Microsoft has signed a binding 10-year legal agreement with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo players, presuming the company’s colossal $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard is approved. Since the acquisition announcement last year, Microsoft has been attempting to prove to government agencies like the U.S.’ Federal Trade Commission that this acquisition does…
PlayStation State Of Play Airs This Week, Includes New Look At Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
PlayStation will air its first State of Play presentation of 2023 on Thursday, February 23. The event will spotlight PlayStation VR2, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and more. The event begins at 1 p.m. Pacific/4 p.m. Eastern on Twitch and YouTube and will reveal five new PSVR2 titles. Beyond that, it doesn’t seem like we…
Blumhouse Productions Announces Game Development And Publishing Company
Blumhouse Productions, the film and TV company primarily known for producing horror films, is getting in the video game business. The multimedia giant announced a new subsidiary to develop and publish games. Dubbed Blumhouse Games, it will primarily partner with indie designers to create horror-themed projects. A press release states that the company will target…
No Man’s Sky Fractal Update Adds PlayStation VR2 Support, Out Now
Hello Games has revealed a new update for No Man’s Sky called Fractal, and it brings PlayStation VR2 support to the game. Fractal, which is update 4.1 for the game, is live right now for all players and it adds support for Sony’s second generation headset alongside “new immersive controls and next generation visuals” for the…
Shinji Mikami Is Leaving Tango Gameworks
Tango Gameworks’ founder Shinji Mikami is departing the studio in the coming months after a 12-year tenure. The news was first broken by TrueAchievements, who received and verified a company-wide email to ZeniMax staff announcing the departure before Bethesda publicly confirmed the news on Twitter. Bethesda’s statement, posted below, doesn’t cite a reason or a…
Capcom Has Started Development On Resident Evil 4’s PlayStation VR2 Update
PlayStation VR2 launches today, and the new VR version of Resident Evil Village alongside it. However, fans have wondered about the status of the previously announced PS VR2 port of the upcoming Resident Evil 4 remake that was briefly teased last year. Capcom has finally broken its silence with a small update. In a press…
Lies Of P Becomes A Real Game In August
The release of the Pinocchio-inspired Soulslike Lies of P has been narrowed down to this August. A new story trailer introduces a seemingly villainous character, Simon, while highlighting some of the dangerous monstrosities waiting to dismantle players. Lies of P unfolds in the fictional, Belle Époque-era French city of Krat as players control Pinocchio, a mechanoid puppet…
Firaxis’ Jake Solomon Announces Departure From Studio
Jake Solomon, the director of Marvel’s Midnight Suns and the modern XCOM games, has announced his departure from Firaxis. Solomon has worked at Firaxis for 23 years and is best known as the lead designer of XCOM: Enemy Unknown and the director of XCOM 2, including its War of the Chosen expansion. He most recently…
Apple TV’s Tetris Movie Looks Fantastic In New Trailer
Tetris is a new original film coming to Apple TV+, the iPhone maker’s streaming service, and if the first trailer for it is any indication, it looks like a great time. Released yesterday, Tetris begins with the classic Europe song, “The Final Countdown,” which then aptly transitions to Korobeiniki, the main theme of Tetris (you know the one)….
Venom And Mephisto Star In Marvel’s Midnight Suns’ New Story Expansion
Marvel’s Midnight Suns gets its second story expansion next week in the form of the aptly titled “Redemption.” It stars Venom, looking to right the wrongs he’s committed, but he’s going to have to overcome the powerful demon Mephisto to do it. The trailer shows Eddie Brock, having recovered from the events of the main campaign,…