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Thursday3rd Aug 2023
Mini Review The Room VR: A Dark Matter (PSVR2) - Exquisite VR Escape Room Beckons You to the Past
Pricey but nice
Escape rooms are a great fit for VR. You can craft fantastical scenarios and achieve more convincing environments, all while allowing the experience to take place at home. And this is an idea developer Fireproof Games has taken to heart, as the fifth title in The Room series is VR-only. The Room VR: A Dark Matter was previously...
News Official Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Reveal Expected Next Week
Full unveiling in Warzone 2
Activision looks set to officially announce Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 next week, as it comedically tweets a box art made in Microsoft Paint along with the wording: "We’ll share our artistic abilities and even more next week." Joining in with the fan-made artwork spread online over the past few weeks, we see a...
News Diablo 4 Patch 1.1.1 Buffs Underperforming Classes, Players Seem Tentatively Pleased
Patch notes! Get your patch notes here!
Blizzard dropped the patch notes for Diablo 4's upcoming 1.1.1 patch earlier, and things seem... fine? In the place where Diablo 4's most dedicated players congregate to politely suggest how developer Blizzard might improve its already addictiv
News PS5's Pro Controller, the DualSense Edge, Is the Best-Selling Accessory in the US
An edge case no longer
The DualSense Edge, PlayStation's answer to the Xbox Elite controller and Nintendo's Pro, is the best-selling accessory in the US for the month of June. In fact, the top four spots have all been claimed by different DualSense configurations, according to noted industry analyst and entertainment sof
News Stunning PS5, PS4 Indie Kena: Bridge of Spirits Took a Month to Make Back Its Budget
Greatness from small beginings
PS5, PS4 exclusive Kena: Bridge of Spirits was a particularly gorgeous action platformer that we quite enjoyed, and we weren't the only ones. Developer Ember Labs had previously revealed that the game took a month to recoup its budget and become profitable, but in a new interview, brothers and co-founders Josh and...
Rata-Rata-Tata-Tan!
Ratatan, the meteorically-successful, Kickstarter-funded spiritual successor to the Patapon series, is officially coming to both PS5 and PS4. Developer Ratata Arts shared the happy news on X and promised additional stretch goals, having already smashed even their most ambitious offerings. Fully funded in the first hour
News PS Plus Has Already Pulled in 100k New Dreamers on PS5, PS4
Dream to make believe
With Media Molecule's Dreams set to cease live service on 1st September, the surreal creation engine has come to PS Plus, drawing in more than 100k new Dreamers already. You can see all kinds of cool Dreams-related stats over on the aptly-named DreamStats website, although even there, fun
Wednesday2nd Aug 2023
News The Callisto Protocol Studio Hit with Layoffs
32 employees let go
Striking Distance Studios, the developer behind last year's PS5, PS4 title The Callisto Protocol, has been hit with layoffs. In a statement handed to IGN, it's confirmed 32 employees have been let go so the company can "realign the studio’s priorities to better position its current and future projects for success". Those laid...
News Guilty Gear Strive Set to Make Game-Changing Adjustments in Season 3 Updates
Starting this summer
Guilty Gear Strive has undoubtedly fallen out of favour a bit with the arrival of Street Fighter 6, and with upcoming titles like Mortal Kombat 1 and Tekken 8 sucking up a lot of hype. But Arc System Works is nowhere near done with Sol Badguy and the gang, deciding to address the game's future in its latest developer blog post...
News Baldur's Gate 3's Bear Sex Just the Tip of the 'Horny' Iceberg, Apparently
Bear necessities
Baldur's Gate 3 caused one hell of a stir last month when developer Larian Studios showed off a player romance scene involving a bear. Well, technically it was a druid who had transformed into a bear, but that was never going to stop the tidal wave of shock and awe headlines that flooded the internet following the presentation...
Poll Will You Be Muting Your PS5's Beep?
BEEP
Just in case you missed it, the next major PS5 firmware update will let you disable the console's infamous 'beep' — the surprisingly loud chirp that occurs whenever you switch your system on. In truth, we've come to embrace the beep, but this news has revealed that some PS5 players aren't too keen on it. Whether you're just not a fan of the...
News Sci-Fi Game Fort Solis Wants You to Binge Its Four PS5 Episodes
Out on 22nd August 2023
A new trailer for upcoming PS5 title Fort Solis details what's happening on the surface of Mars, and studio Fallen Leaf is pitching the experience as something you can binge just like a Netflix TV show. The game is split up into four episodes each roughly an hour long, and the developer gives you the chance to play the whole...
News Saints Row Gets Another Huge Update Ahead of Third and Final Expansion
Dust it off
The divisive Saints Row reboot has received yet another meaty update, as developer Volition continues to improve the sandbox title. The so-called 'Dustfaire Update' is available to download now, adding a brand new district to the game's map, while also addressing player feedback and minor bugs. You can find the full patch notes through...
News June 2023 Circana: PS5 Posts Best PlayStation Results in 15 Years
Diablo 4, Final Fantasy 16, and Street Fighter 6 rule supreme
Another month, another record broken for the PS5, which is really beginning to steamroll now. According to Circana (previously NPD) data, Sony’s new-gen system was the best-selling console in the United States across both units and dollar sales metrics in June 2023. In fact, consumer...
News Lords of the Fallen Boss Fights Take Centre Stage in New Gameplay Video
Brothers fight till the end
Building on last week's 18-minute gameplay demonstration, Lords of the Fallen studio Hexworks has published another video via IGN that this time focuses exclusively on two boss encounters. Titled Tancred, the Master of Castigations and Reinhold the Immured, they're brothers who you'll have to fight one after the other...
