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Microsoft has revealed a new special edition SpongeBob Xbox Series X bundle that will be available in limited quantities through Best Buy Drops via the Best Buy mobile app.

According to SteamDB, an unofficial website that tracks Steam, Valve's online storefront, sci-fi role-playing game (RPG) Starfield may be getting new DLC in the near future. 

Arrowhead Games Studios CEO and game director on Helldivers 2, Johan Pilestedt opened up about his approach to the sci-fi shooter's playful design. 

Greedfall 2: A Dying World finally now has an official release window and is set to launch in early access for PC in summer this year.

Helldivers 2 game director and CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios Johan Pilestedt has weighed in on petty gaming rivalries, urging players to look for «compassion and union» over drama. 

A new Terminator game called Terminator: Survivors is on the way and is set to launch as an early access title on Steam on October 24, 2024.

The success of Valve’s Steam Deck has started a wave of like-minded PC gaming handheld devices including the Lenovo Legion Go and Asus ROG Ally. And it seems that Nvidia wants a piece of the proverbial pie, if this latest rumor is to be trusted.

Online multiplayer team game Crash Team Rumbleis having its official support come to an end, less than nine months after its June 2023 launch.

Immortals of Aveum's director hopes that players will discover the game for «years and years,» according to a new interview. 

A new Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfix has been deployed on PC, PlayStation 5, and Mac which stops drow companion Minthara from “exercising perhaps a little too much independence” and refusing to come along on your party’s adventures, along with a plethora of other fixes.

Palworld players, rejoice. A new update has removed a bug introduced in the previous patch, which saw Pals obtained by breeding stuck with negative passive skills that players were previously able to breed out. 

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is finally set to launch in full next month following the decision to delay the game late last year.

Insomniac Games has announced that it is also being affected by layoffs at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) and PlayStation Studios. 

Electronics Arts (EA) has confirmed plans to lay off around five percent of its staff, move away from developing future licensed games it doesn't think will be successful, and begin “winding down Ridgeline as a standalone studio.”

The games joining the PS Plus roster for March have been revealed, and there are four new titles coming if you've got an active subscription. Sifu, Hello Neighbour 2, EA Sports FC 23, and Destiny 2: The Witch Queen are set to arrive on the service on March 5. This also means it's time to say goodbye to the last batch as well. 

Remedy Entertainment has confirmed it has acquired the full rights to the Controlfranchise from 505 Games, the company that originally published the 2019 title.

The Resident Evil 4 remake's director has said that he was worried the game would be delayed due to its many bugs during development.

Nintendo has confirmed that Pokémon Legends Z-A is set 'entirely' within Lumiose City. 

The complete WWE 2K24 season pass has been revealed, detailing every post-launch downloadable content (DLC) update.

Skull and Bones' first post-launch update has been released and features all-new seasonal content.

EA Sports has officially confirmed that F1 24 will be released in a couple of months, on May 28, 2024, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. 

Tekken 8's v1.02.01 update is due to arrive later today, bringing some new features, character adjustments, and measures to combat online cheaters.

A new patch has been released for Final Fantasy 7 Remakeon PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC which tweaks the ending and alters one of the outfits worn by Tifa during a flashback scene.

Deck Nine Games has confirmed that it’s laying off 20 percent of its staff as a result of being affected by “the games industry’s worsening market conditions.”

Arrowhead Game Studios has fixed a Helldivers 2 bug that was making purchased Super Credits go missing.

Marcus Lehto, Battlefield game director, and renowned Halo co-creator, has announced his decision to part ways with developer and publisher EA of his «own accord.» 

Tropical Haze LLC, the company behind the Nintendo Switch emulator known as Yuzu, has been sued by Nintendo in US federal court. The Japanese tech giant claims that the emulator violates the anti-circumvention and anti-trafficking provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). 

The Pokémon Company has announced the successor to Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Pokémon TCG Pocket, coming to mobile devices in 2024.

