It looks like one of next year’s Game Pass updates will be bringing us some classic bangers, particularly those of us who grew up playing shooters on the Xbox 360/PS3 generation. The latest leak is yet another thing that points to Microsoft’s continued interest in expanding the service’s line-up with classic, back-catalogue titles from the many studios it owns.
]]>There was a lot working against Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines when it launched on this day back in 2004. Nobody wants to launch up against a game as hotly anticipated as Half-Life 2, let alone be pushed out half-finished due to a bizarre corporate mandate to launch on the same day as said game — which, incidentally, used the same brand-new engine as V:TM-B was built in, but as proprietary in-house technology rather than via a third-party licence, and so very much getting the better end of the deal.
]]>Netflix has reportedly closed its in-house triple-A game studio known as "Team Blue", with a number of high profile developers it'd hired to be part of that studio, as part of its efforts to expand into the video game sphere, having left the company.
]]>It's time to settle the debate – Deadpool or Wolverine? The year's most chaotic superhero flick, Deadpool & Wolverine, is up for grabs in glorious 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and digital. And yes, preorders are live over at Amazon / Amazon UK.
]]>Blizzard reportedly had adaptations of Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft in the works with Netflix prior to it filing a lawsuit against the streaming giant in 2020.
]]>If you're still playing Overwatch 2 in hopes of it returning to OW1's glory days somehow, you might have noticed most events and collaborations nowadays are built around skins rather than actual playable content. Anyway, a collaboration with My Hero Academia is coming on October 17.
]]>Great news, StarCraft fans. StarCraft Remastered and the campaign for StarCraft II are coming to PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass for Ultimate tier subscribers. Players using those services can download both on November 5 later this year.
]]>Blizzard is celebrating World of Warcraft's 20th anniversary this year, and to do so it's… collaborating with itself by putting some WoW skins in Overwatch 2.
]]>Bungie has announced that starting in 2025, it'll be switching to offering two "medium-sized" expansions for Destiny 2 per year, rather than the annual expansions it'd previously constructed its plans around. Why? Well, according the game's director, things were getting "too rigid" and feel a bit "formulaic" in terms of these add-ons.
]]>Hoping to learn more about whatever Destiny 2's Codename Frontiers is? Bungie has some details to share with you next week.
]]>Sometimes you just can’t predict whether a game will be the next big thing, so it’s not worth kicking yourself if you get that call wrong. Or at least that seems to be the philosophy of Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who says that he doesn’t regret not making the original Destiny and Guitar Hero platform exclusives, even if those calls look a bit questionable in hindsight.
]]>Following Chris Barrett having been replaced as director of the Marathon reboot earlier this year, a new report is claming that the veteran developer was fired from Bungie following an internal investigation into misconduct.
]]>It's been previously claimed that Crash Bandicoot 5 was in the works, and now a new report has shed some very purple light on the game.
]]>It reportedly didn't matter whether Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion delivered a "blockbuster performance", Bungie's latest layoffs were in the works prior to its release and "couldn't be avoided" even if the much-hyped bit of DLC, which garnered a positive reception, had been a runaway commercial success.
]]>Since Bungie was acquired by Sony back in February 2022 for $3.6 billion, the Destiny 2 developer's CEO Pete Parsons has seemingly spent over $2 million on classic cars and motorcycles via auction site Bring A Trailer. A number of the account in question's purchases have come in the months surrounding mass layoffs at Bungie.
]]>UPDATE (01/08/24, 08:33 AM BST): Jason Schreier has now tweeted that, rather than the 75 initially specified, he's been told that "closer to 40 people are moving from Bungie's incubation team to the new Sony studio".
]]>Sorry, Crash Bandicoot fans, it seems like a fifth game was in the works, but was cancelled somewhere along the line.
]]>From the moment of its release, players have been calling out The First Descendant for how much, inspiration, it takes from other popular loot shooters. The two most commonly cited examples are Warframe and Destiny 2.
]]>From the moment of its reveal, many players’ feelings on The First Descendant were that it’s a hodgepodge of mechanics, ideas, systems, structures and designs found in other popular live service loot shooters.
