This new climbing game is a bit like Darkest Dungeon on a mountain: Sometimes you have to cut the rope, and not everyone on the team is going to take it well when you do | Gaming
Climbing games are having something of a moment: Fare like White Knuckle, Peak, and Cairn have all made big splashes (so to speak) and I maintain that Jusant is one…
Read moreXbox FanFest: Going on Tour for a 25th Anniversary Celebration | Gaming
On Monday, we announced that Xbox FanFest will return alongside Xbox Games Showcase 2026, and that’s just the start. In celebration of our 25th anniversary, Xbox FanFest will go on…
Read moreA Game Pass for indie games: meet Indie Pass, a $6.99-a-month subscription launching with 70 titles | Gaming
Independent game publisher Indie.io is launching a subscription service called Indie Pass, which will offer access to a revolving catalogue of indie games for $6.99 a month. The platform is…
Read moreSteam store “refresh” is out in beta now, enwidening images and adding infinite scrollage to the homepage | Gaming
Valve have taken the wrenches to the homepage of the Steam store, with a design refresh now out in beta form. It’s certainly an improvement if you’re a fan of…
Read moreMarathon’s upcoming balance patches take aim at godlike knives, strong snipers and ubiquitous shields, while adding some SECRET items | Gaming
Following the murder of a speedy movement exploit, Marathon developers Bungie have a bunch of other weapons in the arsenal of the uber-powerful runner in their sights. Snipers, knives, and…
Read moreOne of the Best-Selling Video Games of all Time is Leaving Xbox Game Pass Soon | Gaming
As usual, a handful of titles will be rotating out of the Xbox Game Pass library in the middle of this month. Unfortunately for a lot of subscribers, one of…
Read moreTHE HELLFIRE MURDER One-Shot Will Feature The Death Of A Key Marvel Comics Mutant | News World
The Krakoan Age may be over, but the X-Men’s Hellfire Gala, mutantkind’s biggest—and sometimes deadliest—celebration, is back for another drama-filled night of mystery, betrayal, and Omega-level fashion in X-Men: The…
Read moreHere are our PS Plus monthly games for April | Gaming
Another month means another batch of games for PlayStation Plus, and today Sony revealed what’s in store for all subscribers this April. Those with a PlayStation Plus membership – be…
Read moreJokerJack Review | TheXboxHub | Gaming
Balatro does Blackjack, but Without any of the Strategy or Cleverness It’s been fascinating to watch the aftershocks of Balatro. Of all the successful games released in the past two…
Read moreBlizzard is hiring for an ‘open-world shooter’ using Unreal Engine, which is more evidence that a new Starcraft game could be on its way | Gaming
According to a recent job listing, Blizzard is cooking up a new game in an engine and a genre that none of its releases have used before. The studio is…
Read moreTurn your Steam library into a cosy room of physical games with a special shelf for dodgy sale purchases in Boxroom, which has a demo out | Gaming
If you’ve ever longed for your Steam library to be a bunch of shelves littered with physical games you can touch, sniff, and agonise about having to shift if you…
Read moreUbisoft sued for shutting down The Crew’s servers by major French consumer group backed by Stop Killing Games | Gaming
A major French consumers group is taking Ubisoft to court over the publisher’s ending of online support for The Crew in March 2024, rendering the notionally singleplayer-friendly open world racer…
Read moreUstwo Games to keynote Develop:Brighton 2026 | Gaming
Organisers of this year’s Develop:Brighton conference have announced Ustwo Games as its first keynote speaker. The studio’s CEO Maria Sayans, CCO Daniel Gray, and CDO Peter Pashley will discuss the…
Read moreXbox’s New PS5 Action Game Port Gets Strong Reviews | Gaming
An award-winning action game previously only available on Xbox is out now on PS5, and getting strong reviews after its launch. What Xbox action game port is getting strong reviews?…
Read moreWWE 2K26’s New Update Makes Major Changes to Players’ Biggest Issues (And Even Includes New Superstars) | News World
WWE 2K26 has received immense praise for its refined gameplay, but there have been some common critiques of the game as well. Two specific issues have commanded the most attention…
Read moreSony starts new fiscal year by taking over Xbox store, PlayStation has more games on best-sellers list than Microsoft | Gaming
