Author: Vikki Blake
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PUBG Studios’ Project Black Budget will release sooner than expected, says publisher Krafton
It looks like PUBG Studios’ upcoming extraction shooter, Project Black Budget, will drop in the second half of 2024. That’s according Krafton’s most recent financial report, which hints that the PvPvE shooter may release on the earlier side of its original 2024-2025 estimate. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings…
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Here’s Space Invaders creator Tomohiro Nishikado playing a quarter-scale replica 45 years after it first released
45 years after Space Invaders first, ahem, invaded arcades, Numskull Designs has gifted a quarter-scale playable replica to the game’s creator, Tomohiro Nishikado. Numskull worked alongside Taito to “accurately replicate the original 1978 and 1979 arcade cabinets”, which went on sale this time last year. After quite the wait, pre-orders are now winging their way…
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Riot Games adjusts its Riot IDs changes following player backlash
Riot Games is rolling back changes it had planned to make to Riot IDs following a revolt from its own community. Riot had originally intended to migrate all accounts to Riot ID and then restrict the number of times players could amend their IDs, as well as charge them $10 for the privilege of changing…
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Try before you buy with a new Immortals of Aveum demo
First-person “magic shooter” Immortals of Aveum is free to try courtesy of an all-new demo. The free trial is available now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, and gives you a chance to sample the opening three chapters for yourself. Immortals of Aveum – Official Echollector Update. It’s unclear how long the trial…
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The Steam Autumn Sale goes live next week
As we gear up for the end of the year and The Steam Awards, Valve wants you to know it’ll have “tens of thousands of discounted games awaiting you” when the Steam Autumn Sale goes live on 21st November. For one week, you’ll be able to grab yourself a bargain or three when the sale…
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What’s the deal with Silent Hill: Ascension?
If you log onto Sony Pictures Core today – an entertainment app for PlayStation I hadn’t even heard of until yesterday – an advertisement for Genvid’s new Silent Hill project, Silent Hill: Ascension, confidently straddles the page. Its blurb is brief but intriguing: “An occult ritual gone wrong. A monster on a farm, two…
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Dark and Darker has its own coffee now
Ironmace is continuing to capitalise on the success of Dark and Darker by issuing another “collector’s box” of coffee inspired by the game. The “Pourin One Out” Collector’s Box is available to pre-order now and includes one tub of dark chocolate cinnamon churro cold brew coffee, one 12oz bag of dark chocolate cinnamon flavoured whole…
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Mortal Kombat 1’s Homelander will not be voiced by Anthony Starr
Anthony Starr – the voice behind The Boys’ Homelander – has confirmed he will not be reprising his role in Mortal Kombat 1. Confirmation came via Starr’s own Instagram account, in which he responded to questions from fans about whether or not he was voicing the character with a succinct: “nope”. To see this content…
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Overwatch 2 players keep getting frozen in place on Colosseo
Overwatch 2 players have discovered a strange bug that essentially traps players against an invisible wall, stopping them from moving and leaving them exposed to competitors. The issue – which has been around for some time now – chiefly affects players on the Colosseo map, and sees players get trapped. Without the help of characters…
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Pixar’s Up PSP game has been rated for PS5, but fans say there are better titles than this in Sony’s Vault
Disney Pixar’s PSP title, Up, is coming to PlayStation’s Classics Catalogue. That’s according to Gematsu, which noted that the 2009 adventure game had recently popped up in Taiwan and was rated for PS4 and PS5 by the Taiwanese ratings board. Disney Pixar’s UP FULL GAME 100% Longplay (PS2, PSP, PC) There’s been no formal confirmation…