With its $7.5 billion purchase of ZeniMax, Microsoft now has a whopping 23 first-party game development studios, but the company might not stop there.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told GameSpot sister site CNET that Microsoft will consider snapping up more game developers in the future if it makes sense.
“We’ll always look for places where there is that commonality of purpose, mission, and culture,” Nadella said. “We will always look to grow inorganically where it makes sense.”
Zack Snyder’s Justice League is coming to HBO Max in 2021. Let’s break down everything we know so far about the director’s cut and its development history.
Much like PS5 or RTX 3080, Xbox Series X & S preorders were a mess. There’s a new Season 6 trailer for Call of Duty Modern Warfare & Warzone, and Resident Evil Village and Monster Hunter will be at TGS.
During the Korean War, nursing student Ji-Ah crosses paths with Atticus. Greg and Meg break down the plot and references in Episode 6, “Meet Me In Daegu”.Super Mario 3D All-Stars, the recently released Switch compilation of 3D Mario platformers, has been a big sales success in the UK. 3D All-Stars has had one of the year’s best launches in the country, and ranks fairly high in Nintendo’s all-time list, too.
According to Gamesindustry.biz, 3D All-Stars was the best-selling physical game in the UK last week, tracking ahead of Marvel’s Avengers (which saw a sales decrease of 46% compared to the previous week). It was the third biggest opening for any game this year in the country, behind only The Last of Us: Part II and Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Nintendo’s bundle featuring HD ports of Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy for Switch is the third biggest game launch of the year in the UK, after Sony’s The Last of Us: Part II and another Nintendo staple, Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
One of the new features in NHL 21 is Hut Rush, which is a faster-paced version of the standard Hockey Ultimate Team (HUT). EA Sports has now published a new gameplay video for it and shared some additional details about what to expect.
HUT Rush has a “Style Scoring” system which, as its name suggests, rewards players for scoring goals with style moves. There is a multiplier system so you can chain moves together to score the highest possible amount of points.
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Right on schedule, the fourth title update for Madden NFL 21 is now available, and it’s a big one. The September 22 patch introduces a series of new player abilities, makes fixes and tuning changes for several issues, and addresses bugs with Franchise, Madden Ultimate Team, and The Yard.
One of the most notable fixes in this patch is for the bug that could cause the kick meter to “hitch” during field goal tries. Many complained about the kick meter bugging out, causing frustration and missed extra points in some scenarios. In GameSpot’s Madden NFL 21 review, we said there was “fairly extreme lag” that could cause kicks to go array.
In terms of the new abilities, these include Run Committed and Pass Committed, which help defenders break up plays. Another new ability is called Deflator, and this causes increased fatigue-related penalties when using an aggressive tackle on a ball-carrier.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is releasing later this year, and the Assassin’s Creed UK Twitter account posted a video looking back at the history of the series’ most iconic weapon, the Hidden Blade, to celebrate. However, fans were quick to note something off about the video–it only featured men.
While the Assassin’s Creed series has predominantly featured male protagonists, there have been several major women across the franchise, several of them playable. Most notable was the absence of Aveline de Grandpré, star of Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, the first playable woman in the Assassin’s Creed series.
The tweet has since been followed up on and a new video has been posted, featuring Aveline and several other women from the series. You can watch it below.
Destiny 2 has just expanded greatly for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. The game’s two major expansions, Forsaken and Shadowkeep, are both available now for subscribers, making the entire Destiny 2 experience a part of Game Pass.
The two expansions add new story missions, planets, weapons, and much more to Destiny 2, and let you level up your guardians to a much higher Light level. If you’ve only dabbled in Destiny 2, these expansions will let you dive deep.
Destiny 2 went free-to-play some time ago, but these expansions have cost money since they launched. The next expansion, Beyond Light, will also be available on Game Pass on the day of its release, November 10.