Gearbox’s parent company Embracer revealed these numbers in its recent financial results, writing, “Gearbox continues to scale the organisation to deliver on its ambitious growth plan, and there are currently nine AAA games under development.” We could already have an idea of what several of these games are, with Homeworld 3, Hyper Light Breaker, Relic Hunters Legends, Have a Nice Death and Eyes in the Dark: The Curious Case of One Victoria Bloom all being published by Gearbox....

Shared by Lance McDonald, who’s known for hacking Bloodborne, the video shows the inside of the colosseum that’s inaccessible in the game. It can be found in Limgrave, to the east of Stormveil Castle. Outside, players are invaded by an AI player and receive finger items used for multiplayer. A ghostly figure sits outside and questions why the door won’t open. All of this hints at some sort of multiplayer mode in future....

Will Sony sell fewer PS5s as a result? It seems unlikely. But it’s more pressure on PlayStation, which has already had to defend its £70/$70 price point for games - including the upcoming The Last of Us: Part 1 remaster - and just this week announced an expensive-looking new PlayStation 5 controller. At a time when all of us are looking at our bank balance’s bottom line, an extra £30 to buy a PS5 marks not just an unprecedented decision by Sony, but a troubling sign of the times....

A tweet from the official Call of Duty account revealed the time and date, alongside the phrase “The end is near…” So, what’s happening? Activision’s plan for Verdansk was set in motion by the arrival of zombies on the map as part of season two. Each week, the zombies have spread to new areas. As we reach the climax of the season, this “containment protocol” will fail, and the powers that be will nuke the map....

After the Capcom showcase, the publisher released a free upgrade across PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, adding in ray-tracing, 4K support, and 3D audio. However, on PC the new version had increased minimum system requirements and was unable to revert back to the previous version, locking some players out of the game. This has now been reactivated. “Due to overwhelming community response, we’ve reactivated the previous version that does not include ray tracing and enhanced 3D audio....

The recently-released Capcom Arcade Stadium includes a compilation of classic Capcom games, one of which is Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, which first launched in 1994, includes a Bruce Lee-inspired character called Fei Long who hails from Hong Kong. In the game’s character select screen, national flags are displayed to represent where the selected character comes from. In the original Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Fei Long’s flag is the British Hong Kong ensign....

GamesBeat’s Jeff Grubb has once again beaten the publisher to the reveal, alleging in his Giant Bomb video show (via VGC) that multiple sources have intimated to them that a sixth instalment of the fan-favourite fighting game is on the way. It certainly sounds plausible, not least because this just so happens to coincide with the season finale of Capcom’s Street Fighter Pro tour, which starts on February 17th. ICYMI, the countdown will end tomorrow, on Monday 21st February at 6am UK time, or Sunday, 20th February at 10pm PT / 1am ET....

The Capcom Showcase will run for around 35 minutes, and feature “news and in-depth updates” on “previously-announced Capcom titles”. That’s a nice bit of expectation-setting, then - don’t expect reveals of unannounced games. Then again, there’s still plenty Capcom has now revealed which it can discuss in more detail: including the “reimagined” Resident Evil 4 remake and Street Fighter 6. What else might we see? Well, with Resi 4 now locked in for next March, it’s high time we heard more about the briefly-announced Resident Evil Village DLC....

Some fans say they purchased the Ultimate Edition alongside their PS5 and have never downloaded or played Control on a PS4. The Ultimate Edition, as you may recall, is the recent version of Control which unlocks the shiny new next-gen edition on 2nd February. Now these fans - who in some cases double-dipped on a second copy of the game to get its next-gen upgrade - have asked for their purchases to be refunded, since the first time they will get to play it on PS5 will be the same day it launches via PS Plus....

That’s according to producer Mariko Sato, who told IGN (via NME) that the remaster will be “visually aligned and up to the standards of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake”, meaning it should run at 120fps on PC, and 60fps on PS5 and Xbox Series X. As for Nintendo Switch? Sato reportedly didn’t expand on that, only saying that there would be “differences” in the resolution and FPS on Nintendo’s handheld system....

