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Sony has reportedly founded a new studio within PlayStation, made up of former Deviation Games employees.

EA FC fans are in revolt following an error that saw players receive some of the best players in the game, shortly before it was patched.

Fallout 4 will receive another patch on all consoles, this time focussing on graphical options.

WWE Games has released the first footage of CM Punk in WWE 2K24, marking his return to WWE video games after a decade.

Bungie’s original Marathon series is coming to Steam, and the first game in the trilogy is available for free now.

Nintendo has announced new The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom merchandise to coincide with the game’s first anniversary this week.

Fallout games took three of the top 10 places on the UK sales chart in April.

God of War Ragnarök will reportedly be announced for PC soon.

The next free Epic Games Store title hasn’t been revealed as usual, with Epic instead announcing plans to offer a “mystery game.”

Evil Empire has delayed The Rogue Prince of Persia’s release date from May 14 to later this month because of last week’s surprise Hades 2 Early Access release.

Microsoft will launch a web-based mobile game store in July, seeking to compete with Apple‘s App Store and the Google Play store.

A global release for Persona 5: The Phantom X is being considered, according to IP owner Sega.

Information on the RAM and storage specs of the Nintendo Switch‘s successor may have been found by internet sleuths.

Xbox president Sarah Bond has spoken more about the company’s decision to close four Bethesda studios earlier this week.

Sega has officially announced Sonic Rumble, a mobile game previously leaked as Sonic Toys Party.

A new update for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night adds two free game modes and a free cosmetic pack.

Frontier Developments has announced that it will make a third Jurassic World game.

The CEO and president of Warner Bros Discovery has singled out Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League as the reason for underwhelming Q1 results for its entire Studios division.

Xbox Game Studios’ pirate-themed co-op multiplayer game Sea of Thieves was the best-selling game on the digital PlayStation Store in Europe last month.

Netflix has launched Nextworld, a Roblox experience it describes as a “digital theme park”.

Nvidia has acknowledged that PC users may be experiencing crashes on Tekken 8 on some of its GeForce graphics cards.

Crow Country, a survival horror game inspired by PS1 titles, is available now on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Steam.

Nintendo is ending support for X, formerly Twitter, on Nintendo Switch.

One day after closing Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, Xbox studios boss Matt Booty reportedly told staff the company needs “smaller games that give us prestige and awards”.

Capcom has recorded a seventh consecutive year of record-high profits, fueled by sales of the Resident Evil, Street Fighter and Dragon’s Dogma franchises.

Nintendo has officially announced Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.

Mark Hamill will return to voice The Joker in Multiversus.

Arkane Austin was reportedly pitching an immersive sim title before its closure, it’s claimed.

Xbox‘s upcoming Perfect Dark reboot is reportedly facing challenges, and is in “a very rough state.”

Electronic Arts CEO and chairman Andrew Wilson says its developers have “a real hunger” to use generative AI to speed up development.

An online concert to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Earthbound will be held in June.

Sonic Mania Plus has come to mobile for the first time, as a Netflix Games exclusive.

Redfall was set to get its long-promised offline mode this month before Microsoft decided to close its studio down, according to a new report.

Bandai Namco US is running a competition that will see one player receiving a 10-foot statue as a prize.

Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson has said that future Battlefield experiences are being developed by the biggest team in the franchise’s history.

Electronic Arts has confirmed plans to release two unannounced titles during its current fiscal year ending on March 31, 2025.

Former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra has claimed that Xbox head Phil Spencer will be hurting “as much as anyone else” following the closure of four first-party studios.

A trio of Destiny 2 expansions have been made free to play in the run-up to The Final Shape’s release next month.

Ubisoft will release Rocksmith+ for PlayStation consoles and Steam on June 6, 2024.

May’s first batch of PlayStation Plus games are now available to claim.

Nintendo has given the strongest indication yet that its next-generation console won’t stray too far from the existing Switch hardware.

The first Cal Kestis Lego figure has been revealed as part of a new $160 Star Wars set.

CD Projekt will release its official mod editor for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt this month.

Redfall will receive no further updates, as Microsoft “ends all development” on the game.

Xbox is closing down four Bethesda studios, including Redfall developer Arkane Austin and Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks.

Arkane Lyon boss Dinga Bakaba has publicly criticised Microsoft executives for their decision to close several studios, including its Austin studio, calling the news “a fucking gut stab”.

A new life simulation inspired by the Studio Ghibli movies has been spotted on Steam.

The opening of the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto has seemingly been delayed.

Media Molecule co-founder Mark Healey has claimed that the studio’s next project will be more of a game than a creative tool.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong and Princess Peach: Showtime have both sold over 1 million units, according to Nintendo.

The Early Access release of Hades 2 has already more than doubled the all-time peak concurrent player count of the first game on Steam.

Nintendo will hold its traditional June Nintendo Direct this year, the company has confirmed.

Remedy has cancelled one of its in-development multiplayer projects, codenamed Kestrel.

User reviews for the Steam version of Helldivers 2 have been seeing a huge turnaround, as fans change their negative ratings to positive ones.

Nintendo has confirmed it will announce its next-generation console during its current fiscal year, ending March 2025.

Ghost of Tsushima studio Sucker Punch says a PSN account won’t be required for the upcoming Steam version, at least in single-player mode.

A new gameplay trailer released for Mortal Kombat 1 shows upcoming DLC character Homelander in action.

PlayStation has delivered a U-turn and scrapped its plans to require Helldivers 2 players on Steam to sign in with a PlayStation Network account.

Activision studio Vicarious Visions was working on a 3D Donkey Kong title, it’s claimed.

Helldivers 2 is now unavailable for purchase in over 150 regions, and Steam is issuing refunds for the game, regardless of playtime.

Activision reportedly rejected a pitch for Tony Hawk’s 3 + 4, preferring Vicarious Visions to work as a Call of Duty support studio.

The developer of Helldivers 2 has apologised after fans barraged the game’s Steam page with negative reviews over news of a mandatory PlayStation Account requirement.

Long-running Netherlands-based game developer Paladin Studios has closed its doors.

Research firm Newzoo has revealed what it claims were the top-grossing console and PC games in the first quarter of 2024.

Free trials of Star Wars games have launched for Xbox and Nintendo Switch players.

From Software boss Hidetaka Miyazaki has ruled out making a second Elden Ring expansion, but left the door open for a potential sequel.

A new game based on the Nintendo World Championships appears to have been rated by the ESRB.

Next week’s free Epic Games Store title has been revealed.

Limited Run Games has apologised for using burnt CD-R discs instead of pressed discs for a recent 3DO re-release.

Take-Two publishing label Private Division has reportedly laid off the “vast majority” of its teams in Seattle, New York, Las Vegas and Munich.

The Steam version of Helldivers will soon require all players to sign in with a PlayStation Network account.

Resident Evil 9 could be revealed soon, with a release scheduled for January 2025, it’s claimed.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre Pinball is the next DLC coming to Pinball M.

Amazon has revealed the next batch of ‘free’ games set to be offered to Prime members.

The latest episode of Skate’s The Board Room has premiered, showing the reboot’s character customisation options.

Less than half of developers questioned in a new survey say their company has an in-game credits policy.

Level-5 founder and CEO Akihiro Hino has said he wants to make erotic and violent games one day, something his studio certainly isn’t known for.

Nintendo has taken down more than 8,500 clones of Switch emulator Yuzu with a single DMCA notice.

Helldivers 2’s latest premium Warbond has been revealed

Paramount’s Knuckles TV show enjoyed the best opening weekend of any Paramount+ original series to date.