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Earlier this Summer Microsoft shocked everybody when they announced that a ton of their ongoing Xbox projects would be cancelled, with just some of the victims including Perfect Dark and The Initiative; Rare’s Everwild; Zenimax Online’s Project Blackbird and Turn10 – to name a few. One project which was said to be safe from all this was Avalanche Studios’ Contraband. Unfortunately, it seems as though it too has now been cancelled.

Despite not launching until next year, PlayStation appears confident in Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, claiming that they plan to support the title for a decade.

After over a decade in development, the ambitious action title Lost Soul Aside from Ultizero Games has finally gone Gold.

Ahead of its launch sometime later this year, Kirby Air Riders has now been officially rated in Saudi Arabia, suggesting an impending launch.

After countless world updates, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is taking a trip to Jurassic World, with a crossover expansion announced to be “coming soon.”

Despite not arriving until some time next year, Sony has announced that a closed beta for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls will go live next month.

Following its survey in Japan, Nintendo of America has now asked its fans what they think of the physical vs digital media divide.

Following leaks earlier this year, EA has now officially announced and detailed Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted – launching this October.

In the wake of Microsoft’s latest firings, the console maker has shared its earnings report – with Xbox software being up, while hardware continues to decline.

Sony has announced its PlayStation Plus Essential line-up for August, including the souls-like Lies of P; the open-world survival game Day Z and more.

Just yesterday, we reported on the lawsuit filed by Sony against Tencent as a result of the announcement of their Horizon: Zero Dawn ‘clone’ Light of Motiram. As part of the filings, the console maker (who typically picks and chooses when to share game sales data) has revealed that PlayStation’s Horizon franchise is nearing 40 million copies sold.

Following a teaser back in June, Sony has now officially detailed their upcoming FlexStrike Wireless Fight Stick – set to arrive some time in 2026.

Sony is now suing Tencent for IP violations as a result of their recently announced Horizon: Zero Dawn “clone” Light of Motiram.

5 years on from Tsushima’s release and Sucker Punch is gearing up to launch its successor – with Ghost of Yotei set to arrive this October. Given just how much praise Tsushima received for its retooling of the open-world genre, it is not surprising to see the team doubling down on this concept for the upcoming Ghost of Yotei. Whether it will ultimately work out or not, we will have to wait and see, but there’s no denying that in many ways, Sucker Punch is trying to refine the open world with Ghost of Yotei.

Following other back-tracked decisions, Microsoft has now confirmed that some of its upcoming Xbox games will include a disc in the box after all.

Following rumours a couple months ago, dataminers have found evidence that Microsoft is working on a new 4-tiered system for its xCloud game streaming service.

We’ve now gotten official sales figures for the Switch 2’s first month – with the console having become the fastest-selling video game hardware in US history.

The latest PS5 beta firmware update will allow for multi-device pairing using the DualSense controller – as well as a somewhat mysterious Power Saver mode.

Following the surprise announcement last month that Microsoft’s upcoming holiday titles would retail for $80 (starting with The Outer Worlds 2), the console maker backtracked on this decision, instead charging the more ‘standard’ $70. It seems as though Obsidian’s upcoming RPG isn’t the only game being lowered to $70 – with all of Microsoft’s upcoming Holiday titles dropping back down to the previous industry standard.

As part of their most recent ‘Presents’ showcase, The Pokémon Company announced and released Pokémon Friends for both smartphones and Nintendo Switch.

In just a few days following its console release, Ready or Not has already sold over 1 million copies – pushing total unit sales past 10 million.

In a sudden move, Microsoft has shut down its Movies and TV service across both Windows and Xbox - though you can still access purchased content.

As they do each month, Sony has announced the list of games set to be removed from PlayStation Plus Extra in August - including The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

While the rest of the world will be able to enjoy Sonic Racing: Crossworlds this September, Switch 2 users will have to wait until Holiday 2025 at the earliest.

In the wake of its closure last year, we’ve now gotten our first look at concept art for Deviation Games’ ill-fated shooter.

Square Enix has announced the Life is Strange Collection for PS5 – featuring all 5 games in a single package (albeit with a caveat).

In the wake of a ton of outcry, Nintendo has released a survey asking fans what they think of the highly-controversial Game-Key Card system for Switch 2.

Only a handful of major third-party titles have been announced for the Switch 2 so far. Apparently, there are a lot of ports waiting to be announced, but delays have taken place due to many studios getting their dev kits later than normally expected.  Nate the Hate recently stated in …

Following reports from June, leakers have claimed that Nintendo is planning to host a Direct later this month – after the release of Donkey Kong Bananza.

In a surprise announcement, Sony is bringing back its 30th anniversary PS5 consoles and accessories “in highly limited quantities.”