Delivering on a promise made before launch, Hitman 3 developer IO Interactive now has a way for you to bring over your Hitman 1 and 2 purchases to the Epic Games Store. Like Hitman 2 before it, Hitman 3 lets you import all the stages from the older instalments for …
Read More »GTA Online Update Adds More Peyote Plants So You Can Trip Out, Man
Rockstar Games has updated Grand Theft Auto V‘s multiplayer mode once more, bringing with it new cosmetics, more events to take part in, special sales, and the most important thing of all: hallucinogenic plants. Additional Peyote plants are now in the wild across GTA Online. You’ll have to “stray from …
Read More »Diablo 4 Update Details Its New Open-World Multiplayer Areas
While there’s still so much we don’t know about Diablo 4, Blizzard has been keeping us posted on its progress with promised quarterly updates. One development update gave fresh insights on how the dungeon-crawler will handle elements like storytelling, open-world elements, and seamless multiplayer without compromising the feel of Diablo. …
Read More »Annapurna's Outer Wilds Releases On Nintendo Switch This Summer
Nintendo announced that Annapurna Interactive’s space exploration game Outer Wilds makes its way to Nintendo Switch this summer. An exact release date has not been announced. Outer Wilds, not to be confused with Obsidian Entertainment’s The Outer Worlds, is an open-world mystery game where players have 22 minutes to explore …
Read More »Peter Molyneux's 22Cans Studio Enacts Layoffs
Veteran game developer Peter Molyneux’s UK studio 22Cans has undergone a round of layoffs. Multiple employees were let go in the move, but the precise number of cuts was not made public. A spokesperson confirmed to GI.biz that the layoffs at the Fable designer’s studio were due to a variety …
Read More »Nintendo Direct Roundup: Skyward Sword HD, Splatoon 3, And More
The February 2021 Nintendo Direct was the first major livestream from the publisher since September 2019, and it was certainly a loaded showing. Spanning 50 minutes, we saw several games coming to the Nintendo Switch this year and in 2022. Along with updates on known titles like No More Heroes …
Read More »Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Coming To Nintendo Switch This Summer
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is coming to Nintendo Switch. As part of the February 2021 Nintendo Direct presentation, the company debuted a Switch trailer for the game and revealed it will be coming to Nintendo Switch this summer. The trailer did not specify if it will support cross-play, but it …
Read More »Nintendo Begins To Discuss Its Next Console After The Switch
Nintendo’s president, Shuntaro Furukawa, has discussed the company’s plans for new hardware to come after the Nintendo Switch. In an interview with Nikkei, translated by VGC, Furukawa said Nintendo is always developing new hardware in a research and development phase, but the company won’t release a new console until it …
Read More »Diablo 4's Reworked Skill Tree Revealed
Blizzard is looking to rework the skills and talents system in Diablo IV–which should come as a welcome change for longtime players. “We’ve been reading through a lot of the comments from the community and agree that the talent system needs more depth,” Diablo IV lead systems designer David Kim …
Read More »Nintendo 3DS' Miitopia Will Come To Switch This May
During February’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed that Miitopia, a 3DS game that first released in Japan in 2016 and the rest of the world in 2017, is coming to Switch on May 21. Preorders are already live. This Switch port adds new customizations options, including brand-new make-up options and wigs. …
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