Author: Vikki Blake

“There will be changes” to Xbox Game Pass once Microsoft adds its newly acquired flagship Call of Duty franchise to its subscription services. That’s according to industry insider shinobi602, who recently suggested that changes were coming in a thread on Resetera. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Newscast: Is the…

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is PlayStation’s fourth-biggest launch on Steam in terms of concurrent players. As noted by SteamDB, the highly anticipated PC port has had more simultaneous players than several notable Sony games since its launch on Thursday, 16th May, boasting a concurrent record of 61,453 at the time of writing. Ghost of…

Fan-favourite WWE fighter CM Punk is returning to WWE 2K24 for the first time in a decade. Punk marks his return as part of the ECW Punk Pack alongside Terry Funk, Sandman, and The Dudley Boyz, Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley. CM Punk joins WWE 2K24 as part of Season Pass DLC.Watch on YouTube…

EA CEO Andrew Wilson has revealed plans to “harness the power” of its game communities and use advertising as a “meaningful driver of growth” for the company. In EA’s latest financial report, Wilson fielded comments from investors, advising that whilst the megacorp needs to be “very thoughtful about advertising”, given “many, many billions of hours”…

Steam representatives are informing some Helldivers 2 players that the game’s publisher, Sony, pulled it from sale in regions where PSN is not available, not Steam itself. Earlier this month, Sony announced Helldivers 2 players on Steam would soon be required to link to a PSN account for safety and security. It said this was…

Players and content creators have hit back at Marvel Rivals for a playtest terms of service contract that prohibits players from making “statements that are detrimental to the reputation of the game”. As shared by former professional eSports player and Twitch streamer Brandon “A_Seagull” Larned, the contract “signs away your right to negatively review the…

PlayStation has reportedly formed a new studio consisting of former Deviation Games devs. Deviation Games’ co-founder, Jason Blundell, is also rumoured to be part of the new studio. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Newscast: Is the closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Redfall’s studios a sign the Xbox Game Pass…

Cyberpunk 2077 associate game director Paweł Sasko has thanked the game’s community for the thousands of positive Steam reviews it has received in the last 30 days. The open-world action-adventure game had a release so disastrous, CD Projekt investors considered suing the studio for “materially misleading information”, and Sony refunded Cyberpunk 2077 players unhappy with…

Sony and Lego are collaborating on a “well-known” IP, and rumour has it, it’s Guerilla’s Horizon franchise. Earlier today, noted leaker Kurakasis suggested that “Sony is preparing something in collaboration with Lego”, adding that it was “related” to a well-known series and that an announcement is “expected soon”. Digital Foundry takes a deep dive into…

God of War: Ragnarök is reportedly the next Sony game coming to PC. Leaker billbil-kun – who has regularly, and correctly, let Sony-shaped cats out of the bag before – purports that they have “managed to determine” that a PC port of the hugely successful sequel to 2019’s God of War will be announced “sometime…