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Bioware has finally confirmed it is handing the galactic reins of Star Wars: The Old Republic over to Ultima Online studio Broadsword. General manager Gary McKay broke the news in a letter to players today on the Bioware blog – news everyone pretty much already knew about. According to McKay, EA will remain the publisher

It appears the fantasy game IO Interactive is working on may indeed be an Xbox console-exclusive title. This is according to documents submitted during the FTC vs Microsoft trial over the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. One of the documents pertains to studios or companies the Xbox maker was considering acquiring. This list included the Hitman studio

Will there ever be a Metal Gear Solid 6? Though it’s been a long time since Metal Gear Solid 5 graced our screens, the Metal Gear series is sufficiently iconic and rooted in gaming history that we think it unlikely for Konami to abandon the series entirely.  The Metal Gear games are a series of

Although Blizzard didn’t hype it up too much ahead of release, Diablo 4‘s narrative ended up being one of the best things about it. The plot may have been predictable, but characters (especially Lorath, our new Deckard Cain), story, side-quests, and many random NPC chatter were all incredibly engaging. But what if you missed some

Alan Wake 2 creative director Sam Lake and game director Kyle Rowley have further clarified why the game is getting a digital only release. Back in May, when we got our first proper look at Alan Wake 2, we also learned that the game would not be getting a physical release, instead opting for a

New Nintendo Switch games are set to arrive thick and fast over the next few months, as 2023 winds down and we start looking ahead to 2024. Thankfully, after a recent Direct event, we now know that there will be plenty to play in what might be one of the last couple of years of

It turns out that that Stephen King quote in the first Alan Wake was a gift from the author himself, and it only cost Remedy $1. You don’t need to be a detective to see the Stephen King influences on the original Alan Wake, even ignoring the fact that the titular Alan quotes him right

Following the passing of actor Lance Reddick earlier this year, Guerrilla Games has added a tribute into Horizon Forbidden West’s Burning Shores expansion. The actor, known for roles in the Destiny and John Wick series, passed away in March of this year at the age of 60. Fans at the time paid tribute to the

Mortal Kombat 1’s stress test is currently underway, and players unable to secure a code are trying to get one via other means, with some paying hundreds of dollars to buy a code on eBay. Earlier today, Mortal Kombat 1 stress test codes started popping up on online auction sites, and whilst it seems some

A private email has revealed that Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan appeared less concerned about the exclusivity of Call of Duty than was made public.  In the email, which was revealed during the FTC vs Microsoft hearing which is currently underway, Ryan wrote that: “It is not an exclusivity play at all”

A huge amount of new industry info has been revealed overnight, as the FTC has taken Microsoft to court for the company’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard King. Emails, prior mergers, and more were dredged up as the July deadline for the deal draws near. Numerous people were brought up to the stand, including Bethesda’s

There sure have been a lot of low points for Final Fantasy as a series since the halcyon days of the PS1 Final Fantasy era. As soon as FF12 was out the door, the series began to stumble – weighed down by its own legacy, so desperate to reinvent and re-establish its place as an

Court documents have revealed that Microsoft expects the next console generation to begin no earlier than 2028.  The successors to the PS5 and the Xbox Series X‘s “expected starting period” is 2028 according to court documents revealed in the ongoing FTC legal battle. This means that a proposed PS6 and next-generation Xbox console will debut

It’s been a decade since the release of Slender: The Arrival, meaning it’s been just as long since we’ve come face to face with the terrifying Slenderman and his featureless face. That said, a new teaser and countdown from developer, Blue Isle Studios, points towards the humanoid making a comeback in the near future. Slenderman

Welcome to The Best Games Ever Show episode 57: The best game where you play a dead guy. Gaming is stuffed to the coffin lid with undead protagonists. Vampires. Poltergeists. Murdered detectives with unfinished business. Starship captains resurrected from death by a rogue human supremacist terrorist organisation with a trillionaire CEO. The list goes on.

As I sit down to write this article we’re precisely one week from the release of Final Fantasy 16, a little under a week from the review embargo (which will have passed and our FF16 review published by the time you read this), and the game is trending on Twitter. Click the trend and what

The Olympic Esports opening ceremony kicked off today, barely scraping past a 1,000 concurrent YouTube viewer peak over the course of the bombastic event. Now a video on demand, it sits at 10,000 total views several hours later. It featured several live music and dance performances, as well as talks from members of the Olympic

Twitch has just announced new content classification labels in an aim to help streamers find better ways to classify their content – in particular, mature content.  The new content classification will mean that viewers can “make more informed choices” when browsing Twitch. The new labels are replacing the current mature content toggle which was previously