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PlayStation owners will still be able to play the next three Call of Duty games, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Last week, Microsoft announced its nearly $70 billion USD acquisition of Activision Blizzard, leaving gamers wondering if future games would be exclusive to Xbox. On January 20, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer announced his intent to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. “Had good calls this week with leaders at Sony,” Spencer wrote in a tweet. “I confirmed our intent to honor all existing agreements upon acquisition of Activision Blizzard and our desire to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. Sony is an important part of our industry, and we value our relationship.” Had good calls this week with leaders at Sony. I confirmed our intent to honor all existing agreements upon ...

Following reports of a Redditor who turned Pokémon into a first-person shooter, a new Pokémon-like RPG game titled Palworld has revealed a shocking second trailer. Displaying a curious blend of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Fortnite, FarmVille, and Pokémon, the trailers display stunning landscapes filled with a diverse array of creatures, referred to as “pals,” including a green Pikachu-sized companion wielding an Uzi, and a rideable yellow Totoro equipped with a minigun. The Steam page is now live and describes the game as a “multiplayer, open-world survival crafting game” that’s about living a “slow easy-going happy life with mysterious creatures called ‘Pal’ or throwing yourself into life-and-death battles with the villainous poachers.” “You can sell them, butcher them t...

Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm Games on Tuesday announced that a multitude of new Star Wars titles are currently being developed via Respawn Entertainment. Respawn’s founder, Vince Zampella, will oversee the production of three new games in the franchise. Stig Asmussen is slated to helm the upcoming installment in the Star Wars Jedi series, and Peter Hirschmann will take the reigns on a new Star Wars first-person shooter game. “Working with Lucasfilm Games on a new FPS in the Star Wars galaxy is a dream come true for me, as this is a story I have always wanted to tell,” said Hirschmann in a statement. Meanwhile, Greg Foertsch, video game developer Firaxis’ previous art director, will lead a new strategy game that will be built in partnership with Bit React...

Pokémon Legends: Arceus has received yet another trailer ahead of its release this Friday. Set in the sprawling Hisui region, players will join Galaxy Expedition Team’s Survey Corps to research Pokémon as they roam free in their natural habitats. The two-minute video highlights players exploring the different landscapes of the region, from a sunny beach to deep within the mountains. It then cuts to a montage of battles against giant Pokémon known as alphas. Alphas are described as “tough opponents,” per the game’s website, but will become “great allies” if a player manages to catch them. There’s also the chance that alphas will drop rare items when defeated in battle. “You may have met Dartrix, Quilava, and Dewott in your other adventures,” the video reads. “But you’ve never encountered th...

Japanese video game studio Square Enix has shared a new trailer for Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. The upcoming action role-playing game is a retelling of the studio’s popular Final Fantasy franchise set in an alternative universe. The dark fantasy story follows a man named Jack, who is joined by allies Ash and Jed, on his journey to defeat the demonic monster Chaos. Along the way, Jack faces different monsters from the Final Fantasy series, which he will face off against using both physical and magical attacks. The game is co-directed by Square Enix’s Daisuke Inoue and Hiroya Usuda and Nobumichi Kumabe from Team Ninja. Players anticipating its release will be excited to learn that Stranger of Paradise will receive a digital deluxe edition, offering them a digital artbook...

Steamforged Games has officially announced a RuneScape board game and a tabletop role playing game (TTRPG) book. According to reports, fans of the longtime MMORPG will be able to get their hands on the board game and TTRPG book later this year. Steamforged shared that both games will highlight “fresh-but-faithful” adaptations of the many quests and characters from RuneScape’s two-decade history; the board game will feature a one to five player campaign in the world of Gielinor, where ComicBook states “players will craft and upgrade equipment, upskill their characters, and take on a variety of different sidequests,” while the TTRPG will have a hardcover rule book with instructions for character-building and guides. Phil Mansell of Jagex, the developers of RuneScape, shared that this will be...

Ahead of the 2022 Game Developers Conference, organizers ran their usual industry survey gathering a glimpse into the present and future of the gaming world. Informed by the ongoing interest in cryptocurrency and NFTs, this year’s State Of The Game Industry 2022 survey featured a section dedicated to the tradable digital asset built on blockchain technology and accompanying non-fungible tokens. The question, “What is your studio’s interest in cryptocurrency as a payment tool?” saw 72% of people respond “Not interested,” 21% “Somewhat interested,” 6% “Very interested” and 1% “Already using it.” While “What is your studio’s interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs)?,” saw similar responses with 70% of people responding “Not interested,” 21% “Somewhat interested,” 7% “Very interested” and 1% “Al...

With Battlefield 2042 drawing heavy criticism from players, many fans have turned towards the game’s Portal feature, which allows them to create their very own custom game modes. Unfortunately, it now seems that EA will also be influencing how those modes are made and played, as the gaming giant has just removed a popular fan-made zombie mode in hopes of preventing XP farming. The game’s senior design director Justin Wiebe took to Twitter to explain the decision, saying that the zombie mode has now been replaced with Gun Game instead. “We’ve removed the Zombie’s mode and replaced with Gun Game,” he writes. “Hopefully we can fix it in the future and keep it in alignment with standard game progression. We’ve also tightened our review process to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Thank...

A Dark Souls exploit has now left PC players completely vulnerable. The exploit was first brought to light during a Dark Souls 3 live stream earlier this week when a hacker managed to take control of the streamer’s computer using a remote code execution exploit (RCE). The RCE essentially allows hackers to access everything in your computer or even brick it completely. Since then, Bandai Namco and From Software had temporarily shut down servers across Dark Souls Remastered, Dark Souls 2, and Dark Souls 3 in an attempt to thwart more hackers and fix the exploit. Over on the third installment’s subreddit, a group of users has also created a new anti-cheat system called Blue Sentinel that can prevent hackers from tapping into the RCE. Most importantly, some players hav...