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Nintendo has announced that it’ll be hosting a Direct presentation dedicated to Xenoblade Chronicles 3 this week. TheXenoblade Chronicles 3Direct will take place on Wednesday June 22, and starts at 10am EDT / 3pm BST. According toNintendo, the presentation will feature “roughly 20 minutes of information about the upcoming RPG adventure forNintendo Switch. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was originally planned for a September release, but Nintendo revealed in April that it hadmoved the release date forward to July 29....

Dead Space creator and Callisto Protocol director Glen Schofield has said that he may have directed his last game as he struggles to fund his next project. Schofield – whofounded Striking Distance in 2019to create a new game in thePUBGuniverse, which evolved over time intoThe Callisto Protocol– has suggested he may be done directing games, due to the difficulty in finding financial backing. “Game industry, it’s tough out there,” Schofield wrote onLinkedIn, explaining that an idea he had been working on with his daughter – herself a developer with eight years’ experience – wasn’t being picked up....

Following the news that EA Sports is working on a college basketball game, 2K Sports has made its own intentions known. On Monday,EAtweeted an image of a basketball with theEA Sportslogo on it, along with the message: “Bring the Madness. Let’s run it back. #CBB #ItsInTheGame” The image appeared to confirm that EA Sports is now working on its first college basketball game since NCAA Basketball 10 was released 16 years ago, and its first basketball game overall since NBA Live 19 seven years ago....

343 Industries is currently working on a fix for a gun jamming bug affecting some Halo Infinite weapons. The studio acknowledged the issue on Friday, shortly after thelaunch of Halo Infinite Season 2, a process it has also described as regrettably “bumpy”. “The ‘jamming’ that’s happening to semi-automatic weapons (most noticeably the BR) is not an intended mechanic,”said343 senior community manager John Junyszek. “It’s a bug that was introduced when addressing a rapid-fire exploit....

A Scottish graphic designer has started working on a mystery game set in his home town of Paisley. Richard Gellatly, who goes by the name Bovine in his works, has launched aKickstarter campaign for Crystal Garden, a game named after a real-life Chinese takeaway in the Scottish town. Gellatly gained some media attention last year when early experimental footage showing a character running through real Paisley locations went viral among Scots....

A Lego set celebrating Sonic the Hedgehog has appeared online ahead of an anticipated official announcement. The set, which is listed for resale on popular online marketplaceMercado Libre, appears to recreate the iconic Green Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog, complete with gold rings and Dr. Robotnik. The set is part of the Lego Ideas brand, which allows fans to create their own dream brick sets and submit them to the Lego website for approval....

A new livestream for Metaphor: ReFantazio will take place later this week. The presentation will be streamed on the officialAtlus West YouTube channelon Thursday, August 29 at 5am PT / 8am ET / 1pm BST, and will have English subtitles and dubbed audio. According toSegaandAtlus, the stream “will reveal more details aboutMetaphor: ReFantazio’s fantasy world and the protagonist’s journey through the United Kingdom of Euchronia”.

Beat ’em up Aeon Must Die has seemingly returned, despite controversial accusations of IP theft by members of its development team last year. Last year, eight members of the game’s development team quit, citing harassment, abuse and “endless crunch” at the hands of developer Limestone Games. The controversy caused publisherFocus Home Interactiveto release a statement saying it was looking into the allegations, but for the past year nothing has been said about the game....

Contrary to how it may appear in certain other circles, not all reviewers take pleasure in writing negative reviews of games. Every time a new release underwhelms, we share criticism acutely aware that a team of people worked on that game, and that a low-scoring review can have an actual impact. If it pains our heart to criticise a game for this reason, the Deluxe Edition ofAlone in the Darkreally jams the stake in and gives it a little twist....

EA is in “advanced negotiations” to bring Apex Legends to mobile and the Chinese market, it revealed during its latest earnings call. The publisher said it was “overjoyed” with the performance of theRespawnbattle royale game, which has become the fastest growing new title in its history with over 50 million players. Read ourE3 2019 datesschedule for every conference and live stream date. However,EAechoedrecent sentimentfrom the game’s developer, that it’s explosive growth has caused unexpected problems for the studio....

Ubisoft has cut the price of the Assassin’s Creed Shadows Collector’s Edition following changes to its contents. Ubisoftrecentlydelayed Assassin’s Creed Shadowsfrom this November to February 2025. At the same time, it announced it was departing from its traditional season pass model, cancelling early access and granting players who pre-ordered the game its first expansion for free. Ubisoft provided an update on the game’s Collector’s Edition in a Q&A published on Discord this week....

Baldur’s Gate 3 is adding cross-play, 12 new subclasses and a photo mode, Larian Studios has announced. These new features will be introduced to the game in 2025 as part of its eighth major patch. “Whether you’re joiningPS5players from yourPC, or jumping into a game withMacusers from yourXbox,Baldur’s Gate 3multiplayer will soon feature full cross-platform progression, including cross-play – just as the gaming gods intended,”Lariansaid. “Once the update is live you’ll be able to invite your friends to join your cross-play lobby directly, regardless of platform and find available multiplayer lobbies with friends on other systems using the Larian Network....

Oculus Studios and Camouflaj have revealed the first gameplay footage of Batman: Arkham Shadow. The VR title,which will be released this October, was shown off duringGamescomOpening Night Live on Tuesday. You can watch the first gameplay footage from the upcoming title below. “This time around, you are Batman,” reads an official description of the game. “Land bone-crushing punches. Glide into hapless enemies. Retreat to the shadows.Camouflajhas reimagined the core Arkham experience for VR, drawing particular inspiration from Batman: Arkham Asylum and its intricate and interconnected level design....