Warner Bros and the Pokémon Go maker have teamed up to bring you a mobile augmented reality game based on the wizarding World of Harry Potter. It’s called Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and though there’s very little detail on the game at the moment, it seems to be using a similar template to Pokémon Go and Ingress.
According to the celebratory PR, this year’s Call of Duty has already sold twice as many copies as Infinite Warfare did, in the same period since release. That’s $500 000 000 worth of Call of Duty sold-in, which includes stock sold to retailers but not necessarily in consumers’ hands. It also includes digital sales. It’s safe to say that Call of Duty is firmly back on top.
Local developer Kopskop hasn’t forgotten about the games that defined us in the ol’ Megadrive days however. Because their Shattered Realms project feels like a love letter to a genre that is overdue for a revival.
The Sims 4 gets a new expansion on Friday. Just in time for Peter Venkman to be proven right, Cats & Dogs will have you living together with your new furry pals. In anticipation of that, The Sims 4 will do some digital house-cleaning with a brand new patch. A patch that has the most hilarious fixes possible.
A new scandal has rocked the South Korean esports scene as KeSPA finds themselves under investigation for bribery.
Lootboxes and microtransactions are popping up in just about every big blockbuster game these days, much to the chagrin of many gamers. Still, people are buying them en masse, and that's only going to become more prevalent.
With Square Enix almost managing to fatally garrotte Hitman developer IO Interactive when they dumped the studio, it looked like the continued adventures of Agent 47 would grind to a halt. A reborn episodic series had managed to create a stellar sandbox of stealth and murder, while also building a story that was meant to last across several seasons of action and intrigue. IO Interactive bounced back however, secured their independence and got to work on a second season of Hitman. A second season that is now truly official.
Telltale is restructuring their entire company, meaning 25% of their workforce, or 90 employees, are now without jobs.
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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