Halo developer 343 Industries has rebranded as ‘Halo Studios’, and announced that it’s working on multiple Halo games developed within Unreal Engine 5. The news was shared during Sunday’sHaloWorld Championship tournament, in which it debuted a video showing a technical test of various Halo-themed locations running within Unreal. The studio stressed that the footage shown isn’t a game, but a glimpse of what it might be able to achieve within UE5....

The first gameplay video of Pac-Man World Re-Pac has been shown off. The gameplay clips, which were first shown at Anime Expo 2022, show off the Anubis and Toc-Man boss fights, as well as several environments from the remake of the PS1 platformer. It’s also claimed during the clip that improvements wikl be made to the platforming. “Maybe sometimes Pac-Man would unfairly fall off of ledges,” the host said. “We’re fixing that”....

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is here and the multiplayer suite is as competitive as ever. However, some players simply don’t want to play against players on other consoles, or more likely, they don’t want to play against players onPCdue to hacking, and the general skill level difference between controller players and mouse & keyboard players. So read on, and we’ll show youhow to disable crossplay inModern Warfare2 onXbox....

Looking to make a quick buck in Fisch? You can keep watching the skies, or you can learnhow to spawn a meteorfor yourself. While Fisch has almost too many server-wide events to keep track of already, a meteor drop isn’t always one of them. You can call one in if you have the cash, or wait to be taken out by one if you’re hoping to get a cool new title....

Knowinghow to unlock Gear 5 in One Fruit Simulatoris one of the worst-kept secrets in the game. Unless you’re willing to dive deep into the game’s Discord server, there’s a good chance you won’t have a clue how to get it. Gear 5, added on August 11 update, came with the introduction of Oni Island and the traveling Floating Oni Island, accompanying raids, and some necessary buffs. How to unlock Gear 5 in One Fruit Simulator First up, to get the Gear 5 upgrade in One Fruit Simulator, you’re obviously going to need to have reached Gear 4....

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) will broadcast the PlayStation Showcase 2023 live stream today. Wednesday’sPlayStationpresentation will begin at 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm BST / 10pm CEST. You’ll be able to watch it live onTwitchorYouTube, including via the YouTube video embedded at the top of this page. “The show will run a bit over an hour, focusing onPS5and PS VR2 games in development from top studios from around the world,” according toSony....

Jake Solomon, the director of Marvel’s Midnight Suns and the XCOM franchise, is leaving Firaxis after more than two decades. In addition, studio head Steve Martin will also be leaving the company after 25 years, publisher2Kannounced on Friday. He will be replaced by former chief operating officer, Heather Hazen. The departures follow the disappointing launch ofMarvel’s Midnight Suns, though it’s not clear if they’re related. VGC has asked 2K for comment....

Infinity Ward has confirmed that Call of Duty Warzone will eventually tie in with other Call of Duty games beyond Modern Warfare. Confirminga VGC report from May,Infinity Warddesign director Geoff Smith toldGamesRadarthatActivisionintends to “evolve” the battle royale game and incorporate content from other Call of Duty sub-brands. “Although Warzone is very closely tied toModern Warfare, it was designed from the beginning as its own game,” he said. “As the game continues to be updated over time, it will evolve and become tied to other games in the Call of Duty universe....

Hitman studio IO Interactive has opened a studio in Turkey, its fourth studio to date. IOI Istanbul will be located in Maslak, Sariyer and has been set up to “establish a hub for AAA game development in the region and create unique game experiences for our players across the world”, IO said in a statement. It added: “Our team in Istanbul will play a significant role in our ambitious productions: Project 007, Project Fantasy and Hitman....

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced January 2023’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog and Classics Catalog titles. This month’s additions, which are listed in full below, includeBack 4 Blood,Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition, Life is Strange,Dragon Ball FighterZ,Sayonara Wild Hearts, Jett: The Far Shore, and Just Cause 4 Reloaded. Update12th Jan 2023 / 9:26 am Sonyhassaidthat Sayonara Wild Hearts was incorrectly announced as part of January’s Game Catalog line-up forPlayStationPlus....

Metal Gear Solid publisher Konami hasn’t given up on console games despite its recent success in the mobile space, its European president has said. Despite releasing just a handful of console titles this generation in addition to its annual PES instalments, in 2019Konamimarked its fifth consecutive year of growth, partly due to the success of its mobile games. Pro Evolution Soccer has been downloaded more than 200 million times on mobile as of this summer, while the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise is also one of Konami’s top performers....

Booting up PlayStation 5 for the first time is a totally different experience to Xbox Series X. Compared toMicrosoft’s iterative,PC-style approach, which has seen it push Series X as a super-charged extension of previousXboxconsoles,Sonyis selling a revamp, with evocative new imagery and unfamiliar mechanics directed at players from the very moment you hit the power button. PS5 greets users with a flurry of particles and a melodic fanfare, signalling that this is definitely not the console you’re used to....

2K and Visual Concepts have published information on Lego 2K Drive’s Drive Pass, a year of content that will be coming to the game post-launch. The Drive Pass includes four ‘Seasons’ of content, which are to be released in June 2023, fall 2023, winter 2023 and spring 2024. Each Season will have a Premium and Free version. The Drive Pass will also be included in the Awesome Edition and Awesome Rivals versions of the game....