Today’s Xbox Developer Direct ended with a walkthrough of gameplay from Arkane’s Redfall. In addition to detailing how players will liberate the town of Redfall from its vampiric captors, the team also shared a release date: May 2. The bulk of the presentation showed off how players, either alone or working with up to three…

Last summer, Turn 10 Studios and Xbox announced a new entry in the esteemed Forza Motorsport series, built from the ground up for Xbox Series X/S. The studio made lofty promises regarding the kind of experience it would be able to deliver with the new hardware, and during today’s Xbox Developer Direct, we received more…

HBO’s The Last of Us is getting a second season. Nearly three weeks after the premiere of the first episode, HBO has revealed that The Last of Us will return for a Season 2. Season 1, so far, has been largely viewed as a success by critics and viewers alike. News of a second season…

Nintendo revealed back in September that the classic N64 game, GoldenEye 007, was coming to Switch, complete with online play. Microsoft announced that same day that GoldenEye 007 was coming to Xbox as well, although this version of the famed game would not feature online multiplayer like its Switch counterpart.  Neither announcement included a release…

Xbox gaming revenue is mostly down across all fronts, but its Game Pass subscriber base still saw growth.  Microsoft released its second quarter financial results for the 2023 fiscal year yesterday, and it revealed that Xbox gaming revenue declined 13% overall. Xbox content and services, such as first-party software and monetization in third-party games, declined…

Justin Roiland has resigned from Squanch Games following domestic abuse charges.  The High On Life Twitter account released a statement yesterday, revealing that the studio received Roiland’s resignation on January 16. Squanch says it will “keep developing games we know our fans will love while continuing to support and improve High On Life.” pic.twitter.com/xj1QgPskas —…

WWE 2K23 has been unveiled, and for some strange reason, 2K decided the cover art will feature a blank picture instead of a wrestler. I kid, of course. This year’s cover superstar is the 16-time World Champion and master of implied invisibility, John Cena. As for features, so far, the biggest new addition is WarGames match type…

Since the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, players have asked for a Hardcore Mode, which was notably absent from the game at launch and still today. Developer Infinity Ward has revealed that Hardcore will hit the game during its upcoming Season 2, which begins next month.  This news comes just a few…

Life Is Strange 2 is coming to Switch in just a couple of weeks.  The 2019 episodic adventure game will arrive in its entirety on February 2. The five-part saga sees brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz on the run from the law after the latter’s awakened supernatural power results in the loss of a loved one.  This news…

Despite rumors claiming otherwise, 343 Industries will continue to develop Halo games following Halo Infinite.  Microsoft laid off 10,000 people last week amidst the company’s ongoing $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The same day, Halo Infinite creative director Joseph Staten, who joined the studio in 2020 to help bring the game across the finish…