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NEWS THIS WEEK Assassin's Creed Shadows Revealed With 4 Minutes Of Bloody Action Valve’s hero shooter Deadlock leaks with screenshots, gameplay details - Polygon Amazon Orders Tomb Raider Series From Fleabag Star And Writer Warner Bros. gives Adult Swim games back to their creators rather than kill them Game dev says contract barring “subjective negative reviews” was a mistake ‍ RELEASE RADAR...

NEWS THIS WEEK Microsoft Closes Studios Behind Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush, And More To Prioritize 'High-Impact' Games Xbox President Bond on the Gamer’s Future Helldivers 2 Community Manager Seemingly Gone After PlayStation Login Meltdown Hades 2 early access debut on Steam reaches over 100k concurrent players 24 hours after launch Nintendo president says "Switch next model is the appropriate...

NEWS THIS WEEK Escape From Tarkov dev finally caves, says people who paid $150 for the game will get access to its new mode 'in waves' Manor Lords shatters Steam city builder record with over 170,000 concurrent players Manor Lords players delighted to discover a villager with an NSFW name, but the developer says it's historically accurate ‍ Here are all the games from the ID@Xbox Digit...

Apple Arcade: Enjoy unlimited access to over 200 incredibly fun games with no ads and no in-app purchases. From puzzle and adventure games to sports, racing, and multiplayer action games, everyone can count on finding something to love. Head to sifter.com.au/arcade to start your free trial* of Apple Arcade today and you'll be supporting independent video games journalism. * New subscribers onl...

NEWS THIS WEEK Hades 2 technical test set to begin 'shortly,' signups are open now Nintendo Indie World Showcase April 2024 - Every Announcement, Game Reveal & Trailer Sony’s PS5 Pro is real and developers are getting ready for it The first Apple-approved emulator for the iPhone has arrived... and been pulled  Delta takes flight: Apple-approved Nintendo emulator is a great iOS option R...

NEWS THIS WEEK Indie Lovecraftian fishing game Dredge is gonna be a movie Report: EA Canned Dead Space 2 Remake, Team Working On Battlefield Now [Update: EA Denies Report] EA Shoots Down Dead Space 2 Remake Rumors: 'No Validity to This Story' [Update] Apple now allows retro game emulators on its App Store—but with big caveats Star Wars Outlaws Release Date Revealed Alongside a Story Traile...

NEWS THIS WEEK Hollow Knight Silksong’ s April Fools’ Day Update Is Real April Fools' phenom Content Warning draws in more than 204,000 concurrent players Former Dragon Age boss' new action-RPG Eternal Strands out next year Saber Interactive CEO Says KOTOR Remake Is 'Alive and Well' RELEASE RADAR GIGANTIC: RAMPAGE EDITION - 9 April 2024 - PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation...

NEWS THIS WEEK Super Mario Maker’s “final boss” was a fraud all along Embracer Group divests Gearbox Entertainment for a consideration of USD 460 million to Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Helldivers 2 Cheater Pretends to Be Game Master Joel, Drops Unreleased APC in Random Group, Leaves Leaked images reveal Microsoft’s white disc-less Xbox Series X console / It looks like Microsoft’s plans for...

NEWS THIS WEEK Apex Legends e-sports delayed after hackers enable cheats on player clients Overwatch 2's redemption arc begins with free heroes for all as Blizzard lays out its plans to 'give the game a regular heartbeat' this year Blizzard secretly made a battle royale game inside World of Warcraft to 'break the rules' it's had for 20 years Sony's reportedly stopped ma...

NEWS THIS WEEK The Trailer For Insomniac's Cancelled Spider-Man Multiplayer Game Has Leaked Warner Bros. leave developers feeling "sick and dizzy" as more Adult Swim games are being delisted MultiVersus is officially returning with some big upgrades Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Gets New Story DLC, Modes, Trials, And More This Year Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection Launch Is...

NEWS THIS WEEK Everything announced at the March 2024 Xbox Partner Preview Poker-themed deckbuilder Balatro gets delisted from some stores after its PEGI rating absurdly jumps from 3 to 18+ over 'gambling imagery' Switch emulator Yuzu reaches $2.4 million settlement with Nintendo 20th BAFTA Games Awards: The Nominations RELEASE RADAR HIGHWATER - 14 March 2024 - PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox On...

NEWS THIS WEEK Beware fake Helldivers 2 pages on Steam promising steep discounts Some Helldivers 2 players are inexplicably killing each other for resources, despite a dozen different UI elements telling you they're shared Everything announced during Pokémon Day 2024’s Pokémon Presents Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Players Rise 200% Upon Skull and Bones' Release PlayStation Cancels Mu...

