FTC's legal battle to stop Xbox from acquiring Activision Blizzard continues on this week, and while the trial is off for today, a rash of evidence documents appeared online during the break that have brought to light some interesting clues about who all Xbox is interested in acquiring. Namely: Sega.
An internal Xbox document submitted as evidence in the ongoing trial shows the company's acquisition strategy as of May 2021. The document begins by recommending multiple acquisitions to fill perceived content gaps in mobile development as well as "franchises with strong communities and deep engagement" and "casual, social, and cross-generational franchises."
The presentation suggests Xbox first compiled a list of 100 developers based...
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Microsoft expects a brand new IP from Destiny and Marathon developer Bungie to release in 2025.
In previously confidential Microsoft documents released as part of this week's ongoing Xbox FTC trial, Microsoft wrote about a new IP in the works from the studio.
"As of 2021, [Bungie] has more than doubled its headquarters space and plans to open a new studio in Amsterdam by 2022 for ongoing support on Destiny 2 and development of a new IP, currently expected to release in 2025," Microsoft's document reads in part.
Elsewhere in this document, Microsoft notes that Bungie trademarked the name "Matter" in 2018, which it believes may be Bungie's next original IP.
This document is filled with evaluations of various developers and...
MultiVersus has officially shut down until early 2024 and players have taken to social media to share their mixed feelings over its hiatus.
While the game was perceived by many to be a full release already due to its battle pass and other microtransactions, DLC characters, and so on, Warner Bros. Games announced in March it would close down as of June 25.
Now the date has been and gone, players have shared their conflicted feelings online, with most just appearing slightly sad they can't play their favourite game for the best part of a year.
"Well ladies and gentleman, the open beta is officially over," said Officer_Jack on Reddit. "I'll be looking forward to the full release of MultiVersus next year."
Other hopeful players filled...
Some of the most memorable action games I’ve played are 2012’s Max Payne 3 and 2005’s F.E.A.R., and Trepang2 cashes in hard on those memories of slow-motion action and strong enemy AI and variety. Yes, it’s really called Trepang2. No, it has nothing to do with the sea cucumbers of the same name. Instead, this is a first-person, stealth-action shooter that’s tilted decidedly toward action. It’s got plenty of excellent running and gunning, and while its story isn’t all that frightening there are occasional successful jumpscares that mix up the near-constant mayhem of battling its surprisingly smart commandos and corporate cultists. Granted, it’s also a bit short if you’re focused on its main objectives, but that just means it never...
The gang is back and this time they’re in New York City pulling off the most daring heists. The setting change up from Washington DC from Payday 2 is supposed to be an “enormous living breathing world” that aims to add new layers to the gameplay experience. Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf, and Chains are on the returning cast roster and the story is picking up where it left off. Our favorite heisters are coming back from retirement.
Payday 3 sticks to the classic formula of being a four player co-op shooter. You create your ideal team loadout with your friends and you can bring various weapons and gadgets into the heist with you. You can play solo and with AI teammates if you’re really a solo player but I can’t speak to how that feels since the...
The Atomic Heart: Annihilation Instinct DLC comes out August 2, publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Mundfish announced.
This DLC, the first for the action-RPG, adds a new area, new weapons, new enemies and a new glove ability. The trailer is below.
Here’s the official line on the new DLC: "Continue the story in the Annihilation Instinct DLC and learn what happened to this dystopian world after the climax of Atomic Heart. Prepare to embark on a journey through the new mind-bending Mendeleev Complex and its surrounding swamps, and discover the truth about NORA as Major P-3 is pulled back into Facility 3826.
"Survive vicious, shapeshifting new enemies, and take them down using two cunning new weapons - the ranged Secateur and...
Microsoft has created a Barbie-themed Xbox Series S, the first ever Xbox Barbie dolls, and Barbie cars for Forza Horzion 5.
