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PlayStation has pulled Gran Turismo 7 from sale in Russia, seemingly joining several other companies that have stopped selling their products in the country due to its invasion of Ukraine.As spotted by Eurogamer, Gran Turismo 7 is no longer available to purchase on the Russian PlayStation Store.The racing game launched today (March 4) and is available to purchase in other regions without issue. Though Sony is yet to comment on the removed title, the studio is likely joining several other companies in halting game sales in the region.On Wednesday (March 2), Mykhailo Fedorov – Ukraine’s vice prime minister – called on PlayStation and Xbox to “temporarily block all Russian and Belorussian accounts” on their platforms, explaining that “such actions will motivate the citizens of Russia to proactively stop the disgraceful military aggression.”Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, studios across the games industry have condemned the military action by halting game sales within Russia.

Rainbow Six Siege receiving its seventh year of updates, a developer has answered questions about why the game has no competitors.Rainbow Six Siege is approaching the launch of Demon Veil, the first content drop of the game’s seventh year, and creative director Alex Karpazis has discussed the shooter’s long term-goals. Speaking to PCGamesN, Karpazis said that Rainbow Six Siege is “going to receive all the support it needs to be as successful as it needs to be. We have long-term ambitions”.Karpazis was also asked about the lack of competition that Siege has seen, as very few games have attempted the same formula.

George R.R. Martin has celebrated the release and critical reception of Elden Ring with a new blog post.The A Song Of Ice And Fire author did the world building and background details for the game before handing these off to FromSoftware, with the developer constructing the story and rest of the game.Yesterday (February 28), Martin shared a post that said although he can “hardly pretend to be objective,” the positive reception to Elden Ring has been “music to the ears”.“Of course, almost all the credit should go to Hidetaka Miyazaki and his astonishing team of games designers who have been labouring on this game for half a decade or more, determined to create the best video game ever,” said Martin.“I am honoured to have met them and worked with them, and to have played a part, however small, in creating this fantastic world and making Elden Ring the landmark megahit that it is.”In NME’s review of Elden Ring we scored it five out of five stars, with Andy Brown calling it “a glowing spectacle of achievement” that “leaves nothing out”.The game is also looking to be the fastest selling Souls game of all time as it reaches number one in the UK boxed video game charts, with digital sales to be revealed later in the week.

Extremely OK Games has finally acquired the Game Awards trophy that it won for Celeste in 2018 but never received.YouTuber PrestigeIsKey discovered the award on eBay when attempting to track down a replica of a Game Awards trophy that he could own. He was surprised to find an actual Game Award listed on the site (via PCGamer).The award was offered for £373 ($500 USD), and the seller’s other items were primarily car parts and key fobs, which raised some suspicion about the authenticity of the product on offer.

GTA Online’s expansion The Contract have been made available via streaming – check them out below.‘CircoLoco Records & NEZ Present: CLR 002’ was produced by NEZ and sees the artist team up with ScHoolboy Q on ‘Let’s Get It’ while Three 6 Mafia’s Gangsta Boo and Moodymann feature on ‘Freaks’.Check out the three songs below:The Contract also featured a clutch of previously unheard Dr. Dre tracks that have since made their way to streaming services.

Final Fantasy 14 fan has invented a controller that lets him play as an Archer in the MMO, using a modified toy bow and arrow.Taking to Twitter (via PCGamesN), Super Louis 64 has demonstrated how he has created a way to control his Archer character in Final Fantasy 14 using a modified toy bow and arrow set.“The idea is really simple: taking the arrow off the quiver tells the board what ability you are going to use. The board does math to determine if you shot the arrow and once you do it tells [Final Fantasy 14] “hey they fired [this] ability”,” explained Louis.Louis has shared a video explaining the process – and end result – on YouTube, which you can watch below:The controller setup worked by using Arduino with “touch sensors and a gyroscope,” and Louis added that he was able to detect the force of the arrow being fired with some extra code.As you’d likely be able to guess, using a real-world bow and arrow setup wasn’t the most practical way to play.

