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Embracer acquires Crystal Dynamics and other Square Enix studios

May 2, 2022, 16:00 Murillo Zerbinatto Gaming News

Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montreal, and Square Enix Montreal have a new home on the Embracer Group.

The Swedish group Embracer announced the acquisition of three studios that were part of the giant Square Enix. From now on, Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montreal, and Square Enix Montreal will move to a new home. This also means that a catalog of more than 50 franchises will be transferred, including successful series and several recent titles - names like Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, and Legacy of Kain. The approximately 1,100 employees of the three studios, working in...

Dead Cells will be more accessible than ever

May 2, 2022, 15:00 Fyra Frost Gaming News

Motion Twin is adding to the game a lot of new options in a patch that you can test on Steam already.

Accessibility is not the first thing that comes to most people's minds when you think of a game like Dead Cells. Motion Twin's roguelike Metroidvania title delivers a good dose of action, unpredictability, and Souls-like gameplay across a huge variety of scenarios. All this has made Dead Cells the game to look for the fans of the genre. It's not an easy game; it was never intended to be one, but it can be too complicated for some people,...

Skull and Bones' reveal could be closer

May 2, 2022, 14:00 Fyra Frost Gaming News

A leak showing footage from an alpha event has provided more info about the pirate-themed game.

One of the great unknowns in Ubisoft's portfolio, along with Beyond Good and Evil 2, is no other than Skull and Bones. We could get a glimpse of its gameplay at E3 2018, but the game then disappeared from the radar for quite a long while. This pirate-themed title has changed a lot since it was originally announced, but its release seems to be getting closer. Ubisoft invited some players to test an early version of the game last...

The Long Dark to get paid DLCs and Season Pass

May 2, 2022, 11:28 Sacha Loric Gaming News

After decoupling the Story mode from the Survival mode, The Long Dark is free to add new paid content to the latter.

For the first time, one of the most grueling survival games to date is getting paid DLCs. Hinterland Games’ The Long Dark is about surviving the frozen Canadian wilderness after an apocalyptic event turned off all electricity, leaving the world without computers, cars, lights, and heating. Now all that's left is the endless cold and wolves. Lots of wolves. Released in 2017, The Long Dark has been getting free updates in the form of episodic entries to its story campaign, Wintermute....

Stray and Cult of the Lamb announce new release time frames

May 1, 2022, 16:34 Sacha Loric Gaming News

Both indie games have updated their release windows to summer and autumn this year.

Stray and Cult of the Lamb are indie games about cute lovable animals caught in odd circumstances. News has been scarce for both, but recently both games have announced new release windows, although specific dates have yet to be announced. According to a PlayStation tweet, Stray’s release window will be moved to this summer instead of the originally announced early 2022 release. Cult of the Lamb, which didn’t have a clear release window other than later in 2022, has also been announced...

How to migrate Bethesda games to Steam

Apr 29, 2022, 16:08 Sacha Loric DRM

The Bethesda Launcher will be formally retired on May 11, 2022. Start migrating your games.

As reported earlier, by May 11 Bethesda will be shutting down its Launcher and going back to Steam. It’s highly advisable that those who bought games using this platform make sure their games have properly migrated to the new (old?) platform. For most game owners, this isn’t a problem. To begin the process, this is what you should do: Log into your Bethesda account on the website. Click on your account name. Select Transfer Library. Click Start Steam...

Xbox and Bethesda will have a showcase event in June

Apr 29, 2022, 12:00 Fyra Frost Gaming News

We should be able to discover more details about Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI very soon.

It's well known that we won't have E3 this year, but it doesn't stop publishers and developers from organizing their own events to present their upcoming games. Since Microsoft has bought Bethesda, we will have the possibility of attending a joint event that will shed some light on some of the most anticipated releases from Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda, and others. The Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase has been announced over the Xbox Blog, and it will kick off on...

Modern Warfare II is the new Call of Duty

Apr 29, 2022, 10:00 Fyra Frost Gaming News

Activision has revealed the logo and teased the new installment in the popular FPS series.

It's official, there will be a new Call of Duty this year, and it's called Modern Warfare II, or that's what you can extract from the latest announcement that Activision and Infinity Ward have made via Twitter. Stay calm. It doesn't seem to be a remastered version of the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from 2009. The publication includes a brief teaser that reveals the logo of the new game and a short sentence that reads: "The new...

Exo One is flying to PS4 and PS5 this summer

Apr 28, 2022, 18:00 Murillo Zerbinatto Gaming News

Exo One is coming to Sony consoles and will add new features to the DualSense haptics.

Australian indie developer Exbleative and publisher All in! Games have announced that Exo One, their planetary exploration game, will be released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 this summer. Exo One first launched for Xbox One, Xbox Series, and PC on November 18th, 2021. The game's almost solo developer, Jay Weston, shared a message on the PlayStation Blog with his excitement about his game arriving on new platforms. The publisher has also released a new trailer for Exo One. ...

This War of Mine coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S

Apr 28, 2022, 16:11 Sacha Loric Gaming News

11 Bit Studio's acclaimed survival game will be available on consoles come May 10.

War is a horrific experience that changes its survivors forever. The goal of the survival game This War of Mine: Final Cut is to help as many players as possible understand that, which is why developer 11 Bit Studios has announced that their masterpiece is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Released in 2019,...

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is out now

Apr 28, 2022, 12:00 Fyra Frost Gaming News

Watch the official launch trailer that is not a launch trailer. It's perfect for the fans of The Stanley Parable.

The Stanley Parable its a memorable and unusual game that puts you in the shoes of employee 427 in an office building. Your name is Stanley, and your work is monotonous and unexciting, but everything changes one day when the screen of your computer goes blank. Not knowing what to do, you start exploring your workplace to discover that it seems completely abandoned. The game presents you with the singular dichotomy of having to follow the narrator's guidance or doing...

Supermassive Games honors its name in The Quarry

Apr 28, 2022, 10:00 Fyra Frost Gaming News

The upcoming survival horror game is much bigger and has many more branching paths than you would expect.

The Quarry seems to be much more than just yet another survival horror game. Developer Supermassive Games has a demonstrable experience with the genre. The studio's work in Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology has put it in a very good position to develop its next game. The announcement of The Quarry was well received by a community that has grown accustomed to a deep narrative where your choices guide the development of the story. Many endings Trying to...

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