Sea of Thieves has quietly become one of Microsoft’s best Xbox console exclusives. Launching all the way back in 2018, the game saw a lukewarm response upon its initial release. 5 years and 10 Seasons later however, the team at Rare have added a whole bunch of long-requested features – …
Read More »Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 now supports offline play on Steam Deck
Last month, we reported that the much-loved Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 would finally be leaving the confines of the Epic Games store, launching on Steam on the 3rd of October. Unfortunately, the game arrived with an always-online requirement – a major issue for Steam Deck users. Thankfully the game …
Read More »The Evil Within is free on the Epic Games Store
Each week, the Epic Games Store offers a game or two for free to all those with an EGS account. Right now, players can get their hands on the Resident Evil 4-inspired and Shinji Mikami-directed ‘The Evil Within’ – with its sequel being offered for free next week. The Evil …
Read More »GTA+ subscribers now get free access to Liberty City Stories and Chinatown Wars
Last year, shortly following the launch of GTA V: Expanded and Enhanced Edition, Rockstar launched a new GTA+ subscription. Subscribers usually get bonuses for Grand Theft Auto Online, but Rockstar has now expanded the membership to include access to two other GTA games. Starting today, GTA+ subscribers now get access …
Read More »GeForce Now adds another 22 titles, including Game Pass hits
There are another 22 games hitting GeForce Now this week. Aside from the seven brand-new releases, this week's GFN drop brings support for a bunch of extra Game Pass titles, furthering Nvidia's new cloud partnership with Microsoft. Microsoft announced plans to bring its PC games to GeForce Now earlier this …
Read More »Xbox head is “all in” on reviving old franchises if devs want to
With Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision-Blizzard-King finally complete, the Xbox console manufacturer has started to open up about their plans for the publisher. With so many IPs and franchises now under Microsoft’s belt, Xbox head Phil Spencer spoke on their plans for ABK claiming that “If teams want to …
Read More »“We have no goal of somehow using Call of Duty to get you to buy an Xbox” claims Phil Spencer
After months of legal battles, Microsoft has finally officially acquired Activision Blizzard, giving the Xbox console manufacturer control over one of the biggest franchises in gaming: Call of Duty. According to the head of Xbox Phil Spencer, the FPS juggernaut will feature 100% parity on content for Call of Duty …
Read More »ARK: Survival Ascended gets first in-game screenshot ahead of launch
Back in January Studio Wildcard revealed that the team is working on a remaster of ARK: Survival Evolved. Dubbed ARK: Survival Ascended, the Unreal Engine 5 remaster was originally planned to launch in August. This was then delayed to October. While we still have yet to get a concrete release …
Read More »Super Mario Bros. Wonder sees universal critical acclaim
The 20th of October looks set to be one of the best days of the year for video game releases. Just a few days ago reviews for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 went live, with it receiving universal acclaim. Now, the embargo for Super Mario Bros. Wonder has been lifted – and …
Read More »New AMD graphics drivers disable Anti-Lag+ on all supported games
Following multiple complaints from players reporting their accounts were banned after using Anti-Lag+ in online games, AMD decided to avoid future issues by disabling the feature. The company removed the old driver with Anti-Lag+ from its website and has released a new one that disables the technology in all supported …
Read More »Here’s the first look at Hogwarts Legacy running on Nintendo Switch
We've heard little about the Nintendo Switch version of Hogwarts Legacy since its delay earlier this year. That has finally changed this week, with the game going live for pre-orders on the Nintendo eShop – better yet, the store now has screenshots from the Switch version, giving us our first …
Read More »Diablo 4 is doing better than Overwatch 2 on Steam but not by much
Yesterday with the launch of Diablo 4's second season, the game also officially came to Steam. While Blizzard's debut Steam title, Overwatch 2, launched to overwhelmingly negative user reviews, Diablo 4 is fairing better, although it still isn't doing as well as Blizzard likely hoped for. Diablo 4's Steam reviews …
Read More »Phil Spencer confirms plans to bring Activision Blizzard titles to Game Pass in 2024
Earlier this month, Activision put out a statement saying that it does not expect to bring its games to Game Pass until next year. An additional report claimed that we could see some older titles coming to the service earlier. However, Xbox head, Phil Spencer, has now straightened things out, …
Read More »Roblox on PlayStation hits 10 million downloads in a week
Roblox is currently one of the most popular games of all time, with the free-to-play title seeing a total of 65 million daily active users and more than 5 Billion registered accounts. Despite this, Roblox hadn’t found its way on PlayStation platforms until last week. That said, during this short …
Read More »Phasmophobia’s console release delayed once again
Back in August, we reported that the console release of indie hit Phasmophobia was being delayed to October due to an office fire suffered by the team at Kinetic Games. Unfortunately, the effects of the incident are still being felt, with the team now announcing a further delay of Phasmophobia …
