IOC have unanimously voted for the Olympic Esports Games (with backing from the Saudi Government). FPS/Shooters will not be included. Likely games included: League of Legends, Rocket League, Street Fighter, Tekken, iRacing, NBA2K, EA Sports FC and mobile games.
Humble Games, the publishing arm of Humble Bundle, has announced layoffs with the loss of 36 jobs.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) is coming to Xbox Game Pass for Console/PC/Ultimate members tomorrow. (24th). Black Ops 6 will release on Game Pass Day 1 on October 25th.
While not confirmed, VALORANT‘s console release is set to be released on July 26th on Xbox and PS5.
Additionally, Xbox are looking to add new Game Pass tiers, including a Cloud-only subscription.
The “biggest update yet” for Helldivers 2 is coming next month titled: ‘Escalation of Freedom’ which includes: larger enemy outposts, new bots, returning bugs, fresh mission objectives and a new difficulty level: Combat Rating 10. Trailer
Capcom has announced that while 90% of the game sales are now digital, they will not stop producing physical games.
Ubisoft have released a statement regarding Assassin’s Creed Shadows around the discourse of Yasuke, the protagonist. Full statement
Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones is coming to Steam on August 22nd.
Warner Bros has acquired the studio behind MultiVersus Player First Games for an undisclosed sum ahead of Season 2 launching this week.
Bioware have revealed the voice cast for Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Rook’s played by Alex Jordan (CP2077, Gumball), Bryony Corrigan (Baldur’s Gate 3, Good Omens), Erika Ishii (Apex Legends, Destiny 2) and Jeff Berg (Battlefield 1 and NCIS)
Harding, played by Ali Hillis (Mass Effect 3, Final Fantasy 13)
Davrin, played by Ike Amadi (Mass Effect 3, Halo 5, Spider-Man)
Bellara, played by Jee Young Han (Perry Mason, Unprisoned)
Neve, played by Jessica Clark (True Blood, Pocket Listing)
Taash, played by Jin Maley (Star Trek: Picard, Silicon Valley)
Emmrich, played by Nick Boraine (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Black Sails)
Manfred, voiced by Matthew Mercer (Critical Role, Fallout 4 and god knows what else lol)
Lucanis, voiced by Zach Mendez (Horizon Forbidden West, Married Alive)
Solas, played by Gareth David-Lloyd
Varric, played by Brian Bloom.
Heihachi Mishima is coming to Tekken 8
Terry Bogard gameplay trailer has been released for Street Fighter 6 – Trailer
