Author: Ed Nightingale

Fae Farm and Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs is undergoing a significant restructure, cancelling all other projects and laying off around 140 staff. The studio shared the news in a LinkedIn post, stating that after a “long period of evaluating how to navigate our economic environment, we have had to significantly restructure the company…

Hellblade 2 leads the new games coming to Xbox Game Pass this month, alongside Soulslike Lords of the Fallen. The sequel to Senua’s Sacrifice, Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga will be a nightmarish visual feast when it’s added to Game Pass on day one, though it only runs at 30fps on Xbox consoles. PC…

The next Dead by Daylight chapter will be based on Dungeons & Dragons, with Vecna as the new Killer. News of the new chapter was teased last week, but in its anniversary stream today Behaviour unveiled further details. Alongside the new chapter, a new 2v8 mode was announced, as well as an…

Activision has announced a new game development studio opened in Poland named Elsewhere Entertainment. Based in Warsaw with additional resources in the US, the studio is developing a “new narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise”. It’s the second Activision studio in the country after the Krakow-based Infinity Ward Poland and, while this is…

Toys for Bob has updated its website with a new logo, leading to fan speculation of new Crash Bandicoot or Spyro games. The website now leads to a black page with just a new central logo of a Tiki mask in purple. What could it mean? Toys for Bob is, of course, most…

It looks like PS2 game Star Wars: The Clone Wars will join PS Plus next month. As spotted by PlayStation Store price tracker PS Deals (thanks Gematsu), the game will release on 11th June and will likely be part of the next wave of classics available to Premium subscribers. This version…

Ubisoft will now focus on open world and live service games, as it invests in AI to assist development. The strategy was outlined in the company’s latest financial report, which claims record annual sales – in particular for the Rainbow Six and Assassin’s Creed franchises. The company’s next games slot neatly into…

It’s finally happened. I’ve made it to the moon. Back at the start of the year, we collectively wrote a piece about our gaming resolutions. Usually resolutions are made to be repeated every year and never achieved – but not this time. I said I planned to get up to date in Final…

Sony shipped five times more PlayStation 5 consoles than Microsoft managed with Xbox Series X/S in the last quarter. That’s according to Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad, who’s done some digging after Sony’s latest financial report released yesterday. The PS5 shipped 4.5m units in the last quarter, meaning Sony has now sold…