Gaming

Kadokawa Corporation, the parent company of Elden Ring and Bloodborne developer FromSoftware, has acquired the studio behind Octopath Traveler. As reported by Gematsu, Kadokawa revealed during its latest earnings results it had made the studio, called Acquire, a “wholly owned subsidiary”, placing it alongside the likes of fellow developers FromSoftware…

The future of Toys for Bob is uncertain after the closure of its studio in Novato, California, part of the fallout from Xbox’s recent Activision Blizzard acquisition that has resulted in roughly 1900 layoffs. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that 86 workers have been laid off from the studio best-known…

Homeworld 3 is being delayed to May in order to make the “final tweaks” to the overall experience, Gearbox and Blackbird Interactive announced in a joint statement today. It will be pushed from its original March release date to May 13, with early access set to begin on May 10….

Disney has purchased a $1.5 billion stake in Epic Games and teamed up with the company to develop a new expansive, open, persistent, and social universe that will “interoperate” with Fortnite and let fans “play, watch, shop, and engage” with their favorite characters and stories from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star…

Microsoft announced that it will run a ranked crossplay test for Killer Instinct on PC and Xbox later this week. This is one of the many new features that comes with the Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition. The crossplay test will start on February 9 at noon PST and end on…

For years, Steam Next Fest has been kind of like E3 for PC games… only it’s virtual, so you don’t get a migraine from all the noise and your lunch doesn’t have to be the overpriced and underheated pizza from the cafeteria. And instead of waiting in lines all day…

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will be getting its next big update on March 7 and it will include the highly anticipated New Game+ mode alongside new suits and more. Insomniac shared the news on X/Twitter, adding that it will be revealing the complete list of features closer to the actual release…

EA Sports has made its annual Super Bowl prediction after simulating the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers game in Madden NFL 24. The simulation predicted an incredibly close game but put the Chiefs on top in a 30 to 28 victory. This would make the Chiefs the eighth…

Activision has announced a Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 free trial that launches a day after Season 2. Season 2, which kicks off later today, February 7, is the first big update of 2024 to the first person shooter, and adds a number of new maps, a new battle…

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth preorders are currently down to just £56.65 in the UK right now. This is a tremendous deal, and guaranteed to arrive on launch day February 29. All you need to do is use promo code LOVE10 (see here) to secure the game at a discount. This…