Brendan Greene, better known by his online persona PlayerUnknown, has announced today that he will be leaving PUBG developer and publisher Krafton to form his own independent studio, PlayerUnknown Productions. Greene has been credited with pioneering the battle royale genre, after creating PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds as an Arma mod, and later …

In the latest update to the ongoing conversation around Pokemon Go’s pandemic-related bonuses, Niantic has released an update stating it’ll be standardizing bonuses across countries. This means some bonuses have been removed for the US and New Zealand, and some have been added for all other regions. In early August, …

If traditional golf video games are a little too slow or technical for your liking, golf-based adventure game Cursed To Golf may be more your speed. Developer Chuhai Labs describes the game as a “golf-like” in a press release, specifying that it plays like “a golfinated turn-based 2D side scrolling …

Just over a month after its release, turn-based RPG Cris Tales has released its first update, including some much called-for balance tweaks. Chief among them are changes that have protagonist Cris learning the Heal skill much earlier, and an update that will stop the game’s difficult endgame boss from repeatedly …

The fourth Matrix movie, recently confirmed to be titled The Matrix: Resurrections, sees the return of Lana Wachowski writing, directing, and producing. Her sister Lilly, who collaborated with Lana on the original three Matrix movies, is not attached to the project, and has explained why in a recent interview. Speaking …

Marvel’s Midnight Suns, an upcoming game by XCOM developer Firaxis, will encourage players to form bonds with the heroes in its main cast–though players shouldn’t expect there to be romances, the game’s creative director has warned. The newly announced Marvel game will be a turn-based tactics game, though the developers …

Bungie is celebrating its 30th anniversary right now with a range of commemorative merchandise, but it’s the store page’s retro splash artwork that really caught our attention. The faux-webpage takes fans back not quite 30 years, but to the earliest days of Bungie’s web presence, with a 1997-era Bungie Store. …

Fans of Psychonauts have been waiting over a decade for the sequel, and early impressions suggest that Psychonauts 2 will not disappoint. A number of reviews are in ahead of the game’s release on August 25–here’s what the critics think. “Sixteen years ago, Psychonauts made a cartoonish, comically lopsided world …

Quake was re-released this week, boasting improved graphics and the return of the game’s original soundtrack. In an added bonus, the E2M6 map “Dismal Oubliette” has been restored to its original, extended length, a detail noted by original designer John Romero on Twitter. Romero explained that the version of E2M6 …

Madden NFL 22 released this week for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC, Stadia, and mobile–with earlier release dates for EA Play members or those who shelled out for more expensive versions of the game. After last year’s Madden NFL 21 was criticized for not adding enough new …