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Rockstar owner Take-Two is forecasting a sharp jump in sales during its next fiscal year, driven by the release of “several groundbreaking titles”. For its current fiscal year ending on July 20, 2025, the company is expecting net bookings in the range of $5.45 to $5.55 billion – up from $5.28 billion last year. But for its next year, which runs from April 2024 to March 2025, net bookings are expected to jump to over $8 billion....

Bayonetta and Wonderful 101 director, Hideki Kamiya, has announced he will be leaving PlatinumGames next month. The company’s vice president and co-founder said on social media that he made the decision after “a lot of consideration based on my own beliefs” and suggested that he would continue to make games. PlatinumGamessaid: “We regret to announce thatHideki Kamiyawill be leaving PlatinumGames on July 23, 2025. We are truly grateful for his creative ideas, leadership, and contribution to the growth of PlatinumGames from our start-up to this very day....

Former PlatinumGames designer Hideki Kamiya says he’d like to work on his classic Capcom action games Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe again. Kamiya was recently reunited with his former employervia his new studio Clovers, which iscreating a sequel to another of his classic titles, Okami. Speaking viahis YouTube channel, Kamiya was asked if he’d like to use the opportunity to revisit some of his otherCapcomgames, namely the first Devil May Cry, which he directed....

Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged has been announced. Following a recent leak, developer and publisher Milestone officially unveiled the sequel on Wednesday. It will be released on Aug 01, 2025 forPS4,PS5,Xbox One,Xbox Series X/S,Nintendo SwitchandPCviaSteamandEpic Games Store. The game will launch with over 130 vehicles, including newly introduced motorcycles and ATVs, which will be able to race across “five distinct environments… each with unique racing surfaces that impact vehicle performance for a more dynamic match experience”....

It’s staggering to think that in an industry where success breeds simulation, there hasn’t been a viable alternative to The Sims in the series’ 25-year history. While there are plenty of ‘life sims’ out there, they tend to go in different directions – be that the farm-focused gameplay ofStardew Valleyor the… um, farm-focused gameplay ofDisney Dreamlight Valley– but very few have ever tried to offer something that directly competes withEA’s series....

IO Interactive has told Hitman fans not to expect the next major entry in the franchise any time soon. While the studio plans to continue evolving its World of Assassination trilogy, it appears to have shifted its primary focus to its upcoming James Bond project. In January,IO rebranded 2021’s Hitman 3as ‘Hitman World of Assassination’ and incorporated content from Hitman 1 andHitman 2into the package. It also addeda new game mode called ‘Freelancer’, a single-player offering featuring roguelike elements, strategic planning and a customisable safehouse....

A new survey asking Japanese players about their favourite video games they played last year featured no Western entries in the top 20. The survey was commissioned earlier this year by Japanese game company HIKE Co and carried out independently by its research arm Sarugaku Agency. The results, which have been reported onAutomaton, found that when 1,000 participants of varying ages and levels of game experience were asked about their favourite games they played last year, the vast majority of those most frequently mentioned were Japanese IPs....

A Konami producer has hinted at plans to outsource more of the company’s gaming brands following the recent GetsuFumaDen revival. Last monthKonamirevealed GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon, a surprise sequel to 1987’s Getsu Fūma Den, which was released exclusively in Japan on Famicom systems. Developed by indie studio GuruGuru in collaboration with Konami, GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon is a 2D action game set in a dark fantasy world. It released this month throughSteamEarly Access and is also coming toNintendo Switchin 2022....

Shigeru Miyamoto wants Mario to be as popular as Mickey Mouse but admits it could take generations before his most famous creation can topple Disney’s. One of the main hurdles to overcome is the ongoing resistance “many parents” have to children playing video games, he said during a media event attended byNikkei. “Many parents want to keep their children from playing video games. But these same parents have no problem allowing them to watch Disney movies,” Miyamoto said....

Microsoft is reportedly set to finalise its acquisition of Activision Blizzard next week. According to a source speaking toThe Verge, theXboxcompany is looking at Friday, October 13 as the potential closing date for the $68.7 billion deal. The deal still depends on a final decision being made by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is the last major roadblock to the deal closing. The CMA announced last month that it had provisionally agreed to allow the deal, following changes to the terms....

Capcom has announced plans to release another two Resident Evil games for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Following in the footsteps ofResident Evil 4 earlier this year,Resident Evil7 Biohazard will be available via the App Store from July 08, 2025, for iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and all iPads andMacs with the M1 chip or later. Resident Evil 2is also currently in development for the same platforms, although a release window hasn’t been confirmed....

Nightingale studio Inflexion Games has said it’s prioritising the development of an offline mode for the recently released game. The PVE survival-crafting title, which is the debut project from ex-BioWareboss Aaryn Flynn’s new studio, hitSteamearly access on Tuesday. “Set within a rich Victorian gaslamp fantasy setting”, it has players travelling through mystical portals to explore a series of dangerous realms in search ofNightingale, the “last haven of humanity”. While it can be played solo or cooperatively, the game currently requires all users to be online, which has contributed to it receiving“mixed”reviews so far on Steam....

Nintendo and Amazon have denied claims made in a new report that attempts to explain why Switch 2 products were pulled from sale on Amazon’s US site. Nintendoproducts have been disappearing fromAmazonUS for some time – at least those sold directly from Amazon, rather than third-party marketplaces on the site – but the situation was given more attention in the build-up toSwitch 2‘s release. According to a new report onBloomberg, which cites “a person familiar with the situation”, Nintendo made the decision to stop selling its products to Amazon US because of the way the site integrates products sold by Amazon itself and those sold by third parties....