Author: Garry Smith
PUBG: Battlegrounds has clocked up 80,000 new players daily since going free-to-play earlier this year. Confirming the new figures in its latest financial report, developer/publisher Krafton confirmed that net profit for the company was up 37 per cent when compared with the same quarter last year, even though both operating profit and revenue were down by 6.9 per cent and 7.8 per cent respectively. 94 per cent of the battle royale’s revenue is generated outside of South Korea, where the game is made. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is…
The all-consuming IP hoover that is THQ Nordic has done a showcase! Mixing a nostalgia-baiting slate of 90s revivals with some intriguing newcomers, it was a surprisingly busy one too. So if you missed it and find yourself eager for updates on previously announced titles like Outcast 2, Jagged Alliance 3, and Gothic, plus some big new reveals – most notably the return of Alone in the Dark – read on. Alone in the Dark As rumoured, the grandaddy of survival horror is back in what THQ Nordic and developer Pieces Interactive is calling a “reimagining” of the 1992 original.…
UK developer Three Fields Entertainment – the studio behind the likes of Dangerous Golf and Dangerous Driving – has unveiled Wreckreation, a new custom-content-focused open-world racer coming to PC, PlayStation, and Xbox next year. Three Fields – a studio founded by a small group of ex-Criterion developers – describes Wreckreation as a game of high-speed racing, crashing, stunts, and exploration, all of which unfolds across a 400-square-mile map. That map is designed to represent an entire (fictitious) American state split into four areas, albeit one predominantly themed around woodland, grassland, and sandy beaches. As to how players approach the challenges…
Mirage Game Studios – the developer behind well-received factory sim Little Big Workshop – has shared a first look at its adorable galactic property magnate game Space for Sale, which is due to launch on PC at a currently undisclosed date. Space for Sale casts players in the role of a cute astronaut that’s just bought an entire galaxy on the cheap, with the aim of turning it into a dream destination for alien homeseekers across the cosmos. To reach that goal, players must scour the galaxy’s procedural planets in search of the perfect spot to fulfil their clients’ sometimes…
A new Avatar game has been announced. No, not that one. This is Avatar: Generations, based on the popular Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. (Your release date got pushed back? That’s rough, buddy.) The game is being developed by Square Enix London Mobile in partnership with Navigator Games, and is described as a “free-to-play, RPG adventure”. At release, the game will follow the main gang (Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Suki, Zuko, Appa and Momo) across the storyline of the series. New stories are promised too, as well as “fan-favourite locations, stories, and events in an open world”. Subsequent…
Splatoon 2 players will be given bonuses when transferring save data to Splatoon 3. Nintendo’s Splatoon 3 Direct earlier this week detailed what’s new in the game, but a note on the official website states that save data can be transferred and players will receive in-game rewards for doing so. Apparently “five out of five Squid Research Lab scientists recommend transferring data from Splatoon 2 if you have it”. So that’s that. 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.
Following its recent delay, a new release date for Warner Bros.’ Smash-like brawler MultiVersus’ first season has been announced. Welcomely, the new release date is actually really soon. In fact, it is as soon as 15th August. This also means that Morty will soon be joining the fray. His arrival to the game will be a little after season one’s debut, with the new fighter now coming on 23rd August. 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.
If plain old football doesn’t quite do it for you, but your interest is piqued when I say football but melded to a silly, sprawling action-RPG, then allow me to introduce you to Soccer Story from publisher No More Robots and Not Tonight developer PanicBarn, coming to Steam, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and Game Pass “soon”. Soccer Story (which, despite the name and similar premise, is unrelated to developer Sidebar Games’ magnificent Golf Story) is a single-player “physics-based” adventure in which players must quest, puzzle, and sport their way to restoring football – and, thus, peace and harmony – in a…
Metal Slug Tactics, developer Leikir Studio’s turn-based tactical twist on SNK’s classic run-and-gun series, has been delayed and is now due to release on PC and Switch sometime next year. Announced last June, Metal Slug Tactics reunites familiar faces Marco, Eri, Fio, and Tarma as they lead the Peregrine Falcon Squad onto a different kind of battlefield, where the series’ classic side-scrolling action makes way for “dynamic, strategic combat” on a grid-based map. Skill trees, perks, and a “super attack-fueling” adrenaline system have all been been promised upon Metal Slug Tactics’ arrival, which was originally expected to occur at some…
Inflexion Games, the studio founded by former BioWare boss Aaryn Flynn, has announced a delay for its Victorian fantasy adventure Nightingale, with the game now expected to enter early access some time next year. Nightingale, described as a “shared world survival crafting game”, was initially announced a few years back, but got its first proper unveiling at last year’s The Game Awards. Its reveal was accompanied by an eye-catching trailer in which well-dressed ladies and gents travelled through portals to strange new worlds, full of wonderfully unsettling eldritch creatures. Inflexion was initially aiming to launch Nightingale into early access at…