Last week, Bethesda announced Fallout 76, a supposedly online experiment on the developer’s normal single-player format. While more will be revealed during Bethesda’s conference on June 10th, it looks like we might have an indication of when the new post-apocalyptic title will release. Typically, a new Fallout title falls into …
Read More »2K Games waves goodbye to Evolve with plans to shut down its dedicated servers
Evolve suffered a turbulent first year in 2015, eventually transitioning into a free-to-play model with ‘Evolve Stage 2’ the following year. Just like developer Turtle Rock abandoned the title soon after the switch, publisher 2K Games is also walking away, turning off its dedicated servers in September. Presumably in its …
Read More »Atari VCS crowdfunding campaign surpasses $2 million within its first day
Upon announcing its return to the console world, reporters were sceptical of Atari’s claims that there was a gap in the market for its newly launched Atari VCS given its previously established competition. These same reporters are now eating their words, including yours truly, as Atari has amassed a whopping …
Read More »Epic Games introduces ‘vehicles’ into Fortnite: Battle Royale
Despite being a core part of rival, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, vehicles have been noticeably missing from Fortnite: Battle Royale since the title launch last September. Epic Games has now rectified this, introducing the game’s first mode of transport: A shopping cart. Also known as a trolley here in Britain, Epic’s entertaining …
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