Well, there is more to the incident than just the arrest of the suspect. Rumors suggest that the teenager managed to sell the source code for GTA 5 before being taken into custody by the London police. According to the Reddit post, the hacker who goes by the username Teapot sold the source code to GTA5 in a Telegram group. The Reddit post includes a screenshot from an unnamed chatgroup where the buyer was attempting to resell the source code....

Super Mario 64 made 3D legitimately feel like the future of gaming. Nintendo, in just one try, made Mario’s movement in 3D feel natural at a time when the rest of the video game industry was grappling with how to get their characters to move in this relatively new space. Having said that, would you believe that a mint condition copy of one of the best games of all time just sold for upwards of $1....

After playing the map, this Shi No Numa seems like the most refined version. Not only do we get to hear ‘Samantha’s Sorrow’ music, but also the instrumental version of ‘The One,’ which is found in all Shi No Numa maps in the previous Call of Duty titles featuring it. In this guide, we’ve covered both the easter egg songs and how you can activate them in the Vanguard Zombies’ version of Shi No Numa....

According to a spokesperson who told the The Wall Street Journal, Sony still expects Microsoft to “abide by contractual agreements and continue to ensure Activision games are multiplatform.” Although it’s not a public statement or blog post on an official channel, it is still Sony’s first attempt to address a move that sent the company’s stock prices on a massive decline. Having said that, Sony’s expectations should not come as a surprise....

As funding passes $380 million, the developers have shared a video about in-game hospitals. In the vast persistent universe of Star Citizen - which will become fully available at release, with a limited snippet available now for anyone with a game package - all sorts of dangers await pilots. Whenever we end up facing a challenge we cannot overcome and perish, there needs to be some way to get back into the game....

BioWare is gearing up for the impending release of Legacy of the Sith. 7.0 marks the beginning of a new era in Star Wars: The Old Republic with all the additions and changes that are expected of major MMO expansions. One of the latest announcements revealed Legendary Items, which are coming to SWTOR for the first time and could turn the game’s gearing system upside down. As a broader, genre term, legendary items in RPGs generally denote the rarest and most powerful items you can equip on your characters....

Four years after Supermassive Games unveiled Hades to the rest of the world at the very same event, Geoff Keighley pulled back the curtain on the studio’s first-ever sequel. Hades 2 is a follow-up to one of 2020’s best games. Just like its predecessor, Hades 2 will follow a similar path in development. It will be initially launched as an Early Access title with more news to follow next year....

Her fan-favorite role as Cassie Howard in the HBO teen drama Euphoria has made Sydney Sweeney a household name. In 2021, she starred in another HBO project, The White Lotus and Night Teeth on Netflix. And Sweeney is set to co-star in the upcoming Spider-Verse movie Madame Web in a still-undisclosed role. Deadline was one of the first entertainment news outlets that reported Sydney Sweeney’s upcoming project. However, it was the actress herself who slyly confirmed the Barbarella project through a post on her Instagram....

Why is Take-Two filing a trademark claim against It Takes Two? As per a report by Eurogamer, Take-Two filed the claim back in March, when It Takes Two was first released. Now, it’s come to the point that Hazelight has decided to abandon the trademark rights to the name of their game, which is just sad when you think about it. Neither Hazelight nor the game’s publisher, Electronic Arts, has talked about what its plans are for It-Takes Two going forward....

Interestingly, both Nintendo and Sega had the opportunity of working with Sony, but due to various factors, Sony would move toward building its own console. Those circumstances and the story behind them would be great to explore in detail, but not in this article. Instead, we are looking at the key element that make video game consoles great - that is, the outstanding games that you can play on them....

A recent report by the WSJ claims Netflix researchers have been campaigning about this for a while, claiming that password sharing is eating into the platform’s subscription numbers. “Make no mistake, I don’t think consumers are going to love it right out of the gate,” Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos told investors earlier this month. And that’s the risk this huge gamble brings, as the public’s opinion of Netflix has significantly worsened after record interest during the pandemic....

Can anyone play the leaked build of Forbidden West? The video game industry is no stranger to leaks. Most gaming leaks often revolve around story details and other important information about games that studios choose not to reveal. Unfortunately, the case with Guerilla Games’ upcoming sequel to 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn is quite rare. It’s not just the plot of the game that has leaked online - it’s a nearly complete and fully playable version of the game....

According to Dexerto, several different sources have made similar claims that Blizzard invited Overwatch content creators to attend “secret meetings” and sign non-disclosure agreements. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to deduce that these lowkey powwows are about Overwatch 2. Furthermore, Twitter user FireTheGull, pointed out changes to Overwatch’s in-game files that hint at an impending Overwatch 2 demo. Of course, this remains unconfirmed, so take it with a grain of salt....

However, those with 1440p displays aren’t the only ones who will be happy with the latest PS5 update. Sony revealed a long list of new features coming to the PS5 as part of the latest firmware versions, which include: 1440p HDMI support “Gamelists” Use voice commands to search on YouTube Let players launch Remote Play from the PS App Share Requests option to friends Join friends games via party chat...

Anticipation for the upcoming season of the Netflix Original series is at an all-time high thanks to the well-received first season with Henry Cavill’s charismatic take on Geralt of Rivia. The Witcher debuted in December 2019 to more than 76 million viewers for the streaming giant, surpassing its closest rival at the time, Disney+’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian. Check out the details from the new and final trailer before The Witcher Season 2 lands on Netflix....

While it would have been understandable for everything to stabilize as various regions around the world started relaxing movement restrictions, it seems like the demand for video games isn’t going to lessen this year. According to available consumer data, the gaming industry is doing very well. Gaming consoles continue to sell at a rapid rate — Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) July 16, 2021 Mat Piscatella, from the NPD Group, recently took to Twitter to share the findings of his company on how consumers in the video game sector spent their money....

One month and one week away from the game’s release, hype is mounting and fans are excited to jump into the grimy streets of Night City. We can expect some more screenshots to keep up our appetite in the coming weeks. North Oak is one of the suburbs of Westbrook, which already represents Night City’s hub for the higher class, but this is the home of the true one percenters....

Apparently, before handing over the reins to James Gunn and Peter Safran, the newly-merged Hollywood studio wanted to bring in Todd Phillips to lead the struggling cinematic universe. It isn’t clear how deep the negotiations went, but The New York Post is claiming that Warner Bros. Discovery begged the Joker director to be the head of DC Studios. In the same post, a different source reports that “the whole town turned the job down”, which is in line with earlier reports after Dan Lin turned down the job....

The success of House of the Dragon may have increased fan interest in more GOT-related content. However, things may not be all good at HBO. There have been reports that two planned GOT spinoffs have been taken from the production list of the company working on the House of the Dragons. Only two of the four live-action projects related to Game of Thrones are currently listed with Startling Inc., HBO’s production partner for the franchise....

With that said, when fans felt that the confirmed and released DLCs for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla so far were a little flat, a lot of gamers were understandably left disappointed that this was all that Ubisoft had to offer. Thankfully, at the E3 2021 Ubisoft Forward showcase, Ubisoft confirmed that more Assassin’s Creed Valhalla DLCs are coming. Are More Assassin’s Creed Valhalla DLCs Coming? Ubisoft confirmed something that fans had been secretly hoping for on Day 1 of E3 2021 during the Ubisoft Forward showcase....