Today Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is the biggest Call of Duty launch ever, but Activision hasn’t quite shared any hard numbers yet

We’re officially past the launch weekend of this year’s Call of Duty game, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. This is usually when players start picking apart all the things they don’t actually like about it, as the honeymoon phase begins to fade. It’s also about the time we expect Activision to release its, almost-yearly, … Read more

Today Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 streamer hits Prestige master in less than a week after constant XP grind

The race for Prestige Master in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is seemingly over, as a team of players appears to have secured the achievement on-stream before anyone else. However, this hasn’t been without a bit of controversy, as screenshots of a VPN in-action have called into question the ethics of the first place … Read more

Today Xbox’s Perfect Dark reboot is now being headed up by, er, the former creative director of PlayStation’s Wolverine game

Marvel’s Wolverine, the upcoming game from PlayStation and Insomniac about everyone’s favourite burly lad with claws that’d make any cat feel a bit jealous, has reportedly undergone a leadership reshuffle. Former creative director Brian Horton is no longer attached to the game, having subsequently jumped over to work on the Perfect Dark reboot Xbox has … Read more

Red Barrels partners with Lionsgate Studios for movie adaptation of horror series Outlast xxx

Outlast is the latest video game franchise to have secured a movie adaptation. Developer Red Barrels has signed a deal with Lionsgate Studios, confirming that It and Strange Darling producer Roy Lee will lead the production. JT Petty – who has been “deeply involved” in the games’ narratives – will be working on the screenplay. … Read more

Today Nexus Mods says folks “should be pressuring” paid mod platforms to “do better” if they’re frustrated by its new policy on the ever-controversial topic

Popular modding site Nexus Mods recently announced an update to its policies on paid mods, and, as ever with the topic that seems very much to be a never ending source of controversy, the response from players and modders was a bit complicated. So, having parsed the comments on that update, which saw it outline … Read more

Today Don’t hand me the aux, Nintendo’s got a new music app and I will use it to blast an hour-long version of the Nintendogs theme

Keep your hands on the wheel, we can get through this. I know I’ve not currently got the aux cable, but you’ve got to keep it away from me at all costs. Why? Well, because Nintendo’s launching a new Nintendo Music app, and you can use it to blast an hour-long variant of the theme … Read more

Meta’s AR/VR Reality Labs division records further losses of $4.4 billion xxx

Meta published its third quarter earnings today, and has recorded a loss of $4.4 billion in its AR/VR Reality Labs division. This is the third reported loss of the year in this segment, with Reality Labs reporting a loss of $3.8 billion during its first quarter, and $4.5 billion in the second. For its Reality … Read more

Today Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse co-director Peter Ramsey boards two anime projects with Emmy-winning Japanese anime studio Gonzo K.K.

What has Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse co-director Peter Ramsey been up to recently? Well, he directed episodes for both Ahsoka and The Mandalorian season three, and has been serving as assistant director and producer on a number of high and medium-profile projects, both animated and live-action. Up next, he’s embarking on something entirely different alongside … Read more

A Arkane Founder Says Xbox Shutting Austin Studio Was ‘Stupid’ And ‘Not A Good Decision’

Microsoft controversially closed a bunch of Xbox developers earlier this year, including Redfall maker Arkane Austin – a move that the studio’s founder says was “stupid” and “not a good decision”. Speaking in a new interview with PCGamer, WolfEye Studios’ Raphael Colantonio — who founded Arkane — made some fairly outspoken comments about how Xbox … Read more

Today Helldivers 2’s new Doubt Killer armour triggers a wave of doubt as to whether players are cool with paying almost the price of a full Warbond for one Superstore suit

Helldivers 2’s latest Warbond, Truth Enforcers, arrived in-game earlier today, bit it looks like the armour set that’s dropped via the Superstore just after it that’s arguably attracting even more player attention. Some of that’s for good reasons, as it looks nice, but it’s also causing a lot of folks to question whether it should … Read more