Причём не только сотрудники компании, но и некоторые блогеры.

Постапокалиптический триллер Дэнни Бойла и Алекса Гарленда выйдет в прокат летом 2025 года.

По всей видимости, подписка подорожает.

Шоу, над которым работали авторы анимационных роликов к оригинальной игре, выйдет в конце июня.

По данным журналиста, в Ubisoft ими «не разочарованы».

Одну из главных ролей исполнил Иван Реон — звезда «Отбросов» и «Игры престолов».

А также изменит несколько геймплейных механик.

Спустя две недели после релиза на ПК.

Появление шутера в подписочном сервисе собираются анонсировать на летней презентации Xbox.

Адаптация одноимённого фэнтезийного мультфильма выйдет 13 июня 2025 года.

Первый патч студия выпустила 16 мая.

Компания уже видит в ней потенциал для роста.

Студия Ascendant также начала работу над новой игрой на движке Unreal Engine 5.

Первые сообщения об игре появились ещё в 2023-м.

Сообщество прохладно встретило стратегию Men of War II — она собрала «смешанные» отзывы в Steam.

Авторы уже исправили критическую ошибку, не позволявшую играть в одиночные миссии, а также добавили пакет стартовых карт для редактора модов.

Кроме того, Best Way пообещала внедрить в RTS офлайн-режим:Повторное подключение к игровым серверам необходимо, чтобы обеспечить получение всех наград за достижения (включая действия, выполненные в одиночной кампании), а также чтобы никто не мог читерить в многопользовательских матчах.

Мы сообщили об этом открыто задолго до релиза, а также сделали специальную пометку в системных требованиях и в других местах.

Напомним, наш автор Кирилл Волошин отнёсся к св…

Билли Бассо (Billy Basso), автор успешной метроидвании Animal Well, пообщался с журналом Edge.

Помимо всего прочего, специалист рассказал о процессе работы над игрой и о вырезанном контенте.

<…> Я придумываю новый предмет, который может повлиять на всю карту, и должен прогонять всё по новой.

В финальную версию Animal Well попали 256 комнат, тогда как в корзину отправились «как минимум вдвое больше».

Animal Well доступна на ПК (Steam), PlayStation 5 (бесплатно в PS+ Extra) и Nintendo Switch.

Говорят, его тематикой станет постапокалипсис в стиле «Безумного Макса».

Что указывает на пустынный постапокалипсис с тачками:В Fortnite сейчас проходит мини-событие с песчаной бурей — таким образом Epic подводит игру к тематике следующего сезона.

Epic Fortnite словом «нитро» — деталь, в целом применимая к тачкам из «Безумного Макса» .

Вице-президент описал следующий сезонсловом «нитро» — деталь, в целом применимая к тачкам изСовсем скоро в кинотеатрах стартует фильм «Фуриоса: Хроники Безумного Макса».

Коллаборация с Fortnite одновременно с премьерой громкого блокбастера — уже достаточно привычное явление.

Видеокарта: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 Гб), AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (4 Гб) или Intel Arc A380 (6 Гб).

Видеокарта: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 Гб), AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (8 Гб) или Intel Arc A750 (8 Гб).

Видеокарта: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6 Гб), AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (16 Гб) или Intel Arc A770 (16 Гб).

Оперативная память: 16 Гб.

Оперативная память: 16 Гб.

Когда Microsoft закрывала Arkane Austin, сообщалось, что поддержка неудачного экшена Redfall немедленно прекращается.

Он добавит переделанные системы Окрестностей и Гнёзд, паузу в одиночном прохождении, офлайн-режим и не только.

Если это правда и патч почти готов, то, вероятнее всего, его выпустят совсем скоро.

Сезонный абонемент начали продавать ещё до релиза в составе издания Bite Back, но героев из него так и не выпустили.

Redfall оказалась провалом и с коммерческой точки зрения, и с точки зрения отзывов.

Бутик-инди-издательство Annapurna Interactive выпустило Lorelei and the Laser Eyes — стильную маленькую игру, которая собирает высшие оценки и от критиков, и от пользователей.

Геймплей Lorelei and the Laser Eyes строится на решении головоломок.

Критики оценивают Lorelei and the Laser Eyes очень высоко — её средний балл составляет 87 из 100 на момент написания новости.

Авторы Lorelei and the Laser Eyes — студия Simogo.

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes доступна в Steam (1050 рублей) и на Nintendo Switch.

Как пишет Wall Street Journal, Microsoft планирует сделать ход конём: выпустить в подписке Game Pass один из самых больших коммерческих блокбастеров года — новую Call of Duty.

Таким образом получится, что Call of Duty впервые посетит Game Pass, а денежная преграда для входа в новую часть прямо на релизе значительно снизится — не $70, а всего $11, стоимость Game Pass на один месяц.

Впрочем, Wall Street Journal не раскрывает подробностей: может, в Game Pass появится не вся игра, а, скажем, только мультиплеер.

С другой стороны, рост подписчиков Game Pass сильно замедлился, и Call of Duty его наверняка сильно «бустанёт».

Напомним, что в Call of Duty 2024-го ожидаются инновации в одиночной кампа…

Организаторы Summer Game Fest начинают разогрев перед церемонией открытия: они объявили, что на их шоу 2K Games представит «следующую часть одной из самых больших и любимых франшиз» издательства.

Кроме того, продюсер Джефф Кили (Geoff Keighley) рассказал, что к Summer Game Fest 2024-го присоединились более 55 партнёров, включая Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Devolver Digital, PlayStation, Party Animals, Capcom, Deep Silver, Annapurna, Bandai Namco, SEGA, Riot Games и прочих.

Отметим, что «партнёр» не обязательно означает «готовит анонс для шоу».

Например, в списке есть Steam — скорее всего, имеется в виду трансляция и распродажа в магазине, а не премьера новой игры от Valve (хотя, как мы знаем, …

Голосуй за следующую игру! - https://boosty.to/stopgame/posts/d2ea26a3-1ae6-498a-b07a-a533c80b42ff Ремейк Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time потерялся с радаров после не самого теплого приёма анонсирующего трейлера. За это время мы получили два сторонних проекта в этой франшизе: The Lost Crown и выходящую скоро The Rogue Prince of Persia. Но все мы по-прежнему любим песочную трилогию (или квадрологию), и хочется вновь вернуться именно к ней. Так давайте включим оригинальные «Пески времени» ещё раз и поймем, что им, может, ремейк и не нужен? • Комментарии и обсуждения — https://stopgame.ru/show/138454/prince_of_persia_the_sands_of_time_nuzhen_li_remeyk

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Магический шутер Immortals of Aveum настолько плохо продался, что студии-разработчику Ascendant Studios пришлось сократить свой штат почти наполовину после выпуска игры.

Об этом Ascendant сообщила в блоге, посвящённом выходу Immortals of Aveum в подписках Game Pass и EA Play.

Следующую игру собирают на базе Unreal Engine 5.2, однако есть шанс, что в итоге она переедет на UE версии 5.3.

Также в посте есть абзац про поддержку Immortals of Aveum и её девелоперов.

В версии послания на сайте EA девелоперы поделились, что с Immortals of Aveum ознакомились более 1,3 миллиона человек.

Если верить порталу DualShockers, разработчики из Creative Assembly трудятся над несколькими проектами по Total War, один из которых разворачивается в «далёкой-далёкой галактике».

Как указано в материале, игра, которую издание называет Total War: Star Wars, была одной из трёх Total War в производстве по состоянию на октябрь 2023 года.

Однако предполагается, что релиз Total War: Star Wars может состояться в течение ближайшей пары лет, так как обычно игры серии выходят каждый год.

Недостатка в интерактивных развлечениях по Star Wars в настоящее время не наблюдается.

В разработке находятся Star Wars Outlaws от Ubisoft, триквел Star Wars Jedi от Respawn, Star Wars: Eclipse от Quantic Dream, стр…

Изображение, приложенное к посту босса.

О том, что в ближайшее время No Rest for the Wicked подружится с технологиями DLSS и FSR, сообщил технический и производственный директор Moon Studios Геннадий Король (Gennadiy Korol).

Это должно положительно сказаться на качестве визуальных эффектов — они станут более резкими и яркими, особенно в движении.

Также Король пообещал поправить проблему с HDR в полноэкранном режиме.

«Эта неполадка есть в нашем списке и она относится к Unity.

Кроме того, стало известно, что в июне 2K анонсирует продолжение одной из самых любимых в сообществе франшиз.

Цифры и другие данныеЧистая выручка за четвёртый квартал, который завершился 31 марта, составила 1,4 миллиарда долларов, что на 3 % ниже прошлогоднего результата.

В 2013 годуупразднила, создавшую, но продолжала делать вид, что с командой всё в порядке, хотя на самом деле оной уже не существовало.

теперь относится не к холдингу, а к рассказал , что он вместе с руководством уже нашёл множество путей для потенциального роста сериии всего остального каталога.

Тем временем официальный аккаунт Summer Game Fest в экс-твиттере написал, что в рамках июньского шоу 2K представит «продолжение о…

Как отметили в Supergiant Games, на подавляющее большинство исправлений и фиксов повлияла обратная связь от игроков.

Раньше можно было извлекать лишь тот тип материалов, для которого Мелиноя взяла с собой орудие.

Вероятность появления всех остальных материалов в этом случае уменьшится.

Важно учесть, что окно неуязвимости в этом случае станет меньше.

Hades II доступна через Steam и EGS с текстовым переводом на русский язык.

А аптечек (впрочем, как и патронов) тут полно — их и в урнах находишь, и в разбитых ящиках и стеклянных колбах, которые кто-то повсюду расставил.

В нём монстров не видишь, так что и стрелять не в кого.

Локации разнообразны — есть и зал с игровыми автоматами, и имитация подводного мира, и что-то вроде фэнтезийной деревушки с грибами и феями, и ресторан.

Ну и в плане графики, звука и интерфейса это отличная попытка сделать игру в духе старых хорроров.

Главное достоинство Crow Country — в том, что она не пытается просто имитировать Resident Evil с PS1 и вызвать ностальгию отсылками.

Экшен боевик в старославянском сеттинге студии Setone Games — «Смутные Ящеры» — вышел в свет. Его выпустило издательство Radiance Star.

EA Sports объявила, что спортивная игра College Football 25 выйдет 19 июля на Xbox Series и PlayStation 5. РС-версия футбольного симулятора пока что не рассматривается.

Как сообщает IGN, игроки Assassin's Creed Shadows с первого дня релиза получат доступ не ко всем миссиям.

В официальном твиттере Fortnite опубликован арт, намекающий на грядущую игровую коллаборацию. И он однозначно говорит о том, что новая встреча с любимой вселенной ждёт поклонников серии Fallout.

https://plrk.co/p/Igromania010524 – Покупай/продавай игровые товары Playerok – Маркетплейс игровых товаров и услуг Работайте по-своему в финтех-компании Точка — https://tchk.me/Lo9ytJ Новый канал «Полка Игромана» — https://youtube.com/@IgromaniaShelf?feature=shared Take-Two раскрыл примерное время выхода Grand Theft Auto 6 на консолях PlayStation 5 и Xbox Series. Издатель Mafia, Borderlands и BioShock сделает крупный анонс на Summer Game Fest. Valve работает над новым шутером Deadlock, напоминающим Dota 2, Team Fortress 2, Overwatch, Smite и Orcs Must Die. Благодаря Activision авторы The Witcher, Cyberpunk 2077, The Last Of Us и Uncharted собрались в новой студии. Sony объединит Horizon и к…

Шутер Redfall стал одним из главных разочарований 2023 года из-за технических проблем и скучного геймплея.

Недавно студия MoreFun начала бета-тестирование РС-версии условно-бесплатного шутера Arena Breakout: Infinite.

В социальных сетях Elden Ring появилась свежая запись, которая пытается запугать искателей приключений опасностями из дополнения Shadow of the Erdtree.

Стали известны финалисты, которые поборются в свыше двух десятках категорий премии Develop:Star Awards 2024.

Эрик «ConcernedApe» Бароне стал знаменит в одночасье, после релиза ставшей культовой Stardew Valley.

Студия Larian объявила, что до 23 мая нашумевшая ролевая игра Baldur's Gate III продаётся со скидкой в размере 15% в Steam.

Независимая японская студия SerialProject, состоящая из двух разработчиков, анонсировала свой дебютный проект.

Слухи о Call of Duty: Black Ops Gulf War ходят уже долгое время, а её анонс может состояться до презентации Xbox в июне.

В последнем финансовом отчёте Ubisoft была изложена стратегия дальнейшего развития компании.

Геннадий Король, технический директор Moon Studios, поделился изображением с частью грядущих новинок No Rest for the Wicked.

Аналитик Мэт Пискателла: запуск GTA 6 определит судьбу всей игровой индустрииПредстоящий релиз Grand Theft Auto VI может стать крупнейшим событием в истории индустрии развлечений и в значительной степени повлиять на игровую индустрию.

Разработчики Dauntless борются за выживание. Уволены 140 сотрудников и большинство проектов отмененыPhoenix Labs – команда, ответственная за разработку Dauntless и Fae Farm. Студия опубликовала новость об огромных изменениях внутри компании.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell обретёт новую жизнь в модификации с трассировкой лучейБлагодаря работе моддера «skurtyyskirts» можно полюбоваться, как выглядит игра с использованием современной технологии Path Tracing.

Сравнение Ghost of Tsushima на PS5 и ПК. Nixxes порадовала геймеровPlayStation всё сильнее проникает на рынок ПК и успех таких продуктов, как Helldivers 2 может подтолкнуть разработчика к созданию новых проектов.

Антон Логвинов пророчит выход портативной консоли Sony, которая запускает игры с PS4Известный блогер, который первым сообщил, что эксклюзивы PlayStation начнут выходить на ПК задолго до официального подтверждения, написал в Telegram о том, что японская компания трудится над новой PSP.

В Steam сейчас проходит акция на выходных со скидками до 95%Для удобства мы разделили подборку на проекты, доступные в российском сегменте магазина Valve и игры, для приобретения которых необходимо сменить регион

Вышел новый геймплейный ролик SteamWorld Heist 2Релиз нового проекта Thunderful Development состоится в августе на персональных компьютерах, а также консолей двух поколений

Инсайд: Microsoft намеревается изменить тарифы Game Pass из-за Call of DutyСудя по всему, компания хочет скорректировать цены, чтобы компенсировать утраченную прибыль с продаж одного из самых популярных шутеров

Terraria вернули на 13 лет назад в честь тринадцатилетия игры. Снова вышло обновление 1.1Для Terraria готовят очередное последнее обновление, а пока появилась возможность отправиться в прошлое

Инсайд: Assassin's Creed Shadows отлично продаётся, несмотря на скандал вокруг Ubisoft из-за темнокожего самураяПохоже, что дела у Ubisoft идут не так плохо, как многие могли рассчитывать после знакомства с отзывами о презентации

Вышел первый трейлер мультсериала по Dead CellsDead Cells это теперь не просто игра, а полноценная франшиза. Дело дошло до анимационной адаптации

Netflix does not have a free trial, but you can technically get it for "free"

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Sony has revealed that the third Venom movie, Venom: The Last Dance, will be the last of Tom Hardy-led movie in the series.

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Rockstar Games co-founder and Grand Theft Auto writer and producer Dan Houser is hard at work on a new game with his new studio, Absurd Ventures. And we think we know a little more about what that game looks like, including its setting in a new sci-fi universe the studio is creating called A Better Paradise.

Diablo Immortal has had its ups and downs, just as its big brother Diablo IV has, but I have to admit the team working on Immortal has constantly been adding things that pique my interest. The Blood Knight was the first new class added to the Diablo franchise in nine years and it was an interesting spin on what I’d imagine a Castlevania protagonist would play like in the Diablo world. The Tempest is next and after playing for a while, I’m happy to report that the class adds an interesting set of new abilities and moves that make it a compelling option for players. I couldn’t tell if it would land in the S-tier category during my playtime, but it’s certainly got a lot of style that sets it a…

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Thus, Fallout and Fortnite are colliding as the post-apocalyptic RPG heads to the battle royale shooter’s upcoming next season.

