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The PlayStation Plus Collection will end today. The scheme offered a library ofPS4games toPS5owners who were also members of the paidPlayStationPlus subscription service. However, asSony announced back in February, the offer’s end date is May 9. At the time of writing, the games are still available to redeem, but they’re accompanied by a message warning players that this is their last chance to claim them. The PlayStation Plus Collection originally included 20 games (10 first-party and 10 third-party) beforePersona 5 was removed in May 2022....

Brass Lion Entertainment has announced Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver, a co-op action RPG featuring music from the acclaimed hip-hop group. In Rise of the Deceiver, players will face increasingly challenging battle chambers to the tune of reimagined Wu-Tang Clan tracks, while decking out their own custom fighters, according to Brass Lion. “To save their home of Shaolin, the Wu-Tang Clan must pass on their fantastical powers to a new generation of warriors,” a synopsis reads....

Valve doesn’t expect to release a true Steam Deck successor “in the next couple of years”. That’s according toValvecoder Pierre-Lou Griffais, who’s currently working on the handheld, which launched in February 2022. “Right now we’re kind of looking at this performance target that we have as a stable target for a couple years,” he toldCNBC. “We think that it’s a pretty sweet spot in terms of being able to play all the experiences from this new generation and so far, the new releases are coming out with great experiences onSteamDeck....

VGC will be the consumer media partner for UKIE’s UK Game of the Show and EuroPlay games contest at Gamescom 2021, the pair have announced. Ukie, the trade association for the UK’s games and interactive entertainment industry, will hold the digital events on Tuesday, August 24 and Thursday, August 26, and you canregister to watch them livenow. The UK Game of the Show will see 15 UK based games studios compete in a live showcase for the UK Game of the Show award....

This week’s Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 1 Reloaded update will no longer include a controversial new feature called Covert Exfil. The new win condition, which would have letWarzoneplayers call in a helicopter for the chance to exit battle royale matches early, received a significant amount of negative feedback following itsannouncement last week. Following the response,Raven Softwareannounced plans to delay the feature’s introduction, as well as an accompanying Weapon Case objective, and said it will instead release them as part of a dedicated mode....

Ubisoft has revealed that its upcoming expansion for Watch Dogs Legion, which will bring back fan favourite characters from the previous two Watch Dogs games, will be released on July 6. Watch Dogs Legion: Bloodline will see the return of Aiden Pearce – the protagonist in the firstWatch Dogs– and Wrench, the masked DedSec affiliated hacker fromWatch Dogs 2. “Set before the events of the main game, Aiden Pearce leaves Chicago for London where he will take over a contract and reunite with Wrench and his nephew Jackson”, readsUbisoft‘s description for the expansion....

Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard is primarily driven by the company’s mobile and PC gaming ambitions, the boss of Xbox has claimed. Asked byBloomberghow theproposed $68.7 billion dealcame about,Phil SpencersaidMicrosoftwas motivated by a desire grow its creative capability on non-console platforms, particularly mobile. “When we were thinking about what we are capable of doing today and where do we need to go, the biggest gaming platform on the planet is mobile phones,” he said....

Microsoft has heavily discounted a selection of its PC games in the Xbox Game Studios Publisher Sale. Running until May 2,the promotionincludes savings on titles fromXboxstudios likeNinja Theory,Turn 10,Obsidian,The Coalition,Playground GamesandRare. While savings vary, the biggest discount appears to be forHellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, which has seen 90% knocked off its full price ahead ofHellblade 2‘srelease in May. Discounts currently available include: Microsoftrecently announced plans to bring more first-party games toPlayStationand/orNintendo Switch, starting withPentiment, Hi-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves and Grounded....

Yakuza 7 was officially announced for PlayStation 4 during a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday. The game will launch on June 18, 2025 in Japan, and in 2020 in the West. Segachief creative officer andYakuzacreatorToshihiro Nagoshisaid the title will be a “watershed” moment for the series, which is introducing an RPG-style turn-based battle system, according to Wall Street Journal reporterTakashi Mochizuki. However, should fans not welcome the new direction, Nagoshi reportedly said the Yakuza team will happily revert to the franchise’s established action formula....

Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has suggested that the next game in the series could be helmed by a younger generation of creators. Speaking toSony’sShuhei Yoshidain anAcademy of Interactive Arts & Sciences interview, Yoshida was asked if he would be directing Final Fantasy 17. “I’m on the board of directors now so I really need to watch what I say here,” he replied. “For the moment, I’ll just say that nothing’s been decided yet....

Delta Force: Hawk Ops finds itself stepping into an incredibly crowded market. With a new Call of Duty later this year,Ubisoft‘sXDefiantrecently released, the looming return of Battlefield, and the monolithic popularity ofFortnite, attempting to beat any of these games in terms of pure numbers is virtually impossible. In a world where players have more choices than ever, and they’ve also never been less generous with their time, what, in the mind of publishing director Jessica Zhang, will markDelta Force: Hawk Ops a success?...

1-2-Switch, the Nintendo Switch mini-game collection, is reportedly getting a sequel. That’s according to previously reliable leaker Zippo, who posted on theirblogthis week claiming that a follow-up to the launch title is in development. “1-2-Switchis one of the most dull, lifeless, forgettable games I have ever played, and yet, it’s getting a sequel for some reason. It sold well, I think?” they wrote. 1-2-Switch was a minigame collection that highlighted the features of the joy-con controllers, including HD rumble....

A modder has been trying to improve the Definitive Edition of GTA San Andreas by replacing a number of its most commonly occurring textures. Modder nigeez is working on theGTA SA Project Texture Overhaulmod in an attempt to make the game look better than the version included inGrand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. The mod won’t be changing every texture in the game, but instead aims to improve the ones that are most likely to get the player’s attention....