Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk recently hinted that he had been talking to Activision, teasing that “something” is being planned for the franchise ahead of its 25th anniversary.”I wish I could tell you more, but I can tell you that I have been talking to Activision again,” Hawk said in a Mythical Kitchen video when asked about the future of the THPS series. “It’s insanely exciting. We’re working on something. It’ll be something the fans truly appreciate.” Hawk’s comments align with a recent refresh of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater social media accounts, as these were updated with new images bearing a 2024 copyright watermark. Fans have begun speculating what this could mean, and if the anniversary will lead to the announcement of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 and 4 remasters. Back in 2022, Ha…

Layoffs in the video game industry have been extremely high in 2024, with an estimated 11,500 workers laid off from companies like Ubisoft, Bungie, and many others. But now, former Sony executive Chris Deering is coming under fire for claiming that these layoffs are not the result of corporate greed.Deering, who is the former President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, recently appeared on Simon Parkin’s Eurogamer podcast, My Perfect Console. During his conversation with Parkin, Deering shared his perspective about the massive layoffs that are rocking the industry.”I don’t think it’s fair to say that the resulting layoffs have been greed,” noted Deering. “If the money isn’t coming in from the consumers on the last game, it’s going to be hard to justify spending the money for the next …

Dragon Age: The Veilguard arrives for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on October 31, but if you’re interested in diving deeper into the lore of Dragon Age ahead of the new game’s arrival, you’ll want to step away from your TV and get your nose into a book. Luckily, there’s a variety of comics, encyclopedias, and novels set in the Dragon Age universe that can teach you more about iconic characters, locations, and storylines from the fantasy RPG series. Even better, many of the books are discounted right now ahead of The Veilguard’s release, including some preorders for all-new titles. We’ve rounded up all the Dragon Age books available below. …

With the next phase of Destiny 2, Bungie is looking to make its flagship MMO a little easier to understand, making big changes to how you find and play its activities and adding additional levels of rewards to make it worth playing and replaying them.Bungie dropped details about how it will be altering Destiny 2 in a series of blog posts that gave an overview of major changes coming in 2025 with Codename: Frontiers, the next “multi-year saga” for the game. The adjustments are pretty widespread, starting with a move to two “medium-sized” yearly expansions instead of one, which appear to be paid content, alongside four “major updates” throughout the year, which will be free.Alongside those changes in how new content will be released, Bungie is making adjustments to the core activities of Des…

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Cyberpunk 2077 from developer CD Projekt Red had a challenging start when it was released in December 2020–the issues were so bad that Sony removed the game from sale entirely on the PlayStation Store. But the game rebounded in a very meaningful way and went on to become a critical and a commercial success. In fact, following the 2.0 update and release of the Phantom Liberty expansion, it’s one of the best comeback stories in modern times for games.With more than 25 million units sold, it’s one of the most successful video games in history. Naturally, CD Projekt Red is moving ahead with a sequel that’s in development right now at one of the team’s newest studios.In this post, we’re rounding up everything we know so far about the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, which doesn’t have an official title …

The Epic Games Store continues to give away a free game each week, and this week is another nice find with a price that can’t be beaten. Every Thursday at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET, Epic offers at least one free PC game (and sometimes even as many as two or three). All you need to do to claim the free games is create a free Epic account and enable two-factor authentication. You have a week to add the freebies to your library before the new one(s) take their place. At this point, Epic has given away hundreds of free games, and there’s no sign that the program will stop any time soon. We keep this article up to date weekly to highlight both the current free games and next week’s offerings.

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If you’ve ever read a book and thought, “This would be a lot cooler if the main characters knew their stats and could see their health points,” then you might want to check out the new print editions of the popular Dungeon Crawler Carl series, which is getting hardcover editions for the first time. See full series at Amazon Written by Matt Dinniman, the popular book series belongs to a subgenre of fiction called “LitRPGs” that integrates video game tropes like stats, health bars, and inventory screens directly into the story. Rather than being a choose-your-own-adventure story or a tabletop RPG, LitRPG books are prose novels where the characters interact with the world in a game-like way–often because they are transported into an alternate video game reality or because outside …

Dimension 20 is back for another season with our magical misfits as Misfits and Magic Season 2 has been announced for the next adventure in the dome. And it’s a full season this time around–unlike the four-episode Season 1, Season 2 will have 11.Misfits and Magic Season 2 sees Aabria Iyengar return to the dome as the Game Master, and Brennan Lee Mulligan, Erika Ishii, Danielle Radford, and Lou Wilson reprise their roles as Evan Kelmp, K, Sam Black, and Whitney Jammer. Picking up three years after the events of Season 1–which saw four normal high-school kids learning the ropes of attending a magic school and bashing the absurd and nonsensical nature of arcane academics–Season 2 tells a story about how Evan, K, Sam, and Jammer have to contend with the transition to adulthood. The…

September is a big month for The Legend of Zelda, with Echoes of Wisdom, the Hyrule Edition Nintendo Switch Lite, and the first Zelda Lego set all scheduled to release. But those aren’t the only imminent Zelda releases to look forward to. A box set collecting all 11 volumes in the superb manga adaptation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess launches September 24, just two days before Echoes of Wisdom.The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Complete Box Set preorders are discounted from $130 to $117 at Amazon and $104 at the Crunchyroll Store. With Amazon’s preorder price guarantee, you’ll pay the lowest offered price until your order is shipped. It’s wouldn’t be surprising to see Amazon match Crunchyroll’s 20%-off deal, which is the best discount yet since the collecti…