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Is Baldur’s Gate 3 playable on the Steam Deck? That’s a resounding yes from Steam Deck owners. Larian Studios’ 2023 hit is the most-played game on the handheld gaming device, according to Valve’s list of the top 100 games played on Steam Deck.

An unexpected rumour has surfaced this weekend regarding the possibility of a LEGO-themed Horizon game. In truth, the speculation is vague, and it’s not clear at this stage whether the collaboration involves a full-blown PS5 title or a physical set, similar to the one featuring the Tallneck which sold out around the world last year.

Sony Pictures has set the 28 Years Later release date for the upcoming zombie movie, which is the sequel to 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later.

Manor Lords launched for PC players late last month, and it only took about a week for modders to add Shrek as a playable character.

In, players can combine different elements to create Peter Griffin, the main character of Seth MacFarlane’s comedy sitcom Neal Agarwal’s browser game is an endless crafting simulator, challenging players to combine basic elements such as Water and Fire to create a practically infinite library of new, more complex elements. is just one of the many pop culture franchises featured in-game.

A hidden secret in reveals a piece of lore that connects the game to a much older and less remembered game. is full of Easter eggs that both expand the lore of and connect the game to other aspects of the franchise, some more easily recognized than others. With such an expansive universe to draw on, it can even be surprisingly easy at times to mistake previously established lore for brand-new information.

70% of developers questioned in a new survey expressed some concern about the sustainability of the live service model.

doesn't have an officially confirmed sequel in the works, but there are many assumptions that one will be developed given the game’s success. In the event of a sequel being created, there's no shortage of potential for new plots and settings in the massive universe of. Plus, the canon book events already include the perfect set-up for a sequel.

author has suggested she won’t “forgive” actors and for their response to her comments on the transgender community, referring to them as “celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights.”

players disappointed by the inability to play as a «mean» character shouldn't miss out on some key interactions as one fan points out the best way to be a real bully. While Portkey Games' expansive open-world RPG does provide an authentic recreation of the ever-popular Wizard World, it's debatable how successful it is when it comes to role-playing. Despite a massive map and plenty of character customization, the game is largely insistent that players are, at the very least, polite, but that all goes out the window when one specific NPC is around.

might not feature Harry Potter or his friends directly, being set long before they were born. However, it does contain references to elements from the books that didn't even make it into the movies. Naturally, it's difficult to fit the contents of an entire book into a single movie, but video games offer a way to add details in the background in ways that movies can't always manage. This includes adding in a mystery character that could be considered a gentle giant that enjoys a bit of humor now and again.

allows players to craft anything they can think of, including the game itself. With limitless potential, it seems only fitting that the game itself would be a material that can be used to further make weird and creative combinations. Unfortunately, it takes a little work as various materials are needed to craft it.

Among the many video game characters players can create in is Mario: the hero of the Mario franchise and Nintendo’s most iconic mascot. Neal Agarwal’s viral browser game is an endless crafting simulator, allowing players to combine basic elements to craft much more complex items. Crafting the best plumber in the Mushroom Kingdom is easy, and players can use his element to craft even more video game references.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's director has founded a brand new studio in LA full of industry veterans, and they're currently working on a new action-adventure game in Unreal Engine 5.

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2.77 million video games were sold in the UK during February, a drop of 5.5% over the year before.

Tons of references to existing media can exist from words you make in , including the extremely popular anime Jujutsu Kaisen. It can be incredibly difficult to combine simple ideas or elements to create such a specific concept. You need to combine many words in the right order to generate smaller phrases that eventually turn into Jujutsu Kaisen.

Warner Bros. is shifting their focus away from a “volatile” AAA console market and toward mobile and free-to-play gaming, after the troubled development and underwhelming launch of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

While a sequel to has yet to be officially confirmed as in development, the game's success makes a follow-up seem likely, but an apparent shift in strategy from publisher Warner Bros. Games makes the realization of a true much less certain. Initially releasing in February 2023 for current-gen consoles and PC, became something of a phenomenon, beating industry titan as the best-selling game of the year. That success, paired with the rich, relatively untapped universe makes a sequel an obvious next step, but there's a chance 's single-player experience won't be iterated on.

Warner Bros. Discovery gaming boss J.B. Perrette has said that the company will focus on its biggest franchises moving forward, as well as live service, free-to-play titles, and mobile games.

Warner Bros Discovery’s CEO and President of Global Streaming and Games just openly spoke about making new live service games out of franchises like Harry Potter.

Entertainment giant Warner Bros is still planning on focusing on live-service titles in spite of a lacklustre reception to Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League.

