Software & Gaming

While the Xbox team did have a great turnaround towards the end of the last console generation, there were some major errors made along the way, with one of the biggest being the cancellation of Scalebound, an exclusive title developed by PlatinumGames. The IP has been in limbo since then, …

Despite being nearly a decade old, Grand Theft Auto V continues to sell like hotcakes. As part of Take-Two Interactive’s most recent Quarterly fiscal earnings report it was announced that the 2013 open world game had sold 160 million copies – single handedly surpassing the sales figures of other entire …

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition didn't have the best launch. Besides the technical issues it presented, data miners discovered unlicensed music, a mod and even developer notes within the game's files. Despite all of that, the game has sold pretty well. Take-Two Interactive has recently shared the latest …

Shinji Mikami is a legend within the video games industry, having created some of the best-selling and well-regarded games in the whole medium. Mikami has taken somewhat of a hiatus in directing, with some thinking he had retired. This is not the case…yet, as the aging director claims to have …

The Batman Arkham games developed by Rocksteady were some of the most well-regarded games in the superhero genre when they were released between 2009 and 2015. Ahead of the next Arkham game, WB Montreal’s Gotham Knights, the original Batman trilogy could be coming to the Nintendo Switch. Currently, the Nintendo …

Call of Duty has historically been known for its 6v6 gameplay taking place on relatively small maps. As video game hardware has gotten better however, and the shift towards larger scale combat has become the norm, Call of Duty Vanguard is looks to be introducing a large-scale war mode next …

Many fans were left surprised at the revelation that despite acquiring Bungie for $3.6 Billion, Sony has no intentions of making any of their games exclusive to PlayStation. That being said, Bungie’s IPs will be used by Sony in a different way: Films and TV. During the company’s recent earnings …

Back in August, we learned that Google was hiring new Stadia employees to work on licensing its streaming tech out to game developers and publishers, in lieu of focusing on first-party games and bringing consumers on to Stadia directly. Now, it seems that plan is very much in motion, with Google reportedly being in talks with the likes of Bungie and Capcom.

PlatinumGames has talked about branching out into live service games for a while now, starting with Babylon's Fall, an MMO set to be published by Square Enix. Moving forward, we could see Platinum placing a greater focus on games as a service, as well as larger/riskier games.  During a new …

Ever since its initial leak back in 2018, we've been waiting to get our hands on Hogwarts Legacy. The game does not have an official release date just yet, but if the upcoming artbook for the game is anything to go by, it should be releasing in September.  We tend …

Sony has another major PS5 exclusive coming up next month in Ghostwire: Tokyo, one of just a few games to completely drop last-gen hardware to focus exclusively on next-gen. Similarly to Deathloop, Ghostwire: Tokyo will be coming to PC on day-one alongside the PS5 launch, and now we know exactly …

Ubisoft has faced plenty of criticism in recent months over its push into the NFT market. That criticism isn't just coming from gamers either - Ubisoft's own employees are equally baffled by the publisher's insistence on being part of the NFT market. In an effort to win those employees over, the publisher has now begun gifting Ghost Recon Breakpoint NFTs to its staff. 

It has been a week since Pokémon Legends Arceus launched, ushering in a new age of Pokémon with a full open world and new gameplay mechanics. It is the biggest change in gameplay since the mainline games first began, and it seems that fans all over the world are very …

In the wake of Microsoft's proposed $70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the publisher has been making some interesting announcements. Not only have we received information on new games from Blizzard, but we're also getting some early confirmation on this year's Call of Duty, with Infinity Ward now confirmed to …

In recent years, we've seen both Sony and Microsoft buying up a number of studios to aid in their first-party game development efforts for their console platforms. Many have been wondering if Nintendo will also join in to avoid falling behind, but as it turns out, the company isn't worried …

Saudi Arabia has been using its Public Investment Fund (PIF) to acquire stakes in a number of gaming companies lately, including the likes of EA, Take-Two and Activision Blizzard. This week, it was revealed that the fund has now also been used to obtain small percentage stakes in Capcom and …

Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion gives the console manufacturer access to dozens of IPs and hundreds of older titles spanning Activision Blizzard’s  decades-long history. This move has been criticised by some as anti-competitive, though according to Microsoft’s CEO, there is no need for concern. In his first …

Techland finally made it to the finish line this week and released Dying Light 2: Stay Human. The game has garnered mixed to positive reviews from critics and now, players are jumping in for themselves, propelling the game into the top ten most played titles on Steam.  Dying Light 2's …

A few years ago, Blizzard found itself in a tough position with fans after using up stage time at BlizzCon to announce Diablo Immortal, a mobile-only spin-off game that has still yet to release. At the time, sources indicated that Blizzard had several other mobile games in the works, including …

While there have been some delays along the way, Rockstar still plans to deliver Grand Theft Auto V for the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 consoles soon. The new version now has a March release date, as well as new details on graphical and performance enhancements.  In a blog post …

Rockstar doesn't tend to operate with the industry standard playbook, often choosing to make huge announcements seemingly out of nowhere, rather than saving news for a major event like E3, or even hosting an event of its own. The company won't be making exceptions to that rule anytime soon, as we've received some major Grand Theft Auto announcements today. 

We've seen a number of major acquisitions lately, with Microsoft announcing plans to buy Activision Blizzard, Bungie joining PlayStation Studios and Take Two acquiring Zynga. According to sources, there is more to come on this front too, with multiple other deals currently in the works.  Following Sony's acquisition of Bungie …

Phil Spencer, the CEO of Microsoft Gaming, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th annual D.I.C.E. Awards. Todd Howard, director and executive producer at Bethesda Game Studios, will present it to him. From time to time, the AIAS (Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences), the organization behind the …

Like many other gaming companies, Epic Games is also interested in the Metaverse. It even announced it would invest $1 billion to accelerate its vision of the Metaverse, combining its IP with new technology to create new social experiences. Up to now, we didn't have a name for Epic's Metaverse, but …

 Pokémon is the biggest media franchise of all time, and part of that success is due to the immense sales that each video game title manages to achieve. As with many Switch games, the most recent entries in the mainline franchise, Pokémon Sword/Shield and Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, are likewise seeing …

The Nintendo Switch is close to entering its 5th year on the market and despite the modest hardware, the console shows no signs of slowing down. This has once again been reaffirmed, with Nintendo’s president claiming the Switch to only be at the middle of its life cycle currently. As …

We are almost a decade on from Star Citizen’s initial Kickstarter campaign. Since then, the game has remained in development with an ever-shifting roadmap, all while garnering more than $400 million in crowdfunding. The roadmap has often been a point of contention, so CIG is now making changes to the …

The video games industry has been a rather volatile place to work in recent years, with studios shutting down, opening up, being acquired and going indie. Following Sony’s recent acquisition of Bungie, the company made clear that they value the talented developers at the studio just as much as the …

The Switch has been an interesting system for Nintendo, as not only has the console manufacturer got themselves a device with record breaking sales, but is also seeing the same for its software. Perhaps the number 1 example is Mario Kart 8, which has now sold a total of 50 …

Following the recent announcement that Sony is going to acquire Bungie for $3.6 Billion, the console manufacturer’s executives have been discussing the award-winning studio – with PlayStation Head Hermen Hulst even revealing that the PlayStation-exclusive Killzone was directly inspired by Halo. PlayStation Studios Head Hermen Hulst recently sat down to …