The CEO of Level-5 - the studio behind the family-friendly Professor Layton series, Snack World and Ni no Kuni - has said he hopes to one day make a darker game with more violence and eroticism.Speaking with Denfaminicogamer in a joint interview with Grasshopper Manufacture's Goichi Suda, Level-5's Akihiro Hino said he admired "creators who can release...

Game engine company Unity has appointed a new CEO, following the retirement of John Riccitiello last year. Matthew Bromberg will be stepping into the role later this month, Unity has announced. Meanwhile, the company's interim CEO Jim Whitehurst will take up the postion of executive chair of the Unity board. Bromberg's previous positions...

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is the fourth top-selling game in the US so far this year, behind the likes of Helldivers 2 and Dragon's Dogma 2. That's according to sales tracking from numbers company Circana. Helldivers 2 takes the top spot, which isn't too surprising considering its massive success - it reportedly sold over 8m copies in its first...

A few weeks back, Mattel launched a new version of the board game Scrabble, called Scrabble Together. While it's far from the first new version of Scrabble ever made, it's a super interesting idea. Scrabble Together arrives on the back of the traditional Scrabble board, and the concept is that it's a cooperative affair. Players sit down with their...

Sony has revealed a new PS5 feature that'll let players generate shareable links enabling others to quickly jump into their multiplayer sessions without needing to be PSN friends first. Once the feature arrives - at some point in "the coming months", according to Sony - players will be able to create links either directly on their PlayStation...

Sony has revealed a new PS5 feature that'll let players generate shareable links enabling others to quickly jump into their multiplayer games without needing to be PSN friends first. Once the feature arrives - at some point in "the coming months", according to Sony - players will be able to create links either directly on their PlayStation...