Согласно автору утечки, это уже старый билд игры.

Продолжаем посвящённый режиссёру киномарафон и обсуждаем его возвращение в криминальный мир Копенгагена.

Зрительский ручеёк пока не иссякает.

Много демонов и ещё больше огнестрела, чтобы расправиться с ними.

Судя по всему, локации станут ещё больше.

А не Final Fantasy XV, как все подумали по заметке Тома Хендерсона.

В том числе — с годовой платной подпиской со скидкой.

В ранее запланированную дату, 23 февраля.

А в Турции игры студии стали ещё дороже.

По мнению журналиста, игра вряд ли выйдет в 2023 году — сейчас она слишком «сырая».

На скриншотах можно увидеть таблицы.

Улучшенные текстуры для экшен-RPG выйдут уже «скоро» — они почти не повлияют на производительность.

Видео в разрешении 4K, поэтому в нём можно рассмотреть даже мелкие детали.

Заботливый ход разработчиков.

28 февраля стукнет пять лет, как Deep Rock Galactic вышла в раннем доступе.

Празднование юбилея Deep Rock Galactic займёт две недели — со 2-го по 16 марта.

Кроме того, в рамках события разработчики позволят запустить DRG в том виде, в котором она стартовала в раннем доступе в начале 2018-го.

Больше деталей о праздничных событиях в Deep Rock Galactic озвучат ближе к делу.

Напомним, Deep Rock Galactic пробыла в раннем доступе до мая 2020-го.

В игре предстоит управлять королевством, исследовать окружение и принимать участие в битвах в реальном времени.

По словам разработчиков, при создании Songs of Silence они вдохновлялись своими любимыми стратегиями, среди которых Ogre Battle, Kohan и Warlords.

Особенности у Songs of Silence следующие:Два режима: одиночная кампания с упором на сюжет и PvP-мультиплеер до шести игроков.

Карты пригодятся и в других сферах, например, для строительства городов.

С каждым следующим забегом открываются новые фракции, герои, карты и другое.

И её выход постепенно приближается — накануне CCP Games показала, как будет выглядеть интеграция с программой.

«EVE нередко называют электронными таблицами в космосе, и скоро вы сможете расщепить всю вселенную на цифры», — гласит послание разработчиков.

В CCP Games подчёркивают, что такое решение облегчит жизнь капсулёров и в особенности тех, кто далёк от программирования.

Пока надстройка для Excel находится в процессе производства, и у геймеров появится шанс поучаствовать в её создании.

По словам команды CCP Games, для осуществления задумки она обратилась напрямую к «майкам», а те с радостью подхватили идею.

Источники журналиста Тома Хендерсона (Tom Henderson) рассказали ему новые подробности о Dragon Age: Dreadwolf.

В ней нет некоторых функций, большинство внутриигровых текстов не написаны, а у персонажей нет реплик.

Сейчас игра похожа на Destiny — есть центральный хаб, откуда игрок отправляется на миссии через зеркальный портал.

В текущем билде управлять напарниками нельзя, но можно выбрать основную способность, которую спутники будут использовать в бою.

Последняя крупная игра в серии вышла восемь лет назад.

Девелоперы из Endnight Games решили выпустить Sons of the Forest в раннем доступе, чтобы не откладывать релиз в очередной раз.

В этот раз игру не отложили, но теперь 23 февраля игроки получат её в предрелизном состоянии.

Endnight GamesРазработчики собираются продержать игру в раннем доступе 6–8 месяцев.

Например, позволят играть как в одиночном, так и в многопользовательском режиме с участием до восьми человек.

Будут пещеры, сюжет, новая система строительства, крафт, свежий арсенал оружия, динамическая погода, смена времён года и так далее.

Разработчики CrossfireX сообщили об отключении серверов — шутер перестанет запускаться 18 мая 2023 года.

С момента запуска игры мы неустанно работали над тем, чтобы довести её до уровня, которым мы все можем гордиться.

Игроки больше не могут приобрести премиальную валюту, но им разрешается тратить остатки на предметы из внутриигрового магазина.

Кроме того, авторы заявили, что на покупки, сделанные в течение последних 14 дней, можно оформить возврат средств.

Играть позволят до 18 мая, однако после будут отключены даже однопользовательские кампании.

Фоновую музыку здесь поставил Game Informer.

Издание Game Informer продолжает делиться эксклюзивными материалами о ремейке Resident Evil 4.

Из церкви Леон и Эшли выбираются скрытно, но всё идёт наперекосяк и начинается потасовка.

Журналисты Game Informer отметили, что несколько раз пытались пройти фрагмент полностью по стелсу, но всегда проваливались.

Ещё в ролике засветился торговец, у которого Леон может обновить и улучшить снаряжение, а также сдать побочные квесты.

Игроков ждут новая локация и неожиданные коллаборации, а также переработка интерфейса, быстрого чата и матчмейкинга.

Девелоперы хотят сделать игру более простой для освоения, поэтому интерфейс игры станет более интуитивным.

Все платформыОборотни в матче с двумя и более самозванцами превращаются в призрака товарища по команде, если они были изгнаны первыми.

Искатель убивает товарищей по команде во время выхода из игры в режиме «Прятки».

Существует проблема, из-за которой товарищи по команде не могут добиться победы «Задачи выполнены» после того, как один из оборотней был изгнан первым в матче с двумя и более самозванцами.

Недавно мы писали о том, что команда Mechanics VoiceOver работает над русской озвучкой The Callisto Protocol.

Сегодня те же энтузиасты объявили, что переведут и прямого конкурента игры — ремейк Dead Space.

Официального перевода обновлённой Dead Space нет ни в каком виде, поэтому Mechanics VoiceOver сделает полную локализацию — и текст, и дубляж.

Mechanics VoiceOver планирует задействовать профессиональных актёров дубляжа — как молодых, так и широко известных.

Например, Терренс Кейн стал выглядеть моложе, а озвучивавший его Александр Груздев стал звучать старше.

Monster Hunter Rise преодолела очередную планку — как сообщает Capcom, во всём мире игру приобрели более 12 миллионов раз.

Напомним, по состоянию на 31 декабря 2022-го продажи Rise составляли 11,7 миллиона копий.

Monster Hunter Rise стартовала в марте 2021-го на Nintendo Switch.

В январе 2022-го свет увидела ПК-версия, а в январе 2023-го боевик добрался до PlayStation и Xbox.

В текущем финансовом году (завершится 31 марта) Capcom рассчитывает продать 40 миллионов копий своих игр.

Naughty Dog объявила о переносе ПК-версии ремейка The Last of Us на несколько недель — с 3-го на 28 марта.

Студии нужно больше времени, чтобы отполировать проект:Мы хотим убедиться, что дебют The Last of Us Part I на ПК состоится в наилучшем виде.

Несколько дополнительных недель позволят нам убедиться, что эта версия The Last of Us соответствует вашим и нашим стандартам.

Авторы также пообещали рассказать больше о ПК-версии в ближайшее время.

Ремейк включает в себя оригинальную игру и единственное дополнение Left Behind, а вот мультиплеера там нет.

Gaijin Entertainment и студия Artstorm, создатель мобильного боевика Modern Warships, объявили о стратегическом партнёрстве.

Modern Warships станет важной частью нашей линейки онлайн-игр.

Антон Юдинцев , основатель Gaijin EntertainmentGaijin Entertainment — лидер индустрии онлайн-игр, обладающий обширными знаниями в области издания онлайн-игр, похожих на Modern Warships, и мы очень рады работать с ними.

Это партнёрство позволит запустить Modern Warships на новых платформах и привлечь больше игроков, в то время как наша команда сосредоточится на разработке новых функций и контента для игры.

Сергей Петров , основатель ArtstormПК-версия Modern Warships станет доступна в 2023 году.

Издательство Team17 и студия Black Salt Games объявили дату выхода Dredge — рыболовное приключение стартует 30 марта.

Вам предстоит начать жизнь с чистого листа в архипелаге Большой и Малой Соли.

Вы будете выходить в море на рыболовном траулере, исследовать обломки кораблей и ловить морских обитателей.

Но помните: под покровом ночи к вам на борт могут пожаловать незваные гости…Особенности:Разные острова со своими обитателями, жителями морских глубин и секретами.

Прокачка корабля — она позволит вылавливать редких рыб и поднимать со дна сокровища, что можно найти в открытом мире.

Гиперборея — сплочённое сообщество людей, переживших апокалипсис в суровых северных условиях.

Они кочуют по ледяным пустошам, используя корпуса гигантских подлодок и ледоколов как мобильные штаб-квартиры, склады оружия и крепости.

Гиперборейцы также разбирают суда и переплавляют их на металл, а затем производят собственную технику, оптимальную для низких температур.

Экипаж и все сложные технические системы, как правило, заключены в цельные литые бронекапсулы, а большое количество радаров и камер компенсирует ограниченные углы обзора из кабины.

Главный художник окружения в Naughty Dog Энтони Ваккаро (Anthony Vaccaro) рассказал в своём твиттере, что для The Last of Us Part II планировалась мини-игра с рисованием.

Её удалили на этапе теста.

В сиквеле должна была появиться сцена, в которой Оуэн рисовал портрет Эбби.

От греха подальше разработчики убрали механику рисования и построили эпизод вокруг стрельбы из лука.

Шоу продлили на второй сезон — в нём, вероятно, и покажут историю Эбби.

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Аниме NieR Automata на паузе, но зато выпустили кукольную постановку Йоко ТароВыпуск NieR Automata приостановили, но поклонники франшизы могут изучить другое произведение. Йоко Таро подготовил постановку

Энтузиасты анализируют Starfield. Деградация снаряжения, карманные кражи, дефицит окон и локация из трейлераBethesda не очень часто показывает геймплейные кадры Starfield, а потому имеющиеся материалы затирают до дыр

[МНЕНИЕ ЧИТАТЕЛЕЙ] Genshin Impact: самые ненавистные персонажиСписок самых неполярных персонажей игры Genshin Impact. В последние два года одной из самых популярных игр в мире стал проект Genshin Impact (Геншин Импакт). Вся суть данной игры заключается в коллекционировании различных персонажей, многие из которых очень популярны среди покорителей Геншина....

В Star Wars Jedi Survivor будет быстрое перемещение. Respawn подтвердила наличие желанной системыПостоянно путешествовать по миру Star Wars Jedi Survivor пешком не обязательно. Разработчики позволят сэкономить время

Hogwarts Legacy получила патч для PS5 перед началом раннего доступа для владельцев Deluxe-изданияКупившие премиальное издание Hogwarts Legacy смогут начать изучать игру пораньше. Заодно протестируют патч

Утечка: альфа геймплей Dragon Age Dreadwolf с боёвкой в стиле новой God of WarПоявились предполагаемые кадры игрового процесса ранней версии Dragon Age Dreadwolf. К релизу BioWare может основательно переделать игру

[МНЕНИЕ ЧИТАТЕЛЕЙ] Hogwarts Legacy станет главной игрой 2023 года, и не спорьте. Объясняю почемуУже 10 февраля на PC, Xbox Series X/S и PlayStation 5 выходит надежда всех фанатов Поттерианы Hogwarts Legacy. Почему надежда? Hogwarts Legacy будет первой полноценной игрой по вселенной Джоан Роулинг, которая не будет пересказывать историю или как-либо касаться книжных персонажей о Гарри...

Актрису Forspoken не беспокоит критика. Элла Балинска гордится проделанной работойИсполнительница главной роли Forspoken вполне довольна, а тем временем некоторые недовольные пользователи критикуют игру

На китайской видеокарте запустили Crysis, бенчмарки 3DMark и Final Fantasy 14В руки к энтузиасту попала китайская видеокарта. Выбор игры на ПК для тестирования был весьма очевидным

ИИ молит о пощаде в Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord во время рейда. Эксперимент с ИИ в RPG без ChatGPTВ Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord вновь провели эксперимент. Механику рейдов дополнили более естественными реакциями персонажей

As DC fans begin to take stock of this week's massive announcements, two if IGN's top superhero experts discuss whether James Gunn and Peter Safran's reboot can become the change the DCU needs right now.

Activision Blizzard has been charged $35 million by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for "failing to maintain disclosure controls related to complaints of workplace misconduct and violating whistleblower protection rule."

A brand-new, beautiful poster of The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been released and it features all of our favorite Mushroom Kingdom characters, including Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Donkey Kong, Bowser, and Toad.

M. Night Shyamalan’s latest, Knock at the Cabin, shows what he’s always wanted us to take away from his films.

Amazon Prime Video has announced plans for another season of The Terminal List starring Chris Pratt alongside another new series focusing on the events before the debut season.

In another potential blow against Xbox's Activision Blizzard merger, Microsoft's $69 billion deal has reportedly drawn a formal antitrust warning from the European Union.

Sons of the Forest developer Endnight Games has announced it will be changing the game's February 23 release date to an early access release date to prevent further delays and to allow fans to jump in and help the studio reach the finish line.

How is the Steam Deck changing our relationship with our Steam libraries?

Participants in Netflix's Squid Game reality spinoff reportedly dealt with unsafe conditions during filming, and many contestants are claiming that the show is rigged.

Wondering where to find Xur in Destiny 2 today? Here's his location and items he's selling for the weekend of February 3.

The long-awaited Gladiator sequel has a release date, and it's coming next year.

That '90s Show has officially been renewed for a second season, Netflix announced today. The That '70s Show sequel series is getting 16 more episodes as part of the season order.

They've already announced the next genre-specific sale, though: Steam Puzzle Fest is coming in the last week of April.

"Join us as we break the code, find the missing piece, and align the elements during Steam Puzzle Fest.

Featuring discounts and demos on current and upcoming games, this event is for games focused on the spirit of solving puzzles."

If you're the maker of a puzzle game, you can check the eligibility criteria and submit your game for inclusion.

I debated whether to illustrate this post with Hexcells Infinite or Opus Magnum, so I've gone with both.

Tactical mech shooter Phantom Brigade has been held by the twin prisons of early access and the Epic Games Store for a couple of years now, but it'll soon be set free.

