Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment

  • Guerrilla to Deliver Headline Keynote and Receive Star Award at Develop:Brighton 2023 as Conference Programme Goes Live

    Thursday 4 May, 2023: Tandem Events have today announced that Horizon Forbidden West developer Guerrilla will deliver the headline keynote at Develop:Brighton 2023.
    The announcement comes alongside the publication of the complete conference programme, which is now available to view here.
    Titled ‘Guerrilla: To New Horizons’, the keynote fireside chat will see the studio’s leaders Angie Smets,

  • Check Out This New Gameplay Trailer for After Us

    Piccolo Studio and Private Division will be releasing After Us, a heartfelt adventure platformer, on May 23, 2023, on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Today, ahead of the launch, a new gameplay trailer was released and can be viewed on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mQFGaXjjobI After Us brings Piccolo Studio’s signature style of emotional storytelling and combines it with exploration through a surrealisti

  • Make your final stand in Magic: The Gathering’s March of the Machine

    Friday 21 April, 2023 — Wizards of the Coast today released March of the Machine, the latest set for the world’s oldest and best trading card game, Magic: The Gathering. The final instalment to the four-part Phyrexian storyline, March of the Machine will see players team up with Legendary creatures and Planeswalkers from all across the Multiverse to battle against the Phyrexian invasion. The set w

  • PlanetPlay Partners with Top Video Game Companies For Earth Day to Promote Climate Consciousness in Gaming


    Wednesday 19 April - PlanetPlay, leading platform for integrating social and environmental impact into video games, has announced new studio partnerships with CM Games, Kuwala, and Ten Square Games for Earth Day 2023.
    These collaborations aim to encourage video game players and companies to adopt more climate-conscious behaviour and contribute towards climate change solutions.
    “We are t

  • Submissions Open for Develop:Brighton 2023 Indie Showcase Competition

    Tuesday 18 April: The Develop:Brighton Indie Showcase competition returns in 2023 to find the industry’s hottest unsigned indie games, with submissions now open. Developers can submit their until 12 May 2023 at https://www.developconference.com/whats-on/indie-showcase.
    Free to all indie game makers to enter, the Indie Showcase is a great opportunity for rising indie developers to showcase thei

  • UK Video Game Market Valued at 7.05 Billion in 2022, Remains Strong Compared to Pre-Pandemic Levels

    New figures from the UK’s video game trade association show the consumer market has maintained its growth trajectory
    Tuesday 4 April, London – Ukie has announced that the UK video game consumer market value in 2022 was £7.05 billion. The figure was released in the latest Consumer Market Valuation report and represents a stabilisation following several years of unprecedented growth. Although thi

  • UK Video Game Market Valued at £7.05 Billion in 2022, Remains Strong Compared to Pre-Pandemic Levels

    New figures from the UK’s video game trade association show the consumer market has maintained its growth trajectory
    Tuesday 4 April, London – Ukie has announced that the UK video game consumer market value in 2022 was £7.05 billion. The figure was released in the latest Consumer Market Valuation report and represents a stabilisation following several years of unprecedented growth. Although thi

  • NEW STORY, TRIAL AND RAIDS OUTLINED AS FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE PATCH 6.4: ‘THE DARK THRONE’ REVEALED

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW STORY, TRIAL AND RAIDS OUTLINED AS FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE PATCH 6.4: ‘THE DARK THRONE’ REVEALED
    Hatching-tide Seasonal Event Available Now Until 10th AprilLondon (31st March, 2023) – SQUARE ENIX® today shared the first details on FINAL FANTASY® XIV Online’s Patch 6.4: ’The Dark Throne’ during the 76th Letter from the Producer LIVE broadcast.
    Producer and Directo

  • Opera GX wants you to pimp your browser with new Mods feature

    31, March 2023, London: The new era of deep browser customization has officially begun with the launch of Mods in Opera GX. With GX Mods, you can pimp your browser and make your online experience as unique as your gaming setup, personalizing the entire browser - from the keyboard sounds to how webpages look.
    “Browsers get a bad rap on account of how boring some browsers are. But like no two use

  • Delve Deep and Defeat (More than Ender) Dragons in Minecraft with the Official Dungeons & Dragons DLC coming Spring 2023

    D&D Direct Reveals First Gameplay Trailer Featuring the Work of R.A. Salvatore in New NeverwinterExpansion, a Secret Lair Drop for Magic: The Gathering, WizKids Miniatures, Hasbro Figures, and More!
    Renton, WA – March 28, 2023 – Dungeons & Dragons is the World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game and it just keeps getting better every year. Millions of people around the world have enjoyed playin

  • NCSOFT Debuts Trailer for its First Real-Time Strategy Game – ‘Project G’

