Bungie’s 30th Anniversary pack for Destiny 2 — which will add a new dungeon and beloved Destiny rocket launcher Gjallarhorn to the game — is only a few days away from its Dec. 7 release date. And a new image on the pack’s Steam page has players curious if Halo weapons will appear in Destiny […]
Battlefield 2042’s troubled launch leads to major shake-up at DICE and EA
Electronic Arts is shaking up the Battlefield franchise, just weeks after the troubled launched of Battlefield 2042. Vince Zampella, co-founder of Apex Legends and Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment, will oversee the Battlefield franchise going forward, and Marcus Lehto, co-creator of Halo and head of a new EA development studio, will helm efforts to bring world-building […]
Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker’s biggest changes, including hairstyles for Viera
Final Fantasy 14’s Endwalker expansion launches in early access on Friday and with it, the entire game is getting updated to version 6.0. There are tons of changes coming around and a lot of them are not locked to people who are buying Endwalker. There are way too many changes in this patch to explain […]
Battlefield 2042’s massive new update is almost all bug fixes and minor improvements
DICE has released another patch in hopes of improving Battlefield 2042, and this time around it’s mostly dedicated to fixing some of the game’s lingering bugs and introducing some small quality-of-life upgrades. The patch was released on Wednesday, along with a huge patch notes post that goes over all the changes DICE made to the […]
PlayStation faces gender discrimination lawsuit
A former security analyst for Sony Interactive Entertainment is suing the PlayStation maker for gender discrimination and wrongful termination, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Axios first reported the news on Tuesday. The lawsuit, filed in a California court, is seeking class action status to include any women impacted by alleged gender discrimination at Sony. […]
Hitman 3 is finally getting new maps next year
Hitman 3’s first anniversary is two months away, and developer IO Interactive has big plans for the game’s second year of existence, including the long-awaited release of new maps and modes, the studio announced Monday. “New maps, storylines, modes and ways to play are all lined up for 2022,” IO said in a blog post. […]
Sony’s Mark Cerny explains how ‘brutal’ developer meetings influenced the PS5’s design
The PlayStation 5 started with a simple brainstorm. Or at least, that’s how Mark Cerny, the console’s lead system architect, puts it. In a new video from Wired, Cerny explains how Sony built the PS5 was built, and goes into detail on why each component was chosen and how they all help power the system. […]
Rockstar apologizes for GTA Definitive Edition issues, will bring back classic PC versions
Rockstar Games has broken its silence over the messy launch of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, the remastered games that, to many fans, weren’t up to the level of quality expected. Rockstar said Friday that it plans to release updates for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition to […]
WWE 2K22 will have new game modes for aspiring managers and stars
Publisher 2K Games has released a new post revealing some of the new game modes and additions planned for WWE 2K22, a wrestling title designed by developer Visual Concepts. The blog, released on Thursday, gives players a look at what’s coming to the next entry in the franchise, which is currently set to be released […]
Back 4 Blood’s developers think the game is too hard
Back 4 Blood is a hard game — even the developers at Turtle Rock agree. In a recap posted to Reddit of the studio’s November update stream, Turtle Rock said that it will scale some of Back 4 Blood’s more punishing systems back to easy its brutal difficulty curve. The studio said it still wants […]