]]>The Esports World Cup has begun, bringing many of the most popular competitive games under one roof in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This kicks off an almost two month-long battle over ridiculous amounts of prize money, which a vast majority of esports teams and competitors are fighting for.
]]>Destiny 2 is currently in its 10th year, and Bungie has promised more for Year 11, but it will apparently focus more on "world-building" than linear storytelling.
]]>Hi. There's an expansion coming out this week. It's called Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree and you probably haven't heard much about it. Anyway, within a day of the reviews of it coming out ahead of its arrival on June 21, it's casually become the highest rated game of 2024 and the highest rated DLC ever among critics on Metacritic.
]]>There's now a premium, extended version of this podcast that you can get as a VG247 paid subscriber - check out our Support Us page for more info. Doing so helps ensure that we can keep making the show! But don't worry if that's not for you, the main show will always be free.
]]>Bungie revealed a look at some upcoming Destiny 2 episodes today, but it also offered a very vague tease for the future of the series.
]]>Destiny 2 players booted up the game en masse yesterday excited to experience The Final Shape expansion for on launch day. But while these guardians were keen to see the defeat of The Witness firsthand, they've been able to witness very little as error messages and server issues plague the game a full day later.
]]>So, Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion. It's bringing some pretty big changes with it when it properly arrives on June 4, but before then Bungie's decided to give us a nice idea of just how much install space it'll require. Via Steam, for both the game and the expansion you might be looking at...er...something like five times the size of one Elden Ring install.
]]>After playing a closed test which I reasonably enjoyed two years ago, my expectations for XDefiant weren't super high. While my experience had been positive, everything I heard about the following tests and closed betas was that it was all heading towards enticing the Call of Duty crowd. Thankfully, the final release of the game isn't exactly that.
]]>Bungie has now won its lawsuit against Destiny 2 cheat sellers AimJunkies/ Phoenix Digital, though it's not much of a win.
]]>Sony has made three Destiny 2 expansions free to play through its Expansion Open Access incentive.
]]>Diablo 4’s most recent developer livestream was all about revealing the game’s upcoming Season 4, and discussing all the lessons learned from the first Public Test Realm (PTR).
]]>Blizzard has spoken, and all mystery that might have existed around the next Diablo 4 season has been dispelled. During a developer livestream, Blizzard confirmed the extent of what you can expect in Season 4: Loot Reborn.
]]>Diablo 4 returns to the spotlight once gain today, thanks to a new developer livestream from Blizzard. This one is set to focus on all the lessons learned from the game's recent Public Test Realm (PTR), and basically discuss the larger points of feedback.
]]>You know it’s almost time for a new Diablo 4 season because Blizzard is starting to line up developer livestreams and publish hefty blog posts about the new content, of which there doesn’t seem to be much this time around.
]]>As much as we like to cover the very (many) serious topics surrounding Blizzard’s Diablo 4, this story is not actually about the game, or even the Diablo series. Instead, it’s specifically about the official Diablo YouTube channel.
]]>It’s been a while since we’ve had some fresh Diablo 4 news to get excited about. Blizzard has us covered, however, with the next developer update lined up for this week.
]]>Microsoft has announced its third quarter earnings for the period ending March 31, 2024, noting a 62% revenue increase in Xbox content and services.
]]>Blizzard wrapped up the Diablo 4 Season 4 PTR (Public Test Realm) earlier this week after about a week of testing. Not only was this the first time Diablo 4 players were able to test out content well ahead of its launch, it was also necessary considering the magnitude of what was being proposed.
]]>Hello there, Destiny 2 people. Bungie's just dropped a huge update on its plans for the game's much-hyped next big expansion, the Final Shape, and there's a lot of stuff to unpack. For example, there's a new sublclass, Prismatic, which looks like it'll basically let you revamp how all of the game's existing classes play, as well as, er, achieve the enlightement required to lob some new grenades.
]]>Things seem to be getting better in the world of Diablo 4 at the moment. That is mainly because of the Season 4 Public Test Realm (PTR), whose many changes to gameplay, loot, endgame and crafting have people very excited about Season 4.
]]>Activision Blizzard is currently hiring for an unannounced game, and are looking for multiple senior staff to fill up the ranks on this project. This includes a creative director, design director for combat AI, senior art direct, and more.
