European studio expenditure on external talent rises 63% in 2025 | Gaming

In 2025, European studios increased spending on external roles by 63%, outpacing the global growth rate of 55%. That’s according to the ‘Talent Signals Reshaping the Games Industry‘ report by…

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Hideo Kojima spy action game Physint switches publishing allegiance from PlayStation to Xbox, probably increasing the chances it’ll hit PC | Gaming

Physint, the action espionage game Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions announced a couple of years ago, will no longer be published by initial backers PlayStation. Instead, it’ll be published by…

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Graphic Novelist Derf Talks Ohio Comic History, Wartime Cartoons and New Book in Q&A | News World

CM: With The Dissidents, I feel like it was kind of similar to Kent State in that the political energy of each book still feels very relevant today. In the…

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Physint Ditches Sony for Xbox After 3-Month Secret | Gaming

Hideo Kojima’s next game just switched console families in public view, but the decision behind it was made in private months earlier. On September 9, 2026, Xbox Wire published an…

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Bargain with demons and boat with the dead in joyful RPG heist quest anthology Thousand Hells | Gaming

You’d expect a game called Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists to be on the depressing side, but this choose-your-own-adventure RPG anthology from the designers of King of Dragon Pass…

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Modder adds 235 destructible Flock cameras to GTA 5 so you can ‘do whatever the flock you want’ to them | Gaming

GTALPR Trailer – 235 Flock Cameras in GTA V – YouTube Watch On You’ve no doubt spent dozens of hours in GTA 5 doing millions of dollars of property damage…

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Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage Storms Onto Xbox Game Pass | Gaming

Step Into the Arena in Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage SEGA and RGG Studio have brought Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage to Xbox Game Pass, giving subscribers another…

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“We want to invite people into this big tent with this grimdark setting”: Creative Assembly on how they plan to ease strategy newbies into Total War: Warhammer 40,000 | Gaming

I remember once when I was a child, my uncle was visiting and completely unprompted (and kindly) he gave me a copy of one of the Total War games,…

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says Square Enix would have to compromise “the quality of the final chapter” to ship the game fully on disc | Gaming

Physical versions of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation require a download anyway because Square Enix would’ve had to compromise the game in some fashion to contain the entire mammoth adventure in…

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Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft #1 | News World

Fresh from the announcement that a live-action TV series is in development at Netflix, Dark Horse Comics will take D&D fans back to the iconic franchise’s gothic horror setting this…

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State of the Unions: the rise of unionisation in games workplaces | Gaming

The rise of unions in the video games industry has been a hot topic over the past decade, as more and more workers seek protection for their rights in the…

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Wardogs presents a different kind of FPS power fantasy: making fat stacks as a pacifist rideshare driver | Gaming

Because no-one entirely likes their job, I should be upfront about my issues with newly launched Early Access darling Wardogs, the mass-scale multiplayer shooter in which I’ve just found employment….

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PHYSINT: Xbox announces the release of Hideo Kojima’s next action game. | Gaming

Developed by Kojima Productions and now published by Xbox, PHYSINT is Hideo Kojima’s upcoming action‑spy title for PC and Xbox Series, with a release date still to be announced. Here’s…

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While still headquartered in the US, Saber exec Tim Willits says it has ‘no real development in North America anymore’ | Gaming

In a Gamescom interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Saber Interactive CCO Tim Willits revealed that the company has “no real development in North America anymore,” with only publishing operations continuing in the…

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Bloomberg discovers potential reasons why Sony tried to cancel Physint, Hideo Kojima’s newest IP and Metal Gear Solid successor that’s coming soon to Xbox and PC | Gaming

A few days ago, Microsoft shocked the gaming world by revealing that it has acquired Xbox exclusivity for Hideo Kojima’s ‘Physint’, an upcoming stealth-action game that’s billed as a successor…

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GTA 6 online mode appears to receive Rockstar’s first public acknowledgment, via mention of in-development “32 player format” in legal docs | Gaming

