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Mark Cerny Reveals How He Became PlayStation’s Lead Architect and Restored Sony’s Market Leadership
The company needed someone who spoke Japanese, understood hardware, and knew the industry — and Cerny turned out to be exactly that person. On a recent episode of the My Perfect Console podcast, host Simon Parkin conducted an extensive interview with Mark Cerny — the lead architect behind the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Cerny...
Pokémon Legends: Z–A Trailer Reveals Mega Lucario Z; Mewtwo Side Mission Now Available
Pokémon Legends: Z-A — Mega Lucario Z and Mewtwo updates Pokémon Legends: Z-A may have arrived for Switch and Switch 2 in October, but Game Freak is still expanding the game. With the Mega Dimension DLC set to release on December 10, the studio has revealed Mega Lucario Z and pushed a new Mewtwo side...
Mortal Kombat 1 and horror game Routine coming to Game Pass soon
Subscribers to Microsoft’s service will also gain access to several additional titles. Microsoft has released the list of games scheduled to arrive in the Xbox Game Pass library in the coming days. Monster Train 2 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) — December 3 (Game Pass Premium) Spray Paint Simulator (Cloud, PC, and consoles) —...
Players Can Once Again Take Part in Battlefield 6 Development Through Battlefield Labs
The initial phase of testing for new content is already underway. Battlefield Studios has officially confirmed the return of Battlefield Labs — a series of closed playtests intended to help polish upcoming updates for Battlefield 6. The first wave of tests kicked off on December 2 and is available on PC only. A limited group...
Fast & Furious Director Takes on Helldivers
Image: Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 film adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein’s Starship Troopers skewered militaristic consumerism with satirical violence and propaganda-laden interludes. Arrowhead Game Studios’ third-person shooter Helldivers 2 echoed that same blend of bombast and biting humor through its cinematic set pieces and cooperative missions, where squads of soldiers descend...
“Not cool”: Nikita Buyanov named Tarkov’s first escapee — the web showed a not-so-great ending to Escape from Tarkov
The developers included multiple possible endings for Escape from Tarkov’s story. In November the full Escape from Tarkov 1.0 launched, and players were finally given the opportunity to leave the ill-fated city. The head of Battlestate Games in early December announced the first person to escape Tarkov — it was Tigz, a figure well known...
First Reactions to “Avatar: Flame and Ashes”
The global cinematic community is currently reacting to the first official reactions for James Camerons highly anticipated masterpiece Avatar: Fire and Ash with critics and audiences alike praising the films groundbreaking visual fidelity and its profound emotional depth. This latest chapter in the Pandora saga is being hailed as a major achievement in filmmaking pushing...
League of Legends developers unveil WASD controls and ‘Scouting’ mode for the in‑game camera
Riot Games is rolling out an alternative control scheme for moving champions. The developers of League of Legends published a developer diary detailing this season’s changes. Among the highlights they discussed a new WASD control mode and other related updates. After several months of testing on the PBE, the team uncovered over a hundred bugs...
The Witcher 4 Team Strengthened — One of Baldur’s Gate 3 Creators Joins CDPR
The Polish developer continues to attract a diverse range of specialists, with several making the move from Larian Studios. It was recently announced that CD Projekt RED has welcomed a new addition. A veteran from Larian Studios has joined the team. Felix Pedulla will be contributing to the creators of The Witcher 4 — he...
Hotfix 1.5.2 Now Live: Stability and Quest Fixes
Patch 1.5.2 Now Available for Kingdom Come: Deliverance II This hotfix brings a range of stability improvements and bug resolutions aimed at removing quest blockers, polishing audiovisual glitches, and addressing community-reported issues across the base game and DLCs. Key fixes and improvements Corrected interior audio so rain is no longer audible indoors. Fixed crashes that...
Route 66 Revitalization: Cities Along the Route
Route 66 Rework — A Guided Tour of Arizona and New Mexico Work on the Route 66 Rework for American Truck Simulator is progressing steadily. Today we’re sharing a wider look at the towns and cities that give this storied highway its unmistakable personality. Although many of these communities have appeared in ATS before, the...
Zootopia Is Kojima’s Favorite Disney Movie — Now He’s in the Sequel
Image: Disney Viewers watching Zootopia 2 in Japan—or those streaming the Japanese dub—may notice a surprising cameo: famed game auteur Hideo Kojima provides the voice for Paul Moledebrandt, a curmudgeonly mole who leads the Zootopia Police Department’s IT unit. In the English-language release, the role is performed by Josh Gad, the American actor, comedian and...