    Brand new RTS title with a massive-scale war setting will come to global players on both mobile and PC. Trailer features gameplay footage and various in-game contents, showcasing high-quality graphics built on Unreal Engine. PD Minseok Seo said, “Players will be able to experience the quintessence of a strategy game, where the gameplay itself is the fun factor.”
    London, United Kingdom (March

  • FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE AND PUMA ANNOUNCE NEW APPAREL COLLECTION CELEBRATING THE GAME’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FINAL FANTASY XIV Online Patch 6.35 Launched With New Tribal Quests, Deep Dungeon and More
    LONDON (March 8, 2023) – SQUARE ENIX® today announced that it has collaborated with PUMA on a FINAL FANTASY XIV collection in celebration of the game’s upcoming 10thanniversary, which will go on sale in select markets and online at Puma.com beginning on 15th March and in North Ameri

  • ‘What Lies Beneath’ Launches Today in Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons

    London, UK – February 28, 2023 – Beginning today Guild Wars 2 players can experience a new adventure set in Cantha that rejoins the Commander and their allies as Cantha recovers from the events of 2022’s End of Dragons. Titled “What Lies Beneath”, the new content will be free for all players who own the expansion and feature new rewards, new story, and a new map called the Gyala Delve. This locati

  • Dr Jo Twist OBE to step down as Ukie CEO

    Sam Collins and Dan Wood to manage the transition process
    LONDON 28th February 2023: Ukie, the trade body representing the UK’s video games and interactive entertainment industry, has announced that Dr Jo Twist OBE will step down as CEO this summer to become the BPI’s CEO. Long-standing members of the senior management team, Sam Collins and Dan Wood, will jointly manage the organisation while a

  • The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition Launches March 7

    London, United Kingdom – February 28, 2023
    Welcome to the future! Today, Obsidian Entertainment, Private Division, and Virtuos announced that The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition will be available next week on March 7, 2023 for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC.
    The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is the ultimate way for new and returning fans alike to experience the beloved

  • Amazon Games and NCSOFT Reach Deal to Publish Highly Anticipated Online Game THRONE AND LIBERTY in the West and Japan

    SEATTLE—February 22, 2023—Amazon Games and NCSOFT today announced an agreement to bring massively multiplayer online role-playing game THRONE AND LIBERTY to North America, South America, Europe, and Japan. Amazon Games will publish the highly anticipated title for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with support for cross-platform play.
    “NCSOFT has created some of the most popular and long

  • In-Game Climate Action Boosts Sales, Revenues & Engagement According to PlanetPlay Research

    Wednesday 15 February - Studios that lead the charge on climate initiatives in-game see increased in-app revenues, sales, and engagement according to research from PlanetPlay, the first climate-conscious games marketplace.
    PlanetPlay is a not-for-profit digital platform that allows everyone around the world to contribute to climate action through gameplay or item purchases with affiliated game

  • DON’T NOD announces Harmony: The Fall of Reverie, due for release in June 2023 on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S

    London, February 9, 2023 – DON’T NOD, French independent video games developer and publisher, is very proud to present Harmony: The Fall of Reverie, a unique narrative experience. The game was unveiled today during the Nintendo Direct. Harmony: The Fall of Reverie will be available on Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S in June 2023.
    Harmony: The Fall of Reverie is

  • THE LARGEST EVER INDEPENDENT LUNAR SALE TAKES PLACE ON STEAM, INVOLVING OVER 150 PUBLISHERS AND 750 GAMES

    London, 18th January 2023: Over 150 publishers are taking part in one of the largest independent sales on Steam, involving over 750 games, bundles and DLC items. The initiative, East Meets West, has been led by Curve Games and takes place between the 16th and 23rd of January.
    Publishers in Europe and North America, including Meta, Frontier Developments, 505 Games, Team17 and Curve Games have co

  • Prime Gaming Offered More Value and Drove Record Engagement in 2022

    As we head into yet another exciting year, we first wanted to take a moment to share some insight into how Prime Gaming members engaged with the offering in 2022.
    First, Prime Gaming offered members unprecedented value in 2022 on top of the enormous additional value Prime membership unlocks. If a member claimed every single game offered each month as part of our “Games With Prime” (FGWP) progra

Show more
Enter your email address to follow Bastion

When you choose to create a user account and follow a newsroom your personal data will be used by us and the owner of the newsroom, for you to receive news and updates according to your subscription settings.

To learn more about this, please read our Privacy Policy, which applies to our use of your personal data, and our Privacy Policy for Contacts, which applies to the use of your personal data by the owner of the newsroom you follow.

Please note that our Terms of Use apply to all use of our services.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing or deleting your account.
Check your inbox

Email sent to __email__. Click the link there to follow Bastion.

Okay