Author: Liv Ngan

[ad_1] The free-to-play MOBA-meets-hero-shooter game Gigantic is being revived for a “limited time throwback event”. Fans of the game began receiving emails yesterday from Gearbox Publishing, née Perfect World Entertainment, inviting them to play Gigantic from 5th to 7th October. Gigantic was released in 2017 as an Xbox One and PC exclusive. Almost exactly one…

[ad_1] Epic Games has stated it is “looking into” a lack of royalty payments to Hato Moa, the creator of the original Hatoful Boyfriend game. The pigeon dating sim was an amateur project made by Moa and it was released in 2011 in Japanese. The game gained popularity following fan translations into English, and a…

[ad_1] The Last of Us studio Naughty Dog is the latest company to announce layoffs internally, with at least 25 developers to be affected. Contractors for a range of departments, including art, production and QA, are being impacted, according to a report from Kotaku, with sources claiming at least 25 developers will be affected. Naughty…

[ad_1] Xbox has announced its next special edition wireless controller called Gold Shadow. The controller is inspired by the official Shadow range of controllers released during the lifetime of the Xbox One. It has a gold-to-black metallic finish on the front, creating an illusion of a shadow cast at the bottom of the grips, while…

[ad_1] PowerWash Simulator VR will hit Meta Quest 2, 3 and Pro on 2nd November, developer FuturLab has just announced. The surprise hit of last year was first announced for VR in June during the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase. Now, in just one month’s time you’ll be able experience the zen of cleaning up Muckingham…

[ad_1] Activision Blizzard has released a new trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ahead of its Call of Duty: Next event on 5th October. The trailer shows some moments of multiplayer gameplay, as well as some short glimpses of the 16 maps from the original Modern Warfare 2 that have been “modernised for…

[ad_1] A ransomware group has claimed to have hacked Sony, and is now trying to sell data stolen from the company. The hack was reported by Cyber Security Connect earlier today. The group behind the hack, Ransomed.vc, claimed to have “successfully compromissed all of sony systems [sic]”. “We wont ransom them!” the group said, and…

[ad_1] The next colour to be celebrated with an Xbox wireless controller is purple, as Microsoft has announced its new release called Astral Purple. Whilst the front shell is a deep purple, the back is white (similar to the design of Velocity Green which was released earlier this year). This is your standard Xbox controller,…

[ad_1] PlayStation Stars, Sony’s PlayStation loyalty programme, has revealed a new digital collectible of Shuhei Yoshida. PlayStation Stars was first announced in July last year. In September, Sony showed some of the collectibles that can be obtained by completing tasks, including 3D models of Ape Escape and a PlayStation 3. The new collectible is a…

[ad_1] Last night, Season 3 of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Warzone 2.0 went live. Reception to the added content in Warzone 2.0 DMZ has been negative, with players taking to social media to criticise Activision for including pay-to-win elements. The patch notes for the Season 3 update state that “certain” bundles have been…