Activision has provided the first look at Call of Duty Warzone’s next map. Ahead of a full reveal later this week, the publisher tweeted the teaser image of the new map below. It will launch as part of the battle royale game’s integration with the upcomingModern Warfare 3. The image reveals a port location featuring several cranes and plenty of shipping containers, and a larger city area in the background including a skyscraper under construction....

Alan Wake 2 won’t be shown this summer, developer Remedy has confirmed. The sequel, which was announced last year, won’t appear at any of the upcoming summer gaming events. However, in a new video celebrating the 12 anniversary of Alan Wake,RemedyCreative DirectorSam Lakehas reassured fans that the sequel is going well. The developer also released new concept art for the sequel, which you can see below. “Everything withAlan Wake 2development is going really well....

Frictional Games has announced a fresh delay for Amnesia: The Bunker. Originally scheduled to arrive on May 16, last month the game was delayed by one week, and it has now been pushed back by a further fortnight to June 6. “The release of Amnesia: The Bunker has been delayed by two weeks due to unforeseen certification issues,” Frictional said. “This decision is crucial to ensure we do not ship the game with these issues....

You only need to turn the clock back seven years to see how important first impressions can be for a new games console. In February 2013, Sony’sPlayStationMeeting – where it officially unveiledPS4– presented a bold vision and smart approach to the next generation of gaming, where the platform holder successfully sold a reinvention of not just its console hardware, but itself as a company. It wasn’t perfect – the lack of any physical hardware in particular annoyed many media outlets in attendance – but Sony’s hybridisation of a game footage reel andMark CernyTED talk proved enough to convince the world that PlayStation had indeed adapted for the future....

Latest update21st Oct 2024 / 3:00 pm We finally have a release date for Anime Vanguards UPD 1. AnimeVanguards Update 1has been a long time coming, with news regarding its potential release date finally beginning to simmer. The first big update for one of the stand-outRobloxexperiences of the year is a given. Releasing to incredibly high metrics in the second half of 2024, numbers have since tempered due to a longer-than-average update schedule....

The Epic Games Store has added Assassin’s Creed Syndicate to its upcoming line-up of free titles. Ubisoft’s game will be given away at no cost for one week beginning on Thursday. It will be available alongside thepreviously announced free game, strategy card battler Faeria. Originally released in November 2015,Assassin’s CreedSyndicate takes the series to London during the Industrial Revolution. ThePCversion has a Metascore of 74 on review aggregation site Metacritic, based on 14 reviews....

Darby McDevitt, the Assassin’s Creed series’ most prominent writer who left Ubisoft earlier this year, has re-joined the company, VGC can reveal. During more than a decade atUbisoft Montreal, McDevitt created stories and dialogue forAssassin’s Creedgames Revelations, Black Flag, Unity, Origins and Valhalla. McDevittleft Ubisoft in March, stating that he wanted to take on “a new adventure”. However, after 7 months working at nearby Montreal developerIllogika,Ubisoftconfirmed to VGC that he’s now returned to work on the Assassin’s Creed series....

The upcoming Nintendo Switch release of the Batman: Arkham Trilogy has been delayed. A post from the official Batman Arkham Twitter account confirmed that the collection, which was due for release on October 13, has been held back two months. “Batman: Arkham Trilogy forNintendo Switchwill now launch on Jul 30, 2025,” it reads. “More time is needed to bring players the best possible experience on Nintendo Switch. We apologise to fans who are excited to play this version of the trilogy....

Battlefield 2042 Season 1: Zero Hour launched on Thursday but many players have had issues loading the game to dive into the action. At the time of publishing,DICEhas been working on a fix for “load persistence data errors” preventing players from logging in and playing for almost four hours. The situation briefly improved at one point, allowing more players to enter the game, but it has since worsened again....

Following Battlefield 2042’s delay to November, the game’s open beta has also reportedly been pushed to October. On Wednesday, publisherElectronic Artsdelayed Battlefield 2042’s release datefrom October 22 to November 19. EA said in July thatBattlefield 2042’s open beta would launch in Septemberand it was recently claimed thatthe test would begin on September 22, but that may no longer be the case. Announcing the main game’s delay, EA said “updates on the open beta will be coming later this month”....

Activision will launch Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone Season 2 on February 25. The free content update and its release date were revealed in a cinematic trailer whichtakes place in the jungles of Laos in Southeast Asia. “Get ready to descend into the heart of the Golden Triangle as Frank Woods and his team go on the hunt for Russell Adler, who went missing at the end of Season One after being captured by Stitch,”Activisionsays....

Bill Petras, a Blizzard veteran who worked on World of Warcraft and Overwatch, has died. The news was shared onLinkedinby Harley D Huggins, a former developer at Blizzard and close friend of Petras. A celebration of life for Petras will be held in the coming days. “I’m writing to share some heartbreaking news,” Huggins wrote. “Bill Petras, a game development legend has unexpectedly passed away. Billy was an amazingly gifted artist who worked atBlizzard Entertainmentfor almost two decades....

Xbox is gearing up for arguably the biggest showcase of this year’s digital E3, with90 minutes of world premieresand Game Pass announcements promised. TheXboxandBethesdaShowcase is set to kick off on Sunday, June 13. Before then, let’s looks back atMicrosoft’s greatest Los Angeles moments. FromHaloto back-compat, these are our favourite moments from past Xbox E3 showcase events. 2006: Peter Moore’s GTA IV Tattoo Back in the days when you could pull off an awkward stunt without fear of it becoming the biggest meme of the summer, Peter Moore executed 2006’s most iconic E3 moment....