Bandai Namco has confirmed the hack and is investigating a potential leak of customer information

Bandai Namco confirmed yesterday's report that it had been targeted by hackers and acknowledged that sensitive information had been accessed on its servers.
\"It 'may' include customer information,\" the publisher acknowledged in a statement today.
It is currently \"establishing the status of the leak, the extent of the damage and investigating the cause,\" the statement said.The attack itself occurred on July 3, Bandai Namco admits -- more than a week before reports began circulating that the ransomware group was preparing to release data it had collected from the company's servers.Today's statement does not clarify exactly when Bandai Namco realized that its servers had been hacked.
The company has since taken steps to stop further attacks and is working to beef up security, the statement said, apologizing to all those affected.The company said that more details on what information was accessed will be made public when Bandai Namco conducts further investigations.Here is the statement in full: \"On July 3, 2022, Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.
confirmed that a third party gained unauthorized access to the internal systems of several Group companies in Asian regions (excluding Japan).
After we confirmed the unauthorized access, we took measures such as blocking access to the servers to prevent the damage from spreading.
In addition, there is a possibility that customer information related to the toy and hobby business in Asian regions (excluding Japan) was included in the servers and PCs, and we are currently determining the status of the existence of the leak, the extent of the damage, and investigating the cause.
We will continue to investigate the cause of the incident and will release the results of the investigation as necessary.
We will also work with outside organizations to strengthen security throughout the Group and take steps to prevent a recurrence.
We sincerely apologize to everyone involved for any complications or concerns caused by this incident.\" Previous ransomware attacks have involved confidential documentation, video game source code and nasty internal leaks from Capcom, EA and CD Projekt Red.

Henderson: A Blade Runner game is in development

Insider Tom Henderson reports that 110 Industries has acquired the license to make a game based on Blade Runner.Little is known:A new in-house studio at 110 Industries in Switzerland is in development.Henderson and/or his sources saw a cinematic trailer for the game, which will presumably be released soon.The release will be in 2025.110 Industries is also working on Red Goes Faster, Wanted: Dead and Vengeance is Mine.
The production of the latter two involved Stephanie Joosten (Stefanie Joosten) - the actress, who played the role of Silence in Metal Gear Solid V.In early 2022 the board advisor 110 Industries became the founder of Electronic Arts Trip Hawkins (Trip Hawkins).
According to him, the company could have a big impact on the gaming industry (I wish he had said something different!).

Nacon Connect will be held on July 7.There's likely to be news about The Lord of the Rings: Gollum and Steelrising

There aren't many big launches planned for this summer.
But there are a lot of small ones! One of them will be the show of the publisher Nacon.At the event, expect game announcements, exclusive gameplay and demonstration of new accessories (yes, the company is engaged in the game peripherals).Judging by the attached image, may present The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, Steelrising and RoboCop: Rogue City.
In addition, the authors of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown boldly hint at a demonstration of their game.Nacon Connect will begin July 7 at 20:00 MSK on YouTube.#NaconConnect will be back next month!? Thursday, July 7? 6pm BST | 7pm CEST | 10am PT? https://t.co/x7Y74OHwePDon't miss the latest edition of our conference with game reveals, exclusive gameplay & new accessories! pic.twitter.com/PUpRCGWM0G- Nacon (@Nacon) June 10, 2022Read also May 23, 9:49 pm ⋅ 10 E3 Substitutes - Summer Game Show Schedule

Lord of the Rings survival, Sifu slo-mo, and a frog riding a robot - what Epic Games showed at the show

