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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced director has teased more on cut modern-day sections - and it got me thinking
First things first: this thing is real. After three long years of rumours, reports, and leaks, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake was revealed back in March and we got more details about what it actually is in April. The remake, dubbed Resync, is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on 9th July, and - having had a fairly substantial hands-on with Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynched recently, I'm weirdly smitten with how rough and ready it is. Read more
AMD Reportedly Prepping Cheaper Ryzen 7 7700X3D CPU, Could Discontinue 7800X3D
Two in five Ryzen owners responding to our survey have an X3D CPU.X3D processors are incredibly popular amongst gamers - in fact, nearly 40 percent of AMD Ryzen owners that responded to our recent website poll said that they used a Ryzen 5000X3D, 7000X3D or 9000X3D-series CPU instead of a cheaper non-X3D equivalent. Given that, it's no surprise to see AMD is reportedly prepping a new, cheaper alternative to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, the Ryzen 7 7700X3D.The leak comes from long-time hardware leaker chi11eddog on Twitter, who succinctly reports the key specs of the chip - including a 120W TDP, eight-core and 16-thread design and 96MB L3 cache allocation.Read the full article on digitalfoundry.net
My Nintendo Store Adds A New Yoshi Reward (North America)
Fancy a Yoshi Egg Zipper Pouch?Yoshi returned this week in the new Switch 2 title Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, and to celebrate, Nintendo is now offering a new reward on the My Nintendo Store in North America.Read the full article on nintendolife.com
"Honestly difficult to imagine a path forward with it" - licensed Paranormal Activity horror game "technically done for good", says Mortuary Assistant creator
The solo developer of horror hit The Mortuary Assistant has told Eurogamer that his officially licensed Paranormal Activity game, Paranormal Activity: Threshold, "is technically done for good". Read more
Baldur's Gate 3's Wyll gets "the autonomy he deserves" in deciding whether to break his pact with Mizora, thanks to a chunky companion quest overhaul mod
Back in 2024, I wrote about a group of Baldur's Gate 3 modders who were dead set on giving Wyll the same level of depth and attention Larian's RPG dotes on the likes of Shadowheart and Astarion. They dubbed their efforts the "Wyll Cinematic Universe", and kicked off by adding a new romance scene for the Blade of Frontiers to the game's third act. Now, their work looks to have culminated in a substantial revamp of Wyll's companion quest surrounding his pact with evil demon lady Mizora, giving him more agency to make his own decisions as to whether he breaks it. Read more
Samsung unveils "industry-first" 6K gaming monitor with 165Hz refresh rate and DisplayPort 2.1
And three more models, with QD-OLED, W-OLED and IPS options.Hot on the heels of LG unveiling the first 1080p 1000Hz monitor, Korean chaebol rival Samsung has announced the industry's first 6K gaming monitor - and three more models split across QD-OLED, W-OLED and IPS LCD panel types.The flagship Odyssey G8 G80HS is a 32-inch Fast IPS monitor with a 6144×3456 resolution, while its refresh rate is 165Hz - significantly faster than the 60Hz office monitors previously produced at this resolution. If you want a higher refresh rate, eg for hitting Counter-Strike 2 with the gang after your work day is over, the monitor can also run in dual mode at a 3K resolution and 330Hz refresh rate.Read the full article on digitalfoundry.net
New Atari Trademark Application Hints At Hardware Refresh For Mr T's Favourite Home Computer
We pity the fool who isn't excited about this news.The modern-day Atari has done a commendable job of ensuring the company's legacy remains relevant through a series of revived games and hardware releases, with the latter coming courtesy of partnerships with Retro Games Ltd and My Arcade.So far, we've seen systems like the GameStation Go and the 400 Mini, and it seems another revival is on the horizon.Read the full article on timeextension.com
Star Fox On Switch 2 Is Getting A Day One Update
Required to access certain online features.Ahead of the release of Star Fox on the Switch 2 next month, Nintendo's Japanese website has revealed an update will be required to unlock certain features.As spotted by Nintendo Everything, the update will allow you to participate in the online Battle Mode, which supports 4-vs-4 multiplayer dogfights between Team Star Fox and Team Star Wolf.Read the full article on nintendolife.com
It's not just PS Plus Essential getting a price hike: Premium and Extra tiers are now more expensive too
Following Sony's carefully worded PlayStation Plus price increase announcement earlier this week, the company has confirmed what everybody already expected but what it hadn't yet said out loud: it's not just PS Plus Essential going up in price; Premium and Extra are now more expensive too. Read more
