Sony is reportedly working on a Horizon Zero Dawn series with Netflix, according to a report from Japanese tech and software analyst David Gibson. The news comes the same day Sony Pictures presented its 2022 business segment briefing, though the Horizon series is not mentioned in the presentation documents. This production with Netflix would join […]
Hey there! Tom from Media Molecule here, who’s very happy to announce the return of Dreams’ annual virtual exhibition show: DreamsCom. An event that puts the Dreams Community front and center, giving everyone in the Dreamiverse a chance to showcase who they are in Dreams from game developers to music makers to streamers to film […]
After a two-year delay, Star Wars Celebration returns on Thursday. The 2022 iteration of Lucasfilm’s fan event will offer a peek at projects coming to our galaxy in the near future — like Disney Plus series Andor and Ahsoka — and those that are still far, far away, like season 3 of The Mandalorian. Star […]
It’s Thursday and folks are still recovering from the recent PS5 restocks. Both US and UK hopefuls got the chance to buy a PS5 from various retailers, which makes a change from the fairly barren start to the month. Happily, there are more drops to come for those who haven’t yet secured a new-gen Sony […]
Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki said that while Elden Ring doesn’t take inspiration from any one game in particular, he himself has been influenced by other open worlds including Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Elder Scrolls series, and The Witcher 3. Speaking to Xbox Wire Japan (independently translated by IGN), Miyazaki was asked if […]
Sony has shared PC sales figures for the prior fiscal year ended March 31 and is impressed enough with sales that it plans to have a third of its titles available on PC by 2025. In a financial briefing, Sony said it expects exponential growth to be sustained by PC titles beyond its current fiscal […]
Fortnite’s latest season is set for an explosive ending. Fortnite Chapter 3 season 2 will end on June 4 with a unique event called Collision, Epic Games announced on Thursday. The event will begin at 4 p.m. ET, when players will be able to hop into Fortnite for the one-time-only conclusion to the game’s Zero […]
Jim Ryan has told investors that he believes the reaction to the launch of the new PS Plus tiers in Asia has been “extremely positive”. The comment was made despite the “technical error” that saw some players charged higher fees to upgrade to PS Plus Extra or PS Plus Premium depending on how much they […]
It looks like Housemarque’s third-person shooter Returnal might be heading to PC if information pulled from Steam’s database is any indication. Going by the title “Oregon” on SteamDB (thanks, resetera), the listing has various tags attached which describe the game perfectly. Tags include: female protagonist, bullet-hell, single-player, third-person shooter, and roguelike among others. If accurate, […]
The protagonists of The Quarry are a delightful set of dipshits. They straddle the line between being fun and obnoxious, running the teen-archetype gamut from shy bookworms to Riverdale-esque drama queens. Some of these kids are a little more realistic, while others aren’t here to make friends — they’re here to start trouble or break […]
A Returnal PC version has apparently turned up on SteamDB under the codename “Oregon.” Strings found by internet sleuths make reference to Tower of Sisyphus and Atropos, and the “bullet hell, rogue-like” tags used by the database are a dead giveaway. Returnal’s PC version was first outed by the big GeForce Now leak, which has […]
God of War: Ragnarok has received a rating in South Korea, suggesting the game is on track for its 2022 release date. As spotted by ResetEra user modiz, Ragaorok was rated as an “18 and over” game by South Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee, and a game being rated usually signifies that a relatively […]
The PlayStation VR2 will launch with more than 20 major games, seemingly including the Horizon virtual reality game, Call of the Mountain. Revealed in Sony’s latest investor briefing, there are “20 plus first-party and third-party titles confirmed for PS VR2 at launch”. Interestingly, the slide uses Horizon: Call of the Mountain – the VR game […]
The ever-useful Korean Ratings Board, which is responsible for many video game leaks, has officially rated the highly-anticipated God of War: Ragnarok. The rating, which was published today, is based on an application that was filed just last week. The rating page mentions the usual warnings, such as foul language, drug use and all the […]
Three major PlayStation franchises are getting TV adaptations with Horizon going to Netflix, God of War to Amazon, and Gran Turismo to a currently unannounced platform or network. Revealed in an investor briefing on May 26 and confirmed by industry insiders including David Gibson on Twitter (below), Sony president Jim Ryan revealed during a Q&A […]
The latest update for The Sims 4 is one that many of us have been waiting for, albeit for far too long. As of May 25, players of EA and Maxis‘ simulation game will be able to customise the pronouns of their Sims. Players will be able to assign various pronouns to their Sims, or […]
Bandai Namco has uploaded the launch trailer for the classic Pac-Man collection Pac-Man Museum+ The retro collection contains plenty of bonus content along with unlockables in one compact collection which includes fourteen Pac-Man games and spin-offs. If you purchase the game within 30 days of launch you will receive a launch bonus of five silver […]
