Ubisoft will reveal its remake of Assassin’s Creed: ****** Flag later this week. Assassin’s Creed: ****** Flag Resynced will be revealed via a live stream on Thursday, April 23, at 6 PM CEST / 9 AM PDT. After months of speculation, Ubisoft finally confirmed the existence of the remake via a reveal image last month. Read More... View the full article
Fallout: Wasteland Warfare is getting a second edition later this year, and praise the atom, it looks like it's going to be far simpler than the overwrought original. I was given a brief demo of the revised Fallout miniature wargame at Adepticon, and was relieved to discover the rules have been greatly streamlined. This could be a perfect excuse to bring publisher Modiphius' excellent range of Fallout miniatures out of the vault and onto the tabletop wasteland. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Fallout Wasteland Warfare unveils two new starter sets for its "solo first" second edition Fallout Wasteland Warfare miniature wargame gets 'solo-first' second edition 3D print your own Vault-Tec Vault with a Fallout Humble Bundle View the full article
Dungeons and Dragons is dipping its toes into longform Actual Play content for the first time in many years, and the upcoming 'Dungeon Masters' show has a star-studded cast of actors, voice-actors, and D&D-adjacent celebs. Of course, that's practically a given for any high-profile AP show nowadays... Aside from being officially produced by the creators of the game, and having a kickass intro sequence, Dungeon Masters does have one other trick up its sleeve, a selling point to make it stand out from its competition. The show wants DMs to adapt the content for their own home games. Essentially, this is an actual play series where you can 'play-along' at home. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New to D&D 5e solo play? This 4th-level adventure is perfect for you! Wizards is launching an official D&D actual play starring Astarion and Lae'zel Critical Role's D&D stars kick off new season of the Weird Kids podcast in May View the full article
Today is April 20, a holiday that many celebrate the world over by sparking up and having a smoke-up. But for me, it's a bit more somber. It marks the 15th anniversary of one of the darkest days in PlayStation history. On this date in 2011, Sony was forced to take the PS3's PlayStation Network offline due to an "external intrusion" and data breach affecting over 77 million accounts. The infamous 2011 PSN hack. Image via WikimediaImages on Pixabay I remember where I was. It was my senior year in college, and I was working diligently on my thesis while still attending classes. My thesis was a Call of Duty feature where I interviewed people and wrote about the game's future, so gaming was actually pretty important when it came to my academic career at the time. But most importantly, April 20, 2011, was the day after Mortal Kombat 9 released, and I couldn't play the damn game online anymore. I was livid. My PS3 felt neutered. I was so excited to enjoy the new fighting game that brought the series back to its roots, and I couldn't bring my Raiden or Reptile into the online arena anymore. I couldn't even play ****** Ops 1, which was crucial to my writing work at the time. This feeling went on for weeks. WEEKS. 24 days, to be exact, is how long PSN was offline. That seems unimaginable now, and trust me, it was back then, too. The hack that forced Sony to bring everything down exposed information like usernames, physical addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, passwords, and financial details, so it was a big deal. It was made an even ******* deal by the fact that Sony did not announce right away that there was an external breach to warn users that their info may have been compromised. PSN went down on April 20 after the hack apparently took place from April 17 to 19, but the company didn't make mention of any breach until April 22. "There’s a difference in timing between when we identified there was an intrusion and when we learned of consumers’ data being compromised," Sony said on April 26. "We learned there was an intrusion April 19th and subsequently shut the services down. We then brought in outside experts to help us learn how the intrusion occurred and to conduct an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident. It was necessary to conduct several days of forensic analysis, and it took our experts until yesterday to understand the scope of the breach. We then shared that information with our consumers and announced it publicly this afternoon." Image via PlayStation For those of us old or aware enough to remember, this was a pretty wild time in the gaming community. Many were freaking out that their info had been stolen, while Xbox players were gloating about the fact that they could still play online during the once-rampant fanboy wars. Sony soon announced "compensation" for users who were affected, which included the choice of