Category: News

  • Gaming News – 17th November 2024

    Gaming News – 17th November 2024

    Late Sunday night edition (because I have been busy and lazy all week.)

    • The plot to the 3rd part of the Final Fantasy VII (7) remake has been completed, and the game has gone into full production.
    • The Game Awards has confirmed that expansion packs, DLC and remakes are eligible for the Game of the Year category “if the jury deems the new creative and technical work to be worthy of a nomination”. The Game Awards air on Friday 13th December at 12:30am GMT.
    • Ratatan, the sequel to the 2007 PSP hit Patapon, has a new trailer with a release date of April 2025, and it comes to PS5/PS4/Xbox Series X|S, Switch and PC.
    • The Splinter Cell movie, with Tom Hardy, is reportedly been cancelled as they “couldn’t get it right”
    • In a new documentary celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Half-Life 2, Half Life 2: Episode Three was 6 months into development but was dropped in favour of Left 4 Dead – With the new 20th Anniversary, there have been some game updates too: “Every map in Half-Life 2 has been looked over by Valve level designers to fix longstanding bugs, restore content and features lost to time, and improve the quality of a few things like lightmap resolution and fog”
    • Job roles have appeared online hinting to a Starcraft shooter. The game was revealed in Jason Schreier’s book “Play Nice: The Rise, Fall and Future of Blizzard Entertainment” – Former head of Far Cry at Ubisoft, Dan Hay, is set to be leading the project.
    • Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones, Joan in… Joan, Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse) is reportedly set to play Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider TV show.
    • Blizzard has announced and released Warcraft: Remastered, Warcraft II Remastered and Warcraft III Reforged as a Battle Chest which also includes a 2.0 patch for Warcraft III Reforged
    • According to Phil Spencer, there are no rules for which game from Xbox’s library gets released on PS5 or Switch.

  • 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]
  • Gaming News – 16th October 2024

    Gaming News – 16th October 2024

    • The release date of Alan Wake 2‘s DLC ‘The Lake House’ has been leaked. It is set to be released next Tuesday (22nd October) alongside the physical edition of the game.
    • Riot Games is cutting 32 employees, with 27 being from its League of Legends team and 5 from publishing. This is in addition to the 530 jobs that were cut in January.
    • Mark Rubin is working on a recovery plan for XDefiant and has admitted that there are no plans to shut down the game after Season 4. There were meetings last year regarding their Year 2 plans.
    • Nobuo Uematsu has stated that Fantasian Neo Dimension is his final game project as a composer but has emphasized that he is not retiring. He is going to be cutting back on the video game music work so he works on other music that he wants to make. He will continue working on jobs for one theme song (Like he did with ‘Dragonsong’ the theme for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward)
    • Activision has released the PC specs requirements for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 which is out next Friday. Preloading will begin on Monday at 5pm. Game Pass players, the game will launch between 12pm on Thursday and 7am on Friday. Steam and Battle.net will have to wait until 5am on Friday.
    • Xbox has announced the following games are coming to Xbox Game Pass.
      • South Park: The Fractured but Whole – Console, Cloud and PC – Released today (October 16th) for Ultimate/PC/Standard Game Pass.
      • Donut Country – Console, Cloud and PC – October 17th for Ultimate/PC/Standard.
      • MechWarrior 5: Clans – Series X|S, Cloud and PC – October 17th for Ultimate/PC.
      • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – Console, Cloud and PC – October 25th for Ultimate/PC.
      • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III – Cloud – October 25th for Ultimate.
      • Call of Duty: Warzone – Cloud – October 25th for Ultimate.
      • Ashen – Console, Cloud and PC – October 29th for Ultimate/PC/Standard
      • Dead Island 2 – PC – October 31st for Ultimate/PC
      • Starcraft: Remastered – PC – November 5th Ultimate/PC
      • Starcraft 2: Campaign Collection – PC – November 5th Ultimate/PC
    • Bioware has released the PC specs for Dragon Age: The Veilguard and has confirmed that there is no 3rd party DRM (Such as Denuvo)
    • Sony is going to be holding PlayStation: The Concert in over 200 cities in the next 2 years. The show will feature performances of music originally composed by Gustavo Santaolalla (The Last of Us), Joris De Man (Horizon), Ilan Eshkeri (Ghost of Tsushima), Bear McCreary (God of War) and more. The first show will be in Dublin’s 3Arena on April 19th 2025. Tickets are on sale now.
    • It Takes Two has sold over 20 million units.
    • Resident Evil 4 remake has sold over 8 million units.
    • Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero has sold over 3 million copies within the first 24 hours.
    • Hades II is getting its first major update in a free update today ‘The Olympic Update’ – Trailer – They have also added native support for Mac’s with Apple Silicion.
    • The source code for Rogue Legacy 1 has been made available for free – Github
    • Bandai Namco has cancelled or paused development of several games including an upcoming Naruto and One Piece game. It is not known how many jobs are at risk.
  • Gaming News for Wednesday 20th March 2024

