Author: Vikki Blake
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Former PlayStation exec joins Nintendo of America
Former PlayStation executive, Gio Corsi, has joined Nintendo of America. Corsi – who was head of global second-party games at PlayStation before leaving at the end of 2019 – worked with IllFonic as its head of publishing and business development before joining Iron Galaxy Studios as its head of commercial in 2022. Before that, Corsi…
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 could include “something very important” that was not in the original game
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth creative director Tetsuya Nomura has “completed” the story for the remake’s final third instalment. In an interview in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake Ultimania book as translated by Twitterer and Final Fantasy fan Audrey, Nomura hinted that the team plans to commence voice recording “in the near future” and teased that…
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Persona 1 and 2 are getting remakes, leaker suggests
Persona 1 and 2 are getting remakes. That’s according to industry insider Midori, who has said that alongside a possible Persona 4 remake, developer Atlus is also looking to bring the first two games to modern consoles for the first time, too. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Taught Us How To Fight In Real Life! –…
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Over 100 Avalanche Studios developers are unionising
Just Cause developer Avalanche has confirmed plans to enter a collective bargaining agreement with Swedish unions. In a press release, Avalanche said the agreement is planned to go into effect by the second quarter of 2025 – that’s a year from now – and “will apply to all Avalanchers employed in Sweden” in a bid…
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is “underperforming”, says industry analyst
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has reportedly sold “about half” the sales of its predecessor Remake in the same timeframe. That’s according to industry analyst Daniel Ahmad, who confirmed earlier today that the highly-anticipated RPG is “underperforming sales-wise”. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Review – FF7 Rebirth Spoiler free review new gameplayWatch on YouTube “Not to be…
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Content Warning tops one million sales
“Bring out the party poopers” – Content Warning has sold over one million copies. That’s on top of the 6.6 million players who snapped up a copy for free when the game launched on 1st April. Let’s Play Content Warning Gameplay! – CROSSOVER CONTENT! (ft. @outsidextra @MrVg247 @dicebreaker)Watch on YouTube Developer Landfall confirmed the milestone…
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Children of the Sun review – a thrilling mashup of bullet-time and puzzle games
Gory and exacting, Children of the Sun mixes the highs of tactical precision and cracking a killer puzzle. Much like there are thought to be just seven main story plots, it might be easy to say there are few video game genres left to be discovered. After forty years of gaming, I know my preferred…
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Helldivers 2 players suffering crashes should “let the game rest for a while” says developer Arrowhead
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Studios has recommended players experiencing continual crashes should “let the game rest for a while” whilst the team looks for a fix. In a message posted to the game’s Discord server and then later to its subreddit, community manager Twinbeard confirmed that a hotfix was coming, but couldn’t commit to a…
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Frostpunk 2’s beta period has been announced
This War of Mine developer 11 bit studios has revealed Frostpunk 2’s beta will be live from 15th April until 22nd April, 2024. The beta access period will launch at 6pm UK time (7pm CEST, 1pm ET, 10am PT) on PC and run for a full seven days, giving players the chance to sample the…
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Xbox is the “number one platform for Diablo 4 players”, says Xbox president
Xbox is reportedly the “number one platform for Diablo 4 players”. Whilst the franchise has long been associated with its dedicated PC fanbase, an email sent from Xbox president Sarah Bond this week intimates that the most recent release, Diablo 4 – which was acquired by Microsoft as part of its $68.7m acquisition of Activision…