Gaming

Hazelight Studios, the developer of A Way Out and It Takes Two, has been working on its next title. Now, a reliable leaker has shared the alleged title of the game. Hazelight’s next game will be called Split Fiction, the leaker claimed Monday. The information arrives after Hazelight founder Josef Fares, the award-winning writer/director of

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be playable with Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) for Game Pass Ultimate members at launch, Microsoft announced Monday. The next Call of Duty title, set to arrive on PC and consoles on October 25, was earlier confirmed to be available day one on Xbox Game Pass. In addition to

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii received a new trailer at the Xbox Partner Preview event Thursday, highlighting the game’s naval combat. The trailer showed off ship battles, melee skirmishes and more of Goro Majima’s eccentric adventures. Developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio also announced that the action-adventure Yakuza spin-off will now be released a

Alan Wake 2’s expansion, The Lake House, will be released October 22, Remedy Entertainment announced Thursday. The second and final expansion for the acclaimed survival-horror title will deepen the base game’s connection with other Remedy titles in a shared universe. The Lake House adds a new protagonist to the mix and tells a new story

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is set to arrive across PC, Xbox and PlayStation platforms on October 25. Ahead of the launch, publisher Activision has shared details about the PC version of the game, including system requirements, pre-loading time, file sizes and more. Black Ops 6 is also getting PC-specific features like ultrawide monitor

Hitman developer IO Interactive has been working on a James Bond video game. Project 007 will be an original Bond origin story, allowing players to step into the shoes of fabled spy and earn his double-O status. The game, which doesn’t yet have an official title or a release window, was first announced in 2020.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is set to release across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X on October 31. BioWare’s action-RPG is the fourth Dragon Age title –– the first since 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition. Ahead of the game’s launch, publisher Electronic Arts has revealed its PC system requirements and pre-load times. EA also shared details

Riot Games is laying off staff for the second time this year, the studio confirmed Tuesday. The latest round of cuts will affect the PC development team behind Riot’s massively popular MOBA title League of Legends. Riot said the layoffs were part of larger changes to its teams that would ensure long-term growth and improvement

Microsoft has announced an Xbox Partner Preview broadcast for later this week, where third-party developers will showcase a mix of new and upcoming games. The Partner Preview event will be broadcast on October 17, and will include updates from studios like Remedy Entertainment, Sega, 505 Games and more. Microsoft confirmed that the broadcast would feature

Video game publisher Bandai Namco Holdings is cutting its workforce after canceling several titles due to lackluster demand, according to people familiar with the matter. The Tokyo-based company is taking a traditionally Japanese approach to reducing staff and sending workers to rooms where they are given nothing to do, putting pressure on them to leave

Tencent Holdings and Ubisoft Entertainment SA’s founding Guillemot family are considering options including a potential buyout of the French video game developer after it lost more than half its market value this year, according to people familiar with the matter.  The Chinese tech company and Guillemot Brothers have been speaking with advisers to help explore

October promises some of the biggest game release of the year, with a packed schedule of titles across different genres and platforms. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, one of the most anticipated launches of 2024, will take players back on a campaign focussed on clandestine military operations. The shooter is set in 1991, building

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog additions for the month of October have been revealed. This month’s PS Plus lineup is led by zombie action-adventure title Dead Island 2. The game drops players into an undead-infested Los Angeles, with a colourful cast of popstars, washed out rockstars and actors living the Hollywood life in the middle of

Resident Evil 2 is coming to Apple devices on December 31. The 2019 remake of the survival-horror classic is now up for pre-order on the App Store. Resident Evil 2 remake was confirmed to be in development for iPhone, iPad and Mac devices earlier this year when Capcom announced a port for Resident Evil 7:

Read Dead Redemption is finally, over 14 years after it first launched on PS3 and Xbox 360, coming to PC. The action-adventure classic and its acclaimed expansion, Undead Nightmare, will be released on PC on October 29, Rockstar Games announced Tuesday. The PC version of Read Dead Redemption arrives just over a year after it

Halo and developer 343 Industries are resetting, with some foundational changes coming to the iconic franchise. All future Halo games will be developed in Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5, with multiple new projects currently in development, 343 Industries announced Sunday. Marking a “new chapter” for the series, the Microsoft-owned new studio is also rebranding to

Alien: Isolation, the beloved survival-horror title based on the Alien film series, is getting a sequel. On the 10-year anniversary of the game’s release, developer Creative Assembly announced that an Alien: Isolation sequel was in the early stages of development. The studio didn’t provide any details about the game or its setting. Alien: Isolation was

For the past few years, first-party Sony games have been marked by their singular preoccupation with graphical fidelity. Uncharted 4, The Last of Us Part 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon Forbidden West, God of War, and Spider-Man — all good games — are bound by their vanity. However, in their drive to achieve near-realistic visuals

Assassin’s Creed Mirage is finally coming to Steam a year after its launch. Ubisoft has announced that the action-adventure title will be available on Valve’s platform later this month. While a release date is not yet confirmed, the Steam page for the game is now live. Assassin’s Creed Mirage was earlier available on PC via

The sequel to Lords of the Fallen is currently in development, eyeing a release on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X in 2026. The game, internally known as “Project III,” doesn’t have an official title yet, but publisher CI Games has shared new details about the sequel. Lords of the Fallen 2 is at full

Lamborghini has teamed up with Animoca Brands for its Web3 debut. As part of the partnership, supercars from the luxury Italian automaker will be launched by the Hong Kong-based game software firm into metaverse gaming ecosystems. The move from Lamborghini is aimed at getting customers acclimatised to the future of immersive marketing and brand engagement