The NinStatusBot has revealed that the Super Nintendo app will go down on Friday morning as part of planned maintenance. This is leading to speculation that some additional new Super Nintendo games could be added to the paid Nintendo Switch Online service. The last time the app went down we received Earthworm Jim 2 (SNES) […]
We’re entering a brand new day for the Days of Play sale in the UK, and there’s still plenty of incredible discounts to check out at the moment. One of the biggest deals is definitely on the DualSense Controller, with up to 25% off every single colour available right now. Not only that, but Amazon […]
Sony has revealed that over 20 “major” PSVR 2 launch games have been confirmed from both first-party and third-party developers, during an investor relations presentation headed by Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan. While some of these games have already been announced by several developers, many are still unknown or have been revealed but with […]
Sony projects that it will have 12 PlayStation live-service games by the end of fiscal year 2025, according to an investor relations presentation headed by Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan. Also by that time, the platform holder plans to have 55 percent of its investment be in live services over more “traditional” games. Sony hopes […]
Any multiplayer game that makes me push up my glasses and lean forward in my chair is right up my alley, and Roller Champions, the hyper-competitive roller derby, certainly appeals to that competitive sensibility. I split my sides as my team relentlessly tackled the enemy team in a highly toxic manner, fist pumped to zero […]
Sony is telling its investors to prepare for a big PC gaming windfall in the coming year. Really big. In a business segment briefing for shareholders today, one slide showed off Sony’s net sales from PC games thus far, highlighting how titles such as Horizon: Zero Dawn, Days Gone, and God of War had brought […]
As other companies in the games industry speak out about abortion rights in the wake of the government’s recent decisions, Electronic Arts is telling employees it plans to stay silent. According to a report by Kotaku, during a company meeting on May 24, multiple EA staff members questioned executives about a possible statement regarding these […]
Arma Reforger is not Arma 4. Bohemia Interactive has made that abundantly clear during the slightly confusing rollout of the new entry in the storied military simulation series, which hit early access on Steam last week. Instead, it’s meant to be a “test bed” for features and design choices that may or may not be […]
The Top Gun sequel Top Gun: Maverick is finally ready for takeoff in theaters, and that means Microsoft Flight Simulator’s long-delayed tie-in has arrived as well. The expansion for the flying game launched on Wednesday and is free for all Microsoft Flight Simulator players. The new content is designed to put you right in the […]
Anyone following the saga of Sony and the pricing for PS Plus upgrades will feel like they’ve been on a bit of a rollercoaster today. Sony has now officially gone on record to say any pricing discrepancies between PlayStation Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium upgrade fees were due to a “technical error” and those […]
Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel, the highly anticipated anthology of adventures for Dungeons & Dragons, has been delayed for a month, according to a tweet by the publisher. In a statement provided to Polygon, Wizards of the Coast cites “domestic production issues” that cropped up late in the process as the reason for the delay. […]
No Man’s Sky may be 6 years old, but that doesn’t mean that the game has been forgotten. It was released on the Xbox One in 2018, 2 years after it had been released on PC. The game was eventually released on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in 2020. That said, a Nintendo […]
It looks like PlayStation One classic Dino Crisis will be included in the PlayStation Plus Classics catalog if an image of the game’s main protagonist is any indication. Various folks on social media have posted images of the artwork showing Regina online. The image came from the PlayStation Plus storefront in Asia (thanks, resetera). While […]
The Playstation Days of Play 2022 sale has now begun and will be running for the next couple of weeks. There are discounts across PlayStation Direct, the Playstation Gear Store, the PlayStation Store, and third-party retailers. Those interested in the Playstation Store sale will find it offers discounts of up to 80% on nearly 700 […]
An official presentation in Poland by TV manufacturer TCL Technology suggests that the PS5 Pro will release in “2023/4.” According to a slide in the presentation, the company projects that the mid-gen PS5 console upgrade will arrive alongside a new Xbox Series S/X console too as part of what it calls console “Gen 9.5.” What […]
The No Man’s Sky Leviathan update brings another swathe of content to the game. Expedition 7: Leviathan introduces a riff on roguelikes in the form of a time loop. As players travel through loops, they’ll have to collaborate with Specialist Polo to try and find a way to break free. As usual, there are a […]