Manage cookie settingsThe official Fortnite TwiXer account confirmed that Fallout would appear in its Wrecked season - that’s Chapter 5 Season 3, for those keeping count - by sharing an imagine of a Brotherhood of Steel knight in the iconic T-60 power armour looming over some yellow-orange clouds.

Meanwhile, Fortnite’s own in-game announcement adds that the crossover will arrive “courtesy of the Brotherhood of Steel” in exactly one week: next Friday, May 24th.

As is now standard for Fortnite, its next season was teased by an in-game event.

As for the Fallout crosso…

As you might’ve heard, Hades 2 is out in early access, offering up the much-anticipated sequel to Supergiant’s mythical (and delightfully thirsty) roguelite.

While that big update is in the works for “several months”, there’ll be a pause on the smaller fixes.

For the first big addition, at least, Kasavin teased that Supergiant already have a particular theme in mind, which enterprising players may uncover if they delve deep enough into the game.

All in all, Kasavin expects Hades 2 to remain in early access “at least through the end of this year”.

That’s perhaps not surprising given the first game took around two years from early access launch to 1.0, and the sequel has arrived with even mor…

If you’ve been wondering what Valve’s been working on as their next game after Counter-Strike 2, the answer may be at hand.

Details and screenshots for Deadlock, a third-person hero shooter with MOBA elements, have seemingly leaked out of a recent closed playtest, revealing a blend of Overwatch, Dota 2 and Valve’s own Team Fortress 2.

(Gabe Follower notes that the game was originally more sci-fi-themed closer to Half-Life or Portal - which might explain the futuristic-sounding Neon Prime moniker - but shifted more to fantasy after “bad feedback” from testers.)

Since testers started sharing Deadlock screenshots all over the place, here's ones I can verify, featuring one of the heroes called …

Around a week after Microsoft shuttered a number of beloved studios with a track record of making excellent single-player, story-driven games, their newly-owned arm of Activision has revealed a brand new studio.

Working on a new series of story-driven, triple-A games.

Manage cookie settingsIt’s worth noting, of course, that Activision and Microsoft operate separately in many respects - including budgets - despite now being merged into one multi-billion-dollar megacorp, so the new Activision studio’s launch isn’t directly tied to Microsoft’s decision to close several other developers.

“The team’s underlying mission encourages everyone to explore and collaborate creatively to craft a franchis…

I love building games, but it's not that often that put one down and feel particularly tempted to get straight back into it again.

Of Life And Land is one of those, but thankfully not so much so that it threatens to consume my every waking moment.

It quietly does several things in a modest little way, that are all the more impressive for its lack of fanfare.

The core one though, is that it takes the kind of simulationist foundation normally reserved for the punishing Dwarf Fortress derivatives or gnarly logistics games, and builds on them an approachable, gentle, even philosophical game instead.

In a word: it's lovely.

No such luck here, and as previously warned, the need for said PSN sign-in to happen over Windows means that Ghost of Tsushima is essentially missing a chunk of itself on the Steam Deck.

Which is especially irritating, even by the usual account login pile-up standards, as Ghost of Tsushima is quite a tidy Steam Deck game otherwise.

HDR is also supported, a nice little treat for Steam Deck OLED owners (just as with previous Nixxes-made PS5 port, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart).

Likewise, a classic LCD-screened Steam Deck went from full to flat in 1h 21m, also very much on the shorter side.

Again, if you’re solely of the singleplayer persuasion, you can turn a blind eye to the PSN gubbins and ju…

Lorelei, despite its single-solution puzzles, is not dictatorial.

Initially, it’s most keenly felt in a place you’d expect to be straightforward: an instruction manual, found in a glovebox.

Some of the puzzles are literally just maths, for which you’re gifted a not-Gameboy with a built-in calculator.

Image credit: Simogo/Rock Paper ShotgunAs I said though, despite that separation, the puzzles are still all grounded within this overarching mystery.

I do get the sense there’s probably a perfect order to these puzzles, but it doesn’t feel enforced.

Have you played Homeworld 3 yet?

I thought it was *gestures at review*.

I bring it up because, as is often your way, the readership commented me into thinking about something I’ve been wanting to cover: the outdated relic that is the easy/normal/hard difficulty trifecta.

"I shall craft a blistering manifesto, sharper than the apex of a Toblerone on the roof of your mouth when you try to eat it as god intended.

So, instead, here are some wazzock-tier ramblings.

Creative Assembly, the studio best known for their strategy Total War series, are rumoured to be working on a licensed Star Wars title.

Let’s break this down a little, assuming we take the “three new Total War games” as fact.

By this point, anyone would tell you that one of those titles is the heavily rumoured Total War: Warhammer 40,000.

The only other convincing argument I can point to is ‘Star Wars games popular’.

Not enough for a Total War game, I don’t reckon.

But hey, there's a demo coming out real soon that'll hopefully give us a better sense of what the game's like.

As for Enotria's demo, that'll arrive on May 22nd on PC.

There's no word on whether demo progress will carry into the full game, which suggests that it won't be the case.

It's cool to see a Soulslike with a summery setting and an obvious slant towards buildcrafting.

You can keep up with Enotria over on Steam, where you'll find its demo at the time of release, too.

I've clocked up nearly 400 hours playing BioWare's big fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Inquisition, which is not a stat I'm particularly proud of.

Still, there's at least one item on there I'd push back on, but also this isn't really a new problem for Dragon Age as a series.

People have always been trying to make Dragon Age a bit less annoying, though.

This list makes the game shorter without technically removing anything, which is fascinating to sit and think about.

The tradition of being annoyed by Dragon Age while simultaneously loving it looks set to continue.

Open world crime-a-thon GTA 6 will release next “fall”, according to publisher Take-Two Interactive’s latest earning report, via Eurogamer.

Love a good unparalleled entertainment experience, me.

Kotaku’s source also mentioned that Rockstar were aiming for a Spring 2025 release date at the time.

Shame about all the predatory MTX and crunch and layoffs and all that, but you can’t make good games and not do all that!

I’m just being informed of the many good games that prove me wrong.

Hell-wandering roguelike Hades 2 has received its first proper patch, and it does everything the developers said it would.

You now sprint faster and, significantly, you can gather more than one type of crafting resource per run (as long you've unlocked the tool that lets you gather that resource).

All this means, yes, you can gather any resource now, but the tool you pick still affects how many clumps of silver appear, or whatever.

You can view the full patch notes here.

Normally when reporting on a game's update I like to pluck a few notes out, because patch notes are inherently funny ("The nose worm no longer eats eyes", "Fixed an issue where jetpacks propel downwards").

Being offered a 4X game for free is definitely one of those cursed-monkey-paw situations.

In the hours it takes to properly clean out a 4X game, you could probably build an empire yourself.

OK, not a huge empire.

Now that you’ve become God-Tyrant of your bedroom, permit me to offer my services as your trusty NPC advisor and share some wisdom about Endless Legend.

This isn’t just the usual Science vs Economy vs Military spectrum.

This review of AGGRO DR1FT was originally published after its screening at the 2023 New York Film Festival.

AGGRO DR1FT follows BO (Jordi Mollà), a middle-aged man who loves his wife and children deeply.

What’s unique about AGGRO DR1FT is seeing all of this presented so brazenly, and without the defense of irony or sarcasm to dress it up.

Reading all this, it might be tempting assume that, in spite of its flaws, AGGRO DR1FT is at least entertaining or exciting.

AGGRO DR1FT isn’t an enjoyable or particularly well-made movie, but it is the movie I’ve thought about most this year.

We’ve got the serial killer crime drama He Went That Way on Hulu, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire on VOD, and Madame Web on Netflix, if you’re into that!

Here’s everything new that’s available to watch this weekend!

New on NetflixMadame WebWhere to watch: Available to stream on NetflixGenre: Superhero actionRun time: 1h 54mDirector: S.J.

Godzilla x Kong: The New EmpireWhere to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and VuduGenre: Monster actionRun time: 1h 55mDirector: Adam WingardCast: Godzilla, Kong, Rebecca HallThe boys are back in town — the boys being Godzilla and Kong, of course.

Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam Wingard returns for this team-up movie, where the big lads must work t…

CEO Dan Clancy announced changes to the platform’s Community Guidelines on Wednesday, allowing cute animated emotes where characters shake their butts and twerk will be allowed on the platform.

Now, the team is changing the emote content rules so that they’re in line with the general Community Guidelines.

Twitch users reported strict moderation in response to the emotes in the summer on 2021.

Now, we’ve brought our emote guidelines more in line with the rest of our Community Guidelines.

Twitch users have already embraced the change with open cheeks.

First published by Games Workshop in 1983, Talisman: The Magical Quest Game is remembered fondly by kids who grew up with board games in the 1980s and early 1990s.

But the last version of the dungeon crawling board game, its fourth, was published way back in 2008, well before the modern board gaming Renaissance really began.

In Talisman, players take on the role of stock fantasy heroes on the quest for a MacGuffin called the Crown of Command.

The highly linear board game takes players round and round a citadel, where they encounter traps and monsters, and even fight against the other players at the table.

Instead, the game is being produced under license from Games Workshop.

EA’s other football series, Madden, theoretically well-positioned with the exclusive rights to NFL simulation games, became a shadow of its past, inventive self.

Take a moment to watch the College Football 25 trailer alongside the trailer for GTA 6, embedded above.

The format is a natural fit for EA’s College Football series, which places the pageantry of the sport right alongside the actual playing of football.

And with little connection to the teams, and less time on our hands, our NCAA Football matchups faded, too.

That’s probably the real reason a video game trailer can make me cry.

Fallout is coming to Fortnite.

Interest in the Fallout franchise is at a high point right now, thanks to Amazon’s Fallout TV series and the recent “next-gen” update for Fallout 4.

That free upgrade rolled out for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions of Fallout 4 in April, and Bethesda’s been patching it up since.

Chapter 5 season 3 of Fortnite — reportedly titled “Wrecked” — is expected to launch on May 24.

The Fallout franchise appears to also be coming to another big game soon: Call of Duty.

The malleability of the mutant metaphor has long been a strength of the Marvel property.

In lacking a consistent real-world analogue for its mutants, X-Men stories often find specificity in their antagonists.

Herein lies the specificity of X-Men ’97.

The first season of X-Men ’97 was full of internal debates about how to contend with this sentiment — a deep-set belief that inspires anti-mutant militias, legislation, and genocide — and with the bystanders who let them all happen.

It’s not unreasonable to be suspicious of X-Men ’97.

What’s the best movie I can watch on Netflix?

For those suffering from choice paralysis in February, we’ve narrowed down your options to not only our favorite current movies on the platform, but the best movies Netflix has to offer.

If you’re looking for a specific genre, we’ve got the best action movies on Netflix, the best horror movies on Netflix, the best thrillers on Netflix, and the best comedy movies on Netflix ready for you.

And for our readers across the pond, we have a list of the best movies on Netflix U.K.We’ll be updating this list weekly as Netflix cycles movies in and out of its library, so be sure to check back next time you’re stuck in front of the app’s home screen.

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There are many things that make Mad Max: Fury Road one of the most enduring crowd-pleasers of the century.

But there’s one group I feel gets overlooked, that I gained a new appreciation for on that recent rewatch: The Rock Riders.

The Rock Riders are a group of motorcycle-riding bandits who live in a canyon smack dab in the middle of the path of Furiosa’s breakaway convoy in Fury Road.

It’s like a circus act shows up in the middle of Fury Road, injecting some extra life and excitement in a movie already full of it.

The circus act isn’t far off — the origin for the Rock Riders came from a beach trip by co-writer Brendan McCarthy.

You might not know this if you grew up in the later eras of Nintendo, but the company ran an esports competition called the Nintendo World Championships way back in 1990.

On Wednesday, Nintendo shared a trailer for the upcoming game, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.

In addition to the virtual eShop download, the company announced Nintendo World Championships would be getting a physical edition as well.

You can buy the Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition – Deluxe Set off of Nintendo’s website.

So if you want to buy a unique physical edition then make sure you watch Nintendo’s site on July 18.

Compelling sci-fi dystopias are few and far between in movies these days, which is why it might be surprising that one of the best is hiding inside an underappreciated action movie from 2018.

Upgrade, which arrived on Netflix this week, is full of bone-crunching, genuinely funny action, but it’s also secretly a fantastic thriller with an excellent sci-fi world hiding beneath the surface.

The movie follows Grey (Logan Marshall-Green), a mechanic living in a not-too-distant future.

This dynamic between STEM and Grey (voiced by Simon Maiden) gives Upgrade a surprisingly welcome dose of comedy that most action movies or thrillers don’t make time for.

And while it wasn’t a particularly big hit i…

I Saw the TV Glow is a rare treat of a movie.

Finding ways to communicate all these complicated ideas while still making a watchable, entertaining film is a big task, but TV Glow writer-director Jane Schoenbrun has experience with that.

I say my process — I don’t think it’s the way people normally work when they’re trying to make a narrative film.

I think I Saw the TV Glow is incredibly adept at showing that feeling.

And I think TV Glow similarly is a film that’s interested in how power mediates the narratives that we are able to exist within.

It’s clear that developer EA Tiburon has gone to great lengths to bring the game-day atmosphere of college football to life in College Football 25.

In a way, its existence can be seen as a nod to the 11-year gap between EA’s college football games: The College Football Playoff wasn’t a thing when EA released NCAA Football 14 back in 2013.

Grid View Image: EA Tiburon/Electronic ArtsImage: EA Tiburon/Electronic ArtsImage: EA Tiburon/Electronic ArtsImage: EA Tiburon/Electronic ArtsImage: EA Tiburon/Electronic ArtsImage: EA Tiburon/Electronic ArtsCollege football doesn’t look the same on the field as the NFL, and EA Tiburon is touting some new gameplay features this year to differentiate the ac…

A new multiplayer hero shooter reportedly in development at Valve leaked Thursday in the form of gameplay details and early screenshots of the project, known as Deadlock.

McVicker said the images were shared by Deadlock playtesters, and show Dota 2-style heroes battling on “steampunk European city” maps.

McVicker said that Deadlock is Valve’s next game, and that it was in development under previous names Neon Prime and Citadel.

Since testers started sharing Deadlock screenshots all over the place, here's ones I can verify, featuring one of the heroes called Grey Talon.

For now, though, it appears that Valve’s interests lie in multiplayer and blending the gameplay of its most popular team-ba…

Amplitude Studios, the Parisian game studio known for strategy games, is giving away its acclaimed game Endless Legend for free on Steam.

Starting on Thursday and running until May 23, interested players can download the entire game for free on Steam.

Endless Legend is a top-down 4X game (explore, expand, exploit, exterminate) in which players defeat opponents by harvesting resources and building military units and additional support buildings.

At the time, Endless Legend helped bring a new layer of complexity to the turn-based strategy genre.

So if you want to have a try at long-beloved strategy game, now is your chance.

In news that should be of no surprise to anyone given Fortnite's all-consuming nature, post-apocalyptic RPG series Fallout will soon be making an appearance in the battle royale game.

Fallout is, of course, currently enjoying a bit of a renaissance thanks to Amazon's recent live-action TV adaptation, making it a prime target for the popularity vampire that is Fortnite.

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At which point players can probably expect Fallout-themed skins, quests, and whatever else Epic can cook up as all involved look to capitalise on the Bethesda series' recent success.

Fallout's impending a…

Endless Legend, the superb fantasy 4X game from developer Amplitude Studios, is currently free to download and keep on Steam - and there's still almost a week to claim it.

Amplitude - which has also developed the likes of Endless Space, Dungeons of the Endless, and Humankind - released Endless Legend back in 2014.

