Baldur's Gate 3 — the first game for Xbox on 4 disks: release may be pushed back to April
The Xbox version of Baldur’s Gate 3 will come on a four disks, developer Larian Studios has explained. This is the first Xbox Series X game to be released on such a large number of disks.
Enthusiasts launch GTA: Vice City on TP-Link router
TP-LINK TL-WDR4900 v1 — is a very interesting Wi-Fi router. Instead of typical MIPS or ARM processors in conventional Wi-Fi routers, the WDR4900 is equipped with a PowerPC-based processor from NXP. This allowed enthusiasts to run an (almost) full-fledged GTA: Vice City game on it.
The most interesting new games of March 2024
In March, many hits of the last century will return, some even in a new wrapper. But if you don’t feel nostalgic for your childhood games, this month will see the release of a lot of new games to suit everyone’s taste. There are especially many games for fans of turn-based battles. We are going […]
New Steam record — over 34 million simultaneous users
Valve’s Steam gaming platform continues to grow in popularity. It has set a new record for the number of simultaneous users. On March 3 at 16:00 Kyiv time on Steam there were 34,649,583 online users.
Trailer for Terminator: Survivors — open-world survival game to be released on October 24
The open-world survival game based on «Terminator» has a name and a release date: the trailer for Terminator: Survivors promises a release on Steam on October 24.
Bloomberg: Embracer to sell russia's Saber Interactive for $500 million. Most likely, to the russians — with the ukrainian 4A Games
The Swedish gaming holding company Embracer Group AB («Embracer») has reached an agreement to sell Russia’s Saber Interactive «to a group of private investors». It would seem that we are in favor of the Russians, but not everything is so simple in this potential deal.
Battles in Helldivers 2 are led by a real person — an Arrowhead developer named Joel
The studio employee manages the galactic war and can intervene in the course of any battle in various ways: for example, at a certain moment, send reinforcements of Automatons.
Microsoft is working with Nvidia, AMD, and Intel to improve upscaling in PC games. The joint project is called DirectSR
Microsoft has introduced a new Windows API designed to enable game developers to seamlessly integrate AI-powered ultra-high-resolution scaling features from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel.
The latest patch (2.12) for Cyberpunk 2077 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series is out
CD Projekt RED has released Cyberpunk 2077 2.120 update, which the developers have labeled as patch version 2.12. He will be the last to play, this time almost certainly.
Bloomberg: GTA VI enters final stages of development, Rockstar returns employees to the office for five days
GTA VI development is nearing completion, and Rockstar is asking employees to return to the office for the usual five-day work week starting in April. An update on the status of one of the most anticipated games of our time was shared by Bloomberg who received a copy of the internal letter to employees.
Remedy acquires rights to Control game franchise from 505 Games for €17 million
Remedy Entertainment and publisher 505 Games announced on an agreement under which all rights to publish, distribute, market and otherwise exploit Control, codename Condor, Control 2 and all future Control products revert to Remedy.
The PlayStation Store's March Sale — remake of The Last of Us, Lies of P and other 2500+ games with up to 75% off
The PS Store sale will last two weeks — ending on 14/3 at 01:59 GMT+2.
Playdead Studio (developer of Limbo and Inside) has shown concept art of its mysterious third project
It’s been over 7 years since Playdead (the developer of Limbo and Inside) started hinting at their mysterious third project. And now, after some time off, the company has shared some new concept art, confirming that work on the game is ongoing.
Card game Balatro from a single developer raises $1 million in eight hours
Balatro — is a poker-themed game in the style of roguelike from a single developer, published by the British publisher PlayStack, which reported that sales of the game exceeded the $1 million mark within eight hours of its release last week.
The first trailer for F1 24 — racing game will be released on May 31
EA Sports showed the first trailer for F1 24, as well as said the game’s release date at the end of May. The trailer footage doesn’t show any changes in the series, just alternating between racing track footage and stylized ones.
