All the way back in February 2022, the director for the cult hit PlayStation exclusive series ‘Gravity Rush’ stated that he would like to see the franchise come to PC. It seems as though this will soon be the case, with insiders claiming a remaster of Gravity Rush 2 is …
Read More »Temtem’s post-launch support ending this year; removing all microtransactions
Before there was Palworld, there was Temtem – a turn-based creature battling MMO-like which was heavily inspired by Nintendo’s Pokemon franchise. Released back in 2022, the game has seen plenty of post-launch updates and support. Finally however, the team are moving on – but are doing so in the most …
Read More »Season 1 of Suicide Squad arrives later this month
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has not had the best launch, with fans of developer Rocksteady lamenting the move to a live-service model, alongside many creative downgrades compared to their previous work. Being a live service title however, the game is set to get a string of new content, …
Read More »Epic Games ‘hack’ was a scam attempt
Last week, a group of cyber criminals claimed the theft of Epic Games' data, including source code and sensitive account information. The group was after $15,000 for the data, but Epic Games was quick to state at the time that they had found ‘no evidence' of a security breach. Now, …
Read More »Microsoft announces 30-minute Xbox Partner Preview stream
Xbox just recently held its first look at upcoming first-party games. Now, its attention is turning towards third-party games with the Xbox Partner Preview, set to take place this week. The Xbox Partner Preview will be a 30-minute stream with more than a dozen new game trailers. Some highlighted publishers …
Read More »Bethesda may soon reveal new Starfield content
There has been some movement on the backend of Steam, pointing towards the testing of new content for Starfield. Bethesda's developers have been busy with a new “unknown app” that is being actively updated. The immediate speculation here is that this could be the long-announced ‘Shattered Space' DLC for the …
Read More »Star Wars strategy game still on the way following layoffs at EA studios
EA announced a wave of layoffs and game cancellations last week. Respawn Entertainment was one of the studios impacted, with its first-person Star Wars shooter scrapped. With EA seemingly wanting to ditch licensed games once again, questions have arose about several other projects within EA, including an upcoming Star Wars …
Read More »Ghost of Tsushima finally coming to PC, insider claims
Start brushing up on your Samurai lore, Ghost of Tsushima looks to finally be releasing on PC...
Read More »Octopath Traveler mysteriously delisted from Nintendo eShop
Octopath Traveler quickly became one of my favourite JRPGs back when it first released in 2018 for the Nintendo Switch. The game remains popular to this day, spawning a mobile spin-off and a full sequel, which released just last year. Now, in an odd turn of events, the original Octopath …
Read More »Steam breaks new record with 34 million concurrents
Over the past few years, the Steam platform has seen strong and consistent growth, with the PC-based service reaching record numbers of concurrent players every few months. Steam’s latest milestone has now seen the service surpass 34 million concurrent users for the first time ever. Back in January, we reported …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Red to feature “substantial evolution” of the Anvil Engine
Last week, we reported on a bunch of new details surrounding Ubisoft’s previously-announced Assassin’s Creed Infinity platform. More has since been revealed, with insiders claiming these titles will utilise an evolved version of its ‘Anvil’ engine. As reported by Insider-Gaming, the next phase of Assassin’s Creed titles will all be …
Read More »Monster Hunter ‘20th Anniversary Special Program’ stream announced
Just a few short days into 2024, Capcom began its celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the Monster Hunter franchise – announcing updated sales figures for its most recent entries. Following this kick-off, the publisher has now announced a special Monster Hunter Anniversary Program – set to go live on …
Read More »Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2’s current-gen patch arriving in May
Back in October last year, Bandai Namco announced that they would be updating the highly-popular Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 in 2024 with a new current-gen release for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. With the game well over 7 years old at this point, the publisher has now given an …
Read More »RoboCop: Rogue City, Remnant II and The Last of Us will support AMD’s FSR 3
Support for AMD FSR 3 is slowly but steadily expanding. Besides Hellish Quart and Starfield, which got support for AMD's super resolution technology on February 19th and 20th, respectively, RoboCop: Rogue City and Remnant II are now joining the list of FSR 3 supported games. Additionally, The Last of Us …
Read More »Horizon multiplayer game still in the works following PlayStation layoffs
Sony announced earlier this week that it would be laying off hundreds of staff members across the PlayStation business, including some team members at esteemed studios like Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog and Guerrilla Games. With Guerrilla being hit, many were wondering if the long in-development Horizon multiplayer game had been …
Read More »Dragon Age: Dreadwolf to finally launch this year
We've heard a lot about Dragon Age: Dreadwolf's development over the years but so far, EA and BioWare have remained quiet on giving any official details about the game, including its planned release date, despite being announced years ago. It looks like 2024 might finally be the year though. According …
Read More »Nvidia Reflex Analyzer comes to more peripherals
Over 500 games and apps now use RTX technologies, providing GeForce RTX graphics card owners with a better PC gaming experience. Every week, new blockbuster games and indie releases hit the market featuring DLSS, Reflex, and ray-traced effects, and this week is no different than the others. One of the …
Read More »Microsoft DirectSR super resolution API will enable devs to easily implement DLSS, FSR, XeSS and other features
Currently, developers have to implement DLSS, FSR and XeSS separately, a situation that can sometimes lead to one of the three major GPU upscalers being left out of a game. Soon, Microsoft will simplify the process with DirectSR, allowing developers to easily enable multiple upscaling technologies from multiple vendors for broader support.
