Stellar Blade is now the biggest PlayStation published single-player game on Steam in terms of concurrent players. Whilst multiplayer title Helldivers 2 sports a concurrent peak of over 450,000 players, making it Sony’s biggest game overall, single-player game Stellar Blade has blazed past the concurrent peak records of similar single-player adventures like Ghost of Tsushima, … Read more
Cyprus-based Nice Plans Studio has secured $3 million in a funding round led by Pixeldog with $600,000 being sourced from its founders. This latest investment will support further development of its 3v3 shooter Ricochet Squad. It also plans to use the funding to “further expand its gameplay formula” for future titles. The developer is currently … Read more
Epic Games has filed a new lawsuit against Fortnite cheat software developer, Sincey Cheats and Vanta Cheats. The legal case, as spotted by Polygon, is targeting both the creator of the aimbot software and a number of their resellers. The case has been filed in North Carolina, where Epic Games is headquartered, with Epic reporting … Read more
Nintendo Switch 2 has sold over 3.5 million units worldwide, making it the highest selling Nintendo hardware within the first four days of release. As noted by Nintendo, the sales figure also includes the Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle, the Japanese-language system and multi-language system. In comparison, the original Switch sold 2.7 million within … Read more
Games journalism is in a pretty different state to how it was five or ten years ago. Sell-offs, layoffs, the rise of content-harvesting AI, worked-owned outlets, and wildly unpredictable shifts in Google’s search algorithm are just some of the factors that have brought enormous change to the space. In the midst of this, journalists are … Read more
Ubisoft developers have told a French court that former execs Serge Hascoet, Tommy Francois, and Guillaume Patrux allegedly perpetuated a “systemic” culture of sexism and abuse. Former chief creative officer Serge Hascoët and ex-VP of editorial and creative services Tommy François both left the publisher in summer 2020, following allegations of widespread abuse, harassment, and … Read more
Star Trek Beyond writer Doug Jung has been appointed showrunner of Amazon Prime’s Mass Effect adaptation. As reported by Deadline, Jung will also serve as executive producer on the project. Jung is currently executive producer and showrunner of Apple TV+’s Chief of War. He also has credits on series including Mindhunter, Banshee, and Big Love. … Read more
Microsoft has revealed its first Xbox co-branded handhelds, the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X, both collaborations with Asus. They will launch in the holiday period of 2025, with pricing information not yet revealed. The Xbox Ally is being pitched as a “great value” generalist device, while the Xbox Ally X is described as an … Read more
Sony is designing its own fight stick. Revealed last night (June 4) at PlayStation’s State of Play showcase, Sony confirmed the “ultra-low latency” wireless stick, known internally as Project Defiant, is expected to be available in 2026. No price point has been set for the peripheral. “Project Defiant features a high-quality digital stick that’s custom-designed … Read more
Over 13 million players are expected to purchase a Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025, according to a new report from Ampere Analysis. The data firm predicts that the console will move 32.2 million units next year, 51.2 million by 2027, and 104.3 million by the end of the decade. It noted that while initial sales … Read more