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Tango Gameworks might be working on a sequel to celebrated rhythm-based action game Hi-Fi Rush.Released at the start of 2023, Hi-Fi Rush went on to win a number of awards and was described by one Xbox marketing executive as “a break out hit for us and our players in all key measurements and expectations.”However earlier this year, Microsoft closed down several studios including Tango Gameworks, with head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty reportedly telling staff the company wanted to focus on “high-impact titles” and “further invest in Bethesda’s portfolio of blockbuster games”.Last month it was announced that Krafton had acquired Tango Gameworks, saving 50 of the 100 jobs at the studio, and now owned the IP for Hi-Fi Rush.In a new interview with Game Developer, Krafton boss Changhan ‘CH’ Kim said the “last minute” deal was about “legacy” rather than profit. “Although they did not have a big success in their games, we saw many creatives worth pursuing.

Sony has unveiled a throwback collection to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original PlayStation.The original PlayStation was first released in Japan in December 1994 before getting a global launch the following year. Boasting games like Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy 7, it became the first games console to ship over 100million units.It spawned a range of follow-up consoles, from 2000’s PlayStation 2 through to the PS5, which launched in 2020.To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the PS1, Sony has confirmed a new version of the PS5.

Halloween villain Michael Myers is returning to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone just in time for Halloween.Coming September 18, The Haunting is an event in Call of Duty that celebrates Halloween and al things spooky and horrifying. Warzone‘s Rebirth Island map will get a scary lick of paint and appears to be infested with zombies and other spooky characters like killer clowns and Smile 2 characters.The Haunting is a seasonal Call of Duty event that began in 2021.

Elden Ring is an incredibly difficult game, but FromSoftware’s most recent patch has made it signifiantly easier in a number of ways and has also nerfed the final boss of the SHadow of the Erdtree DLC.The final boss of the DLC, Promised Consort Radahn, was giving players a lot of trouble when the expansion first launched. It took streamer Kai Cenat dozens of hours to beat him, and then an overall player buff was developed to help people best the foe.

Black Myth: Wukong launched just a few weeks ago, August 19, but it’s already due to get an expansion, a report confirms.Black Myth: Wukong sold quickly and became the second-most concurrently played game of all time on Steam with 2.2 million players. It sold 18 million copies since its launch, making it one of the fastest-selling games ever.Forbes reports that developer Game Science will be capitalising on the game’s success by releasing an expansion, although there is currently no indication what this expansion will entail, when it will come out, or how much it will cost.Black Myth: Wukong is based on the Chinese novel Journey to the West, and has done exceptionally well in China, which accounts for around 85 to 90 per cent of its total players.These huge sales records have come despite the game only launching on PlayStation 5 and PC.

Astro Bot, a new game that takes players through a world inspired by PlayStation’s gaming history, has been called “one of the finest platformers ever made” by critics.Reviews for the game started coming in at 1pm today, and it has debuted with 94 on metacritic. Astro Bot is the sequel to PS5 launch title Astro’s Playroom, a platformer set within a PS5, designed to teach players about the system’s new features, particularly the haptic feedback of the DualSense controller.The original contained many Easter eggs and references to other first-party PlayStation games and characters, and the sequel seems to have followed the same path.

Concord, a PlayStation and PC live-service hero-shooter, is going to be taken offline tomorrow and everyone who purchased it digitally will be eligible for a refund.PlayStation announced that Concord would be taken offline effective September 6, and anyone who bought the game via PlayStation Store or OlayStation Direct would be getting a full and automatic refund.For PC players, Steam and the Epic Games Store will also both refund players, but if you bought a physical copy you’ll have to check with your retailer about what their policies are.An important update on Concord from Firewalk Studios: https://t.co/MxZ1Sxpayu pic.twitter.com/3OcPFDqmDX— PlayStation (@PlayStation) September 3, 2024Concord was launched barely two weeks ago, August 23. It was claimed by developer Firewalk Studios that the game was in development for eight years.

Red Dead Redemption 2 won many game of the year awards, and got actor Roger Clark a best performance win at The Game Awards, but he still has one big regret from his time with Rockstar.Speaking on the Gamology YouTube channel, as spotted by GameRant, Clark said, “the only thing I regret is saying Colm O’Driscoll incorrectly. Rockstar made me say it wrong.

