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Thekla has delayed the release of Braid: Anniversary Edition.

2K is reportedly preparing to make a Mafia announcement.

WayForward is working on a new game based on classic Atari shooter Yars’ Revenge.

Ubisoft has released a free trial for Assassin’s Creed Mirage on PC and consoles.

The PC version of Ghost of Tsushima will have trophy support, a first for PlayStation‘s PC titles.

Gameloft has hinted at a possible U-turn over criticism it has received for future Disney Speedstorm season pass plans.

Grounded has received its final major update, to coincide with its release on Switch and PlayStation consoles.

GameStop is running a buy 2, get 1 free promotion on all pre-owned games.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is reportedly underperforming commercially.

The UK games market grew by 4.4% last year, according to trade body UKIE.

Square Enix has released a benchmark tool for Final Fantasy 14 ahead of its upcoming Dawntrail expansion.

Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra has suggested that players should be able to tip developers after completing a game.

Persona 1 and Persona 2 are due to receive remakes, it’s claimed.

EA‘s upcoming Black Panther will be an open-world game, according to a new job listing.

Square Enix has given fans an update on the status of the third and final part of its Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy.

Rockstar has raised GTA+ subscription prices.

Evil Empire has put out a call for alpha testers for its upcoming Prince of Persia roguelite.

Fallout 4’s long-awaited current generation upgrade will be released this month.

Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs will be released for PC and consoles next month, Bandai Namco has announced.

Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas are now free for Amazon Prime members.

Respawn is offering free Apex Packs to all Apex Legends players to compensate for recent issues with the game.

Poncle has announced plans to release Vampire Survivors for PlayStation consoles, as well as new Contra-themed DLC for the game.

A Prince of Persia roguelite from Dead Cells developer Evil Empire has been revealed.

Bungie executive creative director Luke Smith has teased plans for the Destiny franchise beyond Destiny 2.

Mega Crit has announced a sequel to its popular roguelike deck-building game Slay the Spire.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced April 2024’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue and Classics titles.

Square Enix has released the soundtrack for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which features 175 tracks.

Bungie will show off Destiny 2’s next expansion, The Final Shape, later today.

Dead Space remake and Star Wars: Squadrons studio Motive is joining Electronic Arts’ wider Battlefield development team.

Amazon‘s Fallout TV show has been renewed for a second season.

Activision claims to have banned over 27,000 Call of Duty accounts over the weekend.

Two upcoming PlayStation Plus Classics titles have seemingly leaked.

Activision has launched Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3’s third free multiplayer trial.

Sea of Thieves developer Rare has shed more light on the game’s various cross-platform features before it sets sail on PlayStation 5.

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A Modern Warfare 3 dataminer has uncovered what appears to be an upcoming multiplayer map titled ‘Get High’.

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Respawn has apologised to Apex Legends players who have experienced account resets and lost progress after the studio “messed up” a recent game update.

Activision has published the patch notes for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 3.

Hollow Knight: Silksong has been classified in South Korea, suggesting news about the game’s release date could be on the way.

A Google engineer who helped to hack the PlayStation Portal to run PSP games offline says his team has now helped Sony to fix the exploit.

Bungie plans to show off delayed Destiny 2 expansion The Final Shape next week.

Sony has released April’s first wave of PlayStation Plus games.

Tales of Kenzera: Zau is coming to PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue on the day of its release.

Dave the Diver will be coming to PS5 and PS4 later this month, and will be added to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue on the same day.

Comedy ’90s first-person shooter PO’ed appears to be getting a remaster by retro specialist Nightdive Studios.

The head of Like a Dragon developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio says he wants to make Yakuza Kiwami 3 at some point.

Nobuo Uematsu has agreed to compose the main theme for the third game in the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy.

Jim Ryan has said that the PlayStation 5 is on track to be Sony’s most successful console “across multiple vectors.”

Microsoft is reportedly planning to release a native version of Minecraft for PlayStation 5.

Red Dead Redemption is now available as part of a GTA+ subscription.

The next game from the studio behind Celeste and TowerFall won’t be releasing this year as originally planned.

The next season of Disney Speedstorm will be based on Wreck-It Ralph, according to a Gameloft tease.

Activision has detailed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 3.

Sony has announced April 2024’s PlayStation Plus Essential games.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has launched PlayStation Store’s Spring Sale.

Capacitive touch buttons trade usability for reliability, but I’m not convinced that’s a price worth paying considering the myriad of problems they introduce.

The Like a Dragon series “absolutely must” continue using its bespoke Dragon Engine, but staff must also learn about alternate options, the series’ technical director says.

Remedy has shared new details about Codename Condor, its co-op multiplayer Control spin-off.

CD Projekt Red has announced a free trial of Cyberpunk 2077 on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

Rebirth Island will make its long-awaited return to Call of Duty Warzone next week.

The studio behind Days Gone is now working on a “AAA live service game”, according to a new job listing.

Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has said that the reason for many references to Final Fantasy 9 in the upcoming expansion is a “secret”.

Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has joked that he will give players one week to finish Elden Ring‘s upcoming DLC before Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail is released.

Overwatch 2‘s PvE mode has reportedly been permanently scrapped as Blizzard struggles to find focus for the hero shooter sequel.

Velan Studios has warned that it could cut over a third of its workforce after a “major project” was suddenly cancelled.

The second story expansion for Dead Island 2 will be released next month.

MLB The Show 24 players are reporting that the Switch version is prone to frequent crashes, especially in the popular Diamond Dynasty mode.

Review aggregation website Metacritic has revealed the results of its 14th annual Game Publisher Rankings.

2K has revealed the Top Spin 2K25 roster ahead of the game’s release next month.

Media Molecule has confirmed that its curation team is being let go as part of previously announced layoffs.

Epic Games held its annual State of Unreal keynote at GDC on Wednesday.

Arkane founder Raphaël Colantonio has begun teasing his next game, which is described as a first-person “retro sci-fi RPG”.

Remedy Entertainment has said players should expect a “more regular cadence of sequels” for Alan Wake and Control.

Respawn Entertainment has confirmed that Apex Legends players taking part in a tournament were hacked mid-game.

Bungie has changed Marathon’s game director, reportedly as part of a wider shake-up of the project’s creative leadership team.

Overwatch 2 heroes will be free at release starting with the launch of Season 10 in mid-April.

March’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue and Classics titles are now available.

A remake of Dreamcast rail shooter Rainbow Cotton is set to release in May.