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Remedy CEO Tero Virtala spoke in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz about how the company doesn't see Control as a "major hit" but also isn't disappointed. Virtala also gave a bit more detail about the many projects Remedy is currently working on.
Valve's card game Artifact, which drew upon the world of DOTA 2, will not be receiving any future updates. Artifact 2.0, now called Artifact Foundry, is being released as-is and both games will be free to play.
Players waiting for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, which is set for release sometime in spring 2021, might finally get a chance to play thanks to a March 29 alpha.
Nacon and Frogwares continue to be tangled in legal conflict, with Nacon now rebuking Frogwares' allegations that Nacon pirated The Sinking City on Steam and indicating it may take legal action against what it sees as "prejudicial comments."
2K Games' NBA 2K21 is coming to Xbox Game Pass on March 4. Additionally, it'll be available on Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) at the same time for any Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.
The global pandemic means in-person events aren't happening and games are being delayed but that doesn't mean there aren't events happening. Here's a list of gaming events in 2021 — that we know of so far.
Epic Games is acquiring Mediatonic, the development studio behind multiple games, including the recent Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. Epic Games states that the game will remain available on Steam and the team is looking into adding new features like cross-play.
Cold Iron Studios and 20th Century Games have revealed Aliens: Fireteam, a third-person co-op shooter set 23 years after the Alien trilogy of films. It's set to release at some point in Summer 2021.
The Sinking City developer Frogwares is accusing French publisher Nacon of pirating The Sinking City and publishing this pirated version of the game on Steam.
The next Need for Speed game has been delayed into 2022. Additionally, developer Criterion is now working as a support team on the next Battlefield game, which is due out sometime in Holiday 2021.
Leaked footage of Elden Ring has appeared online. It's blurry and only a few seconds long but it's confirmed to be real by multiple people working as journalists or analysts in the video game industry.
EA confirms that Motive Studio's Star Wars: Squadrons is coming to EA Play and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate sometime in March. The title pits players in 5v5 squad-based combat.
According to Bloomberg, a new IP being developed by Motive Studios has been canceled by EA. This comes after the leads of the project changes over the last few years.
According to a report from Bloomberg, the next Dragon Age game will be a single-player RPG and will not include the "heavy multiplayer component" that was originally planned.
When you're comparing Diablo 2: Resurrected to Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction and wondering what the differences are, there's quite a few things to go over. Most importantly, the graphics have been vastly improved, with modern quality of life features.
Diablo 2: Resurrected brings back one of the most classic PC games of all time but that has a few players wondering an important question. Is Diablo 2: Resurrected available on console?
According to THR, the Halo TV show will now be premiering on Paramount+ instead of Showtime. It's expected to arrive at some point in early 2022.
Anthem Next has been canceled. This news comes directly from BioWare, as the studio also confirmed that its development efforts are completely pivoting to focus on the next Dragon Age and Mass Effect.
Sony is bringing more PlayStation games to PC, starting with Days Gone sometime in Spring 2021. Here's the Days Gone PC requirements you need to know about.
HyperX, a brand of gaming accessories like headsets, is being purchased by HP for $425 million. Former HyperX parent company Kingston will retain its other assets, such as DRAM, flash, and SSD technologies.