Concord is set to shut down today, September 6, and what players the game has remaining are waving goodbye to a shooter they were only able to play for two weeks. Sony’s shock decision to haul the long-in-development PC and PlayStation 5 hero shooter offline just two weeks after launch amid disastrously low player numbers and terrible sales sent some players racing to nab its Platinum trophy in… creative ways. “While many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognize that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended,” Ryan Ellis, game director at Sony-owned developer Firewalk Studios, said at the time. “Therefore, at this time, we have decided to take the game offline beginning September 6, 2024, and explore options, including those that will better reach our players.” Some Concord players have suggested the game may return in free-to-play form, but Sony has made no such guarantee. And so today’s shutdown may end up being the last we see of Concord — ever. Now, Concord’s community is sending its regards. “Been gaming for 35 years and have never experienced anything like the whiplash of Concord,” redditor Two_Bear_Arms said. “TBH it was pretty fun to be part of. Jumping in and enjoying the game, seeing all the drama online and now watching the dramatic ****** of Concord - just nuts!! I appreciate getting the refund and hope that Concord does make a return (in a significantly more appetizing form).” This game was an amazing experience and I'm glad I participated in it. So long, Freegunners byu/russianpruitt inConcordGame .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } Other players are celebrating finally nabbing that Platinum trophy just in the nick of time, a trophy that may end up being one of the rarest ever. Platinum 44 #Concord [Hidden Content] — Sebastian (@ItsNewYokio) September 5, 2024 While Concord the video game is no more, it will live on later this year as part of Amazon’s Secret Level ****** animation anthology series. But there ******** concern about the fate of Firewalk, which Sony acquired in 2023, and Sony faces tough questions about its live service plans, which include Bungie’s Marathon and Haven’s Fairgame$. Concord’s launch was nothing short of disastrous, with analysts telling IGN it has likely sold as few as 25,000 units. It debuted to a tragic 697 peak concurrent players on Steam, a number that made the 12,786 players of ******** Squad: ***** the Justice League, which was dubbed a disappointment by Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav and caused a $200 million hit to revenue, look like a titan. Last year, Sony president Hiroki Totoki committed to launching just six of 12 live service games in development, and one based on The Last of Us has already been canceled. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
The Gearbox developers working on Risk Of Rain 2 have released a patch for its poorly received expansion, Seekers Of The Storm. The recent DLC for the action roguelike came out of the oven a little doughy, with enough game-breaking bugs to thoroughly upset some fans. Including one bug that sometimes made the game's final boss accidentally invincible. Ah. Yesterday's patch seems to target the worst of these bugs, and the dev team promise there are more fixes are to come. Read more View the full article
Warhammer Space Marine 2 is now available to enjoy, but you may want to use a controller on PC. If you’re opting for that route and are encountering the controller not working error, we’ve got some tips. Though Space Marine 2 received positive reviews, there are several bugs and errors in the game. They’re particularly frustrating when it comes to simple things like avoiding crashes and having your controller work properly. View the full article
It achieves this using a combination of dual 3D cameras on the front that track where you're looking and something Nubia calls the "micron-level liquid crystal lens" that's built into the display. Read Entire Article View the full article
Ready to ******** some tyres? Parking Garage Rally Circuit from Walaber Entertainment has announced a release date for September 20. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
You can show off your time as part of the ******* Mill film crew in The Casting of Frank Stone by bringing your cosmetic rewards into your next ***** by Daylight trial. The path to get there may be complex, but once you reach the end of the line, you’ll have new cosmetic items for your original survivors in ***** by Daylight. Here’s how to claim all The Casting of Frank Stone rewards for ***** by Daylight. View the full article
With the recent announcement that both the Retroid Pocket 5 and Retroid Pocket Mini will have Linux support thanks to the new chipset, it's an exciting time for retro gamers and now we know how much you'll need to save. