Gaming

For whatever reason, a bunch of video game companies are helping advertise Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. The social accounts for control, Dead by Daylightand various gaming hardware companies such as SteelSeries have had their accounts taken over by marketing for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. The long-awaited remaster/remake of the beloved Assassin’s Creed game … Read more

Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 are now available on PS4 and PS5, but they won’t come cheap. Both of the original Black Ops games have been released digitally on PS4 and PS5 for $40 each. That means if you want both games, they’ll cost $80… and if you want all of the … Read more

John Carmack has responded to the significant layoffs at Doom developer id Software, expressing sadness but not “anger or outrage.” On Wednesday, a WARN filed in Texas reported by notice Game Developer confirmed that 96 workers had been laid off in Richardson, Texas, home of id Software, with a further 40 remote roles cut. Reports … Read more

Envisioning an alternate-universe, retro futuristic apocalypse teeming with mutated monsters, soldiers in hulking power armor and sinister human experiments disguised as bomb shelters, the Fallout franchise has spent over two decades establishing one of the richest settings in video games. With reports of a new Fallout game in the works at Obsidian, there’s never been … Read more

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is off to a strong start on Steam, with around 100,000 concurrent players — more than any other title in the franchise to date. Ubisoft’s ground-up remake of its beloved pirate adventure game currently has a launch peak of 99,451 players at the time of writing, making it comfortably the … Read more

We spent some hands-on time with upcoming survival adventure shooter Zeverland, which seems to be equal parts hardcore crafting/collecting and silly zombie-themed romp. In fact, the developers just told us that they will be pivoting away from a free-to-play MMO model and Zeverland will instead be a buy-to-play PvE survival crafting game. The team told … Read more

Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider doesn’t think BioWare’s fantasy series will return while owned by publisher EA — though knows what he’d do if a fifth game was ever made. Dragon Age: The Veilguard launched to mixed reviews in late 2024 following a long and rocky development. The resulting fallout saw BioWare downsized … Read more

Riftbound’s fourth and newest booster set, Vendetta, is just around the corner. With that comes new faces to the card game as well as new mechanics. So we’re happy to exclusively reveal the new rare champion unit, Gangplank, featuring the keyword Empower alongside his full art overnumbered variant. Riftbound continues to introduce more of the … Read more

Bonnie Tyler, the singer behind power ballad Total Eclipse of the Heart and rock epic Holding Out for a Hero, has died aged 75. A statement posted to Tyler’s official Facebook page says she died “unexpectedly” last night in hospital in Portugal. “Bonnie’s family and team are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpectedly passed away … Read more

Bungie has given Destiny 2 one last surprise as a farewell gift and revealed its limited support plans for the game. The official X / Twitter page for Destiny 2 news and updates dropped a code for a new item: an emblem of the Destiny logo. Players can redeem it on Bungie’s website and equip … Read more