Has EA Sports FC been a disappointment? (EA) The Wednesday letters page is frustrated that publishers are not making the games people want, as one reader laments the retirement of Nobuo Uematsu. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk No competitionFor myself, I have been very disappointed by…
Bandai Namco has cut games and staff (Bandai Namco) Bandai Namco has become the first Japanese publisher to lay off developers this year, although their approach is very different to Western companies. We’re still not at the end of the year and already over 13,000 people have lost their jobs…
EA Sports FC 25 – a mixed bag (Steam) A divided fan base, weaker sales, but stronger player numbers paint a murky picture for the launch of EA Sports FC 25. EA Sports FC 25 certainly aimed to impress, when it came out on September 27, introducing a new 5v5…
If there’s one trend revival that has come to define 2024, it’s gotta be indie sleaze. We’ve seen everyday teens and celebrities alike co-opting the style in their fashion and in photoshoots like no other this year, but for some, the early 2000’s energy runs deeper than that. Take, for…
PlayStation The Concert launches next April (Sony Interactive Entertainment) Tickets go on sale this Friday for PlayStation The Concert, a new ‘state-of-the-art’ live show featuring music from video games such as God Of War and The Last Of Us. Sony is taking the 30th anniversary of the original PlayStation very…
Super Mario Party Jamboree – another fun party (Nintendo) The latest entry in Nintendo’s virtual board game series has more characters and more mini-games than ever, and even a few new ideas. Mario Party is not something you expect to see on a list of the best multiplayer games of…
Kick co-founder Ed Craven shuts the door in Dr Disrespect’s face (LinkedIn/YouTube) Dr Disrespect might struggle to find a new home if he isn’t remonetised on YouTube, as Kick co-founder Ed Craven shuts the door on a potential deal. After years of speculation about his mystery Twitch ban, back in…
Bad news for some who thought they got their hands on the limited edition PS5 (Sony) The huge demand for the PlayStation 5 Limited Edition appears to have caused technical difficulties for Argos, who are cancelling ‘some’ of the pre-orders. Last month, Sony revealed that it’s celebrating PlayStation’s 30th anniversary…
Pokémon Scarlet/Violet – what comes next? (The Pokémon Company) The Tuesday letters page is worried about the future clouding gaming could bring, as one reader wonders what FromSoftware’s next game is. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk Multi-generational gamingI think the most interesting thing from that Pokémon…
Much like whoever tweeted the viral, “I was a Julian Casablancas fan before the Brat remix,” t-shirt design, I too have always been a massive Strokes fan. So the magnitude of sitting across from Casablancas, upstairs at a Lower East Side hotel in September, was significant. We were there to…