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Leading up to the release of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide and its ongoing pre-release beta, developer Fatshark has announced that progress made in the beta will be fully carried over into the full game when it releases on November 30. The studio had previously been unclear whether this progress would carry over, citing concerns about still needing to balance out the game’s progression system. ...read more
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It’s been a rather tumultuous period for Microsoft since announcing its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. While the deal has passed regulators in Saudi Arabia and Brazil, it’s caught up in the United Kingdom by the Competition and Markets Authority. The European Commission has also launched an in-depth probe into the deal. Recently, Lulu Cheng Meservey, executive vice president for ...read more
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One of the year's breakout indie success stories, Vampire Survivors, recently received its first post-launch patch, as reported by Hold to Reset. While the developer, poncle, insists that this is "The Tiny One", patch 1.1 still adds a new challenge stage, a new secret character, a new powerup, and two more achievements. While the game was in Early Access earlier this year, a constant stream of ...read more
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Xbox boss Phil Spencer spoke about Xbox Game Pass, and how consumer habits arround the subscription service won’t affect the way Xbox sells game to a radical extent. Speaking with The Verge earlier this month, Spencer stated that Xbox will not stop selling games it provides through Game Pass. In his statement, Spencer elaborates, saying that the subscription service is an “interesting” ...read more
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The Epic Games Store will once again be running a promotion offering players the chance to claim a free game every day over Christmas. That’s according to Dealabs user billbil-kun, who has accurately leaked various Epic Games Store, PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass promotions for over a year. In 2019, the Epic Games Store gave away 12 games over Christmas, and in 2020 and 2021 it gave ...read more
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Square Enix announced NieR: Automata has shipped over seven million units worldwide. The figure includes digital sales. The last milestone that was announced for the game was 6.5 million units in June 2022. It had also reached six million units sold in June 2021, 5.5 million units in February 2021, five million units in December 2020, 4.5 million units in March 2020, and four million units in ...read more
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Striking Distance Studios has updated the Steam listing for The Callisto Protocol, finally confirming the minimum and recommended requirements. On the minimum side, PC players will need an Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600, 8 GB RAM, and either an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580. DirectX 11 is required, along with 75 GB of installation space. Recommended requirements include ...read more
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Life is Strange: True Colors developer Deck Nine Games is apparently hiring for a Lead Programmer position for "an unannounced AAA single-player adventure game." The position requires experience with Unreal engine and current gen platforms, and the listing also refers to the project as the company's "next narrative adventure game." The job listing was reported on by VeryAli Gaming, and was ...read more
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Sonic Frontiers made some big changes to the classic Sonic the Hedgehog formula, giving players big Open Zones to explore. It's probably the biggest change since the series first made the jump to 3D, but it seems that developer Sonic Team nearly took it even further. Dataminer "Death" has shared a video of cut content found in the files of the Switch version. The biggest revelation from this ...read more
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Sony has announced a big sales milestone for God of War Ragnarok, and its first-party exclusives in general. The Sony Santa Monica-developed game has sold 5.1 million copies in just five days. The figures track copies sold to consumers, on both PS4 and PS5. This makes Ragnarok the fastest-selling first-party game in PlayStation history. Selling over 5 million copies in under a week is ...read more
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