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Daily Briefing: Wednesday 3rd November

Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 possibly delayed into 2023That's straight from Activision Blizzard's most recent investor presentation held this week. When asked about the expected release slate for the two titles, Activision Blizzard chief operating officer Daniel Alegre said that the company had originally expected to be release both Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV next year, but "as we have wor...

Daily Briefing: Tuesday 2nd November

Sony are airlifting PS5s into the UK to deal with Christmas demandThat's according to UK tabloid newspaper The Sun, who allege that Sony have chartered three Boeing 747 jets to cart PlayStation 5 consoles from Seoul, South Korea to London in time for the holiday season. Each plane is reportedly loaded with nearly 50 pallets of sought-after PS5 units. Each load of cargo will require 12 articula...

Daily Briefing: Monday 1st November

All Cyberpunk 2077 updates pushed to next yearThat's according to CD Projekt Red's official roadmap for the game, which was recently amended to confirm that all "updates, improvements, and free DLCs" for Cyberpunk 2077 will not be launching until 2022. Before these changes were noted, the most recent roadmap update was back in August and detailed "multiple updates and improveme...

Daily Briefing: Friday 29th October

Ubisoft quarterly financials turn up new information on Assassin's Creed InfinityUbisoft held their second quarter earnings call earlier this week and it revealed a whole load of information on the Assassin's Creed franchise, including a few new details on the mysterious Assassin's Creed Infinity. Answering a question on the upcoming title's business model, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillem...

Daily Briefing: Thursday 28th October

Vicarious Visions to fully merge with BlizzardActivision Blizzard informed employees this week that Vicarious Visions, which was previously assimilated into Blizzard, will officially lose its name as part of a full merger. The initial absorption happened back in January when Vicarious Visions had already been assisting Blizzard with Overwatch and World of Warcraft for some time, but at the time th...

Daily Briefing: Wednesday 27th October

BlizzCon 2022 cancelled as Blizzard commit to focusing on teamsBlizzard have officially cancelled their upcoming BlizzCon event in the wake of this summer's discrimination and harassment scandal. Several solid months of lawsuits have seemingly made the company less than eager to celebrate their heritage, as the cancellation was announced this week alongside Blizzard's intentions to "re...

Daily Briefing: Tuesday 25th October

Activision Blizzard will not be able to pause California harassment lawsuit proceedingsActivision Blizzard recently attempted to pause legal proceedings following the emerging spat between the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The DFEH challenged the terms of the EEOC's recent $18m settlement with A...

Daily Briefing: Monday 25th October

Xbox's Edge browser is getting GeForce Now supportNvidia's GeForce Now streaming service will soon be playable on Xbox via the console's built in browser and, to be honest, it'll be nice to finally have a reason to open Edge on purpose rather than by mis-clicking something. The latest GeForce Now client launched back on October 21st and includes beta support for Edge browser, so Xb...

Daily Briefing: Friday 22nd October

Grand Theft Auto Remastered Trilogy launches next monthAfter enough rumours to make this the worst-kept gaming secret in however long, Rockstar have finally confirmed that a) a Grand Theft Auto remastered trilogy is indeed on the way and b) it launches next month. Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas release digitally on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4,...

[EARLY ACCESS] Genn Greymane: The Return Of The King

Genn Greymane has been on the leash for too long. He's a fantastic character, perfectly positioned in the Alliance's future turmoil. He deserves to play a major role, so it's time Blizzard let him out of his cage. This king can do more than just howl at the moon.

Daily Briefing: Thursday 21st October

Xbox want to make PlayStation-style blockbustersThat's directly from Xbox Game Studios boss Matt Booty who, speaking in a recent interview with Kinda Funny Games, said that Xbox want to get better at making the kinds of immersive blockbuster titles synonymous with PlayStation. Booty says that Xbox are focused on creating a diverse and engaging software portfolio and that Game Pass has created ...

Daily Briefing: Wednesday 20th October

Microsoft missed their Xbox Game Pass subscriber goal for the yearThat's according to new financial documentation recently published by Microsoft, which claims that the number of actively paying Xbox Game Pass subscribers increased by 37.48% in the year ending June 30th. That's a solid enough growth number, really, but Microsoft had initially targeted an increase of 47.79% so they were off...

Daily Briefing: Tuesday 19th October

Steam Deck rating system will show which games work on itThe prospect of going through every single game on Steam is a fairly daunting one but that's exactly what Valve are doing to prepare for the upcoming launch of the Steam Deck. A new rating system is currently in the works that will easily inform Steam Deck owners which game are best suited for play on the new hybrid system. Valve are cur...

Daily Briefing: Monday 18th October

FIFA want greater competition in sports gamesFollowing recent news that EA Sports are considering rebranding their long-running and overwhelmingly popular football series amid a dispute over the ongoing naming rights, football's governing body FIFA have suggested that they're open to working with other developers. In a new statement, FIFA outlined that they are "bullish and optimistic&...