Warner Bros. is shifting their focus away from a “volatile” AAA console market and toward mobile and free-to-play gaming, after the troubled development and underwhelming launch of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

Warner Bros. Games remains undeterred by the sub-par critical and commercial performance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and plans to further lean into the live service model for its games going forward. J.B. Perrette, CEO and President, Global Streaming and Games at Warner Bros. Discovery, laid out the company's games strategy at a recent Morgan Stanley speaking event, reiterating the studio's intentions to invest more in 'games as a service' model, free-to-play games and mobile titles, and expressing doubts about the “volatile” business of bespoke triple-A games on consoles.

Player First Games has hinted that a new MultiVersus announcement is coming soon, as fans wonder when the fighting game will finally return. The recent tease follows a previous leak, which hinted that MultiVersus' full launch is approaching.

The gaming business of Warner Bros. Discovery has been historically focused on AAA console games, but the company's CEO and president of global streaming and games JB Perrette wants to change that.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League did not meet publisher Warner Bros' expectations — that much is abundantly clear. The live service shooter appeared to do okay at launch, but concerningly low player counts and an almost immediate, sharp decline in sales set the tone. Warner Bros piped up not long after, stating that Suicide Squad had simply «fallen short» of its projections.

Warner Bros. Games wants to further invest in live service even after Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League failed to impress.

Warner Bros. Discovery has again said that it sees the biggest growth opportunities in gaming in the free-to-play and live service spaces.

Warner Bros has said it plans to focus on free-to-play and live-service games going forward, despite premium, standalone, single-player RPG Hogwarts Legacy being the best-selling game of 2023.

Warner Bros. Discovery gaming boss J.B. Perrette wants the company to move away from the «volatile» market of AAA games for consoles.

Hogwarts Legacy was a big release, and it gave fans of the Harry Potter franchise a new means to dive into this magical and wondrous world. For players that have gone through the game, we unfortunately don’t have any official announcement that a sequel is coming. While it is rather incredibly likely, given the amount of success this first game received, a discovery might point to the Hogwarts Legacy 2 game development being handled with Unreal Engine 5, if it does exist.

David Vonderhaar, best known for his work on Activision and Treyarch‘s Call of Duty Black Ops series, has been announced as the studio head for Los Angeles based BulletFarm. This is the latest development studio created by Chinese gaming giant, NetEase, as it attempts to expand into the western market and leverage industry talent.

David Vonderhaar, best known for his work on Activision and Treyarch‘s Call of Duty Black Ops series, has been announced as the studio head for Los Angeles based BulletFarm. This is the latest development studio created by Chinese gaming giant, NetEase, as it attempts to expand into the western market and leverage industry talent.

According to a new job listing, the developer behind the hit Hogwarts Legacy is seemingly working on its next AAA project. Avalanche Software's 2023 title emerged as one of the year's biggest games, with Hogwarts Legacy dominating the sales charts. With expectations set high for the studio's next venture, Avalanche Software appears to be recruiting developers for a new project.

Although nothing official has been announced about a sequel to yet, the massive success that the game has seen points to a continuation of the story being likely. After its launch in February 2023, became a favorite for many due to its deep immersive story and loving attention to detail that the developers gave so many aspects of recreating this wizarding world. Despite all this, there were still many features that many had hoped would come to the game — Quidditch being the most notable — which now could make for an exciting premise of a sequel.

is a browser game that allows players to use four base materials to craft anything they can think of, including Harry Potter. The four base materials players begin with are Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water. By combining two of these, players can create an entirely new material that can then be used to make something else, and so on.

It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year since Hogwarts Legacy first came out.

It's been a year since Avalanche Software released Hogwarts Legacy, the first open world action RPG set in the Harry Potter universe. The game went on to become the biggest commercial success of 2023, having now surpassed over 24 million units sold to date, according to publisher Warner Bros. games. It has outsold the likes of Call of Duty and FIFA (now EA Sports FC), not to mention rising to the top in an incredibly packed year of great game releases.

Star Wars is perhaps one of the few franchises more popular than Harry Potter, and one fan has created a legendary mashup of the two, placing Harry Potter characters in some of the original trilogy's most iconic scenes.

After announcing that NetheRealm’s Mortal Kombat 1 nearly reached three million units sold last November, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed to Variety that it’s now reached that figure. The sequel launched in September 2023 for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PC and Nintendo Switch.

With the first anniversary of its initial release fast approaching, Hogwarts Legacy has teased future updates to the Wizarding World title, including some great news for players who purchased the game on a platform other than PlayStation. Hogwarts Legacy players have been clamoring for new content for some time now, and this update offers hope that good stuff is on the way.

