Square Enix have launched a survey to gather feedback on making a “better game experience” for Babylon’s Fall, specifically asking about the visual aspects of the game.
Ahead of tonight’s State of Play, Square Enix have launched a site celebrating FF’s 35th anniversary. Right now, the two projects on the page are Stranger of Paradise and Chocobo GP, but under “New Titles” it says “And More...”. That’s a heavy ...
2022-03-09 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSony have announced a State of Play, lasting about 20 minutes, will be on Wednesday, March 9th, at 2pm PT/5pm ET/10pm GMT. It’ll focus on “highlighting great games” from Playstation’s partner Japanese publishers, but will feature some updates from “other developers located ar...
2022-03-08 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostWith the release of PlayStation’s first two major titles of the year, Horizon and Gran Turismo 7, a State of Play is allegedly coming as soon as this week to highlight the near-future of the platform. However, it’s claimed it may be delayed until the end of the month due to the industry’s reaction to ...
2022-03-07 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostGran Turismo 7’s microtransaction costs were unavailable during early previews, but now that they’ve gone live, the ‘credit bundles’ are raising eyebrows. Credits are currency earned in-game that can be topped up for real money in the store, and cars can range from...
2022-03-04 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSquare Enix’s next attempt at a live service following the disastrous Marvel’s Avengers has released today.... to zero fanfare. Impressions across players of the demo are profoundly negative: “EXACTLY What I Feared”, “Depressingly Bad”, “It WASN’T Very Good...”....
2022-03-03 19:11:18 +0000 UTC View PostUnion workers at Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Kotaku, Lifehacker and The Root are striking. The GMG Union has made proposals to G/O Media’s counsel five times, but rather than counterproposals, they have been sidestepped and delayed each time. They’re striking on 6 specific things: Refusing to codify healthcare imp...
2022-03-02 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostIn a video shared to Reddit, one user showed the test controller input screen to prove that their right stick was already drifting - they clearly let go and reset the stick to neutral, but the screen is showing input values, the same issue that has been affecting most modern controllers and mos...
2022-03-01 19:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostValve boss Gabe Newell has been spotted doing what seems like Steam promotion in Seattle, hand-delivering signed Steam Decks to customers in the area while followed by a camera crew. Multiple reddit accounts have shared stories of this, including one who claimed that they ...
2022-02-28 19:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostElden Ring’s launch on PC has hit a peak player count of 764,835 - six times higher than the previous series’ peak with Dark Souls 3. However, it’s currently sitting with 40% of reviews as negative, primarily down to performance issues on PC - frame rate problems, ...
2022-02-25 18:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostIn an update posted by BioWare General Manager Gary McKay, Dragon Age 4 is currently in “Production”, with a full pre-production blueprint that the team understand and are focused on turning into a game. They’re sad to see Dailey go, but understand that the industry is changing ...
2022-02-24 18:29:10 +0000 UTC View PostIn a surprise move, Bethesda have announced they’re winding down their own launcher and moving their library to Steam - including transferring licenses for existing Bethesda.net customers. Starting in early April, p...
2022-02-22 18:00:58 +0000 UTC View PostIn a town hall post-mortem of Battlefield 2042 reported by Tom Henderson, EA’s Chief Studios Officer Laura Miele admitted that Battlefield failed to meet the expectations of both the players and EA. They generally believe that the issues were brought on by the massive...
2022-02-17 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostApologies for a lack of Daily Briefing yesterday, patrons! This one is a bit larger to make up for anything you may have missed.
Konrad Tomaszkiewicz left CDPR last year after being accused of bullying, accusations that he denied - and after a months-long investigation, he was determined ...
2022-02-16 18:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostReviews are in, and it’s sitting pretty at 89 across OpenCritic and Metacritic. A throughline across reviews is that it’s an incredible improvement on the original in almost every way. Eurogamer, among others, were a little less impressed by story and characters, some criticism focuses on it fee...
2022-02-14 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes, we've all got the hots for Dandelion ;)
We're about to launch with out new fulfilment partner, which is going to make shipping etc significantly faster! December 2021 is shipping to them now, and January 2022 will ship to them next week. February 2022 will ship March 4th - 6th, with that timing holding for all future ...
2022-02-10 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThat’s according to Microsoft president Brad Smith who, speaking in a new interview with CNBC, confirmed that the company want to greatly improve the work culture at Activision Blizzard. To do this, Smith says, the right people need to be in charge: “I think...
2022-02-10 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostA wee while ago we reported on a dangerous Remote Code Execution (RCE) exploit currently plaguing the PC version of Dark Souls III. The potential security vulnerability could be exploited by abusers and used to gain access to other players’ PCs, at which point they could do anything fr...
2022-02-09 17:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostAh, this is always an oddly fun little piece of new to give. Nintendo will hold a new Nintendo Direct presentation tomorrow, Wednesday 9th February, at 5pm EST/2pm PST. The presentation, the first since September 2021, will cover any number of things across its 40-minute runtime. Nintendo’s upcoming...
2022-02-08 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostZombie survival sandbox Dying Light 2: Stay Human may be one of the biggest games of the year but that doesn’t mean its launch last week was entirely without incident. While the game is by all accounts a solid blockbuster action sequel, it’s still a AAA game releasing in the year 2022...
2022-02-07 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Remember the doomsayers? Two expansions later, they've been SOLVED! We know what they're talking about - and they've been setting up the next step for Warcraft the whole time.
2022-02-07 16:11:17 +0000 UTC View PostSpeaking in their most recent earnings report published this week (there was no actual earnings call due to the proposed Microsoft acquisition), the company stated that at least one F2P mobile Warcraft titles is set to release before the end of this year. This follows on from Activision B...
2022-02-04 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThat’s straight from the mouth of EA CEO Andrew Wilson who, speaking earlier this week in EA’s most recent earnings call, let slip a few key details. When discussing User-Generated Content, Wilson outlines that it’s been at the very centre of modes like Ultimate Team (Madden, FIFA, e...
2022-02-03 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
10.0 is (almost definitely) going to be about dragons. Why? The Age of Dragons ended in Cataclysm, right? Nope. New knowledge, and a second look at history, proves they’ve always been more important than even they know.
2022-02-03 11:56:30 +0000 UTC View PostThat’s according to Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki who, speaking in the company’s most recent earnings call, outlined that “through close collaboration with Bungie and the PlayStation Studios, we aim to launch more than 10 live service games by the fiscal year ending March ...
2022-02-02 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostNot to be outdone by Microsoft’s seemingly bottomless wallet, Sony this week announced that they will be acquiring Bungie - the original Halo developers and creators of Destiny - in a deal worth around $3.6bn. In a new writeup announcing the acquisition, Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan t...
2022-02-01 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hitman trilogy (the new one, not the old one) is a bit of an odd duck. The games have released to fairly universal commercial and critical acclaim despite the fact that developers IO Interactive have seemingly been making every misstep known to man. They caused a bit of a...
2022-01-28 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
N'zoth's whispers told us more than we knew at the time. When we make our way to Zereth Mortis, we're going to smuggle the Void in too.
2022-01-27 17:28:45 +0000 UTC View PostAccording to new findings shared by Ubisoft, an external watchdog investigation into reports of misconduct at Ubisoft’s Singapore studio has confirmed that all allegations were handled appropriately. Last summer the TAFEP, which is Singapore’s watchdog for fair employment practices, launched ...
2022-01-27 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post