Developers Brace Yourself say it'll hit 1.0 and arrive on Steam on the same date: February 28th.

Here's the 1.0 release date trailer:If you don't know it: Phantom Brigade is a tactical RPG in which you travel a dynamic campaign map and deploy squads of mechs into battle.

I played Phantom Brigade in early access and liked almost everything about it.

I'll be leaping back into Phantom Brigade when it launches later this month, but if you don't trust my enthusiasm, I know you'll trust Sin's.

Cannibal and arboreal survival 'em up Sons Of The Forest was due to to launch later this month, and it has not been delayed.

It's developers have announced that they've decided to release into Steam Early Access, however, after initially intending to head straight to 1.0.

We didn’t want to delay again so have instead decided to involve the community in the continued development of this project and keep our February 23rd release date but instead release in Early Access."

As the announcement also says, an early access release worked out pretty well for its predecessor.

In any case, I have no problem with Early Access.

HBO's The Last Of Us television series has reportedly increased the player count for The Last Of Us on console, years after its original release.

It stands to reason that there might be increased interest in the looming PC release, too, but you'll have to wait a few extra weeks.

Naughty Dog announced yesterday that their shroomy shooter has been delayed.

Naughty Dog tweeted the news in traditional fashion:The Last of Us Part I PC will now be released on March 28.

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But until then, what are you playing this weekend?

EdTruthfully, I have no idea what I'm playing this weekend.

I eventually realised that my struggle was due to playing Pentiment and reading a book back-to-back.

When I'm not playing Hi-Fi Rush, I'm thinking about Hi-Fi Rush.

But you, reader dear, what are you playing this weekend?

When Duke Nukem 3D burst onto the FPS scene in the Nineties, young CJ was a bit confused.

This Duke wasn't the purple-shirted acrobat I'd known from Apogee Software's pair of platformers earlier that decade.

I suspect that was partly down to people having easy access to the games they published through shareware, such as id Software's Commander Keen and Wolfenstein 3D.

I can't even remember now if I ever actually owned the whole of 1991's Duke Nukem, but I played whatever portion I had repeatedly enough that it may as well have been a full game.

The platforming version of Duke Nukem was a little like Turrican and Mega Man.

Gather round, children, and I’ll tell you of something magical: the NZXT Source 340 compact mid-tower PC case with side window, product code CA-S340W-B1.

Don’t even get me started on the upgraded Source 340 Elite.

The H5 Flow doesn’t strictly address this either, so it more closely resembles the H510 than it does a Source 340 Elite.

My only wish is that NZXT made the H5 Flow a tad longer, as well as thicker.

Even at a steep £110 / $95, and even without that lovely matte finish I miss so much, the H5 Flow earns its keep.

Earlier this week, we unveiled some of the cool things coming up for RPS this year - many of which revolve around you, our lovely readers and supporters.

If you haven't had a chance to check that post out yet, I'd love to hear what you think of it.

Our tech team have a lot of websites to take care of these days, and they're working as fast as they can to sort things out.

I wanted to use this Letter From The Editor to talk about some of the more supporter-oriented things mentioned in that 'What's coming up' post.

Specifically, I want to kick off the inaugural Ask RPS - your chance to ask us, the editorial team, questions about games, the site, the way we do things, and other things we like.

But since then, Navorro has been releasing surreal 2D horror games on an almost annual basis.

Navarro’s series Midnight Scenes has been the highlight, having disturbing premises and Twilight Zone creepiness.

The newest episode, Midnight Scenes: From The Woods is due on February 9th and it looks as chilling as ever.

From The Woods is set in Fernwood Creek, a youth mental health centre surrounded by the titular woods.

The newest Midnight Scenes: From The Woods will be available from Febraury 9th.

I really do not play enough visual novels these days.

Raptor Boyfriend has been sat on my hard drive for at least a year, and it won't be the last.

Unless Monster Prom counts?

Raptor Boyfriend is more the lighthearted comedy kind, but with through lines on social anxiety and navigating confusing coming-of-age relationships.

It is also not actually about having a raptor boyfriend.

I’m 21 and my knees click, which means I must be turning into stone faster than someone having a staring contest with Medusa.

Then, during my first week back at work, vid bud Liam told me to try Age Of Empires II.

Before I knew it, I had a Google Doc filled with step-by-step plans for various playstyles, the perfect strategies for any scenario.

But that Google Doc ended up ruining everything for me.

If that recent Xbox release with the good gamepad controls has you tempted to revisit Age Of Empires II on PC, do not make a Google Doc.

Overwatch 2’s third season is right around the corner and, as always, that means we’re getting a new map.

Blizzard have treated us to our first look at the Antarctic Peninsula, an icy-themed control map launching alongside Season 3 on February 7th.

The Antarctic Peninsula is a big deal since it’ll delve into Mei’s backstory, it’s the first natural environment in an OW map, and it lets you fish.

As in, you can catch fish at an ice hole in Overwatch 2.

If you want the fish, shoot them.

The last few weeks have been messy for The Day Before, the survival MMO that was Steam’s most wishlisted game for much of 2022.

Last month, The Day Before’s Steam page was quietly removed from the storefront following a trademark dispute.

The whole debacle led to accusations on Reddit and Discord that the game didn’t even exist, but at long last, that promised gameplay video has arrived.

The Day Before, on the other hand, looks like an apocalypse that I could legitimately have a go at surviving in.

The Day Before’s Steam page is still offline, but Fntastic did share via Twitter that they’re working to restore the Steam page, and that they’re “preparing for the trial” in regard to their trad…

The makers of Command & Conquered Remastered have announced their new WW1 RTS The Great War: Western Front will be releasing on March 30th 2023.

If you've been keeping an eye on The Great War, you'll know this WW1 RTS is comprised of two distinct halves.

The tutorial alone took me 90 minutes to get through, with a further 45 minutes allocated for trying the campaign proper.

Clearly I need to revisit that tutorial again and get my grand strategy game in order.

Handy, then, that I'll be able to do exactly that next week, as part of Steam Next Fest.

The indie game Dredge subverts what I like about fishing games, with an eerie eldritch horror waiting beneath the ocean’s surface.

We won’t need to wait long before we see what's under there as Dredge releases on March 30th.

It starts with all the things you’d expect from a rustic, cartoony fishing sim: the gentle sounds of birds and waves, a cosy sunset, and a quaint seaside port.

Our player character begins to trade larger and larger fish, until he hands in a catch that’s so deformed, it must be from a different plane of existence.

If Dredge is split between tranquil daytime seafaring, and avoiding otherworldly horrors at night, that seems like a contrast I could get into.

Model planes get way more expensive than 40KTurns out that while 40K is considered an expensive hobby, scale modeling can be a fair bit more pricey.

Like gunpla, it seems, your taste for detail when scale modeling is only limited by your budget.

Lots and lots and lots... and lots of sanding, something that I’ve really never done with a 40K model before.

The best accessory for your hobby spaceThe best part of this little diversion is that it got my kids involved in my miniatures hobby.

Scale modeling takes a lot of time, I’ve learned — just like modeling for 40K.

M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin fits neatly into the pattern of his past movies, particularly his religious-themed alien-invasion thriller Signs.

note: End spoilers ahead for Knock at the Cabin and The Cabin at the End of the World.]

How does The Cabin at the End of the World end?

What does the ending of Knock at the Cabin mean?

Knock at the Cabin is a dark, tragic movie, full of awful decisions and ugly sacrifices.

Gunn noted that only one film, Superman: Legacy, has a release date, and everything else will come when it’s ready.

A Superman film as Gunn’s opening salvo is a ballsy move.

The pitch for the DCU Batman film, The Brave and the Bold, cites Grant Morrison’s tenure on Batman comics and the Robin they introduced to the canon.

At this point, Marvel Studios movies have their own dense continuity to honor, and an established house style and cosmology that all new installments must visually adhere to.

Perhaps there’s one in the bag that isn’t being shared yet, as Gunn did say this was only part of the new DCU plan.

Polygon’s What to Watch highlights the best, the funniest, the scariest, and the most exciting in movies, TV, and everything in between.

You know what that means: There’s a whole bushel’s worth of movies new to streaming this month to dive into and watch.

We’ve pored over the movies now available to Netflix, HBO Max, Prime Video, Hulu, and more to bring you best of what this month has to offer so far in terms of subscription streaming selections.

Here’s what to watch this month, based on everything new across the platforms.

Perhaps the best and most interesting part of Edge of Tomorrow is that it’s the rare Tom Cruise vehicle that allows him to play against type.

Few things in film over the last two decades are as synonymous as M. Night Shyamalan and twist endings.

But in his latest movie, Knock at the Cabin, Shyamalan finds one of his smartest and best twists yet by engaging with his own reputation.

Knock at the Cabin adapts a 2018 novel by Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World.

Or at least that’s what the cult members claim.

Like many of Shyamalan’s other movies, Knock at the Cabin is going to be divisive specifically because of that ending.

This week Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the highly anticipated follow-up to Ryan Coogler’s 2018 superhero film Black Panther, is finally available to stream on Disney Plus.

There’s plenty more new releases to discover and enjoy via streaming this weekend, let alone rent or purchase on VOD.

Here are the new movies available for you to watch at home this weekend.

From our review:Like an actual commercial aircraft, Plane does not look like much, but it’s also wildly efficient.

When said warlord discovers the plane, he takes the passengers hostage, missing only Brodie and Louis.

If you read the headline on this story and thought to yourself, “Why would I want to make the Dead Space remake less scary?

If that describes you, read on for my list of tips and tricks to make the terror-packed Dead Space remake into a slightly spooky but bearable experience.

Related 7 things to know before starting the Dead Space remakeTurning off the game’s music is actually a great way to make Dead Space significantly scarier, if that’s your thing and you’re still reading this guide for some reason.

For that reason, I’m playing Dead Space on “Easy,” as recommended by my colleague Jeff Parkin.

Listen to a podcastSometimes, friends aren’t available for a hangout or a Discord call, but you…

One of the earliest casualties of Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine was the world’s largest airplane, the Antonov 225 Mriya.

Now, a London-based software company called iniBuilds hopes to bring it back to life inside Microsoft Flight Simulator.

The heavy lift aircraft was originally built to transport Russian space orbiters, specifically the “Russian Space Shuttle” known as the Buran.

In a Facebook post, it said that it hopes the DLC will be released on Feb. 27, 2023 — the anniversary of the Russian invasion.

This would not be the first historic aircraft recreated inside Microsoft Flight Simulator’s modern incarnation.

Toby Fox adds a certain playful twist to nearly all of his work.

In his most recent installment of his monthly column for Famitsu, “Toby Fox’s Secret Base,” the creator did a games journalism first and interviewed the elusive creator of the indie cult-hit Yume Nikki, Kikiyama.

Fox, who mainly developed major indie classics like Undertale and Deltarune, reflects on the lasting impact of Yume Nikki.

For those who don’t know, Yume Nikki is a dreamy and ethereal RPG from 2004.

In the interview, Fox self-narrates his thought process in between Kikiyama’s one-word responses.

But some developers are opting out of the update cycle in favor of big expansions and clearer end dates.

On Thursday, Back 4 Blood developer Turtle Rock Studios announced that it’s no longer planning to develop new content for the game.

Players who paid for the game got more than a year of post-release support, including free patches and paid expansions that added major content to the game.

A decade ago, this would have been the standard life cycle of a multiplayer game, but it’s almost an anomaly now.

But keeping a game like that going requires a massive studio, and that means a game needs to be wildly successful — often right out of the gate — to have a chance of surviving.

Pokémon Squishmallows are now technically available, and definitely adorable, but surprising no one, these plushies have sold out just about everywhere.

Where to buy Pikachu and Gengar SquismallowsTarget currently stocks the 20-inch versions of Pikachu and Gengar for $44.99 each.

me), but depending on your location, you might be lucky enough to have a store near you with stocks available.

Another option worth bookmarking is the aptly named Pokémoncenter.com, which stocks the 12-inch versions of both plush Pokémon.

Alternatively, there are plenty of other oversized plush Pokémon currently in stock at Target and GameStop, and while they aren’t official Squishmallow-branded products, they’re s…

Video games, on the other hand, tend to require input and even skill, and more often than not, a bad video game gets its reputation due to unfair difficulty and bad design.

(Its lead combat designer, Vincent Napoli, left Visceral Games in 2010 to work on God of War games for Sony Santa Monica until 2018.)

I mean, I get that the premise of hell’s various circles seems tailor-made for video game levels (Hades did something similar, and quite well).

I downloaded Dante’s Inferno on Xbox Game Pass as a joke, after spending years wondering what could possibly happen in a game based on The Divine Comedy.

I didn’t expect to spend the entire game having a great time with the combat, as well as laugh…

Generally speaking, when I watch a television show, I tend to assume it’s set in something close to the real world until I’m told otherwise.

Lockwood & Co., Netflix’s new supernatural teen drama, knocks this particularly sly style of world-building out of the park.

Created by Attack the Block director Joe Cornish, Lockwood & Co. is a show about teen ghost hunters.

Initially, I believed this to be the only divergence between its London and the real one (though honestly, who’s to say that actual London isn’t full of specters?

A curfew is in place, perhaps because this ghost problem is not fully under control.

Surprise breakout hit Hi-Fi Rush is officially Steam Deck verified, publisher Bethesda Softworks announced in a tweet on Thursday.

The action rhythm game plays beautifully on Steam, and the handheld support means you can shred against bosses on the go.

I’ve found that the game plays best with a controller, and I can’t wait to try it out on the Deck.

Developed by Tango Gameworks, Hi-Fi Rush launched with minimal fanfare at the end of January, and grew in popularity thanks to word-of-mouth recommendations.

Where other rhythm games can be a bit exacting, Hi-Fi Rush makes their magic accessible for a broader audience.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed and settled a similar lawsuit in 2021, with Activision Blizzard agreeing to pay a $18 million settlement in that case.

Instead, it was about how Activision Blizzard collects, analyzes, and discloses reports of those issues, and about the company’s separation agreements.

In this settlement, Activision Blizzard isn’t “admitting or denying” any of the SEC’s findings, the commission notes in the full filing.