Sony executive boasted of high demand for PlayStation Portal, but refused to reveal exact sales
From the beginning, Sony considered niche as one of the key advantages of the $200 PlayStation Portal. Now the company is extremely pleased with the sales and high demand for the portable device, which was created as a complement to PS5, not an alternative to PSP or PS Vita. These and other interesting details were revealed by Sony’s Vice…
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth became the second game in the series according to Metacritic rating
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has become the second highest-rated installment of one of the longest-running franchises of all time on Metacritic with 93 points at the time of writing. Only Final Fantasy IX — has 94 points.
Larian Studios to add official cross-platform mod support to Baldur's Gate 3
Larian Studios publishing director Michael Dawes said that they are currently working on implementing new and improved support for mods in Baldur’s Gate 3. At the same time, it will be cross-platform.
Sony now allows sign into your PlayStation account without a password and testing PSVR 2 support for PC
Sony, following Google, Apple, Microsoft, and many others, has taken a step towards a password-free future — PlayStation owners have been given the opportunity to log in to their PSN accounts using Passkeys , which should eventually completely replace classic passwords and less secure two-factor authentication (2FA) technology.
The full version of Death From Above is now available on Steam. This is an arcade simulator of a combat drone during the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Death From Above, an arcade combat drone simulator developed by Rockodile and published by Lesser Evil, was released on the Steam platform. Death From Above is set during the Russian-Ukrainian war. You play as a drone operator of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, operating deep behind enemy lines. You observe the battlefield and destroy the occupiers…
Before his retirement, Jim Ryan gave advice to his successor and named the main games of each PlayStation generation
Having worked for three decades at PlayStation, Jim Ryan, who is stepping down as president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment next month, has seen the industry he loves undergo dramatic changes. And from the height of his experience, he gave advice to his successor and named the top games of each PlayStation generation.
It's official: Microsoft releases Pentiment, Hi-Fi RUSH, Grounded, and Sea of Thieves on PlayStation and Switch
After many days of waiting for Microsoft confirmed rumors about the release of four of its exclusive games on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. As expected, these are Pentiment, Hi-Fi RUSH, Grounded, and Sea of Thieves.
First trailer for Borderlands — premiere on August 9, 2024
After yesterday’s teaser, the full debut trailer for Borderlands has now been released, giving a good idea of what to expect.
Shadow of the Erdtree — DLC for Elden Ring — will be released on June 21. Gameplay trailer
Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have released a gameplay trailer for the upcoming expansion to Elden Ring, titled Shadow of the Erdtree.
Skull and Bones review. A victim of great promises
Before its release, Skull and Bones has come a long way in 10 years, having gone through several development restarts. Initially, the game was planned as a supplement for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, but gradually the concept changed in favor of a multiplayer game. After showing the final vision of the game, it was […]
Call of Duty will appear on Xbox Game Pass, and Microsoft will continue to support physical disks, — Phil Spencer
One of the biggest franchises in the gaming industry seems to be coming to Xbox Game Pass. This was actually confirmed by Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who said that they plan to add all games from newly acquired companies to the subscription.
Helldivers 2 breaking records on Steam, reached nearly 460K CCU and now in the top 20 of all time
Helldivers 2 servers are bursting at the seams due to excessive load — despite the new Arrowhead game remains in the top of sales continues to set records on Steam. Thus, on the night of February 21, the project reached 457.6 thousand simultaneous players and entered the top 20 games in the history of Steam.
Unbound to celebrate 30th anniversary of Need for Speed gets second year of support with new modes inspired by other games in the series
This year, the NFS series celebrates its 30th anniversary, so Electronic Arts has forked out for another year of support for the current Need for Speed Unbound, the content of which will be dedicated to to the previous games of the outstanding series.
Electronic Arts may announce F1 24 as early as next week. Release, according to the leak — May 31
On the eve of the start of the Formula 1 season in 2024, there was a leak about the announcement and release date of the next game about the main racing series from Codemasters and Electronic Arts.
