Author: Vikki Blake

Resident Evil 9 is reportedly being developed as an open-world game. That’s according to noted leaker Dusk Golem, who said that following Capcom’s improvements to the RE Engine when developing open-world experiences like Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom is eager to capitalise on the expanded tech when making Monster Hunter Wild and Resident Evil 9. 12…

Final Fantasy 14’s Dawntrail will release in full on 2nd July, 2024 – the early access will drop one week prior on 28th June – so both you and the Dawntrail development team has “one week” to get through Elden Ring’s eagerly anticipated DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree. Talking at PAX East this weekend, producer/director…

Overwatch 2’s beleaguered PvE content has reportedly been scrapped. That’s according to Bloomberg, which reported yesterday that following “poor” sales of its prior PvE missions, the company “does not plan to finish” any PvE content currently in development, and will instead “double down” on PvP gameplay. Newscast: Why are there so many games industry layoffs?…

Velan Studios’ director of marketing, Josh Harrison, has one recommendation for studios looking to close down or “sunset” a live-service game: “make a private hosted version of your game”. Talking at GDC, Harrison said that offering a standalone version of its now shuttered live-service project, Knockout City, was “the single biggest thing [Velan] did to…

Jyamma Games has “officially apologised to the Xbox community” after deciding not to release the soulslike Enotria: The Last Song on Xbox in order to ensure a “superior experience” for players on PC and PS5. In a press statement, CEO Giacomo Greco apologised for taking so long to tell Xbox players that the game would…

New co-op action roguelike, Sworn, will release on PC and consoles later this year, and it’s running an open playtest next week. Set in the world of “Arthurian legend”, Sworn sees you fight to reach Camelot via a “beautiful, hand-drawn world” that offers multiple biomes and up to four-player co-op so together, you can “combine…

GTA 6’s development has reportedly fallen so far behind, the eagerly-anticipated game may miss its 2025 release window. Anonymous sources have told Kotaku that development on GTA 6 has “fallen behind”, which is allegedly why management has asked developers to return to the office full-time as leadership is worried the game may slip to 2026.…

Great ideas and a storied history are mired in mediocre combat and a disappointingly unpolished delivery. Janky. That’s the word that springs to mind when I think back to the games I used to play – Alone in the Dark among them – as a kid. Along with the fixed camera angles and tank controls…

Star Citizen is pushing towards the “finish line”. That’s according to Cloud Imperium Games’ CEO, Chris Roberts, who recently teased that a decade and $670m later, Star Citizen may finally emerge from alpha testing and move into a 1.0 release. “After many hard years of work towards a goal many thought was impossible, we are…