We Have Such Sights to Show You in Our Exclusive Preview of PINHEAD FACSIMILE EDITION #1 | News World

BOOM! Studios and Clive Barker have such sights to show you! Not only are brand-new comic book stories on the way, but earlier issues from both BOOM! and Marvel are…

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As AI costs rise, there’s little evidence of major utility in game development | Opinion | Gaming

It’s been almost impossible to avoid the conversation about Generative AI in the games industry over the past couple of years. No matter which side you fall on personally –…

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Xbox Releases 6 Hours of Halo: Campaign Evolved Menu Footage (and It’s So Nostalgic) | Gaming

Nostalgic gaming fans can turn up the volume on this new Halo Campaign Evolved footage and soak in the early 2000s vibes for six full hours. Play video Xbox fans…

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If you like puzzle platformers, multi-dimensional traversal, and ducks—I have the game for you | Gaming

I have played my fair share of platformers—although, the last one I played was Hollow Knight: Silksong, and thanks to the ass-kicking I received in that game I haven’t been…

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We need more horror games set in billionaire apocalypse bunkers | Gaming

Billionaires rarely make for very interesting fabulists – they have people for that sort of thing – but in their obsession with securing a legacy, they do necessarily spend a…

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We spoke to three Xbox Game Studio teams about exclusivity, and got two very different answers | Gaming

Gears of War: E-Day creative director Matt Searcy says the game “makes a lot of sense” as an Xbox exclusive He confirms that The Coalition “never talked about this coming…

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Take-Two’s ex-AI boss says the generative AI hype is “poisoning the well” and could ward off all use of traditional AI in the future | Gaming

The usage of generative AI and LLMs is among the most controversial – and polarising – topics in game development today. Players and critics are becoming more alert to the…

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Out of nowhere, excellent tactics game Battle Brothers gets a pile of dreadful swords – its first proper patch in a year | Gaming

As you lean back in your chair with a sigh and count the hours left in the working day, a hideously hairy stranger appears in the door. His eyes are…

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Marvel Goes Full Horror With ‘Midnight Spider-Man’ Cover Reveal | News World

Marvel’s new Midnight Universe is already proving it isn’t interested in simply giving familiar heroes darker costumes. The publisher has unveiled the first cover for Midnight Spider-Man #1, painted by…

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The Cub Finally Lands On Xbox – A Post-Apocalyptic Platformer With A Classic Heart | Gaming

Back in 2022, when we first covered The Cub, it immediately stood out as one of the more unusual platformers on the horizon. Part Jungle Book, part environmental cautionary tale…

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I might have hit that hospital with a high explosive shell, but Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator hit me right in the feels | Gaming

When you first start Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator, you’re standing in a small office annex of the walking artillery unit you call home. A board in front of you…

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European Commission aims to facilitate code of conduct for managing “end of life” for games following Stop Killing Games petition | Gaming

The European Commission has responded to the Stop Killing Games petition, saying that it is unable to “propose a legal obligation” to keep games playable after they are no longer…

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Slay the Spire 2 patch fixes RNG bug after a fan’s ‘8 hour descent into madness’ proves it exists—alongside heaps of other updates and a new Act 3 boss | Gaming

Slay the Spire 2 just released a major balance patch—and aside from forcing me into an update for my Silent Ascension 10 guide in the near future—it’s delivered a whole…

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Forza Horizon 6 Removes Two Major Exploits In Latest Xbox & PC Update | Gaming

We’ve got another new Forza Horizon 6 update! The latest one arrived last night (June 18th), and it’s a hotfix that’s intended to address two major exploits that Playground Games…

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Valve roll out a more detailed timeline for Steam Controller orders, giving you a clearer picture of when you’ll hear about your reservation | Gaming

If you’ve put in an order for a Steam Controller and are still awaiting its arrival, a new system Valve have rolled out can offer you an estimate of when…

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The interstellar dice-driven RPG Citizen Sleeper is free for the next week, so now you’ve got no excuse to not play it | Gaming

Hurrah! Today is a very fine Thursday, as one of the most tightly written sci-fi RPGs around is available to pick up for free for around a week. That’ll…

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Two More ‘Day One’ Releases Announced For Xbox & PC Game Pass In July 2026 | Gaming

Last weekend, we highlighted a bunch of games that were already confirmed for Xbox Game Pass in July 2026, and we’re pleased to say we’ve had more since then –…

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“One view of the future is that Roblox grows and eats gaming” – Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney delivers impassioned speech about the future of gaming | Gaming

Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney took to the State of Unreal stage yesterday to deliver a rallying cry of sorts to the games industry, which he described as being “in…

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‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’: Peacock Adapting Comic to Series | News World

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to Dungeon Crawler Carl, a live-action series adaptation of Matt Dinniman’s crazy popular science fantasy LitRPG (role-playing game) books, reports Deadline. The project, which…

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XBOX is Proudly Identifying Exclusive Games on Console Dashboards | Gaming

XBOX gamers everywhere will notice what appears to be a new symbol on their XBOX Series dashboards, proudly identifying certain games as exclusives. This is in keeping with the company’s…

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Why one in three new games at SGF has got their launch wrong | Opinion | Gaming

The enormous energy put into announcing games, versus the energy put into the follow up is astonishing. The idea that anyone could think that SGF was some kind of goal…

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Enchanted by Nature cheats list for The Sims 4 | Gaming

The Sims 4 painted the town green with its outdoorsy, fairy-themed expansion, but if you don’t want to work your way up the faefolk rankings to get to the good…

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Latest official SteamOS update paves the way for Steam Machine with a bunch of new display features and faster patches | Gaming

Following the customary beta tests, Valve have released a new SteