Author: Vikki Blake

[ad_1] PlayStation has been ordered to refund Austrian FIFA players after a court ruled that FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) packs are a form of gambling. As reported by Games Wirtschaft and spotted by VGC, a court in Hermagor ruled that the football game’s FUT packs violated the country’s gambling laws. Newscast: Where does Microsoft…

[ad_1] Images of an Xbox Series S-themed toaster have popped up online. That’s right; if you’re looking for more branded kitchen merchandise to go alongside your neon-green Xbox Series X mini-fridge, images of a “Series S Toaster” have appeared on a French website. Newscast: Where does Microsoft go next to get its Activision Blizzard…

[ad_1] You can try out Anno 1800 for free on PC and console later this month for free. To “mark the release on the console edition of Anno 1800” – which is set to come to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on 16th March – Ubisoft is giving players the chance to try before they…

[ad_1] 343 Industries is celebrating Halo Infinite’s “powerful fan-favourite toolset”, Forge, passing one million creations. The studio also announced that since the Custom Game Browser launched back in December, more than 8.5m custom matches have been played in the latest instalment of its sci-fi shooter, Halo Infinite. Season 3: Echoes Within Launch Trailer |…

[ad_1] Diablo 1 and 2 co-creator, Erich Schaefer, has joined Moon Beast Productions in order to “redefine the action-RPG genre”. Schaefer will take on the position of chief creative officer alongside industry stalwarts, Peter Hu and Phil Shenk, where he’ll be “leading the creative direction” of the studio’s unannounced action-RPG. Newscast: Where does Microsoft go…

[ad_1] Those Who Remain developer Camel 101 has announced its next project will be a “heart-pounding first-person action-horror adventure” called Beneath. Set “in the mysterious depths of the ocean”, Beneath sees you assume the role of diver Noah Quinn, who has only his weapons and wits to “escape a treacherous underwater world filled with terrors…

[ad_1] Ubisoft is reportedly “working on a strategic reorganisation of its European business subsidiaries” that may include shuttering some of its European studios. Unsubstantiated reports first surfaced on ResetEra, where a poster shared part of an email that purportedly detailed plans to “close a number of subsidiaries”, including the closure of Ubisoft Benelux. Newscast:…

[ad_1] Atomic Heart developer Mundfish has apologised after footage of a racist cartoon was found in its newly released shooter. Whilst the footage wasn’t directly designed by Mundfish – apparently, the cartoon concerned is a real Soviet Tom ‘n’ Jerry-esque animated series called Nu, Pogodli! that ran in Russia from the 60s – the studio…

[ad_1] Blizzard has published the first of its “Inside the Game” featurettes, a new video series to get you into the mood for Diablo 4 when it releases later this year. In what Blizzard calls the “first in a series of developer insight videos”, this video shows off the “rich world that you will soon…