The world of Diablo IV will expand when the upcoming Lord of Hatred expansion launches on April 28. However, a week before the new content drops, fans will get a glimpse into the expansion's story with the prequel novel Diablo IV: The Lost Horadrim. This official novel launches on April and will provide context for the Lord of Hatred's main questline and introduce the Skovos Isles region where the expansion takes place. If that sparks your interest, you can preorder the paperback edition of...
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Nintendo has been known to vigorously defend its interests and intellectual properties in court, and one of its longest-running legal battles may be nearing its conclusion. In 2010, the Japanese video game publisher filed a suit in Germany against BigBen Interactive--the previous incarnation of Nacon--over its third-party Wii Remote controllers. Now, the latest ruling has unequivocally gone in Nintendo's favor.
As reported by Games Fray, the Mannheim Regional Court has reaffirmed the ruling...
Just a month after its launch, the Backbone Pro Xbox Edition is on sale for a substantial discount at Amazon, Best Buy, and Backbone's online storefront. Normally $180, the officially licensed transparent green mobile controller is up for grabs for $145. Alternatively, you can get the standard edition black Backbone Pro for $135 (was $170) or the Target-exclusive pink edition for $140 (was $170).
The standard edition Backbone Pro launched in May as an higher-end alternative of the Backbone...
Prime Video's Tomb Raider TV series continues to add to its cast, with a new report saying Jason Isaacs will star in the show. Deadline reported that the Emmy-nominated actor will appear in the show, but his role is unknown at this point, as is the larger story for the series.
Isaacs is a veteran actor perhaps best known for his role as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movie series. He's also had roles in the movies The Patriot, Black Hawk Down, Peter Pan, and Fury. On TV, Isaacs recently...
Recently, it was announced that Alix Wilton-Regan will take over for Camila Luddington in the role of Lara Croft for the next two games in the series. In a new interview, she said she is afraid that it may all fall apart after the last game she was set to appear in, the Perfect Dark reboot, was canceled.
Wilton-Regan told TheGamer that she was filming her scenes as Joanna Dark for the Perfect Dark game at the same time she was shooting Lara for the new Tomb Raider games. It was "wonderful...
A new report claims that Naughty Dog recently mandated that workers return to the office five days per week--up from three--and had been pushing staff to work "long hours" to get a demo of Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet ready to show off to Sony higher-ups.
The Bloomberg report said that beginning in late October, Naughty Dog asked staff to work "a minimum of eight extra hours a week" and document their overtime in a spreadsheet. "This overtime period was an attempt to get the...
Fortnite's latest Winterfest celebration kicked off with the usual array of map and gameplay changes in Battle Royale and piles of free stuff in the Winterfest cabin. But that's not all there is to care about in Fortnite's latest update--we've also got a pair of new sets of quests that reward XP, and an additional free cosmetic that must be earned by completing a specific one of those new quests. Let's take a look at what we've got here.
Winterfest 2025 quests
The first of these new quests...
It's impossible to deny the success of Embark Studios' extraction shooter Arc Raiders. Now, as 2025 comes to a close, the studio is reflecting on the momentous launch, which was recently capped off by the title's win for Best Multiplayer Game at the 2025 Game Awards, and what's to come in 2026. If you're to believe Embark, which seems on top of the world right now, "the work is just beginning."
In a post to Arc Raiders website, the shooter's executive producer Aleksander Grondal writes, "We...
The new weekly update for Grand Theft Auto Online adds festive content, free gifts, discounts, and popular holiday modes. Rockstar Games also confirms snow will arrive in Los Santos later in the month.
The holidays arrive in Los Santos with several returning modes players can participate in. These festive limited-time modes include GTA Online's Yeti Hunt, The Gooch, Weazel Plaza Shootout, and Snowball Fights. Additionally, players can expect snowy weather conditions to arrive later in the...
Dispatch feels like the kind of game that must have always been headed for success, having sold a million copies in just 10 days, and while it missed most of the awards season, it still landed on several best-of lists for the year. That impression hides a much rougher reality. Dispatch took years longer than expected, nearly collapsed more than once, and only made it out because the team managed to survive long enough to finish it.
