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has received an exclusive first look at a new trailer for upcoming arena shooter that reveals its release date. The new FPS from developer StickyLock will take players through different eras as they battle it out in teams of eight. Both weapons and locales will draw from various time periods, and a mechanic called the Glitch that changes the arena over the course of a round will ensure no two matches are the same.

According to a recently published patent, Sony is working on a program that would record in-game and voice chat audio and then convert those sounds into haptic feedback vibrations to be felt on a controller. A number of recent patents from Sony have focused on enhancements to the PlayStation controller's haptic feedback capabilities, and this latest filing has once again showcased the company's efforts to expand the use of haptic features.

A recent job listing on Santa Monica Studio's website hints at a new God of War game in development. The God of War series capped off the Norse saga with 2022'sRagnarok, which was followed up with 2023's free-to-play Valhalla DLC, both of which set up plot lines for future games.

A third entry in Electronic Arts and developer Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars Jedi series seems to have been confirmed by a job listing looking for a Senior Game Writer. After several years of fumbling its exclusive Star Wars license with the Battlefront games, Respawn Entertainment's third-person action Soulslike Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order pleasantly surprised fans in 2019. Its follow-up, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, was released about a year ago to rave reviews despite its rocky technical launch and performance issues, which have since been fixed. Survivor's impeccable storytelling, intricate level design, and challenging lightsaber combat boosted it into the conversation of 2023's best games.

Game Rant can exclusively reveal a Mars Express behind-the-scenes clip featuring director Jérémie Périn tackling Another World, an Amiga classic that influenced a number of prominent game designers, such as Hideo Kojima. The video offers insights into the kind of art that informed Périn's directorial style, consequently permeating his upcoming cyberpunk animated film.

Game Rant can exclusively reveal Tiny Tina's Wonderlands: Land of the Giants, a new comic series tie-in to Gearbox Software's Borderlands spin-off. The first issue of the Tiny Tina's Wonderlands-inspired comic book set is scheduled to hit the store shelves in summer 2024.

Sony has recently filed a patent for a new AI-powered system that could be used for auto-playing parts of games. Like all major tech companies, Sony files numerous patents every year, but this one stands out due to its potential to drastically change how gamers play.

Warner Bros. may be updating its patented Nemesis System to allow players to form their own NPC factions and followers to help them in battle. Warner Bros-owned developer Monolith Productions first introduced the Nemesis System in 2014’s Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, which featured enemies that reacted to and remembered the player’s actions, resulting in more personal rivalries and relationships with Orc foes that all had unique names and behavioral patterns.

Gaming giant Nintendo recently filed trademark applications for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, suggesting that the popular Wii U Kirby game may be added to the growing list of older games ported to the Switch. Whether it could be among the retro titles on Nintendo Switch Online or fully remastered remains unknown, but the trademark filings may be promising for fans of Kirby and the Wii U.

American actor Gregory Joseph Connors may be the voice of Jason, one of the two protagonists of Grand Theft Auto 6. While the evidence pointing to that possibility is inconclusive, Game Rant has discovered that Connors's involvement in GTA 6 is much more of a certainty.

A newly published patent from Sony may support rumors and speculation of a new PlayStation handheld device in development. Unlike the PlayStation Portal, Sony references the PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, and PSP Go as predecessors for the new patent.

BioWare fans are already looking forward to Mass Effect 4 and Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, but the famed developer could have even more projects already in the works. BioWare is responsible for some of the most beloved Western RPGs of all time, from licensed hits like Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic to original IPs like Mass Effect and Dragon Age.

A recent patent publication has revealed that Sony is working on a braille integration system for the PlayStation 5 controller, which would allow visually impaired players to use the PS5 controller touchpad to feel vibrations that can be read as braille. This latest patent joins a growing number of recent Sony patents targeting accessibility that have given audiences some insight into the company's research and development efforts.

has received an exclusive first look at a new trailer for the Meta Quest release of . Developed and published by MLB, this officially-licensed title gives players the chance to test their hitting skills in their favorite ballparks. Though already released for Steam VR and Rift, this Meta version will come with a host of new features for fans to explore.

Shadows of the Damned was released way back in 2011 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as a collaboration between two of the most iconic Japanese video game makers: Shinji Mikami (of Resident Evil fame) and Goichi Suda, otherwise known as Suda51. Although the hyper-violent, third-person corridor shooter/action-adventure romp didn't make waves with its sales, critics were pretty positive. And now, after 13 long years, Grasshopper and Suda are bringingShadows of the Damned back with theHella Remastered edition, launching sometime this year.

Legendary Japanese game developer and founder of Grasshopper Manufacture, Goichi «Suda51» Suda, has been involved with the creation and direction of many violent and action-heavy video games (and their main characters). From the hyper-sexualized chainsaw-wielding Juliet in Lollipop Chainsaw to the joke-cracking katana-wielding assassin Travis Touchdown inNo More Heroes, Suda knows how to make an interesting character and even more interesting (but sometimes divisive) video games.

Game Rant can exclusively reveal a clip from Knox Goes Away, a new crime thriller with a star-studded cast led by Michael Keaton. The film is currently in the middle of its stateside theatrical run, which kicked off on March 15, 2024.

Bend Studio's new IP is a live-service game, according to some newly emerged evidence. The Sony subsidiary hence appears poised to join its parent's ongoing live-service foray, which is bound to put Bend Studio well outside its comfort zone.

The sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 may feature a high cinematic quotient, as per a job listing from developer CD Projekt Red (CDPR). The developer seems to be on the hunt for a cinematics expert as it looks to combine film and game into one genre for the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel.

The BEYBLADE X toy line officially launches today as can exclusively reveal the Hasbro Generation 4 products that release this year in celebration of BEYBLADE's 25th anniversary.

The following article contains spoilers for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has opened up on his thoughts about the modern games industry, stating that «exclusivity is the „Achilles' heel“ of the modern development cycle.

As the viral horror franchise continues to grow, Damien Leone teases plans for a video game and haunted house experience. The slasher movies center on the menacing Art the Clown as he enjoys a bloody streak of murders in a fictional New York town, as well as survivors Victoria Heyes and Sienna Shaw as they grapple with the trauma of encountering the killer. Though the first movie garnered mixed reviews, its 2022 sequel was a critical and commercial hit, opening the door for 2024's and potentially further installments.

is Bethesda Softworks’ biggest game yet in almost every respect, featuring an unprecedented amount of playable space, an inventive New Game Plus feature, and a record-breaking launch. The game took roughly seven years to complete—typical Bethesda games take around four—and is considered a true passion project on behalf of Bethesda director Todd Howard and the rest of the developers. In December 2023, was reported to see 1.2 million daily players, and had amassed somewhere around 12,000,000 players in total.

aims to push the juggernaut franchise into the future even as it offers longtime players sustained bursts of nostalgia. Open Combat Missions offer sandbox-style gameplay for the first time in a game and the ever-popular Zombies mode debuts in In contrast, the game’s multiplayer suite is full of maps reimagined from the 2011 classic. All of this was reportedly put together in half the development time typically befitting a mainline game.

is receiving a new collection this month inspired by the iconic characters of. These new alternative art cards are the latest drop from Secret Lair, which has long been a source for the card game's creative spin-off collections. The set of nine cards draws from both the film and the original novel, incorporating storybook elements alongside actors like Andre the Giant and Wallace Shawn.

A recent interview with voice actor Yuri Lowenthal, who plays Peter Parker in , revealed that the first game in the series was almost missing a key death. The beloved superhero franchise just received its third entry this week, continuing the story of dual protagonists Peter and Miles Morales. The newest game is the most expansive yet, taking players all over Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens as they go head-to-head with villains like Kraven and Venom.

At today’s Meta Connect 2023 event, the tech giant unveiled the. With enhanced mixed-reality features, a sleeker form factor, and a more powerful processor than the Quest 2, the headset represents a substantial upgrade from its predecessor. Meta promises that the Quest 3 will have over 50 brand-new games available before the end of the year. However, players hoping for exclusive titles will have to wait until at least 2024.

Upcoming PS5 exclusives include AAA first-party games, as well as Sony's future slate of multiplayer titles, something slightly newer that the publisher seems to be pushing quite hard. Regardless of what kind of games you like to play, there are plenty of exclusives coming to PS5, many of which already have release dates or broad release windows.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said players can expect to see triple-A exclusives from Japanese developers in the future.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently claimed players could expect more Microsoft-published games coming from Japanese developers.

As is shared with the base games themselves, there are version exclusives in ’s DLC. The presence of Pokémon that are exclusively found in either version has been a practice since the very first main core games in the series and is a way of incentivizing trading among players. To fully complete the Kitakami Pokédex in, for instance, it is necessary to trade with Trainers in order to obtain the creatures that only appear in their version of the game. The opposite is also true.

Redeeming trade codes to acquire specific Pokémon has always been a practice that many players indulge in while playing any of the mainstream Pokémon games, and this is also the case with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Fortunately, we already have a plethora of codes available for the recently released Generation IX games that players can utilize.

Bethesda’s space-exploration RPG Starfield will be out and in the hands of gamers in less than two weeks, and Jerret West, the chief marketing officer for Xbox and corporate vice president of Microsoft Gaming, is hopeful that it’ll mark the beginning of a “relay race” of exclusives that’ll be “amazing for Xbox”.

If you thought the era of the Epic Games Store exclusive was winding down, think again. Epic announced today a new program called Epic First Run that throws open the exclusivity doors to just about anyone with a new game.

Rather than a response to the narrative that Xbox has struggled to release hit exclusive games, Xbox chief marketing officer Jerret West describes Starfield as "the starting gun of a relay race" which will be continued by the likes of Obsidian's fantasy RPG Avowed and Ninja Theory's Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2.

The era of the Epic Games Store PC exclusive has tailed off recently, but it seems Epic hasn’t given up on the concept. Initially, Epic tried to entice publishers with an attractive revenue split that saw them only take 12 percent of sales on their platform (Steam takes 30 percent) as well as some additional financial incentives. For a while, it worked pretty well for Epic – a number of games, including ones from major publishers like Ubisoft and Square Enix, signed exclusivity deals (most of which lasted a year). Ultimately though, the Epic Games Store didn’t quite take off the way the Fortnite publisher hoped and the audience a game gave up by not being on Steam was too much of a sacrifice for most publishers.

There is no shortage of video games released into the marketplace. However, if you’re strictly after exclusives, then you might actually see a bit of a delay on some PlayStation titles. This all stems back to a recent financial report made by Sony that is not starting to spread online. According to the report, there was some impact of changes in the launch dates of a portion of first-party titles. That doesn’t sound good, but we don’t know just what video games might have been pushed back.