Microsoft saw some of its older games, like Sea of Thieves and Grounded, get big sales increases as those titles were released to other platforms, according to new US sales data for April 2024.
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NetherRealm has confirmed that Homelander, the amoral superhero of the hit TV series The Boys, will finally make his Mortal Kombat 1 debut on Tuesday, June 4 for early access players.
Sony will be hosting a brand-new State of Play event later this week, giving the spotlight to 14 games coming to its PlayStation 5 and PlayStation VR2 platforms. It will run for over 30 minutes.
Hello Games will release Adrift, the next update for its space-based game No Man's Sky, later this week. It will let players explore an alternate universe where the galaxy has been abandoned.
Amazon Games has announced it will publish the first title from Maverick Games, which was formed by former Forza Horizon team members from Playground Games. The game will be a narrative racing title.
The Korean Radio Research Agency has posted a certification listing for a "PlayStationVR2 PC adapter," which may mean Sony could launch this product to the public in the very near future.
The G34WQi is great value for money for anyone wanting a budget, yet still decent performing monitor for screen tear-free gaming. It does lack a handful of features, though, but do they matter?
Apple has announced the list of apps and games eligible for its Apple Design Awards in 2024. The winners from the list of finalists will be picked next month at the World Wide Developer Conference.
Apple Vision Pro users can now play Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator VR games on their headsets. These titles are available for purchase on the App Store, with updated hand-tracking support.
YouTube's Playables free video games are now rolling out to everyone on Android, iOS, and desktop. The feature that lets you play games on YouTube was available as an experiment for Premium users.
Google has unveiled a new ChromeOS feature called Game Dashboard that allows you to map game controls and record and share your gameplay sessions. It also showed off a new Chromebook for gaming.
Another Microsoft Flight Simulator update focused on upgrading the visuals of cities has landed. This one is upgrading Stockholm, Nice, Monaco, Porto, as well as Barcelona and Madrid for free.
Microsoft has confirmed that Call of Duty Black Ops 6 will indeed be a Day One release for its Xbox Game Pass subscription service. The live-action teaser trailer for the game has also dropped.
Microsoft has seemingly sent out an Xbox Game Pass notification a little earlier than intended. The message confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 as a day-one drop onto the Microsoft gaming subscription.
Popular VR role-playing game Demeo has now arrived on the visionOS App Store for the Apple Vision Pro. It was already available for the Oculus Quest, then ported to PS5 and the PS VR 2 in 2023.
Konami has announced it will hold a new "installment" of its Silent Hill Transmission on Thursday, May 30. It plans to reveal some gaming-related news, along with an update on the third movie version.
Cloud Imperium Games' sci-fi space sim and RPG Star Citizen has passed another major crowdfunding milestone: $700 million. The latest $100 million has been raised in less than a year as well.
A new teaser trailer for Call of Duty Black Ops 6 seems to confirm previous rumors that it will be set in the 1990s. A live-action trailer for Activision's upcoming shooter is due on Tuesday, May 28.
This weekend's PC game deals include a bundle full of remastered classics, Farming Sim and Warhammer freebies to claim, a whole lot of specials from DC hero games, Elder Scrolls entries, and more.
Oxide Games has announced it will be holding its third Technical Alpha test in June for the upcoming strategy game Ara: History Untold sometime in June for members of the game's Insider program.
The families of the Uvalde school shooting victims have filed lawsuits against Activision and others this week. The families allege Activision's Call of Duty games influenced the shooter.
The long-rumored Doom Year One has reportedly turned into Doom: The Dark Ages. The latest leaks say that the game will be announced at the Xbox Games Showcase, and will feature medieval elements.
AMD has launched a new version of its Radeon Adrenalin Edition drivers that add support for Radeon Anti-Lag 2, a new version of its low latency tech that's being tested with Valve's Counter-Strike 2.
Games Workshop announced a bunch of upcoming updates for many of the video games in its Warhammer franchise today, including a beta for the Speed Freeks vehicle combat game and much more.
Microsoft is giving Xbox Game Pass Core and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers access to nine Warhammer-themed video games for free from now until the end of the day on Sunday, May 26.
This week, the Epic Games Store's Mega Sale mystery freebie has turned out to be a copy of Farming Simulator 22. The latest entry in the hit modern farming franchise is free for the next seven days.
Activision has confirmed that the next game in the Call of Duty first-person shooter series will be titled Black Ops 6. The reveal was first made today via full-page ads in newspapers like USA Today.
The Nvidia GeForce NOW cloud gaming service has added Senua's Saga: Hellblade II to its library of supported titles. It's available for Steam game owners as well as for PC Game Pass subscribers.
DOTA 2 update 7.36 has delivered drastic changes to the popular MOBA by Valve. This includes giving brand-new Innate and choice-based abilities for all 100+ heroes to shake up the playing field.
A website that looks like a teaser for the next game in Activision's Call of Duty series has gone live. It includes a video that shows Mount Rushmore getting an interesting change.
Johan Pilestedt, the founder of Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead, is leaving the CEO role to become its new chief creative officer. Shams Jorjani, who previously worked at Paradox, is the new CEO.
Crytek will launch a major update for its competitive multiplayer FPS Hunt: Showdown on August 15. It will include an engine upgrade that will cause it to lose Xbox One and PS4 support.
A new website has launched with a list of PC games to show if those titles will be able to run on Windows PCs with Arm-based chips, like the upcoming Snapdragon X Series-based laptops.
Square Enix has announced that after three years, the Kingdom Hearts franchise on PC will be shedding its Epic Games Store exclusivity. Almost the entire series is hitting Steam in June.
Microsoft showed off a new feature of Copilot, an AI game assistant for Xbox and PC games like Minecraft. In a demonstration, a player asked Copilot how to make a sword in Minecraft.
Paradox has once again delayed the launch of its upcoming The Sims rival Life By You. The publisher says the title needs more development time before it's ready for Steam early access.
Microsoft has released the final launch trailer for Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, the third-person action-adventure single-player game from developer Ninja Theory that will be released on May 21.
Player First Game released a new trailer for the MultiVersus game ahead of its May 28 launch. It reveals two new characters: Jason from the Friday the 13 movies and The Matrix's Agent Smith.
This weekend's PC game deals include bundles for Monster Hunter and beat 'em up titles, freebies on Epic Games Store and Steam, cooperative free events to try, rare Minecraft discounts, and more.
Ubisoft has revealed the final PC hardware recommendations for its upcoming free-to-play shooter XDefiant. Also, preloads are available for both the console and PC versions ahead of its May 21 launch.
Windows 11 24H2 breaks connection to some third-party NAS with SMB
Microsoft removes AC-3 Dolby Digital codec from Windows 11 24H2
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