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Nintendo has announced Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition for Switch. It will launch on July 18 for $29.99 via Nintendo eShop, and $59.99 as a “Deluxe Set” physical edition.

AMD's x86 market share saw continued growth with server and client segments both gaining significant revenue shares in Q1 2024.

It's been a difficult stretch for the industry, so when we speak with Devolver Digital co-founder Nigel Lowrie at the Game Developers Conference, our first question is fairly open-ended: What is happening?

Pole to Win has opened a new motion capture studio at SIDE London, an expansion of its partnership with Imaginarium Studios.

Developer Codemasters has released a new deep dive, detailing how the changes to the circuit and drivers in F1 24 will make the game a more authentic driving experience for players. Accompanying the post is a video, which you can check out below.

Electronic Arts has revealed that it is planning on releasing two currently-unannounced titles before the end of the current fiscal year. For context, the fiscal year is set to end on March 31, 2025. As caught by VideoGamesChronicle, the company made the announcement through an update to its product release slate.

While Electronic Arts has been quiet about the future of the Battlefield franchise, it looks like a new title in the multiplayer shooter series is in the works. As caught by Geoff Keighley of The Game Awards, EA CEO Andrew Wilson has revealed that he has been playing the next Battlefield game with the development team.

Dragon's Dogma 2 performance issues may be caused by a baffling design decision, judging from some recent discoveries by modders.

Another look at Grand Theft Auto VI could be coming very soon, judging from the Rockstar Games official website's latest update.

Helldivers 2 Community Manager 'Spitz' is seemingly no longer with Arrowhead Game Studios following outings he did over the now-canceled mandatory PSN account linking update.

Ever since last year, generative AI has been on everyone's lips as it promised to disrupt most industries. The highly tech-based games industry is, of course, no exception.

The Resident Evil 4 remake looks glorious with path tracing in certain scenarios, but the increased visual quality comes at a high cost, especially at 4K resolution.

The rumored planned PlayStation Showcase is still taking place this month, according to reputable journalist and insider Jeff Grubb.

Fortnite only just added the Yoda Backbling to the game last week and it's already been removed by Epic due to it causing crashes in Battle Royale matches.

Four years ago, Microsoft announced that it was working on a Perfect Dark reboot, finally bringing the cult classic FPS to modern audiences. A year later, it revealed that it was partnering with Crystal Dynamics on the project, but in 2022, the studio lost nearly half of its staff--including senior writers, the technical director, and the lead gameplay engineer to name a few. Things looked bleak, but two years on, it's reportedly not gotten any better.

Publisher PLAION and Pumpkin Jack developer Evil Raptor have announced Akimbot, an action adventure platformer set in a science-fiction world where only robots exist. It will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam in 2024.

Anticipation builds as rumours circulate about Apple's upcoming iPhone 16 lineup, set to debut later this year in the fall. Speculations suggest an array of new colours for the four models: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max.

Motorola, under Lenovo's ownership, is gearing up for the launch of its latest Edge-series smartphone in India. With teasers hinting at a promising camera and design, the anticipation for the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion is on the rise among Indian consumers.

Gakuen The Idolmaster will launch for iOS via App Store and Android via Google Play on May 16 in Japan, Bandai Namco announced.

Former ATLUS illustrator Kazuma Kaneko’s new project at COLOPL is an iOS and Android game tentatively titled project MASK, the company announced in its latest financial results.

Gundam Breaker 4 will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam on August 29, publisher Bandai Namco and developer Crafts & Meister announced.

Jeremy Renner is returning to the screen after recovering from a snowplow accident. Per his representatives, he “suffered blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries” after being run over by a snowcat on January 1, 2023.

Created by Lee Soo-yeon, is a South Korean thriller series streaming on Disney Plus. The plot revolves around a bodyguard tasked to protect the controversial CEO of a company that makes revolutionary lab-grown meat products. Season 1, comprising 10 episodes, premiered on April 10, 2024. If you are wondering whether there will be a of Blood Free, this is what we have discovered.

