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19 February 2024

Nintendo shares fall by almost 10 per cent following reported Switch 2 delay

Nintendo shares have fallen by eight per cent after developers were told the company was pushing back the launch of its Switch successor to the beginning of next year. It was ...

19 February 2024

PlayStation dev reveals GTA VI features like RDR2's Eagle Eye and dual-wielding are coming

A PlayStation developer has revealed a long list of new ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ (‘GTA VI’) features. Although the title, which is helmed by Rockstar Games, is not set to release ...

19 February 2024

Helldivers 2 caps concurrent players to ‘improve server stability’

‘Helldivers 2’ developer Arrowhead has had to cap its concurrent player limit to “further improve server stability”. The sci-fi shooter, which released earlier in February, beat ‘God of War: Ragnarok’ to ...

16 February 2024

Xbox confirms four exclusive games will be released on rival consoles

Xbox has confirmed four exclusive games will be released on rival consoles. It comes after intense speculation, with reports emerging earlier this month Microsoft, which recently acquired game manufacturer Activision Blizzard, ...
16 February 2024

Bandai Namco ditches at least five games amid finance woes

Bandai Namco has axed at least five games in development. The firm announced the move in a recent finance report, saying its digital division saw a 8.9 per cent drop in ...

16 February 2024

First Activision Blizzard title coming to Xbox Game Pass is ‘Diablo 4’

The first Activision Blizzard title to come to Xbox Game Pass will be ‘Diablo 4’. Microsoft’s acquisition of the company was finally approved in October 2023 after being announced in January ...
15 February 2024

Xbox boss lays out cross-platform plans

Xbox's president Sarah Bond is said to have revealed the company's plans to boost cross-platform support. Microsoft is expected to announce their console's future in 'The Official Xbox Podcast' later today ...
15 February 2024

Helldivers 2 head insists game will 'never' get PvP mode to avoid toxicity

'Helldivers 2' head Johan Pilestedt revealed the title will "never" get a player-versus-player (PvP) mode to prevent gamer toxicity. The sci-fi shooter launched exclusively for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam ...

15 February 2024

PlayStation boss outlines 'aggressive' multiplatform support plan

Sony president and PlayStation chairman Hiroki Totoki revealed the company is looking to "proactively work on" multiplatform support for their games. PlayStation has an extensive list of exclusive titles, such as ...

14 February 2024

Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered adds ethical and racial content warning

‘Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered’ has added an ethical and racial content warning. The PlayStation adventure franchise, which is developed by Crystal Dynamics and initially launched in 2001, releases today (14.02.24) bringing ...

14 February 2024

Sony ships nearly 55m PlayStation 5 consoles worldwide

Sony has shipped 54.8 million PlayStation 5 (PS5) consoles worldwide. In the Japanese company’s recent financial release, Sony revealed that an impressive 54.8 million PS5s have been shipped worldwide since its ...

14 February 2024

Nearly one in five gamers are LBGTQ+, study finds

Nearly one in five gamers are LGBTQ+. According to the first GLAAD Gaming Report - the organisation that champions sexual orientation inclusivity in entertainment media - around 17 per cent ...

14 February 2024

Escape from Tarkov boss clarifies 'microtransaction' news

'Escape from Tarkov' boss Nikita Buyanov has clarified how microtransations will work in the game. After the first-person-shooter, which is developed by Battlestate Games, received its latest 14.1 update, players were ...

14 February 2024

Microsoft expected to reveal plans about Xbox games on PlayStation and Nintendo

Microsoft is expected to reveal their plans about releasing Xbox games on PlayStation 5 (PS5) and Nintendo Switch. Xbox gaming head Phil Spencer is set to discuss the company's gaming future ...
14 February 2024

Doctor Who boss denies Fortnite collaboration rumours

'Doctor Who' boss Russell T. Davies denied rumours the show would be collaborating Fortnite. The BBC sci-fi programme has long been said to make a crossover with the Epic Games ...
9 February 2024

Nintendo Switch sells 139 million units

The Nintendo Switch has sold more than 139 million units. The console produced by the Japanese gaming conglomerate released in 2017, and is now the company's second-highest-selling device, dwarfing sales of ...

9 February 2024

Ubisoft 'won't be hugely affected by gaming rival'

Microsoft making its gaming multi-platform won't have "a huge impact on the industry". That is according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, who has suggested that his firm is unlikely to be ...
9 February 2024

Grand Theft Auto makers are 'seeking perfection'

Rockstar is "seeking perfection" with 'Grand Theft Auto 6'. The much-hyped video game is scheduled to be released in 2025, and Rockstar has revealed that it's been busily working on the ...

9 February 2024

Bob Iger 'stunned' by popularity of gaming

Disney CEO Bob Iger finds the popularity of video games to be "stunning". The media giant recently announced that it's teaming up with Epic Games to allow consumers to interact with ...

6 February 2024

Call of Duty 5 'set for new open world campaign'

'Call of Duty' will reportedly introduce a brand new open world campaign in 'Black Ops Gulf War'. The franchise has explored the idea in the past with 'Modern Warfare 3', which ...

6 February 2024

Xbox boss responds to Indiana Jones port to PlayStation: ‘We hear you’

The head of Xbox Phil Spencer has revealed the company is considering porting ‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’ over to PlayStation 5 (PS5). The game, which received its first trailer ...
6 February 2024

Sony accidentally reveals Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo

Sony has accidentally revealed a ‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’ demo is imminent. The title, which is due to release on PlayStation 5 on 29 February, is set to receive more ...

5 February 2024

Palworld spending £378,000 a month on serves to make sure the game never goes down

The developers of 'Palworld' are spending £378,000 a month on servers to make sure the game never goes down. The action-adventure, survival, and monster-taming game created and published by Japanese developer ...

5 February 2024

Microsoft considering bringing Indiana Jones and Starfield to PS5 and Nintendo Switch

Microsoft is reportedly considering bringing ‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’ and ‘Starfield’ to the PlayStation 5 (PS5). The two titles are currently set to be exclusives for the Xbox Series ...