Big Starfield Announcement Could Be Happening Soon

Proof has emerged that the release date for the upcoming Star Wars Outlaws may be much sooner than many gamers are anticipating. First revealed in June 2023, Star Wars Outlaws remains one of the most anticipated games of this year, although concrete news on the title has been hard to come by of late.

With Final Fantasy 14 gearing up to release Dawntrail in the summer, some datamining of Patch 6.58 uncovered two items that may be associated with preorders of the anticipated expansion. The Final Fantasy 14 items in question, Azeyma's Earrings, and the Wind-Up Zidane minion were listed as items added to the game with the latest content update.

Dead Island 2 has revealed that its second story DLC, titled SOLA Festival, is ready to drop next month. The first-person zombie slaughtering adventure released its first DLC, Haus, back in November. Dead Island 2 recently shared on Twitter that players collectively killed more than 66 million zombies in its popular Haus DLC.

A rumor suggests that Sony's next PC port could be The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered. This information was shared by the same leaker known for accurately predicting a previous game coming to the platform prior to its official announcement. The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered has been a huge hit on PS5, and PC fans might be eager to know more about this.

The Sinking City 2, a sequel to the 2019 detective horror title, has been revealed at Xbox's Partner Preview event and is leaning even harder into its Lovecraftian inspiration. The Xbox Partner Preview show highlighted some of the exciting third party games set to launch on Xbox in the coming months, including Final Fantasy 14's March 21 Xbox release date, the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Legends of the Zone Trilogy, another look at Capcom's RTS mashup Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, and much more.

In surprise news shared by GM/founder Lozy, longtime Race to World First contender Big Dumb Guild has announced their disbanding and retirement from competitive raiding, citing a decline in leadership, alongside the loss of core players and sponsorship. Beginning their raid history in 2014, BDG gained recognition for their World 9th finish in Ny'alotha, beginning a streak of top 10 finishes which include World 4th in Sanctum of Domination, Vault of the Incarnates, and Aberrus. Despite ups and downs throughout their illustrious career, BDG will be remembered for bringing humor and levity to their productions, proving themselves equally entertaining and competitive throughout the world race.

Following its decision to cut six percent of its workforce last March, EA has announced another round of layoffs — this time affecting five percent of staff (around 670 employees) — as it moves away from «future licensed IP» toward its «owned IP, sports, and massive online communities».

When will it end? According to GamesIndustry.biz, Electronic Arts announced today that it will be laying off approximately 5% of its workforce which equates to around 670 people. In a note sent out to EA staff, CEO Andrew Wilson indicated the move is part of the company “moving away from development of future licensed IP that we do not believe will be successful in our changing industry.”

Genshin Impact officially announces the premiere date for its Version 4.5 Special Program, revealing all the new details about the game's next update later this week. The HoYoverse RPG's «Special Program» broadcasts have become a highly-anticipated part of the game's development cycle, with the developer revealing new information about the next update in advance of its release. Genshin Impact's ongoing Version 4.4 brought plenty of new content to the game, including new characters Xianyun and Gaming and new areas to explore. Now, players will learn all about Version 4.5 later this week.

Another gacha game is shutting down. Vespa is saying goodbye to its tower defense RPG, Time Defenders. The game’s servers will be turned off on March 29, 2024. Vespa is a Korean developer known for King’s Raid, another RPG. Keep reading to know what led to Time Defenders EOS.

NetEase Games has announced its newest triple-A game development studio, BulletFarm. As a “remote-first” developer located in Los Angeles, California, it’s led by David Vonderhaar, known for his work on Call of Duty (specifically the Call of Duty: Black Ops series).

Veteran Call of Duty: Black Ops designer David Vonderhaar has established a new “AAA game studio” with NetEase.