I’ve played Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy and it’s very different to Requiem and Innocence – but that’s not necessarily a bad thing | Gaming

It’s all-change in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy. This series – known for stealth and the emotional adventures of brother and sister Hugo and Amicia in plague-ridden France – now…

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Xbox lost ‘millions’ of Game Pass subscribers after last year’s massive price hike | Gaming

Microsoft recently reversed the sky-high Game Pass price increases it imposed in 2025, bringing them down to not quite where they were prior, but close enough to quell at least…

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Gothic remake lockpicking backlash raises the fascinating question of whether anybody really enjoys lockpicking in RPGs | Gaming

Alkimia Interactive and THQ’s Gothic remake launched over the weekend, and many are the complaints that the RPG’s revised lockpicking system is far too hard. I know, right – tricky…

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Xbox Game Pass Lost Millions of Subscribers After 2025 Price Hikes | Gaming

Microsoft says Xbox Game Pass lost “millions of subscribers” after it increased prices by 50% with a price hike in October 2025. Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball relayed the…

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Star Trek: Outposts Unknown’s demo introduces an upbeat settlement builder, though my crew of clocking-out ship slackers wouldn’t last a day in RimWorld | Gaming

Offworld settlement builders delight in forcing their pebble-gathering, ore-hoarding colonists into a life of subsistence scrounging by way of disaster: a crashed spaceship or cryogenic malfunction leaving them no choice…

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Xbox explains new exclusives policy: players “can expect a reliable pipeline” of exclusive titles in service of “turning around the business” | Gaming

Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball has given more insight into the firm’s new commitment to platform exclusives, following the announcement yesterday that both Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork…

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Vendors and celebrities find worth in Gem State Comic Con as event draws record numbers | News World

More than 50 years ago, comic book conventions, or comic cons as they are more commonly known, have drawn enthusiasts to indulge in their favorite pastime. Today, thousands flock to…

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Roundup: 10 Of The Best Xbox Announcements We Saw At IGN Live 2026 | Gaming

Amidst all of the showcases taking place over the past few days, the folks over at IGN held their own type of two-day event that spanned multiple hours – they…

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This week in PC games: some enormous space sims and strategy games, plus a cheery prop hunt where you paint your own camouflage | Gaming

Good news, everybody! We made it through the Summer Game Fest weekend pretty much unscathed. True, I have depleted neighbourhood stocks of ginseng and also, lost the ability to blink,…

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A developer got the original Half-Life running on a 2007 Nokia N95 at a respectable 30 fps, plus it even works with a mouse and keyboard | Gaming

We knew when we gave the original Half-Life a 97% way back in 1998 that it was something special that gamers would be playing years from then. But I don’t…

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Discover the Gears of War: E-Day Collector’s Edition | Gaming

Summary The Coalition has unveiled the Gears of War: E-Day Collector’s Edition, featuring collectible physical items and the Xbox Series X Premium Edition of the game. Pre-Order is open now….

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Doom: The Dark Ages expanding with Revelations DLC in July, plus a free Ripatorium update adding to the game’s customisable arena mode | Gaming

Doom: The Dark Ages was a fun time, but we’d been wondering about the release window for its DLC (and its very nature) since a Premium Edition was released day…

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“Trust that we’re going to be smart about this” Amazon Game Studios boss says of 007 First Light sequels, while insisting he didn’t confirm who’ll publish them | Gaming

Last week, Amazon gaming general manager Jeff Gattis rather put the cat amongst the pigeons when talking about James Bond’s future in games now IO Interactive’s 007 First Light is…

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Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition: price, pre-order, and release date | Gaming

(Credit: Microsoft) 😍 The Xbox Series X25 Anniversary Edition features a translucent “OG Green” design with 1TB of storage 👏 The controller includes classic color-coded face buttons and a transparent…

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Nintendo confirms revised Switch 2 console with replaceable battery for EU consumers | Gaming

Nintendo has announced a revised Switch 2 console for Europe to comply with legislation requiring replaceable batteries. The platform holder stated that products with model numbers beginning with BEE, i.e….

