Category Archives: Χωρίς κατηγορία

The new offshoot The Office series is now ordered, and its premise sounds enticing and eerily relevant

The new offshoot series set in The Office universe (whatever that entails) is now a go at Peacock, and its premise sounds really good, actually. Expectations weren’t exactly low, given that The Office creator Greg Daniels and Nathan for You co-creator Michael Koman were involved, but looking at the mid quality of some recent TV […]

The new Twisters trailer reminds us star-driven disaster movies might be back, and Glen Powell sure sells it

Climate change is very much real and we’re constantly feeling its effects even if we’re not paying much attention to it right now due to, uh, more pressing real-world matters. Anyway, with this conversation being relevant once again and other genre fare not performing as well as it used to, it only makes sense that […]

Xbox reveals desire for smaller award winning games shortly after closing studio behind Hi-Fi Rush

Head of Xbox, Matt Booty, expressed during an internal town hall meeting that the company wants “smaller games that give us prestige and awards”. This comes following the closure of several Microsoft-owned developers including Tango Gameworks – which created a smaller award winning game last year. This information comes via a report by Ash Parrish […]

Action RPG Lords of the Fallen and Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 coming to Game Pass sometime this year – per CI Games

Looks like Game Pass subscribers will be able to play Lords of the Fallen and Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 at some point this year. News of the entries comes from developer and publisher CI Games. The agreement to bring both games to Microsoft’s service was signed on May 3, according to a financial note […]

Destiny 2 offers up a free month of The Witch Queen, Beyond Light, and Shadowkeep to new and lapsed players with Open Access

Sony has made three Destiny 2 expansions free to play through its Expansion Open Access incentive. What it does is give new and lapsed players free access to the expansions The Witch Queen, Shadowkeep, and Beyond Light from now until June 3 and it’s available across all platforms. Those with a PlayStation Plus subscription can […]

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf expected to arrive before spring 2025, per new report and slight hints from Electronic Arts

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf could be released at some point this fiscal year, according to a report. EA released its Q4 and full-year 2024 fiscal results overnight, and in the report, the firm noted it has two unannounced titles slated to be released by March 2025. The company’s current fiscal year ends on March 31, 2025. […]

One of the best games of all time is included with Netflix on iOS, and just in time for its sequel

If fighting through the same dungeons over-and-over, inching through the stygian halls of Tartarus, magma-singed islands of Ashphodel and raging battlegrounds of Elysium in a quest for freedom sounds like something of a Sisyphean task: it is. Hades tells the story of Prince Zagreus, son of the titular God of the Underworld, as he tries […]

Final Fantasy’s Yoshitaka Amano and Ghost in The Shell’s director’s weird as hell film about anime Jesus is getting the 4K remaster treatment

Angel’s Egg, an anime you probably haven’t heard of from the director of Ghost in the Shell and OG Final Fantasy character designer, is getting a 4K remaster. Before joining Square to work on Final Fantasy in the late ’90s, Yoshitaka Amano was an established artist in his own right. He was the illustrator behind […]

EA celebrates thriving live service games Apex Legends and Sims 4, says Battlefield team is “largest” in franchise history

Electronic Arts released its Q4 and fiscal year-end financials, showcasing continued strength in its live service offerings and some color on developing the next Battlefield game. With its live service games, Apex Legends leads the charge with $3.4 billion in lifetime net bookings. The Sims 4 also remains a powerhouse, boasting a player base of […]

With the closure of Tango Gameworks, Xbox sends an accidental message: it is not a platform for fans of Japanese games

Japan has always been a sticking point for Xbox. I’ve heard some people at games publishers describe the brand’s fortunes in the country as ‘cursed’. That seems a bit dramatic, but let’s roll with it. Some argue that it all started with the name. The DirectX box – the Xbox – was always a sort […]