Author: Sarah Connor
Mason Greenwood has reportedly been dropped from FIFA 22 following rape allegations.The Manchester United footballer’s likeness has been removed across all platforms (PlayStation, Xbox, PC) in offline modes and has been removed from the team squad, according to the Manchester Evening News.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
DICE has pushed back the start of Battlefield 2042’s Season One until “early summer”.Following a rocky launch for the game, DICE is busy addressing feedback from players and implementing extensive fixes.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Supermassive Games, developer of Until Dawn and the ongoing The Dark Pictures anthology series, has trademarked logos and titles for five future projects.All five appear to be upcoming releases in The Dark Pictures series, are styled with the franchise’s logo, and were registered via the European patent office yesterday, 31st January (thanks, Gematsu).Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Last year, the previously PlayStation-exclusive baseball series MLB The Show arrived on Xbox for the first time – and even launched as part of Xbox Game Pass. This year, MLB The Show 22 will arrive for PlayStation, Xbox – and Nintendo Switch. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
A selection of Microsoft’s backwards compatible Xbox and Xbox 360 catalogue is now available to stream via xCloud. Banjo-Kazooie, Fable 2, Gears of War 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are among the first 16 back compat games you can stream to Android phones.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
It looks like Zack Snyder’s Justice League accidentally uses an Halo icon.As PCGamesN reported over the weekend, the Deathstroke character has a symbol on his sword that appears to be a Halo emblem.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Well-received 2005 Star Wars game Republic Commando looks set for a new launch on Nintendo Switch. A tactical first-person shooter, Republic Commando was originally released on PC and the OG Xbox. Set during the Clone Wars, it lets you play as a clone trooper and command the rest of your squad alongside you. Here’s how it looked back in the day: Read more Source – eurogamer.net
And the video game adaptations keep a-coming, this time with the news that Hazelight Studios’ acclaimed co-operative platformer It Takes Two is the latest in an increasingly long line of games to be making the journey to the big and small screen.It Takes Two – which released for PC and consoles last March, and featured in many a Game of the Year list as 2021 drew to a close – follows the adventures of Cody and May, a human couple preparing to divorce, who are forced to work together after being turned into living dolls.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Sony has today announced it will buy Destiny maker Bungie for $3.6bn.The Destiny franchise and other future games from Bungie will remain multiplatform, the developer has said.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
EA really wants you to know that a new Apex Legends season is coming, and its ceaseless drip-feed of Season 12 details continues with a new gameplay trailer showcasing the free-to-play battle royale game’s incoming map changes and new Control mode.To date, developer Respawn’s pre-launch promotional material for Apex Legends: Defiance (as the new season will be known) has largely focused on new hero Mad Maggie, but we’re going deeper into gameplay territory this time around, starting with Control.Read more Source – eurogamer.net