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Prison Architect 2 Developer Double Eleven Leaves Franchise

Paradox has announced that Double Eleven, longtime steward of the Prison Architect franchise and developer on Prison Architect 2, is parting ways with the simulation series. In a post on its…

May 13, 2024 | 11:53 EDT

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New The Rogue Prince of Persia Release Date Revealed

Evil Empire and Ubisoft have announced the new The Rogue Prince of Persia release date, and the roguelite platformer is landing at the end of this month. Last week, the two studios delayed the…

May 13, 2024 | 10:50 EDT

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Square Enix Profits Plummet by 70% After Multiple Cancellations

Square Enix has released its financial results for the 2023-24 fiscal year, and things are looking a little grim for the company in profit terms. According to its results presentation, Square Enix's…

May 13, 2024 | 08:47 EDT

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Modiphius Announces Cohors Cthulhu: Tactics Quickstart Rules

Back in 2022, Modiphius Entertainment announced Cohors Cthulhu. According to the studio this world of cosmic horror, set during the days of the Roman Empire, would be part of a major transmedia…

May 10, 2024 | 03:22 EDT

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Weep, Modders, for a New Fallout 4 Update Is Coming Next Week

Bethesda has announced a new Fallout 4 update for next week, so get ready to batten down the hatches and brace yourself, especially if you're a modder or you play a lot of Fallout 4 mods. The update…

May 10, 2024 | 11:52 EDT

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Sega's Profits Are Up, But It's Mostly Down To Pachislots

Sega has released its financial information for the fiscal year ending in March 2024, and while profits are up, the in-depth picture is a bit more complicated than that might suggest. According to…

May 10, 2024 | 08:51 EDT

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Critical Role Beacon Membership Service Announced

If you are involved in tabletop gaming, you are aware of Critical Role. The company started with a popular actual play series before becoming a multimedia empire. They have created third-party D…

May 9, 2024 | 02:41 EDT

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Dead by Daylight Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Revealed

Behaviour Interactive has announced a Dead by Daylight Dungeons & Dragons crossover, with the hugely popular tabletop franchise seemingly making its way to the multiplayer horror game sometime…

May 9, 2024 | 12:22 EDT

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American Truck Simulator Nebraska DLC Release Date Revealed

SCS Software has announced the American Truck Simulator Nebraska DLC release date, and the major expansion is due to land very soon indeed. Nebraska will launch on May 16th (that's next Thursday).…

May 9, 2024 | 11:47 EDT

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World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees for 2024 Include Myst, Asteroids, and More

The five inductees for the World Video Game Hall of Fame in 2024 have been revealed, and it's pretty hard to argue that they're all incredibly influential classics. Back in March, the Strong…

May 9, 2024 | 11:26 EDT

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From Software Parent Company's Profits Drop, but Armored Core Surprises

Kadokawa, the parent company of Elden Ring developer From Software, has released its financial results for the 2023-24 fiscal year, and sales and profits are both down in the gaming sphere. Since…

May 9, 2024 | 10:46 EDT

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Konami Marks New Record With 70% Profit Increase Driven by Games

Konami has announced its financial results for the 2023-24 fiscal year, and it looks like it's been a year of record profits for the Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill publisher. Per Konami's official…

May 9, 2024 | 09:41 EDT

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Capcom Announces Seventh Straight Year of Record Profits

Capcom has released its financial statement for the 2023-24 fiscal year, and the company says it's enjoyed a seventh straight year of record profits, driven largely by the release of two major…

May 9, 2024 | 08:59 EDT

Promotional artwork of the Wonders of the First backer box, featuring a woman in armor with a dragon in the background.
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Wonders of the First CCG To Be Removed From Kickstarter

A new chapter has opened regarding a controversial card game Kickstarter. The CCG project, Wonders of the First, is being removed from the platform, despite raising $1.4 million during its campaign.…

May 8, 2024 | 05:36 EDT

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Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Harks Back to a Retro Classic

Nintendo has officially announced Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, a NES Remix-style collection of challenges based on games from the NES library. The game was first spotted via the ESRB…

May 8, 2024 | 10:54 EDT

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Free League Announces Updated Dragonbane Path of Glory Adventure

A classic Dragonbane adventure is returning. Free League's Swedish fantasy TTRPG has gained new fans thanks to its recent localized edition. Now with Dragonbane Path of Glory, those new fans can…

May 7, 2024 | 04:00 EDT

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V Rising 1.0 Global Launch Timings Revealed Ahead of Tomorrow's Release

Stunlock Studios has announced the global launch timings for the upcoming V Rising 1.0 update, and it looks like no regions will be waiting until May 9th to play. Back in March, it was revealed that…