News EA Sports College Football Is Making 'Incredible Progress' on PS5
"The gameplay is really coming together"
EA Sports College Football was announced all the way back in 2021, several years after the publisher’s last NCAA football game. But the project is taking its sweet time to be realised, and the last we heard it’s scheduled to release in 2024. Most recently,
News Don't Worry, Activision Totally Has the Source Code for Those Awesome PS3 Transformers Games
"When a company eats a company that eats a company, things get lost"
As reported by our sister site Time Extension earlier in the week, the whereabouts of hard drives containing the all-powerful source code for a number of Transformer games was initially in dispute, with both Activision and Hasbro representatives pointing the finger at the other...
News Veteran FromSoftware Composer Yuka Kitamura Departs to Begin Freelance Adventure
Phone likely ringing off the hook
Yuka Kitamura has an impressive resume (and plenty of fans), having composed music for games noted for having great music, such as Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Elden Ring, to name a few. The composer made an announcement earlier on
Additional accoutrements
Once rumoured and since formally announced, Sony Interactive Entertainment's take on the Earbud still doesn't have a release date. FCC filings might shed some more light on the device in question, however, and it looks like active noise cancellation is on the cards, as well as a USB transceiver for lossless audio and...
News Gunfire Games Set to Full-Auto, Fires Off a Million Copies of Remnant 2 in Four Days
A blistering salvo
Shooty Soulslike Remnant 2 is a bonafide hit, both critically and commercially, with developer Gunfire Games declaring the game moved more than a million units in just its first four days on the market. In a statement (thanks, Gematsu), Gunfire Games CEO David Adams said: “To everyone who helped us achieve this amazing...
News Diablo 4's Dev Is Hiring a Season Lead Designer After a Disastrous First Effort
Better late than never
It's already Wednesday, and we haven't had any Diablo 4 drama this week (in fact, we got some good Treasure Goblin-related news). Not that this exactly counts, but Blizzard is hiring (or has already hired) a lead season designer to hopefully
News Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Is Being Ported Backwards to Decade-Old PS4
In "early stages" of development
In a move that seems a bit strange, EA will be bringing Star Wars Jedi: Survivor to last-gen consoles at some point in the future. The publisher dropped this bombshell during its latest business briefing, stating that the port is in the "early stages" of development. Okay then. Survivor released for the PS5 earlier...
Tuesday1st Aug 2023
News Patapon's Spiritual Successor Closing on Console Funding in Just a Day
Beat it
Update: After just 24 hours, Ratatan is now closing on its console conversion Stretch Goals. The developer is seeking ¥75,000,000 (~$523,000), but has already passed over ¥63,000,000 (~$439,000) at the time of typing. Obviously there’s still a little way for the studio to go, but with 30 days left to raise the money, we wouldn’t bet...
Guide Upcoming PS5, PS4 Games for August and September 2023
Madden! Mortal Kombat! EA Sports FC!
Summer's usually a quieter time of the year for new game releases, but August and September seem to be packed full of new titles heading to PlayStation 5 and PS4. As always, we've been busy putting together some highlights headed to both systems over the next few weeks, as well as a larger selection of games...
News Sony Seemingly Forces Nintendo to Remove Rubbish The Last of Us Ripoff from Switch's Store
Was it all for nothing?
Nintendo Switch’s shameless – and abhorrently awful – The Last of Us knockoff has been removed from the eShop, as Sony has lodged copyright strikes against the game. The Last Hope attracted mainstream attention
News Tower of Fantasy Debuts PS5, PS4 Exclusive Bonus Items
Early Access gets underway this weekend
It’s less than a week now until Perfect World’s hit online open world Tower of Fantasy debuts on PS5 and PS4, as a timed console exclusive for at least 12 months. The developer is marking the occasion with a set of PlayStation exclusive items, many of which can be obtained by pre-ordering the Deluxe...
News Fans Vote Clive the Second Best Final Fantasy Protagonist
Guess the winner
Wow, people really like Clive Rosfield. The main character of the recently released Final Fantasy 16, the leather-clad hero seems to have really struck a chord with players, as he was voted the second best protagonist in Square Enix's mainline series. That's according to several thousand Final Fantasy fans, all of whom voted in our...
News Alien's Iconic Xenomorph Is Coming to PS5, PS4's Dead by Daylight
Lucky, lucky, lucky
Wow! Dead by Daylight continues to expand at an impressive rate, and it’s somehow surpassed the addition of Nicolas Cage as a survivor. Teased earlier today, with a full announcement to follow on 8th August, developer Behaviour Interactive has confirmed that it’s partnering with 20th Century Studios to bring Alien to the ga
News Will There Be a Twisted Metal Season 2? No Idea, Says Showrunner
"But I would love to do more"
Twisted Metal’s television adaptation has defied all expectations, becoming a mild critical success and a huge hit with audiences. Despite its low budget, the show has plenty of action and some genuinely touching moments between its cast – all set against a backdrop of crass, indulgent, grindhouse gore. With the...
News Anime Sensation Jujutsu Kaisen Boards Fortnite's Battle Bus Next Week
Another popular anime arrives
Update: Epic Games has now officially confirmed the previously rumoured Jujutsu Kaisen crossover content coming to Fortnite. And yes, protagonist Yuji Itadori is part of the lineup. The skins will be available from 8th August. Original Story: We’re finally getting a Jujutsu Kaisen adaptation courtesy of Bandai...