Epic Games also held its summer presentation (of course, with games for EGS).
More or less loud announcement was only one - it was a survival game based on \"The Lord of the Rings\".
About it the first thing we'll tell.The Lord of the Rings: Return to MoriaThe events of Return to Moria unfold in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth.
Dwarves embark on a journey to reclaim their homeland, Moria:The player, called to the Misty Mountains by Lord Gimli the Keeper of the Loch, controls a squad of dwarves.
Their task is to find the lost ruins of the dwarven homeland of Moria, also known as Khazad-dûm or Dwarrowdelph, deep beneath their own feet.
To descend into the mines of Moria and find its treasures, they will need untold fortitude.You can play alone or in an online co-op of up to eight people.One of the features of Return to Moria is the need to monitor the noise level, which increases the most when mining the mines.
Other elements of the game are standard: procedurally generated locations, base construction, character editor and crafting.North Beach Games will publish the game, and Free Range Games will develop it.The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria will be released in Spring 2023 only at EGS.
Russian language support is not mentioned.
Other notable newsThe creators of Friday the 13th: The Game have published the Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed asymmetric game trailer.
The trailer shows playable Ectoplastic ghosts that spit slime at ghostbusters.
There's a single-player game, as well as co-op for two and four participants.In August, Sifu will get an update with gameplay modifiers, including faster enemies, unbreakable weapons, time dilation and reduced gravity.Ever wanted to be a turtle or a seagull? Or maybe a kerosene lamp? In the adventure Tchia, you can inhabit any animal or object.
Rawa, the Dragon King, is one of the kaiju in the isometric online moribund game GigaBash.
He is the subject of a fresh video.One lineSplitgate will reach EGS in the third quarter.Beta test RAWMEN: Food Fighter Arena kicks off July 1.The Disney Speedstorm closed \"beta\" has already begun.The Space Punks open \"beta\" is also available.Rocket League Season 7 will launch June 15.The seasons relaunch and transition to Fall Guys free-to-play will happen June 21.Recording the broadcast

Activision Blizzard is ready to recognize the Raven testers union

After stubborn resistance, Activision Blizzard does recognize the Game Workers Alliance created by Raven Software testers.
It was announced by Bobby Kotick himself in a mailing to the company's employees.The executive confirmed that the negotiation process will soon begin with the Communication Workers of America, which includes the freshly formed Alliance.
The dialogue will focus on Raven's 27 employees, who have joined together in the first union among major game studios in the United States.Kotick emphasizes that it will take some time to draw up the first labor contracts.
By working together, he says, the two sides will be able to \"consolidate the success of all employees.\" And that will reinforce Activision's commitment \"to creating the best, friendliest and most inclusive workplace in the entire industry.
The executive also pointed out that the company has previously invested significant resources in its QA teams.
These included raising the minimum wage and moving more than 1,000 people into the organization.
As it turned out later, these bonuses applied to all testers, except for members of the union.Recall, Raven employees announced the creation of the union in January 2022 after a strike of 1.5 months.
At the end of May, the Game Workers Alliance was recognized at the federal level.
Around the same time, Xbox head Phil Spencer said he was ready to recognize the Alliance after the deal with Activision Blizzard was completed.
Read also December 7, 2021, 11:51 a.m.
⋅ 23 Developer studio Call of Duty: Warzone went on strike against cuts to its testing staff January 21, 21:37 ⋅ 28 Striking Raven Software employees are organizing a union within Activision Blizzard - the first of its kind in industry history May 24, 17:08 ⋅ 11 Raven testers have finally formed a union - the first among AAA studios in the US

Game soundtracks will officially qualify for the Grammys

It's not uncommon for composers to produce musical masterpieces when working on the soundtrack for a particular game.
Now such works will be judged at the annual Grammy Music Awards starting in 2023.The official name of the new category is \"Best Soundtrack to Video Games and Other Interactive Media\".
However, the main focus at the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which gives out the statuettes, will be on games.The main priority for the Academy is to represent the people who are passionate about music that we serve.
We listen to our members, and year after year we try to make sure the rules and guidelines of the ceremony reflect our ever-evolving industry.Harvey Mason jr., Academy president.
In addition to soundtracks for digital entertainment, the Academy has introduced several new categories that will become a full-fledged part of the award from 2023: Best Songwriter (for those who write lyrics but don't perform them), Best Alternative Performance, Best Americana Performance, Best Poetry Album (poetry reading with or without music), Best Song for Social Change (tracks about current social issues that promote empathy and understanding).
In 2022, the orchestral cover of Kirby Superstar from 1996 won one of the Grammy Awards.
Usually gaming soundtracks are honored at specialty awards like The Game Awards and SXSW Gaming Awards.A new addition to the 65th #GRAMMYs, the Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games And Other Interactive Media Category will award #Composers championing musical innovation in gaming.? https://t.co/hYKasZLRJT pic.twitter.com/OXbZvZkNEe- Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) June 9, 2022

