Author: Ed Nightingale

Plants vs Zombies is back with a brand new mobile game. Plants vs Zombies 3: Welcome to Zomburbia is once again being developed by PopCap Studios and has soft launched today, with the game releasing in full later this year. The soft launch is a “near-launch ready build” available only to…

PlayStation head of indies Shuhei Yoshida has suggested Palworld could be on its way to PlayStation. Yoshida responded to the official Palworld account on X (formerly Twitter) to congratulate the team on its huge success. When a fan requested a PS5 version be released as soon as possible, Yoshida replied with a simple…

Nintendo has revealed new transformations in its forthcoming game Princess Peach: Showtime!. As previously reported, the Switch game will allow Peach to transform into a number of different roles, all part of an elaborate stage show presentation. Newly unveiled are Ninja Peach and Cowgirl Peach – check out the trailer below to…

The Embracer-owned studio Piranha Bytes, developer of the Gothic, Risen and Elex games, has acknowledged it’s in “a difficult situation” as it faces potential closure. An announcement from the studio on X (formerly Twitter) states “don’t write us off yet” as it aims to “do whatever it takes” to find a partner for…

Several Call of Duty games will now shut down for mouse and keyboard players who activate aim assist. Activision has updated its anti-cheat system, Ricochet, to detect aim assist usage for PC players across Modern Warfare 3, Modern Warfare 2, and Warzone. “Our security detection systems now target players using tools to…

Palword lets players capture NPC humans in a tiny ball – and then sell them on the black market. Yes, there’s an even darker element to Palworld beyond just “Pokémon with guns”. If you thought capturing creatures and squishing them into tiny balls was inhumane, just wait. In Palworld players meet various…

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi reckons chocobo smell like horses. Chocobo are the giant yellow birds seen across the Final Fantasy series as steeds for various characters. So when Hamaguchi was asked by Game Informer if they smell bad, he replied: “It might be similar to a horse”. To be honest,…

Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu believes the company needs to diversify its gaming output, but also focus on fewer releases. Kiryu’s comments are from an investor Q&A from November just recently published in English, in which he addressed multiple questions – in particular regarding the company’s medium-term business plan and what Kiryu described…

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 finally has a release date: 21st May 2024. Announced at tonight’s Xbox Developer Direct, the game will be released across Xbox Series X/S consoles and PC, arriving on Game Pass on day one. The game will be similar in length to the first and cost $49.99 as a digital-only…

Twitch has released details of its next TwitchCon events in both Europe and the US. TwitchCon EU 2024 will be hosted once again in the Netherlands, this time at the Rotterdam Ahoy from 29th-30th June. The event will return to the same location in both 2025 and 2026. TwitchCon North America, meanwhile,…