This is a delay of over two-and-a-half months, but that’s sadly not the end of the bad news. Fatshark also said that the Xbox Series X/S version will not arrive on the same date with PC, and will instead launch “shortly after.” The studio shared a statement on Twitter by co-founder and CEO Martin Wahlund, who said the decision to delay the game was hard, but necessary to ensure the day one experience is the best it can be....

Seven senior leads at Gearbox, who worked on Borderlands 3 and other projects at the studio, have departed the company. Following a report, Gearbox confirmed the news to Axios. The list includes creative director Paul Sage, UX/game feel director Chris Strasz, lead character artist Kevin Penrod, senior producer Christopher Brock, lead mission designer Keith Schuler, and art director Scott Kester, and one other unnamed team member. Some of those names had been with the studio for over a decade....

Right now, a number of retailers in both the US and UK have the latest entry in Ryo Hazuki’s quest to track down his father’s killer on sale. It seems to be a universal offer, too, as all stores have it down to $29.99. If you’re in the UK, the price varies a little, with a few extra pennies to be saved if you shop around. Here’s where we’ve found it: Shenmue 3 had quite the journey to PS4....

The latest guest characters to join the Smash Bros-esque Brawlhalla are vampire hunter and vampire Simon Belmont and Alucard respectively, and are set to arrive October 19 as part of the new Brawhalla-vania event. The guest characters were revealed as part of the Ubisoft Forward digital conference, and is obviously in collaboration with Konami. The two were revealed as part of a very nicely done 2D animated trailer, interspersed with some gameplay of the two....

Skater XL will be released July 7 on PC through Steam, PlayStation 4, Switch, and Xbox One the developer, Easy Day Studios, has announced. The game will be made available digitally on all platforms and on disc for PS4 and Xbox One at retail. In the game, you will be able to skate as Tom Asta, Tiago Lemos, Evan Smith, and Brandon Westgate, or create your own custom skater as you skate around LA....

The main issue with the Anniversary Edition is the fact that it’s an update of the existing game rather than a new release. With it comes changes to the Skyrim Script Extender, a plug-in that makes mods work with the game. This release updates the compiler from Visual Studio 2015 to the 2019 edition, which changes how code is generated “in a way that forces mod developers to start from scratch finding functions and writing hooks,” writes a SKSE developer in a Reddit post....

You can now get Skyrim running at 60 frames-per-second on PlayStation 5 thanks to a new mod. As reported by Eurogamer, the imaginatively-named “Skyrim @ 60fps” mod works for both PS4 and PS5. It can be activated by downloading the mod via the fantasy RPG’s in-game menus, then load up the game. This mod also doesn’t disable Trophies, too, but only if it is the only mod that is being used at a given time....

Last week, it was reported that Sony is gearing up to launch a new PlayStation Store on web and mobile. Now, Sony has officially communicated these plans to users. The platform holder sent around emails to several PlayStation users, confirming that the new store will be going live October 21-26 on the web, and October 28 on mobile. As previously reported, the new store will not list games for PS3, PS Vita, or PSP....

In a statement sent provided to VentureBeat, Sony said it is moving away from PlayStation Now gift cards to focus on the currently available PlayStation gift cards. These cards can be redemmed for PlayStation Now. News of the cards being pulled surfaced yesterday via a memo from GAME UK which states stores have until the close of day January 19 to remove the cards from customer-facing areas. VentureBeat also heard that retailers in the US and Canada started pulling the cards from shelves last week....

You may recall that Sony made an uncharacteristic decision at the start of this generation to delay the release of PS4 in Japan, making players in the region wait three extra months to be able to officially purchase the console. Sony consoles had, up to that point, always been released first in Japan, even if just by a few days such as in the case of PS3. The decision was reflective of Sony’s outlook on the strength of the console business in Japan compared to the rest of the world, but it was a strange move nonetheless....