Pocketpair, the studio behind Palworld, has given staff a paid holiday today (February 25) so they can stay at home and play Elden Ring.FromSoftware’s open-world action role-playing game is out today and according to Pocketpair’s CEO Takruo Mizobe, he believes staff will be “unable to focus on work”.The company announced the “Elden Holiday” in a company wide email, which was later shared on Twitter.ポケットペアは、全社員対象者にエルデン休暇を支給します！エルデの王は金、月は出勤する必要はありません！ pic.twitter.com/HforPa0TkN— ポケットペア公式 – Craftopia/クラフトピア (@PocketpairJapan) February 22, 2022Rumour has it that the Dragon Quest series is so popular in Japan, that developer Square Enix now releases its games on Saturdays to prevent kids from skipping school and adults from calling in sick to work to play the game.And last year, Japanese tech developer Mark-On Ltd announced a ‘Monster Hunter Holiday’ for all non-executive employees to coincide with the launch of Monster Hunter Rise after CEO Masaki Hiyama received an overwhelming number of holiday requests for that day.Elden Ring launched earlier today. Steam reviews for the PC version of the game are currently “mixed” due to performance issues and missing features. Bandai Namco has since released a post about the issues in Elden Ring, stating that it is “constantly working to improve the game so that it can be played comfortably on various PC environments and platforms.” In a five-star review of the game NME wrote: “Trying to summarise all of Elden Ring‘s successes, trying to pinpoint why it feels so special, is a gargantuan task.

Velan Studios’ dodgeball-multiplayer title Knockout City will be going free-to-play later this year as the developer will self-publish the game without EA.According to a blog post titled “The Future Of Knockout City”, when season six of the game starts this spring, the entire game will be free-to-play for all players. For those who have already purchased the game before season six launches, they will will receive exclusive legendary cosmetics, XP boosts, and 2,000 of the in-game currency Holobux.Developer Velan Studios says it will also start self-publishing Knockout City over the first few seasons of year two of the game.

Sony has announced the PlayStation Plus games for March and they include Ark: Survival Evolved, Ghost Of Tsushima: Legends and two more titles.In a blog post on the PlayStation site, the games were unveiled. All games will be available to download from Tuesday, March 1 and can be downloaded and added to your library until Monday, April 4. The games include Ghostrunner, Team Sonic Racing, Ark: Survival Evolved, and Ghost Of Tsushima: Legends.Ark: Survival Evolved is a MMO survival game.

Shadow Warrior 3 will be available on subscription service PlayStation Now from next week, Devolver Digital has announced.Originally due out 2021, Shadow Warrior 3 was delayed to sometime in 2022, eventually receiving a release date of March 1. Now, publisher Devolver Digital has confirmed that the game will also be available on PlayStation Now to all subscribers on launch day.

Horizon Forbidden West was the number one game in the UK boxed charts, according to GfK sales figures.As tracked by Gamesindustry.biz, sales figures found that Horizon Forbidden West was “comfortably” the biggest game of the week. It was also the second biggest PS5 launch so far, behind Spider-Man: Miles Morales which came out the same day as the console.

Fortnite brought back Tilted Towers, dataminers are speculating that the iconic location could be set for yet another disaster.On January 18, Epic Games brought back the original Tilted Towers, however there’s a good chance that it doesn’t stay in one piece for much longer.Several dataminers (via PCGamesN) have shared that they believe Tilted Towers could once again be in danger, after discovering a map that show the appearance of sizeable craters surrounding the location. As outlined by dataminer FortTory, the three craters form a triangle that leaves Tilted Towers sitting in the middle.We just got Tilted Towers back, but i'm a little bit scared..Three upcoming craters, all located around Tilted Towers.

Warzone developer Raven Software has announced that as part of the battle royale’s anti-cheat system, PC players who encounter hackers will be given a “Damage Shield” that prevents hackers from hitting them with critical damage.As detailed in a progress report for Ricochet anti-cheat, Raven Software has shared that it is looking to apply more “in-game mitigations” to prevent cheaters from ruining games while they’re in them.One of these mitigations involves a “Damage Shield”, which has finished testing and is now live on Warzone servers.As to what the Damage Shield entails, the developer explains that “when the server detects a cheater is tampering with the game in real-time, it disables the cheater’s ability to inflict damage on other players,” which essentially sounds like a God Mode.“This mitigation leaves the cheater vulnerable to real players and allows [Ricochet] to collect information about a cheater’s system,” adds the blog.The article also outlines that there is “no possibility” the game will accidentally apply a Damage Shield outside of a scenario involving a cheater, and says “we will never interfere in gunfights betweeen law-abiding community members.”Looking ahead, the Ricochet team has shared that there are further mitigations “live and in development,” and confirmed that Warzone has seen “a decline in cheat reporting” since launching some of them in the last few weeks.On some of the mitigations that have not yet been detailed, the blog teases that “you might start seeing clips of our new tricks soon, but we won’t ruin the surprise.”In other Warzone news, Season Two of Warzone launched last week and has brought NPC enemies and a Chemical Factory.

