A huge amount of new industry info has been revealed overnight, as the FTC has taken Microsoft to court for the company’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard King. Emails, prior mergers, and more were dredged up as the July deadline for the deal draws near. Numerous people were brought up to the stand, including Bethesda’s […]
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There sure have been a lot of low points for Final Fantasy as a series since the halcyon days of the PS1 Final Fantasy era. As soon as FF12 was out the door, the series began to stumble – weighed down by its own legacy, so desperate to reinvent and re-establish its place as an […]
It’s been a decade since the release of Slender: The Arrival, meaning it’s been just as long since we’ve come face to face with the terrifying Slenderman and his featureless face. That said, a new teaser and countdown from developer, Blue Isle Studios, points towards the humanoid making a comeback in the near future. Slenderman […]
Welcome to The Best Games Ever Show episode 57: The best game where you play a dead guy. Gaming is stuffed to the coffin lid with undead protagonists. Vampires. Poltergeists. Murdered detectives with unfinished business. Starship captains resurrected from death by a rogue human supremacist terrorist organisation with a trillionaire CEO. The list goes on. […]
Horses will finally be returning to the Sims series, with a new Horse Ranch Expansion Pack being announced for The Sims 4, arriving on July 20. Rumours surrounding equestrian-activities in The Sims 4 have been around for a while, but EA finally confirmed the news by sharing a new trailer detailing The Sims 4 Horse […]
E3 is still a possibility for 2024 and beyond, according to a statement from the ESA. This statement comes following a Los Angeles City Tourism Board of Commissioners meeting that presented figures that took E3’s cancellation in 2024 and 2025 into account. In a statement to Gamesindustry.biz, a spokesperson wrote the trade body is “currently […]
The Olympic Esports opening ceremony kicked off today, barely scraping past a 1,000 concurrent YouTube viewer peak over the course of the bombastic event. Now a video on demand, it sits at 10,000 total views several hours later. It featured several live music and dance performances, as well as talks from members of the Olympic […]
As I sit down to write this article we’re precisely one week from the release of Final Fantasy 16, a little under a week from the review embargo (which will have passed and our FF16 review published by the time you read this), and the game is trending on Twitter. Click the trend and what […]
It is perhaps no coincidence that Diablo 4 is Blizzard’s fastest-selling game ever. Given the lengthy wait, the series’ wider appeal compared to Warcraft, Overwatch, and Hearthstone – a record-breaking launch was inevitable. But every big launch brings with it a large number of new players, many of whom have never played a Diablo game […]
Although the majority of Diablo 4 players have yet to finish the campaign and roll credits, those who did may not not realise that they’re missing a small piece of the story. The game’s lengthy credits hide a very brief post-credit scene. The kicker is, not everyone is getting it. Even those of us who […]