After months of leaks and building expectations, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is a surprisingly clumsy remake, with bugs and parkour missteps marring my three-hour preview
Remakes are very much in vogue these days, providing developers the opportunity to return to an old favourite and enhance, expand, and correct the wrongs of the past. Some of the best, such as Mafia: Definitive Edition, redraw the edges of an old story, elevating and embellishing what was there in ways that seem so natural you can forget where the original began and the remake ends. With Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Ubisoft are attempting the same for their much beloved open world pirate 'em up. Case in point, swashbuckling protagonist Edward Kenway now has nipples. Read more
F1 2026 Season Pack Trailer Analysis: Madring And New Teams Confirmed For F1 25, But Huge Questions Remain
"It'll be interesting to see how they incorporate controller vibration when you're driving an Aston Martin.".2026 has been a weird year for F1, as the teams and fans grapple with controversial technical regulations that require a new start procedure, complicated electrical energy management and movable front and rear wings - alongside the debut of a new team, Cadillac, and a new track, the Madring. It's a whole lot to fit into a new F1 game, and so EA told us last year that it was cancelling F1 26 in favour of a paid expansion pack that brought those changes into the existing F1 25 game. Now, two weeks ahead of launch, a new trailer for the 2026 Season Pack has appeared - but key questions remain unanswered as to how this will all work.Read the full article on digitalfoundry.net
Xbox hires analyst who said games were losing the attention battle with gambling, crypto and porn as chief strategy officer in another leadership revamp
Microsoft's newly appointed gaming boss Asha Sharma has made more leadership changes at Xbox, this time hiring a handful of executives to help lead the company that include an industry analyst who said games were losing the attention war to gambling, porn and crypto. Read more
Splinter Cell veteran says realistic modern lighting has screwed up stealth games: "it gets very hard to tell what’s light, what’s shadow, what’s dark, what’s safe"
Finally, a game developer who agrees with my fervently held view that new technology makes everything worse. Celebrated designer Clint Hocking – him wot worked on Far Cry 2, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Watch Dogs Legion, and the forthcoming Assassin's Creed Codename Hexe – has publicly opined that realistic modern lighting has made life trickier for stealth game creators, because realistic lighting conditions are harder to lurk in. Now you tell me! “I actually think one of the difficulties with modern stealth games is the sophistication in the rendering has made lighting so much more realistic,” Hocking told FRVR in an excerpt from an upcoming podcast episode. The simulation of, say, diffusion - light scattering from different surfaces – makes stealth games “so much harder to read”, he explained. Read more
Co-op is definitely the worst way to play Subnautica 2, but as a big old sea-wuss, I really don't care
Confession time: I never actually finished the original Subnautica. It's not that I didn't love its clever mix of sandbox survival and structured narrative; it's just that I'm a massive wuss when it comes to the sea. Or what lies beneath, at least. Subnautica's sun-kissed Safe Shallows? Fine, lovely. Kelp Forest's increasing murk? Nerves starting to tingle. The yawning abyss of oceanic horrors pretty much everywhere else on the map? Bollocks to that. Let's just say I played most of the original cresting gingerly along the surface trying not to think too much about what might be lurking below. So when I finally reached the point the only way left to go was down, well, that was me done. In other words, I could immediately see the appeal of Subnautica 2's co-op companionship, the reassuring sense of safety in numbers, the moment it was announced. Read more
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (23rd May)
A new challenger approaches.Welcome to the weekend!No megaton announcements over the past seven days, but plenty going on. Nintendo revealed a new mobile game and released a Switch 2 exclusive, The Pokémon Company is looking to use government ID to combat TCG scalping in Japan, and a potential launch for Switch 1 in India might give it a shot at taking PS2's lifetime sales crown.Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Subnautica 2 dev apologises for telling combat-seeking players to "go play Sons of the Forest or something"
Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds has poured cold water on hopes it will add more ways to defend yourself in the popular underwater survival game and potentially fight off dangerous fish. Read more
