In an industry dominated by a freemium battle royale that has essentially become Ready Player One: The Video Game, Disintegration’s level of serviceable fun just wasn’t enough and as a result of its middling performance, its studio V1 Interactive is shutting down after five years of action.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick reckons that the time is nigh for video games to start charging a few bucks extra. Nigh we say! NIGH! Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference (cheers VGC), Zelnick was asked why the publisher had added an extra $10 to some of its games, or as we in the industry call it, a whole Hamilton.

? As spotted on ResetEra on the Microsoft Store, it looks like the most recent and grittiest trilogy of Tomb Raider games are making a comeback, this time as a buffet collection that collects Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider,

There are still those who are willing to get up at the crack of dusk and boot up their console to find him for you. People who’ll risk digital life and limb to let you know if Xur is selling a treasure or rubbish. I just so happen to be one of those people. Maybe you’re stuck at work and can only log in later tonight. In that case: Where is Xur?

We got to attend a virtual sit down with Hazelight Studios founder, Josef Fares, to discuss all things related to the upcoming co-op adventure title, It Takes Two

According to Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick, while remasters will always be considered, they won’t be a pivotal pillar for the company to focus efforts on.

Outriders has shaped up nicely over the years, and if its recent demo is any indicator of its final build, it’s a game that may not have much going for it in the originality department but it’s still a satisfying blast of polished action. One odd thing about its design though is just how reliant the game is on tiny cutscenes whenever you want to transition to a new area.

Epic Games is investing in beans. Magic beans! Beans shaped like vaguely humanoid creatures nut you really don’t want to see what the anatomy of these organisms looks like! Mediatonic’s Fall Guys took the world by storm last year, providing a perfect respite from everything else going on in the world at the time. A winner had emerged, and along with the best social media account in video games, Fall Guys hasn’t fallen off the map since it arrived initially as a PS Plus freebie.