“We are pleased to have amicably resolved this matter,” Activision Blizzard spokesperson Joe Christinat said in a statement to Polygon.

Activision Blizzard has 10 days to pay the $35 million settlement, according to the order.

Dying Light 2 will shortly turn one year old, and to mark the upcoming anniversary, developer Techland has confirmed the zombie game franchise has collectively shifted more than 30 million units.

And if you watch or participate in Dying Light 2 livestreams between now and 7th February, there'll be more "nostalgic swag via Twitch Drops", too.

"These outstanding numbers speak for themselves and confirm the success of the Dying Light franchise," added chief publishing officer, Oleg Klapovskiy.

Bloody Ties, Dying Light 2's long-awaited first chunk of story DLC, is out now.

Techland recently released a four-part video detailing "the creative process" behind Dying Light 2 Stay Human's soundtrack.

Capcom has released 12 whole minutes of new Resident Evil 4 Remake footage.

You can check it out below (thanks, Resetera):Resident Evil 4 Remake: Exclusive Chapter 5 Gameplay Walkthrough.

ICYMI, Capcom is making a number of changes to Resident Evil 4 Remake from the original, including a tweak to companion character Ashley Graham.

If hit whilst downed, Ashley will die.

"From being previously sceptical about the worth of a remake, I'm now fascinated to see how that new dynamism finds its way into the rest of this reimagined Resident Evil 4."

Evil Dead: The Game's new - and free - Splatter Royale mode is now live.

| Evil Dead: The Game.

Other goodies included in the premium DLC include new outfits for Kelly, Pablo, Ash vs Evil Dead, and Puppeteer Demon Class.

The asymmetric multiplayer horror, Evil Dead: The Game, sold more than 500,000 copies in its opening five days.

But it didn't always feel like Evil Dead.

Frontier Foundry's sequel to Deliver Us The Moon, Deliver Us Mars, is out now.

The sequel enables players to explore "a multitude of environments", all of which will reportedly offer different gameplay challenges, puzzles, vehicular traversal, and secrets.

You can see it in action in the teaser below:Deliver Us Mars | Launch Trailer.

"Deliver Us Mars is set 10 years after the dramatic events of Deliver Us The Moon," the publisher teases.

A Deluxe Edition - currently only available on PC - also features the base game and the original soundtrack, too.

Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco has revealed plans to host an "event" on the critically-acclaimed game's first anniversary.

Bandai Namco invited fans to "save the date" of an anniversary event set to take place on 25th February in Stockholm, Sweden.

Watch on YouTube Elden Ring for dummies: Basics for EVERYTHING You Need to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask) PS5 GAMEPLAY.

"Welcome to our Elden Ring one-year anniversary celebration in Stockholm," Bandai tweeted.

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Double Fine Productions founder Tim Schafer will be inducted into The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' (AIAS) Hall of Fame.

Watch on YouTube Eurogamer Newscast: Is The Last of Us the best video game adaptation ever?

"Tim has been a beacon of creativity and innovation in the games industry for decades,” added Greg Rice, head of PlayStation Creators.

Schafer has also previously been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Game Developers Choice Awards, the Andrew Yoon Legend Award from the New York Video Game Critics Circle, as well as a BAFTA Fellowship.

A total of 61 games have been nominated in the 2022 round of The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' (AIAS) 26th ann…

It's astonishing how, eight years on and now freshly added to Game Pass, Darkest Dungeon still manages to feel unlike anything else.

But Darkest Dungeon doesn't care; Darkest Dungeon delights in it.

An extroardinary name for an extroardinary performance (and he's reprising his role in Darkest Dungeon 2).

Darkest Dungeon is not always a pleasant experience, but it wouldn't be what it is - what it still so dazzlingly is - if it was.

And putting it on Game Pass ahead of the fairly imminent (Q2 2023) arrival of Darkest Dungeon 2 - a game with some significant differences - is a canny move indeed.

Activision Blizzard will pay $35m USD to settle charges raised by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following a probe relating to workplace misconduct.

After concluding its investigation, the SEC charged that the publisher had failed to maintain disclosure controls and procedures that would ensure it could adequately collect and analyse employees' complaints of workplace misconduct.

Additionally, in a separate charge, the SEC said Activision Blizzard had illegally violated its whistleblower protection rule by requiring former employees to inform the company if they received a request for information from the Commission's staff.

In a statement provided to press, Activision Bliz…

Activision Blizzard will pay $35m USD to settle charges raised by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following a probe relating to workplace misconduct.

After concluding its investigation, the SEC charged that the publisher had failed to maintain disclosure controls and procedures that would ensure it could adequately collect and analyse employees' complaints of workplace misconduct.

Additionally, in a separate charge, the SEC said Activision Blizzard had illegally violated its whistleblower protection rule by requiring former employees to inform the company if they received a request for information from the Commission's staff.

In a statement provided to press, Activision Bliz…

Developer Smilegate has announced the impending closure of Xbox multiplayer shooter CrossfireX, which will shut down on 18th May - a move that'll also affect its Remedy developed single-player campaign.

CrossfireX - the console version of Smilegate's hugely popular PC shooter Crossfire - launched for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S last February, combining the multiplayer component of the PC original with a specially developed single-player campaign.

Watch on YouTube CrossfireX Campaign For Xbox One/Xbox Series: The New Remedy Game Tested!

We want to thank each and every one of our players for playing CrossfireX and being a part of this journey with us."

As for CrossfireX's Remedy developed si…

Developer Innersloth has shared its development plans for the next 12 months of social deduction hit Among Us, confirming the year ahead will bring the likes of improved matchmaking and a brand-new map.

Innersloth's roadmap is a little light in terms of ETAs, but it's first order of business - user interface and user experience updates for Among Us - are said to be "coming soon".

"We want to make playing Among Us an easier, more intuitive experience," the developer explained in a post accompanying its new roadmap.

Then, later in the year - albeit "in no particular order", as Innserloth notes - Among Us will receive a fifth map, improved matchmaking, a quickchat rework, further collabs, and …

The Last of Us: Part 1 will arrive on PC a little later than expected, with Naughty Dog announcing a new 28th March release date to ensure the game arrives "in the best possible shape".

The Last of Us Part 1 - Naughty Dog's new-gen spruce-up of the acclaimed 2013 stealth survival horror - initially launched for PlayStation 5 last September, and the long-promised PC version was eventually confirmed to be arriving on 3rd March this year.

With a month to go until its originally planned launch date, however, Naughty Dog has confirmed a 25-day delay.

"And so we want to make sure that The Last of Us Part 1 PC debut is in the best shape possible.

"The Naughty Dog team appreciates your support and …

Microsoft has responded to the European Union's now-formalised antitrust warning, slapped down to contest its attempt at an Activision Blizzard acquistion.

"We are listening carefully to the European Commission's concerns and are confident we can address them," a Microsoft spokesperson told Politico.

It's expected that Microsoft will offer concessions to the EU - and to the other authorities which have expressed objections - to get the deal approved.

Indeed, the EU's warning was the next step along that path while informal dialogue on what those concessions might be continues behind the scenes.

Microsoft is still publicly working to a timeline of getting the deal approved worldwide by this …

Legendary game designer Jeff Minter's psychedelic reimagining of Atari's '80s arcade prototype Akka Arrh comes to PC and consoles on 21st February.

The original Akka Arrh was created by Atari's Mike Hally and Dave Ralston in 1982, but the unfinished prototype never went into full production and only three cabinets are still said to exist.

Watch on YouTube Jeff Minter's Akka Arrh - Announcement Trailer.

"Combos, high scores, and survival are the only goals here," Atari explained when Minter's Akka Arrh was initially revealed last month.

Akka Arrh will be available for PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox Series S/X, Switch, and Atari's VCS re-release when it launches on 21st February.

Hi-Fi Rush is superb.

Here's the full video review of Hi-Fi Rush - and given how critical the game's animation is to its charm, it's well worth watching if you can.

None of this would work well with a traditional materials pipeline and lighting model, so Hi-Fi Rush makes universal use of cel-shading.

I can't think of any other recent titles that nail a 2D animation look so thoroughly.

Hi-Fi Rush is an absolute blast - and everyone should give it a shot.

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На данный момент возможность «обучения» AI на охраняемых авторским правом изображениях обосновывается доктриной добросовестного использования (от англ.

fair use), распространенной в США и в Великобритании, которая при определенных обстоятельствах допускает использование произведений, в частности, изображений, защищенных авторским правом, без согласия автора.

Однако сам факт происхождения изображения с сайта, предоставляющего лицензию, не означает, что такой домен является первоисточником изображения или что его использование разрешено.

Кроме того, по косвенным признакам можно судить о том, что AI изучал работы определенного художника.

Замечательно выходит!»Самым важным вопросом и для пользо…

На этой неделе разыскиваются: гейм-дизайнер в ZiMAD , 2D/3D-аниматор в Lesta Games и VFX-художник в ExoGenesis .

Напомним, это сервис по поиску работы и рекрутинговое агентство.

На ее счету такие игры, как Magic Jigsaw Puzzles, Jigsaw Puzzle Villa, Dominoes Online, Magic Cross Stitch, Dig Out!.

;практические навыки работы в Maya ;; практические навыки создания анимации человека, техники, лицевой анимации;умение создавать biped и лицевой риг, риг техники.

Обязанности:создание художественных 2D-эффектов с нуля как для персонажей, так и для окружения игры;взаимодействие с арт- и дизайн-отделами;совместная работа с техническими художниками и программистами над инструментарием для VFX.

Еще каждый специалист нашего департамента умеет быстро переключаться между проектами и не фрустрировать, если работу над гипотезой было решено свернуть.

Это здорово экономит время команды и минимизирует риск получить не то и не в те сроки.

Задача всегда должна лежать в своей фиче и в правильной секции.

Так ребята понимают, что их идеи важны, а они сами участвуют в жизни и развитии как проекта, так и департамента.

Минимизация ошибок подразумевает: грамотную настройку процессов, которые носят прозрачный характер и не переусложнены, а также правильно подобранную команду.

На этой неделе разыскиваются: разработчик игрового движка в MYTONA , гейм-дизайнер в JustMoby и стажер отдела маркетинга в WN Media Group .

Напомним, это сервис по поиску работы и рекрутинговое агентство.

Сейчас она ищет опытного специалиста для работы над игровым движком.

Требования:опыт работы с Android не менее пяти лет;опыт Java в среде Android;в среде Android; опыт NDK , C++ 11/14/17 ;, ; знание стандартной библиотеки С++;опыт работы с профайлером, дебаггером;опыт работы с критичными к производительности приложениями;знание CMake, Git, Android Studio.

Обязанности:ведение дизайн-документации;расчет игрового баланса и монетизации;улучшение и исправление игры на основе аналитики проекта;с…

19 января в Белграде в преддверии WN Belgrade’23 состоялось локальное мероприятие WN Connect .

В нем участвовали 125 представителей сербской игровой индустрии, среди которых были сотрудники Microsoft, Ubisoft, tinyBuild и Mad Head Games.

Распределение компаний-участников по специализации (важно: у одной компании может быть несколько специализаций)37% участников WN Connect в Белграде трудятся в отделах разработки игр.

Распределение гостей по специальностямWN Connect — это небольшие встречи на 100-150 человек в баре или ресторане, посвященные локальной игровой индустрии.

WN Connect Belgrade’23 прошел незадолго до первой WN Conference на территории Сербии.

Расскажи, каким был год лично для тебя, где сейчас находишься, были ли вещи, которые наконец удалось реализовать и которыми гордишься?

Лично для меня прошлый год был насыщенный событиями и изменениями, к которым никак не был готов.

На данный момент прочитал шесть из восьми запланированных на год книг, а две оставшиеся планирую дочитать на днях.

Что сделали, внедрили, что в целом хотел бы выделить в плане достижений?

Третье изменение — App Store Connect и Google Play Console выровнялись по возможностям, долгожданное A/B-тестирование появилось и для iOS-игр.

Продолжаем вместе с топ-менеджерами и экспертами игровой индустрии (и смежных с ней) подводить итоги прошлого года.

Расскажи, каким был год лично для тебя?

Честно скажу, в связи с новыми вызовами не все стратегические планы удалось воплотить в жизнь, но все впереди — в 2023 году.

Каким 2022 год был для компании?

Без погружения в нее на текущий момент предоставление юридических услуг, особенно в IT, становится практически невозможнымКак изменилась юридическая практика в плане работы с игровыми компаниями за 2022 год?

На этой неделе разыскиваются: руководитель ASO-направления в Dankolab , финансовый менеджер в Fun to Mass Games и программист игровой логики в Lesta Games .

Обязанности:разработать и далее развивать стратегию продвижения игровых и неигровых проектов Dankolab в сторах;организовать процесс работы с графикой и текстовыми мета-данными;настроить систему оценки эффективности ASO-команды;заниматься менеджментом ASO-команды.

Требования:опыт работы с ASO от трех лет;умение самостоятельно лидировать направление и команду;умение предлагать и реализовывать, проводить ретроспективу и дорабатывать подходы;ориентация на бизнес-результат.

Обязанности:работа с банковскими платежами, связь с банками;работа с…

Что сделали, что в целом хотел бы выделить в плане достижений?

Еще в феврале министр Максут Шадаев на встрече с «айтишниками» говорил, что не знает, относится или нет геймдев к IT.

Многие взяли из него огромные цифры о тратах россиян на видеоигры, однако проигнорировали замечание, что это не фактический объем рынка.

Круто, что на наших встречах многие порешали свои кадровые проблемы, помимо того что выговорились в лицо друг другу.

Но нам надо быть готовыми аргументированно защищаться от таких выпадов в дальнейшем и не позволять вредить отрасли в угоду популизму или просто от незнания.

Каким для компании был год?

Что сделали, внедрили, что в целом хотелось бы выделить в плане достижений?

Это был очень насыщенный на события и изменения год: мы трансформировали почти все отделы, продолжили активно нанимать новых специалистов и расширяться.

PixelwoodsКак изменилась ситуация для компании на игровом рынке?

Мы запланировали новые проекты и смотрим в 2023 год с воодушевлением.