And don't panic if you're currently indisposed: the offer runs until next Thursday, 23rd May.

To coincide with Endless Legends' 100% price slash, its nine expansions are also heavily discounted, with the priciest currently costing £2.19 and the cheapest slinking in at a svelt 59p.

And if you'd like to check out more of Amplitude's work, it's probably also worth noting the studio's…

A final update is on its way to Redfall after all.

"We are working to release our final update, Game Update 4, that brings revamped Neighbourhood and Nest systems, Single Player Pausing, Offline Mode, and more.

We are working to release our final update, Game Update 4, that brings revamped Neighborhood and Nest systems, Single Player Pausing, Offline Mode, and more.

It suggests that while the offline mode and other requested features are still on the way, the Hero Pass is not.

Even before this final update, Redfall remains worth checking out through one last stroll of its world.

Microsoft plans to launch this year's Call of Duty via Xbox Game Pass for the first time, in a first for the franchise.

While Xbox has always brought new first-party games to Xbox Game Pass on day one, and Activision Blizzard is now a Microsoft first-party publisher following the completion of its $68.7bn takeover, there had still been a question mark over whether Call of Duty would be included.

Key questions now are whether Xbox Game Pass remains at its current price point, or whether Call of Duty might only be included in a pricier tier.

This year's Call of Duty remains unannounced, though is widely expected to be a fresh Black Ops entry set in the early 1990s during the Gulf War.

Microso…

Fortnite players were last night treated to a mini live event, as the battle royale capped off its current Greek god season, and set up a grittier, heavy metal-infused new season to come.

The event seemed to show a moment of revenge from the now-felled Greek god Zeus, as his statue charged up the map's enormous Pandora's Box and unleashed a new threat to the Island.

In-game combat was temporarily paused as the statue raised its sword aloft and red lightning shot upwards - and then came crashing down onto Pandora's Box.

Music accompanying last night's live event even seemed to subtly hint at this, as its initial Greek choral sound transformed into an electric guitar riff from veteran Fortnit…

Microsoft is adding the ability to pre-download game updates before their scheduled release.

The feature, which is already available on PlayStation, allows you to download hefty game updates days before their release.

Microsoft has begun rolling out the feature to those in the Alpha ring of Xbox Insider testers, before it filters down to more people and eventually becomes public in the coming weeks.

While the whole process should all happen behind the scenes, you'll be able to check the status of any pre-downloaded updates from the My games & apps > Manage > Updates menu.

In other recent Xbox update news, Microsoft has now added the ability to use your mouse and keyboard with Xbox Cloud Gam…

Creative Assembly is reportedly working on three new Total War games, including an officially licensed Star Wars game.

The news comes from DualShockers, which has reported as of October 2023 Total War: Star Wars was one of three games in development at the studio.

The studio's most recent game was Total War: Pharaoh, but a Star Wars game would see it return to the more fantastical settings of Total War: Warhammer and (to an extent) Total War: Three Kingdoms.

The studio will now refocus on strategy games, adding further credence to reports of these three new Total War games.

A Star Wars version would certainly help turn around the studio's fortunes.

Either of these would be an ideal game of the week.

But then Danny DeVito entered the picture, with the hopeful suggestion that he would be playing Wario in a new Mario movie.

And after that there was only one game - one game, and, simultaneously, hundreds.

(Quick aside here: Danny DeVito is probably up there with my favourite directors.

Please give it a(nother) watch soon.

Fae Farm and Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs is undergoing a significant restructure, cancelling all other projects and laying off around 140 staff.

"This restructure has not come easily, and truly has been the last resort to ensure Phoenix Labs can survive, and thrive in the long term.

The Vancouver and Montreal-based Phoenix Labs was founded in 2014 by former Riot developers.

Dauntless, its first game, is an ARPG released in 2018, while farming life sim Fae Farm was released just last year.

"Our games teams were unaffected and our work continues across our titles at Phoenix Labs," it said at the time.

Hades 2 creative director Greg Kasavin said the game will be in early access "at least through the end of this year".

The much-anticipated rogue-lite sequel released into early access on PC on 6th May, though it's unknown when the game will be fully released.

We expect to be in early access at least through the end of this year."

In its current state, Hades 2 already feels like a more complete experience than Hades 1 was when that began early access.

"Supergiant's first ever sequel may feel very comfortable and familiar, but Hades' best weapon remains the power of surprise," reads our Eurogamer Hades 2 early access review.

Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing over the past few days.

If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We've Been Playing, here's our archive.

-MarieLittle Kitty, Big City, Xbox One (via Game Pass)I am going to say it: I think I preferred Little Kitty, Big City to Stray.

Honestly, this cat-game revelation is as much a surprise to me as it is to you, but Little Kitty, Big City really got its claws into me.

I am not the only one in this house to become enamoured with Little Kitty, Big City, either - my kids have as well.

Valve's next game is an Overwatch-style third-person hero shooter named Deadlock, a new report has stated.

The sci-fi setting of the game looks distinct from that of any Valve game setting so far - so no, this isn't a new Half-Life spin-off.

Images show a character named Grey Talon, armed with a bow who can also use traps.

Manage cookie settingsMcVicker reports that Deadlock is Valve's next "major" project, and that it has been in development in one form or other since 2018.

As for when we'll see Deadlock announced, the large playtest suggests it won't be long now.

Rockstar's GTA 5 has now sold over 200m copies.

By its previous financial report, GTA 5 had sold 195m copies - so that's another 5m copies since February.

"We are thrilled that more than a decade after their initial releases, Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online grew their audience size by an incredible 35 percent and 23 percent, respectively, for the full year," said Zelnick.

During the financial report, Take Two announced the release window for GTA 6 would be autumn 2025.

Will the hotly-anticipated follow-up exceed the sales of GTA 5?

Wayfinder, the free-to-play online action-RPG from Darksiders developer Airship Syndicate, has been reworked and reannounced as a single-player paid title following Warframe developer Digital Extremes' decision to hand back publishing rights late last year.

Wayfinder released into early access last August as an online fantasy action-RPG with a free-to-play monetisation model similar to Warframe.

This initial version combined small-scale dungeon crawling for up to three players with larger open zones accommodating 30-40 players.

Airship's new version, titled Wayfinder Echoes, is a paid release with no monetisation and no online requirements.

Airship will be hoping to win those players over a…

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Аналитическая компания Newzoo окончательно подвела итоги 2023-го для глобального рынка видеоигр.

Она подсчитала, что за прошлый год рынок заработал 183,9 млрд долларов.

Это немного ниже и так пониженного в ноябре прогноза в 184 млрд долларов, а изначально аналитики прогнозировали выручку в 187,7 млрд долларов.

Один из самых насущных – следует ли материалы, созданные искусственным интеллектом, защищать авторским правом наравне с работами, созданными человеком.

ЯПОНИЯВласти Японии решили публично прояснить свой подход к разработке и использованию систем искусственного интеллекта, охватывая также вопрос защиты авторских прав на материалы, созданные с помощью искусственного интеллекта.

ИНДИЯВопрос защиты авторских прав на произведения, созданные ИИ, остается актуальной темой в Индии на протяжении последних нескольких лет, вызывая при этом противоречивые мнения.

ВЫВОДЫ И РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ REVERAОхрана авторских прав на произведения, созданные искусственным интеллектом, остается пока что неурегулированным и…

Вчера Ascendant Studios опубликовала пост в блоге, посвященный выходу Immortals of Aveum в подписках Game Pass и EA Play.

Среди прочего студия написала , что теперь может не делиться выручкой игры с издавшей ее Electronic Arts (EA) и забирать все деньги себе.

Изначально она писала, что в Immortals of Aveum сыграли 1,3 млн человек, сейчас вместо этого говорится, что магический шутер опробовало «много» игроков.

Почему Ascendant Studios отредактировала текст — неизвестно.

Ранее один из бывших сотрудников Ascendant Studios заявил, что производственный бюджет игры составил 85 млн долларов, а бюджет на маркетинг и дистрибуцию — еще 40 млн долларов.

Singularity 6 провела новый раунд увольнений.

PaliaИзначально об увольнениях сообщила журналист Николь Карпентер (Nicole Carpenter) из Polygon, затем представители Singularity 6 публично подтвердили информацию.

В заявлении СМИ они объяснили, что сокращение штата необходимо, чтобы студия могла пережить «сложный экономический период».

В Singularity 6 подчеркнули, что продолжат поддерживать Palia, несмотря на трудности.

Предыдущий раунд увольнений был в апреле.

В конце апреля Supercell запустила в софтлонч в Канаде, Мексике, Испании, Финляндии и еще ряде стран свою новую мобильную игру — Squad Busters.

По оценкам аналитиков Sensor Tower, всего за 18 дней игру скачали больше 5 млн раз.

Squad BustersКроме того, сама Supercell объявила, что к 14 мая в Squad Busters предварительно зарегистрировались 30 млн человек со всего мира.

Компания рассчитывает, что к релизу количество предварительных регистраций достигнет 40 млн.

Squad Busters должна выйти уже в этом месяце.

Не исключено, что по итогам проверки он может продать компании Plarium и Big Fish Games (но не Big Fish Social Casino) или их активы.

В том же отчете Aristocrat отметил, что Plarium и Big Fish Games являются его важными активами, благодаря котором он смог справиться с последствиями пандемии COVID-19.

Поступления подразделения Pixel United, в которое входят Plarium и Big Fish Games вместе с Product Madness, за октябрь 2023-го — март 2024-го упали на 1% до 872,2 млн долларов.

Доходы от игр в жанре социальное казино выросли на 2,4% до 496,3 млн долларов, доходы от RPG, стратегий и экшенов упали на 4,2% до 283,7 млн долларов, а доходы от казуальных игр упали на 7% до 97,2 млн долларов.

Самая де…

16 мая на PC состоялся релиз Ghost of Tsushima, бывшего эксклюзива PlayStation.

По данным SteamDB, в день премьеры Ghost of Tsushima удалось одновременно привлечь 57 934 пользователей Steam.

Больший онлайн был только у трех игр Sony: Helldivers 2 (458 709 человек), God of War (73 529 человек) и Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered (66 436 человек).

Сейчас Ghost of Tsushima — одиннадцатый релиз 2024-го по размеру онлайна в Steam.

Ghost of Tsushima — 57 934 человека.

Она рассказала о сильном росте убытков и назвала окно релиза GTA VI.

Год назад Take-Two сообщала о более скромных убытках в размере 1,12 млрд долларов.

▫️Мобайл остался самой денежной платформой компании, — на долю мобильных игр пришелся 51% выручки Take-Two.

Во время презентации для инвесторов президент Take-Two Карл Слатофф (Karl Slatoff) подтвердил, что компания отменила часть игр и подчеркнул — это не были проекты по ключевым франшизам.

▫️Take-Two официально сообщила, что релиз GTA VI состоится осенью 2025-го.

Генеральный директор Take-Two Interactive Штраус Зельник (Strauss Zelnick) в разговоре с IGN опроверг сообщения о закрытии студий Roll7 и Intercept Games.

Зельник согласился, что сейчас его компания активно режет затраты в рамках реструктуризации, но она ничего не закрывала.

«Как я уже говорил, мы пересматриваем все проекты компании, и в некоторых случаях вынуждены принимать трудные решения.

Просто мы предпочитаем оставлять такие новости на усмотрение лейблов, мы не привыкли говорить об этом», — добавил Зельник.

После выхода статьи IGN журналист Джейсон Шрайер (Jason Schreier) из Bloomberg напомнил в X, что Take-Two не в первый раз не признает закрытие своих студий.

Также стало известно о закрытии неанонсированного проекта, который якобы был в неделях от релиза в формате раннего доступа.

И о прекращении работ над всеми играми, которые были в разработке.

Один из бывших сотрудников студии заявил, что сокращения произошли по указке блокчейн-платформы Forte, которая год назад приобрела Phoenix Labs.

Для студии это уже третье сокращение за последние два календарных года.

В мае и декабре 2023 она уже увольняла сотрудников.

Another Crab’s TreasureКлючевые цифры:продажи игры превысили 250 тысяч копий менее чем за месяц.

Another Crab’s Treasure вышла 25 апреля;60% копий пришлось на Steam, 20% копий — на PlayStation 5, 20% копий — на Nintendo Switch;cколько подписчиков Game Pass сыграли в Another Crab’s Treasure — Каман не сообщил.

Как считает Каман, Another Crab’s Treasure удалось добиться хороших результатов благодаря удачно выбранному подходу к жанру.

В нем есть не только юмор, но и мрачные ноты, в результате Another Crab’s Treasure оказалась более напряженной, чем выглядела на первый взгляд.

Разработчики Another Crab’s Treasure взяли все в свои руки и регулярно делали публикации в X и TikTok.

Microsoft хочет выпустить на консолях PlayStation больше эксклюзивов Xbox, утверждают источники журналиста Джеза Кордена (Jez Corden) из Windows Central.

Сообщается, что проект по выпуску игр на других платформах получил кодовое название Latitude («Широта»).

Блогер Nate the Hate, который одним из первых сообщил о планах Microsoft выпускать игры на PlayStation и Nintendo Switch, частично подтвердил информацию Кордена.

Он заявил, что следующие игры Microsoft могут появиться на других платформах на зимних праздниках.

На данный момент Microsoft выпустила на PlayStation четыре эксклюзива: Hi-Fi Rush, Grounded, Pentiment и Sea of Thieves.

The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of DoomThunderful Group не предоставила подробностей о закрытии Stage Clear Studios.

Спустя девять лет Thunderful Group купила ее за 2,5 млн евро.

Студия создала такие игры, как The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom и Shiny The Firefly, она также помогла с разработкой игр серий FIFA и Dead Space.

Напомним, за весну Thunderful Group избавилась от еще как минимум двух компаний.

По итогам первого квартала 2024-го выручка Thunderful Group упала на 28% до 391,7 млн шведских крон (36,7 млн долларов), а операционные убытки составили 184,4 млн шведских крон (17,3 млн долларов).

Представители Министерства промышленности и торговли РФ сообщили газете «РБК», что готовы изучить предложение о маркировки игр, поставляемых в Россию.

Но сперва надо проработать номенклатуру игр и прописать возможные нарушения.

Видеоигр» не против самостоятельно организовать все процессы и инвестировать в создание системы маркировки игр, но только если власти действительно запретят продавать игры без маркировки.

Представители оператора системы «Честный знак» сообщили «РБК», что тоже готовы заняться маркировкой игр в случае принятия решения правительством.

Видеоигр» предложила правительству создать реестр импортных игр, в который войдет информация о продажах самих играх — как физических, так…

Ubisoft выпустила отчет за финансовый год, закончившийся 31 марта 2024-го.

Ниже — главное из документа.

Microsoft is poised to add the newest Call of Duty series entry to Xbox Game Pass.

The publication adds that consumers will still have the option of purchasing the new shooter for seperately PC or consoles.

The announcement to add the latest Call of Duty to Game Pass is expected during next month's Xbox Games Showcase.

Word of the first-person shooter series coming to the service was expected following the $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Regarding other Activision Blizzard titles joining Game Pass, Diablo 4 was added to the catalog back in March.

Ah yes, here's the Cooler Screens FAQ, which as promised contains what must be the single most frequently asked question about Cooler Screens.

QUOTE | "How is the Cooler Screens experience a better shopping experience for me or for others?"

Now to read just a little bit further to find the answer…QUOTE | "Cooler Screens is a better shopping experience."

I fail to see how Cooler Screens are an improvement in any way, but that might just be a "me" problem.

One situation where Cooler Screens really will spark curiosity, albeit mostly curiosity along the lines of "What were they thinking?"

Video game retail GameStop has reported its preliminary financial results for Q1, which ended May 4.

The firm expects net sales from $872 million to $892 million.

Meanwhile, the retailer's net loss is expected to range from $27 million to $37 million, compared to a loss of $40.5 million in Q1 of last year.

