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Today, Microsoft is laying off 2.1% of its workforce. This equates to 4,800 people that are being let go. The company's XBOX division is cutting about 20% of its entire workforce. All of this is being done in an effort to cut costs due to rising prices and expenses brought about by artificial intelligence (AI).
Starting January 2028, Sony will no longer produce physical discs for new PlayStation game releases. All games released in January 2028 and after will be available only through digital stores such as the PlayStation Store.
Sony attempts to justify this move by claiming it's a "natural direction" in order to "adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs."...
Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive Software sure set the gaming news world on fire today with word that Grand Theft Auto 6 will retail at a minimum of $80. Not only will there be the base $79.99 edition for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, but there will also be a Grand Theft Auto 6: Ultimate Edition for $99.99 that adds in exclusive content.
Right out of the gate, we are told that Grand Theft Auto 6 will be single-player only. Well, at...
The cybersecurity company Kaspersky has issued a warning about malware being spread through Steam Workshop files for Wallpaper Engine. Malware, hidden through user uploaded wallpaper packages, can lead to issues such as hijacked Steam accounts, the installation of backdoors to a user's PC, or even hidden crypto mining processes.
Wallpaper Engine includes support for various wallpaper formats: Static images, video, interactive...
Bungie is calling it quits on Destiny 2. The Sony owned Marathon developer announced the final live-service content update for Destiny 2. Today's announcement was a long time coming and one that most fans saw the writing on the wall for months ago.
That final content update for Destiny 2, Monument of Triumph, takes place on June 9, 2026. Bungie says that they will begin a "new journey as a studio" on that date with includes working on their...
This is Diablo 4 at its best. I mean it this time. For real.
Returning to the world of Sanctuary for this latest chapter feels like a true homecoming for those of us who have spent hundreds of hours traversing its dark and unforgiving landscapes since the base game launched back in 2023. The release of the Lord of Hatred expansion marks a significant step forward in the narrative that was originally set in motion during the initial campaign and furthered by the events of the Vesse...
Sony to Remove LittleBigPlanet 3 and All DLC from PlayStation Store
After years of server woes, the plug is finally being pulled for good.
The PlayStation 4 version of LittleBigPlanet 3 along with all of its downloadable content will be pulled from the PlayStation Store on October 31, 2024. This move comes after years of server woes that began with the PlayStation 3 version of the game.
In January 2024, the online functionality for LittleBigPlanet 3 on PlayStation 4 came to a halt when servers were taken offline "temporarily."...
TT Games along with WB Games and LEGO Group announced the release of LEGO Harry Potter Collection. This digital release is now available tor PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
This is a remastered compilation of games that includes: LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7. It also includes two previously released DLC packs. This package can be yours for $39.99.
Today's release includes access to all of Act 1's story.
Destiny 2: Revenant launches today, placing Guardians in the role of Slayer Baron. The goal this season is to take on the leader, Fikrul, as he leads an undead Scorn army.
Today's release includes all of the story content for Act I. This means you won't have to wait for the content to be drip fed to you each week. This way, you can rush through the story content in the first day and then complain for weeks about...
Undead Nightmare is also launching at the same time.
Rockstar Games has made it official: Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare will both be released on PC on October 29, 2024. Rockstar is working in collaboration with Double Eleven on this release.
Red Dead Redemption will release through the Rockstar Store, Steam, and the Epic Games Store. Pre-orders should be going live soon, with Rockstar saying they'll provide additional details soon.
Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred Release Delayed at Last Minute
All hell has broken loose but only at Blizzard.
Update: The servers went live a bit after midnight (ET). Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred is now playable across all platforms.
Original story: Those of you who have been waiting for the release of Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred will have to wait a few more hours. Both the Vessel of Hatred expansion and the launch of Season 6, Season of Hatred Rising, has been delayed at the last minute. The delay announcement from Blizzard came...
The odd, unsettling, and often confusing horror series, Pathologic, is getting a third entry. Ice-Pick Lodge announced Pathologic 3 today, complete with all the weirdness you've come to expect from the series but now with the added weirdness of time travel.
Players assume the role of Daniil Dankovsky, a doctor from the big city who travels to a remote town to solve a mystery about a plague that has been destroying lives....
Director David F. Sandberg announced via Instagram that the filming on the Until Dawn film has wrapped. Filming officially wrapped on October 4, 2024 but so far there was no release date revealed for the film adaptation of the horror game that originally came out on PlayStation 4 and just this week on PlayStation 5 and PC.
The film version of Until Dawn was announced in January 2024. It is expected to be an adaptation of the...
One of the best horror games ever made is finally getting a sequel.
The 10th anniversary of the launch of Alien: Isolation comes with word that Creative Assembly is starting to work on a sequel. The first title was a big hit amongst critics and players, and demands for a sequel have been strong since that game's release.
Creative Assembly's creative direct Al Hope says that the sequel is in "early development." Don't expect to hear much about this sequel for...
Halo Franchise Moves to Unreal Engine 5 as 343 Industries Rebrands as Halo Studios
This push towards "new" also includes a new philosophy at the studio.
Just before the final match at Sunday's 2024 Halo World Championship, Microsoft shared a surprise video concerning the future of the Halo franchise. Among the several things said and shown in the video were several test scenes of familiar locations and characters from Halo all displayed in Unreal Engine 5. Yes, the Slipspace engine is already being relegated to the trash bin.
Foamstars, the soap-infused competitive combat game full of good, clean, fun, is now available as a free-to-play title from Square Enix. Foamstars can be downloaded and played for free for everyone on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. As this is now a free-to-play title, no PlayStation Plus subscription is needed to play online.
Square Enix also notes that the eighth season of Foamstars, Diamond Jam, is now live in the game. This season adds...
Review: Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred is Diablo at its Best
Refined to hellish perfection.
Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred feels like a fresh beginning for the action-RPG that released a little over a year ago. Despite receiving generally high praise from media outlets, including my own review, fans were quite vocal about the game needing some broad, sweeping changes to several core gameplay systems.
Blizzard responded to these complaints by releasing a series of updates that drastically improved and reiterated on several core gameplay mechanics. ...
Starfield Design Director Calls it the Best Game Bethesda Ever Made
Yeah, about that...
Starfield has been lingering at a "Mixed" Steam review score for basically the entirety of its life. The game's first major expansion, Shattered Space, came out just this week but is currently sitting at a "Mostly Negative" user score. Heck, even critic scores for Shattered Space are only at 52%. Still, Starfield is "the best game" Bethesda ever made, so long as you believe the words from Starfield design director Emil Pagliarulo....
Red Barrels, the studio behind the Outlast games, including the co-op multiplayer title The Outlast Trials, has suffered a "cybersecurity event." This event being an unauthorized intrusion into their internal systems and access to "some of its data."
Red Barrels made the announcement of the intrusion on October 2, 2024 through their website. An exact date or timeframe on when the actual intrusion...
This sci-fi focused title has been pushed out of 2024.
The Alters has been pushed out of a nebulous 2024 release date and will instead be released some time in the first quarter of 2025. 11 bit studios made the delay announcement through various social channels today.
The delay announcement did not really offer any specific reason. The message, shared as though it were an in-universe notification, says that they need more time to "optimize all mission-critical systems...
Was 2025 a big year for game completions for you, or were you more of a "stick to one never-ending, live-service game for the entire year" sort of player?
For this, you can take whatever definition you want as a game "completion." Beat the main story? Earned 100% of the game's achievements? Or simply played enough that you're satisfied with what you accomplished and have no plans to return any time...
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