Mike Straw

1 month ago | insider-gaming.com | Mike Straw

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is continuing to be a successful launch for Ubisoft amid all of the company uncertainty. According to the latest information from Circana, the game is one of the best-selling games in the United States (US) so far this year. In a post on Bluesky on Monday, Circana’s Mat Piscatella revealed that Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been the best-selling video game in the US in each of its first three weeks on the market in terms of dollar sales.

1 month ago | insider-gaming.com | Mike Straw

Though I was only able to play for a few hours during my limited time with the game, one thought kept coming back to me while I was playing Rematch: this game is really fun. Rematch is the upcoming online soccer title from Sloclap, the developers of Sifu. Featuring 3v3, 4v4, and 5v5 online matches, players control their individual player on the pitch. Think of it as Rocket League but for the actual sport it’s based on. You can control your player either using mouse and keyboard or controller.

1 month ago | insider-gaming.com | Mike Straw

Another indie games studio is closing its doors. It has been announced that Makea Games, the studio behind the game Supermoves, is shutting down “effective immediately”. The announcement was made on Monday morning by the studio’s CEO and founder Tomi Toikka. “After over three incredible years building Supermoves and bringing the vision of the Makeaverse to life through user-generated content, we’ve reached the end of the road for Makea Games,” Toikka said.

1 month ago | insider-gaming.com | Mike Straw

Sony is reportedly developing a portable version of its next-gen PlayStation 6 (PS6), but it won’t doesn’t look like it will be a true “next-gen” experience for players. According to KeplerL2 on NeoGaf—the same user who claimed that Sony is working on two SoCs for the PS6—the portable version of the new console won’t be as powerful as the current-gen PlayStation 5 (PS5). In a reply to a question about the handheld system, Kepler claims that it’s “a 15w SoC on 3nm”.

1 month ago | insider-gaming.com | Mike Straw

Sony has announced that it is going to increase the price of the PlayStation 5 (PS5) in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The announcement came via a PlayStation Blog post on Sunday evening. Starting April 14, the cost of the PS5 Digital Edition in all affected regions and PS5 Physical Edition in both Australia and New Zealand will see an increase.