Embracer Group, the Swedish conglomerate which has been making news over the last few years for gobbling up studios and franchises and then promptly shutting down or selling them for a massive loss, is splitting itself up. The company has announced that it will be dividing itself into three separate entities. One of these entities will be dedicated to the Middle-Earth franchise, to which it acquired the rights back in 2022. As per the official press release, Embracer Group will be dividing into three separate companies: Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends and Middle-Earth Enterprises &am ..read more

7 Days to Die, the online zombie survival game which has been in Early Access since December 2013, is finally leaving that state and entering a full release. Those who own the Early Access version will receive the 1.0 release version as a free update, at least on PC. The details of the full release are described on an FAQs page posted on the game’s website. “We have been developing 7 Days for nearly 12 years and have had over twenty large scale early access releases that have brought the game to a significantly different place and quality than where it began,” the developer writes. “Our team f ..read more

Nearing two years since its release, the Obisidian Entertainment developed and Xbox Game Studio published title Grounded has arrived on other platforms this week on the PlayStation 4 and 5 and Nintendo Switch. Thanks to Xbox, we’ve had the chance to check out the game on PS5 and man does it feel good to return to the fish-out-of-water scenario of being a microscopic teen in a great big world. Though I’ve started but never finished my journey on PC, I feel prime to keep the ball rolling and moving on PlayStation 5. Thankfully, the launch comes with a new update, now labelling Grounded wit ..read more

In January of this year, popular creative puzzle-platformer LittleBigPlanet 3’s servers were shut down following technical difficulties. Now, Sony has announced via its website that the server will be offline indefinitely, with no indication if attempts to fix the server will be ongoing in the meantime. Any user-generated content stored on local devices will still be accessible, but the same cannot be said for millions of custom levels and outfits uploaded to the game’s servers. With the PS3 version’s servers still offline following DDOS attacks in 2021, there is now no way to access LittleBig ..read more

Overnight, Nintendo graced us with another Nintendo Indie World Showcase, and it gave us a look at some awesome upcoming indie games that has us super excited. The big announcement of the Showcase revealed that SteamWorld Heist II, the latest entry in Thunderful’s popular SteamWorld franchise, will be launching for Switch on August 8. It’s a turn-based tactical shooter that will “see players lead a ragtag crew of Steambots across the Great Sea, exploring vast horizons as they seek to combat an enigmatic menace threatening the world.” The SteamWorld series has become a bit of a stand-out over t ..read more

Queensland developer Spitfire Interactive and publisher Daedalic Entertainment have announced the release date for their superhero XCOM game, Capes! First announced back in August 2022, Capes is promising great tactical gameplay mixed with an unlikely and entertaining cast of heroes attempting to save King City from shadowy forces. Check out the release date reveal trailer below. Capes is coming to us from developers who had previously worked at the now-closed Defiant Development, best known for the Hand of Fate series. This makes the game a particularly exciting release as we already know ho ..read more

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 may have cast the film’s antagonist, Shadow the Hedgehog. According to several of its sources, The Hollywood Reporter has reported that John Wick and Cyberpunk 2077 star Keanu Reeves will join the cast as the voice of Shadow the Hedgehog. The announcement is yet unconfirmed by Paramount, which will be releasing the Knuckles spin-off series on Paramount+ later this month. While Keanu Reeves is a fairly high profile actor, he wouldn’t be the first icon of the 90s featuring in these movies, following Jim Carrey as Doctor Robotnik. The character of Shadow the Hedgehog is a dar ..read more

Video game streamer CripsyTV, a past patient of Royal Children’s Hospital and a mentor for its Chronic Illness Peer Support program (ChIPS), along with the group The Good Clan, has raised over $50,000 towards the Royal Children’s Hospital in 2024 so far, including the 2024 Good Friday Appeal. CripsyTV himself has raised $45,350 this year alone, with over $51,900 raised so far from the Good Clan, a platform for gamers, content creators, cosplayers and anyone in the pop culture world to be able to raise money for the Royal Childrens Hospital Good Friday Appeal. CripsyTV has raised almost $100,00 ..read more

There has been speculation that remakes of the first two Persona games are underway, particularly following the well-received launch of Persona 3 Reload by the Persona fan community. Recent rumours further support the idea that remakes of Persona and Persona 2 are on the horizon. A trusted source known for leaking Persona news, Midori, recently tweeted that Atlus is poised to begin work on an “updated form” of the initial two games. While specifics such as release dates remain undisclosed, the announcement has already sparked excitement among fans. In a discussion about the necessity of remake ..read more

One of 2023’s hidden gems is getting its first DLC on April 24th. The Last Spell developed by Ishtar Games is a tactical fantasy RPG roguelike where the objective is to protect the mages who are channelling their energy to cast The Last Spell and banish magic forever, in the hope of stopping the zombie onslaught caused by magic nukes. The DLC Dwarves of Runenberg will bring a new map, complete with new features such as Runestones, giving the player a new way to inflict damage on the zombies without hurting the heroes, and Dwarves Statues, two will spawn close to the haven, the other two furth ..read more