Q-Games’ next PixelJunk title, Dreams of Another, will release on October 10 for PS5, PS VR2, and PC, alongside long-awaited PC and PlayStation versions of PixelJunk Eden 2. Directed by artist Tomohisa ‘Baiyon’ Kuramitsu, who also helmed PixelJunk Eden 2,Dreamsof Another is a third-person exploration-action game built around the philosophical theme of “no creation without destruction.” “Rather than destroying objects by shooting—as in traditional shooting games—here, your shots materialize and create the world,” Kuramitsu said....

Sony Interactive Entertainment has released a new PlayStation 5 trailer titled ‘Breathtaking Immersion’. It focuses on four aspects of the upcoming console: its graphical capabilities, fast loading times enabled by its SSD, the DualSense controller and 3D audio. In an accompanyingblog post, multiple developers also share how theirPS5games will make use of the console’s high speed SSD and Tempest 3D AudioTech engine. “Hitman 3pushes you to explore and experiment in huge sandbox locations – and being able to save/load frequently is key to that,” says game director Mattias Engström....

ThePlayStationPlayer Celebration will be part of Days of Play 2021, and involves a multi-stage competition in which players have to play as many games and earn as many trophies as possible. Once players havesigned up for the event, any game they play for more than an hour and any trophy they collect will be added to a cumulative total. If all players’ combined total hits a certain milestone they’ll unlock new PSN avatars andPS4dynamic themes....

The logo for PlayStation’s 30th anniversary could contain an image of the unannounced PlayStation 5 Pro. Last weekDealabs user billbil-kun, who has a lengthy track record for leaking upcoming games and hardware, shared alleged information on the new console. They said it will be announced “very soon” with the official announcement set to be made during the first half of September. They also claimed to have access to the packaging design for thePS5Pro, but because they can’t share copyrighted images they instead drew a sketch of the design....

The Pokémon Center pop-up store is returning to ExCel London for the 2025 Pokémon Europe International Championships next month, and reservations are opening this week. The event, which will take place in ExCeL London from February 20 to February 24, will allow attendees and members of the public to purchase a variety of premiumPokémonmerchandise and exclusive International Championships products not available elsewhere. Latest update22nd Jan 2025 / 2:00 pm The Pokemon Center Londonregistration siteis now live....

The Pokémon Company has officially announced a new open-world Pokémon game for Switch. Pokémon Legends: Arceuswill be set during the early days of the Sinnoh region and will be released in 2022. The game appears to be set in a large, open area similar to that ofThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUW1ZWAq09M The three starterPokémonavailable to players are Cyndaquil, Oshawatt and Rowlett. The three were brought to Sinnoh by a new professor, who had previously explored other regions....

A collection of Portal and Portal 2 has been revealed for Nintendo Switch. Announced during aNintendo Directpresentation on Wednesday, Portal: Companion Collection sees both games arrive on aNintendoconsole for the first time. The collection will cost $19.99 / £19.99 and be released in 2022. Portal, which originally appeared as part ofValve‘s The Orange Box, is a groundbreaking puzzle game that sees the player navigate through environments by opening and closing portals that they can walk through....

A fully playable build of Rare’s cancelled Dinosaur Planet N64 game has leaked online. The action-adventure title – which was eventually repurposed forGameCubeas Star Fox Adventures – was obtained and shared online by games preservationistsForest of Illusion, the same group which obtained aZelda 64 betalast month. The leak represents the first time anyone outside ofRarehas been able to play the N64 version of Dinosaur Planet, outside of trade shows in the late 90s and early 2000s....

Former Nintendo of America (NOA) president Reggie Fils-Aimé has claimed that the company’s US arm was “forced” to launch Game Boy Micro in 2005 due to a lack of alignment between different parts of the business. Writing inhis new book, ‘Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top ofNintendo’ (transcribed by VGC), Fils-Aimé said having to launch the GBA redesign after the launch of its successor,Nintendo DS, was a direct result of the “siloed thinking” that was holding the company back at the time....

Remedy creative director Sam Lake has been named the recipient of the 2025 New York Videogame Critics Circle Andrew Yoon Legend Award. The New York Videogame Critics Circle presents the Andrew Yoon Legend Award to “recognize people and organizations that exhibited a significant, sustained body of work that shows exceptional artistic achievement and innovation.” The award is named for Andrew Yoon, a founding member of the New York Videogame Critics Circle....

Less than 24 hours remain until it will no longer be possible to directly purchase Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software from the consoles’ digital stores with a credit card. Nintendo announcedearlier this year that from May 11, 2025 it will no longer be possible to use credit cards on the 3DS andWii UeShops, meaning users will need to separately purchase and redeem physicalNintendoeShop cards in order to buy games and DLC after that date....

When you’re 29 games into a long-running series, it’s probably fair to say that innovation can be hard to come by. This is particularly difficult when your subject matter is a sport like football, where the central mechanics are set in stone and can’t really be changed: it’s not like you can just add a multi-ball mode or put 15 players on the pitch. Despite this,EAhas attempted to further evolve its most lucrative franchise by completely overhauling its main animation system, creating what it calls HyperMotion technology....

From the very start there was pressure on Jedi: Fallen Order, which is amazingly just the third Star Wars PC and console game that publisher Electronic Arts has put out since landing the license in May 2013. Not only does it look to deliver on the promise of a ‘pure’ single-player title in the wake of projects from the likes of Visceral andMotiveseemingly being cancelled, but it comes off the back of developerRespawn‘s breakout battle royale gameApex Legendstoo....