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Video games have become the Hollywood gold rush du jour, with Mortal Kombat 2 and Street Fighter still to come this year, after The Super Mario Galaxy Movie already bounced through the box office. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is up for a silver screen version too, but voice actor Ben Starr believes the medium is more than capable of standing on its own, without validation from TV or film producers.He spoke about the subject to Dexerto at this year’s BAFTA Games Awards. “I don’t think video games need adaptations to justify them,” Starr begins. “I think it’s exciting, I think…
A remake of the first Assassin’s Creed game was in the works at Ubisoft as of a few years ago, a prominent AC leaker has claimed, while also alleging that the decision’s recently been taken to ditch some of Assassin’s Creed Hexe’s more “magical” elements. This chatter comes on the heels of Ubisoft finally revealing the much-leaked Black Flag Resynced last week and the news that former Hexe game director Benoit Richer has left the publisher.
The Neo Geo AES+ seems pretty niche at a glance, but players are flocking to the new iteration of the retro console. The original Neo Geo hit the shelves 36 years ago for the astonishing price of $649.99 (roughly equivalent to $1,540 today), but brought players the first removable memory card on a home console, as well as unprecedented power and, of course, several King of Fighters games. Now, Plaion and SNK have brought it back for a much more affordable $180, and players are clearly excited. Whether you’re a King of Fighters afficionado who doesn’t miss an entry, or…
Epic Games has stated that anyone who purchased cosmetics based on D4vd will be entitled to a refund if requested.Note: This article contains distressing details about murder and sexual abuse.D4vd – real name David Anthony Burke – is an American singer-songwriter who began his music career by making Fortnite gameplay montages and creating his own music for them to avoid copyright strikes.Burke is currently under arrest, charged with first-degree murder, lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under 14 and mutilation of a body, following the discovery of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s body in an impounded car registered to him.Prosecutors…
If you’re about to take your Switch 2 on a grand summer adventure, an all-in-one case should be first on your shopping list. Well, maybe after the sunscreen. Once you have stocked up on enough factor 50 to keep your skin lathered up, picking up one of the best Nintendo Switch 2 cases, like the Turtle Beach Play Trek 2-in-1 Case, is a must if you’re planning on getting in some docked-mode gaming during your valued time off.A small travel case can keep your handheld safe as it’s tossed around in a suitcase, but the Turtle Beach 2-in-1 case will…
Fortnite developers Epic Games have confirmed plans to honour refunds for cosmetics related to D4vd, following the American singer being charged with murdering a 14-year-old girl. Players will have to request these refunds themselves by contacting Fortnite support, with Epic adding that more changes are to come.
Rush is Real is the upcoming shooter from ex-Escape From Tarkov duo Dmitri Ogorodnikov and German Terekhov. Now flying under the Nomion Games banner, the pair are eager to ensure their big debut brings something fresh to the genre, while fixing some of its long-standing pain points. Though details are thin right now as the game is still in the prototyping stage, PCGamesN has had a chance to quiz the Nomion founders on how Rush is Real is shaping up so far. Rush is Real may be in the fledgling stages of development, but Nomion has already made it crystal…
Sony has announced that South Korea and Southeast Asia are the latest regions to receive a PlayStation 5 price increase.Starting on May 1, the price of a PS5 Digital Edition, PS5 Standard Edition and PS5 Pro will increase, with Sony attributing the change to “continued pressures in the global economic landscape”.In South Korea, the PS5 Digital Edition will increase in price from ₩598,000 to ₩858,000, an increase of around 43%.The standard PS5 model will increase from ₩748,000 to ₩948,000 (around 27%), and the PS5 Pro will increase from ₩1.118 million to ₩1.298 million (around 16%).In Singapore, the Digital PS5 will…
A leaked review of the upcoming Steam Controller surfaced online over the weekend, and it’s sending shockwaves across the gaming hardware market. Not only does it point to a launch and review embargo for Valve’s new hardware coming soon, but it’s also giving us a potential hint at details like pricing. Valve’s yet to formally announce the cost of its best PC controller contender, but the leaked review explicitly said it’ll set you back $99.The leak arrives a week after a SteamDB page surfaced pointing toward an unboxing video being released soon, and two weeks after a public shipment manifest…
Happy this week, all! Summer is well and truly afoot in south England, and I’ve marked the occasion by ceremonially pivoting my desk to face the window. This gives me a restorative view of some grass and trees, while allowing me to behold people walking their kids to school – a sight that fills my heart with hope and tenderness. The drawback is that random pedestrians can also see my expressions of diabolical excitement, poisonous confusion and mortal terror, while I try to make sense of the latest new PC game releases.