Category: Gaming

Ghost of Tsushima, the action-adventure phenomenon from Sucker Punch, is finally getting a sequel. At Sony’s State of Play broadcast Tuesday, the developer took the covers off Ghost of Yotei, introducing a new protagonist and a fresh setting. The sequel will feature a female hero, Atsu, and will trace her journey through the lands surrounding […]

Sony is coming back with a State of Play presentation, as rumoured, where it will provide updates on over 20 games. The broadcast, scheduled for Tuesday, September 24, will feature upcoming games on PS5 and PS VR2. The announcement follows reports that claimed the PlayStation parent was planning a State of Play broadcast for September. […]

Concord, Sony’s first-party multiplayer title, launched on August 23 on PS5 and PC, but failed to attract players with its Overwatch-style 5v5 hero shooter premise. After dismal player numbers on Steam and poor sales, the PlayStation parent took Concord offline on September 6 and refunded all players who had purchased the game. After its two-week […]

Sony could be gearing up for a State of Play livestream in September. According to a reliable industry insider, the PlayStation parent could present some of its upcoming games at the showcase. The company last held a State of Play broadcast in May, where it provided updates on upcoming releases. Sony held a PlayStation technical […]

Sony is celebrating 30 years of PlayStation consoles and to mark the occasion, the company has announced PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection that includes PS5 consoles, DualSense controllers, PlayStation Portal and more in a new design that pays homage to the early years of PlayStation. As part of the collection, PS5 Pro and PS5 Digital Edition […]

Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the maker of survival adventure game Palworld, the companies said on Thursday. The lawsuit, filed with the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday, seeks an injunction and compensation for damages on the grounds that the game, made by Tokyo-based Pocketpair Inc, infringes multiple patent […]

A remaster of Horizon Zero Dawn has reportedly been in development for some time now, and now the game appears to have been rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). Sony has not yet officially confirmed the remastered version of the game. A PC port of the game, Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition, was […]

Respawn Entertainment is developing the third game in the Star Wars Jedi saga, publisher Electronic Arts confirmed Tuesday. At its Investor Day 2024 conference, EA revealed that the developer was hard at work on the “final chapter” of Jedi knight Cal Kestis’ story. The third Star Wars Jedi game would wrap up a trilogy that […]

Black Myth: Wukong launched last month on PC and PS5 and quickly became one of the most played games on Steam. The game has sold over 10 million copies within three days of launch and continues to attract new players. While developer Game Science has not yet announced its future plans for the game, a […]

Battlefield, Electronic Arts’ Call of Duty competitor, hasn’t been seen since the last instalment in the first-person military shooter franchise launched in 2021. Battlefield 2042 faced backlash from players over its multiplayer ‘Specialist’ system and lack of a single-player campaign. Nearly three years on, details about the next game in the long-running series have finally […]

Intel lost out on a contract to design and fabricate Sony’s PlayStation 6 chip in 2022, which dealt a significant blow to its effort to build its fledgling contract manufacturing business, according to three sources with knowledge of the events. The effort by Intel to win out over Advanced Micro Devices in a competitive bidding […]

The Asus ROG Ally laid down the gauntlet for Windows-based gaming handhelds when it arrived in 2023. While it had its flaws, including an SD card reader that was unpardonably prone to malfunction, the Ally established itself as the device to beat in the category despite subsequent competition from Lenovo and MSI. Earlier this year, […]

We’re into the second week of September and we’ve seen some major game releases this month already. And there’s many more still to come. Sony launched its first-party title Astro Bot on September 6. The platformer is a follow-up to Astro’s Playroom, the free-to-play title that comes pre-installed on every PS5 and serves as a […]

Microsoft said it is cutting 650 jobs in its Xbox unit, the third such layoff this year as the company tries to rein in costs and integrate its $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,79,115 crore) acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The gaming industry saw mass layoffs, studio shutdowns and project cancellations in […]

The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive, the video-game publishing division of Megan Ellison’s Annapurna studio, resigned this month following a dispute with its owner. Annapurna Interactive President Nathan Gary and his team had been negotiating with Ellison, the daughter of billionaire Larry Ellison, to spin off the video-game division as an independent entity. When Ellison […]

