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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

Sony expect Activision's games to continue to be multi-platform

Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard could have major consequences for Playstation: there is a risk that games and series such as Call of Duty, Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 will not be released for Sony's console. It will probably take at least until the deal is approved and completed before that issue is on the agenda, but Sony has already made it clear that they expect Activision's games to continue to come to Playstation. They also expect the agreements to be fulfilled. A spokesman

Microsoft plans to buy Activision Blizzard for $68 billion

Microsoft has the spending pants on and is not content with having pinched Zenimax and Bethesda. Now they also announce that they intend to buy Activision Blizzard for 68.7 billion dollars. In a post on the Xbox website, they write that the companies will continue to act independently of each other until the deal is completed. Furthermore, they write that they aim to offer as many of Activision Blizzard's games as possible via Game Pass to Xbox and PC, including new and old titles. Activisi

Techland promises to support Dying Light 2 for the next five years

There are few games that have received such long-term support from the developers as Dying Light. They have ensured that the game has received updates and expansions for a full four years. Techland intends to give the sequel Dying Light 2: Stay Human at least as long-term support. Namely, they promise to support the game for a full five years after it is released. In an interview on the podcast Prankster101, Tymon Smektala said: "Dying Light 1 was supported for four years after its release,

Even the cheat developers seem to be abandoning Battlefield 2042

Battlefield 2042 is not doing very well now. Three times more players played the predecessor Battlefield V yesterday, and now comes information that not even the cheat devs are able to continue to deliver unfair advantages to the title. The information comes from game journalist Tom Henderson, who has posted a screenshot from Discord that seems to show a cheat developer who says that they will no longer sell cheat for the game. The reason, however, is not that the game has excellent cheat p

Forever Skies offers action-survival and airship building

Below you see the first look at the survival / action game Forever Skies. It is developed by the newcomer Far From Home, which consists of developers who have worked with a lot of well-known brands, such as Dying Light, Divinity Original Sin, Outriders and League of Legends. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world that has been destroyed by an ecological disaster. But it's not just about venturing into the ruins of civilization and grabbing what you want, because the world is cover

Star Citizen broke a record in 2021

The fact that money has been raised for Star Citizen for almost ten years does not diminish people's willingness to contribute to the mammoth project. Last year, the game raised $85 million, according to Tweaktown. That is over 8 million dollars more than the previous record year 2020. Between 2013 and 2018, it pulled in just over 30 million dollars a year. In 2019, it increased to 47 million, followed by 77 million in 2020 and thus 85 million last year. That according to compilations here

Watch 9 minutes of new, brutal gameplay from Diablo 4

Diablo 4 looks set to be released in 2023 at the earliest, as it's one of Blizzard's most anticipated upcoming games. Therefore, for natural reasons, they do not want to release a blunder, but a stable foundation on which they can build for many years. But we can at least enjoy that no less than nine minutes of new gameplay has been released. This is thanks to Blizzard's quarterly update for the game, which in addition to information about some of the game's various systems also includes se

The remake Pharaoh: A New Era shows off its pyramid splendor in a 4K trailer

It feels a little funny that Pharaoh, a game about ancient Egypt, has the title A New Era. But! At the same time, we must remember that the game is a remake of Pharaoh that was released at the end of the last millennium. A lot is similar in the remake that "soon" will be released on Steam. The isometric perspective is in place, and the gameplay seems pretty untouched. Graphically, however, it is polished. The new 4k trailer shows the evolution from 1999 to today, and a lot has happened. The

This year's most popular game on Twitch: Grand Theft Auto 5

Streamelements has released its State of the Stream review for 2021. Among other things, we see that the number of streamed hours on Twitch increased sharply compared with the year before. In 2021, we have streamed 24 billion hours, while the sum for 2020 was "only" 17 billion. Streaming on Facebook has also increased, from 3.6 billion to 5.3 billion hours. When it comes to individual games, it is Grand Theft Auto 5 that has established itself in this year's first place, with 2.1 billion st

Splinter Cell Remake has been announced

Sam Fisher is on his way back, but not in a whole new game (as far as we know), but in a remake of the first game. The remake will be made in Snowdrop Engine, which has been used primarily in The Division games. Matt West from Ubisoft says that they are still early in development and that the game is being rebuilt from scratch. However, they want to maintain the spirit of the original game, and for example, it will still be about linear paths rather than an open game world.

