Sony is giving developers PlayStation VR2 demos at GDC

Sony is providing some developers with demos of its upcoming virtual reality headset, PlayStation VR2, at GDC this week. Chet Faliszek, a writer who previously worked atValveon Half-Life, Portal and the Left 4 Dead series, was given a demo of the new tech byPlayStation‘sShuhei Yoshidaand Greg Rice. Commenting on the experience, Faliszeksaid: “Had one of those VR moments today playing in the new PSVR2 hmd… You know where the world just feels different when you return?...

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 245 words · Rodney Nguyen

Sony says PS5 pre-order demand has been ‘very high’

Sony Interactive Entertainment has seen very strong demand for PlayStation 5, according to CEO Jim Ryan. “The demand as expressed by the level of pre-order has been very considerable,”Sony’s gaming boss toldReuters. According to Ryan, the company took as manyPS5pre-orders in the first 12 hours in the US as it did in the first 12 weeks forPS4. Ryan said Sony is “working as hard as we ever can” to meet demand but that “it may well be that not everybody who wants to buy a PS5 on launch day will be able to find one....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · Jaime Martin

Spider-Man 2 Williamsburg Spider-Bot locations

Spider-Man 2 Williamsburg Spider-Bot locations are the subject of this guide, which will help you find the elusive collectibles. In total there are two Spider-Bots hidden in the Williamsburg are; Scorpion and Prowler. Spider-Man 2is full of Spider-Bots. What’s the reward for collecting all of them? You’ll unlock a special end-game cutscene. If you want to learn more, check out ourSpider-Man 2 Spider-Bots endingreport. When you’re close to a Spider-Bot in Spider-Man 2, you can scan the area by using the R3 button....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 216 words · Jeremy Hester

Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster has been announced, will support up to 4K 120fps

A modern day remaster of Star Wars: Dark Forces is in development at Nightdive Studios. The developer, which specialises in remastering older games and making them look and run better on modern hardware, will support up to 4K resolution and 120 frames per second, depending on the platform it’s running on. It will also feature “advanced 3D rendering, modern gamepad support, trophies and achievements, and more,” according to Nightdive....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 253 words · Wendy Jenkins

Switch 2 owners can finally upload and auto-upload screenshots and videos

The Nintendo Switch 2 will support a long-requested feature regarding screen and video capture. According to dataminer OatmealDome, an update rolling out for theNintendo Switchmobile app adds a screen giving information on a new upload feature. The new feature allowsSwitch 2owners to select any screenshots or video clips they’ve captured on the console and upload them to the the mobile app. This allows users to load the app, find the captures and save them to their camera roll, for sharing on social media or other purposes....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Cindy Petty

Take-Two has sold its indie label Private Division

Take-Two has sold its indie publishing label Private Division. It announced the move alongside its second quarter earnings results on Wednesday, but it didn’t disclose who the studio was sold to or for how much. “We recently made the strategic decision to sell ourPrivate Divisionlabel so we could focus our resources on growing our core businesses for the long term,”Take-TwoCEOStrauss ZelnicktoldVariety. “So as part of that transaction, the buyer purchased substantially all of Private Division’s existing and unreleased titles....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 245 words · Kimberly Bailey

Tales of Kenzera: Zau studio puts team on redundancy notice as it seeks funding

Tales of Kenzera: Zau developer Surgent Studios has put its staff on notice of redundancy as it seeks funding for its next project. “We’ve decided to put the work of the Surgent games division on hiatus while we secure funding for our next project,” reads a post on X. “In the meantime, we’ve unfortunately had to put our team on notice for redundancy,” the statement continued. It’s unknown how many staff stand to be affected....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Larry Lopez

The 25 best GameCube games you need to revisit

To celebrate its 20th birthday, we’re running down the 25best GameCube games, as decided by VGC’s panel of experts. In 2001Nintendoreleased a new console. But despite the hype, it never ended up selling in as enormous numbers as the company had hoped. That console was the outlandish Nintendo Gamecube, a bold, purple box which despite its many excellent games, found itself third in a three-horse race, withSonyleading andMicrosoftholding its own in second....

May 15, 2025 · 17 min · 3612 words · Ashley Gomez

The best Dragon’s Dogma 2 mods

The best Dragon’s Dogma 2 modsare coming thick and fast. The sheer size and complexity of the open-world RPG makes it a great candidate as a bit of a tinkerer’s playground, creating the potential for QoL changes that potentially circumvent the director’s vision, boosted performance, altered visuals, and maybe even full-blown content updates in the future. Still playingDragon’s Dogma 2the way it was intended? You’ll want to knowhow to get your own hometo cut down on those inn costs....

May 15, 2025 · 3 min · 574 words · Brandy Meyer

The fan who spent 8 years making an HD mod for Resident Evil 4 now has an industry job

A Resident Evil 4 fan who spent eight years making an HD mod for the game has landed a job with a game developer as a result. Albert Martin started theResident Evil 4HD Project in 2014 along with fellowResident Evilfan Cris Morales, and finallyreleased version 1.0 in February 2022. Now, in an update onthe mod’s website, Martin revealed that he had been hired by a studio specialising in similar retro remasters....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Daniel Larsen

Theatrhythm Final Bar Line has stopped working because it’s a leap day

Theatrhythm Final Bar Line players have discovered that their game isn’t working today, and the date appears to be to blame. Players have been reporting that, since midnight, theSquare Enixrhythm game refuses to load, and instead fails to connect to Square Enix’s servers. However, as discovered by some players (and confirmed byVooks), the error appears to be tied to the fact that February 29 is a leap day, and appears to be affecting the game in some way....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Tyler Ramirez

Unity is cutting 265 job cuts as part of a company ‘reset’

Unity has confirmed plans to cut 265 jobs or 3.8% of its global workforce as part of a company “reset”. The layoffs are related to the termination of a professional services agreement Unity had with digital effects company Weta FX,Reutersreports. The deal was struck after Unity acquired Weta’s technology and engineering division in December 2021 for $1.625 billion. Unity’s quarterly earnings report this monthconfirmed planned structural changes, which it said would likely include discontinuing certain products, reducing its 7,000-strong workforce, and cutting its office footprint....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · Aaron Castro

Warzone 2 best loadouts for Season 1 Reloaded

Warzone 2 best loadouts is the subject of this guide, where we’ll show you the best weapons for Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 Season 1 Reloaded. The newWarzone 2Season 1 Reloaded update is live, and while it comes with a slew of changes, the weapon meta remains mostly the same as before. Season 1 Reloaded featured plenty of nerfs to overpowered weapons like the P890 pistols, the Bryson 890 shotgun, and some of the game’s assault rifles....

May 15, 2025 · 5 min · 973 words · Jack Cervantes