NEWS THIS WEEK Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree: Everything we know about the DLC Everything announced at the February 2024 Nintendo Direct Partner showcase  Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Is Planned For June 2024, It’s Claimed Baldur’s Gate 3 will get official mod support, says Larian Studios Baldur’s Gate 3 Devs Finally Got To Talk On Stage, And They Did Not Hold Back You’ll be able to play your own...

NEWS THIS WEEK 4 Xbox exclusives coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch The first Activision Blizzard game on Game Pass will be Diablo 4 Helldivers 2 starts recruiting more devs for the war effort after its galactic success, aims to 'accelerate and beef up [its] content plans' Helldivers 2 studio boss says it will 'never' add PvP, and for anyone looking for it 'I recommend Tarkov&#3...

NEWS THIS WEEK Indiana Jones, Starfield PS5 Reports Suggest A Major Xbox Pivot Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth State of Play – News Roundup Disney Will Develop A 'New Persistent Universe' With Epic Games Tencent working on mobile version of hit console game 'Elden Ring', sources say Helldivers 2 Dev in ‘A Bit of Crisis Mode’ Amid Matchmaking Issues and Crashes Helldivers 2 passes God of Wa...

NEWS THIS WEEK Everything revealed in the January 2024 State of Play Indie Classic Celeste Just Got A Surprise (Kinda) Sequel Bloodborne Kart will "scrub the branding off" after being contacted by Sony's lawyers Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad game launches and is quickly taken down Deus Ex game canceled as nearly 100 Eidos-Montreal staff laid off RELEASE RADAR ALISA: DEVELOPER’S CUT - 6 Fe...

NEWS THIS WEEK Palworld Has Sold An Astonishing Number Of Copies In Five Days Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees Immortality developer Sam Barlow has announced two new horror games Lightmap Why IMMORTALITY's Sam Barlow loves real acting performances in his games Overwatch 2 esports is back and ditching the Overwatch League model entirely The future of Overwatch Esp...

NEWS THIS WEEK Xbox Developer Direct 2024: Everything Announced Rockstar Games’ owner is fighting Remedy Entertainment over its new ‘R’ logo EA is finally launching Plants vs. Zombies 3 Dave the Diver Developer’s Next Game Is a MOBA Called Wakerunners A speedrunning dog named Peanut Butter just beat an obscure 1985 NES game live for charity, is the day's goodest boy RELEASE RADAR LIKE A DRAGON...

NEWS THIS WEEK Microsoft Criticised for Xbox Auto-Upload Stance Following Baldur’s Gate 3 Nudity Bans MSI’s Claw is an Intel-powered Windows competitor to Valve’s Steam Deck Ayaneo’s Next Lite is a US$299 Steam Deck competitor with unofficial SteamOS Capcom adds new DRM to old PC games, raising worries over mods A fan-made, 7-hour Portal 2 prequel just hit Steam for free and it's so good that...

NEWS THIS WEEK It's official: E3 is dead Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight  John Romero marks Doom’s 30th birthday by putting out Sigil 2 - aka episode 6 - for free DOOM's 30th Anniversary Stream with John Romero, John Carmack, and David L. Craddock Just 4 days after The Day Before's disastrous launch, the studio has abruptly closed: 'We miscalcu...

NEWS THIS WEEK The Game Awards 2023 results: All the winners Every trailer and announcement from The Game Awards 2023 League of Geeks games studio lays off half its workforce, 'indefinitely pauses' production on Jumplight Odyssey Grand Theft Auto 6 is only coming to PS5 & Xbox Series X|S at launch Fortnite’s next chapter adds boss battles, Lego, Solid Snake, and a brand-new island RELE...

NEWS THIS WEEK Geoff Keighley explains why Dave the Diver has been nominated as an indie game Open Letter to The Game Awards A Half-Life bug introduced by Windows 2000 just got fixed at last Left 4 Dead prototype accidentally released in Counter-Strike update Rockstar Confirms GTA 6 Trailer 1 Release Date The 25 Most Wanted games, as revealed in PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted | PC Gamer Unity caps a...

NEWS THIS WEEK Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Harley Quinn Trailer & Closed Alpha Revealed Warner Bros says Wonder Woman won't be a live-service game Nier will continue 'as long as Yoko Taro lives', producer says, but don’t expect an Automata follow-up soon Fortnite Planning to Disable Age-Gated Cosmetic, Reveals v28.00 Update Release Date The reason we got Left 4 Dead 2 as...

NEWS THIS WEEK Nintendo Indie World: All the news, trailers, and announcements The Game Awards 2023: Complete list of nominees Stray Gods, God of War: Ragnarok composers among 2024 Grammy nominees The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered has been officially revealed including a special edition and an upgrade path Fortnite Community Slams 'Worst Update' Over New Age Restrictions on Cosmetics [Updat...