For the past couple of months, Sony and PlayStation have built some serious momentum when it comes to announcing new special edition console bundles and accessories. The announcement of the new wave of controllers comes by way of the PlayStation Blog, with the soon to be released color options coming in Sunset Orange, Berry Blue, Blue Camo, and Copper. While they might not have the same approach as Microsoft with the Xbox Design Lab, which allows for fully-customizable Xbox One controllers, Sony

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, the next game from the critically-acclaimed studio FromSoftware, now has a release date. As announced today by Activision, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will launch worldwide on March 22, 2019 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One and is available for pre-order now at select retailers. Besides the standard edition of the game, anyone looking forward to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice can also pre-order the Collector’s Edition. The Shinobi Prosthetic feature in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will

We already know some details for already confirmed titles. However, several publishers have been confirmed to be presenting “global premieres” for as of yet unannounced titles, including Ubisoft, Square Enix, THQ Nordic and Bandai Namco. As for Square Enix, it will be showing off the first proper trailer for Life is Strange 2, the long-awaited sequel to Dontnod Entertainment’s episodic adventure game. There will also be playable demos for upcoming Xbox titles like Ori and the Will of the Wisps a

Dying Light: Bad Blood, the upcoming “brutal royale” game by Techland, will launch via Steam Early Access in September, the studio announced today. A few months ago, Techland released the first gameplay trailer for Dying Light: Bad Blood that gave players a preview of the upcoming title. In other Dying Light news, Techland officially revealed Dying Light 2 at E3 2018. After the initial announcement of Dying Light 2, fans wondered whether the sequel will feature a battle royale mode. Dying Light:

Since leaving Epic Games back in 2012, it’s been a wild ride for the former Gears of War and Unreal Tournament developer, Cliff Bleszinski. While always a prominent voice on Twitter, Cliff Bleszinski has remained relatively silent on the downfall of his company, Boss Key Productions. On August 17, the man known as CliffyB did just that, posting a screenshot of a chapter called Boss Key from an upcoming book he appears to be writing. I haven’t done any interviews since Boss Key imploded because I

A couple of days ago, Far Cry 5 developer Ubisoft unveiled a new trailer for its upcoming DLC, Dead Living Zombies. This DLC follows the release of the Lost On Mars DLC as part of the game’s season pass that promised players Vietnam, Outer Space, and Zombies. When Far Cry 5 first launched at the end of March 2018, it was so popular that it topped the month’s video game sales charts. As this action-adventure RPG nears the end of its season pass content, tell us, Ranters, what have you thought abo

Yesterday, God of War Director, Cory Barlog, spoke at Devcom in Cologne about the creation of the game. One of the topics that Barlog touched on is the mythology that God of War is based on. Barlog revealed that the developers in fact considered three different mythologies before deciding on creating a story that is informed by Norse mythology. After the first round of elimination was over, only Egyptian and Norse mythologies were left to be considered for the game. As an indication of how serio

For $10 a month, Xbox One owners can subscribe to Microsoft’s innovative Xbox Game Pass service that grants them access to over 100 Xbox 360 and Xbox One titles. While Xbox Game Pass always has a significant number of games available, not all games will stay on the service forever, and in fact, seven titles are scheduled to be removed at the end of the month. On August 31, Microsoft will be removing seven games from Xbox Game Pass, including three Xbox One titles and four Xbox 360 titles. The fo

It’s no secret Rainbox Six Siege has taken the online community by storm since its launch nearly three years ago. While Ubisoft has done an extraordinary job bringing together the game’s communities on home consoles and PC, don’t expect the company to do the same for the Nintendo Switch anytime soon. According the Rainbow Six Siege brand director Alexandre Remy, there are no plans to bring the game over to the Nintendo Switch. This isn’t the first Ubisoft game to close the door on getting a Nint

Voice actor David Hayter is known for his work on iconic video-game characters Solid Snake and Naked Snake, in Konami’s Metal Gear Solid franchise. However, MGS 5: The Phantom Pain unfortunately chose not to go with Hayter as Snake, due to Konami wanting to “recreate” the series. Now, though, in celebration of Metal Gear Solid’s 31st anniversary, Hayter reprised his role as Snake in a short video produced by filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts, who is also the director of the upcoming film adaptation

