Author: Wesley LeBlanc
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Everything You Need To Know About Fortnite Chapter 5: Season 3
A new season of Fortnite is now live, and it brings Fallout, Magneto, plenty of nitrous oxide, and some Mad Max-esque flair to the battle royale. Titled “Wrecked,” Fortnite Chapter 5: Season 3 follows last season’s Greek Gods-themed season with a new battle pass, new weapons and skins, and more. “A ferocious sandstorm recently moved…
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MultiVersus Launch Trailer Reveals Jason Voorhees And The Matrix’s Agent Smith
Developer Player First Games and publisher Warner Bros. Games have released the launch trailer for its upcoming platform fighter, MultiVersus, seemingly revealing Friday the 13th’s Jason Voorhees and The Matrix’s Agent Smith as new roster additions. This trailer arrives just a few weeks after we learned MultiVersus finally (re)launches next week. After roughly two minutes of MultiVersus hijinks…
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev Larian Opens New Studio As Development On Two ‘Very Ambitious’ RPGs Continues
Larian Studios, the team behind last year’s Baldur’s Gate 3, has opened a new studio in Warsaw, Poland. Larian Studios Warsaw is the developer-publisher’s seventh studio worldwide, and joins others in Barcelona, Dublin, Gent, Guildford, Kuala Lumpur, and Quebec. “With two very ambitious RPGs now starting development, what better way to see our visions realized…
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Despite Speculation, Microsoft Will Reportedly Launch This Year’s Call Of Duty On Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch this year’s Call of Duty on its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, according to The Wall Stree Journal. This follows reports in previous weeks indicating Microsoft and Xbox were mulling over whether or not to launch the next iteration in the franchise on Game Pass, out of fear it might…
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Summer Game Fest To Have More Than 55 Studios And Publishers, Including PlayStation, Xbox, And More
Summer Game Fest will bring together more than 55 developers, publishers, partners, and more, including the likes of PlayStation, Xbox, and various others. The SGF livestream, which kicks off the multi-day event, happens at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET on June 7 from Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater. It will feature announcements, first-looks, trailers, and more. …
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Xbox’s Activision Opens New Studio To Develop Narrative-Based Triple-A Franchise
Activision, the developer-publisher Microsoft and Xbox purchased for $69 billion last year, has formed a new studio called Elsewhere Entertainment, and it is developing a new “narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise.” The studio is based in Warsaw, Poland, and, according to a report from IGN, it is not working on a Call of Duty-related project. This…
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Fae Farm, Dauntless Studio Phoenix Labs Lays Off Staff, Cancels In-Development Games
Phoenix Labs, the developer behind last year’s Fae Farm and Dauntless, has laid off staff and canceled in-development games as part of a restructuring at the studio. Polygon’s Nicole Carpenter is reporting on X (formerly Twitter) that more than 100 people at Phoenix Labs were laid off. Shortly after Carpenter reported that, Phoenix Labs released the following…
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Mortal Kombat 2 Movie Gets October 2025 Release Date
Warner Bros. has announced when Mortal Kombat 2, the sequel to 2021’s Mortal Kombat film adaptation, will arrive in theaters and IMAX, and it’s coming next year. More specifically, Mortal Komat 2 will hit the silver screen on October 24, 2025, meaning we still have about one and a half years to go until we…
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Hi-Fi Rush Gets Final Patch To Fix Minor Issues, Reconfirms Limited Physical Edition
Hi-Fi Rush is getting one final patch today to address some minor issues in the game. Plus, the Hi-Fi Rush X (formerly Twitter) account has reconfirmed a physical edition of the game is coming from Limited Run Games. This update from the Hi-Fi Rush X account comes roughly one week after Xbox shut down the…
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Hermen Hulst And Hideaki Nishino Named Dual PlayStation CEOs Following Jim Ryan’s Departure
Sony has appointed Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino as dual CEOs of PlayStation, following Jim Ryan’s departure from the company this spring; they will begin June 1. Ryan announced he was leaving PlayStation last year, with Sony Group Corporation COO and CFO Hiroki Totoki stepping in as interim CEO following his departure in March. After that…