Это на 2% меньше, чем в третьем квартале 2022-го, и на 7% меньше, чем в четвертом квартале 2021-го.

Суммарная выручка жанра с IAP за четвертый квартал составила $45,56 млн, за весь год — $172,9 млн.

Вместе с ней в десятку самых популярных гиперказуалок квартала вошли такие старожилы рейтинга, как Race Master 3D (четвертое место с 28,96 млн загрузок), Tall Man Run (восьмое место с 27 млн загрузок) и Going Balls (девятое место с 24,4 млн загрузок).

Вместе с ней в десятку самых популярных гиперказуалок квартала вошли такие старожилы рейтинга, как (четвертое место с 28,96 млн загрузок), (восьмое место с 27 млн загрузок) и (девятое место с 24,4 млн загрузок).

До осени 2022-го она собирала в сред…

Рост XYZ School зависит как от состояния и роста игрового рынка, так и от развития в целом сферы онлайн-образования.

Мы видим, что в 2022 году интерес к образованию в сфере геймдева не только сохранился, но и значительно вырос.

Всего за 2022 год к нам на платные и бесплатные курсы зарегистрировались более 60 тысяч студентов.

При этом аналитики hh.ru отмечают, что на рынке сейчас высокий дефицит специалистов — количество соискателей, ищущих работу в геймдеве, не соответствует уровню спроса.

В 2022 году набор в XYZ School оказался примерно на 25% больше по сравнению с предыдущим годом.

На этой неделе разыскиваются: UI/UX-дизайнер в Lesta Games , гейм-дизайнер в ZiMAD и ведущий рекрутер в WN Media Group .

Напомним, это сервис по поиску работы и рекрутинговое агентство.

С марта 2022 года она отвечает за игры «Мир танков», «Мир кораблей» и Tanks Blitz на территории России и Беларуси.

Jigsaw Puzzle VillaWN Media Group занимается развитием экосистемы проектов, в которую входят бизнес-конференция WN Conference, онлайн-платформа для проведения мероприятий WN Hub, СМИ App2Top и GameWorldObserver, а также сервис по поиску работы и рекрутинговое агентство Talents In Games.

Она ищет ведущего рекрутера в Talents In Games, способного выстраивать процесс подбора, обучать новых коллег и…

Начали лихорадочно менять директоров, в феврале один, в марте другой, в июле уже третий — ликвидатор.

Приличную часть техники компании просто [прим.

По документам это проходит не так, там всякие списания, амортизации и выплаты в натуральной форме, но называется именно [прим.

перекинуть] на соседнюю лавку зарегистрированные в РФ товарные знаки, но в какой-то момент одумались, вернули все как было.

Такое поведение правда больше характерно для доморощеных мамкиных мошенников, у которых «свой бизнес» но видимо никто не застрахован, даже люди со всякими там MBA.

В продаже появилась книга «Программирование в Unreal Engine 5 для начинающего игродела.

Авторы начинают с того, что представляют собой игровые движки, как обстоит процесс разработки игр, и какие особенности есть у Unreal Engine 5.

Также они рассказывают о нюансах программирования при помощи Blueprint и развеивают миф о легкости освоения визуального программирования.

Также в книге раскрывается:как с нуля создавать материалы;как проектировать интерфейсы;как создавать игровые уровни и сцены;как создавать динамичную и сверхреалистичную анимацию;как работать с искусственным интеллектом в играх;как перейти от Blueprints к языку программирования C++.

На прошлой неделе издательство поделилось с App…

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inboxMicrosoft has been issued with a formal antitrust warning from the European Union concerning its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Sources told Politico a statement of objections was sent to the Xbox firm on Tuesday, in which the European Commission's antitrust enforcers detailed their concerns over the $68.7 billion deal.

Microsoft has responded to the report, telling Politico it is committed to "finding a path forward" for the merger.

"We are listening carefully to the European Commission's concerns and are confident we can address them," a spokesperson told the site.

Microsoft's proposed acquisition of…

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inboxYu-Gi-Oh publisher Konami released its financial earnings for the nine months ending December 31, 2022.

During the nine months, the firm released a mix of new game IPs and series installments.

Looking ahead, Konami noted the launch of eFootball 2023 and its revival of the Silent Hill franchise.

Future projects include a Silent Hill 2 remake, two spin-offs, a movie, and an interactive streaming series are in development.

The firm also noted that Super Bomberman R2, Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster: Gate Rune, and Dunan Unification Wars are slated for a 2023 launch.

Began in September 2021 and widened in February 2022, the SEC probe explored whether Activision Blizzard was appropriately informing investors about investigations into workplace misconduct at the Call of Duty publisher.

After its investigation, the SEC acknowledged that Activision Blizzard disclosed to investors that there were risk factors related to its workforce and how it ability to attract, retain and motivate staff "might materially impact its business."

The Commission said it is not aware of any specific instances in which former Activision Blizzard employees were prevents from communicating with the government bodies about potential violations of security law.

It added that Activis…

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inboxFromSoftware's parent company Kadokawa reported an increase of 123% for its games segment during Q3.

The drive was attributed to the RPG Elden Ring.

For the three months ended December 31, 2022, the company's overall revenue rose 27% year-on-year to ¥67 billion ($520.5 million).

The games segment's revenue rose 123% to ¥6.3 billion ($49 million)This was partly thanks to a sales bump for Elden Ring following its wins at 2022's The Game Awards.

When comparing its intial and revised forecast for Elden Ring, the RPG's performance has exceeded in sales and profit.

The GamesIndustry.biz team gathers around their mics to discuss the biggest stories of the past week.

On this episode, following the reports and refutation that Sony was cutting forecasts for PlayStation VR 2, we discuss the many challenges the virtual reality faces as it approaches launch later this month.

With a hefty price tag and a launch line-up primarily comprised of titles already available on other VR headsets, Sony's strategy for PSVR 2 raises questions but given the success of the original, could this could be the first step in a longer-term play for the virtual reality space?

You can listen via the player, download the episode here, or subscribe to our feed, available via Spotify…

Square Enix has highlighted a slate of 19 major titles for the segment.

MMOsDuring the period, MMOs made ¥40.5 billion ($309 million) in revenue, representing a decrease of 16% year-over-year.

Additionally, the publisher's earnings revealed that it sold 16.43 million copies of both downloaded and packaged games during the nine months.

Downloaded games made up 11.48 million units of the figure, whereas disc-based titles sold 4.95 million units.

Final Fantasy 16 is on pace to release on June 22, 2023.

QUOTE | "Despite this strong start, the ongoing experience [of Apex Mobile] was not going to meet the expectations of our players.

We’ve learned a great deal and have plans to reimagine a connected Apex mobile experience in the future.

Wilson went on to say that the learnings from Apex Mobile tied directly into the decision behind scrapping Battlefield Mobile.

If it can open as many wallets as Galaxy of Heroes, it hopefully means it'sunlikely to suffer the same fate as Apex Mobile.

But it's a tough space in which to gain share; the top mobile games, for example, are almost always the same.

Turtle Rock to stop supporting Back 4 Blood | News-in-briefThe title launched in October 2021, with the studio saying it doesn't have the resources "to continue working on Back 4 Blood content while [it] spins up another game"

Canadian developer Phoenix Labs will go back to being independent following an investor-backed management buyout.

According to GamesBeat, Phoenix Labs' founders will take the company private now that it's spun out of its parent company, Garena.

Garena is itself owned by Singapore-based Sea, which commented: "We have been steadfast supporters of Phoenix Labs since its earliest days and will continue to be strong advocates for their team and their work going forward.

"We are confident that this is the right path forward to enable the team to maximise their long-term potential, and we wish the team every success for this next chapter.”Garena initially acquired Phoenix Labs in January 2020 for …

Velan Studios' Knockout City will be shutting down on June 6.

"Even after the official servers go offline, Knockout City can continue to be played for eternity by fans that want to host their own servers," Russo said, saying that more information about this "final version of the game" will be shared "soon."

The studio is exploring options for what could come next "in the Knockout City universe" but Russo said he couldn't "promise that Knockout City will be back."

It temporarily went free-to-play in June 2021, and passed the five million players mark then.

It became free-to-play permanently a year ago, with Velan also deciding to publish the game independently going forward.

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inboxGoogle will soon allow developers to provide users with alternative billing options for in-app purchases within Google Play in India.

In a statement, the tech firm announced that it will be updating its Android and Google Play policies within India.

Google's updates for Android and Google Play in the country include:Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can license individual Google apps for pre-installation.

Online resources such as help center articles will provide more details on services provided by Google Play and how and when Google Play’s service fee applies.

"Implementation of these changes across the ecos…

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inboxFree-to-play games publisher Tilting Point is posed to fire 440 staffers, 14% of its global workforce.

"These difficult decisions were not taken lightly; our colleagues who are leaving us are talented and passionate and have contributed immeasurably to the success of Tilting Point.

MobileGamer.biz notes that this week, Titling Point’s web3 division has exited from the games firm.

The news comes a year after Tilting Point acquired Korean game developer AN Games.

In 2022, the publisher also purchased Budge Studios, a developer specializing in licensed games for children.

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inboxUSC Games has unveiled the first recipients of the Gerald A. Lawson Fund.

The Lawson Scholars are students from the USC School of Cinematic Arts Interactive Media and Games and Viterbi School of Engineering's Computer Science – Games Divisions.

The fund, named after the Black engineer that invented one of the earliest game consoles, was launched in 2021 to increase Black and Indigenous representation in the games industry.

The first two scholarships for the Gerald A. Lawson Fund are supported by Microsoft's Xbox Games Studios and Take-Two Interactive.

In August 2021, Microsoft joined the Gerald A. Lawson Endowment F…

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inboxIn the fiscal year of 2022, Meta's VR division, Reality Labs, suffered a $14 billion loss while its revenue faired better with a 1% decrease compared to 2021.

Here's what you need to know:The numbers:Revenue: $117 billion (down 1% year-on-year)Operating income: $29 billion (down 38% year-on-year)Net income: $23 billion (down 41% year-on-year)The highlights:Meta's AR/VR division Reality Labs posted an operating loss of $14 billion during the year.

In October 2022, the tech firm launched its new VR headset, the Meta Quest Pro.

Facebook just reached the milestone of 2 billion daily actives," said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerbe…

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inboxEA Music, the division of Electronic Arts that oversees all the music in its games, has partnered with Boston-based Berklee College of Music to offer a new scholarship to a future composer.

The successful candidate will be announced at EA Day, which will take place at the Boston campus during spring 2023.

This new annual event will also see EA and EA Music executives, as well as guest speakers, pass on advice to students on how they can secure a career in composing for games.

"Our collaboration with Berklee is the latest in a series of EA initiatives designed to inspire the next generation to pursue STEAM-based care…

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Logan Paul, the YouTuber and wrestler has been saddled with a class-action lawsuit over “fraudulent actions” regarding his NFT game, CryptoZoo.

After a year of investigation, Stephen “Coffeezilla” Findeisen, a YouTuber who looks into fraudsters and fake gurus in the crypto space, discovered that Logan Paul’s CryptoZoo was something of a scam.

AdvertisementRead More: YouTuber: Logan Paul’s NFT ‘Game’ Is A Big Crypto ScamInitially, Paul was furious with Coffeezilla’s year-long investigation, calling him the “Keemstar of crypto in finance” and threatening to sue him in a since-deleted YouTube video.

The Ring Car Cam's dual-facing HD cameras capture activity in and around your car in HD detail.…

AdvertisementThe puppet was a collaboration between friends, Caveat tells me over email—Matti made the head and puppet, Zac and Alex worked on the body.

“It was inspired by Carmen Farala from Drag Race España who did this amazing snake look I loved,” she says.

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The Ring Car Cam's dual-facing HD cameras capture activity in and around your car in HD detail.

AdvertisementThe event is already gaining recognition through TikTok and through industry pros like Kim Chi, who competed on season eight of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and British Drag Race star Dakota Schiffer, who both attended SlayStation’s M…

Square Enix’s new fantasy parkour game Forspoken has had a bit of a rocky launch in terms of public perception among gamers, who found its Joss Whedon-esque dialogue in advertisements cringe-inducing.

However, Forspoken’s lead actress says she isn’t bothered by all the discourse the game’s dialogue has caused online, and honestly more power to her.

I think audiences might not be so used to seeing that.”G/O Media may get a commission Ring Car Cam It's a camera.

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If you, like many others, have been stuck waiting nearly a decade for Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, you have also been living off crumbs for the series since Dragon Age: Inquisition launched in 2014.

It all started with a Twitter trend asking what “useless” trivia people knew about various art forms and media properties—there was “useless” video game knowledge, for instance, as well as “useless” animation facts—and eventually one was made asking people for their most useless Dragon Age facts.

While some folks talked about some well-known facts, such as that the name for the series’ world, Thedas, was a code name that stood for “The Dragon Age setting” that stuck, there were a few BioWare developer…

Since its creation in 2015, the r/Pokémon Discord has served as a key meeting place for players of a series whose most recent releases, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, were the Nintendo Switch’s fastest-selling games ever.

They told Kotaku the first evidence of child grooming and predatory behavior was first reported to them on December 16.

In some screenshots technophønix even talks about bringing them to his home or attempting to travel to meet up with them.

Meanwhile, messages on the old Discord server about technophønix were reportedly nuked, leaving many members confused and in the dark about what was going on.

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Neuro-sama may look like a typical VTuber, but the popular livestreamer is actually operated by artificial intelligence.

His reactions are hilarious.”This reaction is a small segment from Neuro-sama’s February 1 livestream in which the AI-controlled VTuber watches tons of content.

A couple of times throughout the livestream, which pulled in over 80,000 viewers, Neuro-sama watched Nothing, Forever, a 24/7 Seinfeld-like AI-generated show made by Mismatch Media using DALL-E, OpenAI GPT-3, and more.

While it’s fascinating that AI is sophisticated enough to pose as a human Twitch streamer reacting to popular and/or interesting videos, it’s also disconcerting that artificial intelligence is capab…

There’s a phenomenon in the Overwatch community that has persisted through the original game’s 2016 release, its gradual decline, and the launch of the sequel.

