EA Sports has delisted its FIFA back catalogue from digital storefronts

Electronic Arts has seemingly delisted its entire FIFA back catalogue from digital storefronts on consoles and PC. As spotted by Twitter userMauroNL,EA’s FIFA titles up to and including last year’sFIFA 23are no longer available to purchase on the likes of thePlayStationStore, theMicrosoftStore, theNintendoeShop,Steamand theEpic Games Store. The FIFA 23 webpage on EA’s site hasn’t yet been updated to reflect this, meaning it’s currently directing users to dead links or store pages for unavailable products....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Sheryl Mora

Early Steam Deck previews praise performance, but question comfort

The first round of previews of Valve’s Steam Deck have dropped, and with them comes praise for the handheld’s performance, but some questions over the comfort over long term use. “While I can reach every button comfortably from a neutral, relaxed position, I do find a number of them a little awkward to use.” He continued “it’s a small price to pay for the unprecedented input flexibility afforded byValve‘s design” and would later praise the joysticks as “miles ahead of every other handheld I have touched, with the exception of the Aya Neo Next”....

May 23, 2025 · 3 min · 521 words · David Sanchez

Elden Ring Nightreign is getting remixed bosses in a free update

Elden Ring Nightreign is set to receive remixed versions of its current bosses over the next few weeks. Everdark Sovereigns, which are stronger, remixed versions of the game’s original bosses, are being added weekly, starting today with the Everdark version of Gaping Jaw. These expeditions will only be available to players who’ve defeated the original versions of the bosses, and will be available to fight for a limited time....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 249 words · Sarah Anderson

Every Unova Pokémon is getting an illustration rare in the Pokémon Black and White anniversary set

Pokémon’s upcoming trading card game set, which will celebrate 15 years of Pokémon Black and White, will feature an illustration rare card for every Unova Pokémon, in a franchise first. IllustrationRares are versions of cards that feature artwork on the entire card. These often depict scenes like aPokémon‘s habitat or a Pokémon interacting with another Pokémon. The art style of these cards is often significantly more stylized than their standard versions....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 317 words · Mr. Chad Bruce

Fall Guys Season 4 teaser video reveals a futuristic new level

Mediatonic has released a new teaser video for Fall Guys Season 4. The studio confirmed the first details about the upcoming season in late February, when it revealed that Season 4 will be “traveling to the future”. The year in question is 4041 and it’s happening “soon”,it said at the time. A teaser video released on Wednesday reveals Skyline Stumble, one of seven new stages headed to the game....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Michael Griffin

First look at Nintendo Switch 2 game box art

Nintendo has released the first look at physical Switch 2 games. The boxes will once again retain the red motif established by theNintendo Switch, however, the Switch 2 game will feature a large red bar across the top of the box art, displaying theNintendo Switch 2logo. Nintendohas also shown off what Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games will look like. Switch 2 Edition games are separate from standard Switch 2 backwards compatibility and need to either be purchased separately or upgraded to for owners of Switch 1 versions....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 288 words · Nicholas Robinson

FIRST LOOK: Dying Light: The Beast convinced us the move to a standalone game is warranted

Most developers will likely agree that leaks are a bad thing, but Dying Light: The Beast could be a rare exception. When developerTechlandwas handed a large bunch of lemons after reams of information about its upcomingDying Light 2DLC was leaked, it decided to get out its juicer (if you still follow this awkward metaphor) and make a big flask of lemonade with it. Rather than accepting that its DLC was no longer a big surprise, Techland decided to double down and expand its scope even further, to the extent that it eventually justified a standalone release....

May 23, 2025 · 5 min · 924 words · Amy Diaz

Former Activision boss Bobby Kotick is reportedly interested in buying TikTok

UPDATE 09/04/24: This article was updated to include details on the CRD settlement, in which it found allegations against Activision and Bobby Kotick to be unsubstantiated. Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is reportedly interested in acquiring TikTok. Amid national security concerns, US lawmakers have proposed a bill that would require Chinese tech giant ByteDance to sell the popular video-sharing app within six months or face a domestic ban....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Jenny Ward

Fortnite runs at 4K and 60 FPS on PS5 and Xbox Series X

Epic has detailed the next-gen version of Fortnite, which will be available to download when PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S launch next week. The game will run at 4K and 60 FPS onPS5andXbox Series X, and at 1080p and 60 FPS onXboxSeries S. Split Screen now supports 60 FPS on all next-gen platforms. On PS5 and Xbox Series X,Epicsays enhanced visuals and physics will result in “grass and trees responding to explosions, enhanced fluid simulations for smoke and liquid (cooler-looking smoke and liquid effects), and all-new storm and cloud effects”....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 218 words · Drew Wyatt

Free Rabbids game designed to teach coding now available

Ubisoft has released Rabbids Coding, an educational PC game designed to teach players the basics of programming and algorithmic logic. Suitable for players aged 7+,Ubisoftsays reading skills are required but previous knowledge of coding isn’t. TheUbisoft Montrealgame, which is available to download from Uplay, tasks players with entering programming commands into a spaceship’s operating system in order to clean up a mess caused by the mischievous Rabbids. Ubisoft says players will learn how to use sequential programming, loops and conditions across 32 levels....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Rebecca Phillips

FromSoft’s Elden Ring is the studio’s ‘largest game to date’

From Software has formally confirmed its new game, Elden Ring, at this evening’s Xbox E3 conference. While many of the details were revealed viaa major leak earlier this week,Bandai Namcohas now officially unveiled itsFrom Softwarecollaboration with A Song of Ice and Fire author George R. R. Martin. According toXbox, the fantasy action-RPG adventure is From Software’s “largest game to-date”. Elden Ringis in development now forPC,PlayStation 4andXbox Onebut as yet, Bandai has not confirmed a definitive release window....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · Nathan Coleman

GoldenEye re-release studio claims issues are ‘authentic’ to the N64 original

The studio behind the newly released version of GoldenEye 007 has claimed that some of the graphical and frame-rate issues reported by players were present in the original game. Replying to a fan on Twitter, Canadian studio Code Mystics Inc. – which helped port theN64title – claimed that due to the emulation technology used for the release, the issues present were already in the original code. “Side effect of it being emulation is it picks up a few graphics quirks of the original....

May 23, 2025 · 3 min · 517 words · Justin Kaufman

Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch

Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch. In a new Creator’s Voice video, developer Supergiant confirmed that the game, which is also planned for other consoles, will first come toNintendo Switch 2. Latest update8th Apr 2025 / 3:50 pm TheSupergiant GamesX account has issued acorrection, now claiming that the game will also launch on the originalNintendo Switchwhen it enters v1.0. The rogue-like sequel, which has been in early access for some time, will come to Nintendo Switch 2 later this year, but no specific information was provided on a launch date....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 260 words · Charles Reed