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Halo's original composers sue Microsoft

Halo's original composers Marty O'Donnell and Mike Salvatori have sued Microsoft for 20 years of missing royalites. The case will be taken up next week and could potentially go to court if the parties do not agree. According to O'Donnell and Salvatori, they own the rights, while Microsoft says that they are only employees and thus that Microsoft is the owners of the rights. This is what O'Donnell says about the situation: According to O’Donnell, this also extends to the upcoming TV

Deep dive for 6 minutes in Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök

Last summer it was clear: neither we, Ubisoft nor Odin were finished with Eivor or Assassin's Creed Valhalla. In December, "the biggest Assassin's Creed expansion ever" was presented, with Dawn of Ragnarök. And now it's high time to dive deep into it. The expansion Dawn of Ragnarök is bigger than many full-length games (around "35 hours"), and in the trailer we get a story background, game mechanical news and mythical views. In the expansion we mainly play as Odin who came to Svartalfheim t

Petition demands money back for Battlefield 2042

That people are disappointed with Battlefield 2042 is probably a fact at this point, and even EA themselves state that they are dissatisfied. The problems have piled up, and last week Dice announced that the game's first season will be delayed so they can focus on the worst bugs and gameplay instead. However, some are not happy with the wait for the game to be fixed, and therefore a petition has been started on Change.org. The goal is 50,000 signatures, and at the time of writing it has 219

The film rights for "Lord of the Rings" are for sale

The movie rights for "Lord of the Rings" are for sale Some of Hollywood's most coveted movie rights are about to be sold. These are the books "The Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit", "Silmarillion" and the author J.R.R. Tolkien's other works on the fantasy world Middle-earth. The rights include not only new feature films but also games, amusement parks, promotional items and toys as well as live events. The current owner Saul Zaentz Co. will auction off their rights during the week. They

Free to play Disney Speedstorm is taking on Mario Kart

Mario Kart turns 30 this year, and there is no indication that the genre dominant’s power is faltering – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has sold 52 million copies! But soon another attempt is made to meet Nintendo’s dominance, and it is done by none other than Disney. Dinsey Speestorm is the name of an arcade racer that will attract people in two ways – partly it is free to play, partly the content is based on material from Disney and Pixar’s well-known worlds. Ironically, the game was introduced duri

Dying Light 2 First Biomarker safe code riddle solution

The First Biomarker quest has three riddles you will need to solve in order to learn the safe code, and this guide will help you crack all three riddles from Dr Katsumi's note. The First Biomarker quest is one of the early game missions in Dying Light 2 which is given to you by McGregor in Houndfield. The first biomarker is supposedly a device that can reveal to people if they will turn into the Infected or if they are safe, but apparently, it also has some desirable side effects that wil

EA speaks quietly about Battlefield 2042's numbers, "A disappointment"

It has probably not gone by anyone that almost no one is happy with Battlefield 2042 at present day, and yesterday it was clear that Dice is postponing season one to focus on patching. Whether the efforts are enough remains to be seen. In a new financial report, Blake Jorgensen, CFO at EA, expresses the company's disappointment. "We sold less units than we thought we would." They do not want to go into concrete figures, but Andrew Wilson, CEO, adds that he believes in the game in

Geoff Keighley: More big acquisitions in the gaming world underway

We had barely been reached by the news that Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard before Sony announced that they will buy Halo and Destiny developer Bungie. Shortly afterwards, Sony's CEO Jim Ryan went out and said they were not done with their acquisitions. Now the industry profile Geoff Keighley is joining. Via Twitter, he writes that he has heard from several sources that a number of major deals in the gaming world are in the final stages of their negotiations and that it "will be an

Australia has been updated in World Update for MS Flight Sim

Australia is the latest country to get graphical enhancements and other goodies in Microsoft Flight Simulator. It is called World Update 7, and in addition to nicer and more realistic graphics in many parts of the country, it contains four hand-made airports, lots of attractions, new Bush Trips, Discover Flights and Landing Challenges. With more. In addition to attractions such as the Sydney Opera House, Ayers Rock (or Uluru) and Bondi Beach, you can take a look at Tasmania and swing past t

American McGee's Alice becomes TV series!

The magazine Hollywood Reporter writes that the rights to American McGee's Alice have been acquired, and that one of the X-Men and Watchmen screenwriters, David Hayter, will now make a TV series of the crazy-acclaimed games Alice and the sequel Alice: Madness Returns. Hayter: The games are known to be based on Lewis Carroll's twisted tales from the middle of the 19th century, but a really dark twist made American McGee an acclaimed game creator in the early 00's. The TV series will take o

Microsoft Flight Simulator will get helicopters this year

Microsoft Flight Simulator took the world by storm both when it was initially released for PC and the following year for Xbox Series X / S. Aircraft pilots have really been able to live out their dreams, but helicopter pilots have been left without, except for player-created creations. This year, however, it will be over, because Asobo says that they plan to implement helicopters this autumn. However, a lot of work is required before that is possible, and they have already started working o

He will play He-Man in the upcoming Masters of the Universe Movie

Forget Noah Centineo. Now it is clear that the actor Kyle Allen will bring to life the action character He-Man in the upcoming "Masters of the Universe", according to the site People. It promises "an epic live-action tale" about orphan Adam who "discovers that he is a prince, and must quickly learn his powers to save a foreign land from evil." "Masters of the Universe" will be the first major film about He-Man since Dolph Lundgren played the muscular hero in "He-Man - The Ruler of the

Arnold Schwarzenegger's secret "Zeus" project?

