Bandai Namco has announced a Summer Showcase live stream for Wednesday, July 2. TheBandai NamcoSummer Showcase will include the announcement of a new My Hero Academia game, plus new looks at Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree, and Digimon Story: Time Stranger, it said. According to a teaser trailer, the showcase will also feature news forCode Vein2, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Death Note: Killer Within, Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots, Little Nightmares 3, Patapon 1+2 Replay, Shawo Labyrinth, Super Robot Wars Y, andTekken 8....

Bandai Namco US is running a competition that will see one player receiving a 10-foot statue as a prize. TheReturn to Grace Video Contest, which is only for US residents, tasks entrants with creating their own trailer celebratingElden Ring. Trailers have to be no longer than 5 minutes, and have to be uploaded to YouTube, X or Vimeo. Once uploaded, players can enter the competition by submitting a link to their video....

The UK enjoyed a record Black Friday in the games market thanks to discounts to consoles and physical games. That’s according to data from GfK (viaGI.biz) which shows that £167 million worth of video game products were sold over the retail event, including the highest Black Friday sales of gaming accessories recorded thus far. “VR was in the spotlight over Black Friday 2023 and this was the biggest ever revenue week for VR,” said GfK games boss Dorian Bloch (via GI....

Blizzard Entertainment has laid off a number of employees from its Hearthstone team. News of the staff cuts seemingly broke via a LinkedInupdatefrom a former team member and they were later confirmed byActivision Blizzardin a statement to Kotaku reportEthan Gach. “After 18 and a half years atBlizzard Entertainment, I’ve been laid off without notice as of today; the Hearthstone Team is apparently being restructured and my Tools Engineer role is no longer needed,” Hunter C....

Call of Duty Warzone look set to add a Sandbox mode, according to new audio dialogue uncovered in the game’s files. ZestyCODLeakshas posted asix-minute video clipcontaining a host of new dialogue lines that will reportedly be officially added to the game in the near future. These new lines include references to what appears to be a new Sandbox area, with obstacle courses (“course complete, that’s a personal best”) weapons-free areas (“live fire disabled in safe area”) and vehicle races (“one lap to go”)....

Catan: Console Edition is now available on Nintendo Switch. The popular multiplayer board game has sold more than 32 million copies since it was first published in 1995. The game sees players taking on the role of settlers on an island called Catan, and competing to build settlements, cities, roads and armies to lay claim to the region. Numerous video game adaptations have been released over the years, with the most recent being Catan: Console Edition, which came toPS5,PS4,Xbox Series X/SandXbox Onein February....

Chinese developer 24 Entertainment has premiered online combat game Naraka: Bladepoint at The Game Awards. Due for release in 2020, Naraka is described as a close-quarters multiplayer title in which “eastern influences meet western style.” Naraka is set in the mysterious Eastern realm of Morus and features a “boundless” movement system that allows players to climb, hang, and parkour. Gameplay also involves an “aim-at-whatever-you-want” grappling hook and a “sophisticated yet beginner-friendly” combat system involving block & parry mechanics, according to its developer....

Confusion is arising among players as to whether Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is coming to last-gen consoles. As spotted on Twitter by YouTuberTheGamingRevolution, the officialXbox page for Modern Warfare IIIonly listsXbox Series X/Sas the game’s planned platforms. However, TheGamingRevolution also notes that the officialPlayStationYouTube account has posted theModern Warfare 3 teaser trailerwith “PS5&PS4Games” in the headline. The video also includes the hashtags #ps5, #ps5games, #ps4 and #ps4games....

The composer of Square Enix’s Dragon Quest series, Koichi Sugiyama, has died at the age of 90. Sugiyama composed all 11 main games in the Dragon Quest series, whichSquare Enixsays totalled over 500 pieces of music which he composed by himself with no collaboration. The publisher says Sugiyama’s final work was the score for the upcoming Dragon Quest XII, which has yet to be given a release date. Although Sugiyama’s legacy as a composer will live on, he was also a controversial figure who drew criticism from many for his views on war and LGBTQ+ people....

CD Projekt Red has released a new Cyberpunk 2077 update, which it says fixes various issues across quests, gameplay and performance. The update is now live onPlayStationandPCand will be followed later onXboxconsoles. The most significant change in the patch is the modification of the flashing effect during braindance sequences, whichone epileptic viewer had claimed caused a seizureduring her playthrough. UPDATE:The patch is now available on all platforms. Buy Cyberpunk 2077 ORIGINAL STORY CONTINUES:CD Projekt Redsays the effect has been “smoothed out” and the flashes reduced in frequency and magnitude....

The ‘Fix the Comms Array’ puzzle in the Dead Space remake can be difficult if you don’t know what you’re doing. The puzzle is one of the new elements that have been added to the remake, replacing a slightly similar puzzle that was in the original game. In the original game, players had to form a circle of active satellite dishes to turn on the Array, but this time the solution is completely different....

The first wave of Diablo 4 closed end game beta invites has reportedly been distributed. Diablo players onReseteraandRedditbegan receiving invites to the game’s latest testing phase on Tuesday. Invited users can sample a range of content that will be available after players complete the game’s campaign. Diablo 4 guides: Diablo 4 battle pass|Murmuring Obols|Crushed Beast Bones|Diablo 4 Best Druid Builds|Diablo 4 Best Barbarian Builds This includes Nightmare Dungeons, Whispers of the Dead, Fields of Hatred, Paragon Boards, and the game’s newest feature, Helltide....

Bethesda has detailed Fallout 76’s content roadmap for 2024. In ablogannouncing its plans for expanding the game next year, it also said that over 17 million people have played the title since its release in November 2018. An update released for the game earlier this month let players venture out to Atlantic City, a brand-new location for the Fallout series, to complete two fresh Expedition missions set on the boardwalk....