Human: Fall Flat veterans launch new UK studio Pretty Cool Games with funding from Arknights developer Hypergraph | Gaming

Pretty Cool Games has been co-founded by Human: Fall Flat veterans Sitara Shefta (CEO) and Will Dudley (CCO) with the aim of building a sustainable studio that’s fair to its…

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Latest alleged GTA 6 leak “risks tarnishing the reputation of our communities”, say Stop Killing Games after hackers claim pro-consumer motivations | Gaming

As you might have seen, there was another alleged GTA 6 leak yesterday, with apparent footage of Rockstar’s crime sandbox in action spread across the net and in many cases…

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Industry legend Warren Spector is retiring: ‘I’m feeling like I’ve done what I set out to do’ | Gaming

Warren Spector is one of the industry’s most storied developers, particularly among fans of immersive sims. His leading roles on games like Ultima Underworld, System Shock, and Deus Ex—and you…

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Xbox Outage Broke Disc Games: Fix Mandatory Aug 17 | Gaming

Xbox is telling every console owner to install a mandatory update by August 17, 2026, or risk running into the same bug that locked players out of games they already…

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The Lantern of the Laughless Saint, a Morrowind-inspired RPG weirdfest out this week in early access, has immediately seduced me with dialogue camera hijinks | Gaming

I’ve woken up on a beach. I’m staring up into the nostrils of a bald man whose face looks to be made of wet clay. He’s saying vaguely threatening things…

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Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Lead Xbox Game Pass’s August 2026 Second Batch | Gaming

Xbox announced the second batch of games coming to the service in August, and some people online aren’t impressed. One person on Reddit said it’s hard to justify paying for…

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Hip-hop history comes to life in new comic book | News World

TidalWave Comics’ latest addition to its acclaimed Orbit comic book series, which spotlights influential people, movements, and cultural forces that have made an impact around the world, arrives this week:…

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Here’s your next batch of Xbox and PC Game Pass games for August | Gaming

The next batch of Xbox and PC Game Pass games has been announced, detailing what’s arriving in the latter part of August. The undoubted focal point is the day-one addition…

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Entropy, a deliciously miserable Final Fantasy-esque RPG where your party members can permanently die, is now out in early access | Gaming

I was already aware of Entropy before Edwin called it a game that looked like a PS1 game fished from a toilet, primarily thanks to the stellar work developer…

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Three Epic veterans are building an AI-powered game engine to break the industry’s doom cycle | Gaming

Unity and Unreal have dominated the development scene for a long time now, and were used to make roughly 70% of the games released on Steam in 2025. Godot has…

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The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ Online launches November 19 for PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2 | Gaming

Nicalis will release The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ Online for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2 on November 19, the publisher announced. A physical edition will be available for…

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Clipmatrix is a Counter-Strike-like, bunny hopping, platforming romp through surreal and industrial locales | Gaming

A thing that always tickles me in a particular way is when a game takes a beloved mechanic from an iconic game that doesn’t technically exist. By not existing…

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GTA 6 leaks show a game that looks like more GTA, but not a revolution | Gaming

The exciting thing about Rockstar games is not that they have the most advanced technology behind them, the best stories, or the most avant-garde game systems. It’s the extraordinary amount…

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Bethesda game developers keep up fight against XBOX layoffs | Gaming

Video game developers gathered again in Rockville to protest and keep up the fight against local job cuts under XBOX studios. Last month, game developers rallied after Microsoft announced mass…

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GTA 6 footage once again appears to leak online, this time because of a group that wants games like The Crew to have offline modes and the end of digital preorders | Gaming

Yeah, it’s happened again: some GTA 6 bits appear to have leaked. I’m not going to link to any of them for I hope obvious reasons, as well as…

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5 Great 1970s Fantastic Four Villains Not Enough Marvel Fans Talk About | News World

The Fantastic Four was the first superhero team that Marvel Comics introduced in the 1960s, and they were one of the most important teams of the 1970s as well, fighting…

