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With its fourth anniversary rapidly approaching, Genshin Impact is finally set to launch on Xbox. HoYoverse’s flagship gacha title released in September 2020 for PC, mobile, and PlayStation 4, with a PS5 port coming in hot a few months later. But despite persistent rumours that it would soon become available on other platforms, this is the first time there’s been anything approaching official confirmation.Spotted by Wario64 and shared to the prolific and trusted leaker’s Twitter account, an Xbox store listing for Genshin Impact has suddenly popped up, with the news later confirmed during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024. There’s no release date listed on the base game — which currently states that it’s “not available separately” — but a click through to the listing for the Xbox…

Still in the mood for more Peaky Blinders after season 6? Well, lucky you, as the plan was to make a movie – distributed by Netflix – to wrap everything up. Cillian Murphy is in and was recently joined by Mission: Impossible and Dune’s Rebecca Ferguson. Now, Barry Keoghan is adding even more star power to the ensemble.The news arrived via Deadline without further details about his role nor Ferguson’s. That said, their inclusion, given how busy they are with big-screen work nowadays, suggests that Tommy Shelby and the Peaky Blinders’ long-running storyline could’ve been saving the best for last.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings British director Tom Harper (The Aeronauts, Heart of Stone) is directing the feature, which will be …

After many months of waiting, it sounds like Baldur’s Gate 3’s Patch 7 is finally coming next week.Fans have been waiting on Patch 7 for quite a while now, and this week at the end of a PAX West panel covering the game’s developer, head of Larian Swen Vincke confirmed that you can look forward to downloading it sometime next week. An exact date wasn’t confirmed, so you’ll still need to keep your eyes peeled for it in the meantime. Also important to note it that this patch will only be available on PC to start, with the official Baldur’s Gate 3 Twitter account explaining, “With so many changes and new features arriving in this patch, it’ll take a little longer to get these to you on console and Mac – but don’t worry, you’ll be murdering your enemies and installing mods in …

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.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings This weirdness comes not long after leaker bilbil-kun shared an…

Microsoft is reportedly laying off 650 staff from its gaming division, according to an internal memo sent by Xbox CEO Phil Spencer to to staff, which has been published by both IGN and Game File.This latest round of cuts would follow the company laying off 1,900 staff from its video game division back in January this year, and come amid what’s been an incredibly torrid year games industry-wide on the layoff front.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings In the memo, Spencer wrote: “As part of aligning our post-acquisition team structure and managing our business, we have made the decision to eliminate approximately 650 roles across Microsoft Gaming — mostly corporate and supporting functions — to organize our business for long term success.”He …

Xbox has announced another batch of Game Pass arrivals – the titles which’ll be hitting the service during the second half of September – and this time the main people who’ll be happy are those who like ordering virtual folks about and building stuff.This wave of Game Pass titles follows up on one from earlier this month which was largely aimed at lovably boring simulated commuters, and is the first to arrive following all of Microsoft’s price rejigging and standard tier introducing properly coming into force on September 12.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings September’s second list of Game Pass arrivals includes three main new additions, all of which will be very much in the court of people who like toiling away the hours making decrees and buildin…

Not long after Larian released its official modding toolkit for Baldur’s Gate 3, it took next to no time for modders to find out how to unlock a developer mode in it that gives folks the chance to try a bunch of advanced stuff. Now, one modder’s busy swapping out the game’s turn-based fights for real-time ones, and they’re making some decent progress so far.With some cool custom maps already starting to take shape, in addition all the other interesting work that continues to rock up on the Nexus with and without help from its tools, BG3’s Patch 7 has definitely helped bring a lot of eyes back to the game’s flourishing modding scene.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The latest interesting thing that you’ll find if you do some digging (thanks, PC Game…

It’s been a little while since Fallout: London last got a fresh patch, but Team FOLON’s now offered an update explaining what it’s been working on with regards to Patch 1.02. Long story short, some extra help’s been drafted in to help improve how it performs, and you shoudn’t have to wait too much longer to check the fixes out in-game.If you’ve not already, Fallout: London is well worth checking out for its fun take on post-apocalyptic British culture, as well as the fact it’s a damn good Fallout game in its own right, when it’s playing ball bug-wise.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings “For those eagerly awaiting news about the upcoming patch, we’re happy to share that it should be out before [London MCM] Comic Con,” project manager Dean ‘Prilla…

Do you enjoy treating Elden Ring’s bosses to the power of your fists? Don’t worry, you can admit it, we’re all friends here. Especially since the latyest patch to hit the Shadow of the Erdtree-enhanced game is partly aimed at making sure you can have a good time practicing your hobby .Hey, at least this update shouldn’t spark too much chatter about nerfs and whether or not they’re a good thing – as its predecessor – Patch 1.14 – risked doing via its tweaks to Promised Consort Radahn.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings As detailed in its notes, Patch 1.15 is all about bug fixes and stuff that might help you to avoid experiencing unstable performance on PC or console.But where, pray tell, are the fisting boons? Right here, chill out. FromSoft’s fixed a …

Nearly five years since the game launched, Disco Elysium has something of a rotten legacy. One of the most acclaimed games of the modern era, the ground-breaking RPG was adored by critics and consumers alike at launch, lauded for its deep RPG systems, its exemplary writing, and for how completely and utterly well-conceived its bleak, miserable world was. I also really, really liked the music.Tensions between development staff and the publishing arm of the company, and apparently rancid in-studio vibes, have lead to many of us thinking that we’ll never get another game like Disco Elysium ever again. Or will we?To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Though it’s missing some key staff that made DE as memorable as it was, new indie developer Long…