New content is coming to in 2024, and a previously platform-specific quest will be made widely available over a year after the game's initial launch. achieved the rare feat of surpassing as 2023's best-selling game in the United States, finally delivering on many's long-held desire of an expansive open-world game set in the universe. Much of developer Avalanche Software's first year in post-launch support was spent bringing to more platforms, but now it would seem more content and features are on the way.

Hogwarts Legacy has officially been crowned the best-selling new video game release of 2023, marking the first time that a non-Call of Duty or Rockstar Games title has taken the spot since 2008. Hogwarts Legacy released to positive reviews and record-breaking sales last February, and many were predicting that it would be the top-selling game of the year well before it even hit store shelves.

Hogwarts Legacy was the bestselling game in the U.S. in 2023, according to new data from Circana, the company formerly known as the NPD Group. Warner Bros. and Avalanche Software’s game set in the world of Harry Potter outsold this year’s Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, breaking that brand’s four-year streak as the No. 1 annual moneymaker in the U.S.

One year ago, we made some predictions on legal trends for 2023. Now it is time to look back and see where we have been right (+) and where we have been wrong (-), as well as making some new predictions for 2024.

The upcoming, multiplayer video game, announced as , has received a rather disappointing update, as apparently very few details about its release have been determined by publisher Warner Bros. Games. On the heels of 's best-selling success in 2023, Warner Bros., under its Portkey Games publishing label, has partnered with developer Unbroken Studios to deliver an experience based around the iconic wizarding sport, which was notably absent from., however, doesn't even have a broad release window, nor has the title been committed to any specific platforms other than PC.

Hogwarts Legacy, the RPG set within the Potterverse, sold over 22 million copies in 2023. Speaking to Variety, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment president David Haddad claimed that it was the best-selling game of the said year and that about 2 million of those sales were made during the Christmas holiday season, presumably owing to heavy discounts. Despite his statement, several developers in the industry, including Larian Studios (Baldur's Gate 3) and Activision (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3) have yet to reveal the latest sales numbers; so, take the claims with a grain of salt.

Hogwarts Legacy has been a raving success for WB Games, having sold over 22 million copies worldwide over the course of 2023 to become the year’s highest-selling game. In light of that success, it’s no surprise that the company plans on releasing plenty more titles set in the Harry Potter universe.

Warner Bros. has teased plans to release more games based on in its Wizarding World franchise following Hogwarts Legacy’s success.

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The UK's final weekly chart of 2023 for physical games is here, and it's Hogwarts Legacy that takes the top spot as the year comes to a close. However, WB Games' open world Harry Potter title has achieved more than that — as reported by GamesIndustry, it's the UK's best-selling boxed game of 2023 overall. Usually, that title goes to EA Sports and its annual football game, but Hogwarts Legacy won out over EA Sports FC 24, ending a 10-year streak.

Hogwarts Legacy ends 2023 as the UK’s biggest physical video game.

 More than two decades after J.K. Rowling introduced the world to a universe of magical creatures, forbidden forests and a teenage wizard, Harry Potter is finding renewed relevance in a very different body of literature: AI research. A growing number of researchers are using the best-selling Harry Potter books to experiment with generative artificial intelligence technology, citing the series' enduring influence in popular culture and the wide range of language data and complex wordplay within its pages.  Reviewing a list of studies and academic papers referencing Harry Potter offers a snapshot into cutting-edge AI research — and some of the thorniest questions facing the technology. 

There are only so many ways you can say 2023 was a great year for game releases without sounding like a broken record. So, instead, we’ve decided to collect all of our best-reviewed games from this past year in one place. We’re talking about our Editor’s Choice recipients, the games that have received either a nine or a 10 on our illustrious 10-point scale.

Hasbro is laying off 1,100 employees, according to anSEC filing. The company behind franchises like Dungeons & Dragons and Transformers, Hasbro already laid off 800 employees in January. While some employees will find out about the fate of their jobs on Tuesday, others will be cut in the coming year. By 2025, Hasbro told shareholders, the company hopes to save about $350 million to $400 million in costs.

A normal person in a rural town has dreams of becoming a master. As they come of age and spring approaches, it’s time for them to begin their journey to chase that dream. After saying goodbye to their mother and hometown, adventure awaits. They open the front door and take their first steps into a world full of new experiences and things to uncover.

While adapting popular IPs into games is nothing new, it's rare for a publisher to focus solely on games for younger audiences. Outright Games specializes in family-friendly experiences, adapting popular children's shows into playable titles. The company has recently helped produce games centered around franchises like,,,, and many more.

