The Last of Us showrunners Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin have explained why Abby actor Kaitlyn Dever won’t be as muscular as her video game counterpart. HBO’sThe Last of Us returns in Apriland will cover some, but not all ofNaughty Dog‘s second game. Kaitlyn Dever will join the cast as Abby, the co-protagonist ofThe Last of Us Part 2. Since the casting was announced, fans have questioned why Dever, who usually sports a slim build, would be cast to play Abby, who in the video game is very muscular....

An English dub for Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name will arrive this month. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studioconfirmed in Octoberthat the game wouldn’t include an English dub at release, but that a new language voice pack would be added in a post-launch update. “We’re excited to announce the English dub for Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is coming in December via a free update!...

Actor Mark Wahlberg has seemingly offered fans a glimpse of how he’ll appear as Sully in the upcoming Uncharted movie. In an Instagram video published on Saturday, Wahlberg sports a moustache much like that of theUnchartedcharacter, who is mentor to Tom Holland’s Nathan Drake. The video is the latest in a week of teasers related to the Uncharted movie, includingthe first image of Holland as Nathan Drakeand a look at game actorNolan North visiting the set....

The European Commission is reportedly due to voice concerns over Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In what would be the latest setback in theXboxmaker’s road to completing the deal, the EU is set to issue a charge sheet known as “a statement of objections” setting out its concerns about the deal, according toReuters. It’s claimed thatMicrosoftwas expected to offer remedies to EU regulators in an attempt to avert a statement of charge and shorten the regulatory process....

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company is “doubling down” on its games division, following its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In an interview withMSN, the acquisition topic is brought up, and Nadella is asked why it was so important, especially given how big the $65 billion acquisition cost is. “It is, but we’re really excited about it,” Sadella replied, explaining that games have been one ofMicrosoft‘s three main arms ever since the company’s early days....

At a big reveal event in Los Angeles, California, The Guardian’s Keith Stuart recently sat down with VGC to record a mini-podcast and discuss our thoughts on Star Wars Outlaws. Both Stuart and VGC’s Jordan Middler recently got the chance to play four hours of the game, and following their time withMassive Entertainment‘s new Star Wars epic, both sat down to record just over 20 minutes of impressions, which you can watch above....

Activision has officially taken the wraps of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Alongside the release of the game’s debut trailer, which is viewable below, the publisher announced details on theInfinity Ward-developed sequel’s campaign, multiplayer, Spec Ops mode andWarzone 2.0. TheCall of Duty Modern Warfare 2 release dateis July 29, 2025, whileWarzone 2.0 will arrive “later this year”. Both titles will be available forPS5,PS4,Xbox Series X/S,Xbox One, andPCvia Battle.net andSteam....

Sledgehammer Games has released the launch day patch notes for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Republished in full below, they primarily cover various changes made to the game’s multiplayer component sincelast month’s beta tests. The update also fixes a number of campaign gameplay bugs, stability and performance issues. Modern Warfare3 was officially released today forPS4,PS5,Xbox One,Xbox Series X/SandPC. The game is a direct sequel to last year’s Modern Warfare 2....

Tactical Stance in Modern Warfare 3 is a new movement option in the game. Combining several different stances, such as crouching, running and mounting, the tactical stance offers a new way to get around the maps ofModern Warfare 3and take down your opponents. Despite Tatical Stance in Modern Warfare 3 being a new addition, the game doesn’t make it incredibly clear how to do the tactical stance in Modern Warfare 3, which is especially annoying as it’s vital for certain challenges that you’ll encounter if you’re grinding out guns in the game....

A new Halloween event coming to MultiVersus will require a heavy time commitment from players who want to unlock all four items being made available. The event, which runs from October 15 to November 15, rewards players with candy for playing Singles, Teams and Free-for-All matches, with double candy awarded if they win. These can then be spent in a limited time Candy Shop to earn players two new skins – a mummy costume for Reindog and a Calico Cake skin for Jake – as well as an emote and a profile icon....

Naraka: Bladepoint is coming to PlayStation 5 next week and adopting a free-to-play model on all platforms. Developed by 24 Entertainment and published byNetEaseGames, the 60-player melee battle royale game was originally released forPCin August 2021, before making its way toXbox Series X/Sin June 2022 andXbox Onelast December. It will make itsPlayStationdebut on July 13 after attracting 20 million players in its first two years, according to NetEase, At the same time,Naraka: Bladepointwill go free-to-play on all platforms....

Microsoft has confirmed the next batch of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass for console, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming. Atlas Fallen (Cloud,PCandXbox Series X/S) will join the service on August 22, followed by Core Keeper (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X/S) on August 27. Next month’s first addition to Game Pass will be Star Trucker (Cloud, Console and PC) on September 3. The following titles will be leaving Game Pass on August 31: Atomic Heart (Cloud, Console and PC), Guilty Gear -Strive- (Cloud, Console and PC) and NBA2K24 (Cloud and Console)....

A recently-filed Nintendo patent has been discovered that refers to a dual-screen gaming device, that can be split in half. That’s according toGame Rant, which shared images supposedly attached to a patent reminiscent ofNintendo 3DS. However, instead of the clamshell design which saw the top screen fold in onto the bottom screen, this design sees the top screen face out, even when the machine is closed over. The top and bottom parts of the machine would also be able to operate independently of each other....