]]>Next week is a big one for Diablo 4, because it marks the launch of the game’s first-ever Public Test Realm (PTR) - a test server where players will be given early access to several key gameplay changes ahead of their release to the general public.
]]>As promised, this week marks the launch of Diablo 4 on Game Pass. The premier action RPG will soon be available to Game Pass members on Xbox, as well as PC. This has been a longtime coming, and Diablo 4 is only the first of many Activision Blizzard games that will soon be part of the service’s line-up following the completion of Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
]]>Big Western style open-world RPGs from beloved Japanese studios who tend to be known for other things (inhale) are like buses: there's none for ages, and then two come along at once! See also: Clinton-era disaster movies about Earth getting clobbered by an asteroid. See also: Clinton-era disaster movies about America getting clobbered by volcanoes. See also: those ones about the White House (former home of Bill Clinton) getting clobbered by some guys with guns. I dunno. You don't read this anyway.
]]>Toys for Bob went independent last month, but it has apparently landed a deal with Microsoft for its next game.
]]>Overwatch 2 is starting to feel a touch pointless, as a new report is claiming that the game is abandoning PvE altogether.
]]>Last night was pretty big for Diablo 4, if you consider reveals and teasers about things coming in the future a big deal. During the most recent Campfire Chat developer livestream, Blizzard announced a host of new details about the future of the game.
]]>It’s been a rough last little bit for Bungie, despite Destiny 2 having continued to get some interesting little additions from time to time. Now, the studio’s Marathon reboot has switched directors, amid reports of a wider shakeup going on around the shooter.
]]>Things have ranged from quiet to a little unfortunate on the Diablo 4 front of late, until Blizzard teased something to look forward to - which seems to always work with the Diablo 4 community.
]]>When you’ve made some of the biggest games on the planet, juggling budgets of millions of dollars and selling millions of copies, what comes next?
]]>There’s a lot going on in the world of Diablo 4 at the moment, even if much of it seems to be behind-the-scenes rather than in the game we can play today. But that’s about to change soon, as Blizzard is looking to rekindle a link between game development and player feedback we'd forgotten about.
]]>If I asked you off the top of your head to name me the best video game remake of all time, chances are you’d probably come up with something along the lines of Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2 Remake,Final Fantasy 7 Remake, or one of Bluepoint Games’ fantastic conversions of Shadow of the Colossus and Demon’s Souls.
]]>Ok, so, you remember Halo and Destiny co-composer Marty O'Donnell, known for putting together the soundtracks to your childhood with the likes of Michael Salvatori? Well, he’s now running for US congress in Nevada, with a campaign site that looks like something a lovechild of Master Chief and Captain America might appear behind.
]]>As part of the most recent Campfire Chat developer livestream, Blizzard discussed Diablo 4’s upcoming mid-season update. The patch arrives Tuesday, March 5, and it is indeed the one the will introduce the Gauntlet to the game.
]]>Blizzard awakes from its communication slumber today to talk about and show off new Diablo 4 content. More specifically, a new look at the upcoming Gauntlet and Trials, features that were initially set to launch on February 13, before the developer delayed them for polish.
]]>Feels like it's been a while since Blizzard talked to the community, but the Diablo 4 developer will return with another Campfire Chat developer showcase. The livestream takes place this Thursday, and will cover a couple of previously discussed features.
]]>Because we’re apparently witnessing Diablo 4’s evil arc, Blizzard has created yet another reason for players to be upset about, except this one doesn’t is more bizarre than most. No, it’s not a puzzling gameplay change like, well, so much of what is in Season of the Construct.
]]>The next patch to arrive in Diablo 4’s third season, the disappointing Season of the Construct, might not make things better for players looking for a reason to log in. Well, unless you’re among the few who not only have the game’s rarest items, but who somehow also have too many for it to be an issue.
]]>Man oh man would it be fun to cover something actually good going on in Diablo 4, rather than what it seem like constant disappointments and misses. The game’s third season, Season of the Construct, was poorly received, causing Blizzard to (almost immediately) backpedal and make several major changes to the new season’s mechanics.