Annapurna will hold a show of their beautiful games on July 28

Annapurna Interactive's games are beautiful and interesting at least at the level of trailers.
And there's a perfect format for trailers - presentation shows! Annapurna will hold its presentation at the end of July.At Annapurna Interactive Showcase 2022, the company promises to show \"premieres, announcements and more,\" but does not specify which ones.
Among the possible ones: Storyteller, a puzzle book about making up stories; Open Roads, a mother-daughter road trip from the creators of Gone Home; Skin Deep, a lighthearted shooter where you can stink if you dig through trash, or ruin your stealth experience if you sniff the dust and sneeze inopportunely.
Thirsty Suitors, where you can fight exes and disappoint your parents.Annapurna also has a very promising cyberpunk kitty adventure called Stray, but by the time the show kicks off the game should already be out.Annapurna Interactive Showcase 2022 will be July 28 at 10 p.m.
Moscow time.

XCOM is not in hibernation, assures Firaxis

The last XCOM title was released six years ago, and franchise leader Jake Solomon is now busy with a completely different game - Marvel's Midnight Suns.
Solomon was interviewed about Midnight Suns, and when asked about XCOM, he said, \"As long as I'm alive, as long as Firaxis is alive, XCOM...
I won't even say it's asleep.
XCOM 2 was released in 2016, six months later appeared on consoles, in 2017 received a major addition War of the Chosen, and in 2020 appeared on Switch and mobile devices.The spin-off XCOM: Chimera Squad did not have such a long and bright life: it started in 2020 on PC and did not receive any ports or additions.
In 2021, the XCOM Legends mobile version became available conditionally free of charge, although it seems to have been sitting in the \"soft-loan\" mode - a kind of public preliminary testing - for a year already.
2021 Take-Two's financial report stated that Firaxis was going to announce several new projects.
One of them was Midnight Suns, but the others are still unknown.
Could XCOM 3 be one of them?

On the night of June 16-17, a bundle of Final Fantasy VII news will be revealed

Square Enix has announced that it will hold a short show dedicated to Final Fantasy VII.
It's prepared to celebrate the 25th anniversary of \"Seven,\" and the program seems to include announcements specific to that part of the series.The celebration will only last 10 minutes.
It will be a short but sweet show with lots of information.
I hope you're looking forward to the premiere.Tetsuya Nomura, Final Fantasy VII Project ManagerWhat might be shown? New details about the mobile battle royale Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier.New details about the mobile remake of Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis.Teaser of the second part of the Final Fantasy VII remake.Any special concerts and merchandise lines to commemorate the game.The show will be on the night of June 16-17 at 01:00 Moscow time.
The venue is YouTube and Twitch.

Devolver Digital announced the best games of the year

Our favorite Devolver Direct show was short, but bright.
Not only was the degree of meta-humor off the charts, but the games were good too! Where the laughing started this time: Devolver Digital's clueless management team, struggling to prepare a presentation, accidentally triggers a reality-distorting industry-wide event that threatens the very structure of video game time and space.
One of the presenters was the robotic Goichi Suda, the madman known for No More Heroes, Shadows of the Damned and Lollipop Chainsaw.Recording of the broadcastWhat was shown (except Card Shark - it's already out anyway) \"Rogalike\" about a possessed sheep, Cult of the Lamb, will release on PC (Steam), PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch on August 11.
Pre-order and demo version are available at Valve's store.Announcement of Anger Foot - cartoon hardball shooter from the authors of Broforce, where your main weapon will be your feet.
You can use them to kick doors, toss red barrels, send your enemies flying and do God knows what else.
Release in 2023 on PC (Steam).
Demo version available.Announcement of The Plucky Squire - action-adventure about a journey through the pages of an illustrated collection of fairy tales.
And not only through them! Characters can get out of the book into the real world, going from two-dimensional space to three-dimensional.Release - in 2023 on PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch.Skate Story trailer - an abstract simulator of a skateboarder of glass and pain in the underworld, which resembles our world.
Performing stunts, you'll kill demons and save tortured souls.
In short, it's better to see it once! Release - in 2023 on PC (Steam).