We’ve already found a bunch of good gaming and tech discounts on Very, including Nintendo Switch bundles, Seagate storage for Xbox Series X, gaming monitors, LG C2 OLED TVs and gaming laptops. Although these are marked as ‘Black Friday deals’, we recommend comparing prices with other online retailers before buying, which will make sure you’re getting the cheapest deal and the best price. On this page, you’ll be able to find all of the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday Very deals for consoles and tech, but if you happen to be after some cheap kitchen gadgets like a or a Ninja airfryer or other home appliances like a Shark vacuum cleaner, then you’ll want to head on over to our Twitter account @jelly_deals, where we tweet about all of the latest sales and offers for a wide variety of products....

The 200-page tome features lots of detailed artwork that’ll take you on a tour of Night City, while also delving into the history, technology and wider lore of the CD Projekt Red RPG. It comes together courtesy of Dark Horse Books who is also behind the Art of the Mass Effect Trilogy: Expanded Edition and various other gaming tie-ins. Following its much-anticipated and controversial launch at the end of 2020, Cyberpunk 2077 was immediately slammed for its poor performance on last gen’s base consoles - to the point where it became practically unplayable for many....

It includes details about new features such as auto-hit, continue, and assist modes, all of which aim to boost accessibility. While the team believes “part of the fun” is Dead Cells’ “tough but fair experience”, Evil Empire says it knows “that it can be complicated for some people”. “When you activate assist mode, there is a disclaimer that comes up saying part of the fun of Dead Cells is to enjoy the tough but fair experience, but we know that it can be complicated for some people,” Evil Empire’s marketing manager Matthew Houghton told Twinfinite (thanks, NME)....

You’ll spend the majority of Episode 2 without it, though as you approach the Distribution Center West of Capital Knot City for the first time, you’ll spot your first ever bike. These and other Death Stranding vehicles require a few steps before you can get your hands on them - but you’ll be riding them before you know it. On this page: If you’re looking for more from the critical path, our Death Stranding walkthrough can help....

Debuting in Season of the Lost, this is one of the first quests you can activate and start progressing through during your visits to the Dreaming City. The main objective is to find five Atlas Skews around the map. This also leads to a secondary quest that you must complete to finish Tracing the Stars. As a reward for your troubles, you’ll usually obtain a new weapon as well as Parallax Trajectory....

From 25th to 27th May, Bungie will deploy a unique Vanguard Strikes crossplay beta playlist to test what works and find out what doesn’t. Anyone on PlayStation, Steam, Xbox and even Stadia can take part. Play three Strikes in the playlist and you’ll get a special emblem for your trouble. You won’t be able to add friends or form fireteams for this activity - yet. All of these features will come next season, in late August, when Bungie adds crossplay to Destiny 2 officially....

Taiwanese developer Red Candle Games tweeted to say Devotion and its predecessor Detention were now available DRM-free from its own online store. All the studio’s future projects will be sold there, too, the studio added. “We hope to provide a direct and simple purchasing channel for players who’re interested in our games,” Red Candle said. Devotion is considered one of the finest horror games of the past decade, but it has proved a controversial one....

It was also great to get DF’s fifth Beatle - Will Judd - onto the show this week! November represents the height of the holiday season buying frenzy and our philosophy hasn’t just been to whack up any and every deal that emerges, but rather to curate the best of the best, the stuff that we’d consider buying ourselves. Will fills us in on this gigantic endeavour and the team share their BF purchases, which basically amounts to nothing from Alex, colossal hard drives for data archival for me and a high-end coffee machine for Will!...

As detailed in an Xbox Wire blog post, the free trial is available from 15th - 21st March. In that time, players will be able to play up to three hours of the game, with any progress transferring across should the full version be purchased. Diablo 2: Resurrected was released in September last year across Xbox and PlayStation consoles, PC and Switch. A remastered version of the 2000 original, it brought revised 3D graphics, fresh audio, and new cinematics....

As in the original Jurassic World Evolution, which released back in 2018, players will be tasked with building and maintaining their own dinosaur theme park - laying out exhibits, tending to visitors needs, and, of course, making sure the attractions don’t eat the guests. Moving away from Muertes Archipelago, Jurassic World Evolution 2 will let players build parks across a diverse range of new environments - including dense forests and scorched deserts - utilising “deeper management tools and creative options”, including new building types....