Gaming

Steam hit Palworld looks likely to crossover with Fortnite in the future, while Pokémon seemingly remains off the table. Back in January, Pocketpair head of publishing and communications John “Bucky” Buckley openly suggested a crossover with Fortnite via a post on social media, hoping to catch the attention of Epic Games. “If you ever want to put Palworld in Fortnite just reach out hehe…

As the fallout from the Xbox reset continues, one former developer of the Forza Horizon series has said what we’re seeing with layoffs, studio exits, and game cancelations is the result of the failure of Game Pass to hit the subscriber numbers Microsoft required to justify its enormous spending on content. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has already cut 1,600 staff from Xbox, and plans for another 1,600 to…

It is an old story – told to me nearly a decade ago by those who lived it – but it bears repeating now. Fallout was invented only because its paymasters weren’t paying attention. Developed in the bowels of Interplay during the publisher’s 90s heyday, the classic RPG benefited from a chaotic and noisy company atmosphere, in which developers divided themselves into cliques reminiscent of…

Todd Howard has dismissed what he described as “fan chatter” about a supposed rivalry between Fallout developers Bethesda Game Studios and Obsidian Entertainment. The suggestion of animosity between the two studios revolves around the idea that Bethesda resents Obsidian for making the much-loved Fallout: New Vegas, which some consider to be the best Fallout game. But Howard himself has never…