Month: April 2025

Verdansk’s return brought a lot of players back to Call Of Duty (Activision) There was a lot of fan demand for Call Of Duty: Warzone to bring back the Verdansk map and yet Activision could still take it away a second time. Amid chatter of dwindling player counts and a possible shutdown, Call Of Duty: Warzone reintroduced its original map, Verdansk, as part of its season three update earlier this month. Considering there have been fan demands for Verdansk to … Continue reading “Call Of Duty: Warzone devs say Verdansk map is here to stay… for now”

You will need a separate mobile app to make use of this change though (Nintendo) Nintendo is adding an option to repair weapons in the Legend Of Zelda games for Switch 2 though not in the way some fans would have hoped. There were once claims of an enhanced version of The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild running on the Nintendo Switch 2 but, at the time, it was unclear if this was a tech demo or something … Continue reading “Legend Of Zelda Nintendo Switch 2 ports will address their most controversial feature”

A cuddly nightmare (Netflix Games) An episode of Netflix’s Black Mirror has spawned a virtual pet sim, described as a ‘Tamagotchi-gone-wrong’. Several episodes of Black Mirror have explored dystopian near-future depictions of games, between the interactive Bandersnatch and the augmented reality nightmare in Playtest, but an episode in the latest season takes a different approach. In season seven episode Plaything, a former games journalist who is obsessed with a mysterious game from the 1990s becomes the main suspect in a … Continue reading “Black Mirror’s freaky Thronglets is an actual game you can download for free”

How much would you pay for Marathon? (Sony) Bungie and Sony plan to sell the new Marathon as a ‘premium’ product though they have promised it won’t be a full price game. It’s been nearly two years since Sony announced it was reviving Bungie’s Marathon series, albeit as the publisher’s next crack at a live service game. After a long silence and a change in directors, Bungie finally lifted the lid on Marathon over the weekend via a livestream, where … Continue reading “PS5 live service game Marathon launches this year with even less content than Concord”

There’s no price rise for the US… yet (Sony) The PS5 Digital Edition now costs even more in the UK and other territories, as it becomes more expensive than the Nintendo Switch 2. The PlayStation 5 might be selling at a similar pace to the PlayStation 4, but a large portion of Sony’s audience still hasn’t made the jump to the next generation. There are several reasons for this, between the lack of PlayStation 5 exclusives, the fact that many … Continue reading “PS5 now £40 more expensive in the UK as Sony blames ‘high inflation’”

GTA 6 – will the price be daylight robbery? (Rockstar Games) The Monday letters page thinks that The Last Of Us Complete is a bad idea for Sony and gamers, as a reader laments the death of GAME physical stores. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk Comparatively cheapI don’t think there should be any doubt that GTA 6 is going to cost at least $100/£100. It’s the way the industry’s going and Rockstar Games know they can … Continue reading “Games Inbox: How much will GTA 6 cost?”