Additionally, GameStop is preparing to sell up to 45 million shares of company stock in an effort to raise money.

Earlier this week, GameStop shares were trading up after meme stock personality Keith Gill, also known as Roaring Kitty, made his first social media post after three years.

PWC has tracked that the revenue of Serbia's top 15 most successful companies totaled €175 million ($190 million) in 2023, up 17% year-on-year.

This is according to the 2023 Serbian Gaming Industry Report, which covered the 21 largest companies in the sector.

Meanwhile, consoles, VR, and web-based platforms grabbed 2% each for player spending.

The report notes that Serbian game studios include Tinybuild, Nordeus, Ubisoft Belgrade, and Wargaming.

Additionally, 73% of the companies surveyed said they generated revenue outside of Serbia.

The Finnish Game Awards 2024 were held last night, with Remedy's Alan Wake 2 taking home Finnish Game of the Year.

Eight awards and recognitions were presented at the ceremony, celebrating the best Finnish games of the past year.

Survival game Road to Vostok was awarded Best Creative Achievement of the Year, while indie studio Notovia won Rookie of the Year for its horror series I'm On Observation Duty.

Nova Salmivaara won IGDA Volunteer of the Year, while Laura Piispanen was awarded Jampion of the Year by Finnish Game Jam.

The main prize of the Bit1 student competition was given to Team Pendulo for its title Oddli

Player1 Events has reportedly laid off an unknown number of staff, believed to be the majority of the company, and shut down long-running UK video games event Insomnia Gaming Festival.

Esports News UK reported that several former employees of Player1 Events have shared news of the redundancies online.

We have also heard Insomnia Gaming Festival will not return.

The last Insomnia Gaming Festival event, i72, took place between March 28 to April 1.

More than 70 Insomnia events have run over the past 25 years.

In this instance, though, I think the concerns whipped up by Sony's statements missed the mark by quite a margin.

Unit sales no longer capture the PlayStation business in its totalityHowever, Sony wasn't really making a forward-looking statement about strategy here, so much as explaining a historic change.

In some regards, the broader understanding of the PlayStation business suggested by a time-based rather than unit-based metric is reminiscent, in a funhouse mirror kind of way, of the ambitions of the Kutaragi-era PlayStation business.

What's really interesting, though, is how many of Sony's decisions on hardware and services start to make more sense when considered in the context of incr…

Summer Game Fest has announced its first round of partners for this year's event.

The inclusion of Xbox, PlayStation and Ubisoft are most likely references to their individual showcases which the companies run alongside Summer Game Fest.

The Xbox Games Showcase will take place on June 9, with Ubisoft Forward following on June 10.

Nintendo has announced it will broadcast a Nintendo Direct in June, but this does not appear to be connected to Summer Game Fest.

Summer Game Fest is fronted by Geoff Keighley and has been trying to establish itself as a replacement for E3, the long-running trade show which shut down last year.

Wayfinder is transforming from a free-to-play online-only multiplayer game into a premium single-player offering after the game lost its publisher last year.

Developer Airship Syndicate announced that the upcoming Echoes update to the game will remove all online requirements, leaving Wayfinder as a single-player affair with optional three-player co-op.

The impact on Airship Syndicate led to 12 people being laid off and pay cuts for the studio leadership, but the developer has pressed on with Wayfinder's development.

Airship Syndicate hopes to fully launch the game by the end of the year.

Airship Syndicate also said these changes will be introduced to the PlayStation 5 version later this yea…

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Singularity 6 has gone through another round of redundancies, laying off 36 people.

Talking to Game Developer (and confirming information from Polygon's Nicole Carpenter), the developer said it'll continue supporting its online cosy sim Palia despite the layoffs, which represented around 40% of its staff.

"Unfortunately we have had to restructure and reduce the size of our team as we stay focused on supporting Palia and serving our community long term," a spokesperson from Singularity 6 said.

"We had to let 36 of our colleagues go yesterday, in an effort to navigate this tough economic period."

Singularity 6 already laid off just over a third of its staff back in April.

Fae Farm developer Phoenix Labs has laid off "many" of its employees and reportedly canceled projects that were in development.

In a post shared to LinkedIn, the studio confirmed that it has entered a period of restructuring as a "last resort."

"This restructure has not come easily, and truly has been the last resort to ensure Phoenix Labs can survive, and thrive in the long term."

According to principal engineer Kris Morness who was caught up in the layoffs, over 140 employees have been let go.

This comes after a round of layoffs last December, which affected 34 employees across Phoenix Labs' publishing, HR, IT, and shared services divisions.

Take-Two hasn't shut down Roll7 and Intercept Games, CEO Strauss Zelnick said in an interview.

Talking to IGN off the back of the company's Q4 financials, Zelnick was asked about why the closures happened.

He replied: "We didn't shutter those studios, to be clear.

Reports of Roll7 and Intercept Games being shut down emerged earlier this month through Bloomberg, which had access to internal documentation about the closures.

A WARN notice was also filed in Washington indicating a studio closure impacting 70 people in Seattle (Intercept Games has about 70 staff and is based in Seattle).

While it never said it outright, this was largely taken to mean the much-anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 would launch in the company's fiscal 2025, which ends March 31, 2025.

Rockstar has indeed announced a 2025 release window for Grand Theft Auto 6, but Take-Two today said that has been narrowed to the fall of 2025, putting it in the publisher's fiscal 2026.

"I couldn't be more enthusiastic than I am about Grand Theft Auto 6 and everything it can bring to consumers," Zelnick said.

On that note, he pointed out that Grand Theft Auto 5 has now sold in about 200 million units worldwide, and engagement in Grand Theft Auto Online "is higher than we possibly could have expected."

Take-Two said Gra…

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The people behind the immensely popular iOS retro game emulator, Delta, have been forced to quickly change the app’s logo after receiving legal threats from Adobe and warnings from Apple.

Within just a few days, some of the most popular apps on the App Store were emulators.

One of those new apps shooting up the charts is the multi-console emulator Delta, which has a decade-long history.

AdvertisementAs reported by The Verge, on May 17, the Delta emulator on iOS was updated to version 1.5.4.

AdvertisementThe current Delta icon on the App Store now is just a temporary one.

Animal Well is a very puzzle-driven game, and solving those puzzles often requires creative use of the items in your inventory.

Take, for instance, the three-lever wave chart puzzle you’ll encounter in the bottom-right quadrant of the map.

As you might have guessed, you’ll solve this puzzle by adjusting the line so it passes through the three dots on the wall.

The middle and right levers will manipulate the intensity of the line itself, while the left lever will wholesale move the line vertically.

The right lever should be tilted slightly up, but remain relatively close to the center.

Following the release of Amazon’s live-action Fallout TV show, it seems everyone is playing a Fallout game again.

AdvertisementSo, with people talking about and playing all the Fallout games again, that naturally means a lot of discussion has happened, again, about which Fallout game is the best.

People are ready to let you know that actually, Fallout 4 isn’t good, or that Fallout 76 is better than you heard.

And you might even encounter some Fallout 3 fans out there, spreading the gospel that Bethesda’s first Fallout game is great.

If you encounter these people, and I’m one of them, here are some tips on what not to say to them.

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla’s Viking protagonist has a fair bit of baggage.

Eivor is one of the more malleable playable characters in the series, as Valhalla is pretty entrenched in the choice-driven RPG genre that Assassin’s Creed has shifted into of late.

But you can play as either a male or female version of Eivor…only to find out that the male version is just Odin’s DNA being projected through the Animus.

But all this late-game twist does is make you ask why Assassin’s Creed can’t have a sole woman as its lead.

It even ends up complicating things like its slew of gay romantic relationships for a male Eivor, asserting that they were secretly heterosexual ones the whole time.

Except in the case of cookie baking speedrunners, that’s actually not as outrageous as it sounds.

She completed the task in under four minutes earlier this week, throwing the cookie baking speedrun leaderboard into chaos in the process.

“I AM THE CURRENT SPEED RUN RECORD HOLDER FOR A DOZEN COOKIES,” she tweeted on May 14.

QTCinderalla wrote back,” Oh so I shouldn’t try to do a speed run on ?

What I do know is that the next season of The Great British Bake Off needs to include a speedrunning challenge just like this one.

One of the joys of the original Final Fantasy VII is unlocking everyone’s limit breaks and finding all of their weapons.

So let’s go over when she leaves you for good, and where to find all her stuff.

Open the small one to earn Great Gospel.

Then, in the menu, navigate to Great Gospel and select and activate Great Gospel to teach Aerith her ultimate Limit Break.

Otherwise buy in Gongaga or Junon) Prism Staff (Buy in Cosmo Canyon)(Buy in Cosmo Canyon) Aurora Rod (Buy in Wutai)Wizard Staff (Buy in Junon or find in Mt.

At the start of your journey, you might wonder if fast travel is even possible.

Fortunately, Animal Well does, in fact, feature a fast travel system.

To unlock fast travel, you’ll first have to find eight eggs.

AdvertisementHow to instantly warp using the fast travel songSo that’s a nice shortcut and all, but can you really say Animal Well has fast travel if you have to backtrack to those heads?

AdvertisementIn the fast travel hub with the six animal heads, you’ll see a ladder at the bottom of the room.

The dust seems to have mostly settled on the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar rap beef (for now), but the musical back and forth between the two hip-hop titans has imprinted itself on pop culture.

That imprint includes video game mods, as a Mortal Kombat 1 fan has recently recreated both rappers in the game to pit them against each other.

But this Mortal Kombat 1 mod is a decent enough substitute.

AdvertisementThe Drake vs. Kendrick beef has been entertaining to watch unfold and I don’t think I’ve ever seen people be so unified online.

Mortal Kombat 1 mods aren’t those, but the fighting game is brutal enough that it gives you a modicum of the same adrenaline rush.

In the northeastern quadrant of the map, you’ll encounter a large chameleon that, among other things, can defeat you in one hit using its tongue.

For those who just need a few quick hints, you’ll have to face off against the chameleon twice in Animal Well.

In the second encounter with the red chameleon, you’ll have to bait it into eating the hedgehogs on the platform.

The red chameleon guards the flame you’ll need to progress further in the game, and this time, it’s a fight to the finish.

AdvertisementAs an aside, now that that chameleon is taken care of…what if you went back to the room where you first encountered the green chameleon?

But actually, all you need nowadays is an LG Smart TV, a few minutes of your time, and the internet.

AdvertisementAs reported by HackADay.com, a recently created method for jailbreaking a PS4 involves plugging it into a jailbroken LG smart TV.

(And yes, in case you didn’t know about this already, people are jailbreaking smart televisions, too.)

Once you’ve hacked your LG TV, you install a digital tool onto the TV and hook your PS4 up to it using an ethernet cable.

And to be clear, I’m not suggesting you go buy an LG TV, jailbreak it, and then use that device to hack your PS4 and start downloading pirated games.

Have you been playing Fortnite recently and been absolutely hating the influx of mythical weapons that keep killing you instantly?

Well, I’m happy to report that you may have a new fearsome champion on your side, and her name is Doja Cat.

Yes, everyone’s favorite alternative rap girlie is a certified hater of waterbending in Fortnite, and I don’t have the gall to oppose her.

AdvertisementIt seems that Doja believes this is the current problem with Fortnite and waterbending, which may have been seen by some as a novelty weapon when it was first introduced.

One such player responded, “deadass u a pussy if u use water bending, chains, or the thunderbolt,” though Doja didn’t entirely ascribe to…

But it does make it all the more thrilling when you come across a world that feels truly original.

I’ll never forget the excitement of venturing into Morrowind, finding a world with hints of familiarity, but that was also wondrous and strange.

There are familiar elements here, of course: swords and spells, sure, and vaguely Warcraft-esque flying airships to boot.

The fact that the tech powering Dread Delusion makes it all feel reminiscent of late-90s Might & Magic games only adds to the wonderfully textured atmosphere.

As I said, I’ve only just scratched the surface of Dread Delusion thus far, but I’m very much looking forward to getting lost in it for a while this weekend and seeing what n…

I first played the retro-inspired RPG Dread Delusion nearly two years ago in the first days of its early access period.

But as someone who has a tendency to get burned out on titles before they even fully release if I play in early access, I put Dread Delusion away and told myself I would wait until 1.0.

Dread Delusion expertly weaves these inspirations together into a wholly unique cloth.

AdvertisementThe star of Dread Delusion is its setting, the Oneiric Isles.

Like in Elder Scrolls games, in which mechanical freedom often leads to hilarious unintended consequences, Dread Delusion’s freedom will make absurd scenarios occur regularly.

A year after Redfall’s disastrous launch, Microsoft announced it would be closing the beloved studio behind it, Arkane Austin.

But it sounds like Game Pass’ vampire shooter will still get the big final update Arkane’s devs were working on after all.

“Thank you for all your supportive messages,” the studio—which also worked on critically-acclaimed immersive sims Dishonored and Prey—wrote in an update on the Redfall Twitter account today.

“We are working to release our final update, Game Update 4, that brings revamped Neighborhood and Nest systems, Single Player Pausing, Offline Mode, and more.

It’s nice to know that the last thing a great studio like Arkane Austin worked on can avoid a simil…

Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic RPG franchise, Fallout, is coming to Fortnite.

Why Fallout: New Vegas Is Still Canon After The TV Show CC Share Subtitles OffEnglish view video Why Fallout: New Vegas Is Still Canon After The TV ShowOn May 17, Epic Games announced, via a single image and a few emojis, that Bethesda’s popular Fallout RPG franchise was coming to Fortnite.

It also looks like the franchise’s iconic power armor will be added to Fortnite, likely as a premium cosmetic skin.

AdvertisementAt the moment, as previously mentioned, we don’t know much about what to expect with this crossover or when it will go live in Fortnite.

Interestingly, earlier in May, Call of Duty Warzone dataminers dis…

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInGamesAid has announced that it has raised £150,000 for the causes it supported in 2023/2024.

The figure exceeds last year’s total of £120,000, with GamesAid increasing its donation to good causes by 25% year-on-year.

Thank you so much to everyone at GamesAid for your support over the last year and fantastic fundraising events.

George Osborn, Co-Chair of GamesAid said: “We want to say an enormous thank you to every person and company who has backed GamesAid over the past 12 months.

People working in the UK games industry, or participating in a university course linked to the sector, can sign up as a GamesAid member for free here – https://www.gamesaid.org/get- in…

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInThe Future Games Show returns on Saturday, June 8 at 12pm PT, 3pm ET and 8pm BST.

Daniel Dawkins, Content Director of Games Video & Events at Future said: “We can’t wait to debut our most exciting and creative games line-up yet in the Future Games Show Summer Showcase on June 8.

Developers from around the world can pitch their game projects to the Future Games Show’s audience of 10 million live viewers through a new video submission system.

We’ll spotlight the results across our social channels and feature our favorite pitches in future shows.

We’re going to unveil some incredible world premieres and provide deep dives on some of 2024’s most exciting games.

Tandem Events have today announced the finalists for the Develop:Star Awards 2024, with the winners to be selected by an industry vote open to previous Develop:Brighton attendees.

The winners will be unveiled at the Develop:Star Awards ceremony on the evening of Wednesday 10 July, during Develop:Brighton 2024.

Shortlists were decided across 22 categories by a panel of industry experts – including the brand-new Best Creative Lead and Supporting Star awards.

Sad Owl Studios are also up for three awards for Viewfinder, which is nominated for Best Game Design, Best Original IP, and Best Technical Innovation.

The finalists for the Develop:Star Awards 2024 are:Best Game

For the April-May issue we spoke to Rachel Rakowski, global head of gaming at We Are SocialWhat is your greatest achievement?

The biggest challenge right now is the fallout from over-hiring in the pandemic and the subsequent layoffs impacting the games industry.

AAA games don’t need a vastly new approach, they just need a new approach and to go back to the basics.

