Blizzard Announces Date for World of Warcraft Classic Hardcore Servers

  If you frequent the OG realms of Azeroth, you’ve no doubt seen the buzz surrounding the venerable “HC” (amidst the LFG and innuendo posts that otherwise flood the general chat channel). Since it was first revealed in June, the notion of a hardcore version of World of Warcraft Classic has got everyone prepping themselves … Read more

Embracer Starts Shutting Studios As the Downsides of Consolidation Surface

  The Embracer Group is a Swedish video game media holding that, for years now, has been quietly acquiring smaller studios, and a frankly ludicrous number of them at that. With 131 internal video game studios and 15,000 staff worldwide, it seemed too unwieldy to manage, and sure enough, a mass round of layoffs was … Read more

Baldur’s Gate 3 Pre-Orders Skyrocket on PS5 Following PC Launch

  Image: Push Square Baldur’s Gate 3 has had a monstrous launch on PC, with its passage into this plane of existence so powerful Steam itself was made to shake. Unsurprisingly, the positive buzz around this one is infectious, and PlayStation players are eager to get to grip, pushing the RPG to the top of … Read more

Battle Royale Naraka: Bladepoint’s Obligatory NieR Crossover Content Is Coming to PS5

  Swarming with swords. Proving to be an extremely lucrative tail for Square Enix, NieR: Automata is crossing over with another series full of swords and stabwounds, Naraka: Bladepoint. Characters from across the expanded NieR universe are bravely venturing into a free-to-play MMO world inspired by legends from the Far East, and we probably should … Read more

Battle for Bloodborne PS5 Enters New Phase as Modders Port 60fps Patch to Retail Hardware

  A secret war has been fought in the shadows for years now by combatants who have fought tirelessly to achieve their ultimate goal: getting FromSoftware’s excellent PS4-exclusive Bloodborne running at a locked 60fps (1080p) on PS5, at all costs. The tenacity and perseverance demanded by the Soulslike player (or some say Soulsborne), when combined … Read more