Author: Emil John

The development of Rockstar Games’ upcoming open world action title, GTA VI, is falling behind schedule, though there are no significant changes in plans for the game’s release. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier has offered his views on the recent drop in share price following a report that claimed that the next installment in the Grand Theft Auto series is behind schedule and may be delayed to 2026. In addition, he has shared insight into whether this information regarding GTA VI missing its target release plans is accurate. Schreier highlighted the realities of game development, stating that games are always behind schedule…

A developer who worked on NetEase’s upcoming super hero team-based PvP shooter, Marvel Rivals, claims to have not been paid for their work on the game. The developer in question is character concept artist William Bao, who took to Twitter/X to share that he had worked on Marvel Rivals with NetEase during the COVID period, and that he did not get paid for it. He mentioned that he began to get suspicious around the start of week 3 of his work with the studio. The management at NetEase told him that he was merely working on an art style test…

A US District Court judge has ruled in favor of PlayStation in a patent infringement lawsuit worth $500 million involving controller technology. The lawsuit, filed by Genuine Enabling Technology (GET) against Sony Corporation in 2017, alleged that the communication technology used by Sony’s PlayStation console and controller violated GET’s “730 Patent, entitled ‘Method and Apparatus for Producing a Combined Data Stream and Recovering Therefrom the Respective User Input Stream and at Least One Input Signal.” GET highlighted that Sony’s controllers use a dual-frequency transmission method, where button inputs were sent on a ‘slow-varying’ frequency and motion control inputs on a…

Yakuza developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio remain firm on using its Dragon Engine for future entries in the series. Speaking during an interview, Yutaka Ito, Technical Manager on the Yakuza series at Ryu ga Gotoku Studio, stated that the studio’s Dragon Engine is here to stay, and that the reason behind training new employees to work in Unity and Unreal Engine is to have them aid in making the Dragon engine better and keep the development team up to date whenever the technological landscape in the game industry changes. Ito shared that the reason behind the improved graphics seen in…

A leaked presentation from GDC 2024 has revealed the estimated subscriber count for Blizzard’s massive multiplayer online game, World of Warcraft. As per community estimates based on the leaked GDC 2024 presentation for World of Warcraft, the game currently has a subscriber count of 7.25 million. It’s worth noting that calculations are based on the assumption that the Y-axis of the subscriber count graph shown during the presentation begins at 0, and that the last officially available subscriber count since the launch of Legion i.e. 5.5 million. The data in the slides from Blizzard indicate that World of Warcraft’s subscriber…

Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida has teased the possibility of a Final Fantasy IX remake being in development. During the the Final Fantasy XIV panel at Pax East 2024, producer Naoki Yoshida teased the possible existence of a Final Fantasy IX remake. He revealed that those who pre-order the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail expansion will receive a miniature version of Final Fantas IX’s protagonist, Zidane,  as an adventuring companion. Yoshida mentioned that fans may have noticed a lot of Final Fantasy IX references at the panel, though he added that the reason behind it is a secret. This is…

Rockstar Games is reportedly “confident” that the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, GTA VI, will have a 60 fps mode on PS5. In response to a question regarding the possibility of a stable performance mode in GTA VI on PS5, HaiLin Si, Senior Material Artist at Rockstar Games, stated that the development team is “confident”, though he isn’t sure about the game’s rendering resolution in said mode. He also mentioned that Rockstar North remains the primary team working on the upcoming Grand Theft Auto title, and that other studios are only there for support. HaiLin described GTA…

Sony Interactive Entertainment and Santa Monica Studio’s action adventure game, God of War Ragnarok, is rumored for release on PC sometime during the year 2025. Twitter/X insider Silknigth, who correctly leaked the PC announcement for Ghost of Tsushima and the contents of Sony’s recent State of Play presentation, was asked if God of War fans will see Kratos in action in a new release this year. In response, they brought up the PC version of God of War Ragnarok, but stated that its release will not happen until the first quarter of 2025. In addition to God of War Ragnarok,…

A new merchandise promotion from EA may be hinting at a possible Dead Space 2 remake announcement in the near future. The aforementioned merchandise promotion was shared on EA’s official gear store Twitter/X account. It would have been nothing out of the ordinary, had the promo used artwork from the recent Dead Space remake. Instead, EA opted to use artwork from Dead Space 2, which is oddly specific, and it may just have something to do with a possible Dead Space 2 remake announcement. One the other hand, this may have been done in error, or perhaps there’s no connection…

The very first review for Sony Interactive Entertainment and Team Ninja’s upcoming action role-playing game, Rise of the Ronin, has been published, and it is glowing with praise! Issue 1842 of Famitsu is now available in Japan, and it comes with the first ever review for Rise of the Ronin. The game received an aggregate score of 37/40 (via). The accompanied text is glowing with words of praise for the action role-playing game, suggesting that the game will be well received come embargo day on March 21, 2024. The first review for Rise of the Ronin mentions those who are…