Today Deep Silver announced the formation of a new studio that will bring the TimeSplitters brand back to life. Key original members of the Free Radical Design team, including founders Steve Ellis and David Doak, have reunited to reform Free Radical Design. The Free Radical Design team will commence development on the next TimeSplitters game in the coming months; for now they are concentrating on building the studio.
Activision today announced World Series of Warzone, a new program that will feature online events, prizing, and plenty of competition.
WSOW will showcase four online Call of Duty: Warzone competitions with a $300,000 prize pool per event – the largest program prize pool of any previous Warzone tournaments to date. The semi-invitational program will be separate trios- and duos-based competitions for each of the NA and EU regions.
Fans can expect some of the biggest Warzone stars, streamers, and community members to squad up to battle for massive prizes in a custom Warzone lobby competition.
Square Enix announced today that the RPG-Shooter Outriders surpassed 3.5 million unique players worldwide in its first month (April 1 – May 1, 2021), according to internal data, putting it on track to become the company’s next major franchise.
Before a more in-depth look at The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes’ gameplay, which will be revealed on May 27th at 12pm ET, you can get a first glimpse of its unique atmosphere in this teaser trailer.
In The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes, the year is 2003, and in the shadow of the Zagros mountains in Iraq, a military unit comes under fire from Iraqi forces. The resulting firefight causes a heavy tremor, opening up a rift in the earth that swallows both sides, causing soldiers to fall into the ruins of a buried Sumerian temple. With all communication severed, our protagonists are trapped in a terrifying underworld they must navigate to escape, unaware that something ancient and evil has awakened in the shadows and has found a new prey to hunt.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes will be available this year on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC.
Wired Productions and indie developer Tomas Sala today announced the release of an enhanced version of The Falconeer for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on August 5th. The Falconeer: Warrior Edition includes all updates and additional content released to-date, as well as an all-new content pack, Edge of the World. Further additions also include the re-recording of significant voice-over work, and a streamlined prologue tutorial.
On May 26th, the Nintendo Switch Online service passes a milestone. Five additional titles are being added, which will bring the number of classic games available to all Nintendo Switch Online members to a grand total of 104.
This month, get ready to deploy some dino demolition with the addition of Caveman Ninja (also known as Joe & Mac). Take a trip to gaming pre-history with these radically retro pair of cavemen ninjas from the Stone Age. Or you can create some effortlessly cool combo chains in Magical Drop 2. Change over to Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 to complete a blistering baseball pennant race, or maybe try chasing down an evil witch in Spanky’s Quest. Top it all off by riding a giant frog in Ninja JaJaMaru-kun for an offbeat odyssey through these action-packed adventures from the archives.
Two ‘80s Action Heroes are crashing Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty: Warzone this week with a mid-season update.
One is John McClane, a New York cop who arrives at a holiday party turned hostage situation. He’s the hero of the Die Hard films, one of the most iconic action movie series of all time.
The other is Rambo, a man double-crossed while on a clandestine mission and left to fight on his own in Rambo: First Blood Part II, which continued to inspire countless action movies since its release in 1985.
The ’80s Action Heroes event kicks off with limited-time bundles and game modes, in addition to the weapons, maps, and other features already expected during this season. This content will be live on May 19th at 12am ET / 9pm PT, following updates to Black Ops Cold War on May 18th at 12am ET / 9pm PT and in Warzone on May 19th at 12am ET / 9 pm PT.
The ‘80s Action Heroes Event includes:
Frontier Foundry today released the first developer diary for time-bending combat strategy shooter Lemnis Gate.
In this first instalment, join Game Director James Anderson as he shares more about the game, how it plays and the world it’s set in. Explore the time loop mechanic that sets Lemnis Gate apart from other FPS offerings, uncover the strategies you can employ, and discover the new possibilities afforded by a game set across four dimensions.
Welcome to Zurkon Jr’s Almost Launch Party! In this first of three videos, Junior shares some of the weapons and traversal techniques in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Zap, freeze, bounce and blow your enemies away with this loaded arsenal.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart arrives exclusively to the PlayStation 5 on June 11th.
Frontier Developments announced today that, after a successful 5-week public Alpha phase, Elite Dangerous: Odyssey releases on May 19th for PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store and FrontierStore.net. Releases on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are planned for Fall 2021.
Odyssey allows players to touch down on newly accessible planets with light atmospheres rendered by new technology; to explore, to engage in combat and trade, take on missions, work together or alone over their surfaces with complete freedom from a first person, feet-on-the-ground perspective. This new on-foot expansion is seamlessly integrated with the classic galaxy-spanning Elite Dangerous experience, adding a new layer of detail and gameplay opportunities within Elite Dangerous’ full scale Milky Way.
Game Over Online