Radical Forge raises £2.6m to expand team and launch Southfield

British studio Radical Forge has raised £2.6 million ($3.4 million) to expand its team and launch a chaotic physics-based farming simulation Southfield. The liquidity injection is via the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II – Mercia Equity Finance, which primarily makes investments across Yorkshire and is managed by Mercia Ventures as part of the Northern Powerhouse … Read more

Veilguard opens as BioWare's best Steam launch with 70,000 concurrent players

Dragon Age: The Veil Guard released on Halloween and, as a gift to BioWare, became the studio's biggest Steam game. For SteamDBthe action RPG has 70,414 concurrent players at the time of writing. Compared to its predecessors, this puts it well ahead of its predecessor in 2009 Dragon Age: Origins (7,089 players) and 2014 Dragon … Read more

Sonic x Shadow Generations sold over 1 million copies at launch

Within his first day, Sonic x Shadow Generations has surpassed one million physical and digital copies sold, he revealed Saw. The game is released on PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Series X|S. Along with a remaster of the 2011 game Sonic generations, comes bundled with an all-new campaign focusing on … Read more

Roblox will launch new child safety measures in November

Bloomberg reports that a new round of child safety reforms are on the way Roblox sometime next month. In an email to Bloomberg, Roblox Corp. said the new measures “are part of [our] commitment to making the platform one of the safest online environments for our users, especially younger ones.” These changes, according to a … Read more

Space Marine II becomes best Pullup launch, big Q2 gain for 2024-2025

Pullup Entertainment released its financial data for second quarter 2024-2025and the publisher has more than outdone itself compared to last year. Catalog revenue for the quarter reached 164 million euros (or nearly $177.6 million) and 164.1 million euros for the first half of the fiscal year. Individually, their respective revenues were 13x and 7.1x higher … Read more

Silent Hill 2 Remake sells over 1 million copies in its launch week

Konami's remake for PlayStation 5 and PC Silent Hill 2 it sold over 1 million copies within days of its launch. The first mainline entry in the series in 12 years, Bloober Team the remake of the 2001 classic has received rave reviews since release. Is it profitable for Bloober or Konami? This is not … Read more

Game composer Nobuo Uematsu will retire after Fantasian's console launch

Longtime game composer Nobuo Uematsu has revealed that he will retire after the launch of Fantasian: Neodimension in December. In the video promoting the role-playing game, he called it his “final project as a video game music composer”. Therefore, it naturally hopes that players will buy the game. Earlier this year, Uematsu he admitted that … Read more

Throne of Liberty had over 3 million players in its launch week

NCSoft and Amazon Games' Throne of Liberty earned more 3 million players within the first week, the companies revealed. The MMORPG was released on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S on October 1st. Overall, these players also reached 24 million hours of gameplay. For comparison, Amazon's 2022 MMO Lost Ark open to 1.32 million … Read more

Meta Unveils $300 Quest 3S Headset for October Launch

During his latest Connect event, Half has unveiled a new headset: the Quest 3S. Due out October 15, the device is billed as a low-cost entry into the world of virtual reality at $300 (for 128GB) or $400 (for 512GB). For comparison, the original Mission 3 AND Pro Search headphones respectively launched at 500 dollars … Read more

Ubisoft Delays Assassin's Creed Shadows, Promises Day One Steam Launch

Shadows of Assassin's Creed postpones the release date scheduled for November 15 and moves it to February 14, 2025. Marc-Alexis Côtéexecutive producer of the franchise, said that the game “needs more time to refine and perfect the experience, further developing some of our key features.” “We know this decision will be disappointing news,” he continued, … Read more