Resurfaced God of War clip shows how complex even a minute of game development is

A God of War fan has shared their design concept of what the normally bare-headed protagonist Kratos would look like with headgear. God of War fans love to create alternate looks for Kratos, especially since the modern games have made it possible for the character to wear different attires.

A hilarious Red Dead Redemption 2 clip has shown protagonist Arthur Morgan stuck in a precarious situation from which there is no escape. Arthur gets himself into plenty of sticky situations across the length of the Red Dead Redemption 2 storyline, but this one was not intended by the developer.

Creative Assembly has announced the release of a new major update for Total War: PHARAOH. The update, titled High Tide, is being accompanied by patch 1.1.0 of the game, as well as a launch trailer. that you can check out below under the full patch notes.

A Palworld player lost hours of progress after accidentally destroying his base in tragic fashion. Palworld has earned praise for its base-building mechanics, but things can get a little finicky sometimes.

Black Forest Games, a German video game developer subsidiary of THQ Nordic, which Embracer Group owns, is reportedly planning to lay off around 50% of its employees. Last December, two Danish developers owned by Embracer Group, 3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks, announced that over half of their staff would have their roles eliminated. With that announcement, around 1000 people were laid off by Embracer in the second half of 2023. Now, Black Forest Games is seemingly the latest developer to be affected.

Game developers aren't buying that several Pokemon and Palworld creatures look alike by mere coincidence. 

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Palworld’s astonishing success swelled over the weekend, with the ‘Pokémon with guns’ survival and crafting game shooting up Steam’s most-played games list and selling millions more copies.

Palworld’s astonishing success swelled over the weekend, with the ‘Pokémon with guns’ survival and crafting game shooting up Steam’s most-played games list and selling millions more copies.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 1 Reloaded has arrived with an array of fresh content for battle royale fans to dive into. There are two new weapons to take to the battlefield, a new Champion’s Quest, weapon balancing updates, and so much more. Perhaps one of the most interesting additions to come out of the Warzone mid-season update is a Night Vision Gulag Public Event.

Payday 3 launched back in September last year to very little fanfare, with fans angry over matchmaking issues and a lack of features seen in previous Payday games. It's only gotten worse over the months since launch, with the game's recent reviews dropping to Mostly negative on Steam, and even more fans angry at the release of paid DLC when the base game is still barebones.

On Jan. 18, Microsoft will broadcast an Xbox Developer Direct, the company announced last week. MachineGames’ upcoming Indiana Jones game is expected to be highlighted, alongside Obsidian’s Avowed, Oxide Games’ Ara: History Untold, and Ninja Theory’s Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2. No Activision Blizzard titles are expected on the broadcast.