May 7, 2024 | 11:15 EDT

A golem-like creature covered in masks in the Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous DLC A Dance of Masks
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Final Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous DLC Parties Hard In June

Owlcat Games has announced the release date for the final piece of Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous DLC, titled A Dance of Masks. The DLC launches on June 13th and will take your party back to…

May 7, 2024 | 10:41 EDT

Artwork of the Arkane Austin game Redfall and the Tango Gameworks game Hi-Fi Rush (whose studios are both being shut down by Microsoft) next to each other
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Microsoft Shuts Down Redfall and Hi-Fi Rush Creators

Microsoft has closed four of its internal studios, including Redfall and Prey developer Arkane Austin and Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks. In an internal email seen by IGN, Xbox Game Studios head…

May 7, 2024 | 09:52 EDT

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Diablo Immortal Reveals New Dual Blade-Wielding Tempest Class

Blizzard has announced the second new class to be added to Diablo Immortal: the Tempest, a class that uses dual blades and calls upon the fury of the storm to smite their enemies. Per an…

May 7, 2024 | 10:05 EDT

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The Witcher 3 Mod Editor REDkit Set for Release Later This Month

CD Projekt Red has announced that The Witcher 3 REDkit, a modding tool for critically-acclaimed open-world RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, is launching later this month. According to a post on the…

May 7, 2024 | 08:53 EDT

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Alan Wake 2 Dev Remedy Cancels Tencent Collab Codename Kestrel

Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Alan Wake 2 and Control, has announced that it's canceled the secretive Codename Kestrel, a multiplayer game being worked on in conjunction with Tencent. In…

May 7, 2024 | 08:39 EDT

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Nintendo Switch 2 Announcement Coming Before April 2025

Nintendo has confirmed that it will make an announcement regarding the Switch 2 (name not official) sometime before the end of this fiscal year. Speaking on the official Nintendo X (formerly Twitter…

May 7, 2024 | 08:21 EDT

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Dungeons & Dragons 2024 SRD Announced

With the latest iteration of Dungeons & Dragons a few months away, Wizards of the Coast has released new material. Not new playtest material or glimpses at cover art. They have announced the…

May 6, 2024 | 03:53 EDT

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Hades 2 Is Out Now on Steam Early Access

Supergiant Games has surprise-released Hades 2 via Steam Early Access. That's right - the game is out right now. Hades 2 was first announced back in 2022, and an Early Access release window for the…

May 6, 2024 | 01:20 EDT

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Tokyo Cooking Will Let You Run an Anime Sushi Restaurant on Switch Next Week

There are plenty of cozy cooking sims out there, but very few, if any, of them allow you to run your own anime sushi restaurant. Thankfully, there's Tokyo Cooking, a new game heading to Switch next…

May 6, 2024 | 12:23 EDT

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Helldivers 2 PC Players Won't Need a PlayStation Account After Sony Walkback

Sony has walked back its decision to require Helldivers 2 PC players to link PlayStation accounts to their Steam profiles in order to continue playing. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Sony says…

May 6, 2024 | 08:24 EDT

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Lord of the Rings Duel For Middle-earth Announced by Repos

Last week, the France-based Repos Production teased they were working on a new Lord of the Rings board game. Now, the Asmodee Group subsidiary has officially announced Lord of the Rings Duel for…

May 3, 2024 | 03:34 EDT

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Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 PC System Requirements Revealed

Ninja Theory has announced the Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 PC requirements, so we now know what kind of a machine you'll need to run the game. As you can probably imagine if you've seen any of the…

May 3, 2024 | 11:25 EDT

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V Rising Difficulty Levels and More Detailed Ahead of Launch

Stunlock Studios has released a new dev diary ahead of next week's V Rising 1.0 launch, detailing what you can expect from the game's new difficulty modes, as well as what will happen regarding…

May 3, 2024 | 10:13 EDT

A soldier firing a gun with shafts of sunlight in the foreground in Ubisoft's free-to-play shooter XDefiant
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XDefiant Release Date and Preseason Content Revealed

Ubisoft has announced the XDefiant release date, and the studio is bringing its free-to-play shooter to PC and current-gen consoles later this month. Per an official announcement post, XDefiant …

May 3, 2024 | 09:27 EDT

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Another Crab's Treasure Sales Top 150k as Devs Promise to Fix Bugs

Developer and publisher Aggro Crab has announced that Another Crab's Treasure sales have hit a major milestone, and the studio has also shared its plans for the game going forward. In a post on…

May 3, 2024 | 09:01 EDT

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(Updated) Helldivers 2 PC Players Will Soon Require PlayStation IDs to Play

Update May 6th 8:49AM: Sony has walked back its decision to require PC players to link a PlayStation account to play Helldivers 2 on Steam. The decision means that neither new players nor existing…

