All News tagged with 'Industry News'

Resident Evil 4 and Devil May Cry 4 producer, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, has ended a 27-year career with Capcom, which started as a programmer for the original Resident Evil, to join the Chinese games company, NetEase.

Posted 5 hours ago by Tom West 12

Microsoft claims that Sony pays "blocking fees" in order to keep games from Xbox Game Pass with a desire to "inhibit" the growth of such services.

Posted yesterday by Heidi Nicholas 120

Microsoft has now responded to the concerns raised by Sony about the consequences of Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Posted yesterday by Heidi Nicholas 49

The Xbox team has confirmed its Gamescom 2022 presence, with some details on what to expect at the Xbox Booth, including A Plague Tale: Requiem and Pentiment.

Posted 2 days ago by Heidi Nicholas 36

Off the Grid, the upcoming sci-fi battle royale game from Gunzilla Games, will include NFTs via a new in-game trading platform called GunZ, but the developer assures players that it'll never sell them directly.

Posted 2 days ago by Tom West 42

Sonic the Hedgehog will be returning to cinemas for a third movie outing in December of 2024, the Sonic voice actor has revealed; a full year after its previously expected release.

Posted 2 days ago by Tom West 41

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick shared his expectations of the next GTA game, saying the Rockstar Games team is "determined to once again set creative benchmarks for the series, our industry, and for all entertainment."

Posted 3 days ago by Heidi Nicholas 30

Pac-Man will join the growing number of video game movie adaptations, with a live-action movie from the mind of Sonic the Hedgehog movie producer, Chuck Williams, announced by Bandai Namco.

Posted 3 days ago by Tom West 29

MultiVersus looks to be off to a strong start, with Warner's crossover fighter apparently attracting over ten million players in its first few weeks in beta... and that's before Season 1 has even begun!

Posted 4 days ago by Luke Albigés 26

Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Vanguard have had the Loyal Samoyed Operator skin removed, along with all imagery of the humanoid canine after it was accused of being a plagiarised character. [updated]

Posted 4 days ago by Heidi Nicholas 46

Microsoft and Unity have announced a partnership that will allow Made for Unity creators to build and operate experiences using the Azure cloud platform, extending Unity's reach across Windows and Xbox.

Posted 4 days ago by Tom West 19

Red Dead Redemption's voice actor for John Marston, Rob Wiethoff, "would love" a chance to work with Rockstar again, according to a recent interview, whether that's "remastering something or something totally different."

Posted 4 days ago by Tom West 24

Call of Duty: Next will be kicking off in September and will see Activision reveal the future of the franchise, as well as uncovering further details about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Warzone 2.

Posted 4 days ago by Tom West 12

Redfall will be the first game to feature during Bethesda's fairly packed-out QuakeCon 2022 schedule, which will span several days this month and feature The Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 76, and more.

Posted 4 days ago by Tom West 9

Xbox-related news and announcements have once again been sliding across our front page. Check in here for the hottest TrueAchievements headlines for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.

Posted 5 days ago by Tom West

Evo is the largest fighting game event on the scene, bringing together the best players in the world to throw down in the biggest fighters out there. Here's how you can catch all the action from Evo 2022. [updated]

Posted 7 days ago by Luke Albigés 17

Xbox Series S owners can look forward to games potentially looking and running better in the future, as Microsoft has released a new version of its Game Development Kit that opens up additional memory for developers to use.

Posted 7 days ago by Luke Albigés 44

Xbox is giving away an extremely vibrant (and vocal) Xbox controller via a sweepstakes campaign on Twitter to celebrate the release of Snoop Dogg, Benny Blanco, and BTS' track, Bad Decisions.

Posted 7 days ago by Tom West 54

Beyond Good and Evil 2 now has a new lead writer, bringing attention back to Ubisoft's upcoming action-adventure game, news of which has been sparse over the last few years.

Posted 7 days ago by Heidi Nicholas 49

Xbox Cloud Gaming will join the likes of Nvidia GeForce Now on the upcoming handheld console to be created between Tencent and Logitech G; a device designed for hosting multiple cloud gaming services.

