After weeks of potential rumours regarding The Coalition holding a showcase during Summer Games Fest, an actor from the Gears of War franchise has come out to fuel the rumours further. Xbox and WindowsCentral have revealed that Microsoft will be holding the Xbox Summer Games Fest 2024 showcase (confirmed by The Verge) when the major event kicks off in June (reported at the beginning of April), but that hasn’t stopped the internet from speculating on what they will be showing. The Coalition has remained incredibly quiet regarding the Gears of War franchise, which has led to intense fan specula ..read more

Tell Me Your Story is a brand-new indie title that has me reflecting on my recent experience moving from the AAA gaming space. Since I began here at CGMagazine, the world of indie gaming has truly opened up for me. Before, AAA titles were all I noticed because I had fallen victim to big company advertising. Since my time at my first Summer Game Fest two years ago, Day of the Devs got a hold of me, and I have fallen in love with smaller titles. Something about them always feels like they have more heart, in a way. That isn’t to say AAA devs and publishers don’t pour their heart and soul into t ..read more

20th Century Studios and Echo Films have announced today that Jennifer Aniston and her production studio, led by herself and Kristin Hahn, are producing a 9 to 5 reimagining. While not much else is known about the production, Echo Films is seeking to recapture the lightning in a bottle that was the 1980 film 9 to 5. Variety has confirmed (originally reported by InSneider) that the film is in production with Jennifer Aniston set to produce and Award Winning writer Diablo Cody (known for Juno, Jennifer’s Body) signed on for scribe duties. As mentioned, everything else about the film appears to ..read more

For the second week in a row, the Epic Games Store free weekly title has been leaked just before the launch of the previous week’s offerings, and for the first week of May, Orcs will die. Like the release schedule, the Epic Games Store free weekly offering has been leaked once again, a full week prior to the title being released for users. The leak comes again from billbil-kun on the French site, Dealabs, and starting on May 2, fans will be able to download Orcs Must Die! 3 for free from the Epic Games Store, according to the new leak. If fans haven’t grabbed The Big Con and Town of Salem 2 y ..read more

Apple has significantly shifted their stance on retro gaming and emulation. The change involves relaxing restrictions on the App Store, allowing retro gaming emulators to be offered for download on the platform. The change was announced in an update where Apple stated that game emulators can now come to the App Store globally. This move marks the departure from Apple’s previous ban on game emulators in iOS. The increased fascination and interest in retro gaming is linked to a sense of nostalgia. People who spent their childhood playing video games during the 80s and 90s are now drawn to the s ..read more

Production for The Last of Us season two is underway, and some fans have been scouring the internet for any information on the second season of the polarizing HBO original, and there is some. News regarding the second season of HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation has been incredibly scarce, and outside of cast news and the fact the second season will follow The Last of Us Part II video game, not much has been shared regarding season two from showrunners. Today, fans have taken matters into their own hands when it comes to information retrieval, and on Reddit, one claims to have some set photos th ..read more

To celebrate the start of the baseball season, MLB The Show 24 and PlayStation Canada have organized “Finding Plakata,” a scavenger hunt across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). This scavenger hunt offers fans across the GTA the chance to win a limited-edition MLB The Show 24 PRESTO Card that features cover athlete Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Between April 29th and May 3rd, PlayStation Canada will host the #FindingPlakata scavenger hunt at specific GO Transit locations, offering one of five special edition PRESTO cards loaded with a value of $150. These cards will be hidden at a different GO Transit ..read more

In the PSX/PS2 era of RPGs, two series held the spotlight: Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. But off in the weeds, a little bit, was a series that held a lot of meaning for me, the Suikoden series—usually following a troubled teen coming to grips with new leadership and banding together with off-the-beaten-path teammates to bring rule back to their homeland. But, when the PlayStation 2 era ended, so did the Suikoden series. The series IP has stayed with Konami as they are set to release the Suikoden remastered any time now. But for series creator Yoshitaka Murayama, he knew he could do more. I ..read more

The new RPG coming from the creators of the Persona series, Metaphor: ReFantazio, has now pulled back the curtain on its release date and will also come with a special edition option. In a special showcase revealed just Monday, ATLUS has revealed more information regarding their mysterious and highly anticipated new RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio. That showcase revealed the title’s release date and that it will have an exciting collector’s edition. For the Persona fans out there, they know ATLUS pulls out the stops when it comes to collector editions for their titles, as Persona 3 Reload and Perso ..read more

Another leak has hit the internet this week, and while Fortnite is no stranger to leaks this time an entire year of content appears to have spilled out early. Fortnite has seen a torrent of leaks this year, and this week, another one has hit the front pages. A whole year of content has allegedly spilled out with a single image, and Forbes’s Paul Tassi says the image originates from a 4chan post. It’s important to note that the image does potentially reveal a year of content, but it has not been confirmed so far. The image can be readily seen on X (formerly Twitter) as well, and many fans are ..read more