    Gaming News for Wednesday 20th March 2024

    • Alpha Protocol is now available on GOG after it was delisted from Steam in 2019.
    • A new Fatal Fury game has been revealed, subtitled City of the Wolves – Releasing early 2025 – Trailer
    • A new Marvel game has been revealed, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra is releasing in 2025. Trailer
    • Baldur’s Gate 3 physical edition for consoles have been delayed while PC versions have been released.
    • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate get it’s 99th and final Spirit Board event.
    • Respawn has confirmed that Apex Legends esports props were hacked mid-game and are working on fixing the issue.
    • Project Birdseye has been revealed by the developer of The Callisto Protocol that is an action rougelike that is a spin off the original Callisto Protocol. First look
    • All Overwatch 2 heroes will be free at the launch of Season 10.
    • A new 60-man Battle Royale for World of Warcraft has been released, titled: Plunderstorm.
    • Diablo IV ray tracing updating is coming on March 26th.
    • Evil West, Hot Wheels Unleashed Turbocharged 2, Open Roads SUPERHOT MIND CONTROL DELETE, ARK: Survival Ascended, Diablo IV and Terra Invicta are coming soon to Xbox Game Pass for PC.
    • Rainbow Cotton, which originally released on Dreamcast in 2000 is getting a remake and will release in May.
    • Character designer for the Tales of… series, Mutsumi Inomata has died aged 63.
    • A year after launch, PlayStation has paused production of the PS VR2 due to slow sales.
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  • Gaming News for Wednesday 6th March 2024

    Gaming News for Wednesday 6th March 2024

    Another round-up of news including the Xbox Partner Preview that was shown earlier today.

    • Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut is coming to PC via Steam on May 16th – Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzWBNwhb870
    • The PC version of Alan Wake II have been optimized and as a result, the minimum PC system requirements have been lowered
    Alan Wake II PC Requirements, March 2024
    • Epic Games will not be bringing Fortnite to an iOS device any time soon as Apple has terminated their developer account.
    • Sony has secured the FINAL FANTASY VII remake trilogy as a console exclusive.
    • Arrowhead CEO has confirmed that the Helldivers 2 studio has not been acquired by PlayStation.
    • The physical release of Baldur’s Gate 3 has been delayed to April as they have announced that the game will be releasing on 4 discs.
    • Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass for PC: CONTROL Ultimate Edition, No More Heroes III, Paw Patrol World :povpog: , Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated :pogapple: and Lightyear: Frontier
    • On Team Blue, EA Sports F1 23 (PS5, PS4), Sifu (PS5, PS4), Hello Neighbor 2 (PS5, PS4) and Destiny 2: The Witch Queen (PS4, PS5). are now available on Playstation Plus Essentials.

    Xbox Partner Preview Notes

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  • Gaming News for Friday 1st March 2024

    Gaming News for Friday 1st March 2024

    • Radical Forge, the co-developer for Sea of Thieves, Gang Beasts and Zombie Army 4 has confirmed lay-offs within the company. It is no known how many people have been made unemployed as a result.
    • While the new Twisted Metal has to be cancelled, the unannounced Horizon multiplayer game has not been cancelled.
    • Crash Team Rumble will not be getting any updates after next week.
    • Toys For Bob’s, the Crash Team Rumble developer announced that they will be spinning out of Activision and will be working on new IP’s. They will no longer work on Crash Bandicoot or Spyro games.
    • Randy Pitchford informed his staff at Gearbox Software (Borderlands) that a decision has been made about the future of the company. According to reports, they will be leaving the Embracer Group and being sold to another company.
    • Staying with Embracer Group, they are reportedly selling Saber Interactive for $500 million, including the rights for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake. It is said that the company which has 3500 employees could be sold to a Private Investor.
    • Aerial Knight’s Never Yield is this week’s Epic Games free game. Next week is a new game, Wild Rooster’s Astro Duel 2.
    • Biomutant will release on the Switch on May 14th. When it releases, it will include all the DLC.
    • The Pokémon Company has confirmed that the new Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket will not feature NFT’s
    • As part of the lay-offs at Electronic Arts, they are closing the Battlefield single-player studio Ridgeline Games and have cancelled Star Wars‘s first-person shooter that was in development by Respawn (Titanfall, Apex Legends)
    • Hoverboards aka. Skimmer’s are coming to Destiny 2 on Tuesday.
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