The Saints Row reboot is now on Steam, is 67% off for the rest of August

The reboot of Saints Row is now available on Steam, and has been heavily discounted until the end of August. The reboot of theVolitionaction series arrived on console andEpic Games Storelast year, but the exclusivity period for the latter has now ended. To celebrateits arrival on Steam, the game has been heavily discounted until August 31. The Standard Edition of the game, which will usually cost $59.99 / £49.99, currently costs $19....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 284 words · Kathleen Chavez

The Video Game History Foundation’s digital library is now publicly available in early access

The Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) has now made its digital library system available to the public, aspromised last week. Available in early access form, the library is available to browse on theVGHF website(but is currently suffering timeout errors due to demand). The library currently offers more than 30,000 curated files (with “lots more to come”), as well as more than 1,500 out-of-print magazines, which are fully text searchable....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 207 words · Tyler Fleming

The Witcher 3’s director has resigned from CD Projekt Red following bullying allegations

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt game director and Cyberpunk 2077 design director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz has resigned from CD Projekt Red following allegations of bullying, which he has denied. As reported byBloomberg,CD Projektconducted a months-long investigation into the allegations, which ultimately found Tomaszkiewicz not guilty. “Nonetheless, a lot of people are feeling fear, stress or discomfort when working with me,” Tomaszkiewicz reportedly wrote in an email to staff at the studio, in which he apologised “for all the bad blood I have caused....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Thomas Jordan

Ubisoft says more of its games will be getting NFTs, despite the initial backlash

Ubisoft has promised that more of its games will feature NFTs in the future, despite the overall negativity its Quartz platform has been getting so far. Billed byUbisoftas “the first platform for playable and energy-efficient NFTs in AAA games”, Quartz was originallyrevealed in December 2021and was quicklymet with overwhelming backlashby players. Despite this, a statement on the Ubisoft Quartz website tells players that the publisher will continue to add ‘Digits’ – its equivalent of NFTs – to future games....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 510 words · Richard Alvarez

Ubisoft’s Child of Light 2 unlikely to happen, says director

Additional reporting by Andy Robinson. Ubisoft Montreal’s critically acclaimed RPG Child of Light will unlikely receive a follow-up, its creative director has said, despite a new game being teased on social media last year. Read ourE3 2019 datesschedule for every conference and live stream date. Speaking to VGC ina newly published Child of Light feature, the game’s veteran creative director,Patrick Plourde(Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood,Far Cry3) revealed the story synopsis for a Swan Lake-inspired prequel set in the same universe as the original — but said he doubts it will ever be released....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 792 words · Matthew Kelley

Valve officially annouces Deadlock, weeks after footage started appearing online

Valve has officially announced Deadlock. The announcement follows weeks of discussion about the game, and footage appearing across social media. The multiplayer title, which has been a “friends and family” closed beta for some time, now has an official store page onSteam. Deadlock is a 6-vs-6 third-person hero shooter.Valvewarns that the game is still in early development and that the current build of Deadlock contains “lots of temporary art and experimental gameplay”....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · Elizabeth Rodriguez

Warrior Simulator codes (January 2025)

Latest update6th Jun 2024 / 3:50 pm The next Warrior Simulator code will drop at 400,000 likes. We’re still a good 50,000 away. Warrior Simulator codesare the best way to get started in this up-and-coming top-tierRobloxexperience before it’s too late. We say it’s too late only because Roblox games tend to move so quickly. Yesterday’s codes may have already expired, and the rewards are usually so easy to come by that one missed day can mean falling way behind your friends....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Steven Lopez

Wolfenstein: The New Order is the next free game on Epic Games Store

Wolfenstein: The New Order is likely to be the next free game on the Epic Games Store. As verified byDealLabs, it appears that the game will be revealed later today, and free to all users of theEpic Games Store. Wolfenstein: The New Order, as well as its sequel Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus was teased in atweetfromEpicwhich showed off various icons relating to games that will be included as part of the service for free....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 298 words · Derek Jones

World of Warcraft’s Dragonflight expansion will be released in 2022

Blizzard has confirmed a 2022 launch window for the next World of Warcraft expansion, Dragonflight. It has also revealed several editions of Dragonflight, which are listed below and are now available to pre-order. Announced in April alongside Wrath of the Lich King Classic, the expansion will include four new zones for players to explore and introduceWorld of Warcraft’s first ever combination race and class: Dracthyr Evokers. “We are thrilled to share that we’ll be bringing our next expansion to players later this year,” said executive producer Holly Longdale....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 248 words · Andrew Boyd

WWE 2K23 DLC lineup revealed, including Bray Wyatt

2K has officially announced the lineup for WWE 2K23’s DLC roadmap. DLC Superstars include three-time former World Champion Bray Wyatt, former Raw Tag Team Champions Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, aka The O.C., 2022 WWE Hall of Fame inductees Scott Steiner and Rick Steiner, Zeus, SmackDown color commentator and five-time Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett, and first-ever three-time WWE Divas Champion Eve Torres. TheWWE 2K23Season Pass also features the MyRISE Mega-Boost, which includes an additional 200 Attribute Points, and Supercharger, which unlocks all base game WWE Legends and throwback arenas....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Christine Flores

‘It was a bit hurtful’: Mario + Rabbids creator says Ubisoft’s sequel comments were ‘harsh on the team’

The creator of Mario + Rabbids says it was a “bit hurtful” for his team’s morale when Ubisoft said the sequel had underperformed. In a financial update back in January 2023,UbisoftcitedMario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hopeand Just Dance 2023 as two games which hadfailed to meet expectations, saying sales had been “markedly and surprisingly slower than expected”. “Despite excellent ratings and players’ reception as well as an ambitious marketing plan, we were surprised by Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope underperformance in the final weeks of 2022 and early January,” it said at the time....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Omar Perry

‘Life size’ Pokémon plushes of Flareon, Vaporeon, Jolteon and Eevee are out now

The Pokémon Company has released plushes of Flareon, Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Eevee, which are accurate to their in-game Pokédex size. The plush series, which has previously includedPokémonlike Slowpoke, Psyduck, and more, will later add Umbreon, Espeon, Glaceon, Leafeon, and Sylveon asThe Pokémon Companycelebrates its Year of Eevee campaign. Vaporen measures around 27 inches, Flareon around 25, with Jolteon being the largest at 32 inches. Eevee is the smallest of the group at 16 inches....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 250 words · Kenneth Proctor

1.3 million games were sold at UK retail last week

FIFA 20 beat Call of Duty: Modern Warfare to reclaim the top spot on the UK all formats chart during the week ended November 30. 1.3 million physical games were sold during Black Friday week, which is down 22% compared to the same period last year. PS4led the way with just under 500,000 games sold, ahead ofXbox Onewith 413,112 games sold andNintendo Switchwith 361,967 games sold,Gi.bizreports. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderfell one place to No....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Brian Osborn