News - 2019, Week 31

Sunday4th Aug 2019

Monday5th Aug 2019

  • News King of Fighters XV Announced, Now in Development

    Taking back the crown

    SNK has confirmed that King of Fighters XV is now in development. It received a tiny, tiny teaser at Evo 2019, which only showed the project's logo. No release window, or even systems were confirmed, although we're sure that SNK will clarify the latter soon. Are you a KoF fan? Get your combos together in the comments section...

  • News SoulCalibur VI Season 2 Announced Featuring Samurai Shodown's Haohmaru

    Looking sharp

    SoulCalibur VI got a surprise reveal at Evo 2019 in the form of Season 2 confirmation. The game's second season pass will feature four more characters, including guest fighter Haohmaru from Samurai Shodown. The other three are a mystery right now. What's more, Cassandra was also confirmed as the final Season 1 character. She's out...

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  • News NBA Live 20 Delayed as EA Sports Plans New Approach

    Free-to-play?

    Basketball is big business, but EA Sports has taken a drubbing from 2K Sports’ uber-popular NBA 2K franchise over the past decade or so. Many felt that NBA Live 20 may have been cancelled after the publisher made the unprecedented move of patching a roster update into last year’s instalment – despite the sequel appearing in a...

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  • News Microsoft CEO: Cloud Partnership Is 'All Driven by Sony'

    Companies dependent on each other, says Nadella

    One of the year's most surprising turn of events was the partnership formed between Sony and Microsoft. In a "memorandum of understanding", the two companies shook hands on the opportunity to share technology, primarily relating to cloud-based streaming. This shocked many -

  • News Lighting Is the Key to Next-Gen Graphics, Says Detroit: Become Human Director

    David Cage talks ray tracing

    Quantic Dream CEO David Cage -- perhaps best known as writer and director of Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human -- has weighed in on what he thinks is going to become increasingly important for video game visuals going forward. Rather than banking on resolution, for example, Cage explains to GameSpot that realistic...

  • News Classic DOOM PS4 Ports to Have BethesdaNet Login Requirement Removed

    Publisher working on an update

    Last week, Bethesda released DOOM, DOOM II, and DOOM 3 on PlayStation 4 as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. The surprise arrival of the trilogy was naturally well received, but a symptom of modern games got in the way of playing the classic shooters. It was quickly discovered you first have to login to...

  • News Deleted Age Rating Suggests DOOM 64 Is Coming to PS4

    Doubt there will be cross-play

    Bethesda has gone a bit DOOM mad in celebrating its 25th anniversary. The publisher recently released DOOMs 1, 2, and 3 on PlayStation 4, letting fans and a whole new generation play these old school shooters afresh. However, there's the possibility they aren't the only retro games heading to modern hardware. As...

  • News Janemba Leaked for Dragon Ball FighterZ Ahead of Evo 2019

    Pure evil

    Stop us if you've heard this one before: a leak has all but confirmed that Janemba will be the next DLC character for Dragon Ball FighterZ. It was Microsoft that outed his existence a couple of months back, and now it appears to be Nintendo's turn as Janemba was actually listed on the company's UK site. The page has since been removed, but...

  • News Hitman Dev Is Working on a Third Entry and a New IP

    Expect them on PS5

    Hitman was one of this generation's biggest success stories thanks to an episodic delivery of content that actually worked for once. Hitman 2 didn't make quite as big a splash, instead deciding to ship the bulk of its content at launch, but it looks like developer IO Interactive is gearing up for a third attempt at telling the...

  • News Wonder What the Heck Is Going on with New Story Trailer for Control

    Taking the Hiss

    Control is just under a month away from its PlayStation 4 release, and we're cautiously optimistic. Remedy Entertainment has been away from Sony's consoles for quite some time, and it's coming back with a bizarre action adventure game about a supernatural threat and a shapeshifting building. You can get a taste for the vibe it's...