]]>One of Diablo 4’s upcoming features, which is anticipated by many in the core community, will not be in the game soon as initially planned. Before the launch of Season of the Construct, Blizzard talked about implementing leaderboards, which will be tied to the new Gauntlet endgame dungeon.
]]>Having unused Uber Unique pieces of loot is a problem very few Diablo 4 players are likely to be familiar with. If the name didn’t give it away, this is a higher tier of Unique weapons and gear that has a ridiculously small chance of dropping.
]]>Good news, people who were around in 2004, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has finally given you and the rest of us a proper look at what its gameplay looks like.
]]>After laying off a small town’s worth of people from its gaming arm just last week, Microsoft has managed to host an earnings call that, in a fashion that feels wrong even if it’s predictable, saw its top execs vaguely touch on said layoffs... without actually talking about the layoffs.
]]>After initially posting them ahead of time, Blizzard has now revealed the full set of patch notes for the next Diablo 4 patch. Update 1.3.1 is scheduled for tomorrow, February 1, and it’s a little on the lighter side in terms of interesting additions.
]]>The shrines of Diablo 4 have acquired some big new powers, which we'll all get to experience when the Lunar Awakening in-game event kicks off. As the name suggests, the event is a celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
]]>Bungie has announced a collaboration with BioWare which will see Mass Effect-inspired items added to Destiny 2.
]]>In somewhat surprising news, Johanna Faries has been appointed as the head of Blizzard Entertainment. Faries is mostly known for her work at Activision, where she was most recently the chief of the Call of Duty franchise.
]]>Blizzard rolled out patch 1.3.0a for Diablo 4 on Friday, making it the first update to arrive following the launch of Season of the Construct, the game’s third season. While the patch does address several bugs - including the one that prevented players from progressing through the seasonal quest, it actually mostly makes changes to many of the new features in the new season.
]]>This has not been a good week for game developers in general, but that’s especially true for the 1,900 staff (8%) Microsoft laid off from its video games division. The cuts affected several studios and labels, including Activision Blizzard, which is only three months into the Microsoft group following a lengthy acquisition journey.
]]>Activision Blizzard has reportedly cancelled its in-development survival game, as well as waving goodbye to both president Mike Ybarra and chief design officer Allen Adham.
]]>Microsoft is reportedly laying off 1,900 staff from its gaming division. If true, this would mark 5,800 reported layoffs in the video game industry in January alone.
]]>Nintendo has announced the exact date when it’ll shut down online services for both the 3DS and Wii U, but you’ll be glad to know there are a couple of months left for you to get your fill of playing some classic Call of Duty on the latter.
]]>Season of the Construct is here for Diablo 4, and bug reports are starting to come in. Players have already come across a progress-blocking bug in the seasonal quest, which thankfully has a workaround.
]]>Right on schedule, Blizzard launched Diablo 4’s third season - Season of the Construct - worldwide last night. While the usual server gremlins weren’t there to ruin anyone’s fun, players quickly ran into a bug that’s part of the seasonal quest.
]]>The full change log has been published for the big Diablo 4 Season 3 patch, which arrives tomorrow, January 23 and kicks off Season of the Construct. We already know pretty much everything included in patch 1.3.0, such as the new Season 3 content, updates to the Season Journey to make climbing through the tiers smoother, and the many quality of life changes and additions.
]]>Blizzard closed out the pre-Season of the Construct developer livestream for Diablo 4 by sharing news about how it’s going to approach class and item balance going forward, as well as its philosophy behind this new approach.
]]>During last night’s Season of the Construct developer livestream, Blizzard delved deep into how it’s making the Season Journey of Diablo 4’s upcoming season more rewarding.The developer is tackling multiple areas that players were never truly happy with, such as objectives that, in Blizzard’s own words, have seen very low completion rates.
]]>We're just days away now from the start of Season of the Construct, the third season in Diablo 4's live service journey. Blizzard revealed much about the new season earlier in the week, such as the new mechannical companion, as well as a host of quality of life updates arriving with the new season.
]]>It's pretty common to expect quality of life updates with each new Diablo 4 season, both big and small. Blizzard typically talks about those ahead of time, and some of the ones coming with Season 3 have certainly been known about.
