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Red Dead Redemption 2's PC port has been in development as far back as 2016, according to a LinkedIn resume from an ex-Rockstar physics programmer.

Like Old West outlaws after a robbery, evidence of a PC port of Rockstar's latest bit of open-world mastery is mounting up. First a Rockstar Leeds developer listed Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC on his LinkedIn page, and now a previous Rockstar Toronto physics designer did the same. We won't directly divulge their names, but the resumes hint the sequel-prequel's PC version has been in the works since 2016. The Toronto programmer left in 2016 and lists RDR2 as a game they worked on, whereas the Leeds dev left in 2017 and listed the same. Both developers left Rockstar before Red Dead Redemption 2 was shipped in October 2018.

Although Red Dead Redemption 2 was built from the ground up for the current generation of consoles, the game will likely come to PC to ensure maximal exposure, sales, and live service revenues from Red Dead Online.

A new Pokemon mobile game will release sometime before March 2020, DeNA announced in its recent fiscal earnings report.

Not content with Pokemon GO's massive billion-dollar earnings, DeNA and Nintendo plan to release a second Pokemon smartphone game that capitalizes on the franchise's core strengths: RPG aspects, search-and-capture action, and lots of live service earnings opportunities. Whether or not the new game will be an AR-based title like Pokemon GO remains unknown, but the two projects should live alongside one another.

It's very likely the mobile game will interact directly with Nintendo's latest mainline Pokemon: Sword and Shield games, which are coming to the Switch in late 2019. We should see cross-platform adventuring with Pokemon migration between mobile and Switch, PVP battles, and maybe even co-op action. Nintendo did something similar with its recent Pokemon Let's Go Eevee and Pikachu games and it did amazingly well as a form of cross-game engagement.

Hackers have had lots of fun with the Nintendo Switch, and the handheld-console hybrid is actually quite flexible. Now one modder gets the original Xbox emulator running on the Linux-powered system.

Ever since its Linux OS kernel was hijacked back in 2017, the Nintendo Switch has been hacked six ways to Sunday. Users have broken the firmware to allow tons of emulators, pirated software, and homebrews to run on the console. They've even broken through the Switch Online's NES emulator and enabled mass storage support. Now a new breakthrough just took place: Microsoft's first console can run on the Switch.

With a lot of tweaks, modder Voxel9 successfully got Xbox emulator XQEMU running on the Nintendo Switch. Of course the emulator didn't run amazing well and had lots of FPS drops, but it did actually start up and even played the original Halo. But playing Xbox games on the Switch is a different story, at least right now. Halo ran quite poorly, but Jet Set Radio fared somewhat better...even if it was a bit choppy.

Recent LinkedIn resumes strongly hint this year's Call of Duty will be Modern Warfare 4.

A number of high-profile devs have joined back up with Infinity Ward to help guide this year's Call of Duty game. The bulk of the devs joined years ago, presumably as development of Call of Duty 2019 was ramping up, and worked on numerous Modern Warfare games. The devs also held previous positions at studios like Respawn. Noted first by Gamespot, the listings suggest this year's big mainline shooter will in fact be Modern Warfare 4.

Activision has yet to announce the new Call of Duty game but a formal reveal should happen before E3 2019 (as is customary for the franchise). The publisher confirmed Call of Duty 2019 will have a singleplayer story-driven campaign with co-op elements to boot, and is described as a "giant step for the franchise" that is "deeply rooted in Call of Duty history."

The creator of Castlevania himself reveals some interesting tidbits about the original NES classic, explaining design decisions around boss fights and more.

Castlevania is one of my favorite series of all time and is a true testament of skill, patience, and grizzled gaming endurance. But there's a few things that I've always wondered about...especially that one hilarious moment when you knock Drac's head off his shoulders and send it to the moon, as the Angry Video Game Nerd so eloquently puts it. Turns out there's a reason for that and it's not actually meant to be that humorous--it's actually foreshadowing.

Japanese gaming translation site Shmuplations recently translated some older Tweets detailing what it was like working on the original Castlevania games. In a span of four years of Tweets, Sonna Yuumi, who worked closely with Castlevania creator Hitoshi Akamatsu on the games, highlighted specific things like the first boss battle, overall mechanics, and how Konami put the series on the back burner.

