The WWE 2K23 release date and box art have seemingly leaked

The WWE 2K23 release date and its box art have seemingly leaked. According to variousreports, on Friday reliable leaker Aggiornamenti Lumia tweeted details about the unannounced game beforedeletingthe post. The dataminer, who regularly reports on listings that are added to theXboxand Windows stores before they’re made public, reportedly unearthed aWWE 2K23release date of July 17, 2025. The cover of the WWE 2K23 cross-gen edition looks set to feature John Cena....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 165 words · Alicia Luna

UK Elden Ring sales rose nearly 500% in June thanks to Shadow of the Erdtree

Elden Ring sales saw a massive boost in the UK last month coinciding with the release of the game’s first and only planned expansion. The launch ofElden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC helped sales of the base game (which is required to play the expansion) jump 467% month-on-month. That’s according to GSD data published byGamesIndustry.biz, which tracks all physical sales plus digital sales from most major publishers, excludingNintendoand505 Games....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 215 words · Sara Bennett

Watch Dogs Legion will run at 4K/30fps with ray-tracing on PS5 and Xbox Series X

Watch Dogs Legion will run at 4K/30fps with ray-tracing enabled on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. That’s according to the game’s live producer Lathieeshe Thillainathan, who shared the news during aReddit AMAthis weekend. It’s not clear if the game will feature other performance modes, as has become common in many next-gen games.Codemasters’Dirt 5, for example,allows users to pick between high-framerate or high-resolution modes, as well as an option for 120fps....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 273 words · Edward Johnson

Watch over an hour of Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga gameplay

FollowingVGC’s preview of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, we’re now able to show off over an hour of gameplay footage from our demo. Conducted last week, we got a chance to play the game for an hour onPC. We had access to Episode IV: A New Hope, and during our demo, we managed to venture as far as the Death Star’s famous trash compactor. You can watch the full video in our embed here: In our preview, we called Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga “an incredibly celebratory last dance for one of the most celebrated licensed franchises in gaming”....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 263 words · David Rivers

Weeks before release, Dying Light: The Beast has been delayed

Techland has delayed Dying Light: The Beast, just four weeks before it was due to release. The spin-off will now release on September 19, instead of August 22, the developer announced on Friday. According toTechland, the short delay will allow it to further polish the game. “It has always been our goal to make Dying Light: The Beast the best Dying Light game we’ve ever released. To honor this promise, we’ve made the decision to move the release date to July 13, 2025 to allow for extra polishing work,” it said....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 262 words · Alexander Hoffman

With the new PS5 model, the Digital Edition is getting a $50 price increase

With the launch of the new PlayStation 5 model, the price of the Digital Edition console will rise by $50. Sonyannounced on Tuesday that it plans tolaunch a smaller PS5 model in November in the US, before rolling it out to other regions in the following months. Like the launch model, the new one will be available in two forms: a standard one featuring a disc drive and a Digital Edition without one....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · Michael Martin

Xbox Game Pass titles for August include Assassin’s Creed Mirage

Microsoft has confirmed the next batch of titles coming to Game Pass for console, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming. This month’s headline addition isAssassin’s Creed Mirage, which will join the service on August 7. Three titles will also be removed from Game Pass on August 15, including Persona 3 Reload. Coming to Game Pass Leaving Game Pass on August 15 July’s Game Pass titlesincludedGrounded2,RoboCop: Rogue City, Farming Simulator 25 and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Gregory Coleman

Xbox says it’s not interested in ‘playing the exclusivity game’ with Call of Duty

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has reiterated that Call of Duty players willreceive full content and feature parityon all platforms should Microsoft acquire the franchise. During a recentXbox Oninterview, Spencer was asked ifMicrosoftintends to offerXboxplayers any exclusive content if its $69 billion acquisition of Call of Duty publisherActivision Blizzardis approved by regulators. “When we say available everywhere or not exclusive, we want to make absolutely the best version of Call of Duty for any player on any of those platforms”, he said....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Tanya Tapia

‘PlayStation job ad’ claims PS5 will launch in October

PlayStation 5 could release in October, according to a job listing. So farPlayStationhas not committed to a more specific release date for PS5 than “holiday 2020”. UPDATE:Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan hasdeniedthe date listing, claiming it was listed in error by the recruitment site. ORIGINAL STORY CONTINUES:An October launch would represent a break from the norm for PlayStation, as virtually all recent home console launches have taken place in the peak holiday season of mid-to-late November....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 214 words · Rebecca Thompson

‘We didn’t want to recreate Silent Hill 2 over and over again’: Silent Hill F focuses on action to appeal to new players

Two Silent Hill F leads have explained why the game leans more towards action than survival horror. In an interview withGame*Spark(as translated byAutomaton),Silent Hillseries producerMotoi Okamotoand Silent Hill F director Al Yang were asked why the game has more action than previous entries in the series. Yang explained that the shift to action was a deliberate attempt to avoid repeating the typical Silent Hill formula and try something different instead....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · James Williams

40 minutes of new PS5 gameplay shows Godfall, DMC and more

40 minutes of additional PlayStation 5 gameplay has been published, followinglast week’s Japanese media previews. YouTube channel 2Bro Entertainment has released footage featuringGodfall, Devil May Cry V Special Edition andBalan Wonderworld, which can be viewed via the video embed above. Last week most channels streamedAstro’s Playroom, the demo title included with PS5 anddesigned to show off the various features of its DualSense controller. American journalistGeoff Keighleyalready streamed Astro gameplayback in July....

June 22, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Renee Casey

A Halloween game is in development in UE5, with John Carpenter contributing

Two games based on Halloween are currently in development, it’s been revealed. As reported by IGN, developer Boss Team Games – which was most recently responsible for Evil Dead: The Game – is working on both titles. While details on one of the games are still being kept under wraps, it’s been announced that the other will be developed in Unreal Engine 5 and will have input from John Carpenter, who directed then 1978 original....

June 22, 2025 · 2 min · 282 words · Patricia Leon

A Helldivers 2 DualSense controller is reportedly coming soon

A PlayStation 5 DualSense controller with a Helldivers 2 theme is reportedly coming soon. That’s according to highly reliable dataminerbillbil-kunwho claims that a controller based on the popular multiplayer game is coming by the end of this year. No further release date or release information was provided, but billbil-kun says the controller will cost $84.99 / £74.99 / €84.99. Sonyhas released several themed DualSense controllers. This year, the company released controllers based onAstro Botand the now-defunctConcord....

June 22, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Albert Johnson