Visibility isn’t a massive problem for AAA games, thanks to instantly recognisable names and big PR machines.

That’s why social media has been a massive superpower for developers and publishers trying to spread the word about a new launch.

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInThe creative marketing agency from down Horsham way – yes, that would be Portal Studio – is thrilled to be among the sponsors of this year’s MCV/DEVELOP Awards.

Portal will be our table sponsor and the team apparently has a few surprises planned for those who will be taking their seats on June 20th when the winners are finally announced:“It’s well-documented that this has been another challenging year for games.

Coming together as an industry and celebrating success is more important than ever.

Thank you to the Datateam team for the opportunity; we’re looking forward to a night of letting our hair down and seeing you all there!’Voting is now closed for this year…

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInThere are only THREE weeks left to nominate your outstanding students, brilliant lecturers and showcase your institution’s dedication to games education in the TIGA UK Games Education Awards 2024 – Entries close on Monday, June 3rd!

Industry exposure: Connect with leading studios and gain valuable industry connections.

Creative Assembly, the studio behind the Total War series, is the headline sponsor of the TIGA UK Games Education Awards 2024.

The Awards are further supported by: Gold sponsor Sumo Group, the award winning international family of game development studios; and Bronze sponsor, Lockwood Publishing.

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IO INTERACTIVE WELCOMES ULAS KARADEMIR AS NEW CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER IO Interactive, the independent video game developer and publisher best known for the Hitman and Freedom Fighters franchises, announces today that Ulas Karademir will be joining IOI as its new Chief Technology Officer, reporting to IOI’s CEO, Hakan Abrak. This strategic appointment to IOI’s leadership confirms …

[From the Industry] Leading Studio and Education Executives Confirmed to present at the TIGA Games Education Conference 2024Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInRepresentatives from the UK’s leading studios join educators from games courses to address key challenges including skills, employability and developments in technologyTIGA, the trade association representing the UK video games industry, has confirmed the initial speaker line-up for its new Games Education Conference, which will take place on Thursday July 4th 2024 at Bournemouth University.

Industry skills – what we need now and, in the future, and enhancing graduate employability.

Creative Assembly, the studio behind the Total War series,…

Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles Free Update out now on Steam Coming soon for Xbox and PlayStation Watford, United Kingdom — May 8, 2024 | Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles, released a little over a month ago, is already receiving its first free update.

They can also take a plunge into The Great Ursee with developer Tomas Sala on Twitter/X, as he shares regular, behind-the-scenes developer updates!

Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles is available on PC — with 20% off the game and OST right now!

PR Contacts Wired Productions: Anastasia Denisova – [email protected] About Wired Productions Wired Productions is an independent video games publisher based in Watford, UK.

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Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInThe headline pretty much says it all; that if for some bizarre reason you’ve been holding back on voting in this year’s MCV/DEVELOP Awards, time is running out.

On Monday, voting will close, the adjudicators will scour the results for anomalous materials, the numbers will be tallied and the order to etch the winning names on the trophies will be made ahead of the ceremony on June 20th.

So far voting has been brisk, to say the least.

Just as we received more nominations this year than the last three combined, the voting numbers have been equally impressive.

Thank you to everyone who has made it all happen.

Now it’s the turn of Renaissance man Stefano Petrullo.

Stefano Petrullo: I believe the whole Baldur’s Gate 3 campaign and execution.

Have there been too many good games?

The major concern here for me is regulation but, rightly or wrongly, I do not believe AI will disappear.

As an industry we need to always remember we need the media more than the media need us in a campaign.

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInIn a pioneering move for public consultation, Lewisham Shopping Centre will this weekend (11th May, 10am-5pm and 12th May, 11am-4pm) be transformed into the world of Fortnite, as part of a ground-breaking initiative to engage with the community in Lewisham.

As part of Landsec’s ongoing commitment to inclusive and innovative public consultation, the owner of Lewisham Shopping Centre has partnered with BAFTA-winning immersive games studio PRELOADED to bring its future plans for the area to life within the digital realm of Fortnite.

The initiative comes as Landsec seeks further public feedback on its updated plans for a new centre for Lewisham and marks a significa…

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInPTW, a leading enterprise games services company that provides technical and creative solutions to numerous developers and studios globally, announced an expansion to its partnership with Imaginarium Studios, opening a cutting-edge motion capture studio at PTW’s SIDE London.

Through PTW’s strategic partnership with performance capture and virtual production company Imaginarium Studios, and the creation of this new facility, development teams can now record dialogue and capture full body character performances simultaneously and all in one place.

“Technology has always driven innovation in the gaming industry, and PTW prides itself on consistently working with th…

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInWe have another award sponsor to announce ahead of this year’s MCV/DEVELOP Awards.

Actually, make that two: top gaming accessories brand Lexip and equally lofty PR outfit Overload PR.

We firmly believe the MCV/Develop Awards is a must-attend event in the gaming calendar and Lexip couldn’t be prouder to be supporting the fabulous nominees at this year’s awards.

The awards bring people together and I’m honoured that Overload PR is able to support such a prestigious event.

And if you want to come along to cheer at the results, tickets are still available.

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Following the announcement Arkane Austin was shutting up shop, it was reported that the team had been working on additional updates for Redfall, including one that would deliver a long-promised offline mode.

Well, thankfully, it seems there’s a glint of light amongst the darkness here, as it seems the Redfall team will indeed get to complete one last update, which will usher in that offline mode, single-player pausing, revamps to how enemies spawn, and more.

We are working to release our final update, Game Update 4, that brings revamped Neighborhood and Nest systems, Single Player Pausing, Offline Mode, and more.

As for Arkane themselves, their main team in Lyon, France will continue onward…

With the weekend about to set in, NASA confirmed yet another delay to Boeing's crewed Starliner launch, making its crewed flight test (CFT) mission one of the most delayed private missions in human history.

Starliner on top of the Atlas V at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station a day before its first May 2024 CFT-1 launch attempt.

According to NASA, Boeing teams are currently "working to develop operational procedures to ensure the system retains sufficient performance capability and appropriate redundancy during the flight."

The new launch date is now May 25th, with the Atlas V, or 'mighty Atlas' as ULA chief Tory Bruno likes to call his rocket, slated to lift off in the afternoon.

After…

As a reminder, F1 24 debuts on May 31 on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S|X.

Another area of major change in F1 24 is in how the AI will manage the updated ERS system.

What we have enabled in F1 24, which was not previously available in F1 23, is NVIDIA's Frame Generation performance solution.

Will F1 24 support NVIDIA and AMD's frame generation techniques at launch?

Simon: F1 24 will support Frame Generation for NVIDIA GPUs.

A new teardown now reveals the insides of the M4 iPad Pro with OLED display, highlighting the copper Apple logo for dissipating heat, battery, and additional details.

M4 iPad Pro teardown reveals interesting details related to the Apple logo and repairabilityThe YouTube channel Phone Repair Guru has shared a teardown of the 13-inch M4 iPad Pro, giving us a first look at the components powering the device.

Apple coined on stage that the Apple logo on the new iPad Pro houses copper underneath to dissipate heat.

As covered previously, and confirmed by the teardown, the iPad Pro houses redesigned magnets for the Apple Pencil Pro and the Magic Keyboard.

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With TSMC accounting for most of Taiwan's power consumption, the country's lawmakers are open to changing the current rules regulating nuclear power in the country.

Kuo, remarked in the Executive Yuan that he believed nuclear energy was a clean power source.

NDC Deputy Minister Kao Shien-quey commented that Taiwanese renewable energy continues to fall short of its production targets.

A key issue in Taiwan's power sector might see lawmakers try to reach a consensus on whether existing nuclear power plants should be kept on.

Its latest energy report released in September last year, and saw the firm move its plan to use only renewable energy for its operations forward by a decade.

Users have long demanded improvements in screen crease visibility and recent reports suggest consumers might be happy with the company's current plans.

As reported by The Elec, Samsung intends to use a thicker Ultra-Thin Glass (UTG) for its Galaxy Z Flip 6 foldable screen, which could help eliminate the dents.

The current Galaxy Z Flip 5 comes with a 30-micron thick glass, and it could be the reason why the device has had so many complaints.

Other than choosing a thicker UTG, Samsung plans to use the same water hinge for the Galaxy Z Flip 6 as the previous model.

However, the company may use a new hinge mechanism and an upgraded UTG display for the Z Flip 7 or later version.

While explaining the rationale behind his resignation, Leike noted that OpenAI is not investing appropriate resources to ensure the security and adversarial robustness of LLMs.

Sometimes we were struggling for compute and it was getting harder and harder to get this crucial research done."

Of course, as stated earlier, Leike is the second key executive to quit OpenAI within the past 72 hours.

That decision, however, precipitated a full-on revolt at OpenAI, with employees submitting their resignations en masse.

Ultimately, Altman was able to return to his post as the CEO after forcing the coup-supporting board to resign.

AMD has announced mass production of its Alveo V80 compute accelerator, the firm's newest HPC product targeted at memory-intensive workloads.

AMD's Alveo V80 Targets Memory-Intensive HPC Workloads Through Heterogeneous Integration Courtesy of Versal HBMThe Alveo V80 was a silent announcement by AMD, but it does indeed pack a punch.

This SoC integrates powerful logic resources with high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to ensure fast data processing capabilities.

The Alveo V80 has ample network interfaces, with 4x QSFP56 optical ports, each providing 2x 100G of interconnect bandwidth.

2 of 9AMD's Alveo V80 is priced at $9,495.00 at MSRP and is available at the firm's website.

With SMIC rumored to have successfully developed its 5nm process, Huawei’s next Kirin SoC will likely be mass produced on this lithography.

Additionally, the phone maker intends to disrupt the ARM PC space by introducing its ‘Kirin PC Chip’ later this month or in June.

However, @jasonwill101 has commented on X about a brilliant that Huawei is rumored to execute, which is utilizing the remaining Kirin 9000 chipsets in devices that will retail for no less than $300.

Huawei's response to the Us gov's supply cut-off is that the Kirin 9000 chip will be downscaled to devices priced at the 300USD price range.

pic.twitter.com/Ir2PZq4qCD — jasonwill (@jasonwill101) May 16, 2024Unfortunately, the rum…

Is Call of Duty coming to Xbox Game Pass?

Game Pass growth has slowed, badly missing growth targets, and Xbox boss Phil Spencer has admitted there’s a ceiling to its success.

According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft will indeed be bringing 2024’s entry in the Call of Duty franchise to Game Pass.

Needless to say, putting Call of Duty on Game Pass is a major risk for Microsoft.

Is bringing Call of Duty to Game Pass a good move or is Microsoft strangling the golden goose?

The iPad Pro and the iPad Air launched earlier this week.

While Apple is focused on launching the latest versions of the iPad, a recent poll by CIRP sheds light on iPad users' upgrade cycle.

The survey indicates that users are keeping their iPads for a longer duration and delaying upgrading to the latest models.

iPad users generally upgrade their models for storage problems, usability issues, or battery degradation.

We can hope that the M4 iPad Pro is able to revive the iPad market and reignite the interest of consumers.

ASUS's upcoming Vivobook S 15 laptop with the Snapdragon X Elite CPU configurations has been leaked by the manufacturer itself.

ASUS Leaks Its Own Snapdragon X Elite CPU-Powered Vivobook S 15 Laptop Ahead of LaunchThe Snapdragon X Elite CPU-powered laptop is the second upcoming design that has been leaked by ASUS.

Starting with the details, the ASUS Vivobook S 15 laptop has been previously teased but now we get a better taste of what it's packing under the hood.

2 of 9In terms of design, the laptop will be very thin and feature a maximum height of 14.7mm.

The ASUS Vivobook S 15 "S5507QA-MA089WS" models are expected to be priced at 1250 Euros for the base configurations and 1500 Euros for th…

Loongson has revealed that its next-gen CPUs will be able to match Intel's 12th Gen Core i7 & Core i5 CPUs, propelling the domestic Chinese PC market to new heights.

Currently, Loongson offers its 8-core 3A6000 CPU which offers performance close to Intel's 10th Gen & AMD's Zen 2 core architectures.

While the last-generation CPUs have only been able to reach Core i3 performance, the next-gen chips are expected to compete favorably against the high-end Core i7 and Core i5 CPUs.

The biggest benefit of these next-gen Loongson CPUs will be their price-to-performance ratio which is expected to far exceed that of competing products from AMD & Intel.

This should make the CPUs a viable alternative f…

Radeon RX 7900 GRE wasn't planned for a global release; it was a product designed for the Chinese market. However, it became so interesting that AMD decided to make it available around the world, and we didn't have to wait long for leading partners to present their versions. In this review, we will focus on the RX 7900 GRE from Gigabyte, which uses a custom PCB and power design. The card is also overclocked, so it promises better than standard performance.

Today, we present the latest Team Group DDR5 memory kit designed for the most demanding users - T-Force Xtreem DDR5-8000. The tested memory kit has 48GB capacity and is rated at 8000MT/s, which suggests it's optimal for a modern gaming PC.

Today, on our test bench, we have another 'Super' card, but this time, it's the MSI RTX 4070 Super Gaming X Slim MLG. What a mouthful! Outside of the obvious that it's a 4070 Super and slim compared to the 3-slot plus monsters we're used to seeing, the MLG version (where their Dragon, Lucky, turns into the Dragon Princess) sports red highlights, and it includes a magnetic backplate with a picture of their anime-style princess.

With new video cards set to release by the end of the calendar year (2024), we've updated our testing suite to new games and benchmarks to bring you performance metrics from various titles using the latest technologies from AMD, Intel, and Nvidia.

Gigabyte was kind enough to send their RTX 4070 Ti Super Gaming OC 16G with a large 2.5 slot, a three-fan Windforce cooling solution, increased (from reference model) clock speeds, and some cool-looking RGB bling ring inside the fan space. Below, we'll look at the specifications and features and discuss the performance profile of this 1440p/4K UHD targeted graphics card against its peers and the competition.

Mobile devices like ultrabooks, tablets, and handheld gaming consoles are getting more popular each year. Even if we look only at handheld consoles, a year ago, we had one popular option: Steam Deck. Right now, there is also ASUS ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion GO, and soon MSI will join with their new product. Most of consoles and other devices are sold with lower capacity or simply slower storage, so it's not a surprise that many owners think about replacing the storage, which more often is M.2 SSD in a user-friendly and tiny 2230 form factor. For those users, Corsair designed the reviewed today MP600 Core Mini at a high 2TB capacity.

On our last day at CES, Friday, we had a chance to see the show floor. We saw so many things, from 3D printers to AI-based grills, and a whole lot more. In the images below, we'll see new items/ideas from Sony, TCL, Hisense, Samsung, John Deer, Honda, Hyundai, Volkswagon, Mercedes, Goodyear, and many other upstart companies just trying to make their way into the market.

One of the last places we visited at CES 2024 (due to being sick, I had to cancel the next day's appointments) was Enermax. They showed off some exciting new ATX 3.1 power supplies, cool new AIOs (one of which sports a removable LCD screen), and several new chassis that sport USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C ports, including one with skinned with the best game ever, PUBG.

Also in the Venetian were our friends at Gigabyte. We sat down with them and discussed what we'd like to see from them in the future, among other things. Although their ballroom had a lot more than what we'll list here, there were still many cool new things, including the Nvidia 4000 series super cards, new motherboards, AIOs, monitors, and more, with many of them in white.

Later on our first day, we stopped by to visit the Cherry Suite in the Venetian Hotel. Inside, they had several items of note, showing off the keys they are famous for, and some new products as well. Since we last talked with Cherry, they acquired XTRFY (a renowned manufacturer of components and peripherals) and created the CHERRY XTRFY gaming brand to a new generation of high-performance keyboards, mice, and microphones for gamers.

Today, we present the latest and the fastest Corsair SSD - MP700 PRO. The SSD arrived to us a while ago, and we had plenty of time to test it, so the conclusions in this review are based not only on synthetic tests but also on daily workloads.

