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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 ...

Horizon Forbidden West’s Burning Shores expansion’s PS5 patch is out. This 3.8GB update fixes common issues and more, updating the game to 1.23. Spoilers in the patch notes! Quests of all sizes have had progression blockers and other issues fixed. We addressed Aerial Capture: North’s issues here. The Stormbird on the western map has also been fixed. The full patch ...

Fortnite’s free-to-play battle royale has released a special update with new gameplay elements, unlockables, and Item Shop items to celebrate Star Wars Day tomorrow. Several island rifts will open during the “Find the Force” event between now and 23 May. In these rifts, holograms of Star Wars characters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Darth Maul will teach you the Force. ...

Dredge, a “sinister fishing adventure” for Switch, launched in March. Black Salt Games, a New Zealand indie studio, has announced the game’s content and DLC for each quarter of 2023. Map markers, photo mode, wildlife, and boat paint are available from the second. The fourth quarter will bring paid DLC. 🏗️ DREDGE ROADMAP 🚧 We're excited to reveal what's next ...

Super Mega Baseball’s fourth installment will hit Switch on June 2nd, according to a new trailer. Super Mega Baseball 4 returns over 200 baseball legends in a chunky, big-head visual style. The game has new animations, stadiums, audio, and soundtrack, as well as some luck-boosting tweaks. The above trailer gives a taste of the arcade-style gameplay, but the title’s eShop ...

An otherwise unremarkable video in which NetherRealm Studios staffers thank the series’ 30th anniversary appears to include Mortal Kombat 12’s first teaser. A Warner Bros shareholder report revealed that the game will release in 2023, but creator Ed Boon and his team have kept quiet. Until now!   Nothing but appreciation for our fans over the past 30 Years. We're ...

The Invincible, coming to PS5 later this year, has been drawing attention. It’s a story-driven sci-fi adventure based on the Polish novel of the same name, and its trailers have looked promising. Ten minutes of raw gameplay from The Invincible has surfaced online. The footage is boring, but it’s tense and dangerous. The game’s atmosphere seems to be working. The ...

Octopath Traveler II only launched on Nintendo Switch and other platforms last month. The team isn’t ready to discuss a third HD-2D game. However, it has “casually chatted” about future series developments. Director Keisuke Miyauchi told Famitsu (translated by Nintendo Everything): Famitsu: “Compared to the last entry, this game [Octopath Traveler II] has advanced a lot, but I can’t help ...