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Celebrate World Oceans Day, June 8, with a new comic book, The Ocean and Human Rights | News World

World Oceans Day Comic book launch: The Ocean and Human Rights To celebrate World Oceans Day on June 8, Espace pour la vie is proud to announce the launch of the…

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Not even Crazy Taxi: World Tour is safe from generative AI, as Sega admit they used it to make background assets | Gaming

Ah cool, that reboot of 90s arcade classic Crazy Taxi Sega have been teasing for a little while, I thought during an otherwise rather meh Xbox showcase yesterday. Ah bollocks,…

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Matt Booty Explains Xbox’s Plans For Exclusive Games Going Forward | Gaming

Following today’s Xbox Games Showcase 2026, Xbox’s Chief Content Officer (Matt Booty) appeared an interview with Gamertag Radio host Parris, and he was asked about Xbox’s announcement of two new…

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There are already two mods to make Gothic Remake’s lockpicking less painful | Gaming

I played the Gothic Remake hoping for an RPG with a bit more grit than usual, and what I got was almost pure sand. The progression system really does make…

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El Paso, Elsewhere 2 invites you back into its moody, supernatural neo-noir world with sick flips and Frankenstein | Gaming

There are very few studios with an output as varied as Strange Scaffold’s. They’ve got games about trading organs and babies, NSFW clicking, cooking delicious meals for kaiju, and,…

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Stealth classic Thief: The Dark Project is getting the remaster treatment from retro specialist Nightdive Studios | Gaming

Retro specialist Nightdive is at it again. After successfully tackling System Shock and its sequel (giving them the remake and remaster treatment respectively), Nightdive is once again returning to the…

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Valheim 1.0 release date announced, so prepare to ward off “ancient evils and lurking threats” in its treacherously icy final biome | Gaming

It may, as I write this, be summer showcase season. However, you should get ready to wrap up warm. Co-op Viking survivor Valheim‘s set to get very cold soon, as…

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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Update 1.28 for Version 1.305 Adds Rog Xbox Alley Support and More | Gaming

Team Ninja has released Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty update 1.28 (PS5 update version 1.028), which makes some boss adjustments, along with additional changes. For those who own a Rog Xbox…

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Nicolas Cage’s role in the 2023 comic book heist of the century | News World

Credit: Far Out / Alamy Though he’s one of the few actors alive not to have appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (yet), Nicolas Cage has strong connections to the…

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VR developer Vertigo Games shutters Amsterdam studio | Gaming

VR developer Vertigo Games has announced the closure of its Amsterdam studio. CEO Richard Stitselaar attributed the studio’s closure to the challenges facing the VR industry. “This is not a…

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Studio Ghibli and Stardew Valley fans need to wishlist Xbox’s Vivarium | Gaming

The Xbox Games Showcase 2026 was bursting with bullet shells. So many guns! I don’t think I’m a prude — the gory joys of a first-person shooter haven’t soured for…

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One of Subnautica 2’s ousted execs is now working on a sequel to ship-scavenging horror game Duskers | Gaming

Surprise. the follow-up to Misfits Attic’s Duskers is called Duskers 2.0. Get ready for more spooky and strategic scavenging of shipwrecks hovering ominously above planets, this time with the goal…

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There’s suddenly a terrifying number of games releasing this fall | Gaming

While there’s never any shortage of games releasing on Steam any given day, the release calendar for big-budget game productions has felt somewhat thin this year. The repeat delay announcements…

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“It is alive”: the makers of 2024 horror GOTY Mouthwashing are back with perhaps the most dreadful World War tank sim you’ll ever play | Gaming

It’s hard to conceive of a nastier workplace than Mouthwashing‘s spaceship – that delirious, foam-clogged labyrinth of cracked sunsets and fire-freshness – but developers Wrong Organ are certainly upping…

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Everything coming to Game Pass from the Xbox Showcase | Gaming

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