With World of Warcraft's next expansion launching within the next few months, Blizzard has been planning to show off more footage and share new details about what fans of the MMO can look forward to. There was supposed to be some announcements taking place live next week, but the event …
Read More »Sony fined £1.9m by Australian commission over PlayStation refund policies
After cracking down on PC-based digital platform holders, Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission began turning its attention to the refund policies for digital games sold on consoles. Sony has been one of the targets this week, with an Australian Federal Court ordering a fine to be paid due to PlayStation …
Read More »Battlefield 5’s last big content update has arrived
Back in April, DICE revealed that it would be winding down development on Battlefield 5 following one last major update. Now this week, that day has arrived, with the game's Summer Update arriving, delivering a last batch of extra content, freeing up more developers to work on the next major …
Read More »Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning announced
Back in 2018, THQ Nordic announced that it had purchased the rights to the Kingdoms of Amalur IP, immediately prompting rumours of a remaster of the 2012 Action-RPG. Nothing was announced at the time, as potential issues needed to be ironed out with the original game's publisher, EA. That changed …
Read More »EA adds over 25 more games to Steam
Late last year, just ahead of the launch for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, EA announced that it was coming back to Steam. This rollout kicked off with Star Wars and today, over 25 games from EA's back catalogue are also joining Valve's platform. “We want to make it easy …
Read More »CES expected to take place as usual in January 2021
This year, most events have been cancelled due to the coronavirus and while some were more optimistic and attempted to postpone until the summer, the situation hasn’t turned around enough for physical events to come back in full force. The team behind the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is optimistic about …
Read More »Phantasy Star Online 2 fans create custom launcher to circumvent Windows Store
Phantasy Star Online 2 didn’t have the best western launch on PC, in large part due to its Windows Store exclusivity for the time being. Microsoft’s store resulted in a number of headaches for fans trying to install the game. Fortunately, fans have taken matters into their own hands, creating …
Read More »Destiny 2 expansion teasers continue
Bungie began teasing ‘the future of Destiny 2’ last week, both with in-game Easter eggs and some cryptic teaser cinematic and audio clues posted to social media. Today, the latest piece of the puzzle was revealed, this time featuring The Drifter. The first teaser showed Eric’s Morn walking through the …
Read More »Creative Assembly has ‘no plans’ for future Total War games to be EGS exclusive
This week, Creative Assembly announced that its upcoming game, Total War Saga: Troy, will be an Epic Games Store exclusive for a period of time. This came as quite the surprise, but the studio has explained that it does not plan on taking this approach with future Total War titles. …
Read More »Overclockers UK Workshop DLC released for PC Building Simulator
PC Building Simulator is back in the news this week as alongside the game's latest patch, Irregular Corporation has also announced a collaboration with Overclockers UK. Starting from today, the Overclockers UK Workshop DLC is available on Steam. The workshop was designed with input from the OCUK team, you can …
Read More »Elite Dangerous Odyssey trailer teases space legs and guns
It has been quite some time since the last major content update for Elite Dangerous but Frontier is far from finished with its massive space sim. This week, a teaser trailer for the next expansion appeared, introducing us to Elite Dangerous: Odyssey. The announcement trailer was initially posted to the …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 Night City Wire and IGN Summer of Gaming events delayed
With E3 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19, game studios have been moving to other venues to make their big summer game announcements. IGN was due to host a ‘Summer of Gaming' event starting this week, while CD Projekt Red was going to host ‘Night City Wire' next week. Both events …
Read More »Kerbal Space Program 2 delays caused by questionable publisher tactics
Since being announced last year, Kerbal Space Program 2 has seen a number of lengthy delays. Usually when a game is pushed back by more than a year, there has been some behind-the-scenes trouble, which was the case here. This time around, the finger is pointing towards publisher Take-Two Interactive …
Read More »Double Fine is ‘winding down’ its publishing business
Double Fine entered the publishing business back in 2014 with the ‘Double Fine Presents' label, aiming to help other independent publishers release and distribute their games. Of course, Double Fine is now part of Xbox Game Studios, leaving little room for a subsidiary publishing arm. The Double Fine acquisition was …
Read More »Ubisoft says Trackmania’s subscription isn’t actually a subscription
Recently, Ubisoft announced plans for an odd pricing scheme for the upcoming Trackmania Nations, making the base game free and then requiring an annual fee for access to additional features. This subscription method rubbed a lot of fans the wrong way, so Ubisoft tried to smooth things over by attempting …
Read More »Five more games now available to claim for Stadia Pro subscribers
Google has been on top of its Stadia community updates over the last few months. To kick off June, Stadia swiftly announced this month's free games coming to Stadia Pro subscribers, with five titles in total available to claim. Starting this week, Get Packed, Little Nightmares, SUPERHOT, Panzer Dragoon and …
Read More »THQ’s cancelled Avengers game surfaces with early gameplay footage
Back in 2011, prior to THQ's bankruptcy, the publisher held a license to The Avengers and was working on a game to coincide with the release of Marvel's first Avengers movie. Due to financial issues, the project was ultimately scrapped but now almost a decade later, we have a first-hand …
Read More »Bungie begins teasing Destiny 2’s next major expansion
Bungie seemingly slipped up last night by posting and then removing a brief teaser trailer for what appears to be the next major Destiny 2 expansion. While the post was removed, eagle-eyed fans were quick to preserve it. The teaser was posted to Instagram, so presumably this was a scheduled …
Read More »Thermaltake unveils new cases, coolers, peripherals and more in virtual expo
With Computex no longer happening this month, Thermaltake decided to host its own virtual expo instead, giving us a good look at all the new gear coming over the next six months.