Ubisoft has revealed what’s coming in Year 7 Season 1 (Y7S1) of Rainbow Six Siege, including a new operator called Azami, a defender who can fix damage to map environments.Announced today (February 19), Azami’s gadget is a throwable device that applies circular bulletproof cover wherever it hits. As demonstrated by Ubisoft, this allows her to patch up damage to walls, hatches and doorways that have been breached by attackers.Players can choose either a 9x19VSN submachine gun or ACS12 shotgun when playing Azami, and her loadout also includes a D-50 handgun.

Mina The Hollower, the next game from the studio behind Shovel Knight, has surpassed 16,000 backers on Kickstarter.Developed by Yacht Club Games, Mina The Follower is a “bone-chilling love letter to handheld gaming” featuring a classic 8-bit aesthetic in the style of Game Boy Color, refined for the modern era.The game was announced last month with the developer requesting $311,000 (£230,000), which was surpassed within 24 hours of its Kickstarter posting. Now, as of writing, the indie game has reached over $925,000 (£680,437) worth of pledges and has over 16,000 backers.With 12 days to go before the Kickstarter ends, the number of pledges seem to be rising steadily and has almost reached $1million, over triple its set amount.With 60fps action and top-down gameplay, the game follows the player as Mina, a whip-wielding Hollower and visionary inventor.

Final Fantasy 14, has revealed the in-progress graphical update for the MMO.During the latest Letter from the Producer Livestream (February 19), Yoshida and his team announced that Final Fantasy 14 will be getting its first graphical update alongside patch 7.0.Although it’s not arriving any time soon, the team shared the first images of the update which is currently in development and in the first month of testing, comparing the current graphics of the MMO to what players can expect in 7.0.Below you can see that the skin and hair texture’s, as well as lighting, eyes and other facial features, have been enhanced. Each character race will get these high-res updates with shaders.According to the director, the team wanted to address the “overall picture” of MMO by improving the graphics, but not changing the game’s aesthetic.

Horizon Forbidden West, a new video has highlighted the game’s gyro aiming with the PS5 DualSense controller.Twitter user hypedomi, who has early access to the game, demonstrated that the player could control Aloy’s bow thanks to the gyro capabilities of the DualSense (thanks, GamesRadar).“A quick PSA before you start playing: There’s an awesome new gyro aiming option buried deep in the setting menu,” hypedomi said. “It makes aiming SO MUCH EASIER.

No Man’s Sky is getting its next update, titled Sentinel Update, which updates combat, adds in a mech, and more.The Sentinel Update for No Man’s Sky is a much more combat focused one. It adds in a new Sentinel tool, the Hardframe Battle Mech.

Sony has announced that it will plant a tree for anyone who earns a specific trophy in Horizon Forbidden West.As part of Sony’s “Plant and Play” initiative, it will plant a tree on behalf of any player that unlocks the “Reached the Daunt” trophy in Horizon Forbidden West (thanks, Eurogamer).“For the release of Horizon Forbidden West, we want to do something to help nature… with you,” said Sony. “Just like how Aloy fights to save the Earth in the game, we can do something together to help our planet.”This means that in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, anyone who unlocks “Reached the Daunt” before March 25 will have a tree planted for them.

CD Projekt Red has announced that the next-generation versions of Cyberpunk 2077 are available now alongside a free trial and patch 1.5During the latest REDStream, the developer revealed the first gameplay of Cyberpunk 2077 running on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, confirming that both versions will run at 60FPS and will include both a ray tracing and performance mode.Alongside the announcement, the team also shared the details for patch 1.5 which will include a variety of upgraded features, along with brand-new mechanics for the game.Probably the biggest update arriving with patch 1.5, and the most requested by players, includes the ability to change appearance. Players will only need to use a mirror to change their look, with the option to change their hair, hair colour, and makeup.Additionally, players will now be able to pay rent on their apartments and buy renovations to makeover their homes.

CD Projekt Red has teased a mysterious livestream for Cyberpunk 2077 – if you’re excited to see what’s next for the game, here’s when and how you can watch the Cyberpunk 2077 stream.The Cyberpunk 2077 stream is scheduled for later today (February 15) and will go live at 3PM GMT / 4PM CET/ 10AM EST.When it begins, you can watch the livestream at CD Projekt Red’s official Twitch account.While details on what the stream will include are slim, there’s a good chance that it will bring a launch date for Cyberpunk 2077 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles.Last month, back-end files for a PS5 version of Cyberpunk 2077 were spotted during a data mine. CD Projekt Red previously confirmed that it aims to release a current-gen version of Cyberpunk 2077 “in the first quarter of 2022”.However, the livestream will likely include something for PC and last-gen players.