Gaming

Disney executives are reportedly keen on fully buying Fortnite developer Epic Games at some point. The claim comes from veteran tech reporter Alex Heath, via The Town podcast, who said that senior executives were waiting for the right moment to make a bid for the metaverse game, following Disney’s prior $1.5 billion investment in developer Epic Games. Fortnite is the jewel in the crown of…

The design director of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has refuted claims of “skill-based damage” after a new Sony patent suggested plans to dynamically adjust player skills — both up and down — for “an even playing field” during cross-platform play. The patent, published in 2025, describes a system that monitors two players in a single session. “A first valuation of a…

You can’t suplex a giant gorilla. A nonsense statement in almost any game except Crimson Desert. But Pearl Abyss’ open-world romp combines one of the broadest combat systems ever – you can clothesline enemies, body slam them, punch them, kick them, shield bash and stab them, shoot them, blind them, hoist them with a magic grappling hook and call on a supernatural “echo&#8221…

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has a demo out now, and players are already using it to create absolutely ridiculous Miis and throw them into silly situations. But a word of caution if you’re playing the demo yourself: don’t play too much. If you get too far into the demo, eventually all your Miis will lock themselves in their houses and only robotically talk about buying the full…