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Nearly three years after its release, Helldivers 2 remains one of Sony’s most profitable live-service games. According to Alinea Analytics, the game averages around 700,000 players a day. Helldivers 2 has sold more than 23 million copies across PC, PS5, and Xbox, generated about $786.3 million in revenue, and continues to attract hundreds of thousands...
Bill Skarsgård says Hideo Kojima is developing a new creative language for PHYSINT, rather than simply blending film and games. Kojima wants to create an entirely new format for interactive entertainment. According to Skarsgård, his next game, PHYSINT, will combine cinematic storytelling, photorealistic graphics, and a whole universe to explore. Skarsgård, known for playing Pennywise...
Bethesda can command attention with remarkably little. A recent announcement revealed the long-awaited The Elder Scrolls 6 subtitle, Sentinel, without offering many further details. Even so, the news was enough to get fans talking. The studio’s hold on its audience is powerful — though it has occasionally weakened. Starfield, released on Sept. 6, 2023, was...
Microsoft is closer than ever to selling Xbox, according to former SuperData founder Joost van Dreunen. Microsoft could sell its Xbox gaming division amid rising costs to develop artificial intelligence. A potential deal could be valued at $100 billion to $150 billion. That is the conclusion of Joost van Dreunen, former founder of SuperData Research...
Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy crossover celebrates one of gaming’s most enduring series, bringing its heroes, monsters, settings, and unforgettable moments to the tabletop. With 16 mainline games—and plenty of sequels and spin-offs—Wizards of the Coast faced a sizeable challenge: translating decades of role-playing history into the language of a card game. The set balances...
Sales of the once-popular game were modest in the first half of the fiscal year. Capcom is counting on the release of the Ascendance expansion and a Nintendo Switch 2 version to boost them. Capcom’s financial report provided updated sales figures for its biggest games, but Monster Hunter Wilds was not among them. The publisher...
Adulthood often means facing the consequences of your choices. You may have to get up after staying up too late or answer for a mistake at work. Most of the time, no one else can fix things for you. The Legend of Korra follows its young hero, Korra (Janet Varney), as she grows from a...
U2 Courtesy Michael Schwartz U2 have defended Macklemore’s right to speak out after he was removed from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour, while cautioning against blaming Sheeran. “We totally support Macklemore’s right as an artist to say what he wanted to say,” the Edge said in an interview with BBC News. “I don’t think Ed should...
A new Battlefield Report video for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV shows off Last Stand, a survival mode in which Space Marines repel overwhelming attacks from Orks and Necrons. In Last Stand, players face 20 waves of enemies. The developers warn that early attempts are unlikely to end in success, but say defeat is...
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – SEPTEMBER 04: Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan performs onstage for The Greatest Hits Tour at Ascend Amphitheater on September 04, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for ABA) Getty Images for ABA Simple Plan are drawing large numbers of first-time concertgoers, even as the band has played many of...
