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The successor to the Nintendo Switch’s backward compatibility with existing software has been addressed by the company’s President during a recent earnings call, when asked how it would affect current Switch’s sales. The reveal that Nintendo’s upcoming console would be backward compatible with not only Switch games, but the Nintendo Switch Online service’s titles came as a shock to ...read more
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Sony president and CFO Hiroki Totoki commented on the controversy surrounding the company's push to require a PlayStation Network account for its PC ports on Steam. This requirement caused a lot of frustration and resentment towards Sony in the Helldivers 2 community earlier this year, and the release of God of War Ragnarok on Steam also raised some pushback from fans wanting to enjoy the title ...read more
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Tencent has confirmed that Sharkmob London has suffered layoffs. As reported by PocketGamer, the studio has undergone a “reduction in headcount”. “In line with many studios, Sharkmob has been impacted by the difficult conditions across the video gaming market,” Tencent said in a statement. “As a result, regrettably, Sharkmob has had to make a reduction in headcount in its ...read more
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While Grand Theft Auto 5 is still Take-Two Interactive’s golden goose, Red Dead Redemption 2 continues to notch up impressive sales numbers. It’s sold more than 67 million units per the company’s Q2 fiscal year 2025 earnings report, up from over 65 million in the previous quarter. The series has sold over 92 million units worldwide. Interestingly, Take-Two didn’t provide any sales ...read more
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Fatshark’s Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is coming to PS5. It will be available on December 3rd for $39.99, though you can purchase the Imperial Edition for $59.99 to start playing on November 27th (while also getting four outfits, 2500 Aquilas, and eight weapon skin patterns). Check out the announcement trailer below. First launched for PC in 2022 before coming to Xbox Series X/S in 2023, ...read more
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For the first time, STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has a real, tangible release date. The game comes out in 13 days, after a series of postponements that, at one point, made it look like the game was never coming out. To celebrate this, the developers at GSC Game World have put out a major video that showcases some of the gunplay and mechanics you will need to become familiar with if you wish ...read more
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Death Stranding released five years back as a PS4 exclusive under the Sony first-party umbrella, but though that’s how the IP started life, it continues to break exclusivity ties with PlayStation. Developer Kojima Productions announced that that the game had surprise launched for Xbox Series X/S, courtesy of publisher 505 Games (which also published the game on PC). Alongside that, news has ...read more
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Take-Two Interactive has indicated that it will put distance between the releases of its two big upcoming titles, Grand Theft Auto 6 and Borderlands 4, despite them both due out within the same 12-month window. In its latest earnings results published on Wednesday, Take-Two reiterated the intention of its Rockstar brand to release GTA 6 in Fall 2025, as previously announced. CEO Strauss ...read more
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Gears of War: E-Day is looking like a throwback to the series’ earliest days in more ways than one, from its more linear structure and the promise of horror-esque elements to, of course, its Emergence Day setting. The game is also set to once again star Marcus Fenix and Dominix Santiago – the pair that together led the original trilogy – as its primary protagonists, and unsurprisingly, both ...read more
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Rockstar Games' most popular title, GTA 5, has achieved another monumental milestone in terms of its already towering sales figures. In addition to its excellent sales record, GTA 5 also remains the most-watched game on streams worldwide, which speaks to its broad popularity across the gaming community. Initially released in September 2013, GTA 5 has consistently been one of the best-selling ...read more
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