Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Nominated For 10 Different Awards The most coveted award in the video game industry will not be going to a multiplayer shooter or RPG despite a string of strong contenders for the top prize. There is no multiplayer game even listed among the nominees to snag Game of the Year 2025 …
Back From The Dead Hytale, a voxel-based sandbox RPG first announced in 2018, was sold by creators Hypixel Studios in 2020 to Riot Games. However, Hytale and Hypixel were both shut down in June this year due to a variety of reasons including mismanagement and feature creep. Now, the original founder of Hypixel, Simon Collins-Laflamme, …
Ghouls Galore Ghost Master, the 2003 strategy classic that has players command a growing roster of spectral troops, has been given the remake treatment with Ghost Master: Resurrection. Originally developed by Sick Puppies, the new version is being handled by Mechano Story Studio (Painkiler remake) and original publisher Strategy First (Flatout, Space Empires). The remake …
Grimdark Hack n Slash Netmarble, the developer and publisher behind such titles as The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross and Lineage 2: Revolution, recently revealed Project EVILBANE, a four player co-op ARPG. Currently in active development but slated for release next year, Netmarble had a hands-on demo available at the recent G-STAR game expo in …
Generative AI Tools Used To Develop Black Ops 7 It is no secret that the makers of Black Ops 7, Treyarch and Raven Software, were using AI tools to develop in-game assets. The verdict is now in and it does not look good. Players are fuming and demanding refunds while the game’s approval rating on …
Xbox Series Launch Brings Full Feature Set Legends BMX has arrived on Xbox Series X and Series S, marking the latest platform expansion for the freestyle focused title from Firenut Games and Saga Legends Games. The release joins existing versions available on PC through Steam, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 5. The developers present this edition …
Negative Feedback Breeds Negative Comments Rick Lane reviewed ARC Raiders on behalf of Eurogamer and gave it a meager 2/5 rating which came as a big surprise as hundreds of thousands of concurrent players are having the time of their lives. Reactions to Lane’s review range from praise to suggesting that Lane should unalive himself. …
G-Star 2025 The Global Game Exhibition is in full swing in Busan,South Korea, from Nov. 13 – 14, and a host of top game studios and publishers are in attendance. One notable name is NCSOFT (Blade and Soul, Throne and Liberty, Guild Wars 2), which has revealed Horizon Steel Frontiers, a brand new MMORPG set …
Japanese Gamedevs Cleaning Out Woke Activists More than 100 Square Enix staffers have been let go across the U.S. and UK following the Japanese game developer’s six-month earnings report ending Sept. 30, FY26. Year-on-year net sales were down 15% (about $871 million) while operating income swelled 29% to $177 million. The Asian company is citing …
A Peek Into The Future The latest State of Play by Sony ran on Nov. 11, and focused on Japanese games and studios, as well as acted as a video game crystal ball – a lot of titles showcased aren’t slated for release until next year. Even so, there were a handful of hotly anticipated …
Sizzle Reel NetEase, the China-based game studio and publisher behind the likes of Once Human, FragPunk, and Where Winds Meet, has been busy this year laying-off staff and closing down associated game studios. Its latest casualty is Canada-based Bad Brain Game Studio, which only launched two years ago. Sean Crooks, Studio Head, posted on LinkedIn …
Thread Speculating About Hinting The Winner Already By Mentioning 33 This year has been a spectacular year for video games with plenty of big and small titles ending up in the limelight for all the right and wrong reasons. With Game of the Year (GOTY) around the corner, social media is already declaring winners. The …
Corporate Greed Beats Child Safety Following news that Roblox’s lax child safety rules have led to multiple lawsuits from private citizens, media personalities, and entire states, the company continues to try and right the ship. It’s been busy rolling out new regulations and rules in an effort to curb reports of sexual content and other …
Arcade Horror Returns With A Physical Switch Release Microids and Forever Entertainment confirm that The House of the Dead 2 Remake is now available physically on Nintendo Switch through the limited Infect Edition. Players can return to the iconic second installment that first terrified arcades in 1998. The Infect Edition arrives with the full game, …
A Classic Stealth Story Finds A New Home On Nintendo Switch Agent 47 returns with a story built on broken loyalty. Once an unstoppable asset, he now finds himself hunted by the very Agency that trained him. Hitman Absolution follows his journey into the criminal underworld to strike back against corruption. His methods remain familiar …
