After a longer wait than anticipated, Hades 2 officially launched into Steam Early Access this week. Supergiant's big sequel is getting off to a hot start too, garnering over 100,000 players at launch.  Supergiant first launched Hades in 2020, with the game being an Epic Games Store exclusive for its …

In late 2023, Remedy gave us an update on Project Vanguard, announcing that the game was rebooted under the working title ‘Kestrel'. This was one of two experimental multiplayer games in the works at Remedy. Unfortunately, after evaluating the project once again, Remedy has now made the decision to cancel …

Today Microsoft announced some major changes to its first-party studio line-up. Several of Bethesda's studios are being closed down, including Arkane Austin, the studio responsible for Prey (2017) and Redfall (2023). Due to the closure of Arkane Austin, Redfall's promised DLCs will no longer be coming out.  While Redfall didn't …

While Microsoft hasn't interfered with Bethesda's operations much since acquiring the company in 2020, that is slowly starting to change. A round of lay-offs earlier this year impacted several Bethesda teams. Now, a few studios are also being shut down, including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks. An announcement penned by …

Helldivers 2 has made plenty of headlines since launch but it was finding itself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons last week. On Friday, Arrowhead and Sony announced plans to require PSN accounts in the PC version of the game, despite the fact that the game was sold …

Today in a rare statement addressing speculation, Nintendo officially confirmed plans to announce its next generation console soon. The highly anticipated ‘Switch 2' will be officially announced in the current fiscal year. Additionally, Nintendo has confirmed its summer announcement plans, confirming that the next major Direct showcase will take place …

Typically whenever Nintendo is asked about its next-gen console plans, the company simply states that it is always exploring new opportunities but that there are ‘no immediate plans' for a new system. That has finally changed this week, with Nintendo acknowledging plans to announce a new console for the first …

Apple's new iPad Pro launch event today brought about more surprises than expected. This year's iPad Pro will not only be the first to feature an OLED display, but it will also be the first Apple product powered by the new M4 processor.  The Apple M4 processor at the heart …

The community at large turned against Sony over the weekend, after it was announced that PSN accounts would soon be enforced in the PC version of Helldivers 2. While creating a free account sounds easy at first, it quickly came to light that the game had been sold to thousands …

It tends to take a lot for gamers to 'forgive' a studio after messing up a launch, for instance CD Projekt Red had to spend three additional years developing Cyberpunk 2077 before many were willing to give the game another shot. In the case of Helldivers 2, despite the game having some rough server issues at launch, the game turned out to be so good that many players simply waited things out, without leaving a trail of negative reviews. Now, a case of incredibly poor communication and a poorly thought-out plan from the game's publisher, Sony, has put Helldivers 2 in jeopardy, with the game being removed from over 170 countries. 

While PC players have always been able to link their Steam and PSN accounts for Helldivers 2, the system was not enforced by Arrowhead at launch, so many opted to skip it. Now, that is changing. Moving forward, all PC players for the game will have to link their Steam …

While recent reports claimed that Resident Evil 9 had been internally delayed, the ‘leaker' who shared that information has since clarified. It turns out the game is not delayed, and could be releasing as soon as early 2025.  According to Dusk Golem, who has a pretty good track record for …

Earlier this week we got our first look at the PC system requirements for Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2. At the time, the Steam page was only updated with the game's minimum requirements. However, Ninja Theory has now dropped the detailed PC requirements, including what hardware you'll need for 1080p, 1440p …

We only had a few games confirmed for Game Pass with this week's update. However, it does appear that a few bigger surprises are around the corner. A new leak claims that Lords of the Fallen (2023) is due to land on Game Pass soon. According to eXputer, Lords of …

Earlier this year, Nintendo successfully managed to shut down the Yuzu emulator. As a result, many spin-offs of the Nintendo Switch emulator appeared. Now, Nintendo is hoping to shut all of those down too, sending over 8,500 takedown requests to GitHub, where many copies of Yuzu were being stored. As …

While From Software has released multiple DLCs for its previous games, with Elden Ring, the upcoming Shadow of the Erdtree expansion is set to be the first and last. However, the team has not ruled out a full sequel yet.  It shouldn't be too surprising that Elden Ring is only …

Amazon Prime members have been able to take advantage of Prime Gaming for a while now, offering benefits like free games for you to download and install straight to your PC, as well as free games that can be streamed via the Amazon Luna service. The next batch of games …

We've reviewed many be quiet! products over the years, often coming away very impressed. More recently, the company launched a pair of excellent ATX 3.0 power supplies with the Straight Power 12 1200W and 1500W, as well as its best air-cooler yet with the Dark Rock Pro 5. Now, all …

While Take-Two's CEO had said just a few months ago that the company had no plans for lay-offs, things have swiftly changed. Now that Take-Two has acquired Gearbox Entertainment from Embracer Group, the company has reassessed its situation and unfortunately, it has led to the closure of two studios behind …

May is set to be a big month for GeForce Now. Users can expect 24 more games to land on the service in the weeks ahead, and better yet, Nvidia has now issued a very important update for getting GeForce Now working on handheld devices like the Steam Deck.

Call of Duty typically doesn't do a great job of keeping upcoming crossover content under wraps. We've regularly seen leaks for previous crossover DLCs and 2024 is no exception. This year for Modern Warfare 3, it looks like Activision is planning to release packs based on Fallout, Gundam and even …

Rocksteady has not had a great year, with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League falling off faster than almost any high-budget ‘live-service' game. At this point, the game is averaging just hundreds of concurrent players on Steam, despite new seasonal content being added. However, fans will be pleased to know …

Blizzard has been hyping up Diablo IV's upcoming fourth season for months at this point. Now, a couple of weeks ahead of the launch, the development team have published a massive blog post detailing many of the major changes coming to the game. With the main theme of this season …

The first wave of Xbox Game Pass titles for May 2024 have been announced. Unfortunately, it is a pretty minimal update this time around, featuring just four games.  The headlining game in this update is Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, which is very old at this point. Still, if you've never …

Yesterday, Microsoft officially confirmed its plans for the next Xbox summer showcase. Like last year, this year's big stream will be a two-parter, with a second stream offering a lengthy deep-dive into a new game “in a beloved franchise”. At the time, we noted that the teaser image resembled Call …

KeokeN Interactive, the studio behind recent Sci-Fi games Deliver Us the Moon and Deliver Us Mars, has had to lay off its entire staff after struggling to get funding for new projects. Both games have positive reviews on Steam and also got an extra marketing boost from Nvidia thanks to …

Star Wars: Hunters, a new arena shooter for Switch and mobile, was first announced a couple of years ago and after some delays, the game is finally set to launch. Pre-registrations are now live for the iOS and Android versions of Star Wars: Hunters, so you can set the app …

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is just a few short weeks from release for PC and Xbox Series X/S. While we are still waiting on detailed PC system requirements and performance targets, we do have preliminary minimum PC requirements, so you can at least check if you should be able to …

Apple has been working to get AAA game studios to support iOS with ports of major titles. So far, we've seen games like Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Death Stranding and No Man's Sky releasing for iPhones and iPads. Now, Ubisoft is bringing Assassin's Creed Mirage to Apple's …

Remedy Entertainment has been giving consistent and transparent updates on the status of its on-going development projects for quite some time now, setting a standard that the rest of the industry could do with following. So far, all of Remedy's games have remained on a steady track and now, Remedy's …