Author: Vikki Blake

Don’t worry, Helldivers – developer Arrowhead has a solution for unscrupulous hosts who are kicking fireteam members from the lobby just before they secure their rewards. Asked if players could “keep 50 percent of the samples collected if [they] get kicked by an arsehole lobby leader when the dropship has been called” – a fair…

Larian Studios’ Swen Vincke has opened up about crunch culture at the studio, acknowledging that the team did, at times, “have to do a bit of crunch” when “things happened that [the studio] didn’t foresee”. In the Q&A Vincke hosted after his address at the Digital Dragons conference in Poland, Vincke was asked if the…

2K is rumoured to have secured the official FIFA license to develop the next FIFA game. That’s according to unverified claims from retailer @mohplay_inc_, which alleges that “the partnership is confirmed, and 2K will be developing a new football game series”, albeit without sharing their source. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage…

Bungie has won its court battle against cheat and mod site, AimJunkies. As reported by journalist Stephen Totilo, AimJunkies, aka Phoenix Digital, was instructed to pay the Destiny 2 developer $63,210 in damages – that’s the revenue the company is thought to have earned selling the cheats – setting a new precedent in what’s thought…

A Mortal Kombat YouTuber and modder is accusing Warner Bros of “threatening to destroy” his YouTube channel. In a lengthy statement on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, ToastedShoes – an Australian YouTuber with 800K subscribers and 1.7m followers on TikTok – claims he has received an “Intellectual Property Infringement Notification” directly…

The families of those killed in the Uvalde school shooting in 2022 have filed lawsuits against Call of Duty publisher Activision, accusing the company of “grooming” the 18-year-old who shot and killed 19 children, two teachers, and injured 17 others. As reported by The New York Times (£) (thanks, PC Gamer), the dual lawsuits –…

Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has shared the “disappointing news” that its physical PS5 North America deluxe editions have been delayed once again, this time to July 2024. In a statement posted to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, last night, the team said it was “so hoping not to have…

Ubisoft’s free-to-play arena shooter XDefiant’s first patch has been released. Entitled “Preseason Patch 1”, it addresses a number of specific issues, including one with loading into the Practice Zone – some players found themselves “in a hellscape” outside the world – and another that sees devices dropped at players’ feet should they die during device…

Apex Legends developer Respawn is recruiting a design director with “multiplayer FPS experience” to join its incubation game team. While there are no clues about whether the position will contribute to a new franchise or an existing one, the fact Respawn is applying its first-person shooter chops to an unannounced game is welcomed news for…

Here it is, Guardians: our first look – well, hear, technically – at Keith David’s Commander Zavala in Destiny 2: The Final Shape. We already knew that Bungie had no plans to remove Zavala from the Destiny 2 story given he was “central” to the upcoming The Final Shape expansion, but this is the first…