Even as Nic spent this morning writing lovingly about frogs, I was watching trailers of frogs disintegrating beneath an unstoppable ant tsunami. The game in question is Empires Of The Undergrowth, an RTS from developers Slug Disco and Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse. The 1.0 version launches on June 7th, after almost eight years in early access during which Empires Of The Undergrowth has accumulated positive user reviews with truly antlike meticulousness. Here's the release date trailer, which you should not watch if you dislike seeing various larger insects and small animals getting eaten alive by ants.

Sometimes, the best Pokémon games are the classics. And while Nintendo hasn't made the games the easiest to access, Pokémon Gaia is the next best option.

It seems like five minutes ago that Xbox didn’t have the studios to maintain its first party offerings. Now they have the benefit of closing them down.

Hades 2, the roguelike action-RPG from Supergiant Games, was released in early access on Steam and Epic Games Store Monday. The much-awaited sequel has since climbed the charts to become one of the most played games on Valve's platform this week. In fact, the game has already more than doubled the all-time peak concurrent player count of its predecessor, Hades. Supergiant Games has not yet revealed the timeline for complete v1.0 launch of the game, but Hades 2 is expected to arrive on PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo consoles later.

Apple's first big event of 2024 has come and gone, showcasing a new iPad Pro and the powerful Apple M4 chip. While the latest technology throws up plenty of possibilities, though, running Baldur's Gate 3 on said new Apple goodies isn't one of them. 

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is reporting releasing before March 31, 2025.

A Hollow Knight: Silksong release date has made its way online, but you're probably not going to like it.

Hades 2 has finally entered Early Access as of May 6 2024, and while it's a triumph for all us patient fans, some indie game devs pray you spare a thought for them during these trying times. 

Shinji Mikami has reacted to news of Microsoft closing Tango Gameworks, calling the decision "sad."

A Prey fan account that's been diligently counting down the days, quite literally, for a sequel to the 2017 FPS, has thrown in the towel now that Arkane Austin has been shuttered.

Helldivers 2 players are getting mixed signals from developers after a recent patch indirectly nerfed a fan-favorite primary weapon. 

Star Wars Outlaws devs say the game's reputation system is designed to shape the world around protagonist Kay Vess, rather than the story that you're playing through.

Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson has doubled down on the company's commitment to generative AI in game development processes.

GTA 6 newshounds believe new screenshots for the upcoming Rockstar game could be revealed very soon.

The 2023 Formula One season yielded a grand total of three winning drivers over 22 Grands Prix. Just six rounds into the 2024 season and we’ve already seen three different GP winners, across three different teams to boot. Has this season just threatened to become interesting?

Electronic Arts CEO and chairman Andrew Wilson says its developers have “a real hunger” to use generative AI to speed up development.

Bungie and PlayStation have announced a new initiative for Destiny 2 players called Expansion Open Access. From May 7th to June 3rd, PS4, PS5 and PC players can play throughThe Witch Queen, Beyond Light and Shadowkeep for free. Check out the trailer below.

Tencent and Remedy, the developer of Control and Alan Wake, have completely scrapped their joint gaming project codenamed Kestrel, which they have been working on since 2021. The companies were originally developing a free-to-play co-op shooter until they decided to go in a different direction in November last year. They went back to the drawing board, renamed their project from Vanguard to Kestrel and had planned to make a «premium game with a strong, cooperative multiplayer component» instead. Back then, they said their game will «lean more into Remedy's core strengths» and will use repurposed versions of the company's assets and themes. Clearly, though, their partnership wasn't meant to be.

Microsoft has signed Lords of the Fallen and Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 for release in its subscription service, Game Pass.

After soft-launching it in mid-February, Netflix has finally dropped Sonic Mania Plus globally on Android. It’s obviously an exclusive for all Netflix subscribers. During the past couple of months, the game saw over 10K downloads on Android alone.

Move Interactive has dropped a fresh RPG title based on the popular Power Rangers series. Power Rangers: All-Stars is now up for grabs on both Android and iOS in South Korea. Prepped with 3D, this game brings in every last one of the series’ heroes.

While fans eagerly await some kind of news on Bioware's upcoming , the game's release window may have finally been confirmed. The highly-anticipated RPG, which was announced all the way back in 2018, has largely been missing from action over the last six years as the developer has yet to offer any substantial updates on the title and its production. Bioware may still be keeping quiet when it comes to sharing details on the project, but publisher EA may have suggested that an official reveal could be coming very soon.

