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Thanks to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and microtransactions, Ubisoft had its best year ever

By Darryn Bonthuys
May 12, 2021
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Here’s something unbelievable: Apparently global pandemics are fantastic for the video game industry, as just about every publisher under the sun has posted record profits and numbers for the latest financial year ending on March 31. Ubisoft is no different, as the French publisher saw some outstandingly high numbers, with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla being an absolute jet engine of momentum.

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Gears of War studio is now fully focused on "next-gen development" as it shifts to Unreal Engine 5

By Darryn Bonthuys
May 11, 2021
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The Coalition announced this week that its future projects will be developed on Epic's latest software, which will likely mean that upcoming games will look pretty sharp. The downside to this is that those games are going to take a bit of a while to see the light of day, as the studio works on familiarising itself with Unreal Engine 5.

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WWE 2K22 will get regular developer updates, according to update video about update…videos

By Darryn Bonthuys
May 11, 2021
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Visual Concepts and publisher 2K are promising to show off more of how WWE 2K22 is coming along by sharing regular behind-the-scenes updates "over the coming weeks" on Instagram and Twitter.

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343 Industries is teasing… something to do with Halo Infinite

By Brad Lang
May 11, 2021
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At this point we have no idea what it is but we’ll hedge our bets on the most likely option being a trailer or some kind of showcase.

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Dutch film director believes Capcom stole his monster design for Resident Evil: Village

By Brad Lang
May 11, 2021
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While the actual design of the creature isn’t especially complicated, I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t a little too similar.

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Sony’s PlayStation VR 2 is starting to look like a real next-gen upgrade

By Darryn Bonthuys
May 11, 2021
in :  Gaming
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It wasn't too long ago that Sony revealed that it had a sequel to its virtual reality gear in development, dropping a number of pictures to show off a device that pinched inspiration from other established kits in the scene and looking better overall. According to a report on UploadVR via "reliable sources", PSVR 2 won't just look and function like an ergonomic dream, it'll be packing some pretty impressive features into its plastic frame as well.

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Sony expects PS5 supply to be tight well into 2022

By Darryn Bonthuys
May 10, 2021
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Long story short, start training yourself for fastest fingers first if you want to score a PS5 before 2023.

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Resident Evil: Village saw over 100,000 concurrent Steam players on launch

By Brad Lang
May 10, 2021
in :  Gaming
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Not only is that a staggering amount of people, that’s also a record breaking number for the franchise.

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