Gay iconsThe most obvious answer (and one of the more common ones I received on Twitter) as to why queer people play healers in Overwatch is that the characters themselves are gay icons.

Others who identify as queer and play Overwatch predominantly as healers tell me that the support characters are “gay icons” whose presence/vibes suggest queerness even though it’s not outright stated.

But “feeling queer” is a helluva lot different than being canonically queer—so why doesn’t it seem like members of the community play Tracer and Soldi…

The Genshin Impact community can’t seem to stop harassing its voice actors.

The resulting firestorm of online harassment not only ensnared them and another Genshin voice actor.

Some pointed out that other voice actors had not received similar vitriol for controversial stances and using slurs.

Others were upset that two Black voice actors were harassed on the first day of Black History Month.

Genshin was the number one most tweeted about game of last year, so their voice actors face immense public scrutiny on the platform.

Read More: Final Fantasy VII Remake: The Kotaku ReviewFinal Fantasy VII Remake retells the opening chapter of 1997’s PSX game Final Fantasy VII.

That answer is a definite yes, but if The Witcher 3 has you in the mood for another, great third-person action-RPG, then it’s hardly the worst thing if you play Remake first.

While the combat happens in real time (though there is an optional turn-based mode), Final Fantasy VII Remake has a unique fusion of action and command-based skirmishes that harken back to the original’s turn-based action.

Still, if you just want yet another great action-RPG experience with excellent characters, Remake will make for a good follow-up to The Witcher 3.

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But after Pedro Pascal took his Ambien, he received a call confirming he got the job and would play Joel in The Last of Us on HBO, though he didn’t really recall any of that the next morning.

It’s almost hard to see anyone else playing Joel in live-action, which makes it so much funnier that Pascal didn’t even remember getting the role!

However, he was so out of it due to the sleeping pill that he basically didn’t remember any of that the following day.

“I was excited, I guess, but I didn’t remember,” admitted Pascal.

You see kids, big-time stars like Pedro Pascal are just like us.

Remember when we all thought the idea of turning Netflix’s Squid Game into a real-world reality show was a bad idea?

The Squid Game reality show just wrapped up filming last Monday.

AdvertisementAnother complaint alleges that Squid Game: The Challenge was rigged.

“The funny thing is, equality and fairness was the main theme of the original Squid Game,” one former competitor told Rolling Stone.

AdvertisementA second season of Squid Game has been confirmed by Netflix but doesn’t have an official release date.

Buddy Daddies follows two assassin partners who take in the young daughter of their latest target and form an unconventional family

Activision Blizzard will pay the Securities Exchange Commission $35 million to settle charges that it violated workplace misconduct reporting rules and whistleblower protections.

Today’s SEC order states that Activision Blizzard “lacked controls and procedures” to properly collect and analyze employee complaints of workplace misconduct.

While the company didn’t admit to the charges, it did agree to a cease-and-desist order in addition to the $35 million penalty.

Advertisement“We are pleased to have amicably resolved this matter,” Activision media relations VP Joe Christinat told Kotaku in a statement.

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick made roughly $155 million in 2020.

Blizzard announced in a February 1 update blog that it’s taking a new, more aggressive approach to Overwatch 2 cheating.

Typically, Blizzard says, Overwatch 2 cheaters are instantly, permanently banned, no questions asked, and no time to plead for forgiveness.

Advertisement“We will be issuing severe suspensions for extended amounts of time, and in extreme cases, outright bans, to those grouping up with known cheaters,” Blizzard said.

Advertisement“This will prevent those who may be watching that player’s live stream from identifying if they’re in the same lobby,” Blizzard says.

Players are now also able to hide or delay current queue times, and hide Replay Codes.

Time is running out for nominations for MCV Women in Games 2023!

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInNominations for the MCV Women in Games 2023 awards show will end later this week.

If you want to put a nomination forward, you can do that over on the MCV Women in Games Awards’ official website.

MCV Women in Games 2023 is sponsored by Creative Assembly, Firesprite, Hangar 13, Amiqus, Opmjobs, Supermassive Games, Rocksteady Studios and Electric Square.

If you’d like to enquire about partnering with us on the event, which is taking place on March 2, 2023, you should reach out to [email protected]

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInTandem Events has announced that it will be accepting speaker submissions for Develop:Brighton 2023 until February 24, 2023.

Develop:Brighton will take place between July 11-13, 2023, and will once again invite visitors to attend high quality sessions with a vocational, practical slant that they can use to increase their skills and make better work.

Topics will include an array of subjects like game design, coding, art, mobile development, business, discoverability and audio.

There will also be several opportunities for games industry networking, including at the [email protected] icebreaker, as well as the prestigious Develop:Star Awards on July 12, 2023.

“As well a…

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInVenue: Moscone Center, San FranciscoDates: Mar 20-24, 2023Website: https://gdconf.com/The Game Developers Conference (GDC) brings the game development community together to exchange ideas, solve problems, and shape the future of the industry across five days of education, inspiration, and networking.

The GDC Expo showcases the latest game development tools and services from leading technology companies such as Amazon, Epic, Google, Intel, Nvidia, Oculus, and Sony.

GDC hosts two awards ceremonies recognizing the creativity, artistry, and technical genius of the finest developers and games:The Game Developers Choice Awards is the leading peer-based video game awar…

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInThe studio behind Cyberpunk 2077 has settled a class action lawsuit that was originally filed back in January 2021 for £1.55 million ($1.85 million USD).

The lawsuit purported that CD Projekt Red had misled its investors about the quality of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the dystopian cyberpunk RPG, which were met with ire from audiences and critics alike when they launched with glitches and performance issues.

As reported by Law360, CD Projekt Red will have to pay the settlement fee to the investor group involved in the lawsuit, but as a part of the terms of their settlement, the Polish game company will not actually have to admit to having misled …

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInThe team behind Wireframe magazine has announced on Twitter that it will cease publication, following the release of Issue #70.

“A huge thank you to everybody who’s helped make Wireframe what it is.

“Wireframe will return in an evolved form, so keep an eye on wfmag.cc and our socials for future developments.

It’s been a blast.”Raspberry Pi Press launched Wireframe back in 2018, aiming their magazine mostly at indie developers.

For the last four years it has since covered an assortment of games industry news and reviews, along with exploring the development of game software from around the industry.

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInWe’re extending the deadline for nominations for MCV Women in Games 2023, giving people more time to nominate their friends and colleagues as they slowly switch back into work mode after the winter holiday break.

You’ve now got until 1PM on January 18, 2022 to let us know who you think deserves to get an award this upcoming March in London, but that time will fly (as it always does) so be sure to get on it as soon as possible.

If you would like to nominate someone, you can find out everything you need to know (as well as the form for putting your nominations in) over at the MCV Women In Games Awards’ official website.

MCV Women in Games 2023 is sponsored by Crea…

I am proud to be doing our small part in making the gaming industry a better place.

As a small, women-led agency, new to the industry just a few years ago, we were often met with scepticism.

What ambitions do you have for the future of YRS TRULY and the industry as a whole?

My hope for the future is that more and more companies will commit to making the gaming industry a fantastic place to work.

The biggest challenge is maintaining the pledge to improve.

Last up is Kim Parker Adcock, founder and managing director at OPMjobs.

How is the worsening cost of living crisis manifesting itself in terms of recruitment and in-work support?

More demand for remote working, but less remote jobs available.

We are seeing occasional candidates looking for a new job because they want to work at the office/studio.

Ask what their need or want for remote working is based on – this goes both ways.

Next up is Ben Harrison, human resources director at Sharkmob.

There’s a skills shortage in the games industry, with significantly more vacancies than appropriately skilled & experienced candidates to fill them.

Hybrid working is definitely here to stay and when properly designed we see huge benefits and also see the value of face to face interaction in making the best games.

The Game Assembly (TGA) introducing a Game Programmer Level 7 course in the UK after a hugely successful course in Sweden has created a great pathway into the games industry for juniors.

The down-turn in tech is a huge opportunity for the games industry to acquire hugely talented individuals that may not have previousl…

Throw in the ever-present issue of a persistent skills shortage and a cost of living crisis that was nowhere to be seen twelve months ago, and it’s clear that it’s a unique and challenging time for game industry recruitment.

Next up is Keira McGarvey, head of people at FuturLab.

What have been the main challenges that recruiters have faced during 2022 and how have they/you worked to overcome them?

How is the worsening cost of living crisis manifesting itself in terms of recruitment and in-work support?

FuturLab has adapted their recruitment process to align with their best practice guidelines, in terms of recruiting diversely and inclusively.

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInAs is often the way of things, the year appears to be ending much like it began, with Microsoft’s bid to acquire Activision Blizzard dominating the headlines.

Everything has hinged, it seems, on whether Microsoft would continue to release Call of Duty on Sony hardware, despite Microsoft saying it kinda sorta maybe would, while Sony assumed it wouldn’t, because it kinda sorta maybe wouldn’t if roles were reversed.

The bad news, for those that bought a PlayStation 5 this year hoping to be forever free of Call of Duty’s annual tyranny, is that after months of both companies’ legal whining in courts across the globe, Microsoft has signed up to releasing Call of Duty…

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The first benchmarks of AMD's Ryzen 7 7840HS "Phoenix" CPU which is designed for mainstream laptops have been leaked and show a nice gain over its predecessor.

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS "Phoenix" CPU Is 25% Faster Than Ryzen 7 6800H "Rembrandt" In Leaked Cinebench BenchmarksYesterday, we got to see the first benchmarks of AMD's Ryzen 9 7940HS "Phoenix" CPU and now, we are getting the first taste of Phoenix Ryzen 7 CPUs.

The CPU tested here is the Ryzen 7 7840HS which packs the brand new Zen 4 core architecture.

The Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU features slightly lower clock speeds than the 7940HS at 3.8 GHz base and 5.1 GHz boost clock.

The AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU scored 16854 points in the multi-core and aro…

It can be difficult to believe that M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs are now available for the price of SATA III SSDs, but here we are.

The Crucial P3 is a PCIe Gen 3 SSD that is just screaming with value because, on Amazon, it is priced at just $249.99 on the online retailer.

Thanks to its industry-standard size, it will fit in laptops, desktops, and even your PS5, thanks to the M.2 slot.

The M.2 SSD is also backed by a 5-year limited warranty, giving you peace of mind when purchasing.

While this 4TB SSD should have no problem fitting in an available M.2 slot of your desktop’s motherboard, we recommend checking your laptop’s manual or some online reviews.

Moores Threads, a Chinese GPU maker, recently launched its MTT S80 graphics card designed for general-purpose computing.

Now Twitter fellow, Löschzwerg (@Loeschzwerg_3DC on Twitter) has posted various benchmarks and gaming tests of the MTT S80 GPU along with a confirmation that it can indeed run Crysis.

The user received his MTT S80 GPU on the 1st of February which was equipped on a test system with Intel's Core i5-10400 CPU and a B560M-HDV motherboard.

The Moore Threads MTT S80 is purely focused on gamers.

It uses 3DMark03 for benchmarking the MTT S80 graphics card.

Yesterday, renowned modder Halk Hogan unveiled the upcoming texture mod Cyberpunk 2077 HD Reworked Project.

Yeah, finally, it's time for Cyberpunk 2077 HD Reworked Project!

That's right, Hogan is the author of the acclaimed The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project.

In other Cyberpunk 2077 news, the game recently received NVIDIA DLSS 3 and NVIDIA Reflex support.

Cyberpunk 2077 is also scheduled to get the Phantom Liberty expansion, reportedly the biggest ever made by CD Projekt RED.

AMD Radeon RX 6000 "RDNA 2" & older GPUs are expected to get brand new graphics drivers after two months but only after two weeks.

AMD Radeon RX 6000 "RDNA 2" & Older GPU Users Will Finally Be Getting New Graphics Drivers After More Than 2 Months of WaitingEarlier this week, we reported that it has been 2 months since AMD released a new graphics driver for its RDNA 2-based Radeon RX 6000 and older GPUs.

Since then, the company has released four drivers, all of which are exclusive to the two Radeon RX 7900 series cards.

According to Frank Azor (Chief Architect of Gaming at AMD), the red team is working on new Radeon drivers which will be designed for both the Radeon RX 6000 "RDNA 2" GPUs and…

Last week, Reddit user "That-Desktop-User" uploaded an image of an AORUS motherboard with a giant cylinder of copper sitting on an Intel Core i9 CPU.

Redditor Uses An 8 Pound Copper Cylinder Block To Cool An Intel Core i9 CPUsThe post was discovered on the Linus Tech Tips Reddit but originated on the Reddit "Hardware Gore" with the tagline "for broken and gorey hardware."

The tests ran for fifteen minutes, and the system was idling most of the time with temps of around 35C and 80C during benchmarks on the Intel Core i9 CPU.

The motherboard used was a Z390 AORUS Pro so we are looking at a 9th Gen Core i9 CPU under the copper cylinder.

Is it neat that a hacked-out piece of medical equipment k…

120Hz refresh rate has been a reality for Android phones for some time now, and while there are still people who claim that they cannot see above 60Hz.

The smoothness that a higher refresh rate provides cannot be doubted.

Gaming on 120Hz is also a lot of fun, and if this latest piece of information is anything to go by, then fan favorite Genshin Impact could run at 120Hz on the Galaxy S23 series.

Galaxy S23 becomes the first phone to run Genshin Impact at a 120Hz refresh rateAccording to a tweet by Tech_Reve, the poster suggests that the Galaxy S23 Ultra, in particular, will be able to run Genshin Impact at 120Hz, making it the first phone to run this game at a higher frame rate.

It is wort…

From the looks of it, the next Gran Turismo, let's name it Gran Turismo 8, is in development at Polyphony Digital.

In the final part of the interview, the creator of the Gran Turismo series was asked what the Gran Turismo series is currently lacking and what Yamauchi wants to achieve with the series in the future.

The Polyphony CEO answered the question that he actually already has a theme for the "next" Gran Turismo, but he can't talk about it just yet.

We'll update you as soon as more information about Gran Turismo 8 comes in.

