Archives May 2024

Update, 5/13/24: Evil Empire delayed The Rogue Prince of Persia’s Early Access launch to give its team members, their mothers, and players around the world more time with Hades II. The team said at the time The Rogue Prince of Persia would still hit Early Access this month, and now we know it’s May 27.  […]

Assassin’s Creed Codename Red becomes Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Tune-in for the Official Cinematic World Premiere Trailer on May 15, 9 AM PT.#AssassinsCreedShadows pic.twitter.com/GF0BWqVOhS Assassin’s Creed Shadows was first announced in 2022 and will be the first entry set in feudal Japan. At the time, Ubisoft described the game as being the ultimate “shinobi fantasy,” but […]

Square Enix is rebooting itself, “aggressively” pursuing a multiplatform strategy that includes PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, and PC in the process. This comes from the company’s latest financial earnings report, which details Square Enix’s three-year reboot plan for long-term growth.  Within that three-year reboot plan, Square Enix lists four pillars:  As part of this plan, Square […]

Marvel Studios has cast Ralph Ineson as the planet-eating Galactus for The Fantastic Four. PlayStation 5 players might recognize that name as the voice of Cidolfus Telamon, aka Cid, in Final Fantasy XVI. This casting comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which reports that the production will begin shooting mid-summer in England.  Ineson, whom you might also […]

However, four days later, Bloomberg’s Dina Bass interviewed Xbox president Sarah Bond and asked her about the Bethesda closures, to which Bond cited a desire to keep the Xbox business healthy in the long term, even through hard transition periods.  Here’s what Bond said:  Bass then asked Bond specifically about the closure of Tango Gameworks […]