Browsing: PC

The post Next Week on Xbox: New Games for April 21 to 25 appeared first on Xbox Wire.

The post Amerzone: Why Microids Remade this Cult ’90s Adventure Game appeared first on Xbox Wire.

The Xbox Game Pass subscription service helped Rebellion manage the chance it was taking on a new IP like Atomfall.  That’s according to CEO and co-founder Jason Kingsley, who told GI.biz that Microsoft putting up a minimum payment for the title’s inclusion in its platform reduced the risk of releasing a new franchise. Atomfall launched back in March and swiftly attracted 1.5 million players…

Marvel Rivals is back in the Top Ten on Steam thanks to a raft of new content.  The super hero, er, hero shooter was the third highest grossing title on the platform last week, shooting up eight spots following the release of its second season of content on April 8th. This includes a new character in Emma Frost.  Counter-Strike 2 was once again the biggest success on Steam last week, wh…

Developer Funcom has delayed the release of Dune: Awakening by one month following feedback from its beta test.  In a post on its website , the company said that it was moving the game’s release date from May 15th to June 10th  due to player input from its on-going closed beta.  Dune: Awakening has players trying to vie control for the planet Arrakis in a timeline where early franc…

The studio behind MOBA battle royale title, Velev, has removed the game from Steam just days after its release.  In a post on its store page , developer Chaf wrote that it had launched the project into Early Access in the hopes of supporting the game in the long-term. This followed the developer being unable to secure any funding or investment.  Chaf’s initial post said that it was movi…

The director of the upcoming Marathan, Joe Ziegler, has said that the game isn’t free-to-play because it has enough content to justify a price tag.  Speaking to the Friends Per Second podcast , the developer said that looking at titles that have released in the shooter space, their success doesn’t appear to be tied to whether they were a premium launch or free-to-play. Ziegler added that the…

The post Coming to Game Pass: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Towerborne, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, and More appeared first on Xbox Wire.

A Minecraft Movie has brought in over $550 million at the box office.  That’s according to Deadline , which reports that the flick has made $281 million domestically from the United States market, in addition to the $269.6 million it has raked in from abroad. All of this is despite the film launching to rather middling reviews, though it should be pointed out that kids do love the film, albe…

The developer of Supermoves, Makea Games, is closing down.  That’s according to a post the game’s website from CEO and founder Tomi Toikka, who wrote that the studio was going to be shutting down “effective immediately”. There’s no reason given for Makea closing up shop, but it’s fair to assume that the lack of attention its debut title, Supermoves, has received.  SteamDB stats show tha…

French publishing giant Ubisoft has rolled out its colourblind simulation tool, Chroma, to the public.  The firm initially started working on this tech back in 2021 as a way for developers to assess how accessible its games were to people with colourblindness. Ubisoft’s quality control team in India headed up the project, so props to them.  “Over the past few years, Chroma has proven to…

Former BioWare lead writer and Dragon Age creator David Gaider has said that the teams working on the company’s biggest franchises were not best of friends.  In a thread on BlueSky, the development vet said that these problems became readily apparent when staff from both IP were merged to work on the troubled Anthem.  “The thing you need to know about BioWare is that for a long time it…

Destiny and original Halo developer Bungie has finally shown off some gameplay for its upcoming extraction shooter Marathon.  The surreal and psychedelic shooter sees teams of three going up against another 18 players within a certain map; they need to grab whatever loot they can and get out alive or risk losing everything they are carrying. It’s Escape from Tarkov, but catered for a differe…

PCs are going to be exempt from the upcoming wave of tariffs introduced by the Trump administration.  In a note, the US Customs and Border Patrol said that this particular hardware will not be subject to the extra costs, but the same cannot be said for consoles like the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, as well as PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S.  Smartphones are also exempt from the ta…

Bungie has confirmed its upcoming first-person PvP extraction shooter, Marathon, will not require a PlayStation Network (PSN) account to play on……