It’s been hard to find a PlayStation VR in stock in recent years, but not right now. Not only is the PSVR Iron Man VR bundle in stock, but it’s also on sale for $100 off as part of the PlayStation Days of Play sale. You can grab it now for $249.99 at Best Buy […]
The Star Wars franchise is constantly producing a stream of profitable new merchandising and material, including video games, novels, comics, and animated shows. But the film and TV side of Star Wars feels like it’s struggling. Over the past five years, Disney has repeatedly announced plans for new movies, then unceremoniously canceled them or just […]
Sony’s annual Days of Play sale is now live, offering discounts on hundreds of games, DLC, and even the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller. There’s a ton to choose from (and PlayStation has had no shortage of deals on games lately), but we’ve picked 21 of our favorite games and game bundles — which run the […]
Earlier today, we reported that Sony had planned to make PS Plus subscribers that purchased the service at discounted rates pay the difference to upgrade to PS Plus Extra or PS Plus Premium. However, it seems like this policy is being slowly rolled back as more and more PlayStation owners register their ire. Users on […]
The big Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase 2022 is less than four weeks away and it could be the biggest gaming event of this Summer – next to IGN’s own Summer of Gaming of course. Microsoft hasn’t specified exactly how long the show will run for, but expect to see a bunch of new games […]
Vampires, rejoice: V Rising now has an offline mode. Stunlock Studios, the team behind the new open-world vampire game, added the feature via Patch 0.5.41448 today. According to the patch notes, the new mode allows players to play “solo or with friends on the same local network,” allowing for the game’s vampiric action to continue […]
When I finish a nice board game, I like to pack it all up, put it on the shelf, and maybe — just maybe — consider trading it to a friend for something new. Some fans of the hit game Gloomhaven had other ideas. They found a writer and an artist, spent months in a […]
The Marvel MMO that was being developed by Dimensional Ink Games, a division of Daybreak Game Company, has been canceled. The Sweden-based video game parent company Enad Global 7 announced that they would be “discontinuing the development of the Marvel project at Daybreak Games,” despite revealing the game only six months ago. Why the Marvel […]
Dead Space creator Glen Schofield has revealed new information about his upcoming sci-fi horror The Callisto Protocol – still scheduled for 2022 — including a breakdown of combat, its not-so-subtle Dead Space influence, and more. In an extensive interview with Game Informer, with screenshots shared on Reddit, Schofield explained the game’s basic story. Set 300 […]
You may have heard of Blaseball, the online game in which players can suddenly turn into peanuts, fans try to incinerate rival stars, and participants scheme to snatch blessings from the gods. It’s a wild, surreal game, and it’s moving into a new format: a two-player card game. Blaseball: The Card Game is now live […]
The promised Pokemon Go social feature is coming to the game via Campfire, a social application created by Niantic Labs that helps you discover other players, places and experiences. The new social experience is a real-world social network that starts with a map and adds people, events, communities, and messaging. Here, players can discover others […]
The upcoming cyberpunk action-adventure platformer Replaced has been delayed until 2023 due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. In a Tweet, the folks at Sad Cat Studios announced the game’s new release window and explained the reasoning for the delay, which is closely tied to the location of its team. Ş̸̯̅̇͌̈̚ô̴̡̬̣͚̮͜ŗ̶̳̯̹͖̣̆͑r̴̢̖̲͎̙̬̹̓̆̓̾̂̈́̊̕y̶̡̡̫͔̩̲̩͉̌̈́̊ pic.twitter.com/KgY852bBna — REPLACED (@REPLACEDGame) […]
For the King 2 has been announced, and it builds on the popular original game’s challenging blend of strategy, RPG combat, and roguelike elements. This time out, you can engage in co-op with up to four players or like the rather awesome original, play it all by yourself or with two others. For the King […]
The NPD Group which tracks software and hardware sales in the United States of America has published the most played games in the first quarter of 2022. A number of games were originally released a fairly long time ago such as The Sims 4 and Grand Theft Auto V. Nintendo will be pleased to see […]
It’s Wednesday and a good day for PS5 restock news for those in both the US and UK. Not only is the official PlayStation Store holding a drop, but retailers are about to deploy new-gen Sony system drops of their own! Read on for the latest info in this PSLS PS5 Restock Update for May […]
Marvel has become an undeniable pop culture juggernaut: The legendary company is the most successful western comic book publisher of all time, while the MCU is easily the highest-grossing film franchise ever. That success, however, hasn’t quite as consistently translated to the world of video games, where Marvel has historically had plenty of ups and […]
The Sims 4 is giving the Goth family a makeover. The game’s most prominent family — Mortimer, Bella, Cassandra, and Alexander — has been a staple in the life-simulation game series since The Sims, with a few different variations and storylines over the years. The family has more or less stayed the same over the […]