Burial submitted his soundtrack for Harmony Korine’s new film Baby Invasion via PS5, the director has revealed.During a recent press conference, Variety asked the cult filmmaker how the electronic musician and producer (real name William Emmanuel Bevan) ended up working on his experimental thriller.Korine didn’t disclose many details about the collaboration out of “respect” for Burial. However, he did tell the outlet that the pair had never actually met or even talked to each other.“I mean, Burial’s amazing.

Baldur’s Gate 3 update is due out this week, according to Larian CEO Swen Vincke.As reported by IGN, Vincke said at video game expo PAX West: “Patch 7 is coming out next week.” That means it’s due between now and Sunday, September 8. Although Larian has scrapped the planned DLC for Baldur’s Gate 3, this next update is a big one.According to Larian’s blog post on Steam, this update will include a dynamic split-screen feature.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has a multiplayer beta and players are already getting up to no good.A new feature in Black Ops 6 allows players to take opponents hostage and use them as human shields. As reported by VG247, this feature has been combined with the live mic activation and proximity from Warzone to allow players to talk to their enemies once they’ve grabbed them.Some players have opted to sing to their human shields, but others have opted to pretend to have sex with their captives and whisper in their ear as they walk them around the map.

Call of Duty: Warzone is bringing back the map that started it all: Verdansk.In 2025, the original Warzone map, Verdansk, is coming back to the game, and fans are excited. “I just fell to my knees in the GameStop parking lot,” writes JaredFPS.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt came out, and The Witcher 4 may be closer than we thought.Speaking during an earnings call for CD Projekt, the company behind The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077, joint CEO Michał Nowakowski said: “The Polaris team is maintaining the right scale to enter the production stage very soon”, as transcribed by IGN.Polaris is the codename for The Witcher 4, and it has 410 out of the company’s 639 employees working on it. The fact that the game hasn’t entered full production yet does mean it’s unlikely we’ll see it in 2024 or 2025, but we’ll learn more as development progresses.As of November, 2023, the game had over 300 developers working on it.

Star Wars Outlaws only jsut came out, but it’s already gotten a new patch. Here’s everything it changes.Star Wars Outlaws launched with some technicaly difficulties, as reported in many of the game’s mixed reviews.

Call of Duty series have already seen both story and Zombies trailers for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, but now, the thing they’ve all been waiting for is here: a new multiplayer trailer.The trailers for Black Ops 6‘s story and its fan-loved Zombies mode have both been revealed already, but most players spend the majority of their time with Call of Duty games competing against each other in the multiplayer modes. Now, we finally have a trailer for te upcoming game’s online offerings.At the time of writing, it has already gotten over 11million views on YouTube.

Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez has confirmed that a character in the film was heavily inspired by Naughty Dog‘s The Last Of Us Part II video game – find out more below.Álvarez, who also directed 2013’s Evil Dead and the Don’t Breathe franchise, took to social media over the weekend to share that the character of Kay in Alien: Romulus – played by Isabela Merced – was partially inspired by The Last Of Us Part II‘s Dina.In The Last Of Us Part II, Dina is pregnant, adding another layer of intensity and seriousness into the apocalyptic game’s setting. This prompted Álvarez to decide that Kay should be pregnant as well.He wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Fun fact: I was playing The Last Of Us 2 while writing Alien: Romulus.

Black Myth: Wukong has had one of the biggest launches ever. It’s inspired by the Chinese novel Journey to the West, which also inspired legendary anime Dragon Ball.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 fans have been getting a lot of information about the Zombies mode recently, but their first look at a main story campaign play through will be during Gamescom Opening Night Live, next week.Geoff Keighley, host of The Game Awards, Summer Game Fest, and Opening Night Live, tweeted out that the Black Ops 6 campaign play through would happen Tuesday August 20 during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live ceremony.So far, we’ve already seen one hectic but cryptic campaign trailer, set to The Prodigy‘s ‘Firestarter’, so this should be an actual segment of uncut gameplay. Call Of Duty and plenty of other games have done this in the past, and it should reveal what the game actually feels like when you get it into your own hands later this year.Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is coming to @gamescom Opening Night Live on Tuesday, August 20.Tune in for the first campaign play through reveal live from Germany.11a PT / 2p ET / 8p CEST at https://t.co/AFycLZG9XF@CallofDuty #CallofDuty #BlackOps6 pic.twitter.com/1xF7HFTOvM— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) August 9, 2024NME did a hands-off preview of Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 in June and called it “a scrappy Gulf War shooter.” Set in the ’90s, the first-person game’s story revolves around returning character Frank Woods and he and his “band of war criminals” attempt to stop a shadowy group known as The Pantheon.Developer Treyarch suggested that the game would have more stealh-focused moments, although the trailer we saw before looked anything but covert.Treyarch has also called the upcoming Zombies mode the “most-rewarding ever”, and the story for that follows Cold War‘s Requiem as they’re broken out of a prison in the Philippine Sea.

