Author: Garry Smith
BioWare’s Dragon Age 4 won’t be ready for release this year, according to new reports. The EA-published role-playing game has never had an official release date – and still doesn’t – but Eurogamer understands the game was once pencilled in for this year.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said he is keen to revive Activision franchises the publisher has recently ignored. Spencer also suggested Activision studios such as Crash Bandicoot 4 developer Toys for Bob would also be released from its recent retooling to become cogs in the Call of Duty machine. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Call of Duty could ditch its yearly release schedule, according to a new report.According to Bloomberg, “high-level employees” at Activision have discussed ditching Call of Duty’s current annualised release schedule, which has been in place since 2005.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
PC players with a hankering for some big stompy robot action are in luck; mech shooter Daemon X Machina has been confirmed as next week’s free Epic Games Store game.Daemon X Machina, which originally released as a Switch exclusive back in 2019 before making its way to PC the following year, casts players in the role of mercenaries employed by the Orbital organisation. Crucially, these particular mercenaries have access to huge Arsenal mechs, and each successive missions sees players sliding and zooming across vibrantly hued post-apocalyptic arenas blasting the bolts off enormous robot enemies driven by corrupted AIs.Read more Source…
Xbox head Phil Spencer has spoken of Microsoft’s “desire to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation” following the company’s $70BN acquisition of Activision Blizzard earlier this week.In the aftermath of Microsoft’s takeover news, many questions remained, not least regarding how the deal would impact platform exclusivity for all of Activision Blizzard’s currently multi-platform titles, including the likes of Overwatch and Call of Duty.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
With Steam Deck currently still on track to meet its revised February 2022 release date, there’s a lot of work going on behind-the-scenes in preparation for launch, including Valve’s extensive drive to rate every game on Steam for compatibility with its highly anticipated portable gaming PC – and the first batch of Steam titles to have received ratings, whether that be a fully compatible Verified or otherwise, have now appeared for perusal online.Valve first discussed its Steam Deck Verified initiative back in October, announcing it had started reviewing the entire Steam catalogue to create a new compatibility ratings system -…
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is set to release April 5 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC (phew). It’s the biggest game yet in the entire LEGO series. It lets you play through the stories of all nine main films, and you don’t have to play them in order, either. You can hop around from movie to movie at will, dropping into whatever scene you feel like playing.The game will come out in a couple of editions, with retailer-exclusive preorder bonuses. We have all the info you need below, so let’s get to…
A group of Chinese players has analysed the map used in the Elden Ring beta test to uncover secrets about the game.The highly anticipated game is due out next month, with fans eager to learn more about The Lands Between.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Activision has delayed the arrival of Call of Duty Vanguard and Warzone’s season two while it deals with numerous issues across its games. In a blog post today, the publisher said its new season launch was being postponed by two weeks, from 2nd to 14th February. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Playdate’s Pulp, a creation tool allowing you to make your own games for the upcoming handheld with a crank, is now available in open beta.The software, which is free to use, allows players to create and test games in a web browser before exporting them to use on a Playdate when it launches later this year.Read more Source – eurogamer.net