Speaking in an internal company meeting back in November, information from which was shared with VGC, Wilson reportedly stated that while the company has had a “great relationship with FIFA over the past 30-odd years,” it’s been “a fight” to get FIFA to acknowledge the types of things that the company wants to create. According to Wilson, this is because FIFA says EA’s license “only covers certain categories.” “As we’ve looked to the future we want to grow the franchise, and ironically the FIFA license has actually been an impediment to that,” he said....

Here’s to make sure you tick off every building on your map of Seattle and claim the Sightseer trophy for yourself. The Last of Us 2 Seattle Day 1 Hub Map First and foremost, here’s an image of the completed map for the most spoiler-free view of the area we can give. Completing all of the circled areas shown here grants you the shiny silver trophy: Sightseer. For a more in-depth look at each of the buildings, and a little of what you can find in each, we’ll go clockwise from the bottom (south) of the map....

Chernobyl’s Craig Mazin, who’s creating The Last of Us HBO series, previously said that it will only fill out the details and expand the world, not take away from what’s already there. In a new interview with BBC’s Must Watch (via Eurogamer), Mazin talked a little bit about what that commitment means in practice. “Our goal is not to keep you in love with The Last of Us, but to make you fall in love with it again in a different way,” said Mazin....

The Last of Us Part 2 has beaten Spider-Man to become the fastest-selling PS4 exclusive, Sony announced today. The game managed to sell over 4 million copies in just three days. The figure likely includes both physical and digital, but Sony did not specify. The previous record-holder, Insomniac’s Spider-Man, was able to sell 3.3 million copies over the same period, itself up from God of War’s 3.1 million. “We are so immensely grateful to the millions of fans around the world that have played The Last of Us Part 2 and shared their experiences with us over the last week,” said director and Naughty Dog VP, Neil Druckmann....

The Lord of the Ring: Gollum will not be released this year after all, and will instead arrive sometime in 2022. Alongside the news, it was announced that NACON and Daedalic Entertainment signed a co-publishing and distribution agreement for the game. The two companies decided to join forces to “ensure that the game will meet the expectations of fans”. In this story-driven action-adventure, you play as Gollum, trying to find his Precious....

Sea of Stars, the new title from indie studio Sabotage, has been funded on Kickstarter and achieved funding in just under seven hours of going live. The game is a turn-based RPG inspired by the 90s classics and is a prequel story set in The Messenger’s universe. With the game being fully funded, Sabotage has outlined the first stretch goal, Single Player +, which will be a free content update....

Dead by Daylight players can now enjoy the Resident Evil chapter which features the release of the Chris Redfield and Claire Redfield Legendary Sets available through the Resident Evil Collection in the in-game store for Leon S. Kennedy and Jill Valentine, respectively. The chapter features Nemesis as the Killer, known in-game as The Tyrant. With his tentacle, he infects the Survivors, making them weaker. Nemesis is accompanied by zombies, the first AI-controlled characters....

Taking place at the Lucca Comics and Games festival in Italy, the show will feature a full symphony concert dedicated entirely to CD Projekt Red’s world famous fantasy franchise. Once you’re done, there’s also the rest of an already beautiful country to explore, so y’know there’s always the option to make a full blown holiday out of it. There are actually some impressive names behind the performance that may perk your ears up....

One of these mods is worth a look, as it removes many of the game’s post-processing effects such as sharpness, lens flare, and more. Developed by shawnikaros, other effects removed include sharpness, chromatic aberration, anamorphic bloom, dirty lens, and barrel lens distortion. It also changes the depth of field, removes blurry raindrops on-screen and speed lines when running. If there are some effects you still wish to keep, such as speed lines, you just need to delete those specific files in the data pack....

The incredibly talented Konkkola spent around 210 hours recreating Emil and the Protagonist from Nier Replicant using Wenzhou paper - without any cutting. These origami figures were made using traditional Japanese paper folding techniques, both separately folded from a single square sheet of paper. Following a process of deciding the paper allocation and layout for the figures, Konkkola planned out each complicated fold to bring the characters to life, including hair, fingers, weapons, and clothing....

