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The Coalition announced that it will be removing the Map Builder from Gears 5 so that the team can focus on future projects. However, the studio says it will also unlock the Achievements related to the mode for players so that they don’t become unobtainable. The Map Builder is used…

May’s bringing more than just flowers (and allergies) this time around. The previously announced, abruptly postponed, release of new seasons of One Piece. Hope that at least the entire Sky Island saga of the longest running shonen anime will finally be available on the streamer. We’re cautiously optimistic that the…

Sega is delisting individual versions of the included classic Sonic games from digital storefronts in anticipation of Sonic Origins. Sega announced in a press release that Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic CD will not be available as standalone titles as they will be a…

Game developers are reportedly now required to create timed game demos for PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers. Going forward, any game that costs $34 or higher must have an accompanying game trial for Sony’s subscription service that lasts for at least 2 hours. According to a report from Game Developer, many…

Telltale’s The Walking Dead was originally pitched as a Left 4 Dead spin-off game, before the team took the idea to Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman. In a documentary celebrating the game’s tenth anniversary, as spotted by Eurogamer, the game’s original developers revealed they were at first in talks with…

The latest addition to the Vampire Survivors roster is a dog that farts flowers, part of an update that also adds a new challenge map called The Bone Zone. The game’s most recent patch notes revealed the addition of O’Sole Meeo the dog, whose weapon of choice is an array…

The much-anticipated support for variable refresh rate (VRR) is coming to the PS5 this week. Variable refresh rate syncs the refresh rate of the display to the game’s output. This helps get rid of screen tearing and frame pacing issues that can happen if the game runs at a lower…

The winners of the Gayming Awards 2022 have been announced, with Life is Strange: True Colors beating out Boyfriend Dungeon, Psychonauts, and Unpacking to win Game of the Year. The winners of the first ever live Gayming Awards were announced via a stream from the Troxy Theater in London on…

Meta announced today that it will be opening its first retail store at its Burlingame, California campus in early May. This will be Meta’s first hardware retail store and it will open starting on May 9 from 11 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday. The idea of the store…

Microsoft’s Xbox Series hardware was the best selling platform of the first quarter (Q1) of 2022 per dollars made. The NPD Group’s latest analysis revealed that the combined front of Xbox Series X and S topped not only March’s sales figures but the entirety of Q1, despite the PlayStation 5…