Command & Conquer Remastered Collection dated

Electronic Arts has announced a Command & Conquer Remastered Collection release date of July 03, 2025. Featuring Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, Command & Conquer: Red Alert and their three expansion packs (Covert Ops, Counterstrike and The Aftermath), the RTS compilation will be available forPCvia Origin andSteamand be included with Origin Access Premier subscriptions. It will be available in three editions. A$19.99standard digital edition will be released on Origin and Steam, while the$59....

July 21, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Mathew Burton

Dead Island 2’s second story expansion, SoLA, will be released next month

The second story expansion for Dead Island 2 will be released next month. The DLC, which is called SoLA, will be made available on April 17, shortly before the game’sSteamrelease on April 22. The expansion is set at a large Californian music festival which has been built on ancient grounds. ” A deadly virus sweeps through The Valley, turning its inhabitants into ravenous zombies as a chthonic rhythm calls from beyond – the beat of the Autophage,” the story description reads....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Katrina Chen

Diablo 4 launch times have been revealed

Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra has confirmed the launch times for Diablo 4’s various editions. In a tweet, Ybarra told fans when they can expectDiablo 4‘s various editions to launch, as certain versions will entitle players to early access. According to Ybarra, players who purchase the Deluxe and Ultimate Editions for the game will be able to play it from June 1 at 4pm PST / 7pm EST (12am BST on June 2 in the UK)....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Christopher Rivera

Disney Speedstorm Season 9 starts next week, is based on Pirates of the Caribbean

The ninth season of Disney Speedstorm will start on August 13, Gameloft has confirmed. Season 9 will be based on Pirates of the Caribbean and will add four characters from the movies, only one of whom has been confirmed so far (Will Turner). The game launched with a Pirates of the Caribbean track and two characters, Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swann, meaning the new season will add to these....

July 21, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Todd Bush

Dragon Age: The Veilguard has strong characters, but gameplay stuck in the past

Dragon Age: The Veilguard fleetingly captures BioWare magic, but just as often as it does this, it also disappoints with repetitive gameplay plagued with annoyances. While BioWare nails what it does best, like the excellent cast of characters and their interpersonal relationships, from a gameplay perspective, it too often feels frustratingly stuck in the past. Set after 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition, the game follows Rook as they deal with the fallout of stopping the plans of Solas, The Dreadwolf....

July 21, 2025 · 6 min · 1126 words · Mark Austin

EA’s Star Wars strategy game still in development following Respawn cancellation

The Star Wars strategy game currently in development at Bit Reactor will continue, despite recent layoffs at publisher EA. That’s according to a post from the developer on X, following the news thatRespawn’s first-person shooter was cancelled this week. It wrote: “Last week was difficult for the industry, and more so because of our strong relationships within the other teams atRespawn. but for those asking, we are still hard at work, and our game was unaffected by last week’s news....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Michelle Jones

Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree recieves ‘mixed’ Steam reviews amidst difficulty and performance complaints

Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree has debuted to mixed user reviews on Steam. At the time of writing, out of the 24,256 reviews published for the game, 18699 are positive, and 11669 are negative,according to Steam. While some user reviews highlight inconsistent performance, which has been an issue since the original release of the game for somePCs, a significant portion of the reviews mention the game’s difficulty. WhileFromSoftwaregames have always been known for their difficulty, several user reviews claim Shadow of the Erdtree is significantly harder than the main game....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Jessica Barnes

FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition: Where are my FIFA Points? Where is my Ones to Watch Item?

FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition has finally launched in many parts of the world and players have begun building their Ultimate Teams. However, for some players, it hasn’t been a smooth launch, with widespread reports of missing items that should be included in theFIFA 23Ultimate Edition, such as the 4600 FIFA Points that FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition owners are entitled to. While this is a bug, not all of the bonus items have been released yet for the FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition, such as the untradeable Ones to Watch item....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 415 words · Joshua Jones

Final Fantasy 14’s main quest and expansions can now be played entirely solo

The latest major patch for Final Fantasy 14 has been released, finally making it possible for players to play the entire main scenario alone. Square Enixfirst added the Duty Support systemback in the game’s version 6.1 patch back in April 2022, allowing players to take on the launch portion of the game entirely solo.; Duty Support lets players take on main scenario dungeons with a party of NPCs, whereas before they would have been required to team up with other human players online....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Jessica Wilcox

Final Fantasy 7 is getting a battle royale prequel

Square Enix has announced a battle royale spin-off for Final Fantasy 7, called The First Soldier. Set for release oniOSandAndroidlater this year, the last-person-standing multiplayer game is set in Midgar 30 years before the events of the original Final Fantasy 7. As a SOLDIER candidate, players must make use of their abilities in “a battle for survival”. Players use various guns and powers in a setup that doesn’t look dissimilar to other popular battle royale games....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 266 words · Troy Lambert

Fortnite fundraiser nets $144 million for Ukraine humanitarian relief efforts

Fortnite players have helped raise almost $150 million for Ukraine humanitarian relief efforts. Epic Gamesrecentlycommitted to donating “all its Fortnite proceeds”for a two-week period to supporting people affected by the war in Ukraine. It was joined byXbox, which also pledged to donate its “net proceeds” fromFortniteduring the same period. Just one day after announcing the donation plan, Epic said $36 million had been raised. The figure rose to $100 million as of March 29 and the fundraising drive concluded on Sunday with $144 million raised....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 282 words · Crystal Bernard

Game Pass is adding Metaphor: ReFantazio, The Division 2, and more next week

Microsoft has announced the next wave of Xbox Game Pass games arriving next week and beyond. Notably,Atlus’s game of the year nomineeMetaphor: ReFantaziowill join Game Pass Ultimate,PCGame Pass, Game Pass Standard for cloud, PC, and console on May 29. A week earlier, on May 22, Tales of Kenzera: Zau will join Ultimate and PC Game Pass, andStalker 2and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II will join Game Pass Standard. Tom Clancy’sThe Division 2will join Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard for cloud, PC, and console on May 27....

July 21, 2025 · 6 min · 1240 words · Melissa Bartlett

Google plans to offer free Stadia platform trials post-launch

Google plans to offer free Stadia platform and software trials “a few months” after the cloud gaming service’s November 2019 launch. Speaking toStadiaCastin a video interview,GoogleVP andStadiahead of product John Justice said the platform holder views free trials as a “high priority” feature. “It’ll be a few months until they actually go out,” he said. “I don’t know that I’ve mentioned this to anyone yet, so you might be the first....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 268 words · Daniel Horne