Working with Warner Bros. Pictures and Mattel to promote the upcoming Barbie movie, Microsoft created a classic 1956 Chevrolet Corvette EV Corvette in signature Barbie pink and Ken’s 2022 GMC HUMMER EV Pickup for Playground’s racer, both of which are free for all Forza Horizon 5 players from today.
Meanwhile, there are interchangeable Xbox Wireless Controller faceplates designed after Barbie and Ken’s on-screen outfits. But the star of the show is the custom Xbox Series S built into an actual Barbie DreamHouse. This is a competition prize only that’s up for grabs from July 10.
Also a competition prize are a...
At The Game Awards 2020, Xbox unveiled a new game from its fledgling studio The Initiative: a reboot of Perfect Dark.
The two-minute trailer was purely cinematic, showing off an “eco-futuristic” Earth as a camera soared over a massive city bedecked in greenery. After zipping through a skyscraper, we saw a woman gazing at distant pyramids amid a raging storm. “Did you find what you’re looking for, Agent Dark?” a voice asks. “Not yet,” replied Joanna Dark. “This is only the beginning.”
Three years later, developer The Initiative is still, in many ways, only at the beginning.
At the time the trailer – created by an external CG house – was shown, it was “very obviously way far ahead of anywhere the game was at,” according to one...
The modders behind Skyblivion say it’s on track to launch in 2025, but they still need volunteers to help the ambitious fan project get over the finish line.
Skyblivion, dubbed “Oblivion Remastered”, is a fan effort to remake Bethesda’s much-loved role-playing game The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim engine. Over 50 volunteers make up the development team at the TESRenewal modding group.
The team released new information in a fresh video. There’s a release goal of 2025, which is based upon the current completion percentage of the various parts of the project such as the recreation of the world map, terrain, interiors, 3D assets, quests, gameplay systems, and music. The team added it will not turn its...
SEGA recently released the Yakuza series on GOG but not without removing several developers and support studios from the games' credits.
As reported by PC Gamer, Timo653 on Reddit pointed out each game in the series is affected, with chief creator Toshihiro Nagoshi perhaps the highest profile removal.
He's not the only one though, as in in Yakuza 0, for example, even director Kazuki Hosokawa, art supervisor Saizo Nagai, and game design supervisor Koji Yoshida were removed.
Support studios, who don't lead design on the game but assist with more technical aspects, were also cut. Lab42 was previously credited as porting Yakuza 0 and Kiwami to PC but was removed from those credits. QLOC was similarly credited with porting Kiwami 2 and...
Mortal Kombat 1 held an online stress test over the weekend, and it didn’t take long for players to discover the return of the Quitality.
A Quitality is a finishing move introduced into the series with 2015’s Mortal Kombat X. They only occur during an online match when a player leaves before the end of the winning round (so, before Mortal Kombat’s famous Finish Him / Her prompt). In Mortal Kombat X, a Quitality would see the offending player character’s head explode in a shower of gore. In Mortal Kombat 11, the quitter would either end up impaled on a giant rock spike or explode.
In Mortal Kombat 1, however, a Quitality comes with a twist... of the player’s neck. Rather than explode or fall on spikes, the offending character now...
Blizzard has stepped in to clear up confusion surrounding the rarest items in Diablo 4, confirming six currently exist in the game. However, players reckon it’s nigh-on impossible to get one.
After nearly a month in which players wondered about the status of Diablo 4's rarest unique items because just a handful were found, Diablo 4 lead class designer Adam Jackson took to Twitter to confirm six super rare uniques are currently in the game:
Doombringer (unique sword slashing)
The Grandfather (unique two-handed sword slashing)
Ring of Starless Skies (unique ring)
Andariel’s Visage (unique helm)
Harlequin Crest (unique helm)
Melted Heart of Selig (unique amulet)
According to Jackson, these super rare unique items only drop from...
