Although CAPCOM’s RE Engine proved to be a great engine for linear games such as Resident Evil Requiem, Monster Hunter Wilds highlighted how the engine wasn't as good at handling open-world games. Its significant performance issues have now been fixed for the most part, and they may even be a thing of the past for future games from the Japanese publisher, judging from a recent statement. During a Q&A session held during the publisher's Q3 FY2025 Financial Results Conference Call, CAPCOM discussed its future PC strategy. "As of the third quarter, PC sales account for approximately 50% of total unit […]

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Ever since video games have been a thing, players have always sought the help of others to overcome difficult segments. While how they seek help has changed a lot over the years, moving from guides published in magazines to online walkthroughs and videos, the need for guidance for particularly challenging segments is as strong as it has ever been. In the future, however, there could be a massive change in how players receive their much-needed help, judging from a patent filed by Microsoft detailing a cloud-based Xbox system to let human or AI helpers take over temporarily. As spotted by […]

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Last month, ahead of the launch of Resident Evil Requiem, the Resident Evil 4 remake received a surprise update on PC. While the small update did not add any content to the game, it removed the Denuvo DRM protection the game had since launch and replaced it with Enigma DRM, which had a significant impact on performance. While the community and games media such as Digital Foundry did not hide their disappointment at the practice of updating years-old games just to add DRM that ultimately ruins the experience for those who purchased the game, the lack of communication from CAPCOM […]

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Starfield has long been rumored to be set for a PlayStation 5 launch, and in the past few months, reports suggested that the latest open-world game from Bethesda would be launching on Sony's current-generation system sometime in April. Today, we learned there's a solid chance it will indeed make its debut on the system on April 7, 2026. In a new report shared today on Dealabs, reliable leaker billbil-kun corroborated the game's release date, previously revealed by Polish website PPE, whose sources haven't always been accurate. Following their own investigation, the leaker was able to corroborate not only the release date but also […]

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Stellar Blade was the first console and PC game by Korean developer Shift Up, and one of the best debuts on dedicated gaming platforms from a former mobile-only developer we have ever seen. While its initial popularity may have been boosted by Sony Interactive Entertainment, the game soon became a smashing success on PC, selling a considerable number of copies in a short time. With Stellar Blade 2 confirmed to be in development, it stood to reason that SIE would publish the second entry in the series as well, but there's a chance Shift Up will publish its next game itself, as the studio is strengthening its capabilities […]

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Following a series of cast announcements for the show, the first look at the God of War series in development by Amazon arrived last week with a shot of Kratos and Atreus, played by Ryan Hurst and Callum Vinson, which directly adapts one of the first sequences of the 2018 game starring both. While this sort of picture is usually not very representative of a show's final quality, this first image caused quite a reaction, not only from fans of the series who believe there's some AI-generated content involved, but also from its creator, David Jaffe, who is known for his strong […]

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