According to the German website, Games Wirtschaft, the console manufacturer is joining Nintendo, Take-Two Interactive, and Activision Blizzard, as companies that will not attend the event. But, don’t worry. While Gamescom’s organizers have not published a full list of attendees yet, they are claiming that 250 companies will appear this year, including Bandai Namco as well as THQ Nordic. Gamescom 2022 will be a hybrid week-long event with in-person as well as online proceedings....

Several well-known insiders in the video game industry report receiving emails from Sony concerning the PlayStation VR2. Tom Henderson, specifically, pointed out that Sony started sending similar emails weeks before the pre-launch of the PlayStation 5. This all but confirms that Sony has extensive reveal for the new PSVR headset planned within the next couple of weeks, which is also in line with what we’ve heard from other leakers as well....

According to Reuters, video game software sales dropped by 26 percent. Sony revealed in a recent investor call that the “lack” of exclusive PlayStation games is part of the reason for the decline. In addition, Sony pointed out that gamers are spending less time playing video games now that the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic has passed. Sony backed up its claim by reporting that PlayStation Network users dropped by 3 percent last quarter....

Heard signed on to play the role of Mera in 2018’s Aquaman, which promptly became the biggest film in the DC Extended Universe with a global box office take of $1.148 billion. This all but guaranteed that Heard would return in the sequel, which is set to premiere next year. Heard also got a vote of confidence from the filmmakers last year, saying that they’re not going to “react to, honestly, pure fan pressure....

According to the YouTuber, DIY Perks, he has just made the “world’s first PlayStation 5 Slim” and with a height of just 2 centimeters, you can’t blame him for being proud. You can check out the entire process below if you’re curious to see how he achieved it: Of course, making a slimmer PS5 unit is much easier said than done. As DIY Perks shows in his video, even someone who does stuff like this for a living makes mistakes....

The Chinese media conglomerate had just recently purchased a stake in Elden Ring maker FromSoftware in a deal that involved Sony. Now, the company has set its sights on Ubisoft. The new deal sees Tencent acquiring a minority share in Guillemot Brothers Ltd, which will indirectly increase its ownership of Ubisoft. Before the purchase, Tencent already owned a 4.5% stake in Ubisoft. The Guillemot family will remain as majority owner of Guillemot Brothers Ltd, as the total owned by Tencent will move to 49....

With that said, we’ve decided to pay homage to the best games with bad graphics. Mind you, these aren’t games that were purposely designed to look “bad” or “different”. We’ve got an entirely different list for that. No. These are games that really looked bad at launch. Yet, despite their bad graphics, these games are well worth your time and money. Deus Ex 2000’s Deus Ex definitely isn’t a looker....

According to former Overwatch League coach Félix ‘Féfé’ Münch, a viewer sent him details of what could just be the abilities and ultimate of Junker Queen. In addition, Junker Queen’s sword will have a boomerang function where she can throw it at enemies and call it back, possibly hitting anyone in the way as the weapon flies back to her. The leak also suggests that the Junker Queen will have an ability where allies will gain 100HP alongside a 200 HP boost to herself, Rallying Call....

Yet, despite the undeniable talent in Dota 2, because there are only very few Valve-sanctioned tournaments like Majors, not everyone has a chance to win one. With that said, we’ve decided to round up 10 of the best Dota 2 players ever to never win a Major. Majors are tournaments introduced and sanctioned by Valve in 2015 in an attempt to improve the professional landscape of Dota 2 and spread the wealth throughout the year outside of The International, which is usually held in August....

As expected from Taika Waititi’s return in the director’s chair, Thor 4 is shaping up to be a fantastic coming of age (of sorts) film that will explore what Chris Hemsworth’s titular Norse god of Thunder has been up to since 2018’s Avengers: Endgame. As the once-heir to the throne of Asgard discovers what it’s like to become more than just the Son of Odin and the savior of the universe, he finds out that a lot has changed as well....