This is according to Sony’s Jim Ryan speaking with GI.biz who told the site the company plans on developing games that will be exclusive to PS5. “We have always said that we believe in generations,” said Ryan. “We believe that when you go to all the trouble of creating a next-gen console, it should include features and benefits that the previous generation does not include. And that, in our view, people should make games that can make the most of those features....

According to Sony, the fund will support areas such as the creative community in the games and entertainment industry. It will focus on those impacted by the cancellation or postponement of production. This also includes music, film, and television. The fund will also assist those on the frontlines of medical and first responder efforts, and will provide support for children and educators forced to work remotely. Sony will “explore ways to leverage its technologies” in support of educational activities and cooperate with educators to implement said measures....

This publishing partnership is the first to be announced for a member of the ProbablyMonsters family of studios. Founded in 2018, Firewalk Studios is led by Tony Hsu (Studio Head, previously GM and SVP of Destiny at Activision), Ryan Ellis (Game Director, previously Creative Director at Bungie) and Elena Siegman (Executive Producer, previously at Harmonix, Irrational Games, and Bungie). The team consists of folks who worked on the Destiny franchise, where all three leads worked together on both development and publishing, as well as Call of Duty, Apex Legends, Mass Effect, and Halo....

Cybernews reports that Stalker Online, a free-to-play MMO that operates mainly in Russia, has had its user database hacked. The hack is said to have leaked over 1.2 million user records, with a separate list of 136,000 user records from the game’s forums. The data hackers obtained, according to the report, include usernames, passwords, email addresses, as well as phone numbers and IP addresses. Cybernews says the database was up for sale on a hacking forum, and the research firm bought it and managed to verify their claim that the information does indeed originate from the Stalker Online website by analysing a few samples....

Support for hands-on throttle-and-stick will be available for Star Wars: Squadrons. Players can expect a day one console patch which will add support for the peripheral. HOTAS was already confirmed for PC users. The good news for HOTAS fans came from the game’s creative director, Ian S. Frazier. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings — Ian S. Frazier (@tibermoon) September 11, 2020 Specific models supported were not provided, but we suspect more information on that in the near future....

Steam has once more broken its own record when it comes to the number of concurrent players online, with Valve’s platform today soaring past the impressive 26 million concurrent users mark. This beats the record set last time we reported on Steam’s concurrent users on January 2, when the platform peaked at 25,416,720 online users. Both these new highs come after Valve set three other highs all achieved in March last year, when worldwide lockdowns had only just begun....

Valve has rolled out a few major upgrades to search on Steam. Based on its various Steam Labs experiments, the developer is giving users more granular control. The first new addition is the ability to filter results by price, or only see games on sale. All search across the store now lets you set a maximum price, to narrow down the results. You can also include and exclude specific tags from showing up in search results....

Update: Upon further inspection, it appears Google’s bots crawled a user review containing the same message and ASCII art. Steam user Rommel’s Metro Exodus review is seemingly the one in question. Steam displays user reviews under the Steam Labs section on the homepage, so it’s very possible Rommel’s review was featured alongside Metro Exodus, leading to this situation. You can read the original story below. Original story: Here’s something you don’t see everyday: the official description of Steam on Google’s search engine currently has a message that reads, “Fuck Epic Games Store....

Steam’s first major sale every year is undoubtedly its Summer Sale, and this year’s version of the event begins next week. Depending on when you’re reading this, you might still have time to play some free demos in the Steam Festival. The 2020 Steam Summer Sale will be available June 25 to July 9, a two-week period. As always, deals will go live at 10am PT, 1pm ET, 6pm UK....

With that, Dreamlight Valley has revealed yet another teaser in the lead up to the update, and fans have questions about one small, blue character that made its way into the promo: Stitch, of Lilo & Stitch fame. The teaser, shared to the Disney Dreamlight Valley Twitter, reveals that the upcoming update will be called ‘Missions in Uncharted Space.’ Considering Buzz and Woody’s arrival, accompanied by their own realm, it wouldn’t surprise me if we somehow ended up headed to infinity and beyond in a bid to make the duo move into our town....