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Source: The Verge Earlier this week, Scottish artist Fern Hook posted on social media that her work had appeared in the Marathon alpha without her knowledge or permission. “Its environments are covered with assets lifted from poster designs I made in 2017,” Hook wrote on X. Bungie says that it was made aware of the…
Source: The Verge If you’ve spent any time on the internet, you may have seen the “what I expected vs. what I got” memes. If I could make one for Doom: The Dark Ages, in my expected column I’d reference the earlier Doom games — Eternal and the 2016 soft reboot of the franchise. But…
Source: The Verge Sony just announced its financial forecast for the next year, and it’s expecting to be impacted by tariffs to the tune of 100 billion yen (about $680 million). To compensate, the company says it’s considering options including moving manufacturing to the US and increasing prices for consumers. Speaking to investors during the…
Source: The Verge PS5 users can now buy games in the PlayStation Store using a new payment method: Apple Pay. You could use Apple Pay in the browser or via the mobile app already, but now the method joins other on-console options like using a saved credit or debit card, and PayPal. As reported by…
Source: The Verge A second trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI had a surprise drop this week, and it looked like it mostly focused on the story and world at the expense of gameplay. However, developer Rockstar Games says that isn’t actually the case, and that the trailer was “comprised of equal parts gameplay and…
Source: The Verge Sony just announced a new internal studio called Team LFG, which will be developing “a team-based action game.” According to Sony Interactive Entertainment studios CEO Hermen Hulst, the studio “originated at Bungie, but has also rallied developers from across the industry to bring to life an ambitious incubation project that I’m very…
Source: The Verge This, of course, is a great thing for players, with major game releases available on more platforms. But it’s also part of a slow and steady shift for the platform holders, which once heavily relied on exclusives as a means to move hardware. That’s still largely the case for Nintendo – don’t…
Source: The Verge Microsoft just announced Gears of War: Reloaded, a remaster of the original game that’s launching on August 26th for Xbox Series X / S, PlayStation, and PC for $39.99. “Gears of War: Reloaded is a celebration of one of gaming’s most iconic franchises,” according to an Xbox Wire blog post. “Featuring 4K…
Source: The Verge One of the year’s biggest PlayStation 5 games is launching this fall: Sony just announced that Ghost of Yōtei will hit the PS5 on October 2nd. The news was accompanied by a fresh trailer that’s mostly dramatic samurai cinematics, but also some brief glimpses of its bloody combat and traversing the beautiful…
Source: The Verge Bethesda is making The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered official just days after the game leaked. Oblivion Remastered is a remaster of the nearly 20-year-old game, developed by Virtuous. Oblivion Remastered is shadow dropping today, and it’s already available on Steam and Xbox Series X / S right now. “Oblivion was a…
