Category: Gaming

  • Gaming News – 10th November 2024

    Gaming News – 10th November 2024

    • 9 employees at NetEase (Marvel Rivals, Once Human, Diablo Immortal) have been arrested for alleged bribery and money laundering up to $139 million USD. They have also been fired from the company.
    • It has been revealed that Macaulay Culkin will be in Season 2 of the Fallout TV Show.
    • Amplitude Studios (Endless Space, Endless Legend, Humankind) has been sold by SEGA and are now once again an independent studio..
    • The E3 Demo for Halo 2 has been modded into Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Steam which looks and feels like the actual demo from 2003. Steam
    • The Pokémon Company & Nintendo are demanding 10 Million Yen (USD$66,000) from Pocketpair (Palworld) for infringing on patents.
  • Gaming News – 7th November 2024

    Gaming News – 7th November 2024

    • Nintendo has confirmed that the new Nintendo console (which has not been announced yet) will be backwards compatible with existing Nintendo Switch games.
    • Warcraft II (2) Remastered has been leaked before its (reportedly) announcement during Warcraft’s 30th Anniversary next week.
    • Warner Bros. Discovery has revealed that the poor reception of MultiVersus is one of the major reasons why their games division is “substantially underperforming”
    • Raven from DC Comics and Marceline from Adventure Time are being added to Season 4 of MultiVersus which also includes 2 new stages from Samurai Jack and Adventure Time.
    • Starting in 2025, New subscribers to Nvidia’s game streaming service GeForce Now, will be limited to 100 hours of playtime per month. Existing members will have this limit imposed in 2026.
    • Surprise! Death Stranding is now available on Xbox Series X|S and via Xbox app on PC. For a limited time, it is 50% off (now €20)
    • As part of their Q2 Financial Report, Take-Two has stated that Grand Theft Auto VI is still on track for a Autumn 2025 release.
    • Take-Two has also stated that while the Borderlands movie was ‘disappointing’, it actually had a positive impact on video game sales.
    • Take-Two have also stated that they will spread out the release of Grand Theft Auto VI and Borderlands 4 even though they are slated to come out within a year of each other.
    • It has also been confirmed by Take-Two, that their “Private Division” label has been sold for an undisclosed sum.
    • It was recently confirmed by Konami that the voice actress for Eva in Metal Gear Solid 3 was listed as “Suzetta Minet” This was a pseudonym for Jodi Benson, who voiced Ariel in The Little Mermaid movie. It was suggested to her at the time that her name be changed due to the ‘adult themes’ that were in the game.
    • SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics is being delisted from Steam on the 6th December. If you have already purchased games within SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics, you would still be able to download them.
    • On this N7 Day, it has been revealed that there is a Mass Effect TV show in development from the writer for Fast & Furious 9, Daniel Casey, and Amazon MGM Studios.
  • Gaming News – 29th October 2024

    Gaming News – 29th October 2024

    • The developers behind the failed Concord, Firewalk Studios has been closed by Sony after spending “considerable time these past few month exploring all [of their] options” – Neon Koi (fka. Savage Game Studios) were working alongside Firewalk and were potentially going to release Concord on mobile down the line.
    • The early access for Path of Exile 2 has been delayed by 3 week to December 6th. This is due to server side infrastructure work that is taking longer than expected to completed.
    • New multiplayer maps and modes and a new Zombies map is coming to Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Season 1 on November 14 with Omnimovement and BO6 weapons coming to Call of Duty: Warzone on the same date.
    • Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition – A remaster of the WiiU title has been announced for the Nintendo Switch and will release on March 20th, 2025.
    • Shadow Man and Turok 2 has been added to the Nintendo 64: Mature app for Nintendo Switch Online.
    • Bungie’s development of Marathon is ‘on track’ but they are not ready to show gameplay.
    • The specs for Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered has been released [pictured]
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