Recently, Battlefield 2042 dipped below 1,000 active players on Steam for the first time since launch. DICE has been quietly working on major game updates for months, pushing back all post-launch content in the meantime. Now, the 4.0 update is ready to go, bringing a huge round of changes and …

It has been eight years since Dead Island 2 was first announced and several years since the last update on the game’s development, at which point the game underwent another reboot at a new studio. In recent months, we've heard that the game is planned to launch in the current …

Sledgehammer Games hasn't had the best few years. Back in 2019, Treyarch had to step in and take over development of a previous Call of Duty game, leading to Black Ops Cold War, and now, Sledgehammer's most recent title, Vanguard, has launched to middling reception. Still, the Call of Duty …

Aside from a rumoured Monster Hunter style game, Certain Affinity is continuing its development work on Halo Infinite, working alongside 343 Industries and other studios. Today, Certain Affinity announced that it is “deepening” its relationship with 343, and will become more involved in growing Halo Infinite moving forward.  Certain Affinity …

Blizzard has been supporting WoW Classic for a few years now, offering players a way to go back and experience the game as it was many years ago. Last year, The Burning Crusade expansion came to WoW Classic, opening up the possibility that we'll see other expansions too in the …

Back in 2020, Bugsnax launched as an early console exclusive for the PS5. Now, two years later, the game is spreading to other platforms, including Xbox and Nintendo Switch.  Bugsnax initially launched for PS4, PS5 and PC, although the game was exclusive to the Epic Games Store on PC too. …

Back in 2020, a group of former Suikoden developers formed a new studio and kickstarted Eiyuden Chronicle, a new JRPG and spiritual successor to Suikoden. Following a successful campaign, the scope of the project expanded to include a smaller prequel game, which will now be releasing in May as a …

Modders are slowly but surely beginning to figure out how to make changes to Halo Infinite. The latest mod to make headlines completely shifts gameplay, enabling a third-person view of Master Chief and the Zeta Halo.  Since the beginning, Halo has been a first-person shooter franchise, while other Microsoft IP, …

Xbox’s first-party studios and recent acquisitions have been getting all the headlines lately, but Microsoft does also have a number of third-party publishing deals in place for the coming years. One of those deals will see one of Xbox’s long-standing partner support studios, Certain Affinity, trying their hands at a …

Roughly one year ago, Oculus execs made it known that there would be no Quest Pro or Quest 3 headset anytime soon, with the company poised to continue supporting and pushing its best-selling Quest 2 headset for the foreseeable future. Now one year on, things may have changed, with reports …

Every console generation, we eventually see a hardware refresh of sorts, whether its by using a more power efficient chip and sold as a ‘slim' console, or something more substantial like last generation's PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. Right now, it appears that Microsoft has begun working on its …

CD Projekt Red made great progress with Cyberpunk 2077 over the last year. Updates were slow, but Patch 1.5 and the next-gen launch delivered on a number of promises and perception of the game's quality has begun to shift. Now, CD Projekt Red has reaffirmed plans for multiple expansions.  While …

In recent years, Sony has been steadily investing money into Epic Games. As part of the company's latest round of funding, Sony, and the investors behind LEGO, have invested a further $2 billion into Epic Games.  This time last year, Epic Games was valued at around $29 billion, but that …

Over the weekend as part of the Kingdom Hearts 20th Anniversary celebration, Square Enix announced Kingdom Hearts 4, promising a new adventure with Sora and some returning characters. While the trailer looked good, it was entirely cinematic, as the game is still in the early stages of development.  During the …

At E3 last year, one of Nintendo’s big surprises was a full remake of the Advanced Wars games, repackaging the first two games for the Nintendo Switch. Initially, the game was due to release in December 2021, but was later delayed to April 2022. Unfortunately due to “recent world events”, …

In a surprise announcement this weekend, Square Enix has officially revealed Kingdom Hearts 4. The new entry to the mainline series will see Sora return in an “epic new storyline titled the ‘Lost Master Arc'. The announcement was made as part of the grand finale for the Kingdom Hearts 20th …

Dying Light 2 might be a single-player game, but Techland plans to support the title for years to come with content updates. Techland has been patching the game regularly since launch, with the latest update bringing New Game Plus mode for those who have already finished the story once.  So …

Hunt: Showdown was making headlines for the wrong reasons earlier this week. The game recently received its latest content update and major event, but unfortunately, players encountered major issues after the patch, but Crytek is looking to address the situation.  Following the Traitor's Moon event, Crytek has issued a statement, …

Despite a positive reception at launch, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy ‘undershot' sales expectations. Things have been improving this year though, thanks to continued sales and more recently, the game's inclusion to the Xbox Game Pass library. Square Enix confirmed that the game didn't meet sales expectations earlier this year, …

This week, Activision Blizzard announced that over 1,000 of its temporary contract QA testers will be converted to full-time contracts and getting a pay bump. The move follows on from months of unionisation efforts.  As reported by Bloomberg, the change will affect roughly 1,100 QA employees at Activision's US studios. …

In recent months, the Halo community has grown impatient over the lack of content updates for Halo Infinite. 343 acknowledged this recently, and now, we may finally begin to see things turn around, with Halo Infinite Season 2, Lone Wolves, being announced today.  Halo Infinite Season 2, titled ‘Lone Wolves', …

If you are in the market for a peripheral upgrade or two, then you may want to check out Amazon over the next few days. This week, Razer is slashing prices on a range of gaming gear, including the Razer Viper Ultimate, the Razer Kraken and more. You will find …

In recent years, the biggest PC and console shooters have also released mobile counterparts, broadening the audience for these games quite dramatically in some markets. Like Call of Duty, Fortnite, PUBG, Battlefield and others, Valorant will soon be available on iOS and Android devices.  As reported by DannyIntel, Riot appears …

Last month's launch of Gran Turismo 7 wasn't as successful as anticipated. The game quickly drew criticism for its always-online requirement, microtransactions and in-game rewards balance. Polyphony Digital announced plans to rebalance things in a new update and this week, that update finally arrived.  As announced last month, the latest …

Endgame Gear has made a name for itself in recent years with the XM1 gaming mouse. Now, the company is expanding its peripherals roster, introducing the XSTRM USB microphone.  While there are some decent gaming headsets out there, many have switched to a dedicated headphones and microphone setup, particularly those …

Nvidia is beginning to outline its plans for GeForce Now in April. This month, a new feature will be rolling out – Instant Demos, allowing players to test out certain titles over the cloud, on almost any device, before spending any money. This will be particularly useful for those looking …

It looks like the Oculus team is working on making the Quest 2 PCVR experience even better. At the moment, you can connect the Quest 2 to a PC with a USB-C cable, or via WiFi. Soon to improve quality over the wireless connection, Oculus/Meta may launch a dedicated wireless …

Earlier this week, Ubisoft announced that development on Ghost Recon Breakpoint has come to an end, meaning no more in-game content, or NFTs. This won't be the end of Ubisoft's NFT obsession though, as the publisher has already confirmed it will integrate NFTs with future games.  Ubisoft Quartz, an NFT …

This week, Ubisoft announced that it is ending development on Ghost Recon Breakpoint, putting an end to two-years of post-launch updates. Right now, Ubisoft only has one other Ghost Recon game announced – a free-to-play multiplayer shooter. Fortunately for core fans of the series, the publisher does have a bit …

Given the continued lack of retail availability and astronomically high prices of graphics cards, it might be hard to believe that GPU shipments actually grew in 2021. Still, it appears this was indeed the case, with researchers finding that there was a 30% gain in the number of GPUs shipped …