Moving forward, part of Warner Bros. Discovery's business strategy will seemingly be a commitment to transforming more of its biggest movie franchises into video games. With the widespread popularity of properties including,, and, Warner Bros. is especially poised to profit in the gaming industry, but there are plenty of other properties the company owns that could make for engaging games.

It's been a while since we last heard anything from Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League—it was April, in fact, when Warner Bros. announced that the planned 2023 release had been pushed to February 2, 2024. But if you check your calendar you'll note that date is now less than three months away, and so it is that Warner and developer Rocksteady are cranking up the hype machine with the first «Suicide Squad Insider» video, which takes a closer look at the game's story, «traversal mechanics,» and the new game world of Metropolis.

A new job listing for the upcoming Wonder Woman game suggests it may have a live service element.

With a new Hunger Games movie on the way, many fans across social media hope that it ignites a full-on Hunger Games renaissance. After all, earlier this year the YA dystopian series experienced a small cultural resurgence when the movies landed on Netflix.

Entertainment giant Warner Bros is going to be making live-service projects out of all of its games franchises.

CEO David Zaslav revealed the company’s plans to release live service games based on more of its popular franchises. The executive indicated that Game of Thrones, Superman, Harry Potter, and Mortal Kombat are franchises with great live-service potential.

Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav has set out the company's plans for the future, and, surprise surprise, there's yet more live service stuff on the horizon. 

After making its debut on rival platforms earlier this year, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and beyond arrives on Nintendo Switch in Hogwarts Legacy.

Sony is reconsidering the live service plans it made earlier this year, while Gotham Knights' publisher says it wants to go all in. 

During a Warner Bros. Discovery earnings conference call on November 8, CEO David Zaslav spoke at length about the future of Warner Bros. Games.

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has said the company is focused on turning its biggest gaming franchises into live service games.

WB Games is making some moves to grow its presence in live-service games, at least according to the company’s Q3 earnings call.

As part of its latest earnings call, Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav has outlined the company's plans to transform its biggest gaming franchises from traditional console and PC releases into «always on» live service games.

Growing up, my family never did advent calendars so the thought of getting a little gift each day leading to Christmas day was foreign to me. I think perhaps over the past 30 years, more and more people have begun getting into the holiday spirit with an advent calendar. They range from calendars that have chocolates or candies, to calendars with books, calendars with toys, and yes even calendars with LEGO. In this article we will look at three different advent calendars for 2023 themed around LEGO City, LEGO Harry Potter, and LEGO Star Wars!

ComingSoon is holding a Minecraft x The Noble Collection giveaway to celebrate the recent launch of the new merchandise line. We have three Illuminating Potion Bottles and two Minecraft Chess Sets to give away. All items in the Minecraft x The Noble Collection line can now be purchased online and through select retailers.

Divergent fans may still be salty that the franchise was never fully wrapped on on the big screen, but author Veronica Roth is more than okay with it. In fact, in her opinion, the adapted series "feels complete". 

Warner Bros. has released the first screenshots showing Hogwarts Legacy running on Nintendo Switch.

The Hogwarts Legacy video game was easily one of the more anticipated RPGs for 2023. Fans couldn’t wait to partake in their own magical adventure full of quests and locations to explore. However, while the game had its set of delays, it landed on all the major platforms besides the Nintendo Switch. Fortunately, the Nintendo Switch version of the game was not killed off. Instead, the development team over at Avalanche Software just noted that this game was pushed back before they were ready to release on the platform. Today, we’re finding out that the first set of screenshots for the Nintendo Switch version of the game was unveiled.

It may seem a little early to be thinking about Christmas, but today's Prime Day Lego sale - and some copycat offers - clearly like to be organized. And honestly, looking at them with their minifigures in Christmas jumpers is too sweet. My heart can't take it. Actually, I may now have diabetes from sweetness overload.

Harry Potter fans had a massive video game release earlier this year for most platforms. With Hogwarts Legacy, players would get to live out their magical adventure as a student within Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. While the game was well received and offered a chance to enjoy a new open-world action RPG, one particular element was missing. Despite having the ability to explore the world while on a broomstick and even the field available, the popular magical sport of quidditch was not featured in the game.

The Noble Collection releases collectibles and jewelry based on some of the biggest franchises in the world, including The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Trek and DC. Now they're adding a massive gaming franchise to that lineup - Minecraft.

Ahead of the release of his new movie Wonka, which hits the cover of Total Film magazine this month, Harry Potter producer David Heyman gives us an update on the reboot TV series.