Grand Theft Auto 5 actors Ned Luke and Steven Ogg, who played Michael and Trevor respectively, are teasing something with ASUS, and more should be revealed tomorrow.Over on Luke’s Twitter page, he shared a video of himself and Ogg, with Luke in a white tank top and Ogg shirtless, and tagged both Ogg and tech brand ASUS. It certainly looks like the set up to the kind of situation Michael and Trevor would find themselves in.

Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4 is right around the corner, and a new trailer has shown off the upcoming slate of Marvel characters, from Dr Doom, to the Avengers, and the X-Men.The latest Season in the live-service battle-royale game is titled Absolute Doom and will feature the villainous Doom himself as well as many other Marvel characters. The Season comes with a new Absolute Doom battle pass that contains outfits for Gwenpool, War Machine, Peelverine, Emma Frost, Captain Jonesy, Mysterio and Shuri.There are also new items to take on Dr Doom with. You can get Dual Micro SMGs, Captain America’s Shield, or War Machine’s Arsenal.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is still on track to be released in autumn 2025, according to a press release.As reported by Kotaku, Take-Two, the parent company of GTA developer Rockstar, claims the game has not been delayed and should arrive later this year.“The Grand Theft Auto series exceeded our expectations, as momentum continues to build ahead of the launch of Grand Theft Auto 6 in Fall 2025,” reads a press release from the company.We got our first look at the upcoming open-world game back in December 2023, and it showed off the Miami and Florida-inspired Vice City and its surrounding swamp land. We also got a glimpse of the game’s dual protagonists, one of whom is the first female protagonist since the original Grand Theft Auto.Lucia, one of the leads for GTA 6, seems like she’ll be far more fleshed out than Divine, Katie, Mikki, and Ulrika, the four playable women in GTA.

Call of Duty for two things: multiplayer and Zombies. The latest Black Ops 6 trailer is a two and a half minute long video that focuses on the story to the latest Zombies mode.The new trailer has amassed almost one million views in under a day, and it shows the members of Black Ops: Cold War‘s Requiem as they’re broken out of a prison in the Philippine Sea.These people were betrayed by Edward Richtofen, a figure in the Call of Duty Zombie stories who has had a long history.

Star Wars Outlaws is the hotly anticipated open-world game fans of the franchise have been begging for for years, and its creative director has revealed his biggest inspiration for the game came from Sony’s Ghost of Tsushima.In an interview with GamesRadar+, creative director Julian Gerighty said, “It’s super interesting because my biggest reference was Ghost of Tsushima, which is more on the Kurosawa side of inspiration than the Western, the John Ford side of the inspiration for George Lucas.”Star Wars is clearly inspired by Westerns, and Westerns themselves are often inspired by Samurai movies and vice versa, so it’s interesting to see how all these references will be at play within Star Wars Outlaws. Akira Kurosawa, a filmmaker who inspired the aesthetic of Ghost of Tsushima, even studied the work of John Ford.“Red Dead Redemption is phenomenal, [because it treats] the world as a world – not as a checklist of activities that are repeated often,” said Gerighty.

Elden Ring is so hard that they’ve only seen half the game.As reported by MP1st, Twitter user ‘aribagged’ posted some screenshots from a 4Chan account claiming “only two months remain, starting today.

Grand Theft Auto fans have been not so patiently waiting for over 11 years now to get their hands on the next mainline installment in the open-world series, and we may have just seen a hint for when GTA 6‘s next trailer will arrive.As spotted by GamesRadar+, in a new video for a GTA Online promoting the inclusion of a pizza deliver scooter, the license plate reads ‘PIZZ4’. Not so special on its own, and clearly spelling out the word ‘pizza’.However, fans noticed that in the upper left corner of the plate, three letters can be seen: ‘OCT’.

Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare 3 are constantly being updated, and we’ve broken down the most important recent changes for you.Perhaps the biggest change is to killstreaks. No, the score you get with a killstreak won’t be counted toward your next one, meaning you’ll have to get those kills and poitns the old fashioned way.