The MP700 PRO is one of the fastest M.2 SSDs we can buy in stores, and even though it shares the same Phison controllers as all the fastest PCIe 5.0 SSDs, the MP700 PRO's design is improved compared to the competition. Of course, I won't share everything in the introduction, but you can expect some exceptional results.

Swinging by the Hyte/ibuypower ballroom, they shared several items, including the new Nexus Link ecosystem of products, the Keeb TKL keyboard, and its first AIO liquid cooler, the THICC Q60 with its unique, smartphone-size display on the block.

As our coverage of CES 2024 rolls on, we bring you the latest and greatest from our friends at Patriot and Viper, Patriot's performance and gaming-focused product line.

We were busy in MSI's large ballroom as well with them showing off a slew of new and updated items. We saw the new Nvidia Super cards ( in white, another with reference-like cooling), several new monitors including high-frequency OLEDs, power supplies, AIO cooling, magnetic fans, chassis, laptops, their handheld gaming device, and the project zero ecosystem. Among all of the items are several CES innovation award winners.

Starting our day off in the Venetian ballrooms, we visited our friends at ADATA who had a fair amount to share with our crowd. We'll see a water-cooled PCIe 5.0 SSDs, a new AIO that DOESN'T use an Asetek pump, a hybrid air/water CPU cooler, new cases, and new magnetic RGB fans, there was a lot to show off.

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Today we are launching a two-game pack, Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows, on Xbox Series X|S.

This includes our first ever visual novel as well as the rogue-like Outbreak RPG!

Up until now, you may know the Outbreak series for its survival horror gameplay.

We love daring players to carefully manage their resources, explore, and conquer unspeakable monsters by the skin of their teeth.

This switch to the visual novel format allowed me to meaningfully expand on the characters and the universe that we’ve created in a way we simply can’t in a traditional survival horror game.

Yeah, really good.

LARA DERHAM: But she meets a character therewho's really, really important to her.

That location, I think going there reallyinspired the creation of the sea giant and that encounter.

We have a really, really talented teamof people who make that happen.

And the Norse idea of the undead was really, really compellingto us.

With that in mind, we thought we’d take you back over the biggest moments in Minecraft’s history, year-by-year:2009: Launching Classic EditionImage credit: Jan Willem NijmanOn May 16, 2009, it all began.

Lego Minecraft Micro World allowed you to build four cubic vignettes from Minecraft in real-life, complete with Steve and Creeper mini-figs.

The mixed-reality headset could effectively create parts of a Minecraft world amid the real world around you, offering a perspective on the game no one could have imagined.

Its influence was so strong, in fact, that 2016 also saw the launch of Minecraft: Education Edition (now simply Minecraft Education).

Not so after Update Aquatic – the biggest updat…

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F1 Manager 2024 accelerates onto Xbox consoles on July 23, placing you in the hotseat of a team competing in the world’s most prestigious motorsports championship.

F1 Manager 2024 utilizes hundreds of real-world data points taken from the sport in the most authentic and immersive experience to date.

Authenticity is at the core of the F1® Manager series, so this commitment to real-world data forms the foundations of our driver and staff ratings.

Revamped UI in F1 Manager 2024 shows you how important each area of the car is, in anticipation of the next few races.

You can dive into the data yourself and create a legacy with your own team when F1 Manager 2024 releases on July 23 for Xbox Series…

Eternal Threads – May 23Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart DeliveryA single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice, and consequence.

As an operative tasked with fixing corruption in the timestream, you have been sent to the North of England in May 2015, where six people died in a house fire.

Prohibited from simply stopping the fire, you must instead manipulate the choices made by the housemates in the week leading up to it so that they all survive the event.

2017’s Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice was an exceedingly special game.

In the run up to launch, we’ll be bringing you the story of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II from inside the studio itself, as well as stories and lessons from Hellblade’s creative leads.

In Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Ninja Theory is going all out on implementing audio to establish its sense of place – here the first game used audio techniques simply for Senua’s internal dialogue, the sequel makes sound trickery an integral part of the game.

It’s not a new process – but its implementation across the Hellblade series is both unique and integral to its design.

This is the most authentic recreation of psychosis you can experience,…

Introducing the latest additions to the GigaBash roster from the Godzilla universe, King Ghidorah and Hedorah!

King GhidorahAs seen in “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)”, you play as Godzilla’s most formidable rival.

HedorahAs Hedorah, you play as the smog monster that stands taller than Godzilla and can match the King of the Monsters blow for blow.

With the additional purchase of the Godzilla 4 Kaiju Pack DLC, you can pit Godzilla, Gigan, Mechagodzilla, and Destoroyah against King Ghidorah and Hedorah to recreate your ultimate Kaiju fantasy.

Check out the new GigaBash Godzilla DLCs All-in-One Showcase video.

The single-player, first-person magic shooter from Ascendant Studios, in partnership with EA Originals, is now on the Play List for all EA Play members (Conditions, limitations and exclusions apply.

PC Game Pass and Ultimate Game Pass subscribers can now experience the story of Jak, set in the Immortals of Aveum’s original fantasy universe.

In addition to Immortals of Aveum, EA Play members also get unlimited access to an expansive catalog of EA games, including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, EA SPORTS NHL 24 and more, as well as a 10% discount on EA digital content (including game downloads, Season Passes, point packs, and DLC).

EA Play also offers members regular in-game rewards!

Visit the…

Summary Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Dreamlight Parks Fest In-Game Event is available from May 15 – June 5Complete daily and weekly Disney Parks-inspired duties to earn exclusive free rewardsCollect replicas inspired by iconic Disney Parks popcorn buckets!

Starting today, we’re thrilled to present even more reasons to play with the launch of a new in-game event, the Dreamlight Parks Fest, and the introduction of iconic Disney Parks popcorn buckets!

The Disney Parks popcorn buckets are not just simple snack containers but popular collectibles that carry memories of adventure-filled days.

Celebrating cherished Parks memories in-game or aiding in creating new ones, they are the perfect addition …

Experience intense combat and imaginative world building this weekend with Free Play Days!

Killing Floor 2 and Planet Coaster: Console Edition are available this weekend for Xbox Game Pass Core and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play from Thursday May 16 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Sunday, May 19 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.

Enjoy up to 75% off discount during Free Play Days.

Don’t miss out on these exciting Free Play Days for Xbox Game Pass Core and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members!

Learn more about Free Play Days here and stay tuned to Xbox Wire to find out about future Free Play Days and all the latest Xbox gaming news.

2017’s Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice was an exceedingly special game.

Motion capture has been part of Ninja Theory’s heritage for a long time, and for good reason.

The studio established itself as a pioneer in performance capture for games with 2007’s Heavenly Sword and has continued to innovate since.

Now, with greater access to state-of-the-art technology – including its very own performance capture studio nestled within the walls of its Cambridge HQ – Ninja Theory is once again primed to break its own barriers within Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II.

“We see performance capture as a tool to deliver character performance in the purest way possible,” Matthews says.

For the launch of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Xbox and Ninja Theory have teamed up with Icelandic jeweler Aurum on a limited-edition jewelry collection that is rooted in both the world of the game and its real-life inspiration in Iceland.

The sequel to 2017’s acclaimed Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II follows the warrior Senua as she journeys to 10th Century Iceland and battles through myth and torment in a brutal saga of survival.

The Aurum collaboration features a made-to-measure headpiece for Melina Juergens, the BAFTA-winning performer who plays Senua in both Hellblade games.

In addition to the headpiece, Aurum created handcrafted bronze necklaces that combine au…

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Benoit has been working at Ubisoft for nearly 20 years, having contributed to projects like Assassin’s Creed Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, For Honor, Watch Dogs, Immortals Fenyx Rising, and now as Game Director on Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

Fans have been waiting for a feudal Japanese Assassin’s Creed for many years – why was now the right time?

Assassin’s Creed is well known for its depiction of the history and accurate recreation of the world and it’s what players can expect with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

We’re showing real historical figures, such as Oda Nobunaga and a lot of events that happened during that time, so you’re not only playing in feudal Ja…

They follow Godzilla’s trail, leading them to the elusive depths of the Blue Hole.

Plunge into the oceanic depths to evade Ebirah’s assaults as the creature relentlessly pursues the submarine carrying Dave and Miki.

Despite his lack of experience in submarine piloting, Dave needs to stay focused to penetrate Ebirah’s shell.

Amidst the looming presence of Godzilla, brace yourself and venture into the increasingly perilous depths of the Blue Hole.

*Dave the Diver— Godzilla Content Pack is a time-limited free DLC, only available from May 23 until November 23.

Like thisWith Nightdive Studios’ System Shock remake releasing May 21 on PS5 and PS4, it’s a perfect opportunity to look back and celebrate the original PC game that changed everything.

The original System Shock was developed by Looking Glass Studios and released by Origin Systems on PC in 1994.

All gameplay and screenshots featured in this article are from Nightdive’s System Shock remake.

“The biggest influence of the original System Shock on BioShock (and of course the sequel we made, System Shock 2) was the sense of a world inhabited by normal people in abnormal situations.

Discover (or rediscover) a gaming classic when Nightdive Studios’ System Shock remake launches May 21 on PS5 and PS…

We spoke with Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt about how the name of the studio and Helldivers franchise came to be.

Behind the name “Arrowhead Games”PlayStation Blog: How did your team come up with the name for Arrowhead Game Studios?

We did, somewhat cheekily, decide to call our studio “Arrowhead Game Studios” plural, just in case we would grow to encompass more than one studio someday.

How the “Helldivers” game title cameOn the surface, “Helldivers” is a perfect title for a game about soldiers dropping into hostile planets brimming with enemies.

For those prepared to dive into the insurmountable opposition of Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Game Studios’ sci-fi co-op shooter is availab…

Red Dead Redemption 2, Deceive Inc., Crime Boss: Rockay City, Stranded: Alien Dawn, and many more titles are available from May 21.

We’re also announcing new classic titles coming to PlayStation Plus Premium.

*PlayStation Plus re-release.

View and download imageDownload the image close CloseWorms Pinball | PS4, PS5Prepare for an action-packed pinball simulation of pure wormage!

You can always check the ‘Last chance to play section’ on the PlayStation Plus -> Collections page on the PS5 console, or PlayStation Plus -> Games -> Games Catalog on the PS4 console for titles you might want to play before they leave the service.

I’m Desmond, Designer and Artist at The Gentlebros and today we’re revealing some of the new crewmates and nefarious villains that await you in the newest entry into the Cat Quest series – Cat Quest III coming to PS5 and PS4 on August 8.

Play VideoIn Cat Quest III, players will explore a treasure trove of picturesque islands and meet a bevy of meow-sterious characters as they set sail in pursuit of the legendary North Star.

Two nefarious pirates who are out to spoil your day: Captain Meowtallika and Captain Takomeowki!

But that’s not all in Cat Quest III: there are many, many other villainous foes that we haven’t shown yet.

There’s only one way to find out – Wishlist Cat Quest III for PS4 a…

Like thisDead by Daylight: Dungeons & Dragons features one of the most iconic characters in the D&D mythos – the archlich Vecna – as well as the original Bard Survivor Aestri Yazar (and her playable counterpart, Baermar Uraz).

Countless players have immersed themselves in the world of Dungeons & Dragons – including many of us on the Dead by Daylight team – and it was important to capture the experience and characters players know and love.

“If it’s been dropped, the Mage Hand will raise it instantly.

Using Mage Hand effectively might sound simple on paper, but there’s reactivity involved.

Revealed as part of Dead by Daylight’s 8th Anniversary celebrations, Dead by Daylight: Dungeons & Drago…

Like thisBack in December of last year we revealed The Casting of Frank Stone at the Game Awards, and we couldn’t have been happier with the reception.

Expanding the world of Dead by Daylight alongside the crew at Supermassive Games has been nothing short of a thrill.

When their film unearths long-forgotten secrets of the town’s infamous serial killer, Frank Stone, they’ll find themselves pulled into a web of cosmic horrors beyond comprehension.

In true Supermassive Games’ style, The Casting of Frank Stone presents players with a dark, branching narrative and countless sinister threads to pull.

“The world of Dead by Daylight is one that’s always been filled with deep stories,” shares Dead b…

Tower of Fantasy version 4.0, Gesthos Sector, is on the horizon, slated for release on May 28.

Version 4.0 also brings with it a diverse cast of new companions, each with their own captivating stories and unique abilities.

A friendly tip: after the version 4.0 is released, newcomers won’t need to complete the previous chapters, you’re granted direct passage to the latest marvel—the Gesthos Sector!

In addition, following the launch of version 4.0, the incredibly popular simulacrum, Lan, will join the free pick SSR weapon pool!

Mark your calendars, as Tower of Fantasy version 4.0 is set to launch on May 28!

It’s been just over a year since we released Burning Shores, the expansion to Horizon Forbidden West on PS5, and with it, we challenged you with one of our most elaborate boss battles to date!

SPOILER WARNING: Please note that this behind-the-scenes feature contains major spoilers for the storyline and gameplay elements of Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores.

“We had to complete the story arc of Horizon Forbidden West, as it was the final quest of the expansion and as such, we had to deliver a level that was worthy of being its grand finale,” says Oehme.

We also wanted players to witness its ability to move around and notice the destruction it causes to the landscape in its path.

“But fo…

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This week the team returns to discuss the Player’s Choice winner and Animal Well.

Stuff We Talked AboutDestiny 2 Expansion Open AccessPlayer’s Choice April: Stellar BladeFishbowl Demo BlogSpin Rhythm XD BlogAnimal Well – PS5Stellar Blade – PS5The CastView and download image Download the image close Close Kristen Zitani – Senior Content Communications Specialist, SIEThanks to Dormilón for our rad theme song and show music.

[Editor’s note: PSN game release dates are subject to change without notice.

Game details are gathered from press releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating descriptions.]

Like thisLast time we asked you to drop into the world of Stellar Blade, and share epic moments using #PSshare #PSBlog.

Here are this week’s highlights:NoxFleuret24JL shares Eve and Adam’s droid gazing out into the Great DesertHovsepStepanyan shares Eve wielding her blade in a yellow jumpsuit outfitsirevanztheduke shares Eve sitting at the Big Gulp in Xion, listening to Enya singingredmaiden_vp shares a short silver haired Eve walking on a path with fallen blossomsDexM_ds shares Eve standing in the center of Xion’s courtyardBBuradori shares Eve standing in Kasim’s salon with a fresh new bob haircutSearch #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme.

Want…

Set in urban India at the onset of the pandemic, Fishbowl serves as a vignette of that time through our eyes.

A new PS5 demo available today lets you get a taste of Alo’s life.

Fishbowl represents grief as an ongoing feeling and not as something to “get over” on a time limit.

Through these, you understand how others are managing in the lockdown, you get to delve further into Alo’s life, forge new friendships and stay in touch with those dear to you.

Through Fishbowl we’d like to take you on a journey to feel all feelings as there are no right endings.

Like thisIt’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, PS VR, and free-to-play games topped the download charts last month.

April’s PS5 list saw a healthy addition of newcomers with Stellar Blade and Sea of Thieves entering the top 5 of most downloads in the US and EU regions.

The PS VR2 list welcomed an old favorite with Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge – Enhanced Edition obtaining the most downloads in April.

Check out the full listings below.

What titles are you playing this month?

Like thisFind out how the hit indie rhythm game makes use of the PlayStation’s unique controller technology.

We are so excited to announce that Spin Rhythm XD is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and the first-ever VR version on PlayStation VR2!

Spin Rhythm XD is a kinetic rhythm-action game where players move, tap, slide, scratch, and spin to the beat all while traveling through incredible reactive backgrounds.

Spin Rhythm XD is designed to be accessible to those new to rhythm games while providing a unique challenge to veterans of the genre.

This release will be the first-ever VR version of Spin Rhythm XD on PS VR2.