Top 10 monsters from video games in movies: Goro, animatronics, bloater and others
Cinema and video games have been walking side by side for a long time, and their «friendship» is constantly growing stronger. A special place in both industries is occupied by projects about all kinds of monsters that are always trying to dive out of a dark corner and attack a game or movie character. Today, […]
Analysts predict that Sony will release the Pro version of PlayStation 5 this year
Sony is likely to release an updated version of the PlayStation 5 this year, told CNBC analysts after the company lowered its sales forecast for its flagship console. The move should boost interest in the PlayStation 5 and will offer improved hardware in time for the release of Grand Theft Auto VI in 2025, one of the most anticipated games of this…
Players rated Skull and Bones — Ubisoft's new «AAAA game» on Metacritic dropped to 3/10
The pirated game Skull and Bones, which Ubisoft believes is so good that it is worth the $70 price tag and the «AAAA» mark, currently has the lowest user rating on Metacritic among games released in 2024. It’s even lower than Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Nintendo Switch 2 should not appear until 2025. The announcement may happen earlier
Nintendo informs publishers that the next-generation console is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2025. This coincides with the release of the original Switch, which was announced in October 2016 but released in March 2017.
Helldivers 2 surpasses GTA V on Steam, reached over 400K CCU and now in the top 25 of all time
The acclaimed game Helldivers 2 continues to set records — last weekend, Sony’s cooperative shooter has once again updated its peak online on Steam, reaching almost 410 thousand players.
Android 15 Developer Preview is out: what's new and which Samsung smartphones will be available
The first release of Android 15 Developer Preview did not bring many changes, but they are still noticeable. The first change is in the developer settings, in the settings section — it is a switch to display the HDR/SDR ratio.
Xbox users should worry about their games, console exclusives are coming to PS5 — Moore's Law Is Dead comments on Phil Spencer
Moore’s Law Is Dead YouTube channel commented Microsoft’s head of gaming Phil Spencer speaks about Xbox’s prospects. He says that users may have to worry about their own Xbox game library, but not now, that Xbox exclusives will drift to «other platforms» and that there will be at least one more generation of Xbox consoles.
All winners of the D.I.C.E. Awards 2024 — Baldur's Gate 3, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and others
The 27th D.I.C.E. Awards honored the best in the video game industry in 2023. The most important award went to Baldur’s Gate 3. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 did not become the game of the year, but received six awards.
1.3 million copies - Alan Wake 2 became the fastest-selling game for Remedy Entertainment
Alan Wake 2 has received wide critical acclaim since its release. In a review by ITC.UA, it boasts a score of 9.5 out of 10. The game has received various awards and positive feedback from players. Some even believe that Remedy Entertainment has really outdone themselves by releasing their best game to date and one of the most exciting games in the…
Microsoft announce new «Xbox hardware» this holiday, teases ultrapowerful next-gen Xbox and (likely) handheld Steam Deck-style
In December 2024, Microsoft promises to showcase new gaming hardware, both consoles and controllers. Phil Spencer, the leader of the gaming business, shared his plans, discussing further (multi-platform) strategy of Xbox, which includes the release of some Xbox ecosystem exclusives on PS5 and Nintendo Switch.
Diablo IV will be released on Xbox Game Pass in March. The service already has 34 million subscribers
Diablo IV will be the first game from Activision Blizzard to appear on Xbox Game Pass. Its release in the service is scheduled for March 28.
Microsoft: four Xbox-exclusive games are coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch
The corporation will start with four games, but may increase this number in the future.
Metro Exodus sales exceed 10 million copies — the next game in the Metro series from 4A Games is still in development
Metro Exodus was released on February 14, 2019. So, 5 years have passed since then, and to celebrate this anniversary, 4A Games has shared some information that will be of interest to fans of the series.
Lara Croft in Tomb Raider I-III Remastered «rendered» by Russians
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered was created not only by the original developers, but also by Aspyr, a company with quite significant Russian roots. It also acted as a publisher.
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