Sega and Relic Entertainment have announced Company of Heroes 3, the latest instalment in the long-running RTS series. The new game is set to release forPCin 2022, but fans can play a pre-alpha preview version today viaSteam. “Company of Heroes 3 is bringing the series’ intimate boots-on-the-ground storytelling to a brand-new theatre of war, unlocking authentic new tactics, factions, and a wealth of untold stories from World War II,” the game’s synopsis reads....

The iOS version of the Resident Evil 2 remake has still to pass the 10,000 sales mark, estimates suggest. As reported byMobilegamer.biz, data from mobile app tracking service Appmagic estimates that the game has just passed $100,000 in in-app purchase earnings sinceits release in December 2024. While theResident Evil 2remake is initially a free download oniOS, it only offers a limited sample of the main game, so players can ensure it works on their device....

Nintendo has successfully obtained a permanent injunction against the ROM website it recently defeated in a £2 million lawsuit, after believing its owner was planning to relaunch the site. TheSwitchfirm successfullysued pirate site ROMUniverse in May, after arguing that its owner Matthew Storman uploaded and distributed piratedNintendogames, and profited from mass-scale copyright infringement by charging paid subscriptions. Nintendo won over $2.1 million in damages, but failed to get a permanent injunction, which would have prevented the site from ever coming back....

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai has suggested he will continue with his ‘low budget’ character release videosfirst seen with Dragon Quest’s Hero. Sakurai announced the release details for the Hero character DLC in July, via an unscripted, ad-hoc video which appeared in deep contrast toNintendo’s usual slick video presentations. UPDATE:Nintendohas officially announcedBanjo-Kazooie Nintendo Switchfor itsSwitchOnline subscription service. ”update” In his latest Famitsu column (translated byPushDustIn) Sakurai explained that he no longer has the budget for high production video presentations, something he first joked about in the Hero presentation itself....

Sega has announced the opening date of its flagship store in Japan, along with details on some of the exclusive merchandise it will sell. SegaStore Tokyo, the company’s first flagship store in Japan, will open on July 18. The store will be located on the sixth floor of the Shibuya Parco department complex – the same building which already housesNintendoStore Tokyo, the officialCapcomstore, and aPokémonCentre. According to Sega, the store will sell a variety of products from numerous Sega andAtlusseries, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Like a Dragon, Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage, Puyo Puyo, Persona, Metaphor ReFantazio and Love & Berry....

Sony Interactive Entertainment has launched another PlayStation 5 hardware sale in Europe. For thesecond time in as many months,Sonyhas cut the price of the standard PS5 model by £75 in the UK and by €100 in countries including Spain, Portugal and Italy, although some retailers are offering even bigger discounts. OnPlayStation Directin the UK, PS5’s price has been reduced from £479.99 to £404.99, with the deal valid until September 7....

Splash Damage has announced that it’s working on a new Stadia exclusive game. The London, England-based studio, which specialises in multiplayer FPS games, has previously worked on the Quake, Wolfenstein, Doom,HaloandGears of Warseries, as well as developing original titles such as Brink and Dirty Bomb. Its most recent project isGears Tactics, a single-player Gears of War spin-offscheduled for release on July 08, 2025. “We’re thrilled to finally announce that we’re working on an exclusive title in partnership withGoogle Stadia,”Splash Damageannouncedon Monday....

Splash Damage has confirmed that it has no plans to bring Stadia exclusive Outcasters to other platforms. This means that the competitive multiplayer shooter will no longer be playable whenStadia shuts down in early 2023. “It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that we do not have plans to bringOutcastersto other platforms at this time,”Splash Damagetweeted. “Outcasters was designed and built exclusively forStadia, with many of its systems heavily reliant on the platform, significantly increasing the complexity of the work required....

Square Enix has continued its Tomb Raider 25th anniversary celebrations by showing previously unseen footage of the cancelled Tomb Raider: Ascension. The publisher has released three videos of the game, showing very early prototype gameplay, concept art and branding tests accompanied by “early exploratory voiceover” work. As previously revealed inSquare Enix‘s digital book Tomb Raider: The Final Hours, Ascension was one of the original plans for what would eventually become the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot....

Starfield has been given a Restricted (R 18+) rating by the Australian Classification board due to its portrayal of drug use. When rating games, the board breaks down each game into six categories – sex, nudity, themes, language, violence and drug use – and rates their potential impact on players. While itsStarfieldrating noted that there was no sex and “very mild” nudity, it also noted a “moderate impact” for ‘themes’ and bad language, as well as a “strong impact” for violence....

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has outlined the company’s growth strategy as it looks to capitalise on “extraordinary tailwinds” in the video games market. During the publisher’s first quarter earnings call on Monday, Zelnick said the video games industry is in rude health andpredicted decades of growth for the sector. “This industry is the most rapidly growing industry in entertainment and that’s not going to change for the next 10, 20 or 25 years,” he said....

The Epic Games Store will give away 15 games over the Christmas period, with one mystery title set to be offered free every day from December 15-29. The promotion started today with Bloons TD 6, which developer and publisher Ninja Kiwi bills as “a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available”. It will be free for 24 hours, after which the game will be replaced with another free title for the same length of time....

The Falconeer will be released for PS5, PS4 and Nintendo Switch on Jul 21, 2025, publisher Wired Productions has announced. The open-world aerial combat game, which sees players piloting a powerful warbird in a fantasy oceanic world called The Great Ursee, will arrive onSony’s andNintendo’s consoles in the form of the new Warrior Edition. It will include all DLC released to date, a new content pack called Edge of the World, some re-recorded voiceover work, and a streamlined prologue tutorial....