CD Projekt has explained why Cyberpunk 2077 is only set to receive a single expansion. Shortly after its announcement last September,CD Projektsaid the upcomingPhantom Liberty was the only planned expansionfor the sci-fi RPG. The company elaborated on this decision during its quarterly earnings call on Wednesday. During a Q&A session, CD Projekt was asked how many Phantom Liberty sales might convince it to make a second expansion for the game....

The success of the Super Mario Bros. Movie and Nintendo’s theme parks has led parent company Comcast to an earnings bump in its film and theme park divisions. According to the corporation, the film grossed over $1.3B worldwide and is by far the largest of 2023. The film, which saw off competition from Marvel big-hitters like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, will be added to Comcast’s streaming service, Peacock, on August 3, it said....

Cyberpunk 2077’s latest cinematic trailer is reportedly the most viewed E3 2019 game trailer. That’s according to data compiled byMike Armbrust, a developer who has been running his“E3 YouTube Interestometer”as a side-project for the past five years. While the data is not all encompassing, Armbrust says thousands of videos are tracked in real time and consolidated into the findings, including “every known upload” of the E3 trailers in question....

New data has revealed which digital Nintendo Switch 2 titles performed best during the system’s launch month, with Deltarune topping the charts in June, ahead of Mario Kart World. Eshop data from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy assembled byNewzooshows thatDeltarunewas the best-selling digital game, ahead ofNintendo‘s ownMario Kart World. It’s worth noting that this does not include bundled copies of the Mario Kart World. Factoring both bundles and physical copies, Mario Kart World was easily the month’s biggest game, but from a digital perspective, Deltarune came out on top....

The CEO of Electronic Arts says there are currently no plans to change the company’s pricing strategy for its games. In a Q&A during its earnings call following the publication of its Q1 results for FY2016, the company’s executive team was asked about the pricing of its games. One caller noted thatNintendoreleasingMario Kart Worldfor $80, and thatMicrosoftattempted to charge $80 forThe Outer Worlds2before reversing that decision, and asked that with this in mind where didEAstand on the $70 vs $80 price point debate, with particular regard to its upcomingBattlefield 6....

EA Play will be added to Xbox Game Pass for PC this Thursday, March 18, following a three-month delay. EA Play was originally also due to be added to Xbox Game Pass for PC in mid-December, but its introduction wasdelayed to 2021 at the last minute. An imminent rollout on PC washinted at on Tuesdaywhen a tweet from the EA Play account said Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members would be granted access to EA Play for PC “soon”....

EA Sports FC 25 will hold an in-game Ballon d’Or event this weekend, giving players access to some of the highest-rated cards in the game. The event, which will celebrate the real-life winners of the Ballon d’Or, will see the winners and runners-up receive special cards with highly increased stats. The card, which includes the likes of a 97-rated Rodri and a 97-rated Aitana Bonmati, will be limited loans, meaning they will only be usable for the duration of the event....

Ed Sheeran has announced that he will release a new song in collaboration with The Pokémon Company next week. Titled ‘Celestial’, the song will be released on September 29 on all major music streaming platforms. Sheeran posted a brief clip of the song, which he sang surrounded byPokémonplush toys, on his YouTube channel earlier this week. Artwork for the single, which features Ed and a crudely-drawn Pikachu, has also been revealed...

Epic Games has removed police cars from Fortnite, amid ongoing protests over American law enforcement. Police cars were removed from the game as part of theFortniteChapter 2 – Season 3 update which launched last week. Their removal was originally spotted byKotaku, while a person said to be familiar with the game’s development toldThe Wall Street Journal: “I wouldn’t say it’s a political statement. I think it’s just us being sensitive about the issues many people in our audience are dealing with....

Epic Games is preparing for the apparent return of Fortnite to the iOS App Store by making permanent changes to its Epic Rewards scheme. Originally introduced in May 2023,EpicRewards lets players earn 5% back in Rewards any time they make a purchase on theEpic Games Store. Following its announcement that it had resubmittedFortnitetoApplefor inclusion in theiOSApp Store, however, the publisher has announced a new incentive to encourage players to buy directly from Epic instead of through Apple’s own payment system....

Build a Rocket Boy, the studio helmed by former Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies, has announced its plans to open a new studio in France. The Montpellier studio will assist in development onEverywhere, the studio’s ambitious first game which is planned for release in 2023. The new Montpellier studio will “accommodate the expanding needs of the global development team” and become a talent centre for developers in France, according to a statement from the developer....

EA has detailed a lengthy list of changes and “significant improvements” being made to the Career mode in FIFA 22. In a new Pitch Notes blog on the officialFIFA 22 website, senior game designer Alex Constantinescu goes into detail on a number of new features that will be added to Career mode this year. The most notable of these is the ability for players to create their own team in Manager Career....

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has spoken about his excitement to be working on a new game, just years after telling VGC he was thinking about retiring. In 2021, the veteran designer told VGC he had approached Fantasian as if it were his final full title, and suggested that plans for his studioMistwalkerbeyond the game’s two episodes were yet to be set. “I think it is certainly possible that this could be my last project,” he told VGC at the time, “and that was kind of in the back of my mind as we were developing it....