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Jedi: Fallen Order 2 Reveal In May?

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What Was Said Star Wars Celebration 2022 is set to take place from the 26th to the 29th of May this year. According to Jeff Grubb, it is at this celebration event that we will get the official reveal of Jedi: Fallen Order 2. Whilst we have known for a while that a sequel to Star Wars – Jedi: Fallen… Read More
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Tomorrow’s State Of Play: What To Expect

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During last week’s State Of Play livestream, gaming fans expected to see titles like God Of War: Ragnarok and Hogwarts Legacy shown off. Instead what we got was an almost exclusively Japanese showing, for which you can check out our recap here. It is in fact during tomorrow’s State Of Play stream that we will see the much anticipated Harry… Read More
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AG@G: What is Bungie Developing For Sony?

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Bungie Is Developing Something For Sony Following The Recent Acquisition Of The Studio, But What Could It Be? I released my previous entry in the AG@G series in the wake of Sony acquiring Bungie and expressed my concern at the potential dark future that an all-out war of acquisition could bring with it. You can check that piece out here.… Read More
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Mad Max Sequel Game In The Works?

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Despite the fact that Mad Max is a hugely popular franchise that you would imagine to be ripe for a videogame adaption, you may be shocked to learn that there has only ever been one AAA game produced in the Mad Max universe. Sure, gaming franchises like Fallout and Borderlands take many of their aesthetic cues from Mad Max, but… Read More
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A Bioshock Movie Is On The Way

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Fans of the iconic BioShock franchise have been praying for a movie adaption to be made ever since Gore Verbinski’s version was canned before it got off the ground back in 2010. It has now been announced that Netflix will fund and distribute a dystopian story set in the world of Rapture. The biggest streaming company on the globe has struck a… Read More
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Assassin’s Creed: Rift Coming Next Year?

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According to a recent Bloomberg article, Ubisoft are allegedly planning to adapt a project which was initially intended as an expansion for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla into a fully-fledged brand new Assassin’s Creed game. The game is apparently being developed under the codename: Assassin’s Creed: Rift. Toward the end of 2021, Ubisoft apparently decided that Assassin’s Creed: Rift would function best as a standalone… Read More
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Was a Remake of MGS Cancelled By Konami in 2019?

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It is quite possible that a Metal Gear Solid remake did enter production and was subsequently cancelled by Konami back in 2019. Former developer on the Metal Gear series, Ikuya Nakamura, has put out several tweets regarding an unannounced and previously secret project at Konami. One tweet in particular states that the now-cancelled project was in active development for a number… Read More
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AG@G: Why We Should Be Concerned About The Acquisition War

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An essay on why the upcoming war of acquisition could spell the end for originality and creative freedom within the gaming industry The Acquisition War is brewing. With every month that passes, we are seeing more and more examples of big corporations in the gaming industry gobbling up previously independent videogame development studios. Whilst these development may initially seem exciting… Read More
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Sony To Acquire Bungie

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Another Major Shake-up It was announced last night via The Playstation Blog that Japanese tech behemoth Sony are set to acquire Bungie in a $3.6 billion dollar deal. By purchasing the company responsible for developing both the Halo and Destiny franchises, Sony aims to, “reach billions of players.” Interestingly, the Halo franchise has been a huge factor in boosting the… Read More
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Microsoft Acquire Activision Blizzard

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Details of The Deal It has been announced today that Microsoft will acquire Activision Blizzard in a huge 68.7 billion dollar deal. If all goes well and the deal doesn’t fall through, this purchase will go down as Microsoft’s biggest-ever acquisition and will also mark the biggest deal ever to be struck in the video game industry. The significant lineup… Read More
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