We've got a hint for today's Wordle ready to go if you need it, a fine selection of tips if you don't, as well as the answer to the May 18 (1064) game if you need something more.

I was so certain I'd found today's Wordle answer in record time it was honestly a surprise to see the final letter turn grey.

There are no double letters in today's Wordle.

Today's Wordle answer(Image credit: Future)What is today's Wordle answer?

Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsPrevious answersThe last 10 Wordle answersThe more past Wordle answers you can cram into your memory banks, the better your chances of guessing today…

Banana Guard, however, just made the cut, and some fans cannot accept it.

It was hard to seriously doubt that Banana Guard was coming, but some players frantically convinced themselves it was a ruse.

#MultiVersus pic.twitter.com/IiS8CNdll3May 17, 2024When Banana Guard briefly appeared in a trailer posted before the announcement, for instance, one player carefully analyzed the video frame and concluded that Banana Guard was simply a placeholder.

Another, more confident, Reddit poster declared: "If banana guard gets added I will cut my balls off."

Sorry to their balls, but Banana Guard is definitely in the game.

First reported by The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is allegedly planning to make this year's new Call of Duty available on Game Pass from day one.

According to the WSJ, Microsoft will officially announce the move during its June showcase in the industry's customary, formerly-E3-centered game announcement week.

CoD's inclusion would add a ton of value (and new users) to Game Pass.

But Game Pass is also in a weird place: according to The Verge, Game Pass failed to meet its subscriber growth targets in 2021 and '22, while a recent IGN report quoted 2023's subscriber growth as having slowed down even more.

Then again, it's possible Microsoft is right to put all its eggs in the Game Pass baske…

It took more than 165 hours of struggling and 1,700 brutal, sometimes funny, deaths, but Kai Cenat—one of the biggest streamers on Twitch—has finally beaten Elden Ring.

I became aware of Cenat's Herculean effort last night, when a cryptic, single-line message appeared in my Twitter feed: "Kai Cenat has been fighting Melania for 10 hours straight."

Not only that, he had been playing Elden Ring for nearly 130 hours by that point, and had died more than 1,400 times.

Kai cenat finally beats melania after over 24 hours of attempts pic.twitter.com/8Aza1dhjKNMay 17, 2024KAI CENAT DEFEATS MELANIA AFTER 24+ HOURS OF ATTEMPTS ON ELDEN RING!

So Elden Ring, you have my respect ...

War never changes, but Fortnite sure does, and soon it will change yet again: The Fortnite Twitter account teased today that Bethesda's famed RPG series Fallout is on its way to the game.

The image of the Brotherhood of Steel power armor helmet is unmistakable, while the emojis in the body of the tweet are a little more subtle but still clearly a play on the famous image of a winking, thumbs-up Vault Boy.

It's been almost 10 years since the last mainline Fallout game, Fallout 4, but the series has been riding high in recent weeks thanks to the hit series on Amazon, which became one of its most-watched shows ever and sparked an across-the-board resurgence for the Fallout games.

Given that, I…

Doja Cat isn't just an award-winner singer and rapper.

"FORTNITE WOULDN'T BE SO FUCKING EMBARRASSING IF THEY MADE LOBBIES WHERE PEOPLE WITH ACTUAL AIM SKILLS AND FPS EXPERIENCE DIDN'T DEAL WITH LOSERS USING FUCKING WATER BENDING AND CHAINS OF HADES."

Water Bending is a mythic item that enables users to fire powerful ice projectiles at other players, and also has a healing ability.

(Image credit: Doja Cat (Twitter))Somewhat oddly, another pair of tweets in which Doja Cat recommended that Epic remove Chains of Hades from Fortnite because people who use them are, let me see here... oh yes, "dumb cunts," has been deleted.

Or whatever's going on here:(Image credit: Doja Cat (Twitter))For the rec…

The company DeepBrain AI will collect audio and visual recordings of a loved one and then create an interactive AI version of them for you to speak with once they've passed.

Settld, meanwhile, offers a service for canceling a departed loved one's financial and social accounts, removing a major logistical burden from the bereavement process.

DeepBrain AI CFO Michael Jung claims the company's AI likenesses carry a "96.5% similarity of the original person, so mostly the family don't feel uncomfortable talking with the deceased family member."

The HereafterAI product is an organizational tool, no more controversial to my eye than keeping a loved one's letters or recordings the old fashioned way…

But it's getting one final update before the end comes, which among other things will include a long-awaited offline mode.

"We are working to release our final update, Game Update 4, that brings revamped Neighborhood and Nest systems, Single Player Pausing, Offline Mode, and more.

(Image credit: Arkane Austin (Twitter))Redfall requires an online connection even in singleplayer mode, which isn't great—a point director Harvey Smith acknowledged a couple months before the game's launch.

The response to the Redfall tweet is bittersweet: Hundreds of replies thanking Arkane Austin for its efforts, and expressing sympathy and sadness for its fate.

(Image credit: Twitter)Information on the promised…

Game director Hideo Kojima, whose self-penned bio includes the line "70% of my body is made of movies", has long had a sideline in film criticism.

Miller's latest film is Furiosa: A Mad Max Story, and guess who got themselves down to the pictures, and loved what they saw to an absurd degree.

"Witnessed 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga'," said Kojima .

Ever since I saw the first film when I was 16 years old, George Miller has saved me, encouraged me, and changed my way of life countless times.

Kojima's previously called Miller " my most respected god " and, after treating himself to the limited edition Mad Max Anthology, said " I'll display it on my 'God' shelf ."

I'm not trying to genetically engineer a red panda in The Sims 4 this time, I'm just trying to teach a dog some tricks in Animal Trainer Simulator: Prologue.

I buy and install a "dog washing building"—that's what it's called—because once again I have done zero preparation before starting my animal training career.

It's weird to have your dog trainer bathe your dog, isn't it?

Once I've freed Winnie's head from soap jail it's time to bend her to my will.

If you want to become an expert animal trainer like me, Animal Trainer Simulator: Prologue is out today on Steam for free.

A handful of screenshots supposedly from Valve's next big game, allegedly a competitive shooter called Deadlock, appeared on 4Chan and Twitter yesterday.

The word from multiple dedicated Valve sleuths on Twitter is that Deadlock is a 6v6 third-person shooter that takes inspiration from Overwatch, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2.

Gabe Follower also claims that Deadlock is the up-to-date title for a Valve project we already knew existed: Neon Prime.

Since testers started sharing Deadlock screenshots all over the place, here's ones I can verify, featuring one of the heroes called Grey Talon.

What I'm seeing does not inspire joy, but we are potentially talking about the next Valve game.

It's no secret that the developer of Stardew Valley, Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone, has poured his heart and soul into creating and refining the beautiful life-sim game.

"[Fan expectation] definitely puts pressure on me," Barone says in an interview with Aftermath, "but it's better to have a delayed game that's actually good than a bad game that's on time.

I don't feel like I owe anyone anything when it comes to Haunted Chocolatier.

"I was like, 'I can't just release a technical update because if I say there's a new Stardew Valley update, and there's literally no new content, I feel like people will be disappointed.'

Honestly, I'd be happy if Haunted Chocolatier turns out to be half the game t…

Former XCOM lead and pillar of strategy games Jake Solomon announced this week that he's co-founded a new studio and will be working on a life sim game, of all things.

"Right off the bat, it's going to seem very different from what I've done before," Solomon said after the announcement.

So it's like starting a game of Dwarf Fortress?

He also described his ideal audience as Sims players on Tumblr sharing screenshots of their dramatic storylines.

It sounds as though Solomon is envisioning a life sim where you never have to ask "what should I do next?"

Sony's PS4 classic, Ghost of Tsushima, has finally made its way to the humble PC.

But there's one thing that Sony hasn't checked properly: does the game run properly on Intel Ark GPUs?

A lack of early code means I've been working on testing the performance of Ghost of Tsushima across a range of CPUs and GPUs once the game released this week.

However, my testing of Intel's Arc cards has delivered results and scenes which are... well... odd, to say the least.

At least not since another Sony port from last year, anyway.

Developer Airship Syndicate has announced the resurrection of its action RPG Wayfinder, but with a difference: it's junking all the stuff players hated the first time around.

Now it'll have an offline mode, no microtransactions whatsoever, and an upfront price tag of $25 in early access ( first spotted by Kotaku ).

Early access may mean that some dreck ends up on Steam, sure, but this is way offset by the spectacular lifecycles of games like Dead Cells, Hades, and recently Baldur's Gate 3.

We're in uncharted territory, and it's a big risk for Airship to make this change, but it's one we believe in."

The game will be $24.99 during early access, with a price increase when it hits full release.

Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has opened a new student-taught class which delves into the game design of the Fire Emblem series.

Yes, Fire Emblem.

At university.

'Fire Emblem Design and Analysis' will be getting underway at Carnegie Mellon in the Fall semester of this year and promises to help students "gain a deeper understanding of the game design, mechanics and writing of the Fire Emblem series".

Of course, this is not the first time that we have seen Nintendo games taking the spotlight in an educational setting.

Super Monkey Ball felt like a mission statement when it arrived as a GameCube launch title.

The Monkey Ball series has grown to well over 20 titles and around half of those have come to Nintendo platforms.

But what's the best Super Monkey Ball game?

We asked Nintendo Life readers to rate the ones they've played and the ranked Monkey Ball list below is the result!

So, while we await the launch of the upcoming Switch exclusive, Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble, in June, let's take a look back at the best Monkey Ball games on Nintendo systems, starting at the bottom.

The Pokémon Company has unveiled the next Scarlet & Violet Trading Card Game set 'Shrouded Fable' and it's looking... legendary.

With the 'Twilight Masquerade' expansion bringing an additional 160 cards our way on 24th May, it was always likely that its Shrouded Fable follow-up would be a little smaller — and it is.

You can get a closer look at the new Greninja ex special illustration in the following tweet from @PokemonTCG.

This upcoming set will be released this August in a variety of forms.

What do you make of the upcoming expansion?

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)We're republishing this 2021 import review because, over two-and-a-half years after its Japanese release, M2 has finally brought Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli to the West, surprise-dropping this Toaplan collection on the US Switch eShop on 16th May.

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked)Switch owners have recently been treated to M2’s exquisite port of Cave’s masterful 1998 arcade release ESP.Ra.De and the astounding Aleste Collection.

Clearly, then, Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli delivers two very important shmups from a very important shmup company.

Shmups being one of the least penetrable genres there are, things have to be a little confusin…

Update [Fri 17th May, 2024 13:45 BST]: Set your doomsday clocks, folks, because Splatoon 3's end-of-the-world Splatfest gets underway this weekend.

What would you do at the world's end?

Orignal article [Thu 2nd May, 2024 11:45 BST]: Nintendo has announced the theme for Splatoon 3's next Splatfest and things are getting surprisingly dark.

"What would you do at the world's end?"

is the question for this Splatfest, with Teams Same Ol', Bucket List and Save the Day splatting it out for apocalypse supremacy.

Publisher Spike Chunsoft has announced that it is bringing the popular anime and manga series 'The Quintessential Quintuplets' to Switch on 23rd May in the form of two brand-new visual novels.

The Quintessential Quintuplets - Memories of a Quintessential Summer and The Quintessential Quintuplets - Five Memories Spent With You will be available both individually (for £28.99 / £34.99) and as part of a Double Pack (£49.99 / $59.99) when they arrive on the Switch eShop next week.

The Quintessential Quintuplets - Memories of a Quintessential SummerIt's summer vacation!

In preparation for a long-distance relationship after graduation, Futaro wants to restate his feelings to the girl he confessed …

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube 766kIn case you missed the original announcement in April, Luffy and his pirate crew are sailing onto the Nintendo Switch this July in One Piece Odyssey.

In the leadup to the game's release, Bandai Namco has now shared the "in-game opening movie" straight from the Switch version.

This includes another look at the Deluxe Edition which will come with an additional scenario "reunion of memories", a traveling outfit set, and the newly added "city of water outfit set" for the Switch version.

Our sibling site Push Square was quite taken with Odyssey when it was originally released, awarding it 8 out of 10.

You can also see more of the Switch version in our or…

Ahead of the release of Sonic X Shadow Generations later this year, Sega has announced a new animated short officially titled "Dark Beginnings" starring Shadow the Hedgehog.

More about this new short will be revealed at the upcoming Anime Expo panel, which takes place on 6th July 2024.

Join special guests including Takashi Iizuka, Kirk Thornton, and @stephaniesheh at our Anime Expo panel all about Shadow and our upcoming animation Sonic x Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings!Send your questions here by 5/31 for a chance to be answered in the panel!

pic.twitter.com/b6EnVPbmF4 May 14, 2024As noted in the same announcement, Sonic Team's Creative Officer Takashi Iizuka will be on this panel.

Als…

It's been a while since the previous Deltarune update, and now the creator Toby Fox (who is also known for Undertale) has sent out a "Spring 2024" newsletter, detailing the latest progress.

Following on from Chapter 3, the latest news is development on Chapter 4 is "going better than ever".

He's hired "a few more people" to help out and the team is on track to meet its internal deadline:Toby Fox: "Chapter 4 development is going better than ever.

The new hires are already making a great difference to improve the atmosphere and feel of the chapter.

Fox hopes at least some of the team will have moved on to Chapter 5 by the next email update.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is out on the Switch next week and there are new reports of pre-orders being cancelled at Walmart in the US.

Here's part of this message (via 'Wario64' on X):Walmart: "We know you were looking forward to purchasing Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) online.

Online orders are getting cancelled and looks like they are offering $25 off a future order as an apology.

Not sure if this is widespread but it looks like Walmart will only sell Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door in-stores (seemingly a Nintendo directive).Online orders are getting cancelled and looks like they are offering $25 off a future order as an apology.

According to GoNinten…

Update [Fri 17th May, 2024 01:05 BST]:Following Bloomberg's report earlier this month, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has now shared an update, claiming the company hasn't closed these studios.

Here's the full statement, courtesy of IGN:Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick: "We didn't shutter those studios, to be clear.

Bloomberg's reporter Jason Schreier has also released part of the documentation obtained earlier this month:On the left, comments from Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick to IGN today.

"The other is Seattle-based Intercept Games, maker of the space flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program 2, according to a notice filed with the Washington State Employment Security Department Monday.

Take-…

Dave The Diver's next free DLC is just on the horizon, and you better get running, because a kaiju is on the loose.

Godzilla will be stomping its way into the Blue Hole next week, on 23rd May, developer Mintrocket has announced.

However, at the bottom of a detailed blog post over on PlayStation.Blog, there's a little asterisk mentioning that the "Godzilla Content Pack is a time-limited free DLC, only available from May 23 until November 23 [2024]".

Godzilla has invaded, and the G-Force has arrived at the Blue Hole to inform Dave of the dangers lurking beneath the depths.

Dave's previous DLC crossover involved the indie hit Dredge, a Lovecraftian fishing game.

As you step into the ring, you'll need to time your jabs and dodge your opponent's attacks to come out on top.

In Omega Knockout, you can look forward to indulging in all the nostalgic vibes of the past with the game's 16-bit visuals and fluid animations, complemented with old-school background music to complete the retro feel.

There are ten foes to face against, with a variety of fighting styles and mechanics you need to take note of.

There are five power-ups to tinker around with as well, adding to your combat prowess across ten adrenaline-pumping tournaments.

For now, if you're eager to join in on all the fun, you can do so by checking out Omega Knockout on the App Store and on Google Pl…

Deliver packages then come home to your catExplore a lovely replica of NagasakiFulfil delivery missions on timeBuild your home and care for your catCHI Games has officially launched Japan Postman Moto Simulator: Nagasaki Express, letting you step into the shoes of a postal worker across a 1:1 recreation of Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown in Japan.

You're free to explore the vastness of the city replica and bask in the beauty of the culture - without neglecting your delivery duties, of course.

In Japan Postman Moto Simulator, you'll dive into a realistic sim and complete delivery missions amidst the beautiful landmarks of Nagasaki.

