Initially released in 2019, Arise: A Simple Story is a game that leaves much more of an impact than its modest title suggests. Having previously been met with critical acclaim onPS4,Xbox OneandPC, the game is now available on theSwitchin a new ‘Definitive Edition’, with a few new features. The game – which is played with no dialogue – opens with a Viking-like funeral as an elderly man’s body is burned....

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon hinges on the unknowable. What lies at the heart of the enchanted woods young Cereza finds herself in? Why is a mysterious white wolf guiding her? Will she make peace with her snarling demon aide? But the mystery we can’t get over is this: who exactly is Bayonetta Origins for? On one hand, this is a continued expansion of what feels like a Bayonetta Gaming Universe, a creation willed into life in the multiversalBayonetta 3and now deepened with a tale that fills in the gaps around one of that game’s more baffling alt-reality variants....

Twenty-nine months. That’s how long wrestling game fans have been waiting for a new WWE title to appear, and hopefully bury the awful memory of WWE 2K20. 2K SportsandVisual Concepts’ previous release was considered one of the biggest let-downs in the 20-year history of the series, with an unacceptable amount of significant bugs and some bizarrely poor wrestler likenesses dragging it to a new low. After skipping a year to head back to the drawing board, then delaying a further five months to be sure it was totally ready,WWE 2K22is finally here, and it’s thankfully been worth the wait....

Rockstar Games is to acquire Indian game development studio Dhruva Interactive from Starbreeze, the Payday company which is facing an uncertain future. Rockstar will pay $7.9 million for the Bangalore-headquartered studio, less than the $8.5 millionStarbreezeparted with to acquire it in December 2016, with the transaction expected to close in the coming weeks. The Swedish company best known for its Payday and Chronicles of Riddick series is facing an uncertain future, stating earlier this month that it will probablyrequire new funding to remain operationalover the next year....

Publisher Saber Interactive has revealed A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead. Featuring an original story inspired by Paramount Pictures’ Quiet Place film franchise, The Road Ahead is coming toSteam,PS5andXbox Series X/Sin 2024. The first-person, single-player, horror adventure game is in development at Stormind Games, the Italian independent studio behind survival horror franchise Remothered and story-driven action RPG Batora: LostHaven. “Capturing the frantic terror, unnerving atmosphere and gripping human drama that made the franchise famous, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is designed for fans of the films, horror games, and story-driven adventures alike,” said Saber....

PlayStation has removed beloved platforming mascot Sackboy from the cast of characters featured in its movies intro, leading some fans to fear for the future of LittleBigPlanet. As spotted by X userRadec, thePlayStationProductions intro for the recent Until Dawn movie has removed Sackboy from its cast of characters, compared to previous stings featured before movies like 2023’sGran Turismo, which included the character. Sony’s PlayStation Studios intro included at the start of itsPS5games are bespoke for each game, usually featuring characters from each game’s specific series....

Immortality, the “interactive cinematic trilogy” from Her Story creator Sam Barlow, is coming to PS5 this month. Featuring “new haptic and controller speaker features to bring to life the game’s virtual moviola”, the game will hitSony’s console on January 23 priced at $19.99. Released forPC,Xbox Series X/Sand mobile in 2022, Immortality tells the story of vanished actress Marissa Marcel. It lets players “use the cinematic ability to teleport from scene to scene to explore a treasure trove of newly unearthed footage from the three lost films of Marissa Marcel and traverse decades of movie history”....

Line Next has announced that it will team up with Sega and license an “immensely popular” IP for its blockchain gaming platform Game Dosi. “Line Next is pleased to be teaming up withSegato bring some exciting gaming to the Web3 space for gamers around the world,” said Youngsu Ko, CEO of Line Next. “Through this partnership, Game Dosi will provide Web3 content that anyone can easily enjoy, including Sega fans....

Sega has announced its Gamescom 2019 line-up, which will include an unannounced AAA game. According to an email sent to press on Tuesday,Gamescomattendees “will be treated to a first-hand look at an all-new AAA game that has yet to be revealed to the public”. Catherine: Full Body, the recently announcedTwo Point Hospital for consoles, and theSegaMega Drive Mini retro console will also be on show at theKoch Mediastand in the Koelnmesse exhibition centre at Gamescom....

A Sky News presenter has attracted criticism for appearing to belittle a 13-year-old Tetris record breaker during a live broadcast. Last month, Oklahoma teenager Willis Gibsonbecame an internet sensationafter he was crowned the first known person to ‘beat’ the original Tetris game on the NES by reaching its true ‘kill screen’, wherein the game crashes. Previously, it was believed that only AI could reach Tetris’s kill screen, but teenager Gibson managed it, and this weekfootage of his stunned reaction attracted mainstream coverageacross the globe....

UK retailer Smyths Toys will reportedly be selling PlayStation 5 consoles in stores and online this Thursday. Its February 17 restock will only includePS5disc edition consoles,which are priced at £449.99, according toPS5 Stock UK. It claims customers will be able to pre-order the console online from around 9am GMT. For the best chance of success, it’s recommended that users are logged into a Smyths account and that they don’t refresh the website frequently in order to avoid a ban from the retailer’s anti-bot security system....

Sony has added the ability for PlayStation 4 users to stream content from a PlayStation 5 console via Remote Play. The PS5 Remote Play app appeared on the PS4 system menu this morning, seemingly without any fanfare fromSony. As withPlayStation’s standard Remote Play app, it allows users to remotely connect to a PS5 and control it over the internet. The app will seemingly allow PlayStation users to play next-gen content on their last-gen console in a separate room or location....

Sony Interactive Entertainment has officially announced its new three-tier subscription service, which will use the PlayStation Plus brand and offer access to hundreds of games. As previously reportedin the press, the service will combine two ofSony’s existing subscription offerings,PlayStationPlus and PlayStation Now, and phase out the branding of the latter. The new service will launch forPS4andPS5starting in June, structured across three payment tiers; Essentials, Extra and Premium. PS Plus Essentials offers the same benefits as the current PS Plus service, with monthly free games, discounts and online multiplayer....