EA first introduced the newly-added The Sims 4 feature in January, which will let players create pronouns as well as choose more inclusive pronouns like they/them, she/her, as well as he/him, among others. According to EA, the same pronoun options are coming to other languages in a future update. — The Sims (@TheSims) May 24, 2022 EA has made changing a Sim’s pronoun in The Sims 4 easy. EA has changed the beginning words of “Hello, my name is …” to “Hello, my name and pronouns are …” in Create-a-Sim....

On January 27, Radishboy was live streaming as he played Old School RuneScape when he heard the fire alarm go off. A few moments later, Radishboy decides to check it out to find out that his house had already caught fire. At that point, the streamer still found the time to let viewers know what was happening before calling 911 and never came back. It’s not clear what Radishboy saw when he left the room and where the fire started, but it’s evident that it was no small house fire....

When you consider that the remakes of Resident Evil 2 and 3 added more meat and length to each game’s stories compared to the original versions, there’s genuine concern that next year’s remake of Resident Evil 4 will make an already long game even longer. As it turns out, this isn’t the case. According to a PC Gamer interview with Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, the Resident Evil 4 remake will be “about the same length” as the PS2 original....

Having said that, Avengers: Endgame’s directors, Joe and Anthony Russo, might have just hinted at what it would take to make them return to the MCU. The Russo brothers are the most financially successful MCU directors. The two made their MCU debut with 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier. They later came back to direct 2016’s Captain America: Civil War. More importantly, the duo was tasked with wrapping up the decade-long story of the MCU at the time with 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War and 2019’s Avengers: Endgame....

Boyd Holbrook, who played the escaped nightmare, recently revealed in an interview with EW that his character will be making a return to the show in later seasons, saying: The series ranked first on Netflix’s Top 10 global titles just three days after its release and remained the most-watched English-language TV show on Netflix for three straight weeks, earning over 393.14 million viewing hours. The show follows Morpheus, the personification of dreams, and one of the seven Endless, who is captured in an occult ritual in 1916....

Nintendo Direct streamed the teaser which gave the public its first looks at Mario and some of the other characters in the film, including his archnemesis, Bowser. Does the teaser live up to the hype? Read on for the details. Bowser, Toad, and the Mushroom Kingdom At the Nintendo Direct stream, the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto welcomed viewers and introduced Chris Meledandri of Illumination, which is handling the production and animation of the film....

Joltik – The Smallest Pokemon (#5) Joltik, by technical definition, is the cutest Pokemon because of its size. Joltik is only four (4) inches tall, the smallest Pokemon to date. It is not only by its size per se that Joltik is considered cute. Joltik’s yellow fur and mesmerizing blue eyes are physical characteristics that make it cute too. Joltik’s mandibles, that look like part of its fur, only add to its overall cuteness....

Nightmare of the Wolf shares the universe of the live-action Netflix series that adapts the original Witcher books penned by Andrzej Sapkowski, as opposed to the popular games developed by CD Projekt Red. Fleshing out the backstory of Vesemir in his younger years, Nightmare of the Wolf seems to hit all the usual Witcher story beats based on the teaser trailer. We’ve got monsters, monster slaying, potions, contracts that are more than meets the eye, discrimination against Witchers - the whole package deal....

No, we’re not kidding - get ready to set sail across the Atlantic once again boys as Titanic is coming out in theaters next year. According to Deadline, Disney will bring back the remaster of the multi-award-winning film in cinemas on February 10, 2023. The latest premiere of one of the highest-grossing films of all time will be available in 3D 4K HDR and high-frame-rate, which should give audiences another reason to flock to theaters to watch a timeless classic....

Earlier this week, Bloomberg published a report indicating that Activision might not release a new Call of Duty game in 2023. Since then, fans have combed through the same report several times with other insiders coming forward with other additional information. In this case, one keen-eyed observer noticed a line saying that there will be a “new, free-to-play online title next year” with the help of Treyarch. Some people assumed that the report was talking about Warzone 2, which was confirmed a few weeks ago alongside Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2....