Author: Ed Nightingale

Square Enix has reported a drop in profits, despite a boost from sales of its most recent Final Fantasy games. However, 2024 is likely to be a stronger year by comparison. According to its latest financial report from April to September 2023, company operating income has dropped by 33 percent and ordinary income…

Two Diablo 4 developers have dropped a big hint about a previously-denied secret cow level in the game fans have been searching for. As previously reported, Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson stated there’s “no secret level”, but this hasn’t stopped fans from hunting for one. There was seemingly a breakthrough made last month,…

Retro Studios was once working on a Portal-esque first-person puzzle game called Adept for the GameCube. The studio began work on the game after Metroid Prime 3 and had a working prototype built in that game’s engine, but Nintendo said no. Until now, footage of the prototype hadn’t been made public, but…

Burnout is now available on Nintendo Switch, but it’s not the Burnout you think it is. EA’s Burnout Paradise Remastered has been on the eShop since June 2020. But now there’s another Burnout game that’s been added to the store not made by EA, but from publisher GameToTop Corp. Burnout is, of…

The impact of Elden Ring is still being felt as one modder has put the iconic Malenia into Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Chinese modder Last孤影众 (Gūyǐng zhòng) has created the Land of Reeds mod, which – among other changes – adds the rot boss to Sekiro, which YouTuber Ongbal tested out last month…

Lords of the Fallen has received a new patch with over a hundred changes, including buffing various bosses. Players complained that some of the game’s bosses were too easy – this is a challenging Soulslike after all – but now the likes of the Sanctified Huntress, Griefbound, the Sundered One, and “a boss…

Shoot-em-up Radiant Silvergun is now available on Steam for the first time. The release was announced back in August but a specific date was unknown. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Treasure classic, first released in Japanese arcades in 1998 and ported to the Sega Saturn. Radiant Silvergun for Steam…

Sony has acquired iSize, a UK-based company using AI technology to improve video delivery. The company aims to deliver bitrate savings and quality improvements for the media and entertainment industry, including allowing video to be streamed at a lower bitrate and using AI to upscale to higher quality. “The acquisition provides SIE…

Sega executive Osamu Ohasi has expressed his desire for Sonic “to surpass Mario”. Ohasi is currently division manager for the 2nd Business Department, in charge of both the Sonic series and rebooting past IPs to create a “second Sonic”. He was interviewed internally by Sega Japan for recruitment purposes (translated by NoisyPixel). …