]]>Season of the Construct has been officially unveiled as the next Diablo 4 season, and Blizzard has dropped a load of details about the new questline, dungeon type, new monster family, battle pass and much more.
]]>As promised, the first trailer for Diablo 4's Season 3 has dropped, two days ahead of the anticipated, proper reveal, when Blizzard will actually talk all about the new season.
]]>Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller has taken to Twitter to offer a bit of clarity regarding the passive healing abilities that season nine of the game will give to every hero. As it turns out, he reckons revealing that little tweak on its own might not have been the best idea.
]]>Blizzard just can't help but make some baffling changes to Overwatch 2, the latest being an upcoming one that will give every hero a passive healing ability.
]]>Blizzard has officially confirmed that the first - and seemingly only - developer livestream for Diablo 4's Season 3 will be taking place next week. There was initially some confusion as to the exact date, because the developer put out a very brief teaser video for Season 3 that suggested more will be revealed on January 16.
]]>Even before it launched, Blizzard has been talking up ray tracing features in Diablo 4 fairly regularly. Though it was never shown in action, ray tracing support was understood to be on the cards for launch.
]]>2023 is over, and soon, Diablo 4's Season of Blood. The game's second season is in its final days, which usually means we know more than enough about the next one to get excited about. Strangely, however, that's not the case with Season 3.
]]>If you think the one big thing missing from Starfield is a touch of Bungie shooter magic (ok, you probably don’t, but bear with me), a new mod that adds Destiny 2’s Exos to it as a playable race is definitely worth checking out.
]]>In Modern Warfare 3, you have a huge arsenal of weapons to choose from before dropping into a game of Warzone or loading a multiplayer match, both old and new. One of the new additions to MW3 is a burst assault rifle known as the FR 5.56, and with the right attachments and class setup, this AR can melt through enemies in your matches.
]]>A lot has changed in Diablo 4 since its release in June. This goes for things like the amount of content, the strength of its endgame, and the often controversial subject of itemisation and loot.
]]>The Epic Games Store is offering folks the Destiny 2: Legacy Collection for free.
]]>Destiny 2 developer Bungie could potentially lose its independence under Sony in the event that it falls too far short of meeting its financial targets, a report claims.
]]>Following substantial backlash from players, Destiny 2’s recently released Starter Pack DLC has been yanked from storefronts.
]]>While we've known about it for weeks now, Bungie has officially delayed its upcoming Destiny 2 expansion The Final Shape.
]]>Diablo 4 is a living game, so the opinion of its players is guaranteed to change from season to season, and patch to patch. The game wasn't especially well-received at launch, and the pre-Season 1 update caused such a controversy that Blizzard had to reevaluate its entire update process.
]]>Bungie is collaborating with CD Projekt Red to bring Geralt of Rivia to Destiny 2 - sort of.
]]>Destiny 2 has entered seemingly its worst chapter since it first released - which is really saying a lot. After Bungie laid off "around 8%" of staff recently, reports came out suggesting that a sharp drop in revenue is partly to blame for the layoffs.
]]>For a live service game, Diablo 4 has surprisingly few double XP events. Mother's Blessing, as it's known in the game, is the closest thing you'll get to a double XP event (it's not actually double). Well, the second iteration of that event is coming back next week.
]]>Modern Warfare 3 has a never-ending array of weapons to experiment with, but there will always be a few exceptional weapons that shine much brighter than the rest in multiplayer matches and zombies. This particular weapon - the Holger 556 - was banned from use in competitive matches on Day 1 of release…
]]>The Game Awards announced its nominees last night, yet Destiny 2 has landed a Best Community Support nomination despite Bungie laying off numerous community managers.
]]>The next major Diablo 4 patch in Season of Blood is upon us, and what we're getting is something very interesting, and it bodes well for the future of the game. Patch 1.2.2, which arrives tomorrow, November 7, introduces five new Unique rings.
]]>BlizzCon 2023 is here, folks, and we have a date with another one of the Diablo 4 Campfire Chat livestreams. On this special episode of the developer-led, but less formal than standard dev streams, Blizzard will touch on what more we can expect in Season of Blood, and even beyond that.
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