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Microsoft has announced a return to the Tokyo Game Show later this month with a special Xbox broadcast event. The Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2024 Broadcast is set for Thursday, September 26 at 7pm JST / 3am Pacific / 6am Eastern / 11am ***. In a post on Xbox Wire, Larissa Hazel, Director, Gaming Integrated Marketing, Asia, said Microsoft will share content from Xbox Game Studios, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, and Bethesda, as well as an “exciting lineup of games from third-party partners primarily based in Japan and across Asia, including games coming to Xbox Game Pass.” So, what can fans expect from the show? Microsoft has a long list of first-party studios currently working on various games due out across the next few years, but the mention of Activision, Blizzard, and Bethesda perhaps narrows down the list. Activision is set to release Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 in October, so perhaps the shooter will make an appearance. Blizzard, fresh from releasing World of Warcraft expansion The War Within, has Diablo 4 expansion Vessel of Hatred out in October, as well as ongoing updates for mobile game Diablo Immortal. Bethesda operates MMOs Fallout 76 and The Elder Scrolls Online, has Starfield expansion Shattered Space waiting in the wings, and is set to release MachineGames’ Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in December, and Id Software’s *****: The Dark Ages in 2025. Obsidian’s Avowed, recently delayed to February next year, may also turn up. As for the games from third-party partners based in Japan and across Asia, perhaps Square Enix will finally announce Final Fantasy 16 for Xbox, and maybe even the Final Fantasy 7 remakes for Microsoft’s consoles. Microsoft recently announced that MiHoYo’s megahit Genshin Impact is finally coming to Xbox, so maybe that game will make a big splash, too. It’s worth noting that this year Microsoft closed its Japan developer Tango Gameworks, with the studio having released Hi-Fi Rush to critical acclaim, as part of significant cuts that resulted in 1,900 layoffs across its gaming business. PUBG publisher Krafton later picked up roughly 50 of the 100 staff members employed at Tango. Microsoft is also heavily rumored to be working on an Xbox handheld, and has confirmed plans for next-generation consoles. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
Affiliations have returned in NBA 2K25, and once again, you’re presented with a choice. Should you go with Elite or Rise? By the looks of things, your choice doesn’t make much of a difference. All our early testing and comparisons have shown no major gameplay advantage from one NBA 2K25 Affiliation to the other. The only confirmed difference between Rise and Elite is the daily spin rewards, which are mostly VC and cosmetics. All daily, weekly, and seasonal quests are either the same for both or slight variations of one another. The Affiliation progress rewards are also the same on both sides. View the full article
Have you even been made to take your clothes off and go dancing in the rain? Ricky Martin claimed that he had back in 1999, via Livin La Vida Loca, a song that you may well not like, but have almost definitely heard. The folks at PlayStation definitely seem to have heard it, having included the tune in a playlist that's arrived alongside what looks like it could be the first official tease of the PS5 Pro's design. All of this was packed into a blog post detailing some of the stuff that the console maker's doing to commemorate its 30th anniversary later this year, a milestone that I'm sure won't make anyone who grew up with a PS1 feel old in the slightest. This weirdness comes not long after leaker bilbil-kun shared an illustration that they claimed shows what the unannounced video game playing box will look like, as well as some apparent details about it. Read more View the full article
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A week after the release of both Mesa 24.2.1 and Mesa 24.1.7, the next point release Mesa 24.2.2 is out now with numerous bug fixes and improvements. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
The long wait for Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 has ended, but persistent game crashes are causing problems for players on PC. If you are one of those encountering the issues, we’ve got some potential fixes. Space Marine 2 has plenty to enjoy, from a full co-op campaign to PvP environments, placing players amid the Warhammer universe. However, as is expected in modern gaming, it’s not always smooth sailing, and crashing issues are frustrating. View the full article
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown has been hit with a wave of review ****** on Steam after the first day of early access was plagued by server issues. After a 13-year wait since the previous entry in the franchise, players have been excited to ***** into Solar Crown and explore the island of Hong Kong—and the doors opened up on Sept. 5 for those who purchased the Gold Edition of the game. View the full article
About 12 years ago, we drew our breath in pain to report that Lone Survivor developer Jasper Byrne's new "Zelda x ******'s Souls" action-RPG was no more. "It was too big for a single person to make," Byrne wrote at the time. "This is the root of the problem. It wasn't that I fell out of love with the idea, just that I can't physically do it." That was then and this, thankfully, is now. Byrne has tentatively returned to the project and begun sharing screens on social media. Read more View the full article
Released originally back in 2018, Slipstream is a retro racer in the spirit of games from the late 80s and early 90s. The developer came back for one final update to finish it off. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
The landscape of the video games industry has changed so much in recent years, but no shift in the wind has been as influential as the live-service model. There are a decent number of games that have been truly successful as a game-as-a-service (GaaS), with titles like Destiny 2, Warframe, Fortnite, Overwatch, Apex Legends, yearly Call of Duty titles, and some more coming to mind. But the list is short compared to the opposite end of the money-making spectrum. View the full article