And if you're eager to join in on all the fun, you can do so by c…

It is currently available on Android and iOS and places you amidst an ongoing conflict between humans and the dark forces.

pic.twitter.com/g6km9H7njy — Fortias Saga - Action RPG (@FortiasSaga) May 16, 2024The adventure starts as you traverse various worlds, engaging in intense battles against hordes of creatures.

Another cool feature about Fortias Saga is the summon system.

Before you go on, check out these Fortias Saga codes to get a headstart on your journey!

Go save the world by downloading Fortias Saga: Action Adventure for free on the App Store and Google Play by clicking on your preferred link below.

Android version soon to followIdle chess battler with RPG mechanicsFeatures solo and PvP gameplay optionsAvailable on iOS, Android to follow suit soonSoon after announcing pre-registrations, Colocess Games has just released their RPG auto chess idle card game Royal Pirates on the App Store.

In Royal Pirates, you’ll be introduced to a diverse array of characters, possessing hundreds of different skills and abilities.

If you're someone who likes a social element in your games, then Royal Pirates has you covered here as well.

Royal Pirates is currently available on the App Store.

If you're on Android, you’ll have to wait just a little longer.

Collect creatures and build a powerful squadPalworld-like RPG from developers of Westland SurvivalCollect different Amikins and build a powerful squadFortify your shelter and take on anything that comes your wayHelioGames has just announced the release of their latest title, Amikin Survival: Anime RPG.

Start your survivor's journey today and build a life in an open-world adventure brimming with stories, quests, and a sprinkle of humour.

In Amikin Survival, you venture out into the wilds on a quest for Amikins - mystical creatures with unparalleled powers and adorable personalities.

As for the world of Amikin Survival, it’s a massive one filled with a number of secrets.

If this concept inter…

Plant trees and watch them grow in this abstracted board-gameEvergreen: The Board Game lets you grow trees and compete to build the most lush forestInvest your actions in a specific biome to create a lush forest and gain pointsCheck it out now on the iOS App Store and Google PlayOut now, Evergreen: The Board game digital edition lets you grow a tree - Get back here!

Yes, it's not the most thrilling concept, but between the art, the simple abstracted gameplay and the relatively cheap price tag it's no wonder that Evergreen: The Board Game has been climbing up the charts for board games on mobile.

While the idea of a game devoted to growing trees sounds mind-numbingly boring, we have to admit…

Alphadia 1 & 2 Freemium Edition is out now!

Try out the hit JRPG for free, and pay a one-time fee to remove adsAlphadia takes you through a world of excitement and adventure, with two full games to enjoyAlphadia 1 & 2 freemium edition is out now!

Alphadia 1 & 2 puts you in a world where a mysterious magical force known as Energi is the key to both life and death.

You can give Alphadia 1 & 2 Freemium Edition a go today on the Google Play and iOS App Stores.

Check out our latest in the regular weekly feature covering the top 5 new mobile games you need to try this week!

Recruit even greater heroes into your team in this latest updateSeven Knights Idle Adventure's latest update adds two new legendary heroesVanessa and Giparang are a ranged and melee specialist duo respectivelyThere's also new minigames, new floors for the dungeon and more on the way!

Seven Knights Idle Adventure is set to add two new legendary heroes, a new limited-time minigame, additional stages and a new Hero Equipment System.

So check out what's being added in the latest update for Seven Knights Idle Adventure below!

The big news for this update is of course the two new heroes, Vanessa and Giparang.

Take a gander at our Seven Knights Idle Adventure Tier List of all heroes to know who to…

The hit battle royale brings back the sports car collabPUBG Mobile is back with another supercar collabThis time you can nab the Tuatara and Tuatara Striker from SSC North AmericaSeems that bombing around Miramar in a supercar is a pretty legitimate tacticPUBG Mobile is back with another supercar (or 'hypercar' as they call it) collaboration.

This time you can bomb along the highways of Erangel, Miramar or whichever map you play in two of the top cars from manufacturer SSC North America.

Now we can't speak to the wisdom of driving a supercar through an active warzone.

But for those who aren't fussed about silly concepts like '4 wheel drive' or 'personal safety', then the Tuatara and Tuatara…

It runs through to June 12thPokémon Unite's Dragon Carnival kicks off today and runs through to June 12thGet exclusive cosmetics, a new licence for a Dragon-type Pokémon and moreParticipate in exclusive in-game events featuring only Dragon-type PokémonWith Pokémon Unite's latest event here, it's about time you break out your Poké Balls.

But not just with any type, because this time around, fittingly for 2024, it's the Carnival of the Dragon that's taking place.

By clearing this mission you'll get a Licence and Holoware of your choice from any of 5 Dragon-type Pokémon.

As we said, it's rather fitting that the Carnival of the Dragon is happening this year, as 2024 also marks the year of the d…

Check out new cosmetics, a new map and moreCall of Duty Mobile Season 5: Digital Dusk, is right around the cornerUse new weapons, explore a new map and much more in the premium passThe latest update launches May 23rd for all regionsCall of Duty Mobile is going cyberpunk for Season 5: Digital Dusk.

This season looks to be the biggest yet for the mobile version of the hit shooter.

Digital Dusk is set to launch on May 23rd for all regions, alongside challenges and events to accompany the new content.

As noted, Digital Dusk will feature a new map, Frequency, set on a remote mountain listening post.

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The decision to add Raids and Sieges also comes alongside numerous QoL improvements, including the expansion of Guilds to accommodate more players.

Given how games like Warcraft and World of Warcraft have thrived based on their social aspect, it's no surprise that this has been a top priority for the developers.

And if you want to get into this MOBA-like RTS, then why not take a glance at the best Warcraft Rumble teams for PvE and the best Warcraft Rumble teams for PvP?

You can also check out our ranking of all the current Warcraft Rumble leaders based on their power.

Naturally, we've also got this week's top 5 new mobile games to try for you to check out!

Minecraft, perhaps one of the most important games of all time, is having its first sale on mobile.

For reference, that means on Google Play it's down from $6.99 to only $1.99.

The original (yes, we know there are more, before and after) survival-crafting game, Minecraft plops you down in a procedurally generated world of blocks, enemies, resources and more to discover.

Naturally, Minecraft isn't the only great on mobile.

So why not check out our list of the top 5 new mobile games to try this week to get you started?

Stop yourself from getting skinned in the bullet heaven game Brotato, use these tips to save your skin.

Want to get good at the new bullet heaven game Brotato?

Then read on for our 7 tips to avoid getting french fried, mashed, or whatever other potato pun jumps to mind.

These tips will focus mainly on the latter version, but there should be a great deal of crossover for any version of Brotato that you play.

We’re not going to give a rundown of bullet heaven games, as we assume you’re at least partially familiar with them to be interested in Brotato.

New DLC expansion with brand new storylineTwo new Combat Challenges to tryWill release on June 13thThe mind behind RuneScape, Jagex, has just announced a brand new DLC expansion for the idle adventure titled Melvor Idle.

Titled Into the Abyss, this new DLC goes live next month on PC, iOS, and Android.

The expansion further builds on the in-game lore with a new story chapter as well as several more Combat Challenges to test your skills.

In the Into the Abyss DLC of Melvor Idle, you'll confront the formidable antagonist, Xon, the Abyssal King.

Melvor Idle’s Into the Abyss DLC expansion will release on June 13th.

VR's biggest year in history is almost halfway over with freshly announced Batman and Alien games incoming just as developers start finding their footing with mixed reality in Laser Dance and Niantic's Hello, Dot.

The biggest trend in VR gaming of 2024, though, is the blurrying line between flat content and VR.

New label Creature teamed with Cubism creator Thomas Van Bouwel for Laser Dance.

Major VR & Mixed Reality Games On The WayWatch Don and I discuss all this and more in our hour-long live recap video embedded above with teaser trailers for some of the games included.

We'll have more throughout the year and, as of this writing, we're still receiving entries for the next UploadVR Showcas…

With previously hidden ‘App Lab’ apps now discoverable on the main Quest store, the $1,000 WeldVR is the most expensive app you can find on Meta’s VR app store.

For years, Meta only allowed select apps onto the main Quest store (which Meta recently rebranded as the ‘Meta Horizon Store’).

That means the $1,000 WeldVR app is now the most expensive app you can find on the Horizon Store—beating out the previous ‘most expensive app’, the $240 medical training app, Fetal Heart VR.

For comparison, Apple’s App Store allows apps to be priced up to $10,000, and Google’s Play Store up to $400.

Well you’re in luck… you can activate a 20 minute trial right from the app’s store page.

At SID Display Week 2024 LG Display unveiled a micro-OLED display with "4K" resolution and 10,000 nit brightness.

Currently 2.5K micro-OLED displays from Chinese startup SeeYA Technology are used in BigScreen Beyond, and 3.7K micro-OLED displays from Sony are used in Apple Vision Pro.

While Sony's display in Vision Pro reportedly outputs a brightness of 5000 nits, LG is claiming 10,000 nits.

LG Display is a subsidiary of the LG Group.

So it seems possible LG's rumored Quest Pro 2 could leverage the micro-OLED display it just announced.

Clap Hanz, the Japanese studio behind hit golfing series Everybody’s Golf and Hot Shots, released their latest VR game on Quest, called ULTIMATE SWING GOLF.

You can grab Ultimate Swing Golf over on Quest, supporting Quest 2/3/Pro, over on the store, priced at $30.

Ultimate Swing Golf isn’t the first VR game from Clap Hanz.

The studio, which has developed golf games over the past 25 years, released a Everybody’s Golf VR (2019) as a PSVR exclusive.

Since its founding in 1998, the Japanese studio has almost exclusively targeted Sony devices over the course of its existence, barring the release of Easy Come Easy Golf (2021) on mobile, and now Ultimate Swing Golf on Quest.

Here's why we're almost certain this is happening, and everything we've heard so far about the upcoming headset, rumored to be called Quest 3 Lite or Quest 3S.

But as it stands, if Quest 2 was off the market the entry price for the Meta Quest platform would become $500, the 128GB model of Quest 3.

But if the cheaper Quest 3 didn't have similar mixed reality capabilities, developers would have to treat it very differently if integrating mixed reality capabilities.

Supporting the idea that the cheaper Quest 3 must include mixed reality, in January a Meta engineering director seemed to directly hint at all future Quest headsets supporting mixed reality.

Quest 2 Quest 3 Lite/S Quest 3 Chipset S…

VR MOBA 'Mecha Party' is now available in Europe and Asia on PSVR 2 and Steam.

Developed by Chenni Network and published by Kingnet Technology, Mecha Party previously launched in North America back in March.

Set in a world where robotics and AI have become ever-present in daily life, you'll compete to become the league's strongest mecha pilot in a robot battle league - The Mecha Party, in PvP combat across online battles.

Letting you fight solo or in a 3v3 team, Mecha Party includes a wide roster of playable mechs.

Mecha Party is available now on Steam and PSVR 2.

The Exorcist: Legion VR brings the survival horror adventure to PSVR 2 later this month.

Developed by Wolf & Wood, The Exorcist: Legion VR was originally released episodically across 2017 and 2018.

Presently, it's unknown what specific enhancements The Exorcist: Legion VR includes on PSVR 2.

We enjoyed The Exorcist: Legion VR in our 2018 review.

The Exorcist: Legion VR reaches PSVR 2 on May 28, and it's available now on Quest, PC VR, Pico, and PSVR.

VR goalkeeper training game 'CleanSheet Soccer' is now available on PSVR 2.

Developed by INCISIV Ltd, CleanSheet Soccer was initially created to assist soccer clubs with goalkeeping coaching through VR.

Designed as a workout training app for enhancing your reflexes and sharpening reactions, the studio used motion capture for real-life strikers to put them into VR.

INCISIV doesn't consider CleanSheet Soccer to be a "traditional game" since there are no levels or a campaign to complete, but this does include several other modes.

CleanSheet Soccer is available now on PSVR 2 and the Meta Quest platform for $19.99.

Blacktop Hoops (2024), the popular VR basketball game, is out of early access on Quest, now serving up multiplayer and single player streetball on standalone platforms and PC VR headsets too.

Developed by Vinci Games and first released in April 2022 in alpha, the full version of Blacktop Hoops is now available, bringing with it a new GOAT campaign mode, revamped online parks for up to 4v4 matches, new maps and environments, a new Court Cam mode, training modes and more.

The studio says the game’s first official season will take place over the next four months, which will let you rank up by doing challenges and earn exclusive rewards.

As the second most-rated basketball game on the Quest pla…

After nearly five years, I’ve finally moved on from Index as my main PC VR headset, and Valve is the one that made me do it.

But the release of Steam Link finally put me over the edge; Quest 3 is my go-to PC VR headset.

I would still pick Index over Quest 2 even with Steam Link, but Quest 3 and Steam Link have tipped the scales.

Now Quest 3 is not only the best value in a standalone headset, it’s also the best value in a PC VR headset.

– – — – –Valve made Quest 3 my main PC VR headset; will they ever win me back with a follow-up headset?

Masters of Light is a new gesture-based wave shooter that launches today on the Quest platform, courtesy of the developer/publisher duo ALBYON and COVEN.

Offering gameplay that capitalizes on VR's physicality, Masters of Light puts hand-tracked pseudo-fitness at the heart of this gaming experience.

Despite offering innovative combat mechanics that focus on using hand tracking, Masters of Light is, at its core, an unapologetically simple wave shooter.

Overall, Masters of Light offers some decent`fitness-lite’ gaming that showcases hand tracking controls in an innovative way.

Masters of Light is available now on the Meta Quest platform for $19.99, and a Steam release is "coming soon."

Developed by the team at Peanut Button Studios, Retropolis 2 continues the legacy of its predecessor, The Secret of Retropolis, enhancing the experience we saw in the first game.

A Look Back: The Secret of RetropolisBefore we dive into the world of Retropolis 2, we should take a look back and appreciate where it all began.

Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye builds on this foundation by expanding on the Retropolis universe and both deepening and continuing the narrative from the first game.

As for the games voice acting, it's very well done with each voice actor fitting the character they were playing perfectly.

The game is available to play now for PCVR headsets on Steam and standalone on Ques…

Schell Games announced its upcoming VR horror-puzzler Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire is landing on the Quest platform next month.

Update (May 16th, 2024): Silent Slayer is slated to arrive on Quest 2/3/Pro on June 6th, which is now available for pre-order with a 10% discount off the regular $20.

In the meanwhile, if you’re looking for a more in-depth look at Silent Slayer, check out our preview where we went hands-on with the first few levels.

Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire is set to launch on Quest 2/3/Pro this year (see update).

While we’re still waiting for a precise release date, you can wishlist the game on the Quest Store here.

Domurosoft, an Italian indie studio, is getting ready to release the full version of Rocking Legend on SteamVR headsets soon, which includes some very Rock Band-inspired gameplay which critically doesn’t require dedicated guitar controllers.

Rocking Legend can’t really boast any well-known music—its 30-song OST of original songs have all been tailored to work with virtual drums and guitars.

The game, which has just launched a free demo on Steam, includes campaign, free play, as well as online multiplayer.

The free demo includes a free-play mode and a selection of three tracks to play though, including variable difficulty and a few gameplay modifiers unlocked.

You can grab it now in Early Ac…

Smash Drums receives enhanced mixed reality support with today's free 'Smashed Reality Encore' update.

Launched last August, the 'Smashed Reality' update introduced dynamically destructible stages across three environments using Quest's scene model capture tools.

Now receiving a quality-of-life update "made possible by recent Quest OS and SDK improvements," Encore allows Quest 3 and Quest Pro users to launch Smash Drums in this MR mode.

Even if you haven't previously captured your room or allowed the spatial data permission, the Encore update lets you still access the MR mode.

Smash Drums is available now on the Meta Quest platform and Pico, though MR support remains exclusive to Quest.