15 minutes of Dying Light 2 gameplay, with paragliding and battles

As previously promised, Techland has recently released a 15-minute gameplay trailer for the upcoming Dying Light 2: Stay Human ( here is one of the previous ones). The demonstration seems to take place fairly early in the game and shows how the player gets a flight screen to be able to get from roof to roof more easily. The flight screen can advantageously be controlled over various warm air currents which, among other things, air conditioners seem to spit out, in order to extend the flight and

Nukklear is working with Funcom on the upcoming Dune game

Funcom is once again in the process of creating a multiplayer / survival game, but instead of barbarians and hydrographs, rival families and sandworms are common. In October , they announced that they were looking for new people to develop this Dune game, and now we know that they will also receive help from the studio Nukklear. Nukklear has previously worked with games such as Everspace 2 , Destroy All Humans and Comanche , and on their website they write that the Dune game will be inspire

Strike at Call of Duty studio Raven

Around sixty employees at Raven Software arranged a walkout on Monday in protest of Friday's dismissals in the studio's Quality Assurance team. During the period 3-8 December, the contract employees in the QA team will find out if they get a full-time job at Raven, or if their time at the studio is over. Twelve employees, a third of the studio's QA team, were notified on Friday that they had been laid off. It states the Washington Post. The demand from the strikers, which consists of both f

Epochs collides in the trailer for Battlefield Portal

Bad Company 2 characters with Battlefield 3 vehicles on El Alamein? Yes, please. Battlefield 2042 offers a lot of new content, including maps , weapons and specialists . But many learn to spend most of their time in the Battlefield Portal game mode, which contains material from Battlefield 1942 , Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3 . What can you invent there? EA and Dice give us a taste of this in the latest trailer. They have also published a blog post where they describe the process of

Battlefield 2042 presents five new specialists

They have everything from target explosives to ballistic shields. The fact that Battlefield 2042 will use specific characters named specialists instead of more anonymous classes has not directly become the most acclaimed feature of the game. In the beta test , we got to test four of them, and via a video, Dice has now shown five more. First out is Navin Rao, who is of the recon class. He can hack both objects in the environment as well as players, and if he kills a hacked player, the t

More Playstation games are coming to PC

Until very recently, the somewhat misleading name Playstation Mobile has been the sender of all Playstation Steam games. Now, instead, Playstation PC is stepping up as publisher, which feels more logical. Unless Horizon Zero Dawn, Days Gone, God of War and two Uncharteds were proof enough, we can probably state that, yes, Playstation games on PC are here to stay. According to VGC , the name Playstation PC was registered already in April, but only now is it used sharply. It remains to be see

Hurray hurray! Tomb Raider turns 25

Which in the series is your favorite? You never talk about a lady's age, but today we have to make an exception. Today it is exactly 25 years ago that the first Tomb Raider was released for Sega Saturn. Playstation and PC versions followed, followed by an almost innumerable stream of sequels, reboots, movies, books and more. The latest game in the series, Shadow of the Tomb Raider , has a few years on its neck and also became a finale in the trilogy that was created to take Lara back t

Battlefield 2042 Will Have Cross-Play and Cross-Progression

Good news for anyone who has Battlefield friends spread across multiple platforms: Dice plans to build and test cross-play for Battlefield 2042 so people on different platforms can play with and against each other. Unfortunately, this also means that the technical, closed alpha test will be postponed until later this summer. During this test, they will test the cross-play functionality, and a few thousand players will be invited to play against each other on PC, Xbox Series X / S and Playst
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