It’s been confirmed that 10 Chambers, the studio behind the horror shooter GTFO and upcoming cooperative heist shooter Den of Wolves, has laid off a number of its staff amid changes intended to “benefit the long-term development” of its next game.

Well, I can’t say that I saw this one coming. Pokémon Legends Z-A has been officially unveiled as the next game in the Pokémon Legends series, and it’s set to release worldwide on Nintendo Switch in 2025.

Epic Games and The Lego Group have launched a brand-new set of experiences in Lego Fortnite, under a new collection dubbed Lego Islands.

Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen has responded to several community questions, which mostly just ask when players will be able to enjoy modding and why it wasn't available at release. 

The Pokémon Company is celebrating the annual Pokémon Day today (February 27) alongside the 28th anniversary of the original Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green versions, which were both first released in Japan in 1996. To mark the occasion, it's livestreaming a special Pokémon Presents to hopefully share what's next for the franchise.

Pocketpair, the developer of the hugely popular Pokémon-inspired survival game Palworld, has apologized for “unintentionally” fixing a fan-favorite bug in the game’s latest update.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth producer Yoshinori Kitase thinks the cast of «very appealing characters» is what made the game so popular.

The solo developer of roguelike deckbuilder game Balatro has admitted that he’s “not very good” at his own game, and that he’s always “shocked” when players manage to reach extremely high scores since he “can’t.”

In an interview with Kinda Funny Games, Naoki Hamaguchi, director of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, opened up about other Final Fantasy titles that he'd love to see remade. 

PlayStation has announced the intention to lay off roughly 8% of its current staff, affecting employees at multiple first-party studios around the world.

Pentiment players on Xbox have noticed that the game doesn't feature 120 frames per second (fps) like the PlayStation 5 version, but Obsidian Entertainment has confirmed it'll be added in a new patch.

Supermassive Games has announced that it’s entering a consultation period as part of a reorganization, which it anticipates will end in staff layoffs.

Die Gute Fabrik, the indie studio behind adventure game Saltsea Chronicles, exploration title Mutazione, and more, has announced that it’s halted production as a result of the current “tough” publishing and investment scene. 

A new report claims that the payments made to game developers for their Apple Arcade releases have declined significantly over the years, which has apparently left some concerned for the service’s future. 

Microsoft is cooking up a new tech for PC gamers called DirectSR (DirectX Super Resolution, apparently) which will be revealed at GDC 2024 next month.

The first in-game footage has been revealed for Age of Empires Mobile, over a year after its initial announcement. 

Insomniac Games has reportedly sent out a notice to employees affected by the 2023 cyberattack. It has said that steps have been taken to reduce the risk of any similar incidents happening again in the future. 

Rainbow Six Siege’s creative director, Alexander Karpazis, has seemingly shut down the idea of the first-person shooter switching away from its game engine, and has claimed that the game can “last forever.”

The nominations for this year's Gayming Awards 2024 have been announced, and somewhat predictably, Baldur's Gate 3 has managed five nominations across four categories. 

Gaming peripheral manufacturer CRKD has announced the Nitro Deck+, an upgraded version of the already excellent Nitro Deck, that introduces a range of new features and some ergonomic improvements.

Ark: Survival Ascended was supposed to launch its newest map on February 28, but after evaluating how far development has come the launch has been inevitably delayed. 

Baldur's Gate 3director of publishing Michael Douse has asked members of the role-playing game's (RPG) community to «please stop» disrespecting developers at Larian Studios over upcoming plans for official mod support. 

It’s been confirmed that Ubisoft’s recent side-scrolling metroidvania Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is set to receive more content in free updates, the first of which is set to arrive “soon.”

Dark Souls creator and the president of developer FromSoftware, Hidetaka Miyazaki, has been speaking aboutDark Souls 2’s impact on the series, and says that he’s not sure “how or if” the series would have progressed in the manner it did without the divisive second installment.

Inflexion Games, the studio behind the early-access survival game Nightingale, has confirmed that it’s already working on an offline mode following feedback from players who weren’t so keen on it being online-only.

Little Devil Inside has received a new trailer, more than two years since its last one, and almost nine years since its Kickstarter was launched. 