Gran Turismo 7 was released back in March of last year for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX "AD106" GPU has been allegedly tested within various 3DMark benchmarks.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series Graphics Card Lineup (Rumored):Graphics Card GPU PCB Variant SM Units / Cores Memory / Bus Memory Clock / Bandwidth TBP Power Connectors Launch NVIDIA Titan A / GeForce RTX 40?

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AD106-300 TBD TBD TBD TBD ~150W 1 x 16-pin Q3 2023?

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 AD107?

TBD TBD TBD TBD ~100W TBD Q3 2023?

Beginning today, ASUS UK is rolling out its GPU Trade-In program, where consumers who purchase a new GeForce RTX 4070 Ti or RTX 4080 GPU from the company can directly sell their older NVIDIA or AMD graphics cards.

New ASUS GPU trade-in promotion begins today for qualifying graphics products to receive cashback from the purchase of new RTX 4080 and RTX 4070 Ti graphics cardsThe new GPU Trade-In program from ASUS UK will be live starting today and will go through March 17, 2023.

Users will need to find participating sellers of ASUS's program to receive cashback and purchase a new ASUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti or RTX 4080 graphics card.

The list of qualifying ASUS RTX graphics cards are listed belo…

At least, that is what appears to have happened in Elon Musk's "funding secured" trial.

Ten days later, Elon Musk admitted that the buyout was not happening.

Funding secured.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 7, 2018The "funding secured" trial was being spearheaded by some of the aggrieved shareholders of Tesla who suffered material losses in this fracas.

Meanwhile, this development bodes well for Elon Musk, who could have faced damages worth billions of dollars in case of an adverse verdict.

A few hours ago, renowned leaker Tom Henderson published a new report on BioWare's next game, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf.

According to the report, players will venture out from the hub into the missions (hinting that Dragon Age: Dreadwolf won't be an open world game) via a 'mirrored portal', that is to say, the Eluvian network.

You can't directly control party members.

The user then added some extra information about Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, such as only having two selectable party members while the third was mission specific, although that could change later in the game.

Officially, BioWare said Dragon Age: Dreadwolf had reached Alpha in October 2022.

A supply chain disruption may have caused Apple to lose up to $9 billion in revenue for its Q1 2023 quarter, but the company registered the highest-ever operating profit share for any smartphone firm in 2022.

Global smartphone revenue also saw a decline, with a 9 percent reduction to $409 billion, which is the lowest since 2017.

This is what Counterpoint Research Director Jeff Fieldhack had to say about the company’s performance.

There has been a decline in the consumer’s purchasing power, and Counterpoint Research believes that the smartphone market might remain under pressure until H2 2023.

News Source: Counterpoint Research

Last year at The Game Awards, FromSoftware revealed their next big project to be Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon, and since then, fans have been hungry for more details.

Well, in a new interview conducted at the Taipei Game Show, Armored Core VI producer Yasunori Ogura provided some more details about the game.

This is a FromSoftware game, so we have to know how hard it is.

According to Ogura, Armored Core VI will provide a “stiff challenge,” but if you’re clever when it comes to customizing your mechs, you may be able to mitigate some of that difficulty.

Armored Core Fires of Rubicon launches on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5 sometime in 2023.

Electric vehicle billionaire Elon Musk has expressed regret about selling his Tesla, Inc. shares as part of his multi billion dollar purchase of the social networking platform Twitter.

Elon Musk Unable To Belive That He Bought Twitter For $44 BillionIn the months since he took over, Musk appears to have understood how difficult it will be to change how Twitter operates completely.

His Twitter buyout saw him sell a massive amount of Tesla stock and also secure funding from Middle Eastern investors.

In a series of tweets, the executive responded to a follower outlining that they still couldn't believe that he had bought Twitter by stating that he couldn't believe it either.

His Twitter poll, …

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Repentant – February 10In this dramatic point and click adventure game, we’re introduced to Oliver, a former criminal, who starts to suffer remorse from the terrible deeds of his past and has since developed a dependence on alcohol.

One day while in a small shop, he is a witness to a robbery committed by a young girl.

Feeling this is his opportunity to atone for his sins, he reaches out to help her.

But who really needs help and who is the victim?

For Honor is available for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play until February 9.

Eiyuden Chronicle: RisingThe prelude to Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, one of the most successful crowdfunded games of all time!

Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising is an action-RPG featuring a delightful cast of characters and a rich story for you to enjoy in 2.5D.

You can play Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and with Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.

Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising is also available to purchase at the 33% discount during the Anime Month sale.

Summary Deliver Us Mars is the sequel to 2019’s Deliver Us The Moon, and it’s out now on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.

Developed by a core team of around 20 people, Deliver Us Mars takes their grand vision to an even bigger canvas.

But that larger save-the-world story is just one layer of Deliver Us Mars’ powerful and emotional narrative.

“I think Kathy, like most of the characters in Deliver Us Mars, doesn’t fall into either ‘good’ or ‘bad’ archetypes,” says Chappell.

Newbon explains how he hopes players will feel about Deliver Us Mars once they’ve finished the game.

Summary Sea of Thieves Season Eight Community Day will take place from February 11–12 (10am UTC).

Additional incentives include sales, Twitch Drops, community shout-outs and a celebratory stream from Rare’s on-site Tavern.

Set sail on Saturday, February 11 to celebrate the phenomenal Sea of Thieves community and share in a fine offering of treasures.

Some familiar faces from the Rare crew will be streaming from 10am UTC, tackling Community Day challenges and generally enjoying the chaos.

This lasts for one day only – as does the commemorative Season Eight Community Day T-shirt and flag also available to buy during the event, so be quick!

Season 3 of Gundam Evolution, dubbed ‘Defencer’, is arriving today, February 1, where new and veteran Mobile Suit Pilots can join the fray.

New Mobile Suit: Hyperion GundamHyperion Gundam hails from the ‘Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray’ manga and marks the newest addition to the Gundam Evolution roster.

Using the secondary attack causes Hyperion Gundam to hold up a shield to prevent damage and hold the line.

Gundam Evolution is an immersive, fast-paced 6v6 team shooter where you’re able to pilot iconic Mobile Suits from the smash hit ‘Mobile Suit Gundam’ anime series.

Jump into combat as Hyperion Gundam, Unicorn Gundam, and more from this expanding roster.

We also explain how you can give, discover, play and watch with Xbox to support Black History Month.

DISCOVERArtist Clif Wilson Shares Xbox Logo Design Inspiration for Black History MonthIn celebration of Black History Month, Xbox commissioned artist Clif Wilson to design the artwork for this year’s campaign.

Xbox Ambassadors Features Missions for Black History MonthThe Xbox Ambassadors community is celebrating Black History Month with a series of XA Missions that highlight games made by Black creators and feature Black leads.

For Black History Month, we are highlighting Black creators, lead characters, and character creation options that include a variety of skin tones and inclusive hairst…

February is the annual celebration of all things anime on Xbox and Xbox Game Pass from now until the end of the month.

Up to 80% off anime on Microsoft Movies and TVFind your new favorite anime movies or TV series, or catch up on the ones you already love in our massive Microsoft Movies & TV Anime sale.

Anime for Xbox Game Pass MembersImmerse yourself in anime-inspired worlds and stories.

Lastly, be sure to claim your Game Pass Perk for Gundam Evolution by February 6 and for Phantasy Star Online 2 by February 28.

From tomorrow until the end of the month, you may also see great anime games to play as part of each weekend’s Free Play Days for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members.

– Danielle Partis, Xbox Wire EditorAvailable day one with Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.

– Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-ChiefAvailable day one with Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.

– Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-ChiefAvailable day one with Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.

– Rich Dickinson, Xbox Wire EditorForza Motorsport – 2023 – Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC (Game Pass)I love video games as much as I love cars.

– Rich Dickinson, Xbox Wire EditorAvailable day one with Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.

Dying Light 2 Stay Human is commencing its 1st Anniversary on January 31, 2023.

Finally, the Crane Bundle is going to be an exclusive reward on TechlandGG for all proud owners of our two games: Dying Light and Dying Light 2 Stay Human.

There is going to be a new and exciting end-game progression system in Dying Light 2 Stay Human called Legend Levels.

Dying Light 2 Stay Human is available now for purchase on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.

Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Bloody Ties Techland ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 86 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $9.99 Get it now Deluxe and Ultimate Edition owners of Dying Light 2 Stay Human automatically receive Bloody Ties DLC.

We Were Here Forever is the newest game in our We Were Here series of co-op puzzle adventures, releasing today on Xbox.

Our Design PhilosophyWhat goes into making a good puzzle?

We Were Here Forever is the fourth game in the We Were Here Series, so this isn’t our first rodeo.

The process of creating a puzzle is also very personal; every designer works in their own way and might use different tools.

Getting the difficulty right for puzzles is one of the toughest parts of puzzle design.

Even though it was kinda their fault…Get ready to save Bikini Bottom in the all-new platforming adventure, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake!

When SpongeBob and Patrick receive a vial of Mermaid’s Tears from mysterious fortune teller Kasandra nothing can go wrong.

Each Wishworld is based on a classic SpongeBob location given a unique twist, where you’ll run into all of SpongeBob’s pals on your quest for sweet, sweet, sweet victory.

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is out now and ready to delight fans of all ages.

Everybody do the Cosmic Shake!

All of us at NuChallenger are excited to announce that Treachery in Beatdown City: Ultra Remix is hitting Xbox on April 27th.

He enlists the aid of his daughter Lisa and her two friends; Brad and Bruce, to set out to discover not only the truth; but also to find the root of the treachery in Beatdown City.

Fascist cops, entitled joggers, affluent punks, preppy jocks, angry socialites, bikers, ninjas, terrorists, ninja terrorists (?)

Treachery in Beatdown City: Ultra Remix is launching April 27th on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Windows 10/11 PC.

For more information, please follow NuChallenger and Beatdown City on Twitter.

Inkulinati is an ink-based strategy game straight from medieval manuscripts, where a rabbit’s bum can be deadlier than a dog's sword.

Much, much more… FIGHT LIKE AN INKULINATI Inkulinati are a legendary group who battle one another on the pages of medieval manuscripts.

SPECIAL, BATTLE TIDE-TURNING ACTIONS PERFORMED BY THE INKULINATI It’s not just your Beasts that can cause havoc and damage.

A SINGLE-PLAYER CAMPAIGN Uncover the mystery and secrets of Inkulinati and face such opponents as Death, Dante Alighieri, and more.

CREATE AND DEVELOP YOUR OWN CHARACTER As any aspiring Inkulinati Master, you will get to create your own Tiny-Inkulinati.

Share this on Twitter (opens in a new window)Share this on Facebook (opens in a new window)Last week, we asked you to head back into the deadly world of The Last of Us Part I and share moments using #PSshare #PSBlog.

Here are this week’s highlights:IROBot616 shares A black and white portrait of JoelPhotoingame shares A portrait of Bill against a pink and red skymatatabigame777 shares Ellie and Joel high fivingForgottenJasmin shares Joel carrying Sarah with the military in the backgroundcalisarah1998 shares a detailed picture of Joel’s arm and broken watchVrPhotoGamess shares Tess walking across a plankSearch #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme.

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On February 22, the enhanced version of Pistol Whip relaunches on PlayStation VR2.

This Day one title — intensified by exclusive haptic feedback — will define just how physical a physical action rhythm game can be.

PS VR2 users will benefit from internal upgrades like SSD optimization, which reduces load times and scene transitions; however, the focus today is Pistol Whip’s iconic gameplay, made more immersive than ever, thanks to haptic feedback.

“When implementing the adaptive triggers, we found a number of ways to provide controller feedback,” Explains Mike L., lead haptics engineer for PS VR2.

With a roadmap that suggests plenty of new Pistol Whip content coming this year, lucky PlaySta…

Big surprise—it looks amazingGran Turismo 7 is a stunner, but I assumed the conversion to PS VR 2 might entail some obvious (but understandable) compromises.

In short, the game looks great and really highlights the virtues of PS VR2.

Getting up close and personal with various stereo systems, dashboards, and dials is (weirdly) one of the things I’m most looking forward to once I have a PS VR2 at home.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, PS VR2 offers a new perspective on the track environments themselves.

The free Gran Turismo 7 PS VR2 update hits February 22.

The 14x All-Star, 5x World Series Champion, 5x Silver Slugger, 2000 World Series MVP is your MLB The Show 23 collector’s edition cover athlete.

Derek’s had one of the best careers in baseball history and we’re elated for him to join the collector’s edition cover athlete club.

The Digital Deluxe Edition or The Captain Edition of MLB The Show 23.

Note: MLB The Show 23’s Collector’s Editions is used in reference to the Digital Deluxe Edition or The Captain Edition.

** The Captain Edition includes PS4 Disc & PS5 Voucher (Internet connection and PS5 console with disc drive required).

Today, we’re rolling out the next PS5 system software beta with a number of fan-requested features, including Discord voice chat and Variable Refresh Rate support for 1440p resolution.

Here’s a look at some of the new features:New Social FeaturesJoin a Discord Voice Chat on Your PS5 Console.

You can now join Discord voice chats on your PS5 console and easily chat with friends on most other gaming platforms.

You can now join Discord voice chats on your PS5 console and easily chat with friends on most other gaming platforms.

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Today we’re happy to reveal the PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for February.

The PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium lineups for February will be announced soon.

PlayStation Plus Spotify PlaylistAlso, check out our PlayStation Plus monthly games-inspired playlist on Spotify, which will be refreshed with new songs every month.

We also wanted to provide an update on the PlayStation Plus Collection that has been offered as a benefit to PlayStation Plus members on PS5 since 2020.

We thank you all for your support of PlayStation Plus and we hope you enjoy this month’s lineup.

As Forspoken is a game we designed for the PS5, we decided to assign L2 and R2 for casting magic so you can feel the feedback from the Adaptive Triggers.

How did the development team harness PS5’s power to make this happen?

Forspoken features a dazzling array of magical visual effects and character animation for Frey during travel and traversal.

How did the team tap into PS5’s power to deliver this rich visual performance?