On the heels of their landmark success with the Friday the 13th game, Illfonic brings its survival PVP multiplayer prowess to the Predator franchise.

A bit ago Sony announced Predator: Hunting Grounds, a new online multiplayer game that aims to recreate the thrill of Schwarzenegger's 1980s action flick. The whole idea is to create that paranoid claustrophobic excitement of being constantly hunted by a monster--only instead of Jason, this time gamers will be picked off by a tribalistic alien from the stars. And instead of a campground, Hunting Grounds takes us to the deep heart of the jungle.

Predator: Hunting Grounds parallels Illfonic's previous slasher adaptation with two different perspectives. Players can roam the jungles as a spec ops force, collecting materials along the way and carefully scrutinizing every rustling bush in frantic paranoia, or take on the role of the predator, complete with high-tech arms and the infamous active camo.

The gaming desk market is about to heat up at Computex 2019 in two weeks time with Thermaltake announcing the ultimate desk for gamers that have no budget.

Thermaltake's new Level 20 RGB Battlestation Gaming Desk costs a huge $1199 and rolls out with a gorgeous RGB lighting strip on the edges of the desk that looks awesome in pictures, and I'm sure even better in person. The Level 20 RGB Battlestation Gaming Desk is fully height adjustable, with memory options to set particular heights.

The big difference here is the RGB lighting which can be tweaked through Alexa and Razer Chroma, with the entire surface built for your gaming mouse. The surface itself is semi-coarse with textured weave measuring 165 x 75cm with smart cable management built into the desk.

AMD will be detailing its new Zen 2 architecture and Ryzen 3000 series CPUs at Computex in two weeks time, with a major unveiling at E3 2019 alongside Radeon Navi and launch on 7/7 according to all the information we have so far.

The new rumors point to the flagship Ryzen 3000 processor rolling out with a 16-core design with slower clocks, and a faster-clocked 12-core CPU. This makes sense -- to see a lower-clocked but higher core count CPU launching with a higher-clocked lower core count CPU, as it'll handle two different consumers beautifully.

We've heard about the Ryzen 9 3850X for a while now, with rumors late last year pointing to a 16C/32T chip at up to 5.1GHz for $499. This completely blows away the first-gen Ryzen Threadripper, and blows away the clock speeds of the second-gen TR chips.

ASUS has just unveiled its latest member in the ROG STRIX family of AIO coolers with the new ROG STRIX LC 120 and LC 240 that both drop the OLED display to keep the costs down, where instead it features the ROG eye with RGBs.

The new ROG STRIX LC 120 and 240 series AIO coolers work on virtually all sockets including the TR4 socket for Ryzen Threadripper CPUs, but you will need a separate part for that. The normal AM4 socket is supported, as well as virtually all of Intel's mainstream CPU sockets: LGA 115x, 1366, 2011, 2011-3, and 2066. The higher-end LGA 3647 socket isn't supported, but it shouldn't be expected on a more budget-friendly AIO cooler.

The coolers use rubber tubing with braide sleeving, so even though they're cheaper ASUS isn't skimping on everything. We're looking at a copper-plated CPU block and RGB lighting effects thanks to ASUS Aura, while the 120/240mm radiators rock ROG Ryuo fans that spin betwen 800-2500RPM.

We first started hearing about The Matrix being rebooted a few months ago, but the latest rumors point to an extension of the franchise that would look at other characters and not Neo, Trinity, Morpheus and the others we came to love in The Matrix Trilogy.

The news is coming directly from Chad Stahelski, the director of John Wick 3 which stars Keanu Reeves who played Thomas 'Neo' Anderson in The Matrix Trilogy. In a recent interview with Yahoo Movies UK, Stahelski said: "I'm super happy that the Wachowskis are not just doing a Matrix, but they're expanding what we all loved".

He continued: "And if it's anywhere near the level of what they've already done, it wouldn't take more than a call to go, 'Hey, we want you to be a stunt guy' and I would probably go and get hit by a car".