Sony has revealed the slate of games joining the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog in September. The lineup is led by The Plucky Squire, an action-adventure platformer where characters from a storybook discover the world that exists outside the pages. The game is a day one release on PS Plus and will be playable for PS […]

Videogame companies Epic Games, Electronic Arts, Roblox and four others were hit with an EU consumer complaint on Thursday accusing them of misleading gamers into spending money. The move came amid rising concerns about children turning into gaming addicts, with some parents claiming videogame makers intentionally designed products that caused them to become addicted to games. […]

The PlayStation 5 Pro is here. Sony took the covers off the PS5 Pro Tuesday, revealing an upgraded console with improved graphical capabilities, advanced ray-tracing features, AI upscaling for better image quality and 2TB SSD storage. The console, which Sony calls its “most advanced and innovative console hardware to date,” however, doesn’t come with a […]

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is set for launch on October 25. The game recently concluded its multiplayer open beta on Monday. While the open beta period began on September 6, those who pre-ordered the game received early access to the multiplayer open beta from August 30 to September 4. Players, however, will not […]

AMD Z2 Extreme is in development and the company is planning to release its second-generation Z series chipset next year, the company reportedly revealed in a media interaction during the recently concluded IFA 2024. The AMD Z1 Extreme processor that was launched in May 2023 powers current-generation handheld PCs like the Asus ROG Ally X […]

The PlayStation 5 Pro seems to be inching closer to an official announcement. Following leaks that said the PS5 Pro would make its debut in September, Sony has now confirmed a PlayStation 5 “Technical Presentation” for September 10. The presentation will begin at 8:00am PT (or 8.30pm IST) on Tuesday and will focus on “on […]

Technology might seem like it’s constantly moving forward on a curve, but it’s often cyclical. Flip phones, instant cameras, and record players have all made a comeback. Now it’s the gaming handheld’s turn. While Nintendo has always had a handheld in the market, Windows-based portable gaming devices seem to have taken off in the past […]

Apple Arcade will add five games in September and October, including smash hit indie title Balatro and popular basketball sim NBA 2K25 Arcade Edition. Aside from the two headlining titles, Apple will also add Food Truck Pup+, Furistas Cat Cafe+ and Smash Hit+. The new additions follow NFL Retro Bowl ’25, Monster Train+ and Apple […]

The Nintendo Switch’s successor will reportedly support backwards compatibility. A reliable games industry insider claimed earlier this week that the Switch 2 would play games released on the previous generation console. Nintendo confirmed earlier this year that the Switch 2 would be announced next year. The company has not yet provided any official details about […]

It’s unfortunate but inevitable that reviewing Concord right now feels like writing its eulogy. Eight years in the making at a reported development cost of over $100 million, the first-person hero-shooter from Sony’s Firewalk Studios arrived on PlayStation 5 and PC on August 23. Two weeks later, Concord is dead. A live-service title, that was […]

Acer Nitro Blaze 7 was launched at Acer’s Global Press Conference (GPC) 2024 on Wednesday ahead of IFA in Berlin. It is the company’s first-ever handheld gaming PC and boasts specifications such as an AMD Ryzen 7 processor, 2TB SSD storage, and a 144Hz IPS display. The handheld gaming PC is powered by Windows 11 […]

Amid a 41 percent YoY decline in games revenue in the second quarter of 2024, the commercial disaster that was Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and reported layoffs, Warner Bros. needs a hit. And the publisher is reportedly looking at the Hogwarts Legacy sequel to deliver it for them. A follow up to the […]

Sony is putting Concord out of its misery. The online hero-shooter launched last month on PlayStation 5 and PC, but failed to generate player interest, with player numbers on Steam painting a grim picture. Following poor sales and a dwindling player count, the PlayStation parent announced it was taking Concord offline on September 6. All […]

Rocksteady Studios, the British developer behind the Batman Arkham games, has reportedly been hit with layoffs. The redundancies are said to have mostly affected the studio’s quality assurance (QA) department. The reported layoffs at Rocksteady come after the Warner Bros. Games-owned studio’s latest title, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, sold poorly after it launched […]

Lego Harry Potter Collection is getting remastered for current-gen consoles. Warner Bros. Games announced that the remastered collection is coming to PS5, Xbox Series S/X and PC (via Steam) on October 8. The remastered collection brings Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 in a single package, along with two previously […]