Author: Dark Horizons

In late July came the news Disney was ceasing new DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD physical media releases in Australia. Whilst other distributors in the country haven’t officially announced similar plans yet, it is being seen as a sign of things to come. Now, in a major report today, long-running and well-respected home video news […]

Universal and Nintendo’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which has just hit Peacock this week, has been the year’s biggest success story at cinemas thus far (though “Barbie” could well supersede it). According to Nintendo itself in an investor call this week, the April-June quarter saw a 50% jump increase on this time last year […]

One of the odder teased game releases of recent years has been “The Lord of the Rings: Gollum,” a stealth title exploring the character’s journey in the period leading up to the events of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”. Players have to make various decisions depending on if they side […]

Nintendo’s Australian division has quickly been on the receiving end of some high praise following their commercial for this week’s release of “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom”. The TV spot is themed around the line ‘Rediscover Your Sense of Adventure’ and follows a man commuting home from corporate drudgery. As his wife […]

With the long-standing supply chain issues from the pandemic resolved late last year, the first real look at how well the PS5 would sell came in the first quarter of this year, with the numbers announced this week. Sony has revealed that the PS5 has sold 6.3 million units in the first quarter of this […]

The reviews have been stellar, the sales have been strong, and now that it has had a few weeks of being out in the wild, Capcom has opted to further monetise its “Resident Evil 4” remake. Microtransactions have now been added to the game, enabling players to pay extra to upgrade their weapons more quickly. […]

One of the biggest hurdles in the way of Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition deal to buy Activision Blizzard appears to have fallen as UK regulators have announced a provisional finding that the acquisition would not harm competition. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority previously was sceptical of Microsoft’s promises to keep the “Call of Duty” […]

Capcom’s acclaimed “Resident Evil 4” remake is breaking records for the franchise in its launch. The game was released yesterday on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC via Steam and according to SteamDB and has already hit a peak of 140,240 players in its first 24 hours – the franchise’s largest Steam launch ever […]