This year was arguably the best of all time for video games; it was undoubtedly one of the worst for the people who make them. Throughout the year, studios were shut down, thousands laid off, and developers were given, disrespectfully, 30 seconds to shine on The Game Awards 2023 stage after winning awards. More than
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The history of the Stalker series, its developer, the off-shoots it spawned, and the community of players who continue to mod the games and find new ways to play them to this day, is something well worth talking about. These are all reasons why the odds against Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl are stacked. Consider
The French antitrust authority Autorité de la Concurrence has slapped Sony Interactive Entertainment with a fine for taking measures to combat third-party PS4 controllers. In an attempt to fight off counterfeits, Sony implemented technical measures that negatively affected the functioning of third-party controllers, according to the regulator. Sony accused of manipulating the market for PS4
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that Korean studio Shift Up’s debut game Stellar Blade will be among PS5 exclusives set to release in 2024. The game was originally announced as a multiplatform game before being pulled off of Xbox in favor of a PS5 console exclusive release alongside PC. All PS5 console exclusives and accessories
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft isn’t the most succinct video game title out there, but at least it certainly lets you know what you’re getting. Launching in early 2024, it collects the original Tomb Raider trilogy — as developed by Core Design and released annually between 1996-98 — but buffs out all of
It seems a lot of gamers received Super Mario Bros. Wonder for Christmas as the game very narrowly missed out on the No.1 spot in the UK boxed video game charts. Christopher Dring, who publishes the UK charts each week on Games Industry, says that in terms of physical releases in the United Kingdom, Super
Full motion video is a gaming format that I have a particular soft spot for. Recently my FMV dreams have been fulfilled with a bevy of new titles and brilliantly released games. Yet the biggest criticism towards these games is whether or not they all become a bit binary. You have a choice whether to
Lucasfilm Games has confirmed a new Indiana Jones game is on its way. Developed by MachineGames, the studio behind Wolfenstein, it’s finally time for the globe-trotting archaeologist’s next adventure to begin. Set to be headed up by Bethesda Game Studios’ director Todd Howard there’s still a lot left to be told about this upcoming adventure
Image: Nintendo Life The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been a critical and commercial success, garnering glowing reviews across the board (including from this here outlet) and making a lot of Switch owners very happy in the process. All that praise is thoroughly well-deserved, but with several AAA developers and publishers slowly
Valve have put together their “Best Of 2023” lists on Steam. This is different from the Steam Awards, voting for which is ongoing, and instead is built from Steam data like revenue, peak concurrent players, and so on. It’s interesting every year as older games or indie obscurities do better than you expect.
2024 is right around the corner, and what better way to kick it off than to get some complimentary games from your PlayStation Plus subscription? As announced in the PS Blog, this month’s selection of games is headlined by A Plague Tale: Requiem, Asobo Studio’s 2022 tale of sickness and siblings. While he thought it dragged
CD Projekt RED (CDPR) has denied rumors of a potential acquisition yet again, stressing that the studio wants to remain independent. CDPR is a name that repeatedly comes up when it comes to talk of games industry consolidations, with prior reports that Sony has been in talks with the studio for a possible acquisition. CD
2023’s coming to a close… but even as we shut the book on an incredible 12 months of gaming, we can look forward to even more delights coming in the year ahead. 2024 promises a generous helping of returning icons and new delights, opening the year with the salvo of The Last of Us II
According to a new report, GTA 5 single-player story DLC‘s cancellation was the unfortunate byproduct of intense disagreements between higher-ups at Rockstar Games. Rockstar has previously confirmed that GTA 5 DLC was planned and ultimately scrapped, but it has long been assumed that GTA Online‘s success was the prime reason for the cancellation. While that’s
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Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai isn’t going anywhere any time soon, as he has informed fans in his latest YouTube video on creating video games that he is “still creating games for the time being.” While this isn’t a guarantee regarding the next Smash Bros. game, it should ease some people’s minds. Sakurai has been
The best Xbox games of 2023 It’s fair to say that 2023 has been a cracking year for games and gamers. It was always going to be the case, with multiple gaming experiences pushed back from the pandemic years, but we couldn’t have guessed it would be quite as strong as it has been. In
Fortnite Chapter 4 Season OG is about to end, and Epic Games has something very exciting lined up for what comes next. With Fortnite Chapter 4 Season OG coming to an end in the next couple of weeks, we can look ahead to Chapter 5. Thankfully, the battle royale title always lists when the current