Just a bit ago we published a report that Xbox has more games on the PlayStation Store’s pre-order charts than Sony does. Now we’ve found an inverse relation, with Sony…
Read moreArc Raiders patch protects your precious custom loadouts by lowering the odds of spawning late in a server full of freeloaders | Gaming
Ho, wasteland packmules and sticky-fingered ornithologists! Embark have released a sizeable Arc Raiders update. Titled Flashpoint, it introduces a new shotgun, SMG and deployable together with a Close Scrutiny map…
Read moreIs a blizzardy Skyrim return persuading me to retry Elder Scrolls Online? Not really, but naval combat and underwater exploration might | Gaming
I’ll be honest right off the bat. As a single player Elder Scroller, the Elder Scrolls Online‘s never managed to hook me for more than a few hours. I’ve given…
Read moreEidos-Montréal reportedly cancels unannounced open world game | Gaming
Embracer-owned studios can’t catch a break, and Eidos-Montréal has been hit over and over again by layoffs and project cancellations for several years now. This week, roughly 124 employees were…
Read more‘What’s your salary? I told him, and he said no problem, we’ll double. And those days are gone:’ Listening to game dev legends reminiscing in 1989 about the ‘golden days of computer games’ already being over is a trip | Gaming
Recently uncovered cassette tape recordings of the 1989 Computer Game Developers Conference reveal how much has changed in the games industry in the last 40 years, as well as how…
Read moreXbox Spring Sale 2026 Now Live In Full, 2000+ Games Discounted | Gaming
It’s time for the Xbox Spring Sale 2026! This year’s selection has begun with a list of over 2000 discounted games, plenty of which are major AAA titles (even including…
Read moreTickets go on sale for consumer event IGN Live 2026, returning to LA on 6 June | Gaming
IGN Entertainment, the parent company of GamesIndustry.biz, has put tickets on sale for consumer event IGN Live, which returns to Los Angeles on 6-7 June. The event includes two days…
Read moreResident Evil director Shinji Mikami partners with Stellar Blade devs Shift Up to make “smaller, experimental titles alongside a large-scale flagship” | Gaming
Resident Evil director, Devil May Cry producer and former Tango Gameworks boss Shinji Mikami is now making games for Shift Up, developers of Stellar Blade. You know, the one…
Read more5 Apps You Should Have Downloaded On Your Xbox In 2026 | Gaming
Sotiomake/Shutterstock Almost five years after the Xbox Series X and S were released, Microsoft raised the price of Xbox consoles in 2025….
Read moreDC Just Turned One of Batman’s Worst Stories Into a New Epic | News World
Batman is the most published and arguably the most popular superhero in the entire world. The Caped Crusader has been adapted into just about every form of entertainment imaginable, but…
Read moreNintendo’s legal fight with Palworld suffers a reversal as the USPTO reject their patent on character-summoning battle mechanics | Gaming
Nintendo’s efforts to patent the idea of summoning a videogame character and letting it fight another character have suffered a significant reversal in the USA, even as the Mario makers…
Read moreMarathon has made everyone’s favourite loot spot harder to access but even more rewarding, and it’s got solo players raising pitchforks | Gaming
Marathon’s Outpost map is an extraction masterclass, in large part due to how the central Pinwheel location lulled players in with the promise of loot. However, it wasn’t without its…
Read moreHow Bright Future Balances Cozy and Competitive Play in Super Animal Royale | Gaming
Summary Bright Future (v2.1) arrives March 31 as a free update for Super Animal Royale on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. The update is the first major response to…
Read moreResident Evil director Zach Cregger jokes fans will “crucify” him if reboot fails | Gaming
Resident Evil has been reaching new heights in popularity thanks to Resident Evil Requiem‘s massive success just in time for its 30th anniversary, but it all could end badly (again)…
Read moreStarcrafty strategy game Stormgate is about to lose its multiplayer modes, due to an AI company buying up Frost Giant’s server provider | Gaming
Stormgate is set to go offline-only at the end of April, with developers Frost Giant Studios having announced that the server provider for the strategy game’s multiplayer modes have decided…
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