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This month’s wave of ‘free’ PC games have been confirmed for Amazon Luna, previously known as Prime Gaming.This month’s games include Mafia II: Definitive Edition, the 2020 remaster of 2K‘s 2010 action adventure game.Although the service is now part of Amazon’s Luna gaming service – which mostly deals with streaming games – the offer here remains the same as it was when the service was known as Prime Gaming.This means, as part of an Amazon Prime subscription, players are given a selection of PC games every month to claim, download and keep.While other services – such as PlayStation Plus and…
Sony hasn’t formally announced its next-generation PlayStation console, but the PS6 era is seemingly inching ever closer as the company increases its investment into whatever its next console ends up being called.Speaking on the company’s financial results for the last fiscal year, Sony says it expects its operating income to remain flat year-on-year “due to the incorporation of an increase in investments for the next-generation platform.” While the company didn’t specifically name drop PS6, naming conventions only point in one direction…In the company’s latest earnings call, Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki elaborates that the company “have not yet decided on” either…
2K Games are laying off staff at developers 31st Union, as they pursue what the studio boss calls “a renewed direction and vision” for free-to-play multiplayer offering Project Ethos – once a “roguelike hero shooter”, now a “skill-based PvP roguelike experience” with some wistful coral architecture.
A new Borderlands 4 update just deployed some serious damage buffs across a wide range of its weapon roster. With the Mad Ellie DLC now in the rear-view mirror and the FPS game’s second raid boss on the horizon, Gearbox is planning several weeks of balance changes, gear tuning, and even some more dramatic overhauls. To start with, it’s focusing on weapon buffs for some of the underperforming options, plus some assistance for energy shields. There are huge damage increases on the table, with the likes of shotguns, pistols, SMGs, and Order-manufactured weapons among the big winners. A big focal…
Sony president and CEO Hiroki Totoki says the company hasn’t yet decided when it’s going to release the PlayStation 6, and what its price will be.However, in its latest financial results published on Friday, the company said it expects income to be flat year-on-year because “of an increase in investments for the next-generation platform”.For the three months ended March 31, Sony sold some 1.5 million PlayStation 5 consoles, bringing the lifetime total to 93.7 million. This is slightly less than the PS4 managed in the equivalent quarter (2.6m), which means PS5 is now slightly behind its predecessor, launch aligned, albeit with…
What once felt like an outside shot now seems more likely than ever as The Penguin season 2 has received a pre-production milestone.The Writers Guild of America site now has details for the names attached to The Penguin season 2. Showrunner and executive producer Lauren LeFranc is listed as returning for the project, while Semi Chellas (perhaps best known for writing several episodes in the latter half of Mad Men) is onboard as consulting producer.Originally envisioned as a limited series that bridged the gap between The Batman and The Batman 2 as Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb wormed his way up…
Action RPG Path of Exile 2 will very likely hit 1.0 by end of 2026, developers Grinding Gear Games have declared, following one last, endgame-focused early access update that introduces “over 50 hours” of new classes, areas and systems. The definition of “1.0” is rather slippery here, mind, and the developers are already prophesying a few things that might oblige a delay.
Steam Controller reservations are now open. Prospective buyers can now put their name down on a waiting list, and Valve will email you when your purchase slot becomes available. You’ll be limited to one controller per purchase, and have only 72 hours to complete your order, but at least you can now join an orderly queue and know when your time has come. The new ordering system comes into place after the first batch of controllers sold out within minutes, with early buyers able to purchase two controllers at a time. This initial system that Valve implemented led to a…
Sony has laid out its plan for the use of AI in PlayStation game development and committed to its implementation going forward.During Sony’s presentation for its latest financial results, Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Hideaki Nishino explained how he believes AI will strengthen the company’s efforts in game creation.“At PlayStation, our goal is always to be the best place to play and the best place to publish,” Nishino said. “We see AI as a powerful tool to help us in this mission.“For our players, this will mean a gaming experience like never before. More immersion, more adventures, and fresh…
As more and more big Hollywood actors move over to video game acting, the stigma around it is fading away. But Lord of the Rings’ performance capture king Andy Serkis says he’s always seen movie and game acting in the same light.”I don’t see any difference between that and acting in films or on stage or TV,” said Serkis in an interview with Variety. “It’s exactly the same. You approach the character and build a character in the same way.”Serkis has been a part of many video games, including a series based on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Warhammer…