Author: Vikki Blake

[ad_1] It looks like Microsoft is considering introducing cheaper, ad-supported tiers of its Xbox Game Pass. That’s according to a survey Microsoft recently circulated to players, inviting views about the current Xbox Game Pass subscription and querying if we’d be willing to accept adverts if the subscription payment was lower. 57 Best Game Pass Games…

[ad_1] Sker Ritual Episode 2 is out now. The second episode of the Maid of Sker spin-off – entitled The Ashes of Sker Hotel – sees players “return to the ruins of Sker Hotel with a new threat emerging from the shadows” where you’ll be expected to defeat “new creations” and “survive the hellish domain…

[ad_1] Ubisoft Massive is looking for playtesters to run through its super secretive Star Wars game. Ubisoft has been pretty quiet about the game so far, and even the name remains under wraps for now. But that hasn’t stopped the studio from putting out a public call to players, inviting them to join the playtest…

[ad_1] Meta’s VR consulting CTO, John Carmack, is leaving the company after “a decade in VR”, accusing the firm of “self-sabotage”. In an internal note seen by Business Insider, Carmack criticised the company’s “efficiency”, adding that despite Quest 2 being “almost exactly what [he] wanted to see” with its “mobile hardware, inside out tracking, optional…

[ad_1] Today’s festive freebie from Epic Games Store is Costume Quest 2. From now until 4pm GMT (that’s 5pm CET / 8am PT / 11am ET) tomorrow, you’ll be able to grab a free copy of Double Fine’s excellent RPG adventure. If you’ve not encountered it before, you can see it in action below: …

[ad_1] Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is currently free to play right across all platforms. Running from now until 19th December, you’ll be able to kick off your own Viking adventure on PlayStation and Xbox consoles, as well as PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and the Ubisoft Store. 15 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Easter Eggs You…

[ad_1] Playtest footage reportedly taken from Assassin’s Creed Jade has leaked online. Allegedly posted to an Assassin’s Creed Facebook page and then, in turn, shared with Assassin’s Creed and Gaming Leaks and Rumours on Reddit, the footage – which runs for 2.40 mins – was seemingly captured on an Apple mobile device and depicts a…

[ad_1] Double Fine boss Tim Schafer has revealed he avoids “a grab bag of stereotypes” to make his games more inclusive and avoid “hurting people”. In an interview with NME, Schafer revealed that when he started making games back in the ’80s, there was “a lot less sensitivity” around, but between developing 2005’s Psychonauts and…

[ad_1] The Witcher showrunner Lauren Hissrich has responded to The Witcher fans and insisted she has “never mocked the books” the video games and Netflix show is based upon. The furor began when writer Beau DeMayo – who’s now working on X-Men ’97 – says some of his colleagues in The Witcher’s writing room “actively…

[ad_1] Xbox boss Phil Spencer believes PlayStation is trying to retain its “dominance” of the console market by “making Xbox smaller” and objecting to its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. “Sony is trying to protect its dominance on the console. The way they grow is by making Xbox smaller,” Spencer said on the Second Request podcast…