Ex-Blizzard boss Ybarra says players should be able to tip devs

The PC version of Persona 5 Royal has been rendered temporarily unplayable in early May due to a major Denuvo server outage. While a partial workaround allowed fans to circumvent the issue and access the game with some features disabled, this turn of events still angered many Persona 5 Royal players.

Final Fantasy 14 players waiting for Dawntrail news will soon be in luck, as Square Enix announced that the next Letter from the Producer Live broadcast and the updated Dawntrail benchmark are right around the corner. The 81st Live Letter will air on the morning of May 16, and the updated Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail PC benchmark is slated to be released during the week of May 23.

Like so many PlayStation fans, our team loves gaming online, and we’re passionate about making it easier for you to connect with other players and form new friendships while gaming. Today, we’re excited to share that in the coming months, we’ll introduce the ability for you to generate a shareable link on your PS5 console or on PlayStation App, and send it to other PS5 players through any messaging or social media platform. By opening the link, the recipient will be able to hop into your multiplayer session even if they aren’t already friends with you on PlayStation Network.

We've had a lot of rampant success stories recently, ranging from small indie titles such as Palworld, to behemoths such as Larian Studios and Baldur's Gate 3. Some developers have been unfortunate to get swept up a little in the social media frenzy surrounding these titles, and the topic of Starfield's close launch next to Baldur's Gate 3 was brought up in a recent interview with Bethesda's Todd Howard.

A Starfield player has discovered a locked pile of dung in the game due to a hilarious glitch. While Starfield was one of Bethesda’s most bug-free releases, it’s still a massive game that is prone to weird glitches, and this bug is certainly among the most hilarious ones a gamer can run into.

Escape From Tarkov's developer has responded to players having conniptions due to the release of a new $250 Unheard edition of the game. In an update shared on Reddit, Battlestate Games studio head doubled down on their view that a new co-op PvE mode is not DLC, but does say that other players can have it when Escape From Tarkov is finished... whenever that is.

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that it won’t host BlizzCon this year. The annual event washosted for the first time in person last year since 2020 and was seemingly on the verge of a comeback. Though not meant to be, the company told IGN it’s not a decision “made lightly.”

Blizzard is currently seeking job applicants for multiple high-level positions related to the creation of an unspecified, unannounced game. The job postings don't reveal much at all about what Blizzard's next big project might be, but the fact that the company is hiring shows that it has something new in the works for its fans.

Blizzard is currently recruiting a dozen members of staff to work on an unannounced game.

Nintendo has rolled out a fix in its latest system update for the Nintendo Switch that addresses the console's inability to detect wireless access points (Wi-Fi) when setting up a new network connection.

Players continue to push the building limits of Minecraft to the test, including one fan who managed to recreate a playable version of the beloved Balloon Battle game mode from the Mario Kart franchise. Fans have previously made Mario Kart tracks in Minecraft, and this playable battle mode course has once again managed to inspire and impress the Minecraft and Mario communities.

The director of upcoming Sims competitor Life By You has said that players are free to create and monetize their future mods.