All Summer Game Fest announcements!\t

Summer Game Fest is the premier summer gaming event that has come to replace E3.
Producer Geoff Keighley warned you wouldn't be blown away by the premieres, but see for yourself if the hype and anti-hype were justified.Main premieresOfficial announcement of The Last of Us remake (as well as a little more about the series and the multiplayer spin-off).
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II gameplay campaign premiere.Witchfire gameplay trailer - beautiful and promising shooter from Painkiller creators.Midnight Suns card game tactics from Firaxis will be released on October 7.
New trailer confirms the presence of Venom and Spider-Man.Nostalgic action game TMNT: Shredder's Revenge starts on June 16.Blizzard veterans from Frost Giant studio have announced their own RTS - Stormgate.
A lot of space horrorBrutal gameplay of The Callisto Protocol from the creator of Dead Space.Fort Solis is a Mars thriller with the voices of Booker DeWitt and Arthur Morgan.Re-announcement of ROUTINE with music by Mick Gordon.
Notable for making a splash on the indie scene a few years ago and going missing days before release.The announcement of Aliens: The Dark Descent is not a horror, but a strategy action game, but the Alien setting still ties in with the horrors of space! Other fun stuffNew Layers of Fears from Bloober Team.Adventure platformer Flashback will have a sequel after 30 years.Goat Simulator 3 banes numbers in titles and Dead Island 2.Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course gameplay excerpt.Hero America returns in new Street Fighter 6 trailer.New Warhammer 40,000: Darktide trailer rapidly reduces the number of heretics.Midnight Fight Express is a cool looking indie action with Hotline Miami overtones.
Really cool! Trailers for two upcoming games at once from the creators of Genshin Impact - Honkai: Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero.Check out the full show in the clip below.
And below the spoiler clip is a recording of our live text stream, which lists everything that was at Summer Game Fest - and you don't have to watch the whole two hours! The show started with Street Fighter 6 gameplay.
It's also supposed to be a confirmation of some of the characters, but we've already seen the full list.Publisher Focus has introduced another Alien game - Aliens: Dark Descent, a single-player shooter with an overhead view where you control a team.
Coming out in 2023.The Callisto Protocol gameplay (and an alternative version of the trailer, where they added more gore).Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II story campaign gameplay.Return of the gaming classics - 30 years after the first part was announced Flashback 2! Made under the supervision of Microids, will be released in winter 2022.Witchfire gameplay trailer - shooter from the creators of Painkiller and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.
Coming soon in early access.
Seems to be an Epic Games Store exclusive.Announcement of Fort Solis, another rich-looking space horror game.
Starring Troy Baker (we think you know him!) and Roger Clarke (Arthur from Red Dead Redemption 2).
Coming out on Steam.And another space horror game, Routine.
Resurrected from oblivion after many years (and we just recently recalled it)! Mick Gordon writes the soundtrack.Dwayne Johnson appeared.
But not as his Fortnite character, but for a commercial for some powerhouse and the movie Black Adam.
There was also shown a trailer of the film.Trailer of the addition Outriders: Worldslayer.
Comes out June 30 (or June 28 if you pre-order).A slicer of games that are coming to Nintendo Switch.Fall Guys commercial with live actors and computer beans.Frost Giant studio (made up of Blizzard veterans) has announced Stormgate, their big RTS, which is being given big money.
Will get to beta test in 2023.
There will be freetoplay (but without gameplay-impacting donations).Announcement of Highwater - adventure strategy game about post-apocalypse in a flooded city.Developers Replaced should have prepared a new trailer for SGF, but it didn't work.Trailer of American Arcadia - gaming alternative to \"The Truman Show\".Coffee Stain Studios whips out that same Dead Island 2 trailer.
It's actually Goat Simulator 3 (not 2)! Coming out in the fall of 2022.New Midnight Suns trailer - with Spider-Man (for the good) and Venom, Scarlet Witch and the Hulk (for the evil).Demo of one of the bosses of The Delicious Last Course, a big addition for Cuphead.Keely reminds us about the upcoming events after Summer Game Fest.Video for Neon White, a speedrunner parkour action game that Annapurna Interactive oversees.
Out June 16.New video for Midnight Fight Express, a stylish over-the-top action game.
It comes out on August 23.
A demo on PC will become available today and will be part of \"Games to Be\" on Steam.Discusses Warframe.
Tease The Duviri Paradox, the next major update for the game.
With horses! More details will be revealed at TennoCon in July.Trailers for Honkai: Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero from the creators of Genshin Impact.On stage is the TMNT: Shredder's Revenge beat-em-up.
There's a six-man online mode.
Comes out June 16.CGI video Super People.For Humankind out