The GPU handles the dedicated shader for the magic visual effects, and the CPU handles the numerous processing needs for Magic Parkour.

Share this on Twitter (opens in a new window)Share this on Facebook (opens in a new window)Critically acclaimed games take the stage for PlayStation Store’s newest promotion.

You can peruse the full list of PS4 and PS5 games included in this promotion below.

When the promotion starts, head to PlayStation Store to find out your regional discount.

You can peruse the full list of PS4 and PS5 games included in this promotion below.

When the promotion starts, head to PlayStation Store to find out your regional discount.

Welcome to Deceive Inc. – the multiplayer PvP game of social deception and subterfuge.

Play VideoDeceive Inc. launches globally March 21Deceive Inc. will launch on PlayStation 5 on March 21 of this year.

Now forced to serve his sentence as a Deceive Inc. agent, he swears he’ll regain back his former power and glory.

Pre-order Deceive Inc. to receive:“Founding Agent” Profile Portrait“Founding Agent” Equipment InkPurchase the Black Tie Edition to Receive“Dressed to Impress” Profile Portrait & Title“Dressed to Impress” Equipment InkBonds (Deceive Inc.

Premium Currency)Pre-purchases are coming very soon, so make sure you add Deceive Inc to your PlayStation Wishlist to be notified when they’re l…

Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s electric personality, play and love for all things baseball made him a great choice to be on the cover of MLB The Show 23.

Standard edition on PlayStation 5 is $69.99 USD/$79.99 CADMLB The Show 23 will be available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.

Once again Cross-Platform Play, Cross Saves, and Cross Progression return allowing you to share your progress on PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch*.

Just create your MLB The Show Account on TheShow.com and link your PlayStation, Xbox, and/or Switch and you are all set.

MLB The Show 23 Feature Premieres ScheduleFeature Premieres return to give you a look into new features in M…

With Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles, we couldn’t be happier to continue the story by bringing both Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess and Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom to the West for the first time.

Play VideoRhapsody: Marl Kingdom ChroniclesExperience the story of Cornet, Ferdinand, and their family as it continues in Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles on the PS5.

This two-game collection marks the Western debut of both Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess and Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom.

In Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom, a series of charming chapters concludes the stories of Rhapsody and its characters.

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Horizon Call of the Mountain invites you to step into the shoes of new character Ryas and experience the world of Horizon through a different set of eyes.

The protagonist of Horizon Call of the Mountain, Ryas, was one such soldier.

After allowing himself to be captured and imprisoned by the Carja, Ryas was spared execution.

With Horizon Call of the Mountain, players will be able to experience the world of Horizon from a new perspective, through both Ryas as a compelling new protagonist and the PS VR2 headset.

Says Ben McCaw, “We took the Horizon experience and built it from the ground up for VR.

To all our fans: thank you for your patience as we navigated unprecedented demand for the PS5 console amid global challenges.

If you’re looking to purchase a PS5 console, you should now have a much easier time finding one at retailers globally.

For players in the U.S., U.K, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, be sure to check direct.playstation.com to purchase a PS5 console, games, and accessories directly from PlayStation.

You might even see content from popular creators on social media, breaking news from within PS5 game worlds.

Play VideoBeyond new games, we’re delighted to continue expanding the PS5 console experience with all-new accessories like the recently-release…

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This week the team dives into the frights and delights of Dead Space, featuring an interview with Motive’s Roman Campos-Oriola (Creative Director) and Philippe Ducharme (Senior Producer).

Stuff We Talked AboutDualSense Edge controllerSeason: A Letter to the FuturePowerWash SimulatorForspokenDead Space (interview begins at 19:32)The CastView and download image Download the image close Close Sid Shuman – Senior Director of Content Communications, SIE View and download image Download the image close Clos…

Share this on Twitter (opens in a new window)Share this on Facebook (opens in a new window)Last week, we asked you to highlight Lightsabers from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, which is available as a PlayStation Plus Monthly Game for January.

Here are this week’s highlights:Mannitugames shares Cal raising his blue lightsaber against the Second Sister’s red lightsaber.

bombeard shares Cal raising a yellow lightsaber in a dark cavern.

justinphotomode shares Cal clashing with another character wielding a red lightsaber in both handsMdeavorVP shares Cal balancing with a double sided purple lightsaber.

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Audio player loading…As of its last update, multiplayer horror game Evil Dead has a new mode that's not quite battle royale, but instead is being called "Splatter Royale".

She's based on the character from Ash vs Evil Dead played by Lucy Lawless, who returns to voice Ruby in-game.

Evil Dead: The Game scored an 85 in our review at launch, with Luke Winkie saying, "There are so many fast-paced decisions to make, so many strategic wrinkles to consider, that a round of Evil Dead often leaves me feeling as exhausted as I do after a white-knuckle StarCraft duel.

In other Evil Dead news, the fifth movie in the series, Evil Dead Rise, is due out on April 21.

Directed by Lee Cronin (who directed 201…

Audio player loading…Lorn's Lure (opens in new tab), an upcoming indie from solo developer Rubeki, instantly hooked me with its free demo on Steam.

This first person plstformer has you playing an android exploring the vast, industrial ruins of a lost civilization, pursuing some manner of biblically accurate angel-come-glitch in reality through the impossibly ancient rusted hulk.

The central pillar of Lorn's Lure's first person platforming is a pair of climbing axes, and they enable a stamina-limited climbing system reminiscent of Breath of the Wild or Shadow of the Colossus.

Lorn's Lure presents this vast, vertical level without a clear path forward, and it's up to you to pick your way acro…

Great moments in PC gaming are bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories.

Motocross Madness (Image credit: Microsoft) Developer: Rainbow StudiosYear: 1998In the vast tundra of Motocross Madness there were few landmarks.

I must have spent countless hours driving at that cliff, trying to figure out how best to reach the top.

What made it so fun is that Motocross Madness had surprisingly good ragdoll physics for the time.

The bike went flying one way, your rider went off the other, both eventually tumbling back down across the featureless tundra.

In Netflix's reality show version, contestants were offered $4.56 million to compete in games based on those from the show, with the difference being that nobody would die.

Four competitors spoke out under condition of anonymity, discussing a version of the show's game called "Red Light, Green Light" in the subtitles and "Mugunghwa kkochi pieot seumnida" in the original Korean.

Those who moved had blood squibs in their tracksuits set off, in imitation of the show's sniper fire.

What's more, the former contestants claim Squid Game: The Challenge was rigged in favor of pre-decided competitors, among them several Instagram and TikTok influencers, who had working microphones during the challeng…

Audio player loading…To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its first release, Analgesic Productions is giving away Anodyne, a surreal homage to the old school 2D Legend of Zelda games, for free.

This weekend, you can claim a copy of Anodyne on itch.io (opens in new tab) for a grand total of zero dollars and zero cents.

So that's why you can download a torrent of our game, Anodyne, and if you'd like and are able, also purchase the game!"

It also exhorted players to vote for Anodyne on Steam Greenlight, which at the time was how indie games found their way onto Valve's storefront.

Just over a month later Anodyne launched on Steam (opens in new tab), where it currently holds a user rating of Ve…

It also ran like crap, so was re-released not that long afterwards in 1994 as The Journeyman Project Turbo.

But what is it about it that's kept The Journeyman Project alive in fans' hearts all these years?

From that point, The Journeyman Project becomes a fairly standard Myst-style adventure, with a lot of ways to die horribly and a surprisingly strong sci-fi element.

The original Journeyman Project looked nowhere near as nice, didn't have anything like as much FMV, and was a much flatter experience.

Presto was working on a fourth Journeyman Project game, but it got canned.

Sons of the Forest (opens in new tab) will instead release into Early Access—not because the developers prefer it that way, but to avoid another major release date delay.

We didn’t want to delay again so have instead decided to involve the community in the continued development of this project and keep our February 23rd release date but instead release in Early Access."

It won't be Endnight's first go at Early Access, as The Forest was (opens in new tab) one of the first big Early Access successes.

Either way, we called Sons of the Forest one of the survival games to look forward to in 2023.

(opens in new tab) You can find Sons of the Forest on Steam.

Audio player loading…First reported by Vice (opens in new tab), Columbian First Circuit Judge Juan Manuel Padilla Garcia claims to have used ChatGPT in the process of deciding a case in the city of Cartagena.

The judge attests to the tool's use in a court document (opens in new tab) from January 30.

"What we are really looking for is to optimize the time spent drafting judgements after corroborating the information provided by AI," Garcia explained in the court document (translated from the original Spanish).

Garcia was hearing a case between a health insurance company and the family of an autistic child over the child's medical coverage.

The judge claims to have wanted to speed up the deci…

YouTuber SpikeHD went in the other direction though: what if you tried to make a Switch into a Steam Deck?

Short answer is "you can't," but god bless him, SpikeHD tried to install Steam on Nintendo's aging megahit handheld.

You've already been able to run Ubuntu on Switch for a while, and this would theoretically let you run the Linux version of Steam on a jailbroken console.

From there, just pull up the big picture UI and bada bing, Steam Deck unlocked.

As a consolation prize, the YouTuber next installed Android with a Steam Deck themed Skin, the closest thing physically possible to an actual Switch Deck.

Audio player loading…Keep your Wordle (opens in new tab) win streak going straight through the weekend—today's Wordle answer is waiting for you on this very page.

Wordle hintA Wordle hint for Saturday, February 4The answer today refers to any room or area lacking light.

Today's Wordle answer(Image credit: Josh Wardle)What is the Wordle 595 answer?

Previous answersThe last 10 Wordle answersThe more past Wordle answers you can cram into your memory banks, the better your chances of guessing today's Wordle answer without accidentally picking a solution that's already been used.

After that it's just a case of using what you've learned to narrow your guesses down to the right word.

The first Vampire Jam was held by Itch.io (opens in new tab) to celebrate the announcement of Bloodlines 2, which came with much fanfare and excitement.

Sadly, that hasn't worked out quite as well as we'd hoped, but the Vampire Jam has stuck around, and is now an officially sanctioned World of Darkness event.

The winners of the 2022 Vampire Jam get $500 each, and more importantly can release and monetize their games royalty-free until September 2023 through the World of Darkness Unbound program.

But these three aren't the only games to emerge from the 2022 Vampire Jam: There were 28 entries in all, and some of the runners-up look very interesting in their own right, including The Outsider, …

Audio player loading…A twitter account that catalogs classic interfaces from the history of web browsing, the Web Design Museum (opens in new tab), shared a screengrab of the Steam homepage circa May, 2005 (opens in new tab).

Things have come a long way since those olive drab days.

According to MobyGames, you got downloads of Half-Life 2, Deathmatch, CS: Source, Half-Life 1 Source, Day of Defeat Source, and a "back catalog" of Valve games⁠—presumably the original GoldSrc Half-Life and its expansions?

The pack also included a physical box mailed to you with a strategy guide, posters, and other classic swag bag fare.

At the very least, it shows a smaller, gentler Steam, one free of belligeren…

Audio player loading…Discord, the de facto standard voice chat software for PC gamers, is finally coming to PlayStation 5 consoles (opens in new tab).

PlayStation integration actually began more than a year ago, when Discord added an option that enabled PlayStation users to link their accounts (opens in new tab), so their PS4 and PS5 game activity could be displayed in their Discord profiles.

Luckily, we have a picture, to which I have added a bright yellow circle so you can't miss it:(Image credit: Discord)Mash that button and you'll be asked where you want to transfer your voice chat to.

All the usual Discord voice chat controls will be at your fingertips.

A date for the full rollout of D…

Audio player loading…The Antonov An-225 "Mriya," built in 1985, was the world's biggest plane before it was destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

This wasn't just a big plane, it was the big plane.

So it's happy news that the big bird will soon be coming back—digitally—in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

"We said a year ago that it was very upsetting when the plane was destroyed," Microsoft Flight Simulator chief Jorg Neumann said during a developer stream reveal.

Antonov confirmed the Flight Simulator deal on Twitter:(Image credit: Antonov (Twitter))(opens in new tab)The An-225 Mriya—"Dream" in English—will launch in Microsoft Flight Simulator on February 27, the one-year anniversar…

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When you're not a fan of touch controls but you love playing on mobile, a list of Android games with controller support will serve your demands- re-checked the list.

Games on phones can range from something as simple as the classic Doodle Jump to far more demanding titles such as Genshin Impact.

Thankfully, when games are ported from PC or console to mobile, they bring their controller capabilities with them.

This has become a more valid option with software like BlueStacks allowing for people to play mobile games comfortably on their PCs with keyboard and controller support readily available.

For those looking to stay mobile but seeking a more comfortable kind of control, there are a numbe…

OK, we're just describing Cloud from Final Fantasy VII.

Alongside the seminal (and seemingly interminable) Final Fantasy franchise, several other JRPG IPs have left their mark.

The great thing is that you can now play all of those big-hitting franchises right here on your iPhone or iPad.

And there are a bunch of completely fresh JRPGs to discover too, both on Apple Arcade and the wider App Store.

We've had to leave a whole bunch of iOS JRPGs off the following list, so do let us know about your own personal favourites in the comments section below.

Indie developer GG Undroid Games has released its newest game; a hypercasual minimalistic puzzler called Infinitoggle.

Infinitoggle is a super simple game, as the mechanics revolve around those two things and that’s just about it.

There’s a collection of switches on each level, and they individually present different colours depending on their state.

As you can see, it’s a super simple concept, but it can get pretty challenging as you progress through the game.

Check out our Top 25 best puzzle games for Android

Three years and two months after its original release, the mobile adaptation of the popular Hunter X Hunter anime/manga series, titled Hunter X Hunter Arena Battle, is set to close its doors and end service on March 31st following an announcement from the official Twitter account.

Hunter X Hunter is one of the biggest anime names out there, even over here in the states, so it’s shocking to see the only mobile adaptation go shut down.

The game maintained a pretty decent fanbase and following, the deck-building mechanics were all solid, and the content was engaging and fun.

Heck, it even had the same voice actors as the 2011 anime adaptation, so it was quite immersive and full of fan service.…

Most enjoyable iOS games with controller support- re-checked the listTake a look at our ultimate list of the top 20 best iOS games with controller support to maximize your gameplay experience.