Alongside the promised reveals, THQ Nordic will offer a first look at the recently announced Elex 2, and an update on Expeditions: Rome. You’ll be able to follow along on the publisher’s Twitch, and YouTube channels. But that’s not all, THQ Nordic is also hosting a 10th anniversary Steam sale, running September 16-23, with discounts on Desperados 3, Biomutant, Destroy All Humans, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning and more. Over the same period, you’ll be able to claim two free games and keep them forever: Titan Quest Anniversary Edition - a remaster of the classic ARPG, and Jagged Alliance Gold Edition - a strategy classic....

Legendary loot is not just a late-game occurrence, either, and there’s every chance you could encounter a legendary from any drop. However, here are some guaranteed early-game legendary items that you can go and collect now, to add to your collection of wacky, overpowered weaponry. We’ll also go over how to increase your Loot Luck and overall drop chance, so you can farm a healthy crop of bonkers bangsticks....

While the majority aren’t seeking anything in return, there’s a special breed of toxic soft boys - basically fuck boys without the good hair but with equally shite patter. Plenty of soft boys have appeared in video games, usually with the sole aim of doing a good thing for someone - usually a woman, but not always - in the hope that they might earn their affection or at least a quick glance in their general direction....

Aida is a huge, habitable alien world that everyone has found themselves on, but it might not be safe for too much longer. As the Wanderer, it’s your job to be as powerful as can be and try to save Aida; can you do it? Is Tower of Fantasy free to play? The short answer is yes. Tower of Fantasy is a free to play game, and players can embark on all of the games content without paying a penny....

Revealed at The Game Awards earlier this week, Transformers: Reactivate is the latest title coming from Gears Tactics and Brink developer Splash Damage. You remember Brink, right? It had parkour! And guns! Anyway, Transformers: Reactivate is Splash Damage’s latest title, and is apparently an online action game for one to four players, unsurprisingly letting you play as some of the series’ notable characters. As is par for the course for most games these days, the reveal trailer didn’t have any gameplay to show off, opting for a cinematic look at what we can expect from the title....

The Fortnite in-game event featuring Travis Scott premiering a brand new track set an all-time record for concurrent players. According to Epic, over 12.3 million players tuned in for Scott’s Astronomical event yesterday. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Catch an encore performance before the tour ends: https://t.co/D7cfd2Vxcc — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) April 24, 2020 If you missed the show, you will have another chance today, and it’s currently live....

Zombies has always been the obscure, niche side of Call of Duty. Of all the different takes on Zombies every new studio tried, it was the original creators of the mode - Treyarch - who actually managed to finally create a wider appeal for it this year. Zombies in Black Ops Cold War brings a number of different twists, most notably the ability to bring in a custom loadout, but no change has been more impactful than streamlining the Easter Egg process for new players....

The news comes from a report published by VGC. Skull and Bones was originally announced back in 2017 with Ubisoft’s Singapore department at the helm. Apparently, it was set to blow up concepts introduced in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag, extrapolating its naval mobility and combat in order to create an entire new IP based on them. After being mysteriously absent from all of Ubisoft’s presentations for over two years, it has been confirmed that the studio is rebooting the game and building it based on a live-service model....

The three principles he’s referring to are to “use the tech responsibly and build a safe environment” for players to explore the new frontier of NFTs, “only leverage energy-efficient proof-of-stake blockchains”, and “focus on the meaningful value propositions for players that benefit their gaming experience". It’s unclear how any of these three principles are being implemented at this time. Ubisoft’s first foray into NFTs launched as Ubisoft Quartz, an NFT platform for AAA games along with the first game to use them, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint....

We’ve already heard that Ubisoft isn’t intending to show Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake at E3 2021, and now we’ve learned another series that won’t make the cut: The Division. In a note on Twitter, the French publisher confirmed that the Tom Clancy-based multiplayer shooter series will be skipping the expo this year. And that’s a surprise because it was only recently that we heard about The Division: Heartland – a standalone, free-to-play game coming from Ubisoft in the not too distant future....