Microsoft is going big to promote its Xbox All Access program, through which shoppers can grab a new Xbox for $0 up front and then pay it off over time like a smartphone plan. This subsidized Xbox offer has been around for a long time already but Microsoft appears to …
Read More »PUBG Horror Game The Callisto Protocol Is In The "Finish And Polish" Stage
Glen Schofield, a games industry veteran who now heads up the studio behind the PUBG universe game The Callisto Protocol, has given an update on the upcoming horror game. Posting on Twitter, Schofield shared an image from a motion-capture studio where actors are putting in “all the hard work” to …
Read More »Call Of Duty: Vanguard Update Improves Spawn Logic For All Maps And Modes, Including Ranked
Call of Duty: Vanguard has been updated to introduce new, better spawn points to help with match flow. These changes were previously available in Vanguard’s Experimental playlist, but now the tweaks are live for everyone, across all maps and modes, including Ranked play. Developer Sledgehammer said feedback from the test …
Read More »Halo Infinite Co-Dev Teases "New And Exciting" Work For The Game Amid Battle Royale Rumors
Amid rumors that Halo Infinite co-developer Certain Affinity is making a new mode for Halo Infinite that could be inspired by battle royale, the Austin, Texas-based company has teased that is working alongside 343 to evolve Halo Infinite in “new and exciting ways.” In a tweet today, Certain Affinity said, …
Read More »Fallout 76 Patch Notes: Wolves Will Kill You Properly Again
The newest patch for Fallout 76 has arrived, and it’s mostly focused on bug fixes. Lots of them. The update brings Fallout 76 up to version 1.6.4.31. The file size varies by platform, but is in the range of 1.6 GB to 9.2 GB–you can see the file sizes for …
Read More »Vicarious Visions Is No More, As Merger With Blizzard Is Now Official
It is the end of an era for game developer Vicarious Visions. The Albany, New York-based studio, best known for its work on the Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero franchises, is now officially a part of Blizzard Entertainment. This merger was announced in 2021, and going forward, Vicarious Visions will …
Read More »Magic Enthusiast Randy Pitchford Buys Hollywood's Famous Magic Castle
Gearbox executive Randy Pitchford loves magic, so much so that he recently splashed out to purchase the famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, home to the Academy of Magical Arts. The LA Times reports that the deal should close by the end of the month, though a purchase price was not …
Read More »Nintendo's Next Acquisition Is… A Big Piece Of Land
2022 is the year of gaming acquisitions, and that continues today, with Nintendo spending 5,000,000,000 Yen (about $40 million USD) to acquire… a big piece of land. The company announced it is buying the land adjacent to its headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. The land was previously owned by the city …
Read More »Huge Halo: MCC Update Adds Flood Firefight, Campaign Cross-Play For Halo 3 And ODST
Updates for Halo: The Master Chief Collection are slowing down as 343 shifts focus to Halo Infinite, but a big one out today delivers new and exciting features to the compilation package. This is a very large update, coming in at around 21.5GB on Xbox, 26.5GB on Microsoft Store app …
Read More »Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Physical Sales Are Higher Than Elden Ring In The UK
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is putting up big sales numbers in the UK, even outpacing Bandai Namco’s Elden Ring by some measurements. For its first week of physical game sales in the UK, the Skywalker Saga had the biggest launch in Lego game history, toppling the previous owner, …
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