NVIDIA has released a new driver with optimizations for some of the latest games including RAGE 2, with the new GeForce 430.64 WHQL drivers release and available right here.

The new GeForce 430.64 drivers include optimizations for RAGE 2, World War Z, and Total War: Three Kingdoms. SLI owners will enjoy new or improved SLI profiles for both Imperator: Rome, and Insurgency Sandstorm. There are a bunch of issues fixed with the new drivers, including Shadow of the Tomb Raider freezing when launched in SLI mode, Hitman 2 crashing under DX12, and the high CPU usage in the NVDisplay.Container.exe that turned up in the 430.39 drivers.

Square Enix's massively anticipated new Final Fantasy VII: Remake isn't just one game. It'll release in a multi-volume trilogy and there could be years in between releases, and with pre-orders already up, it begs to question how much will the game end up costing altogether.

Right now the Final Fantasy VII: Remake is up for pre-order on Amazon and Best Buy for $59.99. But are we getting just the first volume for that price, or the entire three-game trilogy? Are gamers simply pre-ordering one game and then blindly buying into the other portions, season pass-style?

Other than saying the game will be split across multiple parts, Square Enix has been coy about how pricing will work. The store listings don't have any exact info on what you're actually buying. Each chapter of the FFVII: Remake is a full game with 30 hours of content, the publisher says, so it's possible it'll be sold separately and gamers will have to shell out $59.99 for each part.

Volition could announce the next big Saints Row game at E3 2019, or the publisher could just bring more games to the Nintendo Switch.

Today Deep Silver said something interesting on Twitter that could be taken a few ways. "Subscribe to the official Saints Row YouTube channel so you don't miss a thing...we have exciting things ahead for the Saints, you don't want to miss out!" reads the Tweet, prompting speculation of and incoming Saints Row V reveal. E3 2019 is on the horizon after all, and THQ Nordic and Deep Silver will be in tow with games and announcements.

Volition, the devs behind Saints Row, are also working on a new ambitious project, further lending credence to a possible reveal. In late 2018 THQ Nordic confirmed Volition is developing a "top secret AAA project." Nothing was confirmed but we're betting Volition is focusing on Saints Row after its experimental new IP Agents of Mayhem failed.

Up until now Tetris 99 was an online-only Switch Online exclusive. But with a new $10 DLC, the fast-paced battle royale goes offline and brings in new revenues to boot, covering all the bases.

Digital is extremely important to platform-holders like Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. Subscriptions like PS Plus, Xbox LIVE, and Nintendo's Switch Online are a big part of these earnings--they not only generate revenue from paid subscriptions, but organically churn engagement that leads to game purchases, DLC sales, and long-term monetization in key online games. Nintendo is relatively new to this structure, but it's swinging right out of the gate with some smooth moves.

Nintendo today announced Tetris 99's new $10 Big Block DLC, which not only brings it offline, but allows normal Switch owners not subscribed to Switch Online to play.

Square Enix's latest Final Fantasy VII: Remake trailer is full of interesting combat tidbits that show a remarkable transformation of the 1997 classic.

The new FFVII: Remake isn't a turn-based RPG like the original. Instead, combat is entirely action-based in a three-dimensional space similar to Devil May Cry or Final Fantasy XV, complete with real-time battle sequences, combos, and more. This brings some massive changes and everything's been more streamlined for heart-thumping chaos versus properly sequenced strategy. The game represents a big win for Square Enix during a time when the publisher needs it most, and its first chapter could launch in 2019.

The latest Remake gameplay footage shows how far the game has evolved since we last saw it. Back in 2015, combat saw an ATB gauge that filled up when you struck enemies. This time around the game adds some interesting abilities like real-time manual blocking, limit breaks, and shortcut attacks--all of which provide a blueprint for stylized and dynamic hack-and-slash havoc.

Final Fantasy VII: Remake is exactly what Square Enix needs to rise from its earnings slump.

