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EA and Respawn Entertainment have announced the Apex Legends Mobile release date. Having recentlyconfirmed that the game would launch this month, on Wednesday they revealed a Jun 28, 2025 release date forIOSandAndroid. Players who pre-register for the game will unlock exclusive rewards for use inApex Legends Mobile. A cinematic trailer has also been released to coincide with today’s announcement, which is viewable below. Apex Legends Mobile is being developed by a dedicated team atRespawnin conjunction withTencent’s Lightspeed & Quantum Studios, which is the group of developers behindPUBGMobile....

Nintendo has finally confirmed that Sora will be getting his own amiibo figure. As confirmed during today’sNintendo Direct, the Kingdom Hearts character, who appeared in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, will become an amiibo in 2024. This will mark the end of the Super Smash Bros series of amiibo figures, with every character in the game finally represented as a physical figurine. Sora joined Banjo and Kazooie, the hero from Dragon Quest, Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII, Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury and Steve fromMinecraftas guest characters in the game....

Activision and Raven Software have revealed the next map for Call of Duty: Warzone. The new area is called Urzikstan, and is described as “a brand-new big map where the Middle East meets Eastern Europe, designed with 11 memorable main points of interest alongside many other smaller areas”. The map borders the Republic of Adal, the location ofWarzone‘s Al Mazrah map, and consists of 11 major points of interest, which are described in detail on the officialCall of Duty blog....

Sega and RGG Studios have revealed plans for the next Like a Dragon Direct live stream. The next live stream will be held on Thursday, January 9, at 12pm ET / 5 PM GMT. Fans of the series can tune in to the Like a Dragon Direct live stream onYouTubeorTwitch. “The livestream will reveal various updates and first-looks at new features for the upcoming modern-day pirate adventureLike a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaiiwhich launches on February 21st,”Segasaid....

Nintendo has announced that its next Nintendo Direct presentation will take place tomorrow, and will be a Partner Showcase. Nintendosays the Direct will feature “roughly 25 minutes of information on upcomingNintendo Switch 2andNintendo Switchgames from Nintendo’s publishing partners”. The Direct will be broadcast on Thursday, July 31 at 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm BST. Given the focus on third-party games, it’s unlikely that Thursday’s Direct will feature major new first-party game announcements, or release dates for those previously revealed....

The newly-opened Nintendo Museum in Japan has begun limiting the sale of certain items. The museum only opened its doors to the public on Tuesday, but online marketplaces are already being flooded with items bought from the venue. Seemingly in a bid to combat scalping, a post on the museum’s officialXaccount on Tuesday confirmed that the sale of some items will now be limited. These include a collection of keychains fashioned afterNintendoconsoles, as well as large cushions that come in the shape of Nintendo controllers....

Poncle has announced the second Vampire Survivors DLC pack. Like December’sLegacy of the Moonspell expansion, the upcoming DLC will introduce new characters, a fresh stage and additional weapons, among other features. Titled ‘Tides of the Foscari’ and priced at $1.99/£1.59/€1.99, the DLC will be released on April 13 forXbox,PCand mobile. It includes eight new characters, 13 new weapons, one stage, seven music tracks and 20 new achievements. “In Tides of the Foscari, our story takes us to the rolling hills and wooded lands of Western Europe,” Poncle community manager Beth Molloy toldXbox Wire....

UK regulator the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is likely to rule on Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard next week. The watchdog is expected to make a preliminary decision on the $69 billion deal before the end of the month, according to aVergesource said to be familiar with the matter. This will be followed by a final decision, which is due to be issued by October 18. The CMA remains the last major roadblock to the deal closing....

Valorant is currently down for emergency maintenance in two regions, while Riot Games is investigating issues in other locations on the title’s launch day. The free-to-play FPS went live earlier today but is currently unavailable in Europe and Asia Pacific, according to Riot’s official channels. “We’re currently in an emergency maintenance for EU to deal with the instability they were seeing earlier,” ittweeted. “We hope to have this resolved within the hour....

Starting today, VGC is introducing ad-free browsing and exclusive article commenting for allPatreonsupporters, in addition to regular member benefits. You can gain access to the ad-free VGC site by joining our Patreon atPatreon.com/VideoGamesChroniclefor as little as $5. In addition, from today, we’re overhauling the comments system on VGC so that all Patreon members on paid tiers can connect their accounts directly to the website, further bolstering the community that’s already thriving over onour Discord channel....

40 minutes of The Outer Worlds PS4 gameplay has been published onVGC’s YouTube channel. The footage, captured atTokyo Game Showthis month, shows the opening moments of theObsidianRPG, following the game’s intro cinematic and character creation scene. The Outer Worldswon the Game Critics E3 2019 award for Best Original Gameand is being co-directed by original Fallout creatorsTim CainandLeonard Boyarsky. The game’s story has players lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the furthest edge of the galaxy, eventually awaking decades later in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the Halcyon colony....

US retailer Walmart will be taking new PlayStation 5 orders online next week. Sony confirmed earlier on Thursday that allPS5sales at launch will be online only, with no units available in stores on November 12. While it’s still unclear how widespread new PS5 stock will be, Walmart will be offering customers several chances to buy the console on launch day. The day you’ve all been waiting for is almost here: the#PS5is coming 11/12 for online orders only!...

Warner Bros. Games is closing three internal development studios and canceling its Wonder Woman game. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War studio Monolith Productions is shutting down, with its in development Wonder Woman game being axed, according to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier. His sources have alsoclaimedthat Warner is closingMultiVersusstudio Player First Games, and mobile-focused studio WB San Diego. Update25th Feb 2025 / 7:54 pm Warner Bros. has confirmed the reported closures in a statement issued to Kotaku reporterEthan Gach....