two PS3 games and two PSP games from a predetermined list, along with 30 days of free PS Plus. I chose Wipeout HD/Fury and LittleBigPlanet, because I owned the other options (InFamous, Dead Nation, and Super Stardust HD). Hey, a couple free games were quite alright by me. Later that year, Sony announced that there was "no confirmed evidence any credit card or personal information" was being "misused." So, when the dust cleared, the outage for me just meant a long time without online gaming, which gave me a good chance to finish Mortal Kombat's story mode and practice a lot against the CPU. Are you old enough to remember the great PSN hack of 2011, or do you live without back pain? The post 15 years ago today, the PlayStation Network went offline and didn’t come back for over 3 weeks appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Capcom announced that worldwide sales of its Pragmata sci-fi action-adventure have surpassed a million copies in its first two days after release. The game debuted on April 17, not long after Pearl Abyss’ Crimson Desert debuted on March 19 and sold five million copies. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } This article is free — just create an account Join GamesBeat to read this story and almost everything else on the site. No credit card, no catch.Start Reading FreeAlready a member? Sign in The post Capcom’s Pragmata sells a million copies in 2 days appeared first on GamesBeat. View the full article
Final Fantasy is getting new free downloads in April, as was announced by Square Enix, and you may not want to miss out on the limited opportunity to grab them. The classic RPG franchise is constantly evolving with the arrival of new core games, spin-offs, merch, and much more. FF16 was the latest main entry in the series, but there is still a lot arriving before the release of Final Fantasy 17; indeed, the game has not even been officially announced as of now. View the full article
Players like to vent their frustrations about games online, and that's their right when it's all impersonal. Write angry social media posts, be my guest, scribble a bad review on Steam. But when you're attacking a developer on their personal social media page, things have gone too far. Square Enix is cracking down on such harassment in the court of law, deanonymizing one player who was harassing its developers and forcing them to apologize. The Final Fantasy 14 developer promises to "take strict measures" against further instances. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Here's everything in FF14 7.5 shown during Live Letter 92, including the return of Final Fantasy's most sinister villain FF14 Fanfest will look more into the MMO's future than you might expect, director Naoki Yoshida teases The FF14 patch 7.5 special site promises more of its best new double act, and a returning ally View the full article
For the second month in a row, Square Enix says it has shut down a content creator it accused of “harassing” Final Fantasy 14 development staff. Last month the company announced that it had taken action against the admin of Japanese news blog Netoge Sokuho for publishing articles that it says were damaging to the reputations of staff and executives. After getting the site’s provider to disclose the identity of the anonymous admin, Square Enix reached a settlement in which the admin agreed to pay an undisclosed fee, publish an apology then shut down the site. Read More... View the full article
Pragmata has already sold over one million copies, just days after the game's release. There is still a lot of 2026 left to go, but it's already proven to be a big year for gaming, with titles like Resident Evil Requiem, Pokemon Pokopia, and Crimson Desert all becoming smash hits in minimal time. Now, Pragmata has joined the party, and it hasn't even been out for a full week. View the full article
Xbox has officially announced its limited edition Forza Horizon 6 controller and headset, after they were leaked earlier this month. Both peripherals will be released on May 19, the same day the game is released on Xbox Series X/S and PC. Described as “one of the most vibrant controllers Xbox has ever released”, the Xbox Wireless Controller: Forza Horizon 6 Limited Edition has a transparent cyan blue case with a metallic gradient. Read More... View the full article
EA boss Laura Miele, Naughty Dog co-founder Jason Rubin, and popular industry analyst Matthew Ball will headline The Game Business Live in June. The event is part of Summer Game Fest and is hosted by Geoff Keighley and journalist Christopher Dring. It takes place on Monday, June 8, at The Grammy Museum in Downtown Los Angeles, and tickets are on ***** now. The event is a series of on-stage interviews with video game leaders. Miele is the president of EA Entertainment and oversees franchises such as Apex Legends, Battlefield, The Sims, and Skate. Read More... View the full article
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