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Frontier Developments has announced Planet Zoo 2, which will include flying and aquatic animals in aviaries and aquariums for the first time. This zoo sim sequel will arrive for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on October 13, almost seven years after the park gates opened on Frontier’s first Planet Zoo. Announcing Planet Zoo…

Valve recently raised the price on the Steam Deck, making the handheld gaming PC cost up to $949 for the 1TB OLED model. While that’s a massive $300 increase over its original price, the Steam Deck is once again sold out. It’s not surprising that the Steam Deck went up in price; basically every type…

Strauss Zelnick, boss of GTA 6 publisher Take-Two Interactive, has discussed the difficulties of developing a hit video game — and dropped what sounds like a obvious nod to MindsEye in the process. MindsEye is, of course, the notorious first game from Build a Rocket Boy — the studio set up by former Rockstar veteran…

In the wake of the announcement of The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past, CD Projekt staff have taken to social media to insist it should be considered an expansion, rather than DLC — even using an IGN interview with Cyberpunk star Idris Elba to hammer home the point. Yesterday, CD Projekt announced the third…

The development team behind The Sims-like Paralives has answered various community questions in a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA), revealing more about its priority fixes, expanding the team, and why there will never be paid DLC. Paralives released on May 25 as an early access title on Steam, and has seen an impressive response. concurrent…

Amazon will begin pre-production on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 4 this fall — before the show’s third season airs. A production schedule for the mega-budget series laid out by The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Prime Video wants to begin Season 4 pre-production work this year, with shooting then set…

Activision has teased an imminent reveal of the next Call of Duty Modern Warfare game with a YouTube video that suggests Korea as a setting. The official Call of Duty YouTube channel has gone live with a video feed from “Camera 04,” showing what may be a multiplayer map set in urban Korea. The banner…

Several upcoming Pokémon LEGO sets have leaked online, each with Smart Play elements included. Smart Play is LEGO’s major new interactive element introduced earlier this year, which uses the Smart Brick (included in specific sets) to generate sound and light effects under certain conditions. To date, the technology has only rolled out in a handful…

Subnautica 2 has sold so well that publisher Krafton has reportedly agreed to pay a $250 million earnout to the developers — a bonus that was at the heart of its high-profile legal dispute with the fired Unknown Worlds leadership. The underwater adventure has sold a mammoth 4 million copies since its early access launch…

Donkey Kong 64 is coming to Nintendo Switch Online next week, Nintendo has confirmed. The legendary N64 platformer will arrive on June 4, and like other N64 titles will be accessible to any Switch or Switch 2 owner with an active Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription. Originally released in 1999 and developed by…