Sony will introduce more temporary PlayStation 5 price cuts in select European regions this week. For the second time in as many months, the price of the standard PS5 model will be cut by €100 in Spain and Portugal, with the console set to be available for €449.99 atPlayStationDirect and regular stores. The promotion, which will run from August 25 to September 7 in both countries, will further fuel speculation thatSonyis attempting to clear stock ahead of unconfirmed plans tolaunch a new PS5 with a detachable disc drive this year....

Season 5 of Mortal Kombat 1 launches today, adding new content to the game’s Invasions mode. Season 5 will last until June 4, and includes new character skins, challenges, story elements and boss battles based on the arrival of Raiden as the main boss in Invasions. The game’s latest character Ermac is also available to owners of the Kombat Pack starting today, and will be made available to everyone else on April 23....

Ubisoft has shared details about Star Wars Outlaws’ next major patch. Billed as the game’s “biggest update” yet, it will make improvements to combat, stealth and character controls. That’s according toUbisoftMassive’sDrew Rechner, who has recently taken on the role ofStar Wars Outlawscreative director,replacingJulian Gerighty, who has switched his focus toThe Division3. “The first key area of improvement to the game is combat where we see a real opportunity to add more depth and excitement to the experience, further rewarding your tactics and precision,” hesaidin the first of a series of planned developer updates....

Ubisoft has revealed a new free-to-play FPS called Tom Clancy’s XDefiant. Billed as a “high octane shooter combining realistic gunplay with personalised classes”,XDefiantis a multiplayer game combining elements of theSplinter Cell, Ghost Reckon and Division games, with other properties to follow. Blending 6-v-6 arena combat with faction-based abilities, “it’s fast-paced firefights meets punk rock mosh pit,”Ubisoftsaid in a reveal video on Monday. The game features four playable factions (classes): Splinter Cell’s Echelon (Support),Ghost Recon Breakpoint’s Wolves (Tank), andThe Division’s Cleaners (Assault) and Outcasts (Healer)....

Ninja Gaiden 4 is in development, Xbox has confirmed. The game is a collaboration betweenTeam NinjaandPlatinumGamesand will be published byXboxGame Studios Publishing, with a release planned for Fall 2025 onXbox Series X/S,PS5, andPC. The game will also be available on Xbox Game Pass on day one. Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, a remaster of the Xbox 360 game, also released today in a surprise release.Ninja Gaiden 2 Blackis dubbed the “definitive version” of the game, and is available today on Xbox Series X/S, as well as Xbox Game Pass....

Nintendo has now dominated Japanese game sales for 20 consecutive years, the latest sales data has revealed. On Monday,Famitsupublished its final weekly software chart for 2024. Although the publication has yet to collate an annual chart,Game Data Library’s archive confirms that at least 13 of the 15 best-selling console games last year wereNintendo Switchtitles. Only one non-Nintendotitle made the top ten last year: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for PS5, which charted tenth....

Nintendo’s creative leader, Shigeru Miyamoto has discussed passing development responsibilities on to an “even younger” generation, as he approaches his 72ndbirthday. Despite being well into retirement age, the Super Mario and Zelda creator haspreviously insistedhe’s not considering ending his career in the near future. Miyamoto was asked about his future again duringNintendo’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday – transcribed byX user NStylesand translated from Japanese by VGC – and said that even those he previously passed responsibilities to are now getting older....

Nintendo’s share price has risen to a 52-week high following its Switch 2 announcement. Nintendo officially announced Switch 2 today, showing a console that looks somewhat similar to the immensely popularSwitch. When the New York Stock Exchange opened later,Nintendo‘s share price rose to $15.77, the highest point it’s reached at any point in the past year. At the time of writing it’s dropped slightly to $15.49 but is still notably higher than the $14....

Moon Studios says it’s now a “fully independent” studio, after securing the publishing rights to its game No Rest for the Wicked from Take-Two. Moon initially announced No Rest for the Wicked – its third game after Ori and the Blind Forest andOri and the Will of the Wisps– back in December 2023, and the game was then released inSteam Early Accessin April 2024. This early access release was published byPrivate Division, theTake-Twolabel specialising in publishing games from smaller developers....

Paradox Interactive has opened a new development studio in Barcelona, Spain. Paradox Tinto is headed up by studio lead Johan Andersson, a Paradox Development Studio veteran and the creator of the Europa Universalis franchise. The studio will handle ongoing development on Europa Universalis IV before switching its attention to creating new games in the grand strategy genre. Paradox Interactivenow operates seven studios across four countries, with Paradox Tinto joining its three Swedish development studios, two US ones and one in The Netherlands....

PlayStation has confirmed that it has slowed download speeds in the US, in a bid to reduce demand caused by people staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. The action will take effect from today and followssimilar measures put in place for Europeearlier this week. “We are grateful for the role we play in helping deliver a sense of community and entertainment in these very trying times,”PlayStationbossJim Ryansaid in astatement....

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has seemingly hired former Apple Arcade content boss Nicola Sebastiani to lead the company’s new mobile push. Sebastiani joinedPlayStationin July following almost eight years at the iPhone maker, according to his LinkedInprofile. VGC has contactedSonyfor confirmation of his appointment. During his time atApple, Sebastiani served as head of games business management for the App Store before being appointed head of content for the company’s game subscription serviceApple Arcade....

PlayStation’s mobile division has lost another top executive, weeks after confirmation of a change of leadership. As reported byMobileGamer.biz, Michail Katkoff, who was the managing director of recently-acquired Savage Game Studios, has announced he’s leaving the company less than a year after it was acquired bySony. “I’d like to believe I’ve done my fair part in taking the company from zero to one,” he said on LinkedIn. “Now I’m eager to watch from the side as Nadjim and Mike take it from one to one hundred....