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Subnautica 2’s Buddy System update brings in the promised proximity chat, easier trading, and emotes so you can sarcastically applaud your friends | Gaming

Another month, another Subnautica 2 update! Last month’s focus was on changing creature behaviours to make it a bit less frustrating for those of you that just wanted to…

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The Sinking City 2 ditches the thinky stuff for classic survival horror, but I’m yet to decide if it’s truly better for it | Gaming

There’s a bit, early on in The Sinking City 2, where you enter the waterlogged Miskatonic University. As you teeter around toppled shelves and slalom through sodden tomes, a siren…

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Bethesda Dev Says Cuts Were Rare Before Xbox Took Over: ‘All Of A Sudden We Have Yearly Layoffs’ | Gaming

Today, Xbox game developers will hold rallies to support of laid-off workers, call attention to the culture of layoffs that has permeated Microsoft, and demand better treatment for the workers…

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Gamescom 2026 sets new record as number of country pavilions increases by 25% | Gaming

With Gamescom 2026 less than a week away, the event will host nearly 50 pavilions from 40 countries, up 25% and 14% over 2025, respectively. This year, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary,…

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Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector is ‘a little bitter’ that his studio isn’t getting props for sparking Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’s big comeback | Gaming

Epic Mickey man Warren Spector—also known for other games you may have heard of, like Ultima Underworld, System Shock, and Deus Ex—recently took to LinkedIn to share some thoughts about…

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10+ Huge SEGA Games Are Cheaper Than Ever In New Xbox Publisher Sale | Gaming

A new Tuesday brings a new set of Xbox offers on the Microsoft Store, and we’re particularly intrigued by this latest SEGA Publisher Sale as it reduces quite a significant…

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Stare at an imprisoned god to stop the apocalypse in Sarco, a no-saves horror game in which you’ll also, somehow, have to explore a gutted scientific base | Gaming

In Hello Andromeda’s Sarco, you’re trapped in a scientific research base with a sarcophagus housing a cosmic being that starts to open when you aren’t looking at it. Friends, I…

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Rather than calling for GTA 6 boycott, fired Rockstar workers urge players to support them in their legal battle against the studio by buying union merch | Gaming

Former Rockstar staff currently embroiled in a legal battle with the company over their firings last year have asked supporters not to boycott GTA 6, but instead to consider helping…

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Diamond Bankruptcy Update: The Final Mass Mailout To 1301 Creditors | News World

Posted in: Ablaze Publishing, AfterShock, Ahoy, Bad Idea, Black Mask Studios, Boom, Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Dynamite, Fantagraphics, IDW, Mad Cave Studios, Oni Press, Titan, Valiant, Vault | Tagged: bankruptcy,…

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Here’s What’s Coming to Xbox Game Pass During the Rest of August 2026 | Gaming

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Game Pass August 2026 Wave 2 lineup, and it includes a number of day-one releases. Available tomorrow, August 19, is Vapor World: Over the Mind…

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Battlefield 6 is hosting a free trial, just in time for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s beta | Gaming

Battlefield 6‘s latest free trial kicks off today alongside Season 4’s mid-season update, and while that mightn’t be especially notable in itself, the timing is moreso: it coincides with Call…

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Razer Naga V3 Pro review | Gaming

Razer’s Naga series has always been a bit eye-catching. Slapping tens of buttons on a gaming mouse will naturally make it stand out in the looks department, but having owned…

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Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late August 2026 | Gaming

Microsoft has revealed the next five games leaving Xbox Game Pass in late August 2026, with all of these being highlighted as “leaving soon” on the official Xbox mobile app….

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Save the Children announces its first game and streaming fundraising event called Save Point | Gaming

This Christmas, Save the Children will launch is first game and streaming fundraiser called Save Point. The charity’s senior fundraising manager Fiona Baxter tells GamesIndustry.biz that Save Point was “born…

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