The director of publishing at Baldur’s Gate 3 studio Larian says Ubisoft management is to blame for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown selling below expectations. In a post on X (as spotted by80 Level), Michael Douse suggested that the game’s relative failure wasn’t down to the development team’s work, but toUbisoftmanagement. Douse said that Ubisoft should have released the game onSteamon day one, rather than seven months later. Instead, thePCversion launched on theEpic Games Storeand the Ubisoft Store, which Douse says would have been underused by players at the time....

Bandai Namco has begun teasing plans to announce a new Tales of remaster project. “We have some big news coming,” it said in a social media post on Sunday. “Stay tuned.” “The next Tales of Remastered will be announced this summer,” it added in an accompanying video. Given the proximity of the the tease toSunday’s Xbox Games Showcase, it’s possible the project could be revealed today duringMicrosoft’s event. We have some big news coming…⁰⁰Stay tuned👀pic....

Battlefield 6 is a “spiritual successor” to Battlefield 3 and 4 , EA executive vice president Vince Zampella says. Battlefield 6is set to release on October 10, and this weekEAshowed off the game’s multiplayer for the first time at preview events across the world. Now, speaking on a forthcoming episode of the Friends Per Second podcast (viaThis Week In Videogames), Zampella framed the game as the next in the lineage of the fan favourite Battlefield 3 and 4....

Black Myth: Wukong director Feng Ji has posted a lengthy statement thanking fans for their support following The Game Awards, and expressing disappointment that the GameScience action title didn’t come away with the headline Game of the Year award. The hugely popular single-player title won the Action Game and the community-voted Player’s Voice awards atThe Game Awards, but it missed out on Game of the Year, which was won bySony‘sAstro Bot....

Call of Duty Warzone Season 6 has introduced a new Killstreak called “Foresight.” Uncovered in Verdansk’s bunkers byModern Warzone, it enables the holder to see every circle location for the entire match. “It doesn’t function as a typical killstreak, once you’ve picked it up it automatically activates and doesn’t take up a killstreak slot,” ModernWarzonesays. Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare Season 6launched earlier on Tuesday, introducing a new subway system, operators and more....

If you’ve decided that you just have to cross that deep body of water in around Vermund, you may be wondering if you ever learnhow to swim in Dragon’s Dogma 2. With sprawling coastlines, powerful rivers, and trickling streams, figuring out how best to traverse them to reach the goodies often on the other side can be confusing. Whether you’re making your way to Vernworth or are already spending hours parading through it, you’ll want to knowhow to get your own housebefore you spend an obscene amount of coin on stays at the inn....

Name a video game series that’s more synonymous with music than Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. Wipeout? Maybe. Fifa? Maybe. Grand Theft Auto? Maybe. But ask anyone who’s played the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games to share their favourite memory and they’ll likely recall something music-related, whether it’s discovering ska-punk kings Goldfinger as they dropped into The Warehouse, or singing ‘Tony Hawwwwwwk! Tony Hawwwwwk!’ as they misheard the lyrics to Amoeba by the Adolescents....

After months of rumours and leaked screenshots, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered will be revealed tomorrow. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered will be revealed on Tuesday, April 22 at 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm BST. The reveal will take place onBethesda‘s YouTube and Twitch channels. Given previous reports, it’s also possible that the reveal will announce that the game is being released on the same day....

Video game firms’ obsession with building ever more expansive, content-rich worlds has led to many recent blockbusters feeling like they were rolled off a factory production line. The pressure to deliver 50+ hour games, while keeping production costs under control, has increasingly seen open-world titles, in particular, dilute their best content with hours of filler, with systems designed specifically to maximise time played, rather than deliver the most unique experience....

Chris Meledandri, the CEO of film and animation studio Illumination, has today officially joined Nintendo’s board as an outside director. He wasnominated for the role in Mayand officially elected for the position on Tuesday duringNintendo’s 81st annual general meeting of shareholders. Best known as the producer of the Despicable Me and Minions movie franchises, the American is the first westerner to hold an outside director role at Nintendo. Meledandri founded Illumination in 2007 after almost a decade at 20th Century Fox, where he oversaw the creative and business operations of Blue Sky Studios, the CGI firm behind the Ice Age movies....

Dying Light developer Techland has reportedly cancelled multiple games. The Polish developer has reported losses of 130 million Polishzłoty (approximately 37.3 million USD),according to Polish business outletPuls Biznesu.These losses have been attributed to “our decision to discontinue further work on two projects.” It is currently unclear which projects have been affected. VGC has askedTechlandfor comment. In 2022, Techland announcedthat it was working on a new open-world fantasy action RPG.While few details were known about the game, Techland had announced that it had begun building a new team to helm the game, which included RPG veterans....

Embracer Group has said it’s envisaging releasing sequels, remakes, remasters, spin-offs and more for the Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal IPs it’s set to acquire. The Swedish company announced this month that it plans toacquire a large part of Square Enix’s western developmentarm for $300 million. The deal will seeEmbracerbecome the owner ofCrystal Dynamics,Eidos Montreal,Square EnixMontreal, and a catalogue of IPs including Tomb Raider and Deus Ex. Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors commented on its potential plans for the iconic franchises during the company’s fourth quarter earnings report on Thursday....

Donald Mustard, Epic Games’ chief creative officer and one of the driving forces behind its hugely successful Fortnite, has announced he’s leaving the company. Mustard, who was also creative director of the Infinity Blade series and Shadow Complex,announced the newson his social media accounts on Friday. The designer said theFortniteteam were “in the best hands” and working on “huge, jaw dropping, amazing things”. “After an incredible adventure, I will be retiring from my role as Chief Creative Officer at Epic this month,” Mustard wrote....