Daily Briefing: Friday 15th October

Blizzard respond to ongoing Diablo II: Resurrected server issuesDiablo II: resurrected released back towards the end of September and things have been pretty ropey server-side ever since. The game has frequently suffered from unstable connections, login problems, and some players have reported progress and even characters disappearing into the ether. Blizzard's various customer support account...

Daily Briefing: Thursday 14th October

Ubisoft delays new Ghost Recon beta immediately after revealA few days ago, Ubisoft announced Ghost Recon: Frontline and it...didn't go over so well. Frontline is a 100-player free-to-play shooter taking inspiration from the battle royale genre with a pinch of Escape from Tarkov thrown in for good measure. In other words, it's a game that absolutely no fans of Ghost Recon's historicall...

Daily Briefing: Wednesday 13th October

More Avowed details surface thanks to leaksThe new little chunk of information surfaced earlier this week courtesy of Windows Central who, quoting the usual sources familiar with goings-on at developer Obsidian, said that Avowed will be a first-person title feature multiple different classes and playstyles. They also said that the game's combat system will take inspiration from the dual-wieldi...

Daily Briefing: Tuesday 12th October

Those Activision Blizzard lawsuits just got a bit more complicatedA few weeks ago, Activision Blizzard reached a settlement with the United States Equal Employment Opportunities Commission. Among other stipulations, under the terms of the agreement Activision Blizzard were obligated to establish an $18m fund to "compensate and make amends to eligible claimants." At the time, the $18m figur...

[EARLY ACCESS] Does The Gold Economy Work For You... Or Blizzard? | The $$$ Cost Of Raiding

We started to investigate inflation in the economy, using the cost of raid consumables as a baseline. But then we figured something else out - raiding is expensive, so how do players afford it? Does doing normal content earn enough, or is the answer to boost or buy gold? Turns out, the WoW economy might not be designed to be part of a fun video game. Either by design or by accident, it might just ...

Daily Briefing: Monday 11th October

California challenges $18m Activision Blizzard lawsuitThe California Department of Fair Housing and Employment have issued a formal objection to Activision Blizzard's recent settlement with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Under the terms of the agreement, Activision Blizzard were required to establish an $18 million fund to "compensate and make amends to eligible...

Daily Briefing: Friday 8th October

Square Enix break promises by adding paid XP boosts to Marvel's AvengersSquare Enix's Crystal Dynamics' Marvel's Avengers is enjoying a bit of a resurgence at the minute in terms of playercount, largely thanks to an uptick in new players brought in by the game's recent release on Xbox Game Pass. This is surely a very welcome little chunk of momentum for a game in dire need of i...

Daily Briefing: Thursday 7th October

Arkane Lyon studio head departsRomuald Capron spent almost 17 years with the Dishonoured and Deathloop developer, joining as chief operating officer and production director in January 2015. He was promoted to the role of studio head in April 2019 but stepped down last week, though the news only just became officially public. Capron's departure comes just shortly after Arkane Lyon released the ...

Daily Briefing: Wednesday 6th October

Blizzard axe more World of Warcraft contentWorld of Warcraft patch 9.1.5 is on the horizon and, in the run up to it, Blizzard are continuing to remove some of the game's more suggestive or inappropriate content. Blizzard outlined the pledge to clean up the game world in the wake of the California Department of Fair Housing and Employment lawsuit, promising in August to introduce “updates to ...

Daily Briefing: Tuesday 5th October

The Epic Games Store is finally getting a proper achievement systemThe Epic Games Store released way back in December 2018 and, somehow, the purported Steam competitor has existed ever since without a proper achievement system. That is finally set to change, though, as Epic recently confirmed that Epic Achievements will be added to a select few games starting next week. This isn't technically ...

Man, This Week's A Busy One.

Just a little sneak peek of our video schedule on Notion. Highly subject to change, of course.Thought you'd like to know.

What Could This Be For?

Anyone have an idea?

Daily Briefing: Monday 4th October

Konami are sorry for eFootball's disaster of a launcheFootball is the overhauled, F2P successor to Konami's flagship Pro Evolution Soccer series and things really haven't been going so well. The game released last week to instant criticism from players and quickly became the lowest-rated Steam game of all time thanks to iffy graphics, shoddy gameplay, and some truly dismal character de...

Daily Briefing: Friday 1st October

Sony add Bluepoint Games to their PlayStation Studios portfolioSony really have been busy with acquisitions of late and this really is a killer buy. Bluepoint Games are best known for their exceptional remasters and ports and, considering the vast majority of them are PlayStation titles, their relationship with Sony goes back far enough to make this feel like a match made in heaven. The studio&#39...

[EARLY ACCESS] What Does 9.1.5 Mean For The Rest Of Shadowlands?

After seeing the great progress made in 9.1.5, what can we expect from 9.2? From the next expansion? As it turns out, a lot. Let's just hope they stick to these new principles.

Daily Briefing: Thursday 30th September

Xbox Game Pass pay have passed 30m subscribersFor all they like to talk about pretty much anything else, Microsoft are surprisingly stingy when it comes to giving things player counts and active subscriber numbers. That's why we have to turn to third-parties and hope they let something slip, which may have just been the case with Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick. Zelnick and Xbox boss ...