Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
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Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
At Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase 2024, GSC Game World brought a gorgeous new STALKER 2 trailer titled 'The Time of Opportunities'. Once again voiced in the Ukrainian language, the new video is packed with reveals, showcasing a variety of experiences from different locations to locations to encounters with mutants and arch anomalies. Players will also notice the Hubs, where they can rest and prepare for their next intense mission. The in-game footage is interspersed with narrative segments, highlighting the importance of the non-linear storyline in STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. With this new trailer, GSC Game World attempted to show […]
GSC Game World has published a new trailer for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Titled 'Not a Paradise', the trailer shows off the game's gorgeous Unreal Engine 5-powered visuals as well as the Ukrainian voiceover, the only one available in the full game alongside English. After many troubles and a long development time, STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl will be released on September 5 for PC and Xbox Series S|X. Microsoft has a three-month console exclusive, so PlayStation 5 gamers might get it before the end of the year in a best-case scenario. The game can be pre-ordered on the […]
Fifteen years after Call of Pripyat, STALKER fans will finally get the long-awaited sequel, Heart of Chornobyl. The game has had an extremely complex development, which we'll summarize below. GSC Game World actually first announced STALKER 2 back in 2010 for a tentative 2012 launch window. However, the Ukrainian studio was faced with financial hardships and had to be dissolved on December 9, 2011, leaving fans extremely worried about the future of the first-person shooter/horror franchise. The leaders of GSC Game World didn't give up, though. Around three years later, they resurrected the studio and decided to work on the […]
Let's be real: 2023's sheer quantity and quality of game releases are likely to remain unmatched for a long time, so 2024's most anticipated games list might look a bit puny by direct comparison. However, despite some lingering unknowns (will Dragon Age: Dreadwolf launch this year after the planned Summer reveal? Could Metroid Prime 4 be released as a Nintendo Switch 2 launch title?), even if nothing else happens, the calendar already offers a solid schedule of new games to look forward to. Here's our Top 10 most anticipated games of 2024. Action, RPG, Horror, Fighting, Adventure, Platform, Indie, Expansion/DLC, […]
2024 looks fairly similar to last year for shooter games fans in that there are very few big names on the list. We still don't know exactly what id Software and The Coalition are doing, while DICE's next Battlefield isn't launching any time soon. There will be a new Call of Duty game, of course, but it's hard to get too excited about it after Modern Warfare III. Previously in Wccftech's most anticipated games of 2024: Action, RPG, Horror, Fighting, Adventure, Platform, Indie, Expansion/DLC, Sports/Racing STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl (September 5 - PC, Xbox Series S|X) It's not the […]
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has suffered numerous delays over the past few years, which is more than understandable considering the conditions under which the game is being developed. Developer GSC Game World has been making this game partially from a warzone following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As if that wasn’t enough, they’ve also been targeted by Russian-backed hackers and even suffered a fire at one of their offices. Needless to say, it’s been a rough road. That said, GSC Game World is now describing their new September release date as the “final” one, which hopefully indicates the game is in a […]
2023 was a landmark year for horror (check out Wccftech's Best Of here), delivering the super-ambitious Alan Wake 2, a pair of rock-solid remakes in Resident Evil 4 and Dead Space, excellent indies like Amnesia: The Bunker, and more. 2024 may not be quite as strong, but it largely keeps the ball rolling down a similar horrifying path, with a couple of new remakes (The Last of Us Part II Remastered and Silent Hill 2), new entries in fan-favorite series (Alone in the Dark), and some promising indies (Still Wakes the Deep). Those dark days when it looked like survival […]
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl is drawing ever nearer, and at today’s PC Gaming Show, GSC Game World delivered a new story trailer for the game. The big news, is that the trailer features none other than Strider, a key character from the previous entry in the series, STALKER: Call of Pripyat. We also get a variety of other hints that this isn’t a narrative reboot – this game will be carrying on the story from past games, so make sure your STALKER lore is in order before you jump in. You can check out the new STALKER 2: Heart […]
STALKER 2 developer GSC Game World was recently interviewed by the Chinese website GamerSky. Among various questions, the development team commented on the current Q1 2024 launch window. The final polishing of the game will take some time. We want to launch our game at the highest level as soon as possible. However, due to the size and complexity of the open world, there are thousands of details that may go wrong. We are seizing the time to fix it. The product is polished. There's never enough time for a game developer, and it's hard to say how close we […]
STALKER 2 developer GSC Game World seems cursed with bad luck. As you might remember, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, most of the team relocated to Prague to work […]
STALKER 2 had a big presence at Gamescom 2023 despite being absent from the inaugural Opening Night Live show hosted by Geoff Keighley. A demo is playable on the show […]
Yesterday it was announced that STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has been delayed to early 2024, and while that’s disappointing, GSC Game World has dropped a new trailer to tide […]
At Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase 2024, GSC Game World brought a gorgeous new STALKER 2 trailer titled 'The Time of Opportunities'. Once again voiced in the Ukrainian language, the new video is packed with reveals, showcasing a variety of experiences from different locations to locations to encounters with mutants and arch anomalies. Players will also notice the Hubs, where they can rest and prepare for their next intense mission. The in-game footage is interspersed with narrative segments, highlighting the importance of the non-linear storyline in STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. With this new trailer, GSC Game World attempted to show […]
GSC Game World has published a new trailer for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Titled 'Not a Paradise', the trailer shows off the game's gorgeous Unreal Engine 5-powered visuals as well as the Ukrainian voiceover, the only one available in the full game alongside English. After many troubles and a long development time, STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl will be released on September 5 for PC and Xbox Series S|X. Microsoft has a three-month console exclusive, so PlayStation 5 gamers might get it before the end of the year in a best-case scenario. The game can be pre-ordered on the […]
Fifteen years after Call of Pripyat, STALKER fans will finally get the long-awaited sequel, Heart of Chornobyl. The game has had an extremely complex development, which we'll summarize below. GSC Game World actually first announced STALKER 2 back in 2010 for a tentative 2012 launch window. However, the Ukrainian studio was faced with financial hardships and had to be dissolved on December 9, 2011, leaving fans extremely worried about the future of the first-person shooter/horror franchise. The leaders of GSC Game World didn't give up, though. Around three years later, they resurrected the studio and decided to work on the […]
Let's be real: 2023's sheer quantity and quality of game releases are likely to remain unmatched for a long time, so 2024's most anticipated games list might look a bit puny by direct comparison. However, despite some lingering unknowns (will Dragon Age: Dreadwolf launch this year after the planned Summer reveal? Could Metroid Prime 4 be released as a Nintendo Switch 2 launch title?), even if nothing else happens, the calendar already offers a solid schedule of new games to look forward to. Here's our Top 10 most anticipated games of 2024. Action, RPG, Horror, Fighting, Adventure, Platform, Indie, Expansion/DLC, […]
2024 looks fairly similar to last year for shooter games fans in that there are very few big names on the list. We still don't know exactly what id Software and The Coalition are doing, while DICE's next Battlefield isn't launching any time soon. There will be a new Call of Duty game, of course, but it's hard to get too excited about it after Modern Warfare III. Previously in Wccftech's most anticipated games of 2024: Action, RPG, Horror, Fighting, Adventure, Platform, Indie, Expansion/DLC, Sports/Racing STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl (September 5 - PC, Xbox Series S|X) It's not the […]
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has suffered numerous delays over the past few years, which is more than understandable considering the conditions under which the game is being developed. Developer GSC Game World has been making this game partially from a warzone following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As if that wasn’t enough, they’ve also been targeted by Russian-backed hackers and even suffered a fire at one of their offices. Needless to say, it’s been a rough road. That said, GSC Game World is now describing their new September release date as the “final” one, which hopefully indicates the game is in a […]
2023 was a landmark year for horror (check out Wccftech's Best Of here), delivering the super-ambitious Alan Wake 2, a pair of rock-solid remakes in Resident Evil 4 and Dead Space, excellent indies like Amnesia: The Bunker, and more. 2024 may not be quite as strong, but it largely keeps the ball rolling down a similar horrifying path, with a couple of new remakes (The Last of Us Part II Remastered and Silent Hill 2), new entries in fan-favorite series (Alone in the Dark), and some promising indies (Still Wakes the Deep). Those dark days when it looked like survival […]
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl is drawing ever nearer, and at today’s PC Gaming Show, GSC Game World delivered a new story trailer for the game. The big news, is that the trailer features none other than Strider, a key character from the previous entry in the series, STALKER: Call of Pripyat. We also get a variety of other hints that this isn’t a narrative reboot – this game will be carrying on the story from past games, so make sure your STALKER lore is in order before you jump in. You can check out the new STALKER 2: Heart […]
STALKER 2 developer GSC Game World was recently interviewed by the Chinese website GamerSky. Among various questions, the development team commented on the current Q1 2024 launch window. The final polishing of the game will take some time. We want to launch our game at the highest level as soon as possible. However, due to the size and complexity of the open world, there are thousands of details that may go wrong. We are seizing the time to fix it. The product is polished. There's never enough time for a game developer, and it's hard to say how close we […]
STALKER 2 developer GSC Game World seems cursed with bad luck. As you might remember, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, most of the team relocated to Prague to work […]
STALKER 2 had a big presence at Gamescom 2023 despite being absent from the inaugural Opening Night Live show hosted by Geoff Keighley. A demo is playable on the show […]
Yesterday it was announced that STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has been delayed to early 2024, and while that’s disappointing, GSC Game World has dropped a new trailer to tide […]