The action star puzzles his fans with a poster and a release date. It looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger has shifted to another iconic role. In an acclaimed post in his social channels, he presents a project that has so far been top secret: "Zeus". A well-made poster made for a Ridley Scott epic or a Marvel role shows the now 74-year-old action icon in the role of the king of the gods from Greek mythology. There is very little other information here except that the premiere will take place in

The Mortal Kombat movie gets a sequel

Last year's Mortal Kombat movie got a perfectly acceptable reception. Despite the boring main character Cole Young, the film made a fair amount of income and Warner Bros was pleasantly surprised. The film's layout clearly showed that they had sequels in mind, and now they have confirmed (via Deadline) that work on it has begun and that Jeremy Slater will write the script. Slater has co-written and produced the upcoming superhero miniseries Moon Knight and was involved in The Umbrella Academ

Elden Ring takes around 30 hours to complete

Elden Ring has gone gold and is thus most likely to be released as planned on 25 February. In an interview with the game's producer, Yasuhiro Kitao, he recently said that the game will be Dark Souls - difficult, but also less stressful. In the same interview, he also mentioned the length of the game, which is undoubtedly an important aspect for many players. [su_quote]It will vary greatly from player to player, but when it comes to goals we set during the development, the idea is that the m

Check out the gameplay from the abandoned(?) Star Wars 1313

In 2020, we saw a picture of a Boba, a leaked screenshot that allegedly showed a Boba Fat-like character in the disused Star Wars 1313 game, which would take place in Coruscant's Underworld. Now, additional prototype material from the game has seen the light of day, and it looks more and more like it was a Boba character who took over the lead role since the acclaimed, first demo. In the gameplay prototype, we see the main character move through different (unfinished) environments, as well

Crysis 4 announced!

There will be a fourth part in the Crysis series! Crytek has just announced that they have started working on a new instance in the action series. A Crysis 4 if you like, even if an official name does not yet exist. The game was not very subtly hinted at in a teaser that appeared on Youtube yesterday, and now the company's CEO Avni Yerli has lifted the lid and officially announced the game. He writes that it is early in the development and we therefore do not know when it may be completed.

Dead by Daylight Developer Behaviour going after critical content creators

It has come to our attention that Behaviour, the studio behind the horror 4v1 game Dead by Daylight have taken some sort of retaliation against the content creator Dowsey, known for his educational DbD content with over 700 videos on his YouTube channel and almost 64k follower on Twitch. The developer team recently had a live Q&A stream where they went through select questions, yes, select questions, not live questions in a Live stream, and they made some very weird analogies to sports

Blizzard working on a brand new survival game

After last week’s news that Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard, there will now be more news about the Diablo and WoW developer: the studio will make a completely new survival game. A press release says that this is a survival game for PC and console. It’s located in a whole new game world, so it is not based on any of the company’s already well-used brands. It’s still early in the development and they reveal nothing about setting or anything else. In connection with the announcement, they a

Respawn is working on THREE new Star Wars games!

That Respawn Entertainment makes the sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has been known for a long time. But now EA reveals that it is only the first of a total of three Star Wars games that the Titanfall and Apex Legends studio are involved in. The second game is a first person shooter. No other details, other than that it is done by a new team at Respawn under the leadership of game director Peter Hirschmann (who was involved in the VR shooter Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond). Ga

Dying Light 2 will be able to be upgraded completely free of charge to new generation consoles

Techland's zombie parkour game Dying Light 2 - Stay Human is only a week away from release. The developers are happy to say that those who buy the Playstation 4 and Xbox One version will be able to upgrade to the Series X / S and PS5 version completely free of charge if needed later. However, it is a bit unclear what exactly the changes will be between the versions, but in the trailer below, three different graphics settings have been shown. Wild guess is that it is these three settings tha

Blizzard intends to regain confidence: "2021 was challenging"

Blizzard has slipped here and there in recent years, and not least the entire Activision Blizzard has had its eyes on it after reports of a deeply problematic workplace. Last week, however, it was all about how Microsoft intends to buy the questionable gaming giant for a breathtaking 68 billion dollars. Will it be a fresh start for Blizzard? Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra, who is the sole boss after Jen Oneal's resignation, writes that the company has taken steps to "rebuild trust". You loo

EA are not happy with Battlefield 2042 - Can be free-to-play

Whatever one personally thinks of Battlefield 2042, there is no denying that the game has had problems and it can be seen both in sales and in the player base. EA also does not seem happy with DICE's latest work and is currently thinking about what to do with the game. According to a tweet from Battlefield leak Tom Henderson, he says that EA is even considering turning the game into free-to-play. It remains to be seen what EA thinks, but something radical must probably be done. It's not a g

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga will be released on April 5

After repeated delays, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has once again been given a release date - April 5 will be the premiere. The game deals with all nine movies in the Star Wars story, and you can play them in any order you like. In other words, you will encounter a long line of famous figures, planets and ships from George Lucas' life's work, and it is all packed in a new game engine. You have a nice gameplay trailer above. If it arouses the desire to buy, the game will be avail
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