Sons of the Forest 1.0 is here, and it’s launched with a plethora of new features and improvements. However, while the full release is compatible with early-access saves, developer Endnight Games has recommended that some may want to start fresh for the full new experience.

Larian's back with another hotfix for Baldur's Gate 3, addressing important issues like cutting dialogue, several instances of crashing, and crucially, fixing kisses involving two more characters.

Developer Netmarble has announced that Paragon: The Overprime, one of the many successors to the defunct multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game Paragon, is shutting down, with service set to end in April.

After some pretty hefty wait times and server issues, Helldivers 2 CEO Johan Pilestedt finally confirms that concurrent player counts have been increased. 

Larian Studios' director of publishing Michael Douse has taken to Twitter / X to announce that a «cross-platform plan for mod support» is in the works for Baldur's Gate 3, and is set to be released this year. 

Mortal Kombat 1 (MK1) is set to receive a patch update next week, and as announced by Neatherrealm Studios on X (formally Twitter), one of the biggest elements of the update will be the addition of crossplay. 

Peacemaker, Mortal Kombat 1's newest DLC fighter, is set to arrive in Early Access on February 28. At long last, the characters' gameplay trailer has been revealed, giving us the first look at what we can expect from the game's latest guest character.

Riot's upcoming free-to-play fighting game has finally had its official title revealed; it'll be known as 2XKO.

Gearbox Publishing has announced Gigantic: Rampage Edition — a premium re-release of the once free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game which closed its doors in 2018.

It's potentially fantastic — and arguably overdue — news for PSVR 2 owners, as Sony has confirmed the VR headset is being tested to support games available on PC.

A new patch has been rolled out for Arrowhead Game Studios’ third-person squad shooter Helldivers 2, which, amongst other fixes, aims to address the issue of inactive players taking up server space while not actually playing at all.

Tekken project executive game director Katsuhiro Harada has spoken about Tekken 8’s issue with “pluggers” — those who disconnect mid-match when they’re about to lose in order to avoid recording a loss — and stated that improvements are coming. 

Revealed as part of the latest Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection is bringing both Star Wars: Battlefront and Star Wars: Battlefront 2 to modern platforms later this year.

Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki has confirmed that there are currently no plans for a sequel or extra downloadable content (DLC) beyond the release of Shadow of the Erdtree, but says “We definitely don't want to snuff out that possibility.”

Prison Architect 2 has officially been delayed and now has a new release date of May 7, 2024. 

FromSoftware president and Bloodborne’s director, Hidetaka Miyazaki, has acknowledged the demand for the popular 2015 action-role-playing game to be remade, but hasn’t confirmed if one is ever going to happen. 

Sea of Thieves will be launching on PS5 in April, bringing the beloved pirate adventure to an entirely new platform. Following the announcement that four Xbox titles will be launching on other platforms, this confirms that Sea of Thieves is one of them. 

Hi-Fi Rush is about to lose its console exclusivity, as the game is set to land on PlayStation 5 next month.

Behaviour Interactive has revealed Dead by Daylight's next chapter, All Things Wicked. 

Nintendo’s cult classic Game Boy Advance (GBA) role-playing game Mother 3 is being released via the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription service exclusively in Japan, and those still hoping for an English release are heartbroken. 

Obsidian Entertainment's former Xbox-exclusive titles Pentiment and Grounded are coming to Nintendo Switch.

Bandai Namco Entertainment has finally revealed its initial gameplay trailer for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Nintendo has announced Epic Mickey: Rebrushed for Nintendo Switch, a remake of the classic Wii game set to launch this year.

A brand new Super Monkey Ball game has been announced, and it’s the first all-new console game the series has seen in over a decade. 

A brand new Endless Ocean game, Endless Ocean Luminous, has been revealed for Nintendo Switch, and players will be able to dive in from May. 

Upcoming action-RPG Sand Land, which is based on the manga series from Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, has received a lengthy overview trailer showcasing even more elements that players can look forward to when it launches.