An online concert to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Earthbound will be held in June.

Sonic Mania Plus has come to mobile for the first time, as a Netflix Games exclusive.

In a surprising twist, the landscape of home computing has evolved yet again. Once dominated by bulky desktops and sleek laptops, technology has now been condensed into a device no larger than a chocolate bar: the computing stick. These small, plug-and-play devices are capable of turning your old TV into a fully functional PC.

NASA has introduced a groundbreaking virtual simulator that offers an immersive experience of venturing close to a black hole. Crafted by astrophysicist Jeremy Schnittman at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, this innovative tool blends scientific theory with digital imagery to explore the enigmatic realms of these cosmic behemoths.

Intel has provided an official statement on the 14th & 13th Gen CPU instability issue matter saying that it's better to use its "Default Settings" in BIOS.

New updates to character banner leaks in 4.7 hint at promising changes to what was initially poorly received information. The action RPG is still in the early weeks of Version 4.6, a patch that introduced the playable version of Arlecchino and added a new area to the south of Fontaine, but attention is already shifting away to the next patch, which includes rumors of a new endgame mode in . It seems like there is a lot of content incoming with the update, including three new playable characters, but some players are more interested in rerun heroes.

Fans of Helldivers 2 have started a petition asking developers Arrowhead to reinstate a fired employee in charge of community management. The employee, "Spitz", was let go following the fiasco in which Sony told PC players they would need to link their Steam and PlayStation Network accounts to continue playing the shooter. Sony and Arrowhead changed their mind about that after player backlash in the form of 100,000+ negative reviews on Steam. The kicker? Community manager "Spitz" was low-key encouraging players to continue the review bombing. This doesn't seem to have gone down well internally.

Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson spoke of how generative AI could make its development process "more efficient" and help give developers "more power."

MultiVersus fans think that an ongoing ARG that's scheduled to end at some point today is going to reveal the next big character coming to the game - The Joker.

Have fun playing Hades 2 or whatever other new games you're enjoying at the moment as before you know it, anything anyone in gaming is talking about again will be Elden Ring. The 2022 Game of the Year's Shadow of the Erdtree expansion will be released on June 21 and if its reveal trailer is anything to go by, the DLC will almost double the game's scope. To celebrate Shadow of the Erdtree's release, Bandai Namco is running a competition, and the grand prize is a lifesize statue of Messmer the Impaler.

With the release of Patch 10.2.7 Dark Heart, the final chapter of Dragonflight's storyline is available to play. We played through the questline to bring in all the details!

New information in the Rockstar Games API may suggest an imminent drop of new Grand Theft Auto 6 images. Rockstar first revealed the blockbuster title by way of a trailer back in December 2023, which broke several major viewership records on YouTube. Five months later, fans are clamoring for more news about Grand Theft Auto 6, and their requests could be answered very soon.

An interesting revenue chart shows the April sales numbers for HoYoverse's two most popular titles, Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. Both games run on a gacha-based system, allowing players to acquire new characters by pulling on the limited character banners.

The newest is here and there are a few misdirections set up to trick you into wasting some precious attempts. It's nothing too devastating, but if you're not careful you could quickly lose the game. Take your time and be sure about your choices before clicking the Submit button.

With Nintendo finally confirming that a successor to the is due to be announced later this fiscal year, more rumors are surfacing regarding the specs and features included in the new console. One popular feature request is that of backwards compatibility, enabling those who have amassed a large library of games over the past seven years to easily continue playing them on the new hardware, sometimes with patches offering graphical and performance enhancements.

May 9’s answer shouldn’t be too hard to solve as it is a ubiquitous food item that one can buy at gas stations and grocery stores. While the answer only has one vowel, finding the correct positions of other letters first is more important. While it is possible to guess the answer in less than six attempts, you will have a better chance if you use some hints or starting words that give a slight advantage.

It’s been a rough few days for Sony. After a plan to implement mandatory PlayStation Network accounts forHelldivers 2 players on PC went haywire, one would imagine that the company is having a lot of talks behind closed doors right now. If there’s one thing I hope Sony takes away from everything, it’s that PlayStation’s online services need a 2.0 revamp.

