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Gaming News
- Gamescom 2024: a record-breaking year for the world’s largest games event and Gamescom 2024 award winners revealed: Monster Hunter Wilds wins big
- Black Myth: Wukong sales top 10 million just three days after release but indefinitely delayed on Xbox due to ‘memory leak’ claims insider
- All games with drops as part of Twitch’s Summer of rewards
- Rodent-positive action-RPG Tails of Iron 2 releases in February
- Deadlock’s existence finally acknowledged by Valve with a store page and official announcement
- You can now stream Xbox games on Fire TV Stick 4K Max and Fire TV Cube
- Steam achieves 37.2 million concurrent players, breaking all previous records
- Amazon Games boss says label will put games on Nintendo Switch 2
- Dune: Awakening coming early 2025, but there’s bad news for console gamers
- Xbox Game Pass confirms another day-one game for September 17
- Hands-on: Marvel Rivals does right by Captain America and Winter Soldier
- Ubisoft announce new back-to-roots Heroes of Might & Magic game with the Iratus devs in charge
- Nintendo Direct August 2024: everything announced
- All Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 beta and early access dates
- Xbox-exclusive Avowed is like Skyrim plus one of the last decade’s best sci-fi movies
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 customization details released
- PlayStation MENA Hero project announced for Middle East and North Africa devs
- Starfield: Shattered Space DLC is said to be a more ‘classic’ Bethesda experience
- Former Arrowhead CEO has an impromptu Discord Q&A about Helldivers 2 and beyond
- Concord’s launch is worse than expected for fans hoping for more
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2 includes everything from Capcom vs SNK to PowerStone, out 2025
- Lego Horizon Adventures – rumored release date, platforms, story, and everything else we know
- Square Enix makes ‘PlayStation Splatoon’ shooter Foamstars free-to-play, 8 months after launch
Web3 Blockchain Games
- Sony launching its own blockchain for NFTs and play to earn games
- Forgotten Runes unveils exciting new foundations for its future
- TODAY The Game pioneers exclusive closed playtest this week
- SHADOW WAR gears up for intense August playtest featuring new content
- Variance Poker launches revolutionary on-chain poker game across Arbitrum, Base & Mantle
- Zeeverse the mythical monster-tamer RPG rolls out a Telegram mini-game
- D’islands soft launches on-chain Dapp on Telegram for players
- Soulbound drops August release: Discord open beta now live for players!
- Aavegotchi kicks off Rarity Farming Season 9 with over 1.2M $GHST up for grabs
- Burn Ghost Games teases upcoming 2.0 release with exciting new features
- Karnak Legacy prepares for launch of S1: The Awakening of Karnak on Sphere Marketplace
- PlayFi reveals roadmap to token launch, we are not far off
- Revolving Games hits major Node WL pre-sale targets: momentum is building
- OVI Live partners up with Dynamic to offer developer tooling for inclusive onchain sign-up experiences and profile integrations
- Trial Xtreme announces much-anticipated soft launch with new gameplay updates
- Gameplay Galaxy raises $24M to build Web3 competitive ecosystem for gamers
- Saga Origins unveils slate of indie blockchain games during major announcement
- Xsolla and Savvy Games Group sign deal to further game development in the Middle East
- The BGA State of the Industry Survey 2024, now in its 4th year is is now live – the report will provide Industry key insights into the State of the Web3 Gaming ecosystem
Gaming Insight & Trends
- Web3 gaming mints are evolving; this is the playbook that you need to be aware of
- How datamining has changed the landscape of video game puzzle and secret design
- Apex Legends has banned over 200k accounts since June in its anti-cheat efforts
- Interview: World of Warcraft: The War Within developers talk lore and quest design
- Retail games can help drive digital sales, says Maximum Entertainment CEO
- Esports team Complexity to build fan app on Fantom’s Sonic Layer1 in sponsorship deal
- Even if Black Myth: Wukong isn’t a Soulslike, FromSoftware has changed action games forever
- Amazon Games CEO thinks genAI can help make better ideas for games
- Your Mii is your ticket to get into the Nintendo Museum
- Steam update lets patrons know if a game review has been played “primarily” on Steam Deck
- Sega wants Yakuza fans’ opinions on putting stars like Keanu Reeves and The Rock in future games
- Sony is reportedly looking into the handheld gaming market after the success of PlayStation Portal
- How speed and brand partners are helping Riyadh grow games and esports -Brian Ward interview
Gaming Industry News
- Devcom Developer Conference 2024 is its biggest yet, attendance up 45% from 2023
- Ubisoft acknowledges Ubisoft+ issue on Xbox platform amid ongoing concerns
- Visual Concepts lays off South studio behind Lego 2K Drive admits Xbox needs revenue from PlayStation
- Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”
- Phil Spencer speaks on changes for Microsoft and Xbox exclusives
- Thunderful calls 2024 “a transitional year” as net revenue drops 14.5% YoY
- INTERVIEW: Techland’s Tymon Smektała on supporting Dying Light 2 until 2027
- Paizo backtracks on fan content policy, reinstates older community use policy
- Jason Blundell is heading a new studio at Sony to work on a new sci-fi action game with Bungie, it’s claimed
- Spiders staff to go on strike, open letter released about studio issues
Esports News
- Esports World Cup confirmed to return in 2025 after successful 2024 event
- PUBG Nations Cup 2024: prize pool, schedule and where to watch
- Samsung announces massive Dota 2 tournament with a focus on top teams
- Valorant’s new agent Vyse can force you to use a worse gun
- Ulsan wins the Tekken 8 Esports World Cup grand final
- Esports World Cup confirmed to return in 2025 after successful 2024 event
- PUBG Nations Cup 2024: prize pool, schedule and where to watch
- Samsung announces massive Dota 2 tournament with a focus on top teams
- EDward Gaming make Valorant history as they lift VCT title thanks to KangKang’s player kill record
- Dota 2 the Ringmaster & 2024 Compendium update brings new features
- FaZe one game away from Fall Final: BLAST Premier Fall Showdown day four recap
- Official: PARIVISION’s RMR disqualification overturned after detailed review by the organizers
- Team Liquid, Cloud9 and FlyQuest dominate LCS Summer 2024 All-Pro teams
- VALORANT, Team Liquid and Red Bull among Esports Awards 2024 winners
- 8600 teams register for Shanghai Major China open qualifier event
- FaZe & Team Falcons survive BLAST Fall Showdown after intense matches
- Tekken World Tour 2024: everything you need to know
- BLAST to host events in Singapore in 2024 and 2025
- New Global Sport Conference to host global leaders in esports
Gaming News Continued
- It will take “more than 20 hours” for Silent Hill 2 Remake completionists to find “everything hidden for you”
- Splitgate 2 preview gives a first look at new features
- Eternal Strands launches in early 2025 with a fresh concept
- Diablo 4’s March of the Goblins event is back
- Civilization 7 is making bold changes to a familiar formula
- The Smurfs: Dreams ‘gameplay’ trailer gives a new look at the upcoming game
- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater preview explores the remade classic
- Tetris Forever announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC
- Worms Armageddon: Anniversary edition announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch
- On Your Tail launches November 21 with exciting new gameplay features
- Europa launches October 11 and offers a unique sci-fi experience
- Spectre Divide launching on PC on September 3rd
- Yakuza Kiwami coming to Switch on October 24
- Return to Moria arrives on Steam with mining, crafting, and a “Golden Update”
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