Read More »Lies of P sells 1 million copies in less than a month
Lies of P released last month to a wave of success, with many deeming the Souls-like to be one of the best in the genre (outside of FromSoftware’s own titles of course). Just under one month since its arrival, the game has managed to surpass 1 million copies sold. Making …
Read More »Dino-FPS ‘Second Extinction’ will be delisted due to lack of success
Second Extinction is a co-op focused dinosaur-shooting FPS which first released in Early Access back in October of 2020. Unfortunately, despite the team’s best efforts, the game seemingly failed to meet sales expectations – leading to the title being set to permanently go offline. Making the announcement via their blog, …
Read More »Payday 3’s first patch has been delayed again
Payday 3 didn't have the best launch, with matchmaking errors and a few other lingering issues marring the day-one experience. Starbreeze promised a patch with over 200 QoL improvements shortly after launch but the update has unfortunately been pushed back by delays. Payday 3's problems may run a bit deeper …
Read More »Diablo 4 is now available on Steam – it’s Steam Deck certified too
Earlier this year, Blizzard announced plans to bring its games over to Steam for the first time, starting off with Overwatch 2. Now today with the launch of Diablo IV's second season, the game is also becoming available on Steam and better yet, it is now officially Steam Deck certified …
Read More »AMD enables Frame Generation for all DX 11/12 games with new driver
AMD's Fluid Motion Frames technology is still in the preview phase. The new Frame Generation technique initially kicked off with support for a handful of titles but the latest Preview Driver expands things greatly, allowing the feature to be enabled for all DX11 and DX12 games. The most significant change …
Read More »Cities Skylines II devs warn of performance issues at launch
Cities Skylines II is exactly one week away, with the sequel to the much-loved city building simulator set to arrive on the 24th of October. While the game was previously delayed for consoles to Spring 2024, the PC version will still launch as intended next week. That said, the team …
Read More »Microsoft reveals next batch of Game Pass titles – no Activision games included
Over the last week, there have been rumours that we would start to see the first Activision games hitting Game Pass this month now that the deal has closed. Unfortunately, this week's Game Pass update isn't quite that exciting, but there are some good games included. There are no Activision …
Read More »Latest Nvidia driver brings DLSS support to more titles, VSR now supports RTX 20
DLSS 3 is continuing to catch on with developers, with two more games making the jump this week, alongside four other titles getting DLSS 2 updates. Aside from these announcements, Nvidia has also begun rolling out the latest Game Ready driver update. NARAKA: Bladepoint is getting an upgrade to DLSS …
Read More »Epic offers 100% revenue share for developers bringing older titles to EGS
While Epic Games has been doing seemingly all it can in order to cement itself as a viable alternative to Steam on PC, Valve’s platform has had a good 15 years to build up a massive library of titles. In order to entice publishers to bring more of their back …
Read More »SteamOS update brings undervolting controls for Steam Deck
The latest SteamOS Preview is now live, providing bug fixes for HDR and external display modes, a new HDR analysis tool for developers and a new BIOS function that introduces undervolting to the portable console for those looking to further optimise performance and battery life. The newly released SteamOS 3.5.1 …
Read More »Netflix reportedly trying to get Grand Theft Auto to bolster its game library
Netflix has been expanding its gaming efforts over the past year, offering everything from casual games to licensed games based on Netflix IP and even full-on console titles ported for mobile. Apparently, Netflix is setting its sights on even bigger properties and is reportedly trying to get the Grand Theft Auto games onto its service.
Read More »MSI is also bundling Sonic Superstars with AIO liquid coolers
MSI has been launching a lot of hardware game bundles recently. Last week, we saw the company offering free Total War: Pharoah codes with select monitors and PC cases. Now, the company is teaming up with SEGA once again to bundle copies of Sonic Superstars with the MAG Coreliquid E360 …
Read More »Like a Dragon: Gaiden won’t feature English VA at launch
The release of Yakuza: Like a Dragon back in 2020 represented the first game in the series to feature a full set of English voice acting since the launch of the very first title all the way back for the PS2. While future games will continue to offer the option …
Read More »CD Projekt Red is updating The Witcher and The Witcher 2 to support Apple Silicon
While Valve might be ditching macOS support for its new releases like Counter-Strike 2, plenty of other developers are actually increasing their support for the system. CD Projekt Red is amongst that group, as the company is going back to The Witcher 1 and The Witcher 2 to support newer …
Read More »A new Halo game is reportedly in development using Unreal Engine
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced some restructuring plans, which impacted many parts of the business. On the gaming side, 343 Industries was hit the hardest with a lot of lay-offs, including most of the campaign team that had worked on Halo Infinite. Now, rumours claim that a new small-scale team …
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