Posted 7 days ago by Tom West 23

Assassin's Creed creator Ubisoft is reported to be Tencent's next target in the Chinese giant's quest to become a global superpower, with the firm apparently looking to grow its 5% stake in the French publisher.

Posted 7 days ago by Luke Albigés 43

Plaion is the new name for Koch Media, which has rebranded itself, while managing director Klemens Kundratitz has confirmed that the company is "first and foremost a games company."

Posted 8 days ago by Heidi Nicholas 31

Metal: Hellsinger will be rocking us all before its official release in September by hosting Gamescom's largest concert ever, featuring vocalists from Trivium, Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquility, and more — and it'll be free!

Posted 8 days ago by Tom West 13

EA's Q1 earnings call not only showed an increase in revenue for the company, but it also gave investors a chance to ask EA CEO Andrew Wilson about the potential for acquisition in the future.

Posted 8 days ago by Tom West 18

Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe answered a few player questions about Haunted Chocolatier, which they emphasised is "not a 'Stardew 2.'"

Posted 9 days ago by Heidi Nicholas 7

Square Enix has issued a DMCA request to Patreon for the removal of an alleged Tomb Raider script that was read out on Last Stand Media's Sacred Symbols podcast, and which is apparently being used to cast actors for a new game.

Posted 9 days ago by Tom West 25

During a recent earnings call, EA's CEO Andrew Wilson commented on the importance of single-player games to EA's portfolio.

Posted 9 days ago by Heidi Nicholas 31

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the upcoming Netflix anime show based on CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077, has been given an explosive trailer that reveals a handful of the show's characters.

Posted 10 days ago by Tom West 12

MultiVersus gets its first major tournament this weekend at Evo 2022, with $100,000 in prizes up for grabs for the top players — the biggest pot in Evo history, and MultiVersus isn't even one of the headline games!

Posted 10 days ago by Luke Albigés 14

Microsoft's proposed acquisition plans for Activision Blizzard, and subsequently Call of Duty, could lead users to purchase Xbox consoles instead of PlayStation, Sony has told Brazil's regulatory body.

Posted 11 days ago by Tom West 176

According to former Xbox executive Peter Moore, Microsoft "encouraged" console wars in an effort to challenge both itself and Sony.

Posted 11 days ago by Heidi Nicholas 46

Xbox-related news and announcements have once again been sliding across our front page. Check in here for the hottest TrueAchievements headlines for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.

Posted 12 days ago by Tom West

GTA 6 development is apparently slow-moving due to Rockstar Games' culture reform, which is working towards becoming a "kinder, more progressive company," a recent Bloomberg report has uncovered.

Posted 16 days ago by Tom West 299

Microsoft has released its fiscal year Q4 2022 earnings report, and while overall Xbox gaming revenue has declined by 7% year-over-year, Xbox has reportedly had its best fiscal year ever in terms of revenue.

Posted 16 days ago by Tom West 22

A new study from the University of Oxford has found that "time spent playing video games is unlikely to impact wellbeing." The study involved 39,000 gamers playing games like Apex Legends and The Crew 2.

Posted 16 days ago by Heidi Nicholas 43

Xbox-related news and announcements have once again been sliding across our front page. Check in here for the hottest TrueAchievements headlines for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.

Posted 19 days ago by Tom West

Ubisoft has cancelled the battle royale game Ghost Recon Frontlines, as well as a Splinter Cell VR game, and two more unannounced titles.

Posted 22 days ago by Sean Carey 86

While some developers are going all in on NFTs, Mojang isn't having any of it and has now banned the controversial digital tokens and blockchain technologies from Minecraft.

Posted 22 days ago by Sean Carey 35

Jerry Hook, a Microsoft veteran and the former head of design on Halo Infinite, has got a new gig as boss of Jar of Sparks, a new development studio owned by Chinese tech giant NetEase.

Posted 24 days ago by Sean Carey 11

Obsidian Entertainment and the Xbox team will adapt Grounded into an animated TV series, together with Brent Friedman, who also wrote for Star Wars: Clone Wars.

Posted 24 days ago by Heidi Nicholas 26