Speedrunners will return for Tears of the Kingdom on May 12. IGN interviewed Breath of the Wild speedrunners ‘Player 5’ and Tom “Tallest Thomas” Rasmussen about starting over in Tears of the Kingdom and what they expect from the sequel’s early days. Fuse, Ascend, Recall, and Ultrahand are expected to change the game, and both speedrunners are excited: Player 5: “I’m ...

If you’re curious about Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which releases this week for Switch, but haven’t played Breath of the Wild or the series, don’t worry. In the ninth volume of Nintendo’s ‘Ask the Developer’ series, Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma said Breath of the Wild or previous Zelda experience wasn’t needed to play the sequel, as it’s “easy to ...

Nintendo’s final fiscal year 2023 financial report shows Switch’s top-selling games. In February, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet entered the top ten with only one month of data, and this time, Game Freak’s latest is still in the top ten with 22.10 million units sold (as of March 2023). In fact, almost the entire list is the same as last quarter, ...

Update #2 : Bitwave Games has announced that Gimmick! Special Edition, originally published by Sunsoft on NES in Japan and Scandinavia, will release on Switch and other platforms on July 6, 2023. Bitwave also announces a physical edition for Switch and PS4 “later in the year” in the above trailer. Update #1 [Thursday, August 18, 2022, 13:15 BST]: Bitwave Games ...

After Uncharted’s unexpected success, PlayStation Productions’ next film, Gran Turismo, looks promising. Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings) and David Harbour (Stranger Things) star alongside Archie Madekwe as real-life gamer-turned-pro-racer Jann Mardenborough. “I’m really happy with the approach that they took to this because I think we all know, unfortunately—I mean, it’s just a thing—video game movies don’t work,” Harbour ...

Walkabout Mini Golf, coming to PSVR2 on May 11, brings the best parts of mini golf to a fantastic virtual world with realistic physics. It looks like a hole-in-one. You can play alone or with up to eight people on 16 courses in two difficulties, each with 18 holes. With more courses planned quarterly, you could get lost in a ...

Hogwarts Legacy, Warner Bros.’ biggest game launch to date, has sold 15 million copies across all platforms, grossing $1 billion. On March 31, the first financial quarter ended, sales figures were released. Hogwart Legacy, released on February 10, accomplished the feat in under two months. After being delayed, the PS4 version has launched and performs well for last-gen. Hogwarts Legacy’s ...

Former Sony Worldwide Studios head Shawn Layden lamented PixelOpus’s closure. Layden said, “This is a deep cut. “Loved working with this team and watching them level up to deliver the genre-busting Concrete Genie while maintaining a culture of support, inclusion, and challenge.” After Shawn Layden left PlayStation, Concrete Genie released on PS4. He wished PixelOpus employees “a new adventure awaits” ...

Update: Persona 5 appears to have returned to the North American PlayStation Plus Collection. Europe hasn’t seen it yet. Original Story: Persona 5—the base game, not Persona 5 Royal—has returned to the PS Plus Collection in select regions. According to ResetEra, the RPG has returned to the soon-to-be-defunct collection in Brazil and other South American countries. We wonder if it ...

Modders are using ChatGPT, the latest technical bugaboo, to generate endless dialogue and audio in Skyrim, a spooky glimpse at our AI-ruled future. According to PC Gamer, modder Art From The Machine used dark science and ingenuity to hacksaw AI vocalisers xVASynth (text-to-speech) and Whisper (speech-to-text) into the game. This lets NPCs talk but opens up some crazy possibilities. Art ...