The Xbox ecosystem is gearing up for a number of innovations

Microsoft had a little presentation about a few trivia things that will soon be introduced to the Xbox ecosystem.
They were published with the headline \"Xbox is building a gaming platform for the next 20 years,\" but nothing really high-profile was really found there.The presentation was timed to coincide with Xbox's recent 20th anniversary.
The key news is as follows:From June 30, the Xbox app will appear on smart TVs from Samsung.
There you will be able to run games from Game Pass via cloud streaming.Xbox cloud gaming became available today in Argentina and New Zealand.For Windows 11 presented several improvements:Games launched in the window will have reduced latency and will appear Auto HDR and VRR.
The update is already being tested in Windows Insider.There will be an application to calibrate HDR on the computer display.The official Game Pass widget will become available.When you press the Xbox button on the controller (or Win + G on the keyboard) appears a special panel.
In this panel will add additional shortcuts that, for example, launch recent games or popular launchers, including Xbox and Steam.
The update seems to apply only to Windows 11, although the panel is also available on Windows 10.
The updated game panel in Windows.
The Edge browser will soon introduce special gaming \"features\":A personalized homepage for gamers with news, guides, streams, tournaments, release schedules, and quick access to Xbox Cloud Gaming.When broadcasting in Xbox Cloud Gaming will work Clarity Boost technology - it increases the clarity of the image.
There will be a menu \"Games\" - there you can find popular free games, including Solitaire, Asteroids, Microsoft Jewel and Surf (exclusive browser Edge!).There will be a mode of efficiency - it automatically reduces the resource consumption of the browser when the user PC runs the game.
During the year, a new feature will launch for the Xbox library: if you have purchased a suitable game on Xbox, but outside of Game Pass, with Game Pass it can be streamed through Cloud Gaming.In 2023, Game Pass will launch a program code-named Project Moorcroft - a curated selection of demos with a focus on upcoming games by independent developers that will be released in Game Pass.In Xbox Design Lab, where you can build your own coloring controller, new pastels and camouflage covers.
Eleven countries in Europe and Asia are being added to the list of territories where you can order delivery from the Xbox Design Lab.In a conversation with the press, Microsoft confirmed that it plans to release at least five games from its studios during the next fiscal year.
For the \"Mike's\" it is the period from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.
We definitely know about Starfield and Redfall, and the other three could be Forza Motorsport, Hellblade II, and Avowed (or maybe not!).Details about upcoming releases are sure to be revealed on June 12, during the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase.
Gamepad from Xbox Design Lab with new colors.

