The price tag for new video games should go up, according to a Baldur’s Gate 3 developer. But Michael Douse, director of publishing for Larian Studios, believes the industry is in a holding pattern until Grand Theft Auto VI raises the starting entry fee from $70 to something higher.On X, Douse started discussing the price of new video games while sharing a screenshot of what’s available in the expensive Ultimate Edition of Star Wars Outlaws. The Larian Studios executive bemoaned “vague content promises” to validate a high price point, adding that a title should be priced “accordingly with its quality, breadth, [and] depth.” However, Douse then explained that most new games should be charging more at this point.

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Usually, video game consoles get cheaper as the years pass by. But that’s not the case for the PS5 in Japan. In fact, Sony is about to raise the price for both PS5 models there by 13,000 yen on September 2, which is roughly about $90 in the US.On X, The Verge senior reporter Tom Warren highlighted the price hike for the PS5 in Japan. He also pointed out that this will be the third time Sony has raised the price for the system in Japan since the PS5 launched in late 2020.

Sony is raising PS5 prices in Japan on September 2nd. Both models are going up by 13,000 yen (nearly $90), in the third PS5 console price hike in Japan since its launch in 2020 https://t.co/1i3QOEkdDV pic.twitter.com/J7Y5OCT8YY — T…

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Activision has released an impressive and dramatic cinematic trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s Zombies mode, and specifically the Liberty Falls map in the new game.”Welcome to Liberty Falls. Small town, big problems,” reads a line from the video’s description. The trailer is best viewed without knowing too much, so we won’t spoil anything here–take a look:

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Best Buy has an excellent limited-time deal on the Atari 2600 Lego set. The 2,532-piece buildable model is on sale for 30% off, which drops the price from $240 to $168. This set is routinely sold out at major retailers, including at Amazon and Walmart right now. Lego itself has marked the set as hard to find, so it’s certainly possible that Best Buy’s deal will sell out before the promotion officially ends.The Atari 2600 is most affordable of the three Lego sets celebrating retro video game hardware. The Nintendo Entertainment System and Pac-Man Arcade kits very rarely budge from their $270 price points. Amazon is offering a small discount on the Lego NES, which is routinely out of stock.
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Universal Orlando Resort has shared more information about the Universal Helios Grand Hotel, a 500-room resort coming to Universal’s upcoming Epic Universe theme park in 2025. The hotel is named after the Greek god of the sun.One of the big perks of staying at Helios is that it is basically inside the park and has its own dedicated entrance to Epic Universe. Additionally, guests at Helios (and Universal’s other hotels) get early park admission and access to a complimentary shuttle bus.Universal teamed up with Loews Hotels to create the Helios Grand Hotel, which features a Mediterranean-inspired look featuring gardens and water fixtures surrounding it. Universal described the new resort as “palatial,” and one that has the aim of blending “immersion and relaxation.” Helios sports fl…

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“Google is horrible.”This was among the first things that Raccoon Logic creative director Alex Hutchinson said to me as I settled in to learn about his studio’s newest game, Revenge of the Savage Planet. He followed this up with a promise to elaborate further as the presentation progressed. I would ultimately be shocked by how much of the nearly two-hour showcase and interview would be about this topic.Raccoon Logic consists of a bunch of Montreal-based developers that, after working together on games like Assassin’s Creed and the Batman Arkham series, went on to form Typhoon Studios in the late 2010s. In early 2020, that studio put out Journey to the Savage Planet, an action-adventure game that was largely met with praise. Later that year, the studio was bought by Google to help bolster i…