Hands-on — Xbox’s brand new PC app offers BIG performance improvements | Gaming
Surprise! Here’s a quick look at Xbox’s new PC app, potentially set to go live to Xbox Insiders before the end of the year. Over the summer, Microsoft began testing…
Read more“A creative idea can save more money than AI can right now” – Glen Schofield on his retirement, Callisto Protocol’s development, and the state of AAA | Gaming
During the summer, veteran developer Glen Schofield announced his retirement from the games industry. He’d had an enviable career, spanning all the way back to 1992’s Barbie: Game Girl. He…
Read moreBobby Kotick returns: former Activision boss becomes board member of Skydance, the new company formed by Paramount and Warner Bros | Gaming
Former Activision boss Bobby Kotick has returned to a position of high influence as a board member of Skydance, the new entertainment juggernaut formed by the merging of Warner Bros….
Read moreThe Witcher 3 Remastered’s latest patch brings some bloomin’ improvements to the game’s bloom problems, amongst other lighting buffs | Gaming
A dev’s work is never done, and certainly not with a big ole revamp like The Witcher 3 Remastered. CD Projekt Red put out a new patch today bringing…
Read moreXbox Game Pass Adds Battlefield 6 and Valor Mortis in New Wave of Releases | Gaming
Microsoft has updated the Xbox Game Pass catalog with several high profile additions headlined by Battlefield 6 and Valor Mortis. The rollout introduces a mix of day one independent releases…
Read moreAll hail brand synergy, Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a live action adaptation from Paramount and the producer behind the horrendous Doom movie | Gaming
Welp, Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a live-action adaptation! With the plethora of Hollywood adaptations of video games these days, this is one of those bits of news that has…
Read moreNew Xbox Division XP Will Adapt More Video Games for Movies and TV | Gaming
The Xbox reset continues. Despite a rough year of revenue losses, layoffs and major restructuring, the Microsoft gaming division announced Thursday that it’s going big into the entertainment industry and…
Read moreUltra-Violent Comic Book Series ‘Crossed’ Is Getting a Film Adaptation from the Maker of ‘The Sadness’ – Creepy Catalog | News World
The first teaser for Crossed was just released, and even just that one-minute preview is NSFW. Crossed began as a comic book series written by Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher)…
Read moreYou can now sign up to playtest the genre-bending Pony Island 2: Panda Circus, and while you’re at it the original is free for a few days too | Gaming
I love an everything seasoning video game. You know, the kind of game where it’s five different genres at once, somehow, all of which builds into one cohesive vision?…
Read moreWhy a 21-year-old coder finally ported the real P.T. to PC: ‘That something so influential could eventually become unplayable never sat right with me’ | Gaming
One of the most beloved horror games (demos?) of all time is finally free from the shackles of the PS4. Hideo Kojima’s P.T. has been natively ported to PC by…
Read moreDave the Diver is wrapping up its DLC plans with an aquatically appropriate Subnautica 2 collab | Gaming
I am not a huge fan of collaboration DLCs, mostly because my curmudgeonly self can only see them as attempts at multiple companies trying to profit off of one…
Read moreMixtape wins three awards at Australian Game Developer Awards 2026, including GOTY | Gaming
The winners of this year’s Australian Game Developer Awards have been revealed, with Beethoven & Dinosaur’s Mixtape receiving three awards, including Game of the Year alongside Excellence in Art and…
Read more“It’s clear that we both adore one another’s games a lot” – Dave the Diver and Subnautica 2 team up for a crossover made in heaven | Gaming
At today’s Triple-i Showcase, Dave the Diver studio Mintrocket announced a surprisingly obvious, and perfectly fitting, collaboration. The game’s final DLC, set for release in early 2027, brings the worlds…
Read moreNew Xbox Controller Leak Reveals Drift-Free Analog Sticks, Advanced Haptics Like the PS5’s DualSense, and Other Upgrades | Gaming
Game controllers often receive little fanfare, yet they remain the most vital physical link between players and their videogames. Recognizing this importance, Microsoft appears interested in expanding its premium lineup…
Read moreRockstar-hunted GTA 6 leaker seemingly strikes again, showing off series’ most plentiful helping of onscreen johnson since San Andreas starred Carl | Gaming
The GTA 6 leaker or leakers that previously shared enough alleged gameplay to prompt Rockstar Games and Take-Two to begin the legal process of hunting them down appear to have…