Final Fantasy 16 players are absolutely loving Ralph Ineson's performance as Cid, who's essentially become the unofficial summer voice of video games after also appearing in Diablo 4.
Ineson has emerged as the standout star in Final Fantasy 16 with fans loving his cheeky attitude and deep Yorkshire drawl. "Cid's voice actor is insanely good," said chai_zaeng on Reddit.
"This man's voice is deeper than the Marianas trench and his delivery of Cid's lines is awesome: so nuanced and yet so full of emotion."
Others agreed. "Such a brilliant job as Cid," said TheKarnov on Twitter. "I actually slow down to make sure I hear every Cid line when I'm playing," added RabToons. The official PlayStation UK account chimed in too. "This is now a...
Blizzard spent much of Sunday battling a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that rendered Diablo 4 unplayable for hours.
Players began to report issues signing into the always-online action role-playing game as well as other Battle.net games on Saturday night, and login problems persisted into Sunday morning. Blizzard’s customer support Twitter account revealed the source of the problem: a DDoS attack it was “actively working to mitigate”.
The issue was so bad a warning message was added to Battle.net itself. It wasn’t until Sunday evening the same Twitter account declared the DDoS attack over, although it did not specify whether Blizzard mitigated the attack, the people behind the attack simply stopped their action, or a...
Just like an actual ocean, Dave The Diver is beautiful at first glance, but then you dive into it to find a vast, wonderful world to explore just beneath the surface. This waterlogged adventure manages to exceed the expectations of an already hilarious premise with some of the most irresistible exploration, sim management, and minigames I’ve seen in a long time, and which kept me completely glued to my seat for far more hours than I’d ever intended. With characters and a story that are deceptively substantial and more content packed into it than I could have anticipated, Dave The Diver never stopped surprising me. If you would have told me that one of the best games I’d play this year, standing alongside juggernauts with...
If there’s one thing we need more of; it’s joy – and what’s more joyful than visiting a theme park? Well, designing your own, of course. Thankfully Park Beyond is here to give us a taste of the wonderful world of building, managing, and designing your own amusement park. If you haven’t heard of Park […]
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Final Fantasy XVI is out this month, and despite how good it looks, it’s literally only coming to PlayStation, to begin with, which leaves the rest of us schmucks all alone without the latest game in a classically turn-based game series. However, Final Fantasy XVI isn’t a turn-based RPG at all, but an action one. […]
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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is coming to PC, which we’re kind of surprised by because it’s probably the best PlayStation 5 exclusive on the console. It’s also the best game in the series, and one of the best action platformers out there as a result. It’s a style of game that’s not as popular […]
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For folks who liked their PC gaming announcements thick and fast, this year’s PC Gaming Show was absolutely jam-packed with an absolute bounty of reveals, trailers and updates on previously announced games. If you’ve missed this year’s showcase or simply just want a refresher on everything that was shown, our PC Gaming Show roundup for […]
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In and out of development hell for the checks notes last thirteen years or so, it’s probably fair to say that the fate of Six Days in Fallujah has been something of a rollercoaster for the publisher and fans alike. Now however, the game looks like it has finally turned the corner thanks to renewed […]
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Much like last year’s show, this year’s Future Games Show was absolutely jam-packed with all manner of reveals, trailers and updates on previously announced games. If you’ve missed this year’s showcase or simply just want a refresher on everything that was shown, our Future Games Show roundup has you covered. Highwater A post-apocalyptic, turn-based adventure, […]
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Indie games releasing in June are blessed with just about every genre imaginable, and there are more games than you, us, or anyone else can realistically play. Seriously, we dare you to try and do it. Go ahead and download every indie game that comes to not just Steam, but sites like itch.io as well. […]
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From the white-knuckle claustrophobia of Ridley Scott’s Alien to the action-packed, war movie stylings of James Cameron’s Aliens, the Alien franchise has proven itself to be surprisingly versatile on the big screen. That versatility has also expanded to the various video game adaptations too, with each new effort seemingly offering something different for players to […]
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Green Man Gaming Publishing in conjunction with Road Studios and Movie Games are proud to announce that their upcoming title, Alaskan Truck Simulator, has been renamed to Alaskan Road Truckers. This brand new name for the trucker simulator game better encapsulates the themes of the game. The focus in our game is on the person […]
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Long before BioShock, Prey, Dishonored and other immersive adventures of that ilk came along there was System Shock, a groundbreaking effort from Looking Glass Technologies which laid the foundations and supplied the design DNA for many of those aforementioned heralded titles. Returning in remade form to PCs everywhere in May 2023, here are ten reasons […]
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Let's boot this week off correctly — with a crapton of cheap things worth buying. Top of the list has got to be an almost half-off deal on Resi 4. Brilliant game that's about to get even better, thanks to the forthcoming PS VR2 functionality. I also have a lot of time for discounted controllers, like the Switch Pro controller and those fancy coloured DualSenses. Hope your Monday is going magnificently. Catch you all tomorrow for a whole new list!
