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Baldur’s Gate 3 Will Never Be On Game Pass Or PS Plus, Says Dev
18.1.2024
Larian Studios’ award-winning RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 is now on almost every major platform since it came to Xbox in December after first launching for PC and PlayStation 5 in August and September, respectively. It was one of our favorite games of last year, and months later, it’s still creating buzz...
Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown: The Kotaku Review
18.1.2024
I hit a roadblock about three-fourths of the way through Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. There was a frustrating platforming section that required I dash and jump through hazardous obstacles: thorny spinning wheels, spiked pits and walls, falling platforms, and invisible auras that shot...
Xbox Game Pass Is Stacked For The Second Half Of January
16.1.2024
We’re halfway through January—where is the time going?—and Microsoft has revealed the rest of the games you can download this month with your Xbox Game Pass subscription. The crop is good, featuring a dungeon-crawling RPG, a monster collector, a social sim turn-based RPG, and more for your...
Square Enix Splatoon Clone Is Using AI-Generated Art
16.1.2024
Foamstars, the legally distinct Splatoon clone published by Square Enix, is coming out on February 6. Alongside this announcement, we learned that Square is launching the shooter on subscription service PlayStation Plus, which will likely afford it a large launch audience as subscribers can play...
Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games
15.1.2024
With the pre-release of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown started, Ubisoft has chosen this week to rebrand its Ubisoft+ subscription services, and introduce a PC version of the “Classics” tier at a lower price. And a big part of this, says the publisher’s director of subscriptions, Philippe...
Prince of Persia, Last of Us Season 2, And More Of The Week's Hottest Takes
13.1.2024
January can often be a slow month for games news, but 2024 is already proving to be an exception. From the surprisingly good new Prince of Persia game to new cast announcements for HBO’s The Last of Us, here’s our thoughts on the week’s biggest stories in and around video games. Read more
Console Owners Played More Fortnite Than GTA V And Call Of Duty Combined
12.1.2024
Fortnite has exploded in popularity—growing larger than ever—thanks in large part to the well-received OG Season and recent updates that added games like Lego Fortnite into Epic’s free-to-play shooter. Now data shows players on Xbox and PlayStation have spent more hours in Fortnite than Grand Theft...
New Prince Of Persia Game Has A Wild NPC Oopsie
12.1.2024
Reviews for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown are popping up ahead of the game’s official launch on January 18. With 14 hours under my belt, I can tell you that it’s great, as evidenced by the myriad positive scores on aggregators Metacritic and OpenCritic. But during previews something puzzling...
Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Fixes The Worst Thing About Metroidvanias
11.1.2024
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is the newest entry in Ubisoft’s action-adventure franchise, launching on just about every platform on January 18. (You get three-day early access if you preorder the $60 Deluxe Edition.) I’ve been having a great time with the 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania, which...
Why Video Game Voice Actors Don’t Love The New SAG-AFTRA Deal
10.1.2024
After months of speculation from voice actors concerned with how their voices could be co-opted by AI, and recent announcements from companies like Ubisoft and Tencent that they’ll use NVIDIA’s new AI tools to provide voices for NPCs, the Screen Actors Guild American Federation of Television...
New Prince of Persia Will Be 60fps (Or More) On All Platforms, Even Switch
5.1.2024
The upcoming 2D Prince of Persia reboot from Ubisoft not only looks good, but it also has excellent performance. According to Ubisoft, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown will run at 60fps on all platforms, including the Switch, and will also support 4K/120fps on some consoles, too. After a string...
Everything We Know About Star Wars Outlaws
4.1.2024
Massive Entertainment’s upcoming open-world Star Wars game, Outlaws, is coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S sometime in 2024. The game doesn’t follow Jedi and deal with The Force, but instead will give us a look into the seedier side of life in the Star Wars universe as it follows...
Xbox Game Pass’ January Offerings Kick Off 2024 With A Bang
3.1.2024
It’s the first month of 2024, which means it’s time for a new crop of Xbox Game Pass titles to satiate your growing appetite for games. And January’s offerings are solid, serving up everything from hundred-hour-long RPGs to survival horror remakes to quaint action-adventures and more. If you’re...
Ubisoft Swiftly Corrects Star Wars Outlaws ‘Late 2024’ Release Window
2.1.2024
Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft’s upcoming action-adventure game that follows scoundrel Kay Vess between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, previously had no release date beyond a very broad “2024” window. Today, however, a Disney Parks blog post quietly announced that it would launch...
Xbox Slammed For AI-Generated Art Promoting Indie Games
28.12.2023
‘Tis the season to promote indie games with AI-generated junk, apparently. A Microsoft Twitter account recently posted low-effort, energy-intensive art promoting indie games on Xbox before later deleting it after getting roundly mocked by fans and developers alike. Read more
RoboCop To Spider-Man: Zack Zwiezen's Most Captivating Games Of 2023
27.12.2023
Last year, I said 2022 was an odd year for games, with some feeling that it was largely devoid of great releases and others, myself included, finding them plentiful. But this year was even stranger, as it was better than ever while simultaneously being the worst in a long time. Read more
Say Hello To 2024 With January’s Game Releases
27.12.2023
Happy New Year! Well, almost. 2023 will soon be behind us, and that means a whole calendar year of new releases to look forward to lies ahead. January might arrive with a brisk selection of titles, but it’s a pretty sweet way to kick off 2024. Read more
The State Of The PlayStation 5
15.12.2023
A slick new VR headset, a “slim” console refresh, tons of flashy new accessories, and multiple exclusives, including the fastest selling PlayStation game ever, Spider-Man 2. The PlayStation 5 made big moves in 2023. So why does it feel like the console spent most of it resting on its laurels while...
Ubisoft Just Delisted A Game Without Warning And Will Kill Its Servers Next Year
14.12.2023
Ubisoft’s The Crew, which was released in 2014 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC, has been delisted without warning. Its servers will shut off next year, too. And because the game is an always-online experience, Ubisoft has confirmed that it will become unplayable once that happens....
Grand Theft Auto V Joins PlayStation Plus This Month
13.12.2023
Oh hey, we’re just burning through December, aren’t we? Well if the 2024 release calendar is lookin’ rather slim to you, might I interest you in some new additions to Sony’s PlayStation Plus service? This month includes quite a few tempting offers. Read more