Assassin’s Creed Shadows Year 1 Roadmap Includes Story Expansion, Parkour Improvements, New Game Plus, And More
Ubisoft has laid out its Year 1 content roadmap for Assassin’s Creed Shadows. The open-world title will be treated to new story content, parkour improvements, quality-of-life and accessibility updates, and more over the next several months. The biggest content drop will be the game’s first expansion, Claws of Awaji. Arriving later this year (and free […]
Atari Raising Prices, Blames Trump’s Trade War
Image: Atari Atari has put out updated versions of multiple classic consoles in recent years, following up its Atari 2600+ replica console from 2023 with the 7800+ in late 2024, all accompanied by honest-to-god physical cartridge releases containing classic Atari games like Berzerk, Space Duel, and Ninja Golf. However, the retro game maker just informed […]
Nintendo rolls out Virtual Game Cards to Switch: cue confusion and anger from folks who can reportedly no longer play the same game online on two consoles
Right, if you were hoping to play a single copy of the same game online across two Nintendo Switch 2s, it appears you’re out of luck. Nintendo’s rolled out its new Virtual Game Cards to the classic Switch via an update that lays the groundwork for the new console, and it’s reportedly gotten rid of […]
Lego Star Wars Day Sale Is Live – Get Two Free Sets With New Collector Series Starship
Lego’s annual Star Wars Day sale is live now and runs until May 5. Outside of its Black Friday sale, Star Wars Day is arguably the Lego Store’s biggest event each year. Not only does Lego have a bunch of new Star Wars building sets each year, but fans can secure exclusive Lego sets by […]
UDPATE: Respawn Suffers Layoffs Amid Team Adjustments, Cancels Two Early Projects Including A Titanfall Game
Update 4/30/2025: Bloomberg reports 100 employees have been laid off at Respawn, part of a larger series of cuts – roughly 200-300 staff members – across EA as a whole. Bloomberg also reports that one of the two incubation projects Respawn has canceled was an extraction shooter set within the Titanfall universe. As an incubation project, the […]
13 Things We Learned About Borderlands 4 From State Of Play
Image: Gearbox / 2K / Kotaku Today, we learned a lot more about Borderlands 4 during a roughly 20-minute PlayStation State of Play dedicated exclusively to Gearbox and 2K’s upcoming sci-fi looter shooter sequel. The Week In Games: A Star Wars Classic Returns & More New Releases Announced last year, Borderlands 4 is set to […]
Watch Borderlands 4’s special PlayStation State of Play right on cue here, assuming Randy Pitchford doesn’t randomly tweet the stream out hours early
Borderlands 4. It’s getting its own special PlayStation State of Play showcase today, and you can watch it here. You know you want to. Randy Pitchford will probably be there, and he’s a cool guy. Right? Right?! In all seriousness, Gearbox and 2K seem to be properly kicking off the marketing push towards the game […]
Diablo 4’s Battle Pass Overhaul Isn’t Going Over Well
Diablo 4 Season 8 is now live, and players have some complaints about the game’s newly revamped battle pass, ranging from far fewer rewards to how it offers less premium currency. In addition to overhauling Diablo 4’s endgame bosses for Season 8, Blizzard additionally reworked the game’s battle pass system into a new one called […]
Get A New Look At The Gorgeous Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance Through A Stage Trailer
It’s been more than a decade since we received an all-new Shinobi title, but thanks to Sega’s recent initiative to revive dormant IPs from its deep catalog, the company is set to release Shinobi: Art of Vengeance later this year. The gorgeous revival comes from Lizardcube, the development team behind 2020’s Streets of Rage 4, […]
Layoffs At Respawn Hit Apex Legends And Star Wars Jedi Teams
Between Apex Legends, the Star Wars: Jedi series, and other projects, Respawn Entertainment has a lot on its plate, so it’s a little shocking to hear that EA is laying off even more members of the studio this year. The cuts come amid hundreds of new layoffs at the publisher which reportedly canceled a Titanfall […]