The list includes titles from various genres and features both free mobile games as well as premium options.

Although the games are meant for mobile devices, using a controller while playing them adds an extra punch and significantly escalates the gaming experience.

Comparing both types of controllers, wireless controllers are easy to use and pair.

Now that we are over the basics, let's take a look at the list of best iOS games with controller support!

Land of the rising thumbsUpdated on February 4, 2023 - re-checked the listWhere would our beloved hobby of video games be without the influence of Japan?

Japan pretty much bailed out the video games industry in the '80s, with the legendary Nintendo Entertainment System (aka the Famicom) single-handedly kickstarting a moribund market.

These are the best Japanese mobile games for iPhoneWe've been skirting around a rather awkward point here.

Japanese developers and manufacturers haven't played as big a role in the smartphone gaming industry as they did in the console industry.

While it kind of missed the boat in the early days of the influential iPhone (made by an American company, of course),…

Land of the rising thumbs - best Japanese games for AndroidUpdated February 4, 2023 - re-checked the listIf you are a fan of eastern culture, then our list ofwill tickle the right nerves!

To misquote Monty Python's Life of Brian: What have the Japanese ever done for us and our hobby of video games?

Those are a few Japanese gaming properties.

Japan's influence on the video games medium is as profound as any other country's.

Indeed, many of the specifics of gaming culture are tightly bound up with The Land of the Rising Sun.

Netmarble has released a new update for Charlotte’s Table, just in time to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

It is called What If – Charlotte Verdier’s Valentine’s Day.

Additionally, a Valentine’s Day season pass is being introduced, giving players the chance to earn even more rewards like a full set of Season Costume and a bunch of gold.

Getting out of the probabilistic timeline, Episode 17 is also being launched to continue the story of Charlotte’s Table.

Help Charlotte celebrate Valentine’s Day by downloading Charlotte’s Table now for free.

The season of love is upon us and it is time to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

Pokémon Go’s Valentine’s Day 2023 event will take place between February 8th and 14th.

Like those Community Day event rewards, if players manage to evolve Gardevoir into Kirlia and finally into Gallade, they will receive a Pokémon that knows the Charged Attack Synchronise.

Players can also participate in the Global Valentine’s Day Challenge, where trainers can celebrate love by sending gifts to all their friends.

Get ready for a spectacular Valentine’s Day celebration by downloading Pokémon Go now for free using your preferred link below.

Back in November 2021, Games by Malcs and Jagex released Melvor Idle for iOS and Android, an idle RPG which was inspired by RuneScape.

Say hello to Melvor Idle: Expanded Edition, which includes both the base Melvor Idle game and the Throne of the Herald expansion.

It has been tailored especially for players who are RuneScape fans and have a penchant for idle games as well.

Melvor Idle takes players on a massive adventure as they try to master 25 skills which will be required when battling against the game's 200 plus monsters.

If you're interested in this idle RuneScape-ish world, then download Melvor Idle – Expanded Edition now by using one of your preferred links given below.

We’re just a few days into February and Niantic has now announced its slate of events for this month in Pokémon Go.

February RaidsThis month’s five-star raids will feature some powerful Pokemon.

Each of them will be available for a week, beginning with Registeel, Tapu Lele, Regirock, and finally, Rayquaza, who will be part of the Primal Rumblings event taking place later in the month.

Speaking of the Primal Rumblings event, Mega Latios and Mega Latias will dominate the mega raids at the same time.

Other Pokémon featuring in Mega Raids include Mega Gengar, Mega Gardevoir, and Mega Pidgeot.

Scopely has announced a new collab event for Stumble Guys, letting players spice up their multiplayer stumbling mayhem on mobile.

Just in time for the upcoming Super Bowl LVII, the “Stumble Guys” x NFL collaboration comes hot on the heels of its team-up with Hot Wheels in December last year.

In the “Stumble Guys” x NFL collaboration event, players can expect to welcome a new Super Bowl LVII-themed level into the fray.

Of course, once players get a taste of sweet, sweet victory, they can showboat with new victory emotes and dances, as well as fresh taunts that Stumblers can use for the ultimate bragging rights.

Subscribe to Pocket Gamer onBy the way, Stumble Guys bagged first place during ou…

We ask the App ArmyPomPom: The Great Space Rescue is a platformer with a fresh spin on the tried and tested formula.

Pom Pom has all the trappings of a platform game from the 16-bit era consoles, even the level select screen is reminiscent of Nintendo’s Mario games.

Subscribe to Pocket Gamer onPom Pom: The Great Space Rescue is a different take on the platform genre.

I found PomPom: The great space rescue is a fun game that brings a fresh take on platforming.

PomPom: The Great Space Rescue looks like a retro 2d platformer (my favourite genre) but it’s really a physics-based puzzle game.

Unsurprisingly, the top of the Arcana Tactics tier list consists of the best heroes in the game.

Even though a Tier S hero will be given to you at the beginning game’s stages, getting Tier S characters is a hard task in Arcana Tactics.

AvalonAnatVenom QueenMage FistLunar BladeMarionetteMotherWar LordMinervaUnion SentinelDesperadoNixIndraErebosInheritorDemolisherWarlordVulcanusLiberatorBlack ValkyrieDivine BladeDemigodSylphidElimeIfritMonocerosStorm SpearSoul LancerHoly PrincessDurendalCavalierDream PainterGodhandHellbringerAegisArchangelDark LordBeast LordVampireSageStar GateLord MageDemon ShadowDervishAsuraBounty HunterFalconDark WandererSoul BowThanatosOurosSwordmasterDragoonBlack Vampire…

Keep all your units and upgrade the best onesDon't miss the latest Brave Nine codes!

This Brave Nine tier list will rank the maxed-out units, which is something all F2P players will be able to achieve if they allocate their resources right.

Brave Nine tier list breakdownIn the game, you will find the heroes divided by class, and that's mainly because you want to have a number of different classes/units that provide all sorts of buffs to your team.

We've divided the tier list into multi-pages where we rank them all to help you make better picks.

Feel free to use the links below to check the specific tier list you're interested in!

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said that the facial expression tracking technology in Quest Pro is still years away from making it into the more affordable line of Meta’s VR headsets.

Quest Pro is the first in a new line of more expensive, high-end headsets from Meta, available alongside Quest 2, the current generation of Meta’s more affordable VR product line.

Previously, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg indicated that face and eye tracking would be “a big focus” for the Quest 2’s successor.

Now there’s lots of other ways that you can get face tracking – potentially an outside in camera.

So for now, Quest Pro is your best bet.

Resolution Games one-on-one arcade shooter Blaston is now available on the Pico platform for both Pico 4 and Pico Neo 3 Link.

Resolution confirmed that Blaston would be heading over to Pico late last year, while also detailing an update with major revamps to the game, including a move to a free-to-play model:Starting in 2023, Blaston will be coming to Pico Neo 3 Link and Pico 4.

Blaston isn’t the first game in the Resolutions Games catalog to get ported over to Pico – the studio’s social tabletop VR game Demeo has been available on the platform since the Pico Neo 3.

Resolution Games is one of the longest-standing and most esteemed VR game studios.

Blaston is now available free-to-play on Qu…

Former Oculus CTO John Carmack responded to a request for comment from UploadVR regarding Meta’s planned closure of Echo VR.

It is about close as some may come to experiencing the sport described in the science fiction novel Ender’s Game.

I suggested that they should see if anyone on the team wanted to leave Meta and take over the project.

This would double as a good developer example, although the Echo codebase is very different than Unity where most VR developers work.

Supporting user-run servers as an option can actually save on hosting costs, and also opens up various community creative avenues.

In this week’s bonus episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva host the team behind the newly released VR game Monkey See Monkey Doo Doo.

David Burnham from Continuum VR answers questions about the origins and development of their new multiplayer game.

Brandon Egolf from Clique Games explains how they’ve gotten involved as publishers in the VR gaming industry.

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A new hands-on video from IGN gave us our first proper look at Gran Turismo 7 gameplay on PSVR 2, alongside confirmation of some other minor details as well.

You can see the gameplay in the video from IGN above, which includes snippets of PSVR 2 footage from their hands-on with the game.

The good news is that the footage looks fantastic, with a high standard of visuals that looks roughly equivalent to the standard PS5 flatscreen release.

In terms of gameplay, it looks like everything you would expect and there’s seemingly been no glaring, major sacrifices to the core gameplay experience on PSVR 2.

We’ve reached out to Sony to clarify whether the PSVR 2 Sense controllers are supported for GT…

Addressing the recent announcement that Echo VR shuts down in August, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth provided his perspective on the decision and said “John [Carmack] would not have shut down Echo VR.”During his latest Instagram AMA, someone asked Bosworth if there was any way they could keep Echo VR up.

[What would John Carmack do right now],” referencing Bosworth’s recent blog post ‘Theory of Mind’, which discusses the thought-process that underpinned video games legend and former Consulting CTO John Carmack’s time at Meta.

Question: Is there anyway [sic] you guys could keep Echo VR up?

I’m sad about Echo VR.

John [Carmack] would not have shut down Echo VR.

After nearly three years in early access, the full version of Dr Bloc’s VR platformer Straylight released on Quest, PC VR, and PSVR.

Initially launched in February 2020 on Steam, Straylight’s full release has faced significant delays.

After missing its previous Q3 2021 release window, the full release arrived this week, as revealed during the Upload VR 2022 Winter Showcase late last year.

Shoot the STRAYLIGHT’s beams to thrust into the dark void of space, connecting to anchor nodes and propelling over, under, around, and across increasingly rigorous obstacles.

Straylight is out now on the Meta Quest platform via App Lab, Steam, and PSVR for $19.99.

This week Meta Platforms made it one step closer to successfully acquiring Within, the studio behind fitness service Supernatural, according to a report by Bloomberg.

The United States Federal Trade Commission’s effort to block the deal hit a snag with Bloomberg reporting that US District Judge Edward Davila delivered a sealed decision that “denied the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction to block the proposed transaction while the [FTC] pursues a separate case in its in-house court”.

The FTC has been investigating Meta’s competitive practices and first opened an antitrust probe into the Within acquisition in late 2021.

In July 2022, the FTC sought an injunction to prevent Meta Platfo…

John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and key player in the VR startup’s genesis story, says Sony’s upcoming PSVR 2 headset may be see a bumpy road to adoption based on its high price and potential for scattershot geographic distribution.

That’s a fair jump past Quest 2’s $400/$500 price tag, depending on whether you buy the 128 GB or 256 GB version.

A 5M market size distributed across every country is much less attractive than a 10M market in a smaller set of countries.

Doubts about PSVR 2 seem to be mounting the in few weeks preceding its February launch.

Looking to learn all about PSVR 2 before it launches this month?

In 2021 Meta announced it was set to acquire Within, the studio behind popular VR fitness app Supernatural, however the reportedly $400 million deal became subject to investigations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in respect to Meta’s supposed monopolization of the VR fitness space.

Now, according to a Bloomberg report, it appears the FTC has lost an important suit to block Meta’s acquisition of Within.

Unreleased documents from the closed court proceedings appear to vindicate Meta’s acquisition of Within, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the ruling.

Provided the reports are accurate, the chances of the FTC potentially clawing back from the loss seem fairly slim at this …

Competitive multiplayer fantasy dueler Broken Edge detailed more content plans for 2023, as well as confirming a February 15 release for the next playable fighter, The Viking.

Broken Edge announced The Viking during our Upload VR Showcase last December, but only gave a tentative early 2023 release window.

🪓#vrgame #quest2 #steamvr pic.twitter.com/rjWMW9mint — Broken Edge (@BrokenEdgeVR) January 31, 2023In a tweet announcing the Viking release date, developers Trebuchet also detailed plans for more content, including new arenas, dropping across the year.

We enjoyed Broken Edge on release, stating that it’s an “enjoyable 1v1 fighter that mostly strikes true.” You can read our full review here…

Prisms VR, an immersive platform for teaching math, announced it’s raised $12.5 million in a Series A round, which the company says will be used to expand its VR math literacy platform to more schools across the US.

Led by Andreessen Horowitz, the latest funding round brings Prisms VR’s lifetime funding to $19.1 million, according to CrunchBase.

Launched in 2021, Prisms focuses on teaching math in VR through problem-driven, tactile and visual learning.

Prisms was founded by Anurupa Ganguly, who has taught math and physics across both Boston and New York City.

The app’s development, Ganguly explains, was in response to the US education system, and how math instruction doesn’t appeal to real …

Meta effectively confirmed Quest 3 will have color passthrough for mixed reality.

Given Quest 2 is the current consumer headset, Zuckerberg was almost certainly referring to Quest 3.

Meta Reality is Meta’s name for the color real-world passthrough technology introduced on Quest Pro.

The inclusion of color passthrough may see Quest 3 marketed as much for mixed reality as for virtual reality, like Quest Pro – though at a dramatically lower price point.

8 Gen 2’s GPU offers 30% improved performance-per-watt and 150% improved peak performance compared to XR2 Gen 1’s.

During today’s Samsung Unpacked event, Samsung announced plans to create new ‘Extended Reality’ (XR) hardware in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

This new XR platform was far from the main focus of the event, which centered around the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone and other hardware announcements.

Midway through the keynote, Samsung President TM Roh brought Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm, and Hiroshi Lockheimer, SVP Platforms and Ecosystems at Google, on stage.

Amon spoke about Qualcomm’s ongoing partnership with Samsung, while also indicating that the company is working with Samsung on new XR technology:“We’re also collaborating to bring next generation experiences…

Meta’s Reality Labs revenue rebounded in Q4 2022 but was still less than Q4 2021 due to “lower Quest 2 sales”.

The division brought in $727 million revenue in Q4 2022.

While that’s down 17% year-over-year, it’s a lot less of a drop than Q3 2022, which was down roughly 50% year-over-year.

Q3 2022 saw the lowest revenue since Meta started breaking out Reality Labs financials, while Q4 2022 was the second highest ever.

For both quarters, the year-over-year revenue drop has a singular explanation: in August, Meta raised the price of Quest 2 by $100.