Capcom Considering “Price Review” For Future Titles Due to “Rising Development Costs”

The LLVM 18.1 release has seen new support for Intel's next-gen Panther Lake client & Clearwater Forest server CPUs.

Microsoft held its second Xbox Partner Preview event on Wednesday.

Capcom has revealed they will be hosting a Capcom Highlights digital event series this week and next week.

If you've been holding off on taking the PS VR2 plunge, today's the day to leave crappy old crud-reality behind. 132 bucks off the headset, Sense Controllers and one helluva good showcase title for the tech is a very enticing deal. Take it from the guy who's played everything worth playing on the system—it's awesome and well worth a spot in your collection.

Capcom has announced Capcom Highlights, a new broadcast event divided across two days. Day one will air on March 7 at 3:00 p.m. PT / 6:00 p.m. ET, and day two on March 11 at 3:00 p.m. PT / 6:00 p.m. ET. Each program will run between 15 and 20 minutes, and neither will include updates on Monster Hunter Wilds. You will be able to watch them on YouTube (English, Japanese) and Twitch.

Earlier this year, Microsoft unveiled its Xbox Developer Direct to the public. With this stream, we received some updates on a few of the first-party Microsoft games coming out into the marketplace. Today, we’re getting word of the Xbox Partner Preview event that will take place on March 6, 2024, later this week. With this stream, we’ll get new updates and game reveals from various publishers.

Earlier this year, Microsoft’s first-party focus Xbox Developer Direct returned with a second edition, and so, too, is its third-party focused Xbox Partner Preview coming back for an encore. The company has announced an Xbox Partner Preview focused for later this week, on Wednesday, March 6 at 10 AM PT.

Microsoft and Nickelodeon are teaming up to make an Xbox Series X that looks like SpongeBob Squarepants, an inspired merging of right angles. And unlike other limited edition Xbox consoles and controllers that have been restricted to giveaways, you can actually buy this one, provided you have disposable income in the range of $699.

As the video games industry violently contracts to ensure shareholder satisfaction at the cost of making thousands upon thousands of people unemployed, Skylanders studio Toys For Bob have announced they're splitting from Activision Blizzard and Microsoft to go independent. Good for them, but maybe too late for some. Earlier this month, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that it seemed Activision Blizzard were closing Toys For Bob's California headquarters and laying off 86 people. Still, the new independent Toys For Bob say they're working on something new and "exploring a possible partnership" with Microsoft.

Amid mass layoffs, studio closures, and general industry uncertainty, today began with a handful of studios and companies reclaiming control of their own destinies. We learned this morning that Saber Interactive and Gearbox are reportedly breaking free of Embracer Group. And now, it looks like Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob has sprung free of Activision and Microsoft.

Skylanders and Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob has announced plans to go independent.

Tekken 8 costed to develop almost three times more than its predecessor, and development costs have been skyrocketing for a while, according to series creator Katsuhiro Harada.