Author: Tom Phillips

[ad_1] Controversial former WWE boss Vince McMahon appears as a playable character in WWE 2K23. The inclusion of McMahon, first reported by Axios, has raised eyebrows following his resignation as CEO and brief retirement from WWE last summer after multiple claims of sexual harassment and assault. WWE ultimately admitted McMahon had…

[ad_1] A swathe of top talent from Burnout and Need for Speed developer Criterion has left the studio to form a fresh company, Fuse Games. The news follows last year’s underwhelming launch of Need for Speed Unbound, which arrived to a warm critical response but little fanfare from publisher EA. Fuse Games…

[ad_1] Everyone’s excited for the upcoming Resident Evil 4 remake – but there’s another reimagining of Capcom’s survival horror classic to look out for. The hugely-talented animator Cara Aleatorio has recreated Resident Evil 4’s opening in digital Lego, in a polished and surprisingly authentic homage. From the original audio cues and…

[ad_1] As the Pokémon TV show prepares its final farewell to Ash Ketchum and Pikachu, the series’ long-running antagonists Team Rocket have also been given their apparent swansong. Jessie, James and Meowth feature heavily in “Team Rocket’s Counterattack” – the most recent Pokémon episode to air in Japan. For those…

[ad_1] Xbox has today announced another 10-year agreement, this time with Ukranian cloud gaming platform Boosteroid, as Microsoft continues to try and shore up support for its $68.7bn Activision Blizzard deal. Boosteroid’s four million users will soon be able to access Xbox PC games via their streaming subscription, with Activision Blizzard PC games…

[ad_1] Meta, the owner of Facebook and maker of Meta Quest VR headsets, will cut a further 10,000 jobs this year and close around 5000 additional open roles, as part of a “year of efficiency”. These cuts come on top of the previous 10,000 job losses announced back in November last year, which…

[ad_1] The long-awaited remake of System Shock will now launch for PC on Tuesday 30th May – a delay of two months from its previous March launch window. That date will apply to the game’s release on all major PC platforms, including Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store. “We had…

[ad_1] Rapper and producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is developing a TV series named Vice City, a new report has confirmed – but it is nothing to do with Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto. Jackson set tongues wagging last week when he posted the familiar neon-pink logo for Rockstar’s Vice City on Instagram…

[ad_1] A new trailer for Professor Layton and the New World of Steam has shown off a neat twist to this surprise puzzle-solving sequel’s story. After a long wait for a new entry in the series, New World of Steam will place the Professor as something of a newcomer himself, in a story…