Gaming

Digital Foundry’s John Linneman says sources have told him that Microsoft is planning to continue support for physical game discs with the aim of prioritizing backward compatibility. The topic came…

Eli Roth made a name for himself with shocking, gory horror films in the early 2000s, at a time when the genre itself was in need of some…new blood. The…

I do not have $200 to spare on one single video game right now. In this economy, spending such an obscene amount of dough on one game would be…

I have learned something about myself today: I shouldn’t be allowed near kitchen utensils. This is a problem because I am the cook of the house, and yet my…

It’s no secret that rage quitting is one of the most frustrating aspects of online gaming. Thankfully, one indie game developer is currently hard at work on a fun idea…

August 2026 is officially here and Xbox is ready to unveil the first wave of titles that will be joining Xbox Game Pass this month. Every Title Coming to Xbox…

Co-development studio Vertpaint has appointed former Sumo Group co-founder and CEO Carl Cavers OBE as non-executive director and shareholder. Speaking exclusively to GamesIndustry.biz, Cavers said he was drawn to “the…

Last week, Valve finally fixed a longstanding issue with users not being able to access local network game transfers, and all was right with the world. Well, not really, as…

Is that a blowpipe on your back or are you just happy to see me. Ah, it isn’t a blowpipe, because you’ve used the latest in an ongoing flow of…

Two of the next ten were already known to us, specifically Monsters Are Coming! and Sandustry, but there are loads more in the mix – although it’s notable how much…

The early access phase of oceanic, asymmetric faction war strategy sequel Endless Legend 2 is coming to an… end? That can’t be right. But apparently it is, as the Amplitude…

Tom Holland in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures Releasing “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” represents an absolute triumph for the franchise, successfully breathing vital…

Well, this isn’t a good idea after laying off thousands of people: a global Xbox FanFest tour. Yet apparently it’s still going ahead, even after Microsoft fired the person who…

August kicks off with Beast of Reincarnation, a satisfying action RPG built around thrilling parry-focused combat. It’s still crazy to think Game Freak went from making Pokémon to developing cool…

It might sound like a cruel joke in a time where memory is costing hundreds of dollars more than it used to, and GPUs are getting price hikes, but there’s…

Sometimes I have to remind myself that I’m a cliché, a person first compelled to write about games because I slew Dark Souls’ Gwynn, Lord Of Cinder and sat quietly…

Atari has released its consolidated financial results for the full 2025-26 fiscal year, reporting revenue growth of 66% year-on-year to $65 million (€56.0 million), its highest level in more than…

You’ll Spend Longer In The Shower Than Playing Fading Clouds I sat down to play Fading Clouds twenty minutes ago, and completed it a few seconds ago. I don’t think…

Fresh off a trip to Illinois back in May, American Truck Simulator devs SCS Software have revealed another expansion they’ve got in the works. North Dakota’s on the way as…

DC has released the list of comic books and other items on sale this week. Here are the Superman comic books in that list. On sale date: Wednesday, August 5,…

SU HSUN/Shutterstock Looking at the raw stats makes one thing clear — the Xbox Series X is more powerful than the PlayStation…

Yep, RAMnarök ain’t going away. The ongoing memory crisis isn’t getting better. It’s far too busy continuing to fuel hikes in the prices of memory-dependent hardware like graphics cards with…

Game Freak borrows liberally from the genre’s biggest hits. And while its messy and muddled, it’s salvaged by exhilarating combat and traversal, and a surprising amount of soul. Beast of…

Need to know What is it? A melancholy parry-happy action RPG from the creators of Pokémon gamesRelease date August 4, 2026Expect to pay $60Developer Game FreakPublisher FictionsReviewed on RTX 3060…

Microsoft is reportedly going all-in on backwards compatibility in a way that will see countless fan favorites return to the fray and become widely available to gamers once again. According…

My workers in Flow of War are tireless and uncomplaining, labouring away silently in the face of all adversity. Nonetheless, I can feel their seething irritation when I plant…

Refactor Games has reportedly been shut down by part-owner Delphi Interactive. According to multiple former staffers as reported by Game Developer, the studio was shuttered shortly after shipping FIFA World…

I know full well that pally RPG Dragon’s Dogma 2 has its Dark Arisen expansion out this year. Still, two years and one megalo-DLC announcement after release, what I still…

Kyle Tingzon as the title character in West Edge Opera’s production of Handel’s “Rinaldo.”  Cory Weaver Like many good cartoons, West Edge Opera’s “Rinaldo” gets off to a boffo start. “Smack!” “Pow!”…