I bring shocking news, people: a triple-A videogame has gone well beyond it’s expected budget. You don’t seem surprised. Why aren’t you surprised? This time it’s the upcoming revival of Fable from Playground Games which will launch on Xbox and PlayStation in February of 2027, right alongside God of War: […]

In a galaxy far, far away, there were a bunch of lazy sods who simply could not be bothered to properly maintain their equipment. No self-respecting Empire should leave the bridge of a Star Destroyer looking like Shrek used it as his personal swamp, and Luke Skywalker should be thoroughly […]

007 First Light is right up there in the discussion for the best game of the year, and it sold a load of copies. The future seemed bright, but then Amazon’s Jeff Gattis, head honcho at Amazon Games, made a few comments that seemed to imply Amazon might be taking […]

EA’s controversial $55 billion takeover appears to be moving closer to completion, with European Union regulators reportedly preparing to approve the enormous deal without demanding any concessions. According to Reuters, the European Commission is expected to grant the acquisition unconditional approval under EU merger rules when its preliminary review ends […]

Marathon game director Joe Ziegler leaving Bungie does not, by itself, mean the company is in trouble. People leave jobs. He may have received an excellent offer elsewhere, fancied a change or simply decided that spending several years making an extraction shooter was quite enough extraction shooting for one lifetime. […]

Sony has officially revealed July’s additions to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog, with Rise of the Ronin and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora leading a reasonably solid month for Extra and Premium subscribers. Team Ninja’s open-world action RPG Rise of the Ronin is the biggest addition and is available through PlayStation […]

Halo: Campaign Evolved drops on July 28, bringing the original game to a whole new generation. It’s also bringing the game to a whole new audience – Halo will be on PlayStation for the first time ever. It’s unclear at this point if future games will launch on Sony’s machine […]

Time for a little bit of news that actually flew under the radar amidst all the chaos: despite being cancelled, Avowed 2 is still being worked on, according to Jason Schreier. In the initial report where we learned that Obsidian lost 25% of its staff and was pivoting to work […]

Ubisoft has announced that Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has sold more than 2 million copies just one day after launching on July 9. The publisher also says the game reached the top spot on Twitch on launch day and peaked at 99,451 concurrent players on Steam, making it the […]

In the wake of Xbox’s huge reset, Compulsion Games has returned to independence for the first time since Microsoft acquired the studio in 2018. It appears the team’s first order of business is finding new projects and partners. Posting on LinkedIn, Compulsion said it is “expanding opportunities to collaborate with […]