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…

When Pokémon Go launched in 2016, it immediately became one of the biggest phenomenons in gaming history. Niantic, the studio behind the still-running Pokémon Go, has officially launched its latest project, NBA All-World. Much like Pokémon Go’s core concept, NBA All-World lets you search your real-world location for some of the biggest names in the…

The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR has been delayed.  PlayStation revealed 11 new PlayStation VR2 games back in November, including a new entry in Supermassive Games’ The Dark Pictures anthology series called Switchback VR. Supermassive released Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, a PlayStation VR rail shooter, in 2016, and Switchback VR is its spiritual successor. When Switchback VR was…

EA Motive’s remake of Dead Space is out later this week, but if you need your fix of Isaac Clarke now, you can purchase the Strange Transmissions Quest Pack in Fortnite today.  Isaac Clarke joins Fortnite’s Gaming Legends Series and he can join your locker roster via the new quest pack for $11.99. Strange Transmissions…

Thunderful has announced its next SteamWorld game and it’s a city-builder.  Revealed yesterday during a Thunderful stream, SteamWorld Build is a new city-builder set in the SteamWorld universe due out sometime this year on consoles and PC. In it, your goal is to escape a dying planet and the only way to do this is…

Last week, The Last of Us’ premiere scored HBO’s second largest debut for an original series since 2010. And now, Episode 2 of The Last of Us, “Infected,” has broken another HBO record. “Infected” brought in 5.7 million viewers across HBO and HBO Max streams, marking a 22% increase over last week’s 4.7-million premiere. That increase is…

The team at Crystal Dynamics has announced the end of development for its live-service Marvel’s Avengers game. The news comes two and a half years after the game’s fall 2020 launch. In that time, the Marvel’s Avengers development team released 12 playable heroes (including the PlayStation-exclusive Spider-Man), a full expansion set in Wakanda, multiple character-focused…

As announced in a recent blog post, 13 new games are coming to PlayStation VR2, and they’re all expected to release “within one month of the February 22 launch.” They are as follows: Before Your Eyes Kayak VR: Mirage Pavlov VR Puzzling Places Song in the Smoke: Rekindled Synth Riders: Remastered Edition Thumper NFL Pro…

Microsoft laid off 10,000 employees across various departments yesterday, including its HoloLens and engineering sectors as well as at gaming companies in its portfolio like Bethesda Game Studios and 343 Industries.  The company hasn’t revealed exact numbers and specific departments regarding the layoffs yet, but some employees at Bethesda Game Studios, which is hard at work…