Xbox confirms June showcase alongside a secret Direct

Microsoft has confirmed a Xbox Games Showcase will take place next month, alongside a mysterious Direct. The Xbox Games Showcase will take place Sunday June 9, 2024 at 6pm BST and will be livestreamed online. It’ll be the first Games Showcase featuring titles from Microsoft’s newly-acquired Activision Blizzard studios. The showcase will be immediately followed …

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Square Enix abandons £112million of in-development projects

Square Enix has confirmed a number of in-development projects have been scrapped, costing the studio £112million. The news came via a Notification of Recognition of Extraordinary Losses that Square Enix shared with shareholders earlier this week, while the projects were abandoned in March at the end of the last financial year. According to the notice, …

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‘Outriders’ studio cancels co-op action RPG ‘Project Dagger’

People Can Fly has confirmed the cancellation of its co-op action role-playing game Project Dagger. The Outriders developers began work on the new action IP Project Dagger back in 2020 alongside Take-Two Interactive, but the publisher pulled out of the partnership in 2022.  Following the split, People Can Fly retained the rights to the project …

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Modern Warfare 3’ and ‘Warzone’ Season 3 Reloaded revealed

Activision has revealed what the Season 3 Reloaded update will bring to both Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. The mid-season update is set to go live May 1 at 5pm BST, with a number of new maps, game modes and weapons available to players. Two new game modes will be made available …

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Cult vampire shooter ‘El Paso, Elsewhere’ to get big screen adaptation

Hit indie game El Paso, Elsewhere is reportedly set to be turned into a movie starring Atlanta’s LaKeith Stanfield. The supernatural neo-noir third-person shooter was developed by Strange Scaffold and released in September 2023. It went on to receive “very positive” reviews on Steam and now is set to be turned into a full-length feature …

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‘Dragon’s Dogma 2’ to nerf dragonsplague

Capcom has confirmed it will be nerfing the random dragonsplague event in a future update to Dragon’s Dogma 2. Dragonsplaque is a random event that occurs when a pawn is hired from another player. The disease slowly takes hold of the infected pawn and, if it’s not treated in time, can lead to entire villages …

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