Month: September 2024

The Silent Hill 2 remake is console exclusive to PlayStation 5 for one year, Sony has revealed.As spotted by Eurogamer, a new trailer released on the PlayStation YouTube channel shows Bloober’s long-awaited remake won’t launch on “other formats” until October 8, 2025 at the earliest. Silent Hill 2 launches on PC and PS5 on October 8, 2024.While “other formats” is a vague phrase, it no doubt includes Xbox consoles (Xbox Series X and S) and, potentially, Nintendo’s next-generation console, dubbed Switch 2. The Silent Hill 2 remake will of course be playable on the upcoming PS5 Pro, which launches on November 7.Image credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment / YouTube.Sony’s partnership with Konami for Silent Hill 2 has not only resulted in a year-long console exclusivity, but fu…

The price for the PlayStation 30th Anniversary PS5 Slim bundle as well as the PlayStation 30th Anniversary DualSense controller have reportedly been revealed.In an article on Dealabs, reliable PlayStation leaker billbil-kun said the limited edition PS5 Slim console bundle will cost $499.99. Billbil-kun estimated that the bundle will cost around €519.99 and £449.99 in Europe.The DualSense 30th Anniversary controller, meanwhile, costs $79.99, which is the same price as the recently released DualSense Astro Bot controller. Billbil-kun estimates the price of this controller in Europe is €79.99 and £69.99.…

Netflix Capcom's Devil May Cry animated series delivered its first teaser trailer – and an April 2025 release window – during Netflix Geeked Week 2024 Live. The sneak peek was all about introducing demon hunter Dante and showing off his sword skills and gunplay, along with a very sinister looking white rabbit.Dante. Is. Coming. From Capcom, Netflix and Studio Mir, the new Devil May Cry animated series is coming April 2025. #GeekedWeek pic.twitter.com/KA0oj3ISGj— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) September 20, 2024 Dante devotees haven't had a chance to swoon over Dante's dashing looks since Devil May Cry 5 back in 2019 – apart from a Chinese mobile spin off Devil May Cry: Peak of Combat, where our boy was not looking his best. The beloved Capcom character is in experienced h…

Nintendo Switch 2 talk is in overdrive after alleged prototype images of Nintendo’s next-gen console emerged online.The unverified images — a mix of Computer-aided design (CAD) images and printed circuit board (PCB) photos — are said to have originated from a Chinese website before making their way onto Reddit. They show a device similar to the existing Switch console, but with a larger screen and magnetic Joy-Cons, which tie into previous reporting on the Switch 2. There is a USB-C port on the top and bottom of the console, too.Nintendo is yet to comment on the images, and it’s important to note that they remain unverified at this time and may relate to an early design that has since changed significantly, but VGC was told by one source that they “match what the company has told…

AMC has canceled Orphan Black: Echoes after just one season.The network has moved to cancel the Krysten Ritter-led sci-fi spinoff series following the conclusion of Season 1 on August 25, 2024 (via Deadline). It appears the show was unable to fill the shoes left behind by the original Orphan Black series, with Echoes sporting a less-than-favorable audience review score of 47% on Rotten Tomatoes. Although critics found a bit more to enjoy in its story, the team behind the follow-up show will not be continuing its story with Season 2.Orphan Black: Echoes Season 2 isn't happening.Orphan Black got its start in 2013 and starred Tatiana Maslany as a variety of different characters alongside actors Dylan Bruce, Kevin Hanchard, Maria Doyle Kennedy, and more. Its five-season story tackled the …

The Pokémon Company has won around $15 million in a copyright lawsuit against a Chinese company that appeared to blatantly use Pokémon characters in its game.As reported by GamesBiz and translated by Automaton, The Pokémon Company announced its success in the lawsuit over Pocket Monster Reissue, also known as Koudaiyaoguai Fuke, a turn based role-playing mobile game alleged to include characters such as Ash Ketchum and Pikachu.The Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court has acknowledged the copyright infringement and ordered one of six companies accused to pay 107 million Chinese yuan (around $15.08 million) in damages. Three of the remaining six companies were ordered to bear joint liability but have filed an appeal.…

Netflix has announced that its animated film The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep has been delayed from late 2024 to February 11, 2025.Word came as part of Netflix's Geeked Week where the streaming service also shared a brief promotional video and clip from the incoming film. Doug Cockle, voice of Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher video games and now Sirens of the Deep too, introduces a scene where his character and the bard Jaskier (voiced by Joey Batey from the Netflix series) chat around a campfire.Sirens of the Deep is based on the short story A Little Sacrifice. This takes place in roughly 1244 in the Witcher world, soon after Geralt and Yennefer meet for the first time in the Netflix show's Season 1 Episode 5, but more than 20 years before the main saga that begins in Season 2.Hear…

The 76th Emmy Awards have arrived and they celebrated the best of the best in the world of television from the past year. Shogun, The Bear, and Baby Reindeer led the night with four wins each, but there were a ton of winners from a wide range of shows.Shogun entered tonight as the leader in nominations with 25, and, when counting the Creative Arts Emmys, ended with 18. During the main show, Shogun walked away with the Emmys for Drama Series, Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Hiroyuki Sanada), Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Anna Sawai), and Directing for a Drama Series (Frederick E.O. Toye). With its 18 wins, Shogun set a record for the most wins by a show in a single season.Which Emmy Winners Should You Stream Right Now?The Bear broke its own record from last year by winning 11 Emmys during t…

Ubisoft is adding offline modes to both The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest but isn't bringing back the original game following its shutdown in March.The publisher said on X/Twitter that it heard fans' concerns about the two currently active The Crew games eventually being pulled too, and would add the offline modes as a result. The Crew first launched in December 2014 but, almost a decade later, was pulled from storefronts and taken offline, meaning even those who paid full price for the open world racer could no longer play it.Fans responded with frustration and anger at the decision, but also worry what the policy meant for the two games still available.…

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has revealed the PC and PlayStation 5 co-op shooter's next Premium Warbond, dubbed Chemical Agents, alongside a September 19 release date.While Chemical Agents does not include any new weapons, it adds two stratagem variants — the TX-41 Sterilizer, which lets you spray a gas at the Terminids and Automatons, and the Guard Dog's ‘Dog Breath,’ which is a corrosive gas sprayer — and, in keeping with the alien exterminator theme, the G-4 Gas grenade, which covers the whole area in a cloud of noxious fumes.Explaining the decision to include new stratagem variants but no new weapons, Katherine Baskin, social media and community manager at Arrowhead, said in a post on the PlayStation Blog: “Adding stratagem variants to Warbonds is new with Chemi…