AT&T appear to have decided against selling off Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment. There were numerous parties interested in acquiring the company including Activision, EA, and Take Two. AT&T CEO, Jason Kilar, has recently emailed staff about his plans for restructuring the company and mentioned that the gaming side of the company is staying put, for
Month: August 2020
A speed runner’s dream Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. If I wasn’t writing about games, I likely would never have heard of Futurlab’s Velocity. It was a top down shooter that had a unique hook: what if your space ship could
Teachers in Poznań, Poland have discovered a way to safely teach classes during the pandemic by implementing lessons into Half-Life: Alyx. According to a recent report published Upload VR, Poland made online education mandatory on March 25. Just five days later, the first of six two-hour seminars taught via Half-Life: Alyx was made available to students
Just when you thought you couldn’t get enough demon penises and ridiculous boob physics, Succubus continues to deliver – whether you ask for it or not. After an extensive preview courtesy of Madmind Studio, I was able to get my hands on an extended press build of the prologue that adds an additional story level,
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has sparked many creative fan projects since it was released and the latest one that’s caught the attention of many fans online is a Studio Ghibli-inspired poster by the illustrator and Twitter user, @BigSkyCastle. As you can see, it’s a simple but stunning image of Princess Zelda
Izanagi Games has announced that its interactive movie game, Death Come True, will finally launch on the PlayStation 4 digitally on October 15th. As reported by Gematsu, Japan will get a physical edition alongside a digital release, the early copies of which will come with bonus footage. Already out on the Nintendo Switch, PC, and mobile
Following months of reports about its sale, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment seems to be resting safely with AT&T for now, if comments by WarnerMedia’s new Chief Executive Officer are anything to go by. Jason Alan Kilar, who became WarnerMedia’s CEO on May 1st, penned a letter to the organization’s employees and sat down for an
Welcome to Next Week on Xbox, where we cover all the new games coming soon to Xbox One and Windows 10 PC! Every week the team at Xbox aims to deliver quality gaming content for you to enjoy. To find out what’s coming soon to Xbox, read on below and click on each of the
THQ Nordic have released the latest patch notes for SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom on both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The team says that the update will hopefully make its way to the Nintendo Switch within the next ten days, if all goes to plan. Here’s what to expect from the latest
Grounded has a lot of potential as a great survival RPG, but its early-access offering currently comes up a little short. #ign
Unless you count my holiday at Butlins in Clacton-on-Sea in the early ‘90s, you don’t seem to get many horror experiences set in the dazzling daylight. Keeping things dark and moody with the eternal threat looming in the shadows is a trademark of every terror-based game I’ve ever played. And that’s the same with Allison’s
First announced for Switch back in 2018, Ary and the Secret of Seasons is an upcoming action-adventure game from developer eXiin and Modus Games. It was originally scheduled for a July launch but was pushed back thanks to a certain global pandemic. Now scheduled for release on 1st September, we saw some gameplay footage featuring
U.S. president Donald Trump recently signed executive orders targeting TikTok’s parent company ByteDance and gaming giant Tencent, the latter of which not only took many by surprise but also alarmed the games industry. The executive order against Tencent takes issue with its WeChat service, and prohibits U.S. citizens from engaging in any transactions. However, given Tencent’s involvement
Are you ready to stop a vampire invasion? How about take on some really big, really rowdy werewolves? The Dark Heart of Skyrim marches on with the upcoming Stonethorn. The DLC dungeon pack includes a wealth of content as you bring the heat to the ancient bastion of Castle Thorn and take on a vampire
God of War director Cory Barlog has said that in comparison to previous generations, transitioning to the PlayStation 5 will be easier and “a little bit less of a massive leap of faith.” Speaking recently during Gary Whitta’s Animal Talking, Barlog said that players have a “really good foundation of understanding” when it comes to the
Feeling the need for speed on this toasty Saturday afternoon? It might not be the newest car in the garage, but Codemasters are giving away F1 2018 over on the Humble Store all weekend. It’s yours to keep “while stocks last”, so feel free to treat yourself to a few high-speed laps. More seasonal update
We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you
When we first saw Grounded less than a year ago, the pitch was to adapt Obsidian’s signature RPG style into the survival genre. Having recently launched into Early Access on Steam and Xbox Game Preview (plus Game Pass), it’s currently much more of what you’d traditionally expect from the latter than it is influenced by
Animal Crossing: New Horizons, yet again, is the focus of a new episode of Nintendo Minute. Kit and Krysta said in the video description that “we’re enjoying a beautiful summer day today in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It’s so nice to spend a day in the sun and then end it with a fireworks show.
The original plan for this article was to discuss the reveal of one of the stand-out games from yesterday’s PlayStation State of Play live stream, the indie sci-fi spectacular Aeon Must Die. Featuring a dark aesthetic and a distinct visual style that immediately reminded me of something like the anime Guyver, it appears to be
A collection of exciting minigames and a smattering of every colour under the rainbow makes Fall Guys a consistent delight.
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Complaints about the Apple App Store are as old as the App Store itself, but that doesn’t make the latest development any more aggravating for gamers. Despite extensive beta testing, it looks like Microsoft will be unable to launch its
Tango Gameworks founder and CEO Shinji Mikami recently made an incredibly important announcement: You can pet the dog in Ghostwire: Tokyo. The news comes from the brand new Ghostwire: Tokyo PS5 trailer shown at QuakeCon earlier today. Check out the video below. [embedded content] “I’m Shinji Mikami from Tango Gameworks,” says Mikami at the beginning of the
Guerrilla’s Horizon Zero Dawn arrives on both the Epic Games Store and Steam today, giving PC players a shot to experience Aloy’s open-world adventure in the lands of robo-dinosaurs. PlayStation’s last exclusive to head to the PC scene, Death Stranding, came with a smattering of upgrades and enhancements. We’ll have to see how Horizon plays on
A teaser for Call of Duty 2020 – or Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War – recently appeared to a player in the middle of a Warzone match. Footage of the teaser was shared online by a Twitter user who goes by the handle NutterButterAF. Check it out below – the Call of Duty
What game made your July that much better? Was it the high-flying action of Marvel’s Iron Man VR, Jin Sakai’s stunning journey through Ghost of Tsushima, the freeform tricks of Skater XL, or perhaps the animated antics of Cuphead? Now’s your chance to let us know. Get those votes in below before Sunday, August 16,
Whilst we have an affinity with all things Xbox related, our team of gaming fanatics gathered for a very PlayStation focused instalment in the wake of their latest event. TheXboxHub Official Podcast Episode 42 revolves around the recent State of Play and also touches on the Spider-Man exclusivity in Marvel’s Avengers. Was the show everything
Tom Robertson The recent partnership between Nintendo and LEGO has produced a number of quality play sets based on Super Mario, and there have been other sets of various sizes (and quality) available in the past that recreate the characters and setting of the Mushroom Kingdom. However, one man found the available options unsatisfactory and
Virtual reality really lends itself towards the shooter and rhythm genres. It immerses you in the game in a way you can’t achieve with just a controller. These genres are normally very different from one another, but Cloudhead Games decided they would combine them for their latest game, whilst also drawing inspiration from “God-mode” films
QuakeCon At Home is live this weekend on Twitch, though it really should be called BethFest when you look at the schedule. The event has moved wholly online thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the rescheduled celebration of id’s and Bethesda’s games has an intriguing schedule. Here are a few of the highlights. A warning: