Off-screen Sonic Frontiers footage has appeared online showing the return of fan favourite Big the Cat. Big, who first appeared in Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast in 1999, has his own fishing mini-game in the blue hedgehog’s next outing. According topress reports, players can collect tokens in exchange for their fish catches, which can then be spent on various items such as Portal Gear fragments, voice diaries, Vault Keys or Amy’s heart collectible....

How can you possibly keep a game fresh after 20 years? That’s the challenge Blizzard faces as World of Warcraft reaches its emerald anniversary. “What we’ve been doing in the last year and a half is part of that journey,” Holly Longdale tells VGC. Longdale is the executive producer and vice president forWorld of Warcraftand has captainedBlizzard‘s flagship franchise through a difficult period. She’s also the person in charge of keeping devoted players happy, while at the same time bringing new players in....

Blizzard is suing Chinese company Sina Games for alleged infringement of its Warcraft intellectual property. In alawsuitfiled in California this month (viaPolygon), theWorld of Warcraftmaker claims Sina’sPCand mobile game Glorious Saga is a “blatant Warcraft knock-off”. The suit features several side-by-side comparisons showing similarities between Warcraft’s and Glorious Saga’s characters, and a mobile icon for Glorious Saga “that plainly is intended to look like” the cover of the latest World of Warcraft expansion, Battle for Azeroth....

Latest update13th Dec 2024 / 2:00 pm We’re prepping the Blox Fruits tier list for the reworked Dragon fruit UPD set to launch tomorrow. TheBlox Fruits fruits tier listwas something under heavy scrutiny when the game was getting frequent updates throughout each year. Now closing in on a whole year without a new fruit or meaningful balance patch, the list of thebest fruits in Blox Fruitsis sitting steady. Though we still expect a major shakeup with the release of the next fruit, now is the best time to save up for a top-tier fruit you can stick with....

John Carmack has welcomed Microsoft’s acquisition of Id Software parent Zenimax and suggested it could see him once again work with the studio he co-founded. Carmack, who programmed Id’s classic games including Doom, Wolfenstein and Quake, has been involved in multiple legal battles with his former employer since he departed in 2013. On Monday, following news thatMicrosoft has agreed to purchase Bethesda Softworks’ parent for $7.5m, Carmack tweeted: “Great! I thinkMicrosofthas been a good parent company for gaming IPs, and they don’t have a grudge against me, so maybe I will be able to re engage with some of my old titles....

Cyberpunk 2077 is currently attracting over one million players daily, according to CD Projekt. “Each day of this week Night City has been visited by 1 million players, both new and returning,” reads amessagepublished on the game’s official Twitter account on Wednesday. “We wanted to use this opportunity to thank you for being with us and playing the game,” it added. Earlier today Cyberpunk 2077 hit 86,130 concurrent players onSteam, its highest total since January 2021, the month after the game was released....

Toys for Bob has announced it is supporting Call of Duty: Warzone development, amid claims of layoffs at the Activision-owned studio. The Novato, California-based developer, which made 2018’s Spyro Reignited Trilogy and 2020’sCrash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, tweeted to say it’s “proud to support development for Season 3 of Call of Duty #Warzone, and look forward to more to come”. “Glad to have you on the project with us!...

Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal are currently expected to release five triple-A games by August 04, 2025. Lars Wingefors, the CEO ofCrystal Dynamicsand Eidos parent companyEmbracer, provided an update on the group’s pipeline of triple-A projects during a quarterly earnings presentation on Thursday. He defined triple-A games as titles that have over 100 full-time developers at the peak of their development phase. They must also have notable or significant marketing budgets and are expected to sell at least two million units....

THQ Nordic has announced Darksiders Genesis, a top-down action-RPG set for release later this year on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC and Google Stadia. The spin-off of the mainline Darksiders action adventure series is in development at Battle Chasers: Nightwar studio Airship Syndicate. It’ll see players taking on the role of a new Horseman of the Apocalypse, Strife,IGNreports. THQ says Genesis will feature “intense combat, exploration, puzzle-solving, epic boss battles and serpent holes from heaven to hell”....

Sony has announced December 2024’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog and Classics titles. This month’s additions (which are listed in full below) includeSonic Frontiers,Forspokenand Rabbids: Party of Legends. PlayStation Plus Premium also offers a selection of PS1,PS2andPSPgames to download, andPS3games via cloud streaming. December’s additions to the Classics Catalog were revealed earlier this month andare already available to claim. They are PS2 games Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy,...

Guy ‘Dr Disrespect‘ Beahm’s legal dispute with Twitch is over. Beahm was one of Twitch’s most popular streaming personalities prior to the unexpectedtermination of an exclusive deal with the platform, which was said to have been worth as much as $10 million a year, in June 2020. The streamer said in August 2021 that he wasplanning to sue Twitchover his ban from theAmazon-owned platform, butaccording brief statements posted by both parties this week, the matter has now been settled....

Square Enix has dated its Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, and announced Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake. The former title, which was originally confirmed back in 2021, will be released on August 01, 2025. It will be available for forNintendo Switch,PlayStation 5,Xbox Series X/S, andPCviaSteamandMicrosoftStore. Pre-orders for the game are now live. During aNintendo Directpresentation on Tuesday,Square Enixalso announced Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake, which is scheduled for release in 2025....

More companies including Sega, Square Enix and Bandai Namco have signed up for the all-digital E3 2021. Organiser TheEntertainment Software Associationconfirmed the new participating companies on Thursday, along withGearbox, Xseed, Turtle Beach, Verizon, Devious Eye and Binge.com. Nintendo,Xbox,Capcom,Ubisoft,Take-Two Interactive,Warner Bros. GamesandKoch Mediawere already confirmed as participantsin the event, which will run from June 12 through 15, with media days running during the four days prior. Major games companies yet to pledge support for the digital E3 show includeElectronic Arts,Activision,PlayStation,Amazon Game Studios,Epic GamesandOculus....