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Sony Interactive Entertainment has released August 2025’s first PlayStation Plus games. This month’s PlayStation Plus Essential titlesare dark fantasy action gameLies of P(PS5,PS4), survival game Day Z (PS4), and 3D arena fighter My Hero One’s Justice 2 (PS4). Day Z and My Hero One’s Justice 2 are PS4 games, but PS5 players can play them via backwards compatibility. Sonyhas announcedplans to shift away from providing PS4 gamesas part of its monthlyPlayStationPlus line-up....

August’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue and Classics titles are now available. August’s Game Catalogue titles, which are listed in full below, includeThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt,Wild Heartsand Cult of the Lamb. PlayStationPlus Premium also includes a range of PS1,PS2andPSPgames to download, andPS3games via cloud streaming. This month’s additions to the Classics Catalogue include the TimeSplitters trilogy. *PlayStation Plus re-release. PlayStation Plus Premium | PS VR2 & Classics **PlayStation Plus Game Catalog version includes the PS VR2 and PS VR versions of the game....

Take-Two has replaced the leadership behind the next BioShock game, after it reportedly failed an internal development review. In a statement, a spokesperson for the publisher confirmedCloud Chamberstudio head Kelley Gilmore has left their role, while creative director Hogarth de la Plante has moved to a publishing position. Plante was involved in the original BioShock game across multiple disciplines including level design, art and programming. According toBloomberg, the leadership changes followed a recent failed review by executives at2K Games, the publishing arm ofTake-Two....

Japan’s leading indie games expo, BitSummit, achieved its highest ever attendance by far this year, according to its organisers. Last year it was claimed that BitSummit Let’s Go!!, which took place in July 2023, attracted more than 23,700 visitors. Now it’s claimed that this year’s event, which was titled BitSummit Drift and took place earlier this month, saw 38,333 attendees, an increase of more than 60%. This year’s event was the 12th instalment of BitSummit and took place in the show’s regular venue, the Miyako Messe in Kyoto....

BitSummit, Japan’s leading indie game festival, has unveiled the first round of stage programming for this year’s event, including Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu, and Clovers designer Hideki Kamiya. Uematsu will headline with his band conTIKI, joined by chiptune pioneer and Game Boy Camera creator Chip Tanaka and composer OkanP. Also joining the stage are industry veteransHideki Kamiya, Boku no Natsuyasumi (aka My Summer Vacation) creator Kaz Ayabe, and Jiro Ishii, creator of the popular 428: Shibuya Scramble....

CD Projekt has struck a deal to acquire Digital Scapes, a Vancouver-based development studio which contributed to Dying Light and more recently Cyberpunk 2077. Digital Scapes was formed in 2012 by industry veterans from the likes ofBioWare, Radical Entertainment and Relic, and currently employs around a dozen experienced game makers. It partnered withTechlandto create Dying Light’s Be the Zombie invasion mode before signing a long-term partnership withCD Projekt Redto work onCyberpunk 2077in 2018....

We spend all week writing words for you, our dear readers, so it’s only fair that we read the words you write back at us. Comments of the Week is our new weekly section in which we look at our favourite: To qualify for Comments of the Week, a comment doesn’t have to necessarily be amusing (though it certainly helps its chances). It can be a good point, an interesting observation or, on occasion, something so ridiculous it has to be called out....

Crytek has announced that Crysis 4 is “on hold” as it plans to lay off 15% of its staff (around 60 people) to stay “financially sustainable”. In a statement posted on its official X account, the company said the layoffs were necessary because of the current state of the industry. “Like so many of our peers, we aren’t immune to the complex, unfavorable market dynamics that have hit our industry these past several years,” it wrote....

Long-running MMO action game DC Universe Online is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. The news was announced in thelatest blog updateon the DC Universe Online website, with senior community manager Ted Stone revealing that the game will be coming to current-gen systems “this holiday season”. “Along with the performance gains found playing natively on the latest and greatest hardware, the team is also working on gameplay and quality of life improvements to match,” Stone wrote....

Elden Ring has made a blockbuster start at US retail, according to market research firm NPD Group. From Software’s game, which was only released on February 25, debuted as both the best-selling title of the month as well as 2022 year to date, ranked on dollar sales. Based on its launch month sales,Elden Ringis also already the fifth best-selling title of the 12-month period ending February 2022, NPD analyst Mat Piscatellasaidon Friday....

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has agreed to acquire Twitter in a deal valued at approximately $44 billion. Twitter announced on Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by the Tesla and SpaceX founder and CEO, who already held a nine percent stake in the social media platform. The deal values each share of Twitter common at $54.20, representing a 38 percent premium on its closing stock price on April 1, which was the last trading day before Musk disclosed his existing stake in company....

The Epic Games store is currently running a promotion which gets you $10 off when you buy any game costing at least $14.99. The discount varies depending on where you live — in the UK, for example, you’ll get £10 off any title priced £13.99 or above – and it’s valid until June 13. The promotion coincides with the launch of a sale offering up to 75 per cent off various titles on theEpic Games store, and the $10/£10 discount is valid on sale items if they meet the minimum qualifying spend....

Epic Games has announced plans to simplify Fortnite’s pass progression systems. By December 1, all passes inFortnitewill progress simultaneously by earning XP from playing any experience (Battle Royale, Lego Fortnite, Rocket Racing, Fortnite Festival). This is already the case with the Battle Royale Battle Pass. Starting on November 2, this will also apply to a new Music Pass, which will replace the Festival Pass. And on December 1, the change will come to the Brick or Treat Lego Pass too....