PSA - Upgrade Your Nvidia Graphics Drivers To Avoid a "High-Severity" Vulnerability
Game Ready driver 596.36 includes fixes; all earlier versions susceptible.Nvidia has released one of its rare security bulletins over the last 24 hours, disclosing 15 security vulnerabilities that affect its Windows and Linux graphics drivers. Nine are marked as "high-severity", as they could allow attackers to bork* your PC, gain administrative access, exfiltrate personal data and/or execute arbitrary code. All the bad stuff, basically.For GeForce graphics card owners, it's therefore recommended to update your drivers to the latest available version, with all versions prior to 596.36 (for modern GeForce GPUs) or 482.53 (for GTX 10-series and earlier GPUs) vulnerable to some or all of these exploits.Read the full article on digitalfoundry.net
Dragon Age: Inquisition's lead narrative designer is making an adventure game world "where the ordinary starts to feel like it is hiding something"
Efforts to start a blaze by huffing on the embers of BioWare's legacy continue with the announcement of Studio Reset - a new Canadian independent whose members include veterans of Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Anthem. The key personalities are Kaelin Lavallée, lead narrative designer on Dragon Age: Inquisition (*smiles, nods) and Mass Effect Andromeda (*frowns), who has also served as a designer in different capacities on The Long Dark. Kris Schoneberg, meanwhile, is Anthem's former creative director and a former Mass Effect level designer. Francis Lacuna, finally, is a character artist and later, character director who has worked across Dragon Age, Mass Effect and Anthem. Read more
Check Out Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood Running On The Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
Update: New footage shown with CD-DA audio.Not a week seems to pass without a new porting project for the Genesis / Mega Drive – R-Type, RoboCop, Final Fight, Symphony of the Night, Super Castlevania IV... the list is pretty incredible now.Another notable Castlevania also seems to be coming to Sega's 16-bit system; werton is currently working on a port of the PC Engine classic Castlevania: Rondo of Blood / Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo, which was originally released back in 1993.Read the full article on timeextension.com
Ubisoft confirms new Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Ghost Recon games are coming before April 2029
Ubisoft has outlined its future slate of releases in its latest earnings report, confirming the next Assassin's Creed will launch before the end of its 2028-2029 financial year. That's in addition to new Ghost Recon and Far Cry games. Read more
Stop Killing Games petition on game server switch offs will get a reply "before the summer", European Commission promise during latest debate
Following a public hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels last month, European politicians have debated the Stop Killing Games campaign's petition to put more consumer protections around online game server shutdowns into law again today, May 21st. This latest debate took place during plenary session of the Eurpean Parliament in the French city of Strasbourg. As is the norm, lots of different politicians took turns putting forth different views on the issue and what kind of action might be needed in response to it. A representative of the European Commission also spoke, promising that a reply to the petition that the body are currently putting together will be forthcoming "before the summer". Read more
PlayStation State of Play on 2nd June: What Are You Hoping for at the 60+ Minute Show?
Marvel's Wolverine is the only confirmed inclusion in a marathon livestream.Sony has announced its next State of Play showcase on the 2nd of June - just under two weeks away. The Tuesday show kicks off at 2PM Pacific, 5PM Eastern and 10PM in the UK.Read the full article on digitalfoundry.net
Acclaim Brings "Nostalgic Roguelike Action-Platformer" Kidbash To Consoles In 2027
Paying homage to Mega Man and Kirby 64.Acclaim's comeback continues with the announcement Kidbash: Super Legend will be releasing "early" next year.This colourful new title, developed by the Indonesian-based studios Authentic Remixes and Fat Raccoon, is described as a "nostalgic roguelike action-platformer", and is currently locked in for "Steam and consoles".Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Squabble over Disco Elysium's legacy continues as Hopetown studio recruit another ex-ZA/UM dev while dropping a new trailer on Zero Parades' release day
Today, May 21st, marks the release of ZA/UM's Zero Parades, the studio's Disco Elysium follow-up arriving following years of drama and turmoil surrounding the original game and the people who made it. So, naturally, one of numerous Disco-like games which have sprung up over the past few years has chosen that day to put out a new trailer, while also shouting about having recruited another former Disco Elysium developer. Read more