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‘Mortal Kombat’ And ‘Injustice’ Developer NetherRealm Shuts Down Mobile Team And Lays Off Dozens Of Employees
NetherRealm Studios, the developer behind the Mortal Kombat and Injustice games reportedly shut down its entire mobile team and laid off dozens of employees across the board. Tony Lazzara, who was a Quality Assurance Analyst at NetherRealm Studios announced he was...
Focus Entertainment And Saber Interactive Respond To Leak Of ‘Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’
Video game developer Saber Interactive and publisher Focus Entertainment responded to a recent leak of their upcoming game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. As reported by Tom Henderson at Insider Gaming a playable build for the game was leaked online and clocks in at...
Japanese Political Aide Indicates ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Debacle Could Escalate Into “Diplomatic Incident”
A Japanese political aide indicated that the backlash to Ubisoft's upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows game could escalate into a "diplomatic incident." As first reported by Mark Kern aka Grummz on X, a Japanese political aide detailed the game and its false depiction...
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HoYoverse Announces ‘Honkai: Star Rail’ And ‘Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Crossover
Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse announced a collaboration with Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] that will take place at the beginning of the third quarter of 2025. The official Honkai: Star Rail account posted to X, "Honkai: Star Rail × Fate_UBW Collab...
‘Concord’ Open Beta Fails To Top 2,500 Concurrent Players In First Day
Firewalk Studio's Open Beta for Concord went live on July 18th and the game failed to top 2,500 concurrent players in its first day. The official X account for Concord announced that the Open Beta was live at 4:00 PM ET on July 18th. The #ConcordBeta is now live!...
Sweet Baby Inc. Developed ‘Flintlock: The Siege Of Dawn’ Releases To Abysmal Player Numbers
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn from developer A44 Games with the help of Sweet Baby Inc. and publisher Kepler Interactive released to abysmal player numbers. According to SteamDB the game's peak concurrent players in its first 24 hours after release only hit 648. Not...
New Report Claims Same Sex Romance Options Confirmed For ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’
A new report claims that Ubisoft is indeed including same sex romance options for the upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows game. YouTuber JorRaptor reported on X that "Both Yasuke & Naoe have unique romances (so different character they can romance instead of the...
Boycotters Rage After ‘Genshin Impact’ Immediately Rolls Back Bug Fix To Neuvillette That Nerfed His Rotation Speed
Genshin Impact boycotters are not happy after developer HoYoverse immediately rolled back a bug fix that nerfed the character Neuvillette's rotation speed. As noted in the Genshin Impact subreddit, players were compensated 100 primogems, the in-game premium currency,...
Japanese YouTuber Explains Why The Japanese Are Calling Ubisoft To “Immediately Discontinue” The Creation Of ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’
Japanese YouTuber Shohei Kondo explained why the Japanese are calling on Ubisoft to "immediately discontinue" their upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows game. Thousands of Japanese players have signed a petition calling on Ubisoft to shut the game down and...
Rocksteady Reveals ‘Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’s’ Gender and Race Swaps Victor Fries to Mrs. Freeze
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League developer Rocksteady revealed new details about their upcoming character Mrs. Freeze In a blog post, Rocksteady detailed that "Victoria Frias is an ice-cold, self-sufficient survivalist who has watched her Elseworld turn to ice...
‘Concord’ Early Access Beta Torched By Gamers As Player Base Evaporated Over The Weekend
The Concord Early Access Beta came and went over this weekend and the players that decided to check the game out were not impressed by what they played. On top of the poor reactions, what little interest the game had seemed to evaporate over the weekend as the...
‘Genshin Impact’ Voice Actors Accuse Game Of “Whitewashing And Cultural Appropriation” Over Design Of Newly Introduced Natlan Characters
A number of Genshin Impact voice actors have accused the game of discrimination over its newly introduced Natlan characters. Genshin Impact introduced a handful of its Natlan characters earlier this month in a teaser video. https://youtu.be/O2ATH__rtQo READ: ‘Genshin...