Up until now, Rockstar Games have kept mum about what plans they have for the future of Grand Theft Auto multiplayer once GTA 6 releases on consoles in November. Thanks…

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PlayStation reportedly dumped Hideo Kojima spy action game Physint over exceeded budgets, missed deadlines, and Death Stranding sales | Gaming

Earlier this week, Hideo Kojima-helmed action espionage game Physint switched publishers from PlayStation to Xbox, a leap across the console divide which might make it more likely to get a…

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After Sony tells fans they don’t own digital games, one Consumer Rights group is tracking all the times PlayStation said the opposite | Gaming

Last month, Sony argued that “reasonable consumers” already know they don’t really own the digital goods they paid for. The Consumer Rights wiki has now made a list collecting more…

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Hideo Kojima to part ways with Sony, will bring his new gaming projects to Xbox | Gaming

Metal Gear Breakup: Hideo Kojima’s new game is still years away, but fans are eagerly awaiting the action-espionage blockbuster the Japanese designer is working on. Most likely, the game will…

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Goodwill Hunting: Consoles’ brand value and loyalty is being tested | Opinion | Gaming

There’s a really important piece of context that looms behind every decision, every announcement, and every news story about PlayStation or Xbox at the moment. It’s a ticking clock; a…

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Two Xbox Game Pass Titles Have Received New Release Windows This Week | Gaming

We’ve seen three games release on Xbox Game Pass this week and we’re expecting more announcements in the coming days for the rest of September (most likely on Tuesday), but…

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Rockstar had a mole in the union worker Discord server “for over two and a half years”, GTA 6 company reveals during legal battle | Gaming

Back in October 2025, GTA 6 developers Rockstar fired a group of 34, mostly UK-based employees on a charge of “gross misconduct”, alleging that they had risked the leaking…

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If you use devcommands to cheat in Valheim but want your achievements anyway, you can get them by using the new devcommand ‘yesiuseddevcommandsbutiwantmyachievementsanyway’ | Gaming

After five years in early access, Valheim 1.0 finally launched this week with its final biome, a new boss, lots of extra weapons, armor, and monsters, and more than 50…

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“Why do we need more graphics?”: 2010’s Alan Wake was as photoreal as videogames ever needed to be, reckons original Thief designer | Gaming

Former Thief: The Dark Project designer, Ion Storm game director, and sometime Spielberg collaborator Randy Smith Evergreen has shared his probably-incendiary view that photorealistic videogame graphics need not have…

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PlayStation Unexpectedly Canceled Hideo Kojima’s New Game… So Xbox Bought It | Gaming

Hideo Kojima’s name has been synonymous with PlayStation prestige since Metal Gear Solid shipped on PS1 in 1998. PlayStation Studios abruptly cancelled PHYSINT, its action-espionage collaboration with Kojima Productions, without…

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Silent Hill: Townfall Is Getting a Comic Book From 2000 AD | News World

Posted in: Comics, Konami, Silent Hill | Tagged: 2000 ad, Silent Hill: Townfall Silent Hill: Townfall is getting a special comic book ahead of the video game’s launch, as 2000…

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“I don’t think it’s worth any amount of money” – Controversial real-life GTA 6 advertising campaign passed by City of Miami, but brand can only appear “discreetly” | Gaming

The City of Miami Beach has approved negotiations with Rockstar Games for an upcoming marketing campaign. This would bring advertisements for Grand Theft Auto 6 to the seaside city in…

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Skyrim’s official IKEA crossover mod might be the most deftly-assembled Elder Scrolls gag ever, if not an ad blueprint other corps should follow | Gaming

I didn’t think, when I saw the other day that Swedish furniture sellers IKEA had commissioned a group of modders to stick an advert for their wares in Skyrim as…

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Xbox Disc To Digital Gets Multiple New Updates, Including Three More Supported Games | Gaming

It’s been a little over two weeks now since Xbox first announced the Disc to Digital program, and we’ve already seen a few improvements being made to it – most…

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