"We're taking GTA 6 amounts of time on this shit," writer...
It has been a big week for Larian Studios, which just announced its upcoming RPG Divinity to tons of fervor. Unfortunately, a lot of the week since the announcement has consisted of members of the studio, including its CEO Swen Vincke, fighting online about the team's current attitude towards AI tools in games development following an interview with Bloomberg.
Now, after a week of backlash, Larian is hoping to clear some of the air around Divinity and its use of AI. In a statement shared on...
There have been some mismatched crossovers before, but Sonic Rumble may be taking that to a new level as the King of the Monsters himself, Godzilla, invades Sonic the Hedgehog's new mobile game.
On December 22, Sega and Rovio will unleash Toho's iconic monster on Dr. Eggman's Toy World with a new stage: Godzilla Survival. The goal of that stage is simple. Players simply have to survive a Godzilla attack in the middle of the ocean while running from boat to boat. Trust us, you don't want to...
Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has teased what's coming with the 1.7 update for Stardew Valley, such as a new farm type, more social stuff, and "lots more." In addition, the game's creator says we'll get an update about the Switch 2 Edition sooner than later.
On X, Barone responded to a fan asking about any hints for the Stardew Valley 1.7 update. "There will be some more character/social stuff; it's also traditional to add a new farm type," Barone replied. "Lots more, but I don't want to...
Bethesda veteran Harvey Smith has reflected on the closure of Arkane Austin and the struggles of the studio's final game, Redfall. For anyone just catching up, Arkane Austin made the vampire game Redfall under Smith's leadership. After the live-service game failed to find an audience after launch in May 2023, Microsoft closed the studio a year later and ended most support for the game.
Smith appeared on the My Perfect Console podcast recently and said (via Eurogamer), "Every company makes...
Even after 30-plus years, the Final Fantasy games from the NES and SNES eras continue to stay in vogue. Square Enix has revealed that the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series has now surpassed 6 million copies sold.
The official Final Fantasy account on X announced the sales milestone, thanking players for their support. The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series originally arrived in 2021, and at first, there was quite a bit of blowback for the font choices in the retro RPGs. The collection...
Blizzard Entertainment president Johanna Faries has said fans of the Diablo and Warcraft company can look forward to what she hopes will be Blizzard's "biggest year yet" in 2026.
2026 marks the 35th anniversary of Blizzard, and Faries told Variety that the company has a "bold vision" for what's coming next.
"The teams across Blizzard entirely, as an organization, are gearing up for what we hope to be the biggest year yet for Blizzard, and we take that statement very seriously," Faries...
If you logged in to Arc Raiders today, you might have noticed a special surprise. Developer Embark Studios is giving all players a gift of 1,000 Raider Tokens as a holiday treat.
Players will see a "Happy Holidays" message in the game now, telling them they have a free gift of 1,000 Raider Tokens that they can use to buy whatever they want. "Thank you from the Arc Raiders team and Embark Studios for being a valued part of our community," reads a line from the message. "We'd like to wish you...
Actor Neil Newbon, who voiced Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3, has shared his thoughts on artificial intelligence in gaming, and he didn't mince words.
"Fuck AI in performance," Newbon told PCGamesN.
He's talking about using artificial voice lines for games, like how Embark's The Finals and Arc Raiders do. For Arc Raiders, the studio hired human actors to record voice lines and then used AI systems to have their voices say lots of other things. Newbon pointed out that Arc Raiders has been a...
Two of the biggest zombie franchises are teaming up as World War Z's next story campaign DLC will cross over with The Walking Dead. Players will be able to take control of four of the iconic characters from the show--Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon, Negan, and Michonne--with The Walking Dead stars Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus reprising their roles as Rick and and Daryl, respectively. The first trailer for the crossover should look very familiar to fans of both franchises.
The new episodic...
Following its decision to sue Tencent for creating a "slavish clone" of its Horizon games, Light of Motiram, Sony has concluded its legal battle with the company. The game is no longer listed on Steam or the Epic Games Store, and the court case has been dismissed.
That's according to new court documents filed earlier this week, and Tencent added that it has reached a "confidential settlement" with Sony Interactive Entertainment. "SIE and Tencent are pleased to have reached a confidential...