Playdead’s award-winning platformers Limbo and Inside are coming to retail in a special double pack courtesy of 505 Games, the publisher has announced. The Inside/Limbo Double Pack will arrive on shop shelves later this autumn on PS4 and Xbox One priced at 19.99, says 505. It will land in the …
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Read More »Chinese players can now buy Hearthstone’s Arcane Dust with free card packs, as Blizzard work around gambling laws
Blizzard have changed the way Hearthstone’s card pack system works in China, probably in response to Chinese laws that now require games companies to disclose the exact odds of receiving each class of item in any sort of loot box. This includes Heathstone’s card packs, which fall foul of China’s …
Read More »Psyonix always gets ‘same answer’ from Sony about cross-platform Rocket League
The developer of Rocket League has said that at least one person from its team has been in touch with Sony every day since launch, and that the topic of cross-platform play has always been met with the same answer. It was confirmed at E3 that the Switch version of …
Read More »PS4’s TV and Video services get a refresh
Sony has re-worked the streaming video services section on PS4. The company describes the redesign as a new, visually appealing, content driven video experience which enable players and their households to easily discover and stream the best video content across PlayStation Store and 3rd party services”. The main change is …
Read More »Arkane founder Raphael Colantonio quits studio
The founder of Dishonored and Prey developer Arkane has announced his departure from the studio after nearly two decades. While the company’s credits have touched on well known titles such as Call of Duty: World at War and BioShock 2, it was 2012 stealth adventure Dishonored that shot the company …
Read More »PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has third monthly update, rebalances loot, adds weather and guns
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has released its third monthly patch, full of new content and balancing changes. In the patch notes, Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene himself talked about the continued improvements to server performance which are taking place during the weekly optimisation patches as a preface to the patch notes themselves, adding that …
Read More »The SNES Classic Mini pre-orders have run dry
Gamers are facing a bit of a struggle to secure pre-orders for Nintendo’s recently announced SNES Classic Mini. The device earlier this week went up for pre-order with retailers such as GAME and Amazon before almost instantly going out of stock. Nintendo itself then made pre-orders available directly through its …
Read More »Arkane Studios Raphael Colantonio leaves company
The Dishonored and Prey director departs after 18 years at the helm
Read More »Speedrun marathon Games Done Quick releases schedule ahead of return this weekend
This weekend sees the return of the Summer version of Games Done Quick, and the semiannual speedrunning event has released its schedule, meaning you can decide which games you want to see ‘done quick’ It’s also a big deal for those in the games business, because it’s an event that’s …
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[Industry news] XDS 2026 Insights Report is now live
The 2026 XDS Insights Report examines how external development partnerships are evolving as they become a core part of modern production pipelines. Based on input from 250+ industry professionals, the report shows an ecosystem moving beyond delivery risk and into a new phase shaped by coordination, governance, and long-term collaboration.
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