It's official: Half-Life 3 and GTA6 will not be announced at Summer Game Fest

In the final hours before Summer Game Fest, producer Geoff Keighley decided to do the opposite: on his Twitter, he started writing which projects will not appear at his show.So, SGF will definitely miss:Half-Life 3,GTA6, \"Muppets\".
And here's what's sure to be:Street Fighter 6,gameplay of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 story campaign,two games from the creators of Genshin Impact - Zenless Zone Zero and Honkai: Star Rail,Midnight Suns,Warframe,Warhammer 40,000: Darktide,Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course,The Callisto Protocol gameplay,Gotham Knights, Duane Johnson (Dwayne Johnson; apparently, in his role from Fortnite).
There's also speculation that Hollow Knight: Silksong will be there, because the game's marketing officer has been sending out meaningful messages to Jeff Keeley, and that Summer Game Fest will start tonight at 9 p.m.
CT.
The duration will be almost two hours.
StopGame.ru will actively cover the event: there will be a live stream on our Twitch, and you will be able to read the live text stream and live news with all the interesting premieres.Read also May 23, 9:49 PM ⋅ 10 E3 substitutes - the schedule of summer game shows

Rumor: A Minecraft strategy game is in development

Minecraft has already conquered several genres beyond the sandbox - thanks to the quest (interactive movie?) Minecraft: Story Mode, the diabloid Minecraft Dungeons and the AR game Minecraft Earth.
Looks like a real-time strategy game with nuance is on the way.According to journalist Jeff Gerstmann, Mojang Studios is tackling an unusual RTS based on Minecraft.
What's known:Players will control a steve-like (Steve is the standard skin in Minecraft) third-person character and give orders to units nearby.Battle will be fought with several factions, including pyglins.Story and videos are not yet complete, but the game is already being tested in some form.In 2019, developer Brendan Sullivan created a prototype Minecraft RTS to take a job at Mojang.
He ended up getting the job.Double Eleven, the studio that helped Mojang create Minecraft Dungeons, is probably involved in the development.
The company is just looking for employees to produce real-time strategy for a major franchise.In October 2021, it was reported that two Minecraft spin-offs are in development.
Maybe the untitled RTS is one of them.Whether the game will be shown at the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase (June 12, 8 p.m.) or Xbox Games Showcase Extended (June 14, 8 p.m.) - Gerstmann is not aware.
However, he speculates that the announcement could take place next week.

Bloober Team teaser announces soon - looks like new Layers of Fear

One of the main video game intrigues of the recent weeks is Bloober Team - rumor has it that the Polish studio is making a new Silent Hill, but we still have no official confirmation of this information.
Even if the rumor is eventually disproved, it looks like we won't be without an announcement from Bloober this month.The developers have published art with the comment, \"Reach for the surface and find the source of your fears\".
It's almost certainly a hint at the next installment in Layers of Fear, and here's why: the game's development was confirmed last year, and the release is set for 2022.
The art depicts a creepy painting, and the upcoming Layers of Fear is all about the mad artist.
Does this mean that Bloober Team's Silent Hill is fiction? Not at all - the team is working on three projects, including something for Konami.
We're sure that one of these three games will be presented at Summer Game Fest, because Bloober is one of the event's partners.
The presentation will start on June 9 at 21:00 MSC.Read also May 23, 9:49 ⋅ 10 E3-substitutes - Summer Game Fest schedule

Saudi Arabia has invested $1 billion in Embracer Group

Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been actively investing in the gaming industry through the country's Public Investment Fund, or PIF, for the past couple of years.
Now among the assets of the fund is also a significant stake in the Embracer Group.Key points:The investment amounted to about $1 billion.PIF's share in Embracer is 8.1% in shares and 5.4% in votes.PIF is now the second largest shareholder of Embracer, writes VGC.The investment is made through Savvy Gaming Group - a division of PIF that focuses on video games.PIF also has the following gaming assets:96% of the shares of Japanese company SNK.
About 3% each in Take-Two, Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts.About 5% each in Nintendo, Capcom and Nexon.It is believed that Mohammed bin Salman invests so much in the video game industry as part of a special strategy - Saudi Arabia's economy is trying to diversify so that it is less dependent on oil sales.The personality of Mohammed bin Salman is controversial: He has been directly linked to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
Because of this, cooperation with the prince does not always go according to plan: for example, in 2020, the developers of Riot Games insisted on dropping the deal with the city of Neom in Saudi Arabia - it was supposed to be the main sponsor of the summer season of the League of Legends European Championship.

Henderson: Game Pass will add demos

According to insider Tom Henderson, a few hours before Summer Game Fest, June 9, Microsoft will make some announcements.What it's about:Game Pass subscribers will have access to demos in 2023.
The initiative aims to help indie developers - they will receive compensation and data collected during participation in the program.The ability to play games for Xbox on Samsung Smart TVs through Microsoft's cloud gameplay, that is, without a console.
This was previously reported by journalist Jeff Grubb - he also mentioned a similar device that resembles a TV set-top box.Small announcements, including the appearance of Xbox Cloud Gaming in new countries.Summer Game Fest will begin June 9 at 21:00 MSK.

The authors of Days Gone told about their next game and updated the logo

In 30 years of its existence Bend Studio made such games as Days Gone, Syphon Filter and Uncharted: Golden Abyss.
The next milestone in the studio's history is a logo change, about which the developers told the PlayStation Blog.According to Bend, the new symbol reflects the continuous creative development of the team.
Also the logo in abstract form depicts the mountain peaks of Central Oregon, where the company's office is located.
In addition, Bend told a little about their next game: It's a new franchise.There will be multiplayer.Based on the open world systems from Days Gone.Recall, according to Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier (Jason Schreier), this project began to develop only in March 2021.
Therefore, the release is not expected before 2025-2026.

It flew away, but promised to return - E3 is to be held in 2023

The E3 show is skipping 2022, ceding the rays of glory to Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest.
But SGF's reign won't last -- E3 organizers promise to bring the event back next year, Stan Pierre-Louis, president of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), told The Washington Post.
He said E3 in 2023 isn't just about online, but also about live streaming, and that he thinks streaming is doing a good job of reaching audiences, but that the public is ripe for face-to-face chitchat and seeing each other.
Even though game companies have switched to online streaming, Pierre-Louis is confident - there's always room for a show the old-fashioned way.
I think the physical show will always resonate with people.
And I know it's important to have a digital reach.
Combining those two things, I think there's a critical element of what E3 can provide.Journalists have also voiced reports that the show's problems with exhibitors began because of the mass exodus of companies into their own digital events.
After all, so they did not have to spend money on expensive trips to Los Angeles.
In response to the statement Pierre-Louis was limited to the phrase that all events in a live format over the past three years, affected by the pandemic COVID-19.Recall, in 2020, E3 was canceled completely, and in 2021 it was held only in online format.

Henderson: Kojima's new project is a horror game Overdose

An anonymous source sent journalist Tom Henderson early footage from Overdose, Hideo Kojima's new game.
Henderson did not leak the clip to the network, but retold its content.In the video heroine in a blue dress walks through dark corridors with a flashlight.
After the screamer, the word GAMEOVER appears at the end, followed by the inscription: A Hideo Kojima Game...
OVERDOSE.The woman is played by Margaret Qualley - Mama from Death Stranding.
According to the journalist, the game does not look like a spin-off DS - apparently Kojima just offered the actress another role after a successful collaboration.In the video third-person view is chosen, but Henderson suggests that you can play with an eye view.Earlier there were rumors in the web, as if Kojima is preparing a game with Microsoft.
However, Henderson was unable to verify the information about the deal.It is highly probable that the announcement of Overdose will take place during the Summer Game Fest (June 9, 21:00 MSC) or Microsoft and Bethesda presentation (June 12, 20:00 MSC).Read also May 23, 9:49 ⋅ 10 E3-replacements - Summer Game Show Schedule By the way, the version that Overdose is actually something connected with Death Stranding, we would not discard.
The development of the sequel has already been confirmed, and Kojima is a big fan of fog: just remember the announcement of The Phantom Pain!