Deus Ex game cancelled, 97 staff cut at developer Eidos Montreal
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 30, 2024 | Gaming, News
A Deus Ex videogame sequel has been cancelled by the Embracer Group, with 97 staff also laid off at developer Eidos Montreal....
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Microsoft lays off 1,900 jobs across Activision Blizzard and Xbox teams
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 25, 2024 | Gaming, News
Three months after it purchased Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has laid off 1,900 staff across multiple areas of its video game business....
Free-to-play rhythm-action game simultaneously announces its global launch and closure
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 25, 2024 | Gaming, News
Japanese rhythm-action game Love Live! School Idol Festival 2 gets global launch and closure dates announced - all in the same tweet....
Palworld | The Pokémon Company releases statement, says it will "investigate and take appropriate measures"
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 25, 2024 | Gaming, News
The Pokémon Company has released an official statement, presumably about survival game Palworld, in which it vows to 'investigate' whether it i...
Aliens: Colonial Marines | The 2013 game once considered Alien franchise canon
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 25, 2024 | Feature, Gaming
Hyped as an interactive sequel to James Cameron’s 1986 classic, Aliens: Colonial Marines was a disappointment in 2013. We look back at how its plot c...
Sam Barlow, designer of Immortality, teases two new horror games
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 24, 2024 | Gaming, News
BAFTA-winning designer Sam Barlow has teased his next two games - one in the vein of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and the other a "very cool"...
Five Nights At Freddy’s and its surprising cultural ripple effect
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 24, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, TV
Over the past decade, Five Nights At Freddy’s has quietly grown in stature, impacting the world of film and TV as well as videogames. We look at its s...
Palworld | As game continues to soar, Nintendo slaps down a mod that adds Pokémon character models
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 23, 2024 | Gaming
Survival game Palworld continues to break records, but Nintendo has already had a Pokémon-themed mod pulled as suggestions it's a 'ripoff' persist....
Games industry | 2024 will be a "year of closures" warns new report
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 23, 2024 | Gaming, News
The job losses that plagued the games industry in 2023 will escalate in 2024, a sobering new report suggests, with more closures and layoffs ahead....
Palworld | 'Pokémon with guns' survival game sells 4m copies amid plagiarism claims
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 22, 2024 | Gaming, News
Survival videogame Palworld has broken records and sold 4m copies in a matter of days, even as players have noticed its debt to Pokémon....
Indiana Jones And The Great Circle | New Indy game gets a tantalising trailer
by Maria Lattila | Jan 19, 2024 | Gaming, News
Indiana Jones is back and this time, in first person game mode. Here’s the trailer for Indiana Jones And The Great Circle.
Batman: Arkham studio co-founders have begun a new triple-A firm, Hundred Star Games
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 18, 2024 | Gaming, News
The co-founders of Batman: Arkham developer Rocksteady have quietly set up a new triple-A studio: Hundred Star Games....
If media companies want us to embrace an all-digital future, don’t we consumers deserve protection?
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 18, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, TV
As a Ubisoft boss says consumers need to “feel comfortable with not owning your game,” here’s a counter-argument: if we buy a digital product, it sh...
Martha Is Dead | Psychological horror videogame to become a movie
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 17, 2024 | Gaming, News
Italian psychological horror game Martha Is Dead, set in World War II Tuscany, is to be adapted into a movie....
Game | UK videogame store will cease to accept trade-ins from February
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 16, 2024 | Gaming, News
Once a pillar of its business, the UK videogame chain Game will stop accepting trade-in games next month....
Rocksteady | The Batman: Arkham studio never worked on a Superman game, says new report
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 15, 2024 | Gaming, News
For years, rumours persisted that Rocksteady, makers of the Batman Arkham series, had been working on a Superman game. It's nonsense, a new report...
Indiana Jones | The title of Bethesda's upcoming videogame may have been revealed
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 11, 2024 | Gaming, News
Bethesda's upcoming Indiana Jones game appears to have had its title leaked early: Indiana Jones And The Great Circle......
Valve will now allow AI-driven games on Steam, expects users to flag 'illegal content'
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 10, 2024 | Gaming, News
Steam will now host games made with AI tech, Valve has announced, while users will be able to flag content they deem illegal....
SAG-AFTRA signs deal with AI tech firm, sparking dismay among actors
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 10, 2024 | Gaming, News, TV
Actors have responded with concern as it's announced that SAG-AFTRA has signed a deal with a tech firm that specialises in AI voice synthesis....
The Last Of Us season 2 | Kaitlyn Dever confirmed as Abby
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 09, 2024 | Gaming, News, TV
Kaitlyn Dever has officially been cast in the key role of Abby in The Last Of Us season 2. More within......
Gravity Rush | Film adaptation appears to make surprise cameo in Sony presentation video
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 09, 2024 | Gaming, News
A video for film pre-production tech appears to show an early glimpse of Sony's upcoming Gravity Rush movie. Patapon also makes a surprise appearance....
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League | Developer downplays live-service elements
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 09, 2024 | Gaming, News
Rocksteady's Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has the 'DNA' of the Batman: Arkham series, its senior developer says....
RoboCop Vs Predator fan game is a throwback to Ocean Software movie tie-ins
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 09, 2024 | Gaming, News
RoboCop Vs Predator is a fan-made side-scrolling shooter with Game Boy-style graphics and some surprising cameos. And it's free!...
Jaws | Official pinball machine announced, Richard Dreyfuss stars
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 05, 2024 | Gaming, News
Created by Stern, the official Jaw pinball machine features a shark, chum bucket, and pictures of Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw. It looks...
The Nintendo Switch 2 and the risky nature of console launches
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 05, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, News
Reports suggest that the successor to the Switch will be an update rather than a radical departure. Here’s why Nintendo’s right to be wary of lau...
Ready Player One | Author Ernest Cline is bringing his novel to the metaverse
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 04, 2024 | Gaming, News
Ernest Cline has signed a deal that will bring Ready Player One to the metaverse, meaning we're in for a virtual reality web3 gaming experience of...
Kim Kardashian's mobile game is to shut down this year
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 04, 2024 | Gaming, News
The hugely popular mobile game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, launched in 2014, is to shut down in April. "This journey has meant so much to me,"...
Steamboat Willie horror game changes its title as makers deny intentional 'neo-Nazi symbolism'
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 03, 2024 | Gaming, News
The makers of an upcoming horror game based on Disney's Steamboat Willie have been forced to change its title following suggestions that it had...
Tetris | 13 year-old player 'beats' the NES version in less than 40 minutes
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 03, 2024 | Gaming, News
Over 30 years on from its release, the NES version of Tetris has finally been beaten by a 13 year-old player....
Minecraft movie | Jack Black joins the cast
by Simon Brew | Jan 03, 2024 | Gaming, News
Jack Black looks set to play Steve in the Minecraft film, which is finally about to start shooting. More here:...
2023 | A brilliant, weird, awful year for videogames
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 30, 2023 | Feature, Gaming
We’ve seen some incredible games appear in 2023, some absolutely horrendous job losses, and some plain weird news, too. We take a look back…
The Day Before | Hapless zombie game to shut down after less than two months
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 22, 2023 | Gaming, News
From the most wishlisted game on Steam to oblivion, The Day Before is to shut down in January 2024, mere weeks after its launch....