May 3, 2024 | 08:21 EDT

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Bards and Sages Publishing To Close Over AI-Generated Content

A long-lived independent TTRPG studio, Bards and Sages Publishing has announced it will close its doors. While outlets closing up shop can be a natural result of many factors in the market, the site'…

May 2, 2024 | 06:43 EDT

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Update 1.5 Release Date Revealed

505 Games and ArtPlay have announced the release date for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night update 1.5, which will also serve as the game's final major free update. The long-awaited update will…

May 2, 2024 | 11:57 EDT

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Unity Draws From EA Well Again for New CEO

Unity has announced that its new CEO is former Zynga COO and EA exec Matthew Bromberg, who will take the role later this month. Per a Unity press release, Bromberg will become Unity's CEO on May…

May 2, 2024 | 10:52 EDT

Artwork for the medieval kingdom sim Norland, which has been delayed
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Manor Lords Publisher's Kingdom Sim Norland Delayed to Summer

Medieval kingdom sim Norland, which is being published by Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse, has been delayed until summer to allow developer Long Jaunt to add new features. Per a press release,…

May 2, 2024 | 10:06 EDT

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Helldivers 2 Polar Patriots Warbond Brings More Devastation Next Week

Arrowhead Game Studios and Sony have announced the next Helldivers 2 Warbond, and this one's got a bit of a wintry kick to it. As is usually the case with new Helldivers 2 Warbonds, this one is…

May 2, 2024 | 08:35 EDT

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Earth Defense Force 6 Release Date Finally Revealed

D3 Publisher has announced the Earth Defense Force 6 release date, so get ready to strap your jetpack on and start blasting some bugs. Per a new trailer, Earth Defense Force 6 launches on PC and…

May 1, 2024 | 11:18 EDT

A stained-glass window-style image showing a dragon and the hero in Dragon's Dogma 2, which has topped Circana's sales data for March 2024
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Dragon's Dogma 2 Tops Circana's US Sales Data for March 2024

Sales analysis group Circana has released its monthly gaming industry sales data, and Capcom's open-world RPG Dragon's Dogma 2 has done pretty well for itself. After Helldivers 2 topped February's…

May 1, 2024 | 10:44 EDT

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Desktop Farming Sim Rusty's Retirement Tops 100k Sales

Indie dev and "tiny tiny game studio" Mister Morris Games has announced that Rusty's Retirement, a game that can be played while you complete other tasks on your desktop, has hit a big sales…

May 1, 2024 | 10:14 EDT

Promotional artwork of the planeswalker Anjani as seen by the MTG Modern Horizons 3 preview.
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Modern Horizons 3 Leaks Addressed By Wizards of the Coast

Recently, some Modern Horizons 3 leaks have made their way on to the internet. The upcoming Magic: The Gathering set has been so hotly anticipated by fans that any information on its contents has…

April 30, 2024 | 04:05 EDT

The cast of The Umbrella Academy rendered as Funko Pops in the crossover action-adventure game Funko Fusion
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Funko Fusion Release Date Brings Mashup Madness in September

10:10 Games and Funko have announced the Funko Fusion release date, with the game bringing 20 franchises to life in Funko form on PC and consoles later this year. Funko Fusion will officially launch…

April 30, 2024 | 11:31 EDT

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Xbox June Showcase Announced, Totally Not Call of Duty Direct Teased

Xbox has announced its summer showcase plans, and the company is also teasing a "mysterious" (read: fairly obvious) post-show Direct for the same day. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Xbox…

April 30, 2024 | 11:03 EDT

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Deliver Us the Moon Dev KeokeN Forced to Lay Off Entire Team

Deliver Us the Moon and Deliver Us Mars developer KeokeN Interactive has announced it's laying off its entire team after having "exhausted all [its] possible options". In a message posted on X (…

April 30, 2024 | 10:31 EDT

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Rise of the Ronin Sales "Surpassing" Nioh Series, Koei Tecmo Reveals

Koei Tecmo has released its financial statement for the fiscal year ending in March 2024, and it contains an interesting nugget of information regarding recently-released open-world action RPG Rise…

April 30, 2024 | 08:56 EDT

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Square Enix Declares $140m Loss Amid Game Pipeline Shakeup

Square Enix has declared an extraordinary loss of $140.8m for the financial year ending in March 2024, relating to what it calls "content abandonment losses". In a statement released earlier today,…

April 30, 2024 | 08:19 EDT

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White Dwarf #500 Previewed By Games Workshop

If you are familiar with any of Games Workshop's tabletop war games, you have heard of White Dwarf magazine. Debuting in 1977, the magazine has provided articles on the hobby, including optional…

April 29, 2024 | 03:11 EDT