Author: Garry Smith
The number of people playing Activision Blizzard games each month has dropped back down to levels previously seen last summer, before a brief boost bestowed by big releases such as Overwatch 2 and Call of Duty in the back half of last year. Monthly active users for Activision games – primarily its Call of Duty series – fell to 98 million as of the 31st March, down from 111 million at the end of December 2022. It’s a figure roughly equal to that seen at the end of September last year, before the arrival of Modern Warfare 2 and the…
Microsoft has hit out at the Competition and Markets Authority’s shock decision to block Microsoft’s $68.7bn Activision Blizzard takeover, declaring it “bad for Britain”. In an interview with the BBC, Microsoft president Brad Smith said yesterday was “probably the darkest day in our four decades in Britain”. “It does more than shake our confidence in the future of the opportunity to grow a technology business in Britain than we’ve ever confronted before.” Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is releasing tomorrow across PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Along with a now customary day one patch, the team at EA has additionally stated it will be releasing several more patches for the game in the “weeks ahead”, begging the question – is Star Wars Jedi: Survivor actually ready for launch? In a brief update, EA said players can expect patches that will fix bugs, improve the game’s performance and add more accessibility features in the weeks following Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s launch. The language used by EA and early reports from some reviewers…
NetEase has announced the creation of new studio Anchor Point, which will be lead by Control lead designer Paul Ehreth with a focus on building “action-adventure experiences that take risks and journey deep into uncharted territory”. Ehreth – who also served as campaign designer on Halo 4 and 5 – will be joined by head of operations Pere Torrents, as well as “colleagues with decades of combined experience in the industry” and credits on Halo, Ghost of Tsushima, Red Dead Redemption 2, and The Division. Anchor Point, which will have offices in Barcelona and Seattle, is currently hiring “up to…
Naughty Dog has released a fourth update for its widely lambasted PC port of The Last of Us Part 1, promising “framerate optimisation” and more among its various bug fixes and tweaks. As you may recall, The Last of Us Part 1 finally launched for PC at the end of March after a 25-day delay designed to ensure it would debut “in the best shape possible.” Unfortunately, the reality of the release didn’t live up to that promise, and PC purchasers on Steam quickly began reporting a host of technical issues, including inconsistent frame rates, regular crashes, stuttering, long load…
There’s a bunch of activity going on around developer Amplitude’s sprawling historical 4X strategy game Humankind right now, and as part of all that, its newly released Para Bellum Wonder Pack DLC is currently free to claim and keep, but only for a limited time. The Para Bellum Wonder Pack adds a total of six new cultural wonders, one for each of the game’s successive eras. The Stables of Pi-Ramesses are available first in Era 1 and are followed by the Colosseum, the Citadel of Alamut, the Hôtel des Invalides, Whilelmshaven Werft, and, as we step into the modern era,…
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 gets Plunder mode today, Activision has announced. Plunder was a popular mode in Warzone that challenged squads of players to grab the most cash within a set time limit. This new version of Plunder features new Buy Station items, new public events and permanent rewards. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
Later today, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is set to give its verdict on Microsoft’s proposed $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard. While this may give a strong indication as to whether the merger is approved globally, the US Federal Trade Commision (FTC) still has the hearing for its complaint to stop the merger filed back in December. That’s set for 2nd August, after Microsoft’s 18th July merger deadline expires. As such, Microsoft is planning a swift end to the FTC’s deal concerns, reports the New York Post. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to…
Flashback 2 comes out in November on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, Nintendo Switch and PC, publisher Microids has announced. Microids released a new trailer, below, that gives us our best look at gameplay yet. Flashback 2 is the sequel to the 16-bit sci-fi classic Flashback (let’s pretend Fade to Black doesn’t exist). Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
Microsoft Flight Simulator has released its latest World Update, this time bringing geographical enhancements and handcrafted landmarks to 13 countries and 28 non-sovereign territories across its digital rendition of Oceania and Antartica. As per developer Asobo’s announcement post, World Update 13 brings improvements to Microsoft Flight Sim’s Polynesia (Hawaii and Easter Island), Melanesia (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Indonesia’s West Papua, and the Solomon Islands), the Galapagos Islands, and key regions of Antarctica, including the Antarctic Peninsula. Today’s update expands on each region’s previous renditions with new aerial photographs, satellite imagery, and digital elevation modelling data, including an updated height…