Sony’s Sucker Punch studio is once again hiring for what might be a new Ghost of Tsushima game. In a job ad on its site, the developer is looking for a new combat designer, with one of the requirements of the role being candidates must have “played Ghost of Tsushima and understand its core combat systems.” While it’s possible that whatever Sucker Punch is working on next might have similarities to Ghost of Tsushima in the combat department, it also seems likely that whatever the studio is working on a follow-up to its 2020 open-world samurai romp....

The cutie will be available in its normal form during the event and will know the featured attack Sacred Sword. You will be able to acquire Keldeo via a ticketed Special Research story event that will cost you $7.99, or your regional equivalent. Running December 6-11, ticket-holders will gain access to the Special Research story during the Mythic Blade event. Special Research rewards will include a Keldeo T-Shirt avatar item, 14 Rare Candies, 12 Silver Pinap Berries, two Incubators, two Super Incubators, two Incense, various Fighting-type and Water-type encounters, and more....

Microsoft has announced the latest round of Xbox Free Play Days, and three titles will be available to play for free with Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate until February 14. Starting today, you can play NASCAR Heat 5, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and Space Crew for nothing until the aforementioned date. If you purchase the games afterward, you can keep playing where you left off and retain Gamerscore and earned achievements....

Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann has said that he’d love to make games based on the Half-Life and Hotline Miami IP. Responding to a post on Twitter from Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller asking what established IP the development vet would like to make a game based on, Druckmann said he’d be interested in making something based on – from 1 to 5 – the Punisher comic series, Half-Life, Ghost Rider, Devolver’s bloody Hotline Miami series, as well as beloved – and highly stylish – anime Cowboy Bebop....

As per Twitter user @aitaikimochi, Square Enix veteran and Final Fantasy Committee member Motomu Toriyama will be making a special appearance at this week’s Orchestra World Tour debut to share some new developments about the series on February 13 at 3am EST / 8am GMT / 5pm JST. “There will be a special part of the concert where I’ll make an appearance and talk about a few FF7R contents to be revealed only during this event, so please tune in!...

There are no details whatsoever on the new title, as the only thing Sega showed of the game was Sonic running. You can see it at the very end of the presentation which we have embedded below. In development at Sonic Team, the game is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. The most recent games in the series include 2019’s Team Sonic Racing and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020....

A new Sega ad has been printed in a licensing resource aimed at retailers and licensees that outlines 2021 as a ‘year of celebration’ for all things Sonic the Hedgehog (thanks, Tails Channel). As per pages 90 and 91 of the document, the iconic character’s 30th anniversary will be “a year of celebration – new games, digital content, events, major announcements and a tailored licensing programme.” Note the use of the plural ‘games’ there; it sounds like Sega has more than just one project to announce....

New World’s massive-scale PvP, war, is a mode where companies (clans) fight each other over territory. Naturally, most are willing to use every advantage they get to sabotage the other team, even if it means abusing helpful systems. In this case, plenty of players are reporting that they got banned just ahead of a big battle. In some cases, half of an entire company has been banned in one go, making it much easier for the other team to win when they go up against much fewer opponents....

“Along with all of you, I’ve been following the latest developments with Activision Blizzard and the ongoing reports of sexual harassment and toxicity at the company,” said Bowser in the email. “I find these accounts distressing and disturbing. They run counter to my values as well as Nintendo’s beliefs, values and policies.” The Nintendo bosses comments come after both Phil Spencer of Xbox and Jim Ryan of PlayStation outlined their stances on the matter, both condemning the situation at Activision Blizzard and the response by its board to events that have occured so far....

Nintendo obviously has a pretty family-friendly image for the most part, so you’re unlikely to find scenes of a sexual nature in a Mario game. However, with the Nintendo Switch, some more risque games have made it onto the platform. According to one indie developer though, outright “uncensored nudes,” won’t be allowed on the eShop. Publisher Gamuzumi recently confirmed that one of the games it’s publishing, Hot Tentacles Shoot, would not be coming to Switch for the time being (thanks, Nintendo Everything)....

