Humble's monthly bundle, now called Humble Choice, has arrived for July and it's a doozy. You can pick up one of our 2020 games of the year, Paradise Killer, plus 11 more games for £8.46 / $12. That's with Humble's current sign-up bonus, which gives you 40% off and three additional games this month.
]]>Microsoft have announced what games are joining and leaving Xbox Game Pass in February. It's a decent selection, including the still-smells-new racing game Dirt 5, the battered old heaps of Wreckfest, and the exact kind of game Game Pass is best for, the anime soulslike Code Vein.
]]>Codemasters shareholders have voted to approve EA's bid to buy the company, bringing the F1 and Dirt devs one step closer to joining the video games megacorp. Take-Two, the owners of 2K and Rockstar, had previously put in a bid but EA are offering a larger suitcase of cash. The deal is still not fully settled so we could see another upset, but it seems to be going ahead.
]]>Hope you're ready for some big business-y numbers on this fine Monday afternoon. Last month, Take-Two Interactive announced they had plans to buy Dirt developer Codemasters for a whopping £759 million. However, that doesn't seem to be happening anymore. Other gaming megacorp, Electronic Arts, are ready to do the buying instead. They've swooped in with a cheeky £914 million offer for Codemasters, who are expected to complete the deal with EA early next year - unless some other giant publisher kicks in the door throwing even more cash everywhere, I suppose.
]]>Hold up, don't go racing off into the weekend just yet. The developers of Dirt 5, which just released yesterday, say they've received a possible buyout offer from Take-Two Interactive who own the creators of other sporty games 2K and Rockstar Games as well. Take-Two say they believe it would be a "highly complementary fit". Ah, romance.
]]>Dirt 5 hit the track yesterday but these race-y cars are dodging a few potholes, especially on PC. Codemasters published one batch of fixes on launch day and say they're planning another patch to address issues that PC players are having with poor performance and crashing. The game, that is. If the cars crash, that's on you. Well unless it's due to frame stuttering, which I suppose is back in Codemasters' court.
]]>If you want to get rowdy, gonna get a little unruly, get it fired up in a hurry, and want to get dirty, bad news: it'll be a while longer before Dirt 5 comes to start the party. Codemasters have announced that they're again delayed their off-road racing game, pushing it back from 16th of October (and October 9th before that) to the 6th of November. Business reasons.
]]>A splash of mud here, a battered bumper there. An engine held together with duct-tape and hope. Every car has a story, and Dirt 5 is no exception. This week, Codemasters got behind the wheel of their flashy new motor to deliver us a new trailer, crashing new story beats straight into Dirt 5's career mode and confirming an October 9th release date for Dirt 5.
]]>Did you miss today's Xbox Series X stream? While the first of Microsoft's many planned streams for their new machine was naturally concerned with their new tellybox, there were still enough multi-platform announcements and trailers going around for us PC folks to get excited over. Here's our rundown of what happened during today's showcase.
]]>Microsoft just wrapped up their first Xbox Series X show-off stream, kicking off Dirt 5's debut appearance with a roaring new trailer. While it's all but required to flaunt your new console with some flashy cars, Codemasters have confirmed that Dirt 5 will hit PC alongside its Xbox and Playstation release later this year.
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