Here’s the beta schedule Treyarch is gearing up for its firstCall of Duty: Black Ops 4beta weekend, and in today’s trailer, the studio has also shared a glimpse of Blackout, the game’s battle royale mode. A four-man squad on the ground engages a helicopter with players leaning off the side, raining down machine gun fire. I think I also saw a small boat in there for a split second. As ever, I’m curious to see how many players will compete in Blackout and how long rounds will last given how fast-paced the series can be....

Everyone can join the party In an update to its Kickstarter page forCamelot Unchained, City State Entertainment showed off a video with 500 players on the same battlefield running smoothly on a Macbook pro. That’s pretty impressive if a game can pull that off. Like its predecessorDark Age of Camelot, this new game will focus on having entire realms fight against each other in massive battles. A lot of massively-multiplayer online games, likeGuild Wars 2andWorld of Warcraft, go out of their way to try and limit how many people are on screen at once just so the game can run at bearable speeds....

Free update targeting August It’s good to haveCave Story+on a system like the Nintendo Switch, and as the weeks roll by, it’s only getting better. Come August, you’ll be able to play with a more familiar “classic graphics” option. Free update for#CaveStory+ with classic graphics in August! Game available now at retail and eShophttps://t.co/1uOiso2UOj#NintendoSwitchpic.twitter.com/ZeyzACLOZH — Nicalis, Inc. (@nicalis)June 22, 2025 Asked if more surprises await the Switch version, Nicalisreplied“oh yeaah!...

Cyberpunk’d CD Projekt RED, the team behindThe Witcherseries as well as the upcomingCyberpunk 2077, has double-downed on their anti-microtransaction stance, deeming the controversial marketing mechanic as “a bad idea.” Speaking with GameSpotat PAX Australia, CDPR studio head John Mamais referencedCyberpunk 2077and restated that microtransactions would not form a part of its gameplay. “I think it’s a bad idea to do microtransactions after you release a game,” said Mamais in the interview....

Bazooka Joes The first open beta for GungHo Online’sNinjaladidn’t go particularly well. A flood of connection issues kept most players from giving it a go. Its second beta, open to players around the world for several hours on Sunday, went a lot smoother. You know, we were actually able to play the game. I experienced a single connection issue, but it’s actually a good thing that happened. If you haven’t been keeping on eye on it,Ninjalais a free-to-play online multiplayer brawler that people keep comparing toSplatoon....

For instance: you can turn off ray tracing to reach 4K/60fps When it comes to a series likeDevil May Cry, you’re gonna want to crank that frame rate as high as it’ll go – or maybe not! Maybe you’d prefer to have ray-traced reflections and other bells and whistles. We knew the upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X release ofDevil May Cry 5: Special Editionwould offer at least a few choices – a godsend for anyone who has strong opinions about prioritizing performance over visuals, or vice versa – but today Capcom clarified what kind of options we can expect....

Spring cleaning Kicking off the Spring PC game sales is the “Origin’s Spring Sale“, featuring the lowest price ever onDragon Age: Inquisition– nowonly $29.99. Dozens of other titles at Origin are also half-off, making the lowest prices ever onFIFA 15andThe Sims 4.Another top pick is BF4 + Premiumcombofor only $24.99. Those looking for a Wii U should consider this refurbished Wii U deal from Nintendo store. Pricing inat only $200– its the lowest price we’ve ever seen for a Wii U at a reputable retailer (official store is as reputable as it gets)....

More Dragon Quest is always a good thing Yuji Horii is always at the forefront of some awesomeDragon Questnews, and this time he’s back with an update we can all sink our teeth into:Dragon Quest XIis in development, and will be making its way to consoles in the near future. Horii revealed this news to Japanese radio show Mangaku N Channel SP, after avoiding the topic in several interviews and promotional talks before....

EA Sports has announced server maintenance forEA FC 25on March 19, which will temporarily affect the online services. The recent maintenance comes after Title Update 11, but EA Sports hasn’t informed us of the exact reason. While the maintenance is live, all types of online services will be interrupted, and certain game modes will not work. Thankfully, the developers have informed us about when the maintenance could potentially end. EA FC 25 server maintenance schedule (March 19) The server maintenance begins at9 A....

At GameStop Your pre-order ofGears of War: Judgementat anyGameStopgets you three-day early access to the game’s five-on-five, Locusts vs COGs OverRun multiplayer mode. GameStop PowerUp Rewards members that get their pre-order in will be able to start playing on March 15 (at 11:59 p.m. Pacific), days before the March 19 launch date. A demo will be available for all Xbox Live Gold members on March 19. Multiplayer experience points earned during this time will carry over to the final game, giving these people the jump on the rest of the world....

Five free levels to kick off the Year of the Rat The end is in sight forOvercooked 2, but there are still a couple empty spots left to fill on the map. The latest batch of free content forOvercooked 2, the Spring Festival update, is available this week on Nintendo Switch, PC, and PlayStation 4 (with the Xbox One version coming a little later after an “unforeseen delay”). The update is a Year of the Rat celebration, so yep, there’s a rat chef– and a turtle!...

Nightdive Studios at it again! Nightdive Studios has announced that its next remaster project will be of the 1998 shooterForsaken. Originally released on PC, PS1, and N64, the game is similar to theDescentseries and features full 360-degree movement through the environment with your little spaceship. The remaster will be heading to PC (via Steam and GOG) and Xbox One for $19.99 next week on July 31. Along with the full campaign mode (including the exclusive N64 levels), this remaster will also bring online multiplayer to the mix....

‘We’re coming to Wii U no matter what’ Every few weeks or so I think to myself, “isFreedom Planetcoming out on Wii U yet?” We missed the review of the original, so I wanted to cover the console edition whenever it hit, and I’m getting pretty anxious. Sadly, it’s been delayed for weeks on end, and now, it doesn’t have a clear date in sight. According to Galaxy Trail developer Stephen DiDuro, the issue lies with a series of console-freezing bugs that just couldn’t get fixed in time....