Read moreGears of War E Day Reasserts Xbox Exclusivity Amid Studio Restructuring | Gaming
The Coalition has launched Gears of War E Day exclusively on Xbox consoles and PC. The prequel returns the series to the origins of the Locust conflict while bypassing rival…
Read moreNew ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Video Reveals the Secret Stories Behind Its Best Easter Eggs | News World
Destin Daniel Cretton’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the biggest movie of 2026, defying the concept of superhero fatigue by becoming the top domestic box-office hit in U.S. history and…
Read moreI enjoy how Hellraiser: Revival’s ‘real-life’ bondage club makes the rest of Hellraiser: Revival feel kind of embarrassing | Gaming
Not being much of a kinkster, I’m the wrong writer to assess how Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival portrays BDSM. I can’t say with any authority, for example, whether developers…
Read moreI’m intrigued by this political sim that puts you smack-dab in Germany at the end of World War 1 | Gaming
Joshua Wolens Red Menace, or Nuisance, at least An iron law of the universe: if you make a game based around the struggles of early 20th-century German social democracy, I…
Read moreXbox launches XP division for films, series and events — The Verge | Gaming
Xbox is launching a new centralized XP division that will coordinate the development of the brand’s projects beyond video games. These include films and television adaptations, consumer products, live events,…
Read moreXbox announces new XP division to deliver transmedia spinoffs including film, TV, and theme parks | Gaming
Xbox has announced a new XP business unit, dedicated to transmedia brand extensions, including the Fallout TV series and the Minecraft World theme park. The new enterprise will be led…
Read moreCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 reveals pricey spawn options for DMZ, which offer rich players an enormous advantage over poor players spawning on foot | Gaming
The week of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ reveals continues, and the latest highlighted a questionable addition that seems to offer an unfair advantage in an extraction shooter….
Read moreStar Wars Zero Company studio start to bring back devs furloughed prior to launch, with “more than half” of previous headcount reportedly returning to payroll | Gaming
Star Wars Zero Company developers Bit Reactor have begun to put some of the developers they furloughed prior to the game’s release back on payroll. Thus far, the number of…
Read moreAMD’s handsome FSR 4 upscaler is coming to handheld PCs this year, though Steam Deck support could take longer | Gaming
Handheld PC games could be set for a bit of visual spit ‘n’ shine, as AMD have confirmed plans to bring FSR 4 – their newest, prettiest upscaling tech –…
Read more10 Xbox Games Are Out Today, Including A Trio Of Day One Game Pass Titles (October 8) | Gaming
Salutations, and welcome back to your daily fix of all the new games launching on Xbox! Let’s start with the three Xbox Game Pass additions shall we? First up, we’ve…
Read moreSOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN (2019-) #50 Review | News World
Something Is Killing The Children #50 is written by James Tynion IV and published by BOOM! Studios. Artwork is by Werther Dell’Edera, colours by Miquel Muerto and letters by AndWorld…
Read moreMuramasa: Revenant Blades has 108 swords, and its definitive update for PC wants to make sure you use them all | Gaming
The Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo, set along the bank of the Sumida river, enshrines behind glass a collection of remarkable blades spanning hundreds of years of craftsmanship. Books about…
Read moreBattlefield 6 Set to Join Xbox Game Pass in October | Gaming
©Microsoft ‘Battlefield 6’, famous for its large-scale modern warfare, is joining Xbox Game Pass. On October 7 local time, Microsoft announced via its official blog that a total of nine…
Read more“It changes the notion of safety for the enemies, but also for you”: Rainbow Six Tactics’ destruction undoes the classic dynamics of flanking | Gaming
During the hands-off presentation of Rainbow Six Tactics at Gamescom, destruction obviously featured. Walls were breached, cover was blown up, and masonry was peppered with rounds. It looked excellent, but…
Read moreGravity Well lays off more than 40 developers after losing its funding | Gaming
Gravity Well, an independent studio founded by Respawn Entertainment alumni, has let go of the majority of its team after losing its funding. The studio’s three leaders, Drew McCoy, Jon…
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