In recent times, gaming, especially on smartphones, has grown in immense popularity, with gamers playing globally on a daily basis. Call of Duty, PUBG, in addition to Free-Fire are several of the most-played games that are played across the world. In these first-person-shooter games, gamers battle it out to become the last person to stay alive. Continue reading to discover the latest trending news from the world of gaming. If you are an avid gamer, you can’t miss out on this illustrated article sharing the newest updates from the gaming world.

 

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1. Ark 2 (Release Date, Speculations, & More)

 

Ark 2 is a must-try sequel to a game that tries to expand a base-game while accompanying constant updates. Ark 2 was made public recently, and the latest offering also features Hollywood star Vin Diesel’s character.

Witnessing Vin Diesel riding on a T-Rex is enough on its own to make most people interested in this survival game. Originally made public in 2020 but rescheduled for the year 2022, the date was postponed again to 2023; the date was finally put off till the end of the year 2024.

 

 

Studio Wildcard, the studio that owns Ark, explains that they have invested much thought into postponing Ark 2 to enhance the quality of the final product. Studio Wildcard’s goal is to make Ark 2 the best possible game for hardcore gamers and provide an exceptional experience for players.

 

2. Light No Fire (Release Date, Speculations, & More)

 

Hello Games, the creator behind No Man’s Sky, has come up with another game, Light No Fire. This new game resembles Hello Games’ previous offering with reference to gameplay as well as philosophy. Hello Games’ director stated that Light No Fire will be more ambitious as compared to the team’s erstwhile offering.

Light No Fire will transport the players into a fantasy world complete with living skeletons, orcs, and dragons, in addition to even giant birds. Similar to No Man’s Sky, Light No Fire is aimed at creating a sandbox-realm that gamers can get lost in.

 

 

Additionally, same as its predecessor, the world of Light No Fire is all procedural, which means that it will continuously change as well as make everything different with each visit. One can assume that new things will await users with every visit with reference to flora and fauna, along with several other elements of Light No Fire.

 

3. Epic Games Wins Against Google

 

Several years after the initial case filing, globally famed games developer Epic Games has legally won its antitrust case against the search engine giant Google for anti-competitive practicing allegations regarding the Google Play app store, in addition to Google’s billing services. After losing its lawsuit against Apple, this newest ruling in Epic Games’ favour against Google is a milestone victory for Epic Games.

Epic Games, which started its operation in the year 1991, is behind developing the video game software for Unreal Engine as well as Fortnite. Epic Games has been seeking to expand across platforms; however, it has run into problems with mobile application stores. This games developer took issues with Google as well as Apple’s anti-competitive practicing and decided to file lawsuits against them.

 

 

Epic Games had initially filed antitrust cases against the two tech giants in the year 2020, and the games developer has just got to know the verdict in its favour against the search engine giant, Google. Both Apple as well as Google are accused by Epic Games of conducting monopolised practices through their app stores that resulted in app and game developers being compelled to pay out an immense amount of royalty percentages, in addition to facing anti-competitive restrictions.

While Epic Games’ filed case against Apple is still suffering legal woes, the judgement against Google has officially been handed down. As per the judgement, Epic Games has successfully proven that Google conducted a monopoly with its default Google Play app installation on Android-run devices, and Google had intended anti-competitive inclusion for app developers to make use of Google over other services.

 

4. Free Radical Design: Shutting Down

 

Free Radical Design, the studio that developed TimeSplitters, confirmed recently that it is shutting down within the next two and a half years. A few of the games designers from studio Free Radical Design shared on social media and bid their farewells in the company of other colleagues as well as TimeSplitters fans.

Free Radical Design Studio initiated its operation in the year 1999, in addition to creating the cult-classic trilogy of TimeSplitters. The studio had to face bankruptcy in the year 2008, subsequent to launching the PS3-exclusive first-person shooter Haze for gamers, which was poorly welcomed and accepted by players, along with critics. Although another studio named Crytek bought Free Radical Design in the year 2009; rebranded and renamed the studio to Crytek UK, its financial woes didn’t end there.

 

 

By the year 2014, most of the staff of Crytek UK had shifted to Dambuster Studios after Deep Silver took over the Homefront IP rights. Nearly 7-years later, Embracer Group made public that Free Radical Design would get a reform as a Deep Silver subsidiary in the year 2021.

 

5. Xbox Adds A New Day One Game

 

Under the newest update to the subscription service of Xbox Game Pass, there has been an addition of 2-new versions of the newly launched Football Manager 2024 for subscribers to try out. Day one games are among the reasons why gamers would sign up for a subscription to Xbox Game Pass, so Microsoft guarantees that there are new day one games regularly available for subscription holders to play. Microsoft has thus far included a new day one game under the lineup of the Xbox Game Pass for December 2023.

The new additions to Xbox Game Pass for December 2023 started with adding Thirsty Suitors on December 2, which is accessible for subscription holders across Xbox consoles, the cloud, as well as PCs. The newest update to Xbox Game Pass includes another day one game, accompanied by distinct versions that depend on whether a player is playing on a console or PC. As of recently, Xbox Game Pass subscription holders can start playing Football Manager 2024 game on their PC, in addition to Football Manager 2042 Console on Xbox consoles, the cloud, as well as PCs.

 

 

The game’s standard PC version will require the gamer to own a suitable PC, in addition to either having a subscription for PC Game Pass or an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription that combines the PC Game Pass as well as Vanilla Game Pass into one package.

 

Time’s Up!

 

These are the trending news stories from the gaming world that will definitely appeal to hardcore gamers. The trending gaming news that is covered over here is selected to entertain the minds of gamers to the core. If you relished reading this entire piece of writing, do come back for more updates next time. See you soon, gamers!