Author: Vikki Blake

Gears of War creator Cliff “CliffyB” Bleszinski says Palworld’s astonishing success “kinda validates” a pitch he’d made to Epic “many years ago”. In a post shared to Twitter/X, Bleszinski said he took the idea of “medieval Pokémon with baby dragons instead” to Epic, but the idea was “rejected at all the major publishers”. To see…

The April Fool’s joke brought to life, Bloodborne Kart, has had to postpone its release following “contact” from IP owners Sony. The kart racer based on Bloodborne was initially expected to release at the end of the month, but the indie team now says it needs additional time to “scrub the branding off of” the…

Sker Ritual – the round-based co-op survival FPS and spin-off to horror, Maid of Sker – has launched a new demo for prospective PS5 players to try before they buy. The early access co-op horror – which has a “mostly positive” user score aggregated from 650+ Steam players and is currently ranked 3.6 out of…

Call of Duty Warzone developer Raven Software has apologised for “the disruption” caused by Warzone’s Season 1 Reloaded launch. After players began peppering the game’s social media channels with reports of bugs and glitches – including one which kicked up an error whenever players tried to access the menu – Raven said that “conflict between…

Palworld developer Pocketpair has advised players not to use an in-game item as it may cause a bug that is “impossible to recover” from. Right now, players who use the “Memory Reset Drug” may see a permanent reduction in their capture power, and whilst the development team says is investigating the issue, it suggests players…

No, it’s not just you – Palworld’s co-op servers are down again. Yesterday, developer Pocketpair explained on social media that as Palworld exceeded 700,000 concurrent players, it had to hold “an emergency meeting” with Epic Games to “add an update to the Epic Online Services”, and in the last hour, the team says the servers…

Industry insider Shpeshal Nick believes Final Fantasy 16 is coming to Xbox Series X/S. Talking on The Infinite Podcast, Nick didn’t claim to know when the hitherto PlayStation 5 console exclusive would make the jump to Xbox-flavoured consoles, but given Final Fantasy 16’s PS5 exclusivity doesn’t expire until June 2024, you probably shouldn’t expect it…

Xbox owners have once again hit back at Microsoft for “very disappointing” advertisements. This time, the full-screen advertisements – which players currently cannot opt-out from – were to raise awareness about last week’s Developer Direct showcase. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Newscast: Did Microsoft’s Developer Direct showcase a better…

A “life-sized” plush of Psyduck is once again available from the online Japanese Pokèmon store. Pre-orders for the 80cm long Psyduck, known as Kodak in Japan, are now live, but will close on 19th February or whenever it sells out – whichever is sooner. The toy itself is expected to ship in mid-July, and costs…