The complete list in order of appearance is as follows: Cyber Shadow Unpacking Tetris Effect: Connected Stick Fight: The Game Curse of the Dead Gods Ender Lilies Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! Spelunky 2 Road 96 Subnautica/Subnautica: Below Zero Littlewood Islanders Console Edition Slime Rancher: Plortable Edition Eastward Axiom Verge 2 Some of these games aren’t surprises. Tetris Effect, Spelunky 2, and Subnautica are just some of the more recognizable names....

When you type all the names out like that, I have to admit it does look a bit ridiculous. Sure, the original Xbox One is retired but its ecosystem is not, with its smaller, more powerful descendants still trucking on. In the wake of the confirmation of the Xbox Series S complete with pre-order details, a common thread in comments sections, message boards and social media online has been the idea that the naming of the latest additions to the Xbox family are at risk of being confusing....

If you have been wanting to give No Man’s Sky a try, and are an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, you can in June. The latest update to the game added mechs, such as the Minotaur Heavy Exocraft Hybrid. You can use mechs to nab planetary resources, venture into dangerous areas, and even upgrade your laser to the Terrain Manipulator in order to dig and carve terrain. The previous update added living ships, and before that a music creator was added....

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has once again reiterated that it does not expect the game to face any other delays. “When we meet again in this format, Cyberpunk 2077 will have already been released,” CFO Piotr Nielubowicz said in a video recapping the company’s first-half of fiscal year 2020. CD Projekt releases videos like that one at the end of every quarter, and another at the end of each half of the fiscal year....

Facebook has announced that it’s officially testing ads for Oculus Quest, which will appear inside games and apps. This follows the company’s experiment last month with showing ads on the Oculus mobile app. The first game to show ads will be Resolution Games’ Blaston, a $10 shooter. Facebook showed the in-game representation of this, and the banner appears as part of the scenery. More interesting than the ads themselves is that ads will be utilising the same personalisation tools currently in use on Facebook....

For those who may not know what OlliOlli World is, it’s a skateboarding, side-scrolling action platformer game from developer Roll7 that follows on from two far more linear and level-based games that made their name on the Vita many years ago. This new game has a more open world focus, and lets you have a lot more freedom in how you express yourself and progress the game. Rad. Quite a bit has changed since the first preview we did....

At the game’s initial reveal, we got introduced to four of them - the same four everyone had a go with during the beta. Later, Kimble “Irish” Graves - who returns from Battlefield 4 - was revealed as the fifth Specialist, playing a central role in the game’s No-Pat narrative. Today, DICE detailed and showed off all remaining five. Navin Rao Navin Rao is an Indian-born Recon Specialist. His active Specialty is the Cyber Warfare Suite, which lets him hack enemy equipment and in-world objects like doors and bollards....

The Ultimate Edition of Spider-Man: Miles Morales, which releases in November, comes with a remaster of the base PS4 game. The Ultimate Edition is only available on PS5, and those looking to continue their journey across generations will be disappointed. Developer Insomniac Games has confirmed that saves will not transfer between the PS4 game and the PS5 remaster. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings — Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) September 20, 2020 In case you missed it, the remaster brings updated lighting, art assets and animations to the PS4 original....

The Polish PCF Group – parent company of People Can Fly – has not received money from Square Enix following the launch of Outriders earlier this year, according to a new statement on the developer’s website (thanks, Eurogamer.pl). The statement, written in Polish, notes that the agreement the company had with Square Enix promised that People Can Fly would start receiving a portion of profits from the game once production, distribution, and promotion costs had been covered....

On Friday (April 15), Kinetic Games posted the patch notes for the most recent update of Phasmophobia. According to the notes, each location in the game now has “several Easter eggs to hunt and find!” Players can track how many eggs they have left to find under the map image in the truck, and if you manage to find all of them, each team members’ sanity will be restored to 100%....