Fallout 4 has seen a huge resurgence in popularity thanks to the success of Amazon’s TV adaptation – but a next-gen upgrade caused many issues, and a recent patch has still left fans wanting more.Fallout 4 received a surprise next-gen update a few weeks after the launch of the Amazon TV adaptation. While it makes sense to ensure all the new players are getting the very best version of the game, to some fans, the update caused more problems than it solved.

Helldivers 2, the Starship Troopers-inspired multiplayer co-op shooter from developer Arrowhead has sold over 12 million copies despite its recent delisting from Steam in over 150 countries.Arrowhead CEO and Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt took to Twitter to post about the success of the viral bug and bot shooting hit game.

Persona 3 Reload is receiving several pieces of DLC this year, it was announced yesterday (March 6), and will be available through an expansion pass.As was announced during a Xbox Partner Preview, three separate pieces of DLC will be available through an expansion pass this year. The expansion pass is included at no extra cost to subscribers of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, though will cost £28 ($35) on other platforms.The expansion pass will include background music from Persona 5 Royal and Persona 4 Golden, releasing on March 12, new costumes and music from The Velvet Room in May, and a full epilogue in September titled Episode Aigis: The Answer.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has received a special easter egg on Google commemorating the launch of the game.By googling the word ‘Chocobo’ on Google, a button will appear featuring the bird. Once pressed, a full herd of different coloured Chocobo’s will run across the screen, causing it to shake as the mounts rampage across your device.For those unfamiliar, a Chocobo is a fictional species that first debuted in Final Fantasy 2.

Immortality is coming to PlayStation 5 later this month, it has been announced.READ MORE: 15 huge games that we can’t wait to play in 2024Half Mermaid Productions, the developer behind the game, announced yesterday (January 9) that the game will be released on January 23, retailing at $19.99. This release will include both haptic and controller speaker features and also comes with a Platinum Trophy that can be unlocked.In a statement, game director Sam Barlow spoke about the process of bringing the game to a new platform.“From the inception of this project, the goal has been sharing Marissa Marcel’s life and work with as large an audience as possible.

Naughty Dog has confirmed the cancellation of its multiplayer spin-off for The Last Of Us.The video game developer took to its blog last week to announce the news, writing: “We realize many of you have been anticipating news around the project that we’ve been calling The Last of Us Online. There’s no easy way to say this: We’ve made the incredibly difficult decision to stop development on that game.”After acknowledging that the decision was a tough one to make and that it will understandably upset loyal fans as well as the developers working on it, Naughty Dog shared more insights into how it came to the decision.The developer notes that the game had been in pre-production since it was working on The Last Of Us Part II but that the “massive scope of our ambition became clear” as it went into full production.“To release and support The Last of Us Online we’d have to put all our studio resources behind supporting post launch content for years to come, severely impacting development on future single-player games.

God Of War is a beloved franchise that has transcended generations. God Of War: Ragnarok, the latest installment in the franchise, has sold over 15 million copies worldwide across the PS4 and PS5. Now, to show their appreciation to their loyal fans, GOW will be releasing a new free DLC.

Skull & Bones has received yet another release date at The Game Awards 2023. It’s the game’s sixth planned launch following a series of delays.Skull & Bones is set to release on February 16 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Fortnite skin has been readded to the game ahead of the upcoming Big Bang event.The original Black Widow skin has returned to Fortnite in a shock return, with this being the first time that the skin has been available in-game since Avengers: Endgame was released in 2019. In addition to this, Black Widow’s emote has also returned to the game.Popular Fortnite account ShiinaBR posted the news on X (formerly Twitter), simply writing “OG BLACK WIDOW HAS RETURNED OMG.”Another X account, Ali-A, noted that the skin has been away from Fortnite for a total of 1,668 days.It’s unclear if this is the first of several rare skins returning to the game, or if this is just a one-off, however.Recently, Fortnite revealed that Eminem is coming to the game during the upcoming Big Bang event, with a selection of skins currently available based on the rapper.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is right around the corner! The Web Heads are back after years of waiting! There are new villains, new powers, and plenty of new suits! With that being said, here is Hollywood News Daily’s review and everything you need to know before buying Spider-Man 2! Prepare to spread your Web Wings and fly.Marvel's #SpiderMan2PS5 takes flight in 4 days. pic.twitter.com/YTb9QKMFZE— PlayStation (@PlayStation) October 16, 2023With this game, Insomniac has the almost impossible task of following up two other fantastic games. Spider-Man 1 and Spider-Man: Miles Morales were two riveting and action-packed superhero games.