Game News Round-Up

PS5 Pro name seemingly confirmed by Sony ahead of imminent reveal

• Sony accidentally uploaded an unlisted video titled PS5 Pro
• Technical presentation with Mark Cerny is today at 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 4pm BST

Bungie announces new Destiny 2 release model with two ‘medium’ expansions a year

Disgruntled Team Fortress 2 players bind 340,000 signatures into a book and hand-deliver it to Valve

• #SaveTF2 was born in 2022, amid a bot situation so severe, it was threatening to make Valve's classic team-based shooter literally unplayable. The community faced daily battle bots using game-ruining hacks, racist usernames, disruptive noises in voice chat, and worse - and with Valve doing little to help, players even took to fighting bots with bots of their own.

Apple says all its new iPhone 16s play AAA games, no iPhone Pro required

• iOS 18 out next week with new Game mode

Minecraft ditching single summer update for more regular releases, mob votes being retired

Ubisoft shares plunge again after investor urges company to go private

• Recent releases including Star Wars Outlaws and xDefinant have reportedly missed expectations
• Share price fell almost 10% during trading, before closing down 7.13% at €13.67. It has fallen by more than 50% over the last 12 months and now sits close to a ten-year low.

Embracer studio Lost Boys Interactive has made another round of layoffs

• The support studio's credits include Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Diablo 4 and PUBG
• Lost Boys, which also suffered a heavy round of layoffs in January, employs over 200 staff across more than 40 US states and Canada, according to its website.
• Unclear at this time how many people are affected