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Ghost of Tsushima has broken PlayStation’s first-party PS4 launch record. TheSucker Punchtitle sold through more than 2.4 million copies globally in its first three days of sales,Sony Interactive Entertainmentannounced on Friday. The open-world exclusive beat the recordpreviously held by 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn, which took two weeks to sell through 2.6m units. However, Tsushima was some ways from matchingthe records set by established franchises such as The Last of Us Part 2, which sold over four million copies in three days....

Supergiant Games‘ critically acclaimed title Hades has won 9 awards at the International Game Developers Association’s (IGDA) first ever Global Industry Game Awards. There were 39 award categories at the ceremony on Friday, with Hades earning the most by far by winning nearly a quarter of them. According to theIGDA websitethe game’s nine awards were for 2D animation, 2D character design, UI art, voice acting, systems design, UI/UX, dialogue, narrative design and representation....

343 Industries has released a new Halo Infinite update designed to fix long-running issues with Big Team Battle matchmaking. The studio said the latest update should enable players to find full matches more quickly and consistently. Scorpion Tanks and Wraiths will also now appear more frequently on BTB maps, while matchmaking into games which are nearly complete should occur less often. Theupdateweighs in at approximately 1.1 GB or less on all platforms and we’ve republished the full patch notes below....

Production of HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation will begin this summer in Calgary, Canada and is expected to run for 11 months. Pre-production kicked off in mid-March and the cameras will start rolling on July 5, with the production wrapping up on Aug 02, 2025. That’s according to theDirector’s Guild of Canada, a national labour organisation that represents over 5,500 creative and logistical personnel in the screen-based industry....

Hideo Kojima isn’t named in the new credits for Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Volume 1. Kojima – whose relationship withKonamiwent sour during the development of Metal Gear Solid 5 and led to him cutting ties with the publisher – isn’t named in the credits for the new collection. This has been confirmed by multiple players who’ve received early copies of the game and are streaming it onTwitch. Kojima’s name still appears in the credits of the individual games themselves, as these are simply ports of the original games with little alteration, but the wrappers for each game – which contain their own credits screens – don’t mention Kojima, nor do they mention David Hayter or the rest of the cast....

Hogwarts Legacy has regained the number one position in this week’s UK physical game charts. Last week’s top game, the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake, dropped down to second place, allowingWarner BrosGames’ title to take the top spot again. The only new entry in this week’s chart isEA‘s F1 24, which still managed a podium finish in third place. (Last week’s position)

Returnal is, of course, a hard game. But not just from a gameplay perspective, which will see players dash and dodge through thousands of neon lights on their way to the end, but also from a narrative point of view. Typically when a game is as challenging as this, the trade-off is a basic framework story that’s only intended to get you from one place to the next. The exceptions are games like theFrom Softwarecollection, however even those obtuse stories can spell things out with less mystery thanReturnal....

Stuck trying to beat the last boss of Anime Vanguards’ launch day story mode? Here’show to kill the God Statue in Anime Vanguards’Double Dungeon Disaster stage. This guide simply covers how to defeat the God Statue you’ll find at the 3-6 stage of AnimeVanguard‘s first bunch of story missions. If things are any different on Nightmare or Legend difficulties, we’ll detail those steps in time. Right now, this is for all the newcomers flocking to the biggest AnimeRobloxTD game of the year....

A series of leaked modes discovered in Fortnite could suggest that the recently introduced ‘no build’ mode could be added to the game as a permanent option. As found by prominentFortnitedataminer @TweaBR, the game now features options for a Solo, Duo and Trio mode in which the option to build is turned off. Fortniteremoved buildingfrom its default mode this month to mark the start of the new season, however, the positive response from players may seemingly see the change becoming permanent in certain modes....

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has confirmed that Sony has more acquisitions planned, beyond its recent buyouts of Bungie and Haven. Sony announced the acquisitionof Monreal, Canada-basedHavenlast month, which takesPlayStation’s internal studios to more than 18 developers. The move follows the company’s recent acquisitions ofDestinycreatorBungie,Demon’s SoulsstudioBluepoint Games,Returnal developer Housemarque,PCport specialistNixxes Software,and Firesprite, a UK-based developer established by former members of SIE Studio Liverpool. And speaking on the latestPlayStation podcast, SIE president Ryan confirmed that the platform holder is working on further deals to buy developers....

A media outlet has compared Doom Eternal’s Nintendo Switch port to its original PlayStation 4 Pro release and called the new version “remarkable.” Doom Eternalreleased forNintendo Switchon Tuesday, ported byPanicButton, the studio behind the well-received Switch port of Doom 2016. Game Explain has managed to edit a video comparing the new version and editor André Segers highlighted the favourable results in a tweet on Tuesday. “Panic Button must be wizards....

A “big,” update for Gran Turismo 7 is coming next week. That’s according to series producerKazunori Yamauchi, who has posted his traditional pre-update silhouette image to Twitter. No specific day was given for the update, which will feature seven new cars. It’s unclear if any new tracks or track variants will also be included. A big update is coming next week.来週、大型アップデート来ます。#GT7pic.twitter.com/G3PNDb3wno According toGran Turismodata minerNenkai, the cars featured in the silhouettes are:...

Konami has said it is working on Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 2, but that it’s in the process of figuring out how to handle ports of the “really big titles” in the series. During the second episode ofKonami‘s Metal Gear Production Hotline series of live shows, series producer Noriaki Okamura was asked what was happening with regards to the second part of the compilation series, which began last year withMetal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 1....