Report: Savvy Games Group backed out of $2bn deal with Embracer

Developer FuturLab and publisher Square Enix have announced a new collaboration DLC for PowerWash Simulator. Slated for release later this year on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch, the DLC has been titled the Back to the Future Special Pack. Check out the trailer below.

Volition Games has shut down as part of Embracer Group’s ongoing restructuring. The studio, which has roots going back to 1993, is behind the Saint’s Row series, Red Faction, and Summoner.

Goichi Suda (aka Suda51) has said he’d like to make a new game starring the characters from Shadows of the Damned, without the restrictions placed on him the first time.

The sleeper hit PvP dungeon crawler Dark and Darker is still booted off Steam, and the legal dispute between developer Ironmace and Nexon means there's no telling when—or even if—it will come back. So I was a little surprised to hear that plans are now afoot for a mobile version of the game, being developed by none other than PUBG: Battlegrounds publisher Krafton.

AK-xolotl is a game with an elevator pitch built right into its name. The latest from publisher Playstack and developer 2Awesome Studio ranks high on the “we came up with the title first” list, but thankfully, it also looks like a good time. The top-down roguelite shooter now has a date and a trailer showing off its fast-paced fireworks.

We review Deal with the Devil, a hidden identity and economic game published by CGE. Deal with the Devil is a board game for exactly 4 players as the devil will be trying to collect souls while other players try to make the most prosperous kingdom.

Persona 3 Reload gives the classic 2006 RPG the remake treatment, hopefully making it seem as effortlessly stylish as the fantastic Persona 5 Royal. Developer Atlus dropped another gorgeous trailer that gives us a wee peek at its new anime cutscenes, fan favourite cast, and… wait a second. There aren’t any cool menus in this trailer and my day is ruined. But the trailer also confirms that the game is due to launch on February 2nd, 2024, so we can gawk at the level-up screens soon.

This year is shaping up to have a killer line-up of fighting games between the launches of Mortal Kombat 1 and Street Fighter 6, but unfortunately, Tekken 8 won’t be completing the holy trinity as it just got a new release date: January 26th 2024. Not too far away from 2023’s punch-a-thon, though, and to tide us over, publisher Bandai Namco dropped a brand new trailer at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live. Bears, arcades, and lots of kicking down below.

Microsoft has submitted a new deal to the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority regulatory agency that proposes Ubisoft get the rights to Activision Blizzard game streaming for 15 years. 

In the future, will we be streaming our video games rather than downloading them?

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Tom Holland and Chris Pratt are reportedly pegged to star in the Jak and Daxter movie adaptation.