Valve are closing in on the final stable release of SteamOS 3.6 for Steam Deck, with SteamOS 3.6.12 Beta out now as the first release candidate. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 is subject to the same issues players have come to expect from online games, leaving them at the mercy of the servers. In this guide, we’ve detailed how to check for any issues. Space Marine 2 provides plenty of multiplayer options, ranging from a co-op campaign and three-player co-op Operations to full PvP environments. Of course, the servers need to be stable for you to make any progress. View the full article
Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has announced that it will delay Ranked Rumble, one of the game's returning multiplayer modes. The mode was originally set to return during Apex Legends Season 22. View the full article
Apex Legends ***** are traded out like Pokémon cards in the ALGS offseason. Not only is it difficult to keep track of the movement of your favorite players, but it’s even ******* to switch teams when the entire roster gets dropped. The ALGS comes by year after year, and the only thing that seemed to be consistent throughout was TSM’s roster, but all that has changed since May 2024. For every Pro League, the inevitable offseason comes around, and with it, the uncertainty of where your favorite players will end up. The leadup to Split One Playoffs saw so many changes across each region and even more for Split Two Pro League on June 1. View the full article
NFL fans have two reasons to rejoice this weekend, with the start of a new campaign coinciding with a free-to-play ******* for Madden 25 on PlayStation and Xbox. The new NFL season began on Sept. 5, with defending Super Bowl champions beating Baltimore Ravens 27-20, whetting the appetite ahead of a packed weekend of action—and Madden 25’s limited-time free-to-play offer adds to the football frenzy. View the full article
The lead developers of the Like a Dragon / Yakuza series say they have no intention to stray from the theme of doing “middle-aged guy things”. In an interview with Automaton, series director Ryosuke Horii and lead planner Hirotaka Chiba explained that despite the series continuing to grow and appealing to a wider range of players, they feel the middle-aged nature of the protagonists is what gives the series its unique flavour. “I think that this is precisely one of Like a Dragon’s selling points,” Horii said. “In Yakuza: Like a Dragon, everything starts with three unemployed middle-aged guys being like ‘let’s go to Hello Work’. Read More... View the full article
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Concord is set to shut down today, September 6, and what players the game has remaining are waving goodbye to a shooter they were only able to play for two weeks. Sony’s shock decision to haul the long-in-development PC and PlayStation 5 hero shooter offline just two weeks after launch amid disastrously low player numbers and terrible sales sent some players racing to nab its Platinum trophy in… creative ways. “While many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognize that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended,” Ryan Ellis, game director at Sony-owned developer Firewalk Studios, said at the time. “Therefore, at this time, we have decided to take the game offline beginning September 6, 2024, and explore options, including those that will better reach our players.” Some Concord players have suggested the game may return in free-to-play form, but Sony has made no such guarantee. And so today’s shutdown may end up being the last we see of Concord — ever. Now, Concord’s community is sending its regards. “Been gaming for 35 years and have never experienced anything like the whiplash of Concord,” redditor Two_Bear_Arms said. “TBH it was pretty fun to be part of. Jumping in and enjoying the game, seeing all the drama online and now watching the dramatic ****** of Concord - just nuts!! I appreciate getting the refund and hope that Concord does make a return (in a significantly more appetizing form).” This game was an amazing experience and I'm glad I participated in it. So long, Freegunners byu/russianpruitt inConcordGame .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } Other players are celebrating finally nabbing that Platinum trophy just in the nick of time, a trophy that may end up being one of the rarest ever. Platinum 44 #Concord [Hidden Content] — Sebastian (@ItsNewYokio) September 5, 2024 While Concord the video game is no more, it will live on later this year as part of Amazon’s Secret Level ****** animation anthology series. But there ******** concern about the fate of Firewalk, which Sony acquired in 2023, and Sony faces tough questions about its live service plans, which include Bungie’s Marathon and Haven’s Fairgame$. Concord’s launch was nothing short of disastrous, with analysts telling IGN it has likely sold as few as 25,000 units. It debuted to a tragic 697 peak concurrent players on Steam, a number that made the 12,786 players of ******** Squad: ***** the Justice League, which was dubbed a disappointment by Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav and caused a $200 million hit to revenue, look like a titan. Last year, Sony president Hiroki Totoki committed to launching just six of 12 live service games in development, and one based on The Last of Us has already been canceled. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article