Read More »Valorant has officially launched and servers are live again
After a very successful stint in closed beta and some brief server downtime over the last few days, Riot’s new shooter, Valorant, has officially launched. Starting now, anyone can register a Riot account, download the game and begin playing. Valorant is available in ‘most regions' and features a robust back-end …
Read More »Scorn’s Xbox Series X in-engine footage actually came from a high-end PC
It has been around a month since Microsoft began showing off the first third-party games confirmed for Xbox Series X. Unfortunately, the presentation featured a lot of ‘in-engine' footage instead of actual gameplay. Now we know why, as some of those in-engine demos were indeed captured on high-end PCs. Scorn, …
Read More »Prey VR may have leaked via retail listing
It has been a long time since Bethesda and Arkane Studios last discussed Prey. The game just turned three years old last month but it looks like we might be seeing a second resurgence, as ‘Prey VR' has appeared at an online retailer. Bethesda was one of the first major …
Read More »Square Enix remains tight lipped on Final Fantasy VII Remake for other platforms
We are nearly two months removed from Final Fantasy VII Remake's launch on PS4 and while we know that the game is only a timed exclusive, Square Enix is remaining tight-lipped on a possible release on other platforms for now. Final Fantasy VII Remake sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide …
Read More »Halo 3 PC public testing begins this month with campaign, multiplayer and forge modes
Just last week, 343 Industries began teasing that Halo 3 for PC would begin public testing at some point in June. Now, the latest Master Chief Collection development update confirms this, telling us to expect testing to begin soon and giving us an idea of what content will be included. …
Read More »The Outer Worlds ‘targets’ 720p in handheld and 1080 while docked on Switch
Last week, Virtuos spoke highly of its ability to get Xbox One and PS4 games working on the Nintendo Switch. We'll be getting a good look at exactly how much the team can squeeze out of Nintendo's home/handheld hybrid system later this week, as The Outer Worlds is coming to …
Read More »Take-Two CEO thinks Google over-promised with Stadia
Take-Two was one of the first major publishers to support Google's Stadia streaming service, bringing titles like NBA 2K20, Borderlands 3 and Red Dead Redemption 2 to the platform. Now roughly a year on from Stadia's initial unveiling, Take-Two CEO, Stauss Zelnick, believes Google over-promised. As reported by Gamespot, Zelnick …
Read More »Hideo Kojima recently had a ‘major project’ cancelled
Even the biggest names in the games industry have projects cancelled from time to time. This week, we learned that this very thing recently happened to Hideo Kojima, who wasn't too happy about the project being scrapped. In an interview with Japanese site, Livedoor, and translated to English by VGC, …
Read More »Sony will be showing and announcing PS5 games next Thursday
Earlier this week, it was reported that Sony would be holding its first PS5 games showcase digitally next week. The exact date given at the time was June 3rd but as it turns out, The PS5 presentation will be taking place on June 4th instead. On Thursday, the 4th of …
Read More »Borderlands The Handsome Collection is free on the Epic Games Store
As previously predicted by leaks, this week's free game on the Epic Games Store is in-fact Borderlands: The Handsome Collection. Anyone with an Epic Games Store account can now claim the game for free until late next week. Borderlands: The Handsome Collection contains all the games in the series prior …
Read More »HP Reverb G2 officially announced, takes inspiration from Valve Index
After briefly teasing its next-gen headset back in March, today HP has officially unveiled the Reverb G2 VR headset, designed with input from the folks at Valve and Microsoft.
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