After 20 years, Metal Gear Solid 3’s Eva actor reveals her identity

20 years after its original release, Konami has confirmed that the character Eva in Metal Gear Solid 3 was voiced by The Little Mermaid actor Jodi Benson. In a newly released episode ofKonami‘s Metal Gear Solid Legacy Series, the publisher finally put two decades of internet speculation to rest by confirming that Benson voiced the character in the original game and that she’ll return for the forthcoming remake. Benson is best known for lending her voice to Ariel, the protagonist of the Disney film, The Little Mermaid....

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 375 words · Denise Woodward

After multiple delays, Football Manager 25 has now been cancelled

Football Manager 25 has been cancelled, Sports Interactive has announced. In a statement posted on the official Football Manager account on X, the developer stated that “following extensive external discussion and careful consideration withSega“, the focus will now shift to the next game in the series. “For the large numbers of you who pre-ordered FM25, we thank you enormously for your trust and support – we’re very sorry to have let you down,” the statement reads....

June 16, 2025 · 3 min · 567 words · Keith Phillips

All future Oculus devices will require a Facebook account

Oculus VR headsets will soon require users to login using a Facebook account. Starting in October, everyone using anOculusdevice for the first time will require aFacebookaccount, the company announced on Tuesday. Existing users will have the option to merge their Oculus and Facebook accounts. However, if they do not do so before July 01, 2025, some functionality will be lost, Oculus said in ablog post. After that date, those without Facebook accounts will be able to continue using their device, but without “full” functionality....

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Stacey Brewer

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla update will fix crashes, new weapon and outfit DLC ‘revealed’

Ubisoft will release a new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla patch on Friday designed to solve crashes players have been experiencing since the game’s second season went live last week. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Season 2’s Ostara content takes place in a dedicated area of Ravensthorpe. Following its release with update 1.2.0 on March 18, players hadreported crashes in and around this area. The following day,Ubisoftsaid it had rolled out a server-side hotfix to address the rise in crashing near Ravensthorpe....

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Drew Peterson

At nearly half a billion views, Rockstar says GTA 6’s new trailer is ‘the biggest video launch of all time’

Rockstar has claimed that Grand Theft Auto 6’s second trailer, released earlier this week, is now the biggest video launch of all time, beating major Hollywood movie trailers. GTA 6 Trailer 2 was dropped on Tuesday in a surprise release, and according toRockstar, it received over 475 million views across all platforms in its first day. The Hollywood Reporterreports this is more than the Deadpool & Wolverine trailer, which debuted to 365 million views in its first 24 hours, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which debuted to more than 200 million....

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Peter Hernandez

Bethesda exec says Redfall won’t be abandoned and that it’ll ‘get it to be a good game’

Bethesda’s head of publishing Pete Hines says the company will make Redfall “a good game”, despite an underwhelming reception at launch. Speaking toGamesIndustry.biz, Hines was asked if the reception toRedfallhas placed more pressure onStarfield, which releases on September 6. Hines answered that even if Starfield was to have a tricky launch,Bethesdawouldn’t just leave it to fail. “We are always in a process of learning, so that’s not new for us,” he replied....

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Brandon Kennedy

Bethesda has surprise launched The Elder Scrolls: Castles

Bethesda has shadow dropped a new mobile game set in the Elder Scrolls universe. Available in early access forAndroid,The Elder Scrolls: Castlesappears to be a Fallout Shelter-style simulation game. “FromBethesdaGame Studios, the award-winning developer behind Skyrim and Fallout Shelter, comes The Elder Scrolls: Castles – a new mobile game that puts you in control of your very own castle and dynasty,” reads the game’sGooglePlay store listing. “Oversee your subjects as the years come and go, families grow, and new rulers take the throne....

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 246 words · Kathleen Christensen

Bethesda won’t replace its E3 plans with a digital showcase

Bethesda has decided not to replace its E3 plans with a digital showcase of its upcoming titles. Organiser theEntertainment Software Association(ESA) cancelledE3 2020in March due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, forcing many games companies to change promotional activities they had planned for the event in June. While multiple firms subsequently announced plans to host digital events to showcase games that would have been at E3,Bethesdais taking a different approach....

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Marisa Collins

Big publishers ‘eject too soon’ from live service titles, says Warframe boss

Digital Extremes CEO Steve Sinclair has said that games companies must have more faith in live service projects, even if they struggle at launch. In an interview with VGC, Sinclair lamented the trend of large companies in the live service space abandoning titles quickly following launch stumbles. “They think the release is make or break, and it’s not. They have a financial way to be persistent, and they never do it,” Sinclair said....

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 239 words · Amy Johnson

CBS and Innersloth have released a teaser image of their Among Us animated series

CBS Studios and Innersloth have revealed the first image from its Among Us animated series. The single image was shared on Instagram by both companies, showing an empty cafeteria with a banner reading “we’re not dead”. The word ‘not’ has been covered in blood. “Work on theAmong Usanimated show is progressing nicely,”Innersloth‘s message reads. According to Variety, the show’s creator and executive producer is Owen Dennis, who was responsible for the Cartoon Network show Infinity Train....

June 16, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · Sean Shaffer

Console supplies ‘could remain rocky through 2022’, says Xbox CFO

Xbox’s chief financial officer Tim Stuart has claimed that supply chain issues affecting the console market may continue throughout 2022. In a recent investor call hosted by financial services company Baird (as reported byGi.biz), Stuart claimed “that the supply chain environment could remain rocky through 2022 and the holiday season.” WhileXboxSeries X andPS5have been available for nearly 18 months, both continue to suffer from stock issues as a result of a global chip shortage....

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 241 words · Tracy Mosley

Cyberpunk 2077’s production director has left after 14 years

The production director of Cyberpunk 2077 has left CD Projekt Red after more than 14 years at the studio. Jędrzej Mróz joinedCD Projekt Redin 2007, and posted a message on his LinkedIn page on Monday saying he had left (as spotted by Twitter userIdle Sloth). “Thank you CD Projekt Red for a spectacular 15 years,” Mróz wrote. “See you guys around, I will miss you. Time for something new.”...

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 258 words · Joseph Jones

Dead Space veterans reunite at PUBG spin-off

Former Visceral Games GM Glen Schofield has made fellow Dead Space veteran Steve Papoutsis one of the first hires at his new PUBG-backed studio, Striking Distance. At Visceral, Papoutsis led the development on theDead Spacefranchise and eventually became general manager after Schofield’s departure toActivision’sSledgehammer Games. He was particularly influential over the creation of the game’s sequel, Dead Space 2, leading conceptualisation and development. Dead Space remake Guides: Dead Space Marker Fragment locations: How to get the alternate ending|Fix the Comms Array solution...

June 16, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Frank Kelly