Author: Dark Horizons

Starbreeze Studios CEO Tobias Sjogren had to issue an apology on Friday over the launch of “Payday 3” this week following the nearly disastrous launch of the new entry in the long-running co-op bank robbery series. Unlike its predecessor, the new title requires players to always be online – something that likely impacted the game’s […]

For a good while now, there have been rumors of at least a remaster and possibly a full remake of 2010’s celebrated video game “Red Dead Redemption”. Then the other week came the announcement from Rockstar Games, who officially confirmed a port of the original game was coming for PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Released on […]

Microsoft has announced it will close down the Xbox 360 Store next year. Specifically, users of the Xbox 360 console will no longer be able to buy content directly through the console or through the Xbox 360 Marketplace site from July 29th 2024. Players using their old Xbox 360 consoles after this date will still […]

Universal and Nintendo’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which has just hit Peacock this week, has been the year’s biggest success story at cinemas thus far (though “Barbie” could well supersede it). According to Nintendo itself in an investor call this week, the April-June quarter saw a 50% jump increase on this time last year […]

After nearly twenty years, Xbox Live Gold is ending with Microsoft setting a September 14th shuttering of service date. In addition, Games with Gold is also ending on September 1st. In their place will be Xbox Game Pass Core, a cheaper and more basic version of Microsoft’s Game Pass service. This essentially turns Game Pass […]

A five-day hearing in the case between the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Microsoft in regards to the latter’s plans to acquire Activision Blizzard has had a knock-on effect – it’s revealed some of the inner workings of the usually secretive game industry according to Game Rant and CNBC. The hearing held closing arguments […]

Ubisoft has reportedly started development on a remake of the popular 2013 “Assassin’s Creed” entry “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag” is in the works, according to Kotaku. Ubisoft Singapore, one of the studios that worked on the famed boating sections of the gameplay of the original ‘Black Flag,’ will reportedly be a major part of […]

One of the odder teased game releases of recent years has been “The Lord of the Rings: Gollum,” a stealth title exploring the character’s journey in the period leading up to the events of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”. Players have to make various decisions depending on if they side […]

Rockstar Games’ owner Take-Two has indicated in a press release to investors to expect a major jump in sales during its next fiscal year (April 2024-March 2025) which will be driven by the release of “several groundbreaking titles”. For its current fiscal year ending March 31st 2024, the company is said to be expecting ‘net […]

Nintendo’s Australian division has quickly been on the receiving end of some high praise following their commercial for this week’s release of “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom”. The TV spot is themed around the line ‘Rediscover Your Sense of Adventure’ and follows a man commuting home from corporate drudgery. As his wife […]