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The Verge
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's much-needed performance patches are launching with the Switch 2.
Charles Pulliam-Moore While the next big Pokémon game won't be releasing until later this year, Nintendo's Japanese site says that we can expect to see Scarlet and Violet getting their long-awaited patches that will improve the games' frame rates, visuals, and draw distances on June 5 just in time for the Switch 2's big debut. 『Pokémon LEGENDS Z-A』が10月16日に発売決定。ダウンロード版は6月5日から予約開始。 | トピックス | Nintendo [
Bloomberg
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
PlayStation Executive Jade Raymond Leaves Studio She Founded
Jade Raymond, the founder and head of Sony Group Corp. 's game developer Haven Studios, has left the company. PlayStation leadership didn't give Haven staff a reason for her departure, but it came several weeks after an external test of Haven's first game, the online shooter Fairgames, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Some developers at Haven were concerned about how the game was received and its progress, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they aren't authorized to speak publicly.
The Verge
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Square Enix cancels Kingdom Hearts mobile game
Square Enix has announced that it is cancelling the mobile spinoff Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link. In a statement on the game's website, Square Enix apologized to fans who were anticipating the game. The announcement also mentioned that Square was still hard at work on Kingdom Hearts IV perhaps to allay fears that this cancellation might indicate problems for other games in the sprawling Disney video game series. Kingdom Hearts: Missing-Link was announced in 2022 alongside Kingdom Hearts IV. It was billed as a mobile action game that made use of GPS technology to give players the ability to 'travel the world without stepping outside,' according to one trailer. However, apparently that goal was a bit too lofty as Square Enix wrote, 'We determined that it would be difficult for us to offer a service that players would find satisfactory over a long period of time, leading us to the decision to cancel development.' Square Enix's statement provided insight as to the reason for a game's cancellation – something most game studios do not often offer. And while making any game is a miracle, making a successful live-service game is like asking for lightning to strike the head of a pin in a forest. After all, how many live-service games (some of them even made by Square Enix itself) were released only to die shortly thereafter while the concurrent player counts for Fortnite, Roblox, and Call of Duty remain largely unmoved. So it's a rare and refreshing bit of honesty, especially in an industry as opaque as game development, that Square Enix was willing to name the reason for cancelling Missing-Link and I hope more studios follow suit in the future. But it's not all bad news for Square Enix. As reported by Gematsu, Square has also started a new partnership with the Tokyo Broadcasting System Television. Known as TBS, it's a Japanese TV and media company which produced Takeshi's Castle – an internationally popular physical competition show known in the US as Most Extreme Elimination Challenge or MXC. TBS started its own games division in 2023 and with Square Enix, the two companies will work on a new gaming property.