Shovel Knight creators say their indie studio’s future depends on Mina the Hollower
Yacht Club Games hopes the project will move about 500,000 units. The Shovel Knight team at Yacht Club Games told Bloomberg that their next title, Mina the Hollower, could determine the studio’s future. The studio says selling roughly 500,000 copies would put them on solid ground. Around 200,000 would be an acceptable result. But if...
Content Update #4 — Featuring John Deere 9RX 830 & Steiger Special Edition
We’ve released the complimentary Content Update #4 for Farming Simulator 25 — including Patch 1.15. This update brings powerful new machinery from John Deere and Case IH to every player. Below you’ll find the highlights and full patch notes. Please note: the patch is being distributed platform-by-platform and may take some time to appear for...
Fast & Furious director Justin Lin to helm Helldivers movie
Helldivers is making the leap from console to cinema, and Sony has enlisted Justin Lin to direct the adaptation. Lin — widely recognized for his work on multiple Fast & Furious installments — will shepherd the film for Sony Pictures in partnership with PlayStation Productions, with Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment on board as a producer....
Writer: Don’t Expect The Martian 2 — Project Hail Mary Is Coming Instead
Photo: 20th Century Fox Andy Weir, who began his career as a software engineer before turning to fiction, is known for grounding his novels in rigorous science. He served as the science consultant on Ridley Scott’s film adaptation of The Martian and took an even more hands-on role for the screen version of his 2021...
Mark Cerny Reveals How He Became PlayStation’s Lead Architect and Restored Sony’s Market Leadership
The company needed someone who spoke Japanese, understood hardware, and knew the industry — and Cerny turned out to be exactly that person. On a recent episode of the My Perfect Console podcast, host Simon Parkin conducted an extensive interview with Mark Cerny — the lead architect behind the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Cerny...
Pokémon Legends: Z–A Trailer Reveals Mega Lucario Z; Mewtwo Side Mission Now Available
Pokémon Legends: Z-A — Mega Lucario Z and Mewtwo updates Pokémon Legends: Z-A may have arrived for Switch and Switch 2 in October, but Game Freak is still expanding the game. With the Mega Dimension DLC set to release on December 10, the studio has revealed Mega Lucario Z and pushed a new Mewtwo side...
Mortal Kombat 1 and horror game Routine coming to Game Pass soon
Subscribers to Microsoft’s service will also gain access to several additional titles. Microsoft has released the list of games scheduled to arrive in the Xbox Game Pass library in the coming days. Monster Train 2 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) — December 3 (Game Pass Premium) Spray Paint Simulator (Cloud, PC, and consoles) —...
Players Can Once Again Take Part in Battlefield 6 Development Through Battlefield Labs
The initial phase of testing for new content is already underway. Battlefield Studios has officially confirmed the return of Battlefield Labs — a series of closed playtests intended to help polish upcoming updates for Battlefield 6. The first wave of tests kicked off on December 2 and is available on PC only. A limited group...
Fast & Furious Director Takes on Helldivers
Image: Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 film adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein’s Starship Troopers skewered militaristic consumerism with satirical violence and propaganda-laden interludes. Arrowhead Game Studios’ third-person shooter Helldivers 2 echoed that same blend of bombast and biting humor through its cinematic set pieces and cooperative missions, where squads of soldiers descend...
“Not cool”: Nikita Buyanov named Tarkov’s first escapee — the web showed a not-so-great ending to Escape from Tarkov
The developers included multiple possible endings for Escape from Tarkov’s story. In November the full Escape from Tarkov 1.0 launched, and players were finally given the opportunity to leave the ill-fated city. The head of Battlestate Games in early December announced the first person to escape Tarkov — it was Tigz, a figure well known...
First Reactions to “Avatar: Flame and Ashes”
The global cinematic community is currently reacting to the first official reactions for James Camerons highly anticipated masterpiece Avatar: Fire and Ash with critics and audiences alike praising the films groundbreaking visual fidelity and its profound emotional depth. This latest chapter in the Pandora saga is being hailed as a major achievement in filmmaking pushing...
League of Legends developers unveil WASD controls and ‘Scouting’ mode for the in‑game camera
Riot Games is rolling out an alternative control scheme for moving champions. The developers of League of Legends published a developer diary detailing this season’s changes. Among the highlights they discussed a new WASD control mode and other related updates. After several months of testing on the PBE, the team uncovered over a hundred bugs...
The Witcher 4 Team Strengthened — One of Baldur’s Gate 3 Creators Joins CDPR
The Polish developer continues to attract a diverse range of specialists, with several making the move from Larian Studios. It was recently announced that CD Projekt RED has welcomed a new addition. A veteran from Larian Studios has joined the team. Felix Pedulla will be contributing to the creators of The Witcher 4 — he...