Square Enix isn't doing too well right now. Its nine month earnings are down 65% year-over-year and profit has dropped by a similar amount. The famed RPG publisher needs a big win, and luckily it has an ace up its sleeve: Final Fantasy VII: Remake. Square Enix dropped a surprise trailer yesterday that showed off slick action-based combat and breathed new life into some of our favorite gaming icons. But more importantly, it stoked the fires of hype that've been flickering for the past four years.

This is important. After Kingdom Hearts III the publisher needs more huge projects for gamers to look forward to that aren't too far down the pipeline. Fans waited a long, long time for Kingdom Hearts III and Final Fantasy XV. Fans have been waiting for the Remake, too, but it may not be that far away. Square Enix's recent restructuring may have accelerated development of big games like the FFVII: Remake. The Japanese games-maker recently consolidated its original 11 dev teams and combined them into a more streamlined mix of 4 teams.

Capcom have presented a teaser trailer to their upcoming expansion to Monster Hunter World. Introducing 'Iceborne' which is planned for release later this year in September.

Above we have the tease trailer which has launched as apart of PlayStation's State of Play livestream. The trailer teases Monster Hunter players at the new expansion area they will be journeying through this Autumn. It should be noted that if you are playing Monster Hunter right now and desire to jump into the upcoming expansion, there will be a requirement of Hunter Rank 16 before you can open up the Hoarfrost Reach storyline quests.

Before Capcom release the expansion, the developers will be blessing the base Monster Hunter World game with a new content update. According to Capcom, "The last new content update for the base game will celebrate the aggressive flagship monster Nergigante who will finally appear in the formidable Arch-Tempered form for a limited time from May 11." Capcom will be bringing Iceborne to console players on September 6th for $40, the PC version of the expansion is set to release sometime in Winter. Capcom are also hosting a follow up live stream, revealing what is to be believed as more details for Iceborne. Head on over to Twitch to check it out.

Conan Exiles developer Funcom has announced that in celebration of the one-year anniversary for Conan Exiles the game will be going free to play on Steam over the weekend.

The announcement has been posted on the Conan Exiles website, and the developers take their time to thank all of the players and fans for creating what has been described as a amazing community. Funcom begin to discuss their journey over the year of adding new content to the game, and how proud the developer is of how far they have come and what they have in store for the future.

In celebration of the one-year anniversary Funcom has released a massive update for the title, the update includes a brand new dungeon, a new mini-dungeon, new pets, full revamps of NPC settlements and cities, new bosses and new loot rewards. There is much more added within this update and more details can be found here on the official blog post detailing each aspect. The Conan Exiles free weekend begins 7PM CET (11AM PST).

Sony has revealed at their State of Play a remake for the 1998 PlayStation classic title MediEvil. The remake will feature a bunch of 4K visuals and many upgrades across the board.

The trailer has dropped onto the PlayStation YouTube Channel and showcases overhauled cut scenes, remastered visuals, redone camera, brand-new narrator, new dialogue and what has been described as a "whole casket full of secrets". If you didn't play the original MediEvil on the PlayStation 1, the game takes players on a journey with Sir Dan and "an ever-expanding repertoire of weapons and shields to aid him in his quest".

Players will be able to use "gigantic hammers, crossbows, throwing knives and axes are at your disposal, but you'll need to use them wisely, lest you lose your head." The MediEvil Remake will be launching on PlayStation 4 this Halloween, October 25th, 2019. For more information visit the official PlayStation blog here.

Square Enix and Sony have taken center stage during State of Play, dropping a brand new teaser trailer for the highly anticipated Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Final Fantasy VII was first announced back in E3 of 2015, since then the game has gone through a bit of a development fiasco with Square Enix pulling development from third-party development studio CyberConnect2. Square Enix chose to let CyberConnect2 go and take development in-house of Square Enix, since then the game has dropped off the radar until now.

To start off, the game looks absolutely incredible. It can already be seen that Square Enix has done an absolutely fantastic job at the graphical remodeling, level of detail, shading, lighting and basically everything else that can be spotted. Kotaku's Jason Schreier describes Final Fantasy VII as a "new game", and I couldn't agree with that description more. Square Enix say at the end of the trailer that there will be more information released in June, so I'd expect a full trailer or an announcement of some kind throughout E3 2019.