Week 6 of Fortnite‘s Season 5 is well underway, and people are now managing to complete all of its challenges. Like past weeks, completing all of the Week 6 challenges will not only help players make serious progress on their Battle Pass, but it will also unlock a special Road Trip loading screen that offers a clue as to where to find a hidden battle star. The Season 5 Week 6 loading screen in Fortnite depicts various characters from the game hanging out at a drive-in movie theater. This should

It wasn’t long ago that Ubisoft announced the newest season for Rainbow Six Siege, Operation Grim Sky. Clash, the new defensive operator, presents the biggest meta-game change seen since the introduction of Mira. As the first shield-based defensive operator in Rainbow Six, she presents brand new strategies previously unavailable to the defensive team. Ubisoft has also fixed the weapon sight misalignment bug, which was an issue impacting bullet trajectories not matching up with the where the weap

The new fighters are named Anna and Lei Wulong, and they’re going to be hitting Tekken 7 as paid DLC on September 6th. Both of them are longstanding veterans of the franchise, with Anna’s first appearance being in original Tekken game, and Lei Wulong showing up in Tekken 2. Lei Wulong, another veteran of the franchise, will be bringing the iconic Drunken Fist technique to Tekken 7 when season 2 rears its head in September. Just like Anna, it looks like American fans are going to be paying a cool

In a new video from PlayStation Access, which is the official PlayStation UK YouTube channel, it was confirmed that the Red Dead Redemption 2 map is not only very big, but that it might in fact even be Rockstar’s biggest game map to date. With this in mind, one can already begin to imagine the amount of playtime that Red Dead Redemption 2 will offer in terms of the game’s size. Unfortunately, in order to gain access to the treasure map, fans would have had to pre-order the Red Dead Redemption 2

On October 26th, which is the release date for Red Dead Redemption 2, fans will be able to grab a Red Dead Redemption 2 Collector’s Box for $99.99 at all Gamestop stores. This complete 150-page book is a replica of the edition found in stores throughout Red Dead Redemption 2. In addition to this Collector’s Box, Gamestop will be selling Collector’s Boxes for various other games such as Fallout, Spider-Man, and Destiny 2, despite going through some financial difficulties. As can be seen from the

Based on what is known so far about the Dreaming City and the new raid, including some information from the recent leaks, here are some of the possible bosses in the Dreaming City raid. Judging by the Dreaming City trailer, it is clear that the corruption is the Taken, and the merging of the Dreaming City and the Ascendant Plane only brings more Hive. Many fans believed that an Ahamkara would be the final boss of the Dreaming City raid due to some specific word choice in a Game Informer article.

The latest “challenge” is called the Momo Suicide Game, and it’s “played” through the messenger service WhatsApp. Now a mod that adds the Momo creature to Minecraft is drawing attention, prompting a response from Mojang parent company Microsoft. The Momo mod adds a Momo skin to Minecraft, which apparently includes the creature holding a phone with the WhatsApp icon displayed on the screen. “This content, which was independently developed by a third party, does not align with our values and is no

Since the earliest days of Pokemon GO, cheating has been a major concern for both the players and the developer. Niantic has gotten much better at battling players who exploit the game’s vulnerabilities, but it’s still always looking for new ways to bust offenders. This new method seems to have been introduced in 0.115.2 as an additional method to cut down on cheating by detecting rooted devices. Here’s a reading of what’s happening, according to Pokemon GO Hub…“Allegedly, the new security allow

Those who may have missed out on games like these may want to check out the PlayStation Store, as a huge sale is now live. PlayStation Plus subscribers also get an additional discount, as well. There are multiple editions of Grand Theft Auto 5, with the base game being just under $20 if you are a PS Plus subscriber. It’s worth having a look, especially for anyone who has been waiting for these games to go on sale. Source: PlayStation Store

Veteran video game developer Patricia Pizer has had a long career in the game industry, having worked at Disney, Harmonix, Infocom, THQ (recently reborn as THQ Nordic), Ubisoft, and more. Pizer currently serves as the founder and CEO of her own game development consulting firm called Where’s The Fun Games. However, Pizer’s name is currently making headlines not for her work in the industry, but for an incident with police at a convenience store in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Regardless of the con