Read More »Remnant II gets full cross-play in latest update
Last July Gunfire Games released Remnant II – the sequel to 2019’s surprise hit souls-like. Available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, the co-op focused title managed to sell over 2 million copies in just a few months. Unfortunately, those who wished to buddy up with friends from …
Read More »Gearbox set to be unshackled from Embracer Group
Embracer has quickly become one of the most controversial names in gaming, with the holding company spending the past few years buying up as many studios as they could. Unfortunately, due to a series of financial woes, the company has started to sell off many of its studios – with …
Read More »GeForce Now adds Battle.net integration
Nvidia’s GeForce Now remains one of the most popular game streaming services, with over 1,800 titles currently available to stream from your PC library. That said, the service has historically only worked with a select number of storefronts – though this has slowly changed over time. The latest PC client …
Read More »Remedy’s recent success will allow for better publishing agreements
Remedy Entertainment has always been a relatively niche studio. Known for creating the original Max Payne games, the studio recently found a great deal of success with their two most recent releases – Control and Alan Wake 2. Thanks to these two titles, the company has claimed that they are …
Read More »Crash Bandicoot and Spyro studio ‘Toys for Bob’ going independent
Toys for Bob were one of Activision's hidden-gem studios, having done fantastic work on the Spyro and Crash Bandicoot remakes, before launching new games like Crash Bandicoot 4 and Crash Team Rumble. Now, following Microsoft's acquisition of Activision, as well as a round of layoffs, Toys for Bob is going …
Read More »Embracer sells off KOTOR Remake studio ‘Saber Interactive’ for $500 million
While there are a lot of layoffs happening in the games industry right now, Embracer Group has been hit the hardest, with a failed investment deal putting the company into crisis mode last year. As a result, several studios have been shut down entirely to cut costs. Embracer had also …
Read More »EA shuts down Ridgeline Games, single-player Battlefield game moving to Criterion
Earlier this week, we learned that Halo co-creator, Marcus Lehto, was leaving EA and Ridgeline Games, just two years after setting the studio up to tackle a new single-player Battlefield game. Now, it seems that Lehto got out at the right time, as Ridgeline Games is being closed down. While …
Read More »Respawn’s Mandalorian game has been cancelled
This week as part of a round of layoffs, closures and cancellations, EA has decided to no longer move forward with Respawn's Star Wars shooter. While not officially announced, recent leaks suggested that the game would focus on a Mandalorian bounty hunter, potentially bringing the Star Wars 1313 dream back …
Read More »EA is firing hundreds of developers and cancelling projects
Despite recording record profits, in large part thanks to EAFC's microtransaction sales, EA is now letting go of hundreds of employees across its studios, cancelling projects and shutting down at least one studio. We'll start off with the major cancellations. Respawn's in-development Star Wars shooter, claimed to be based on …
Read More »Cyber attackers claim to have hacked Epic Games but ‘no evidence’ so far
As one of the biggest companies in the industry, Epic Games has been targeted by cyber attacks plenty of times over the years. Recently, a group known as ‘Mogilevich' claimed to have infiltrated Epic Games' servers, stealing almost 200GB of data. The group claims this data includes emails, passwords, payment …
Read More »COD: Warzone Mobile finally launches next month
Call of Duty: Mobile has been a huge success for the first-person shooter franchise, with the free-to-play game having amassed more than 500 million downloads since its release back in 2019. That said, we have been waiting for the game’s successor for quite some time now. Built using the mainline …
Read More »Dragon Ball FighterZ rollback netcode update available now
The Dragon Ball franchise has been producing video games for decades, creating many well-known and loved series. One of the franchise’s breakout hits was 2018’s Dragon Ball FighterZ. Following years of post-launch support, the game has finally gotten a native current-gen upgrade – featuring rollback netcode. Taking to Twitter, the …
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