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Notes from the end of the world: Finch come...

Nov 04, 2021Comments off

Finch debuts this Friday on Apple TV+, so I caught up with director Miguel Sapochnik to learn more about what makes this Tom Hanks sci-fi tale tick. What is it about the end of civilization that

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Behind the scenes of Ghostbusters: Afterlif...

Nov 04, 2021Comments off

What do ghostbusting and game development have in common? More than you’d think, it turns out. But there’s one thing that comes to mind above all else: teamwork. Available to play in Dreams from today until

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As Blizzard’s internal troubles conti...

Nov 03, 2021Comments off

Blizzard’s monthly active user count has dropped again, the embattled company admitted last night, during its latest quarterly results. The developer’s monthly active users (MAUs) total was down 13 percent year-on-year, to 26 million players. That’s

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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla trophy leak...

Nov 03, 2021Comments off

Another day, another sign of more bits and pieces on the way to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. This time, its a fresh pair of PlayStation trophies which point to new in-game tombs to explore. Specifically, the two

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Platinum’s Sol Cresta delayed from De...

Nov 03, 2021Comments off

Sol Cresta, the upcoming vertical shooter from Platinum Games, will no longer launch this December. Platinum’s Hideki Kamiya announced the delay this morning during an hour-long livestream titled “Sol Cresta: Hideki Kamiya’s Very Sorry Stream”, which

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Blizzard co-leader Jen Oneal stepping down ...

Nov 03, 2021Comments off

Jen Oneal, who joined Blizzard as new co-leader back in August, has announced she’s stepping down from the role and will leave Activision at the end of the year to explore “how I can do more

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Marvel’s Avengers’ controversia...

Nov 03, 2021Comments off

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics are removing Marvel’s Avengers’ controversial progression boosts from sale today as a “first step in rebuilding [players’] confidence in us as a team”. Square faced a furious backlash from Avengers players

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GTA III turns 20: Memories from PlayStation...

Nov 03, 2021Comments off

Where were you when Grand Theft Auto III launched in October 2001? I was standing in a GameStop, perusing the new PS2 releases, when it caught my eye. Following a hearty recommendation from the store manager,

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Fortnite Chapter 3 rumours swirl

Nov 02, 2021Comments off

Fortnite fans think the game’s upcoming move to its third Chapter – and third Island map – may come sooner than expected. The battle royale’s original Island was sucked into a black hole after 10 seasons,

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Riders Republic review – lumpy and lo...

Nov 02, 2021Comments off

Like a lot of Ubisoft games, Riders Republic is a lot. The work of some seven studios led by Ubisoft Annecy, this is a vast open world compendium of extreme sports that can be as lumpy