Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair in Tokyo. Pocketpair is the Japanese video game developer behind Palworld, a game people have been describing as a Pokémon parody, featuring cute gun-toting mo…
Continue reading "Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing Palworld creator Pocketpair"The entire Annapurna Interactive team has left the company after its executives walked out, according to Bloomberg. Apparently, the video game publisher's president, Nathan Gary, had been negotiating with Annapurna Pictures' founder Megan Ellis…
Continue reading "Annapurna’s entire video game team has reportedly left the company"You'll have to pay a bit more for a PS5 DualSense controller that you might be expecting if you're getting a new one. As IGN reports, Sony has raised the controllers' prices worldwide by $5, even in its own shop. The standard DualSense cont…
Continue reading "Sony raises PS5 DualSense controller prices by $5"It sounds like Hopoo Games, the developer of cult hit and roguelike platformer Risk of Rain, is going on a hiatus. In an announcement on X/Twitter, the company has announced that its co-founders Paul Morse and Duncan Drummond, "alongside many othe…
Continue reading "Valve hires key employees from Risk of Rain developer"Hyper Light Drifter fans, you'll have to wait a bit longer to start playing its follow-up title. Heart Machine has announced that it has pushed back Hyper Light Breaker's Steam Early Access launch to "very early next year." In its ann…
Continue reading "Hyper Light Breaker’s early access launch delayed to 2025"A game developer called Amazing Seasun Games is demonstrating NVIDIA's Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE) technology through its upcoming multiplayer mecha game Mecha BREAK at Gamescom this year. NVIDIA unveiled ACE at Computer 2023, presenting it as a &quo…
Continue reading "NVIDIA’s ACE virtual human tech is making its way into an actual game"Prison Architect 2, the sequel to the 2015 cult hit, isn't coming out this year as its creators had planned. The prison construction simulator's publisher, Paradox Interactive, has announced that its release has been delayed indefinitely. In it…
Continue reading "Prison Architect 2 is delayed indefinitely"Sukeban Games is working on what it describes as a "cyberpunk active time action" game with a battle system that's similar to Parasite Eve. In a blog post, Chris of Sukeban has officially announced .45 PARABELLUM BLOODHOUND, featuring a m…
Continue reading ".45 PARABELLUM BLOODHOUND is a cyberpunk RPG by the developer of VA-11 HALL-A"It’s summer sale time for the PlayStation Network, and this year’s discounted offerings include some of the biggest games released these past few years. You can grab Elden Ring for the PS4 and the PS5 for 30 percent less than its usual price at $42. Th…
Continue reading "PlayStation Summer Sale slashes prices on Elden Ring, COD: Modern Warfare 3, FFVII remake bundle and more"Luke Muscat, the lead designer for Halfbrick Studios' Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, has announced a new game called Feed the Deep. This time, he's not backed by a studio and supported by colleagues: Feed the Deep is his first solo project af…
Continue reading "The designer of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride is back with a Lovecraftian roguelike"
