A new mobile game released by Ubisoft last week was actually supposed to be a Far Cry game, it’s been claimed. Mobilegamer.bizreports that Wild Arena Survivors, which arrived on theiOSandGooglePlay stores with little in the way of announcement fromUbisoft, had the working titleFar Cry: Wild Call. According toMobilegamer.biz’s sources, the 40-player battle royale title was developed byUbisoft Paris‘ mobile team. In it, players fight on an exotic island while defending themselves from wild animals, as in the Far Cry games....

PS5 physical games sales increased 324% in the UK last week, driven by new next-gen console stock finally arriving at British retailers. The PS5 hardware had a positive impact on sales of the console’s exclusive games roster, withSpider-Man: Miles Moralessales up 161% (jumping from No.12 to No.4 in the UK chart) andDemon’s Soulssales increasing by 291%. There were also sales jumps forCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War(up 56%) andAssassin’s Creed Valhalla(up 7%, but with the PS5 version up 174%), according to GfK data published byGamesIndustry....

Call of Duty: Vanguard won’t feature a PlayStation exclusive game mode, unlike the past two entries in the series. Last week, ahead ofCall of Duty: Vanguard’s release on November 5, publisherActivisiondetailed the game’s launch content and the road to Season 1, which will arrive on December 2 alongsideWarzone’s new Pacific map Caldera. In a follow-up post on thePlayStation Blog, Activision detailedVanguardcontent that will only be available forPS4andPS5players, which won’t include a timed exclusive mode – something later confirmed toModern Warzone....

This guide will help you find theWarzone Red Door locationsadded with Call of Duty Warzone’sSeason 4 update. Warzone‘s new Red Door mechanics were first featured in theCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warcampaign, so adding them to the battle royale game is Warzone’s way of linking the two game’s stories and Perseus’ objective to bring the Numbers broadcast online. In battle royale, theWarzone Red Door locationslet players teleport to a number of secret rooms hidden around Verdansk, with each containing high-level loot....

Are you curiouswhere to find Captain Brant in Dragon’s Dogma 2? The quest giver is one of the most important characters in the game, and one you’re going to have to return to often. Captain Brant is the main quest-giver inDragon’s Dogma 2, so you’re going to have to visit him often. Not only this, there are some quests that won’t progress without multiple mid-quest returns to Captain Brant to update him, so get used to seeing his face....

Microsoft’s head of gaming has said the price of current-gen consoles won’t come down over time in the same way as other systems have in past generations. While previously it could be relatively cheap to buy console hardware at later stages of its lifespan because reduced manufacturing costs might be passed on to consumers,XboxbossPhil SpencertoldEurogamerthat’s no longer the case. “The prices aren’t coming down,” he said. “We see it now, and that’s why we did Xbox Series S....

Xbox says its cloud gaming is now available on select LG Smart TV models. The rollout, which includes “2022 OLED TVs, select 2023 LG Smart TVs and newer models, along with smart monitors running webOS24 or later versions”, started on Wednesday. This enables anyone who owns a compatible LG television to streamXboxgames without the need for an Xbox console. They will, however, need to have a subscription to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, as well as a Bluetooth-enabled wireless controller....

The recently-released PS5 version of Xbox and Bethesda’s Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the fastest selling version on any platform. That’s according to sales data estimates collated byAlinea Analytics, which suggest that theMachineGamestitle is selling more copies on PS5 than it has onSteamandXbox, where it released months earlier. Release aligned,Indiana Jones and the Great Circlesold 117.2Kcopies on PS5 in its first six days (as of June 28, 2025), according to Alinea, compared to 91....

An independent UK developer says it’s been forced to announce and postpone its game on the same day, and lay off more than half of its staff, due to the sharp downturn in investment in the games industry. Flaming Fowl is a Guildford, UK-based developer, founded in 2016 by veterans ofMicrosoft’s closed Lionhead Studios. Its first game licensed the Fable franchise for card gameFable Fortune. It followed this up in 2021 with the critically acclaimed strategy titleGloomhaven....

2K and Gearbox have officially announced Borderlands spin-off Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC for release in early 2022. Wonderlands is described as a “high-fantasy take on a looter shooter” featuring characters from theBorderlandsgames. Wonderlands will include a story-driven co-op campaign for up to four players, as well as repeatable end-game content, according to Gearbox. “In this epic high fantasy take on the looter shooter genre, players can create and customize their own multiclass heroes as they loot, shoot, slash, and cast their way through outlandish monsters and treasure-filled dungeons on a quest to stop the tyrannical Dragon Lord,” reads Gearbox’s official synopsis....

Halo 5 is not coming to PC any time soon, despite its appearance on a recently leaked Nvidia Geforce Now database, developer 343 has claimed. A datamine by developerIghor Julyleaked earlier this week uncovered potential listings for many unannounced games, including Gears 6, aSteamversion ofGod of Warand aPCport ofHalo5. The news caused some members of the Halo community to speculate on social media that Halo 5 could indeed be coming to PC, but Halo community director Brian Jarrard poured cold water on the discussion on Tuesday....

4A Games has announced plans to bring Metro Exodus to new platforms and addressed fan “concerns” regarding its ambition to include a multiplayer component in the next series entry. In an update sent to press on Wednesday, the studio confirmedMetro Exoduswill be released forXbox Series X/SandPS5in 2021, when current-gen owners will be eligible for a free upgrade. Enhancements will include a faster frame rate, increased resolution, reduced loading times, and ray tracing features, it said....

A Forspoken demo looks set to be announced imminently. A tweet promoting the demo was posted by the JapanesePlayStationTwitter account. It seems as though it may have been mistakenly published ahead of schedule, with an official announcement potentially set forThe Game Awardson Thursday. Alternatively, the demo could be confirmed during a new gameplay showcase on Friday. The 11-minute stream will be broadcast on December 9 at 10am PT / 1pm / ET / 6pm GMT....