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Good news if you’re one of the die-hards still clinging to Windows 10: Microsoft has added another year to its Extended Security Updates, meaning the axe won’t fall until October…

There’s also a report doing the rounds today that due to console price increases, both Xbox and PlayStation suffered notably poor unit sales across the US in May. Hardware –…

Pop sensation Phoebe Bridgers has released a new music video for her latest single, Lost Boys. It features a lovely song but more importantly it features Old School RuneScape –…

Watch out, Steam Machine! One who would claim your throne comes forth from the sun-kissed streets of France. He might have your number, once he’s figured out what he’s comfortable…

Batman is one of the faces of DC and one of the greatest archetypal superheroes of all time. He was the bridge between the old-school mystery, noir comics and the…

PlayStation 5 unit sales in the United States dropped 58% year on year in May, according to Circana, reaching their lowest May total since 2000. Xbox unit sales, meanwhile, reached…

In the immediate aftermath of Microsoft’s announcement that it was raising prices of the Xbox Series X and S for the third time this generation, a tiny trend broke out…

Stardew Valley creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has released his latest reminder that yes, he’s still working on Haunted Chocolatier, the action-RPG and life sim in which you run a…

What is it? Hide and seek with hand-painted camouflage. Expect to pay: $6 / £5.29 Developer: lemorion_1224 Publisher: lemorion_1224 Reviewed on: NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super, Intel Core i7 14700KF, 32…

Microsoft must’ve been feeling left out. Nintendo raised the prices of its Switch and Switch 2, and then Sony followed with price jumps for the PlayStation 5. Now the Big…

Urgh. Have you seen memory prices lately? If you somehow haven’t, make sure to look through your fingers, as they are truly terrifying. DDR5 RAM sticks are ungodly expensive, older…

Let’s start with the good news: Switch 2 has become the second fastest-selling console in US history, after just 12 months on sale. It shifted a whopping 5.9m units, placing…

Driven witless by the UK heatwave, I throw open my email inbox and search desperately for videogames about waterfalls, canopies of thick palm leaves, and the sibilant settling of…

In what continues to be an increasingly volatile hardware market, Microsoft has confirmed another round of Xbox price increases. Starting August 1, Xbox consoles are getting significantly more expensive, with…

It’s ironic that, despite the impetus of his origin story being his existence as the “Sole Survivor of Krypton,” Superman hasn’t been that in quite some time. Over the years…

Italian studio 34BigThings has spun out of games conglomerate Embracer Group. Game Developer reports that the company’s co-founder Valerio Di Donata has bought 100% of the studio’s stock from the…

The prompt arrival of a (rather slick) bladeless fan that barely takes the edge of a blistering UK heatwave was the unequivocal highlight of my week, and that should tell…

It’s been five years since Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone announced the idea of Haunted Chocolatier, since then we’ve got a few small updates on progress here and there, with the bulk…

Trying to persuade egotistical racing drivers not to crash into each other while keeping an eye glued to the sky in case a sudden deluge necessitates a switch to wets…

With the days ticking down until July, when Xbox are said to be fully pulling the trigger on mass upheaval that could see studios closed and will almost certainly see…

If you’ve been thinking about buying a new Xbox, act fast. The price of the console will soon increase by up to $150. Effective Aug. 1, Xbox console prices will…

Insomniac Games has assured fans not to worry: unlike the impending GTA 6, the physical edition of Marvel’s Wolverine will come with a disc when it releases exclusively on PlayStation…

Marvel will publish special issues of several comics including “Amazing Spider-Man,” left, and “Uncanny X-Men” for Disability Pride Month. (Marvel) In a series of special issues that are about to…

Oh for fuck’s sake. I know that’s not a very professional way to begin an article, but really, it’s the only way to begin this one because Xbox is raising…

Back in May, Bungie announced that their long running shooter MMO Destiny 2 would be getting its final ever big update in June. At the time there were rumours…

Just before Summer Games Fest kicked off, Paramount Skydance announced it was merging its video games divisions into a new entity called Paramount Games Studio. The venture brings Skydance’s studios…

It started small and sensible. A miniature of an ork with one foot on a helmet to give him a more dynamic pose, or a dragon attached to a rocky…

There comes a time in the life of most early access releases that they most abandon that moniker in favour of a fully fledged 1.0 launch. And it appears…

Every retailer I can think of is offering some sort of summer sale right now, and the result is a borderline overwhelming amount of gaming deals. We have Amazon Prime…