Microsoft’s gaming division is undergoing the biggest shakeup in Xbox history. According to the company’s new leadership, the business model that “bet on Game Pass, multi-platform, and a broader portfolio of content” ultimately failed to deliver a healthy business.
Microsoft and Xbox announced significant price increases for Game Pass that went into effect today. In a post on Xbox's website, the company shared that in the United States the price for Game Pass Ultimate increased from $16.99 to $19.99 per month. That's a 17% price...
Former Washington Post reporter Mikhail Kimentov reports that Riot Games scrapped a Smash Bros. style game set in the League of Legends world. Kimentov's report at ReaderGrev claims the game was codenamed Pool Party and had 70-80 employees working on it before it was...
Tose, a Japanese developer that has worked with Nintendo, Square Enix, and Bandai Namco, reports its profits have significantly plummeted due to its partners cancelling a number of in-development games. Automaton reports that Tose, a Japanese developer who worked on...
A preview for Square Enix's Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake in Weekly Shonen Jump confirms the removal of male and female from the game's character select. X user Scratch Point shared the preview and commented, "This preview in the latest issue of Japanese magazine...
One of The Witcher spin-offs that is being developed by Molasses Flood will reportedly feature a class-based system. Back in October 2022, CD Projekt Red revealed that it was working on a multiplayer game set in The Witcher universe that was being developed by...
Ubisoft Japan issued a formal apology for using a Japanese reenactment group's banner in their Assassin's Creed Shadows game. In the middle of June, Ubisoft was accused of stealing the banner of the Sekigahara Teppo Corps. As noted by former World of Warcraft Team...
Kotaku Senior Alyssa Mercante lashed out in anger in a number of tweets after Kotaku Australia was shut down. As reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, Pedestrian Group is slashing at least 40 jobs and ending its “licensing deals to publish third-party...
Kotaku Australia will be shut down as a part of a major cost cutting effort for its parent company, Pedestrian Group. As reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, Pedestrian Group is slashing at least 40 jobs and ending its "licensing deals to publish third-party brands...
Video game publisher and developer Capcom is being accused of race swapping one of their psychopath bosses in Dead Rising from "Asian to white likely due to racial stereotype." X user Pirat_Nation shared a pair of screenshots of Larry Chiang from the original game and...
HoYoverse's latest title, Zenless Zone Zero, has already surpassed 50 million downloads in less than a week since the game became available on July 4th. In a post to X, the official Zenless Zone Zero account detailed, "Greetings! Since its release, Zenless Zone Zero...
A new report claims that Square Enix is removing the option for players to choose between male and female characters for their upcoming Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake. This report comes from Ryokutya2089, who claims via machine translation that the game has "no...
A new rumor claims that Netflix scrapped its planned adaptation of Horizon Zero Dawn by Umbrella Academy showrunner Steve Blackman. It's also reported his original project Orbital has also been shut down. This rumor comes from Rolling Stone Senior Reporter Cheyenne...