Walmart+ members will get another chance to try and secure a PlayStation 5 console on December 8. The retailer will be selling the standard disc-basedPS5model and the Digital Edition PS5 console online on Wednesday beginning at 9am PT / 12pm ET. Once they’re available,Walmart+members should be able to purchase PS5 consoles through the following links, stock permitting: Priced at $12.95 per month or $98 per year,Walmart+benefits include unlimited free delivery, discounts on prescriptions and fuel, and access to exclusive offers such as a 4-hour head start on Black Friday deals....

Warner Bros has officially announced Multiversus, its Smash Bros style fighting game. Reports and leaks surrounding the game have been spreading for the past few weeks, and the game is now finally official. The game will be a free-to-play fighter and will mainly focus on 2 vs 2 gameplay. Multiversus will be released onPS5,Xbox Series X/S,PS4,Xbox OneandPC, with full cross-play support. You can see the first footage of the game in action in this trailer:...

After almost 40 years of making games, there are few individuals with a more impressive career than Mark Cerny. The multi-skilled creator has enjoyed a long and storied career in the games industry, which began in the booming arcade era of the early 80s and today sees him still at the cutting-edge of video games hardware, as the architect ofPlayStation 5. He’s been a programmer, producer, designer and businessman for companies includingAtari,SegaandCrystal Dynamics....

2K Sports has confirmed the release date for WWE 2K25, and shared details on a number of new modes and features. The next entry in the long-running WWE series of video games will be released on March 14, with early access starting on March 7 for owners of the Deadman Edition or Bloodline Edition of the game. The game’s cover star is Roman Reigns, who will be the central focus of the two main new modes added in the2K25 edition....

Why a horror game, and why Pocketpair? Those were our questions for Abubakar Salim, star of Raised by Wolves, House of the Dragon, and now, like so many others, a struggling indie developer. Tales of Kenzera: Zau, the first game fromSurgent Studios, was loved by players and met with a warm critical reception. Despite this, Surgent, like many other studios, has faced an incredibly difficult few years. Multiple developers have been let go from the studio, and the status of the Tales of Kenzera franchise is up in the air....

Tommy Tallarico is a born salesman. Throughout the majority of our 90-minute chat with the Intellivision CEO, it’s clear he has the gift of the gab and is all too happy to go off on lengthy speeches about the benefits of his upcoming system, theIntellivision Amico. Even before our interview has properly started, as we’re still engaging in preliminary chit-chat, he’s already keen to bring up therecent addition of Amico brandingin thousands of GameStop stores across North America....

A trailer has been released for a new film documenting the history of PlayStation. Set for release on September 7, Bedrooms to Billions: ThePlayStationRevolution is a feature-length documentary featuring interviews with key figures fromSony’s gaming division, past and present. Mark Cerny,Jim Ryan,Hideo Kojima,Phil Harrison,Kazunori Yamauchi, Fumito Ueda, David Jaffe,Shinji Mikamiand more appear in the film, which will coincide with PlayStation’s US and UK 25th anniversary in September. The film is written and directed by Anthony & Nicola Caulfield, the writers and directors of 2014’s crowdfunded documentaryFrom Bedrooms to Billionsand its follow-up,From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years....

Activision Blizzard stockholders have voted to approve Microsoft’s acquisition of the company. More than 98% of the shares voted at a Special Meeting today were in favour of the proposed transaction. CEOBobby Koticksaid: “Today’s overwhelmingly supportive vote by our stockholders confirms our shared belief that, combined withMicrosoft, we will be even better positioned to create great value for our players, even greater opportunities for our employees, and to continue our focus on becoming an inspiring example of a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive workplace....

Following the success of the Sonic the Hedgehog movies, Sega has said it’s interested in the possibility of adapting other IPs for the big screen. SegaSammy CEO Haruki Satomi and CFO Koichi Fukazawa were asked about the possibility of making non-Sonic movies during a Q&A session following the publication of the company’s full-year earnings in April. “We would like to take on challenges outside of the Sonic IP should the opportunity arise,” Sega said in a newly published English transcript of the event....

Information on nine new Nintendo-themed Lego sets have been discovered online, including another large $229.99 direct-to-consumer set. Most of the listings are likely to be more Lego Mario sets, but it’s not clear what the most expensive set will be. The sets were discovered as listings onEugene Toy & Hobbyunder the code name ‘Leaf’, which has been used for all of the products in the line so far. The listings were removed shortly after being discovered....

Bethesda and Xbox executives have stressed again that Starfield is an Xbox exclusive, and will not be coming to any PlayStation console in the future. Bethesda‘s SVP of global marketingPete HinesandXbox‘s GM of games marketingAaron Greenbergboth took to Twitter to quell speculation after some of the things Hines said during aBethesda Gamescom streamwere interpreted by some as suggestion thatStarfieldcould come toPS5in the future. Hines stated on the stream thatMicrosoft’s acquisition of Bethesdadidn’t mean there would never be another Bethesda game on aPlayStationsystem in the future....

BioWare has published new concept artwork for the next Dragon Age game. The concept art waspostedby the game’s executive producer on Twitter, in response to aTweetfrom its creative director who said that fans “could use a little pick me up” following a few months without updates on the RPG’s progress. BioWare released the first full trailer for the new Dragon Age gamein December. The video offers the first look at the RPG instalment sinceGamescomin August, when the EA studio said the game was still in early development....

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has topped the UK physical sales charts, despite a year-on-year drop in sales. As noted on X byGamesIndustry.bizeditor Chris Dring, physical launch weekend sales of Black Ops 6 are 10% lower than those ofModern Warfare 3last year. Dring notes that the drop in sales is “almost entirely due to a drop in sales onXbox“, suggesting this “was inevitable with Game Pass”. Black Ops 6 was the first Call of Duty game to be available on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on the day of release, followingMicrosoft‘s acquisition ofActivision Blizzard....