This Day in Gaming
Aussie birthdays for notable games and hardware
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) 2008. Sequel
- C&C 3: Kane's Wrath (X360) 2008.
- Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword (DS) 2008.
- Doom Resurrection (PC) 2009. Get
- Shovel Knight (3DS,PC,WiiU) 2014. Get
- Nier: Automata (XO)...
With Blumhouse’s new Five Nights at Freddy's film releasing this year on October 27, there’s no better time than now to play through the Five Nights at Freddy’s games. Created by Scott Cawthon, the first game launched back in 2014 and has since garnered an incredible fan base and followed up its horror hit with a wide variety of games; from mainline installments to plenty of spinoffs.
For those interested in taking on the night shift against these killer animatronics, we’ve detailed how to play each of the mainline FNAF games in both chronological and release date order below.
Jump to:
How to play in chronological order
How to play by release order
How Many Five Nights at Freddy’s Games Are There?
When it comes to the main FNAF...
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been stumbling around looking for a lot of in between games this year. Tears of the Kingdom pretty obviously has dominated a huge chunk of my life for the last month. And recently I was in LA for Summer Games Fest. Earlier this year, I was playing Kirby, and when I get home, I have Humanity waiting for me. But all of these games have been a bit too high stakes to just chug away at the whole year. Lately I’ve needed something slower, something I could get lost in. And recently, I’ve found myself dipping in again and again to a little game called Havendock.
Havendock is a city builder – one of those cozy ones that presents goals but low stakes, so you don’t have to frantically sort out a civilization as...
One of Celeste’s images is also one of its most striking. Following an intense dream, Madeline awakens with tears in her eyes. She is laying in bed, looking pensive as she stares up at the ceiling. On the table is a bottle of pills. To her left is a childhood picture with her mother. You can read any number of emotions into that expression, but it’s apparent that she’s caught in a moment of reflection.
The transgender community, for its part, zeroed in on pointed cues like the trans flag on Madeline’s desk. More than a year later, Celeste creator Maddy Thorson finally acknowledged what was obvious to queer fans: Madeline is transgender.
“This feels painfully obvious to a lot of (mostly trans) people, and likewise it feels painfully...
Today's testimonies in the FTC's legal battle to press pause on Xbox's merger with Activision were bookended by a closed session with Microsoft senior finance director Jamie Lawver and a brief questioning of Google Stadia product director Dov Zimring. But the real meat of today was the Phil Spencer show.
The suit-clad head of Xbox kept steady throughout a lengthy questioning by the FTC before laying out, in cross-examination, a clear map of Xbox's mobile-focused strategy for acquiring Activision. When Microsoft wrapped up its inquiries, Spencer's stint at the front of the court was concluded by a rather awkward line of questioning during which he found himself patiently explaining to FTC lawyer James Weingarten how, exactly, money...