Bloober Team ‘proved people wrong’ with Silent Hill 2, Cronos director says

The director of Bloober Team’s upcoming Cronos: The New Dawn says the studio’s staff no longer feel like underdogs due to the success of its Silent Hill 2 remake. In an interview withPC Gamer,Jacek Ziębaexplained that the studio was aware of the negativity when it was announced that it would be developingSilent Hill 2, following average reviews for its Blair Witch,The Mediumand Layers of Fear games. Silent Hill 2 was released to widespread critical acclaim, and Zięba said he believes that gives the studio more credibility and confidence....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Heidi Young

Borderlands 4’s release date is getting moved forward

Borderlands 4 will now release earlier than expected. The news was announced in a video posted on X byGearboxEntertainment CEORandy Pitchford, shortly before Pitchford removed the video, saying it had gone up too early. Latest update29th Apr 2025 / 4:05 pm Pitchford has now re-posted his video. We’ve updated the story with an embed of the post below. In the video, Pitchford explains that the game will now be released on September 12, instead of the September 23 date previously announced....

June 9, 2025 · 3 min · 456 words · William Adams

Bungie details Destiny 2’s Content Vault

Bungie has detailed which Destiny 2 content will be moving into its Content Vault when Year 4 begins later this year. Starting on November 10, certain game locations and related content will move into theDestinyContent Vault (DCV). This will helpBungiemanage and support the game,it said in June, with the plan being to cycle out older content and reintroduce it at later dates. In November Io, Titan, Mars, Mercury, and Leviathan will all enter the Destiny Content Vault to make room for Cosmodrome’s return and Europa’s debut....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 322 words · Steven Rodriguez

Cake Off codes for UPD 10 (January 2025)

Latest update16th Nov 2024 / 4:00 pm Another new update has brought a single new Cake Off code. Cake Off codescould be the only way to make a half-decent, win-securing cake as the game’s decorations catalogue grows and grows. Cake Offis best described as Dress to Impress for sweets fans. Even if you’re not partial to 1,000 calories a slice, you can still enjoy designing one to please someone else....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 282 words · Selena Ward

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 release date and starring characters confirmed

Activision has announced that the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 release date is July 12, 2025. The release date was shared as part of a reveal at the Port of Long Beach, Los Angeles. Over the course of 24 hours, a team manoeuvred a cargo ship containing aModern Warfare2 wrap. Alongside the announcement,Activisionreleased the teaser trailer below, revealing artwork forInfinity Ward’s game and some of the starring characters....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Andrew Arroyo

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is a thin and disappointing entry

If you haven’t already read that Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 allegedlybegan life as a DLC pack to 2022’s Modern Warfare 2, experiencing the game for yourself makes it glaringly obvious. Calling this year’s solo mode a single-player “campaign” at all feels generous, as outside of a strong opening mission, and some interesting ideas about how these games could be structured in the future,Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3‘s solo offering is shallow, short, and feels like a release of obligation....

June 9, 2025 · 5 min · 996 words · Debbie Gibson

Call of Duty Modern Warfare gets a new campaign trailer and PS4 hardware bundles

Activision has released a new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare campaign trailer. The publisher describes the reboot’s single-player offering as an “edgy, culturally relevant and thought-provoking” story starring returning characters from the Modern Warfare series, including fan-favourite Captain Price. It sees the SAS partner with the CIA and the Urzikstani Liberation Force in a bid to retrieve stolen chemical weapons and avert a global war. TheCall of Duty: Modern Warfare release dateis May 16, 2025....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Christina Ramos

Call of Duty workers at Raven secure first union contract with Microsoft

A group of 19 quality assurance workers at Call of Duty studio Raven Software have unanimously voted to ratify their first union contract with Microsoft. The news, which was first reported on by journalistShannon Liao, comes over three years afterActivision Blizzardfirst officially recognized the union, the Game Workers Alliance. Thecontract guaranteesa 10% wage increase over two years, the option to permanently work from home for most QA workers, new measures to tackle crunch culture, and a defined process for promotions and salary increases....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 240 words · Deborah Baker

CD Projekt makes layoffs after rescoping its Witcher spin-off game

CD Projekt has laid off 29 employees after rescoping its Witcher spin-off game Project Sirius. The layoffs mostly impacted developers at The Molasses Flood, the American studio behind Flame in the Flood,which CD Projekt acquired in 2021. “Because the project changed, so has the composition of the team that’s working on it – mainly on The Molasses Flood’s side,” aCD Projektspokesperson told VGC. 21 US-based developers have lost their jobs, as have eight employees who had been working on the project in Poland....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Jennifer Hardy

Dead by Daylight studio Behaviour is laying off up to 95 employees

Dead by Daylight studio Behaviour Interactive has announced plans to lay off up to 95 employees. That would represent approximately 7% of the company’s 1,300 workers, with 70 of those set to be affected by the cuts based at its Montreal headquarters. In the face of “unprecedented competition”, Behaviour said it has “renewed its focus on its historical strengths” in “horror gaming, its production expertise, and its thirty-year history of providing exceptional service to its development partners”....

June 9, 2025 · 2 min · 225 words · Antonio Cooper

Devil May Cry 2 hits Switch this month

Capcom will release Devil May Cry 2 for Nintendo Switch on June 10, 2025. The digital game is priced at $19.99/£15.99 on theNintendoeShop and the file size is 1.8 GB. Nintendo revealed the upcoming launch during aNintendo Direct live streamon Wednesday. “Reprise your role as Dante, or play as the new femme fatale, Lucia, who prefers deadly throwing daggers to bullets and utilizes her speed with ninja-like reflexes,” reads the eShop product description....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 205 words · Ana Baird

Diablo 4 Season 4: Loot Reborn ‘overhauls many core game systems’

Blizzard has announced Diablo 4 Season 4, which is titled Loot Reborn. Launching on May 14 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST, Loot Reborn promises to deliver the title’s “biggest gameplay update yet”. “Seasons within Diablo IV bear their mark on Sanctuary in the Seasonal Realm, unearthing new quests and fresh mechanics to explore and master,”Blizzardsaid. “Season 4: Loot Reborn takes on a new theme, overhauling many core game systems to refresh how items are earned, how they function, and how they improve as you level through World Tiers during the season....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Andrew Valdez

Digital versions of Hitman 3 will offer free next-gen upgrades

IO Interactive has announced that Hitman 3 will be released on July 03, 2025 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Stadia and PC. Players who buy the game digitally for current-gen consoles will get a free next-gen upgrade too. Players who purchase the digitalPS4version will be able to download thePS5version at no extra cost, while theXboxversions will supportSmart Delivery. IO Interactivehas also announced that the game will be available in two editions....

June 9, 2025 · 1 min · 199 words · Donald Perkins