Rumor: New Halo Game Reportedly Canceled

The Last of Us Part 2's making-of documentary is releasing on February 2 with multiple ways to watch. Naughty Dog also announced that new The Last of Us Part 2 skins are coming to the game's remastered edition on the same day.

Fallout 76 detailed a new update coming on January 30 that will implement bug fixes and launch the Burning Love event. Additionally, Fallout 76 PC players can now try out the Atlantic City: America's Playground expansion on the game's Public Test Servers.

Blizzard Entertainment's survival game, which it informally announced in 2022, was reportedly canceled over engine issues during its six years of development, according to a new Bloomberg report. This report follows yesterday's news that Microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees across its Xbox, Activision Blizzard, and ZeniMax divisions. Alongside this news, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra also announced he was departing from the company, and we learned the aforementioned survival game had been canceled. 

Hi-Fi Rush, one of Xbox Game Pass' biggest hits during 2023, received a new update on Thursday, January 25. Hi-Fi Rush's recent update gives users new cosmetics, fixes various bugs, and improves controller support for PC players.

Grand Theft Auto Online's latest update on January 25 added a new game mode, Drag Races. This gives players a new way to enjoy Grand Theft Auto Online's popular racing gameplay.

This morning, there were some big headlines when Microsoft reportedly cut down 1,900 jobs within their gaming division. That was surprising but also disheartening news as we continue this layoff trend. 2023 saw several jobs being cut and studios closing down. It’s not looking much better as we head into 2024, as again, a whopping 1,900 jobs will soon be vacant. This comes right after Microsoft acquired the Activision Blizzard deal. For $69 billion dollars, Microsoft added a massive catalog of games into their collection along with new resources for future game productions. But already, these layoffs are seeing the effects on game cancellations. One of which is reportedly Odyssey.

A new Five Nights at Freddy's game was prematurely announced after its trailer leaked earlier this week. Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon offered his thoughts on the pixel-art side scroller's future release.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 made three new playlists available to its players: Shipment 24/7, Modern Warfare 2 Mosh Pit, and Team Gunfight. The new modes represent some classic playlists returning to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, as well as some interesting new additions.

Yesterday, the New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC) announced the winners of the 13th annual New York Game Awards in a dedicated ceremony streamed live from the SVA Theatre, with Baldur's Gate 3 once again emerging as the big winner.

Baldur's Gate 3 released a new PS5 update that aims to fix Error 544, which prevented PS5 players from saving their progress. Baldur's Gate 3 explained why the issue was occurring and how to prevent it from happening again.

A Fortnite dataminer found evidence that the game's «OG» map could be returning soon. Fortnite temporarily introduced the map during Season OG to massive popularity in late 2023.

A new update to Starfield's Steam Beta showcased big lighting improvements coming to the main game soon. Some fans think that Starfield lags behind its competitors when it comes to atmosphere and lighting, but it seems that Bethesda is intent on changing that.