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

In the most unsurprising news possible, Hades 2 is excellent. Anyone familiar with the first game — which Digital Trends voted one of the best games of all time — should have seen that coming, but it’s almost shocking how great the sequel is in its early access state. One might have expected an incomplete foundation to be built on over time, but developer Supergiant Games has already delivered what feels like a fantastic and fully formed product.

After the success of the Fallout TV series, many of us are jumping back into the glorious atompunk wasteland of the fourth game in the series.

Bandai Namco has officially announced Gundam Breaker 4's release date, confirming that the first numbered entry in the series in six years will be out August 29.

Destiny 2 players can now access three major expansions for free ahead of The Final Shape's release on June 4, 2024, developer Bungie has announced.

As Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion hovers ever closer like someone gently nudged an absurdly large dodecahedron towards us in zero gravity, Bungie have gone and made three expansions free until June 3rd. For about a month, all players now have access to The Witch Queen, Beyond Light, and Shadowkeep along with the past four seasons of quests and things. Hey, that's pretty cool.

Excessively brilliant fantasy RPG Wildermyth is getting a new DLC pack which both embraces the fad for adding roguelike modes to games, and tugs against it in the shape of what the developers are calling "our most extensively written campaign, by far". The pack is called Omenroad, and if nothing else, it's an opportunity to remind you that if you like campfire stories and witty webcomic storytelling and haven't played Wildermyth then you should get that seen to immediately.

Google Wallet has finally debuted in India to cater to the everyday requirements of Indian users. Many of you must be thinking, if there is a Google Pay app then why do we need a separate wallet? Well, Google says the Wallet is entirely a different app than Google Pay. The app will act like a digital wallet for the users where they can store several digital documents such as boarding passes, loyalty cards, movie tickets, and much more, whereas Google Pay is restricted to users' digital payment requirements. Therefore, the Google Wallet will not affect the Google Pay app in any way. Know more about the new Google Wallet app and how it works.

Yale, renowned for its smart home solutions under Assa Abloy, unveiled its latest innovations at the Smart Home Expo 2024 held at Mumbai's Jio Convention Centre. The brand showcased innovative products including the Yale Smart Indoor Camera, Yale Smart Outdoor Camera, and Yale Smart Video Doorbell, designed to bolster security and seamlessly integrate into the modern smart home ecosystem.

In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, Mother's Day stands as a reminder to cherish and appreciate the extraordinary women who shape our world. As we navigate the digital landscape, finding a heartfelt yet practical gift becomes paramount. For the music-loving mom on the move, nothing beats the convenience and style of a quality pair of neckband earphones. We've sifted through the options to bring you the top 5 picks for this special occasion.

Redfall was set to get its long-promised offline mode this month before Microsoft decided to close its studio down, according to a new report.

Bandai Namco US is running a competition that will see one player receiving a 10-foot statue as a prize.

Vampire shooter Redfall was to receive an offline mode via update this very month before Microsoft staked creators Arkane Austin, according to a report. To spell it out, the cancellation of the offline functionality means that Redfall will now be officially playable for only as long as Microsoft run the servers. Another win for videogame preservation!

Brain ostensibly useful. But sometimes, brain not good, and brain want activity where not required. Therefore: Frogs. Fortunately, frogs both bound and abound in Croakoloco, an idle management game where you make the mossy climb from singular frog ownership to a sprawling empire of hopping green slime nuggets. As I type, they hop freely in a minimised window, earning me the passive income promised by unscrupulous internet gurus who each possessed not a jot of the charisma and sheer radiant power emitted by a single resident of my frog kingdom.

Remember Mighty Doom, the 2D endless runner based on the Doom series? Well, it’s preparing to shut its servers down soon. Developed by Alpha Dog Games and published by Bethesda Softworks, the game was soft-launched in April 2021 and released worldwide in March 2023. So, why is it pulling the plug so quickly? Keep reading to find out.

The popular vampire survival game V Rising has finally launched out of early access on PC, getting a flattering 9/10 score from our Francesco De Meo in Wccftech's review.