The World Cup 2018 may already be dust in the wind, with a lot of glum faces across the globe, but Konami might have something for all you footie fans to turn that frown upside down.The developer has announced that the next in their long-ru...

Nintendo is one of the few AAA companies that still understands the value of local multiplayer, and that’s fantastic. Other companies should follow in its footsteps there. Nintendo also has built a reputation for having less reliable ...

Spec Ops: The Line developer Yager has announced a brand new, multiplayer-focused shooter called The Cycle. Exhibiting a sci-fi theme and taking place on the distant planet Fortuna III, the game will task 20 players with battling each other...

For those of you who may not have had the chance to sink your teeth into Blizzard's mega-popular arena-shooter, Overwatch, then next week will provide you with the opportunity to see what all the noise is about.Next "weekend", from July 26-...

When it comes to esports furniture, IKEA doesnt really come to mind -- and they're hoping to change that soon. IKEA just announced a partnership with both a medical company that uses wearable tech UNYQ and Area Academy, an esports company...

If you fancied checking out the PlayStation 4's upcoming 6.0 System Update, then you can sign up to be a beta tester, ahead of its eventual release. The registration is currently open to Japanese and North American PS4, though European test...

The number-crunchers over at SuperData are reporting that the global craze that is Epic Games' Fortnite has absolutely raked in the gold with its in-game purchases, with estimates popping the $1 billion dollar mark.While Fortnite's Battle R...

Custom matches in PUBG have been a feature for partnered players for a while now. Allowing one to tweak basically every facet of gameplay, custom matches are great for mixing up the general gameplay and making PUBG feel a bit more refreshin...

[Update: Activision have dropped a new trailer, which you can check out below, revealing the owner of the creepy eyes above. Meow.]It's San Diego Comic Con this week, a place for thousands to gather, sweat and spend way too much money, usua...

As we've written in the past, Gravity Rush 2's online component is going to be shut down soon (in four days, to be exact). While this normally wouldn't be a big deal for a single-player focused game, a lot of features in Gravity Rush 2 are ...

[Update: Mr. PleaseAddAntiCheat has been banned from Splatoon 2 online play. It looks like the first part of his wish came true, that just leaves whether Nintendo is taking measures to heed his message in the long term. Of note is that he m...

China's Tencent Holdings is looking to expand its "WeGame" digital platform to the global market soon. There will be a launch in the Hong Kong market before spreading overseas with an international version of the gaming service. WeGame, for...

A new update has arrived in the chaotic, bullet-riddled world of GTA Online. A selection of discounts have been applied to various vehicles, clothes and upgrades in Rockstar's seedy MMO universe.The Smuggler's Run missions will, for a limit...

In a new blog post, PUBG Corp. has announced that there are some new features and tweaks headed to the Xbox One edition of popular battle royale title; PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.The main addition is a map selector, which allows players ...

It has been quite some time since Monster Hunter: World launched on consoles and started breaking sales records for Capcom. A PC port was promised before launch and even given a tentative launch of Autumn 2018, but we haven't heard a peep a...

Epic Games has announced that the limited time Playground mode, recently added, pulled, then returned to their battle royale smash hit, Fortnite, is to take another break next week for some new features and fine tuning.The Playground mode, ...

Over the last few days while playing GTA Online on PC, a message window was being displayed in-game about the release of Grand Theft Auto VI. It had an official Rockstar logo and everything and made people wonder what was going on. While I'...

Epic Games' have let the people know, via their official Reddit, announcing that the troubled Playground mode in their bazillion-player battle royale title, Fortnite.The limited-time mode, which launched last week, unfortunately ran afoul o...

“Confusing” would be a good single word summary of the announcement and overall build up to the release of Fallout 76 so far. Since the announcement trailer and even right up to the E3 2018 gameplay demo at Bethesda's own confer...

A cool event took place today within Epic Games' phenomenal battle royale title Fortnite. A rocket, that had been sat on map for some time, finally reached zero on the countdown clock and, among blaring sirens, proceeded to launch into the ...

For some unknown reason (maybe it has to do with hundreds of millions of players on Fortnite and PUBG), MapleStory 2 will be receiving a "battle royale" mode soon. This was actually announced earlier in the year, but the latest beta will in...

Lately, a large contingent of video game fans have been bearing down hard on Sony for not joining fellow industry giants, such as Nintendo and Microsoft, in regards to the thorny topic of platform cross-play, most recently exemplified in Ep...

Quake Champions has been a strictly digital affair, thus far. The game launched with a paid early-access period before eventually starting a trial period of its free-to-play transition. If you missed out on grabbing the game for free b...

One of the reasons the Nintendo GameCube is my absolute favorite home console to date is that was when Mario sports titles absolutely exploded. The N64 brought us Mario Tennis and Golf, but it was on the next system where we ...

This weekend saw North American and European fans of the Nintendo Switch shooter Splatoon 2 face off in a battle over the consistency of a good old glass of OJ. Do you prefer it with or without pulp?After all of the points were tabulated fr...

Speaking in an interview with Kotaku's Cecilia D'Anastasio, Splatoon 2 producer Hisashi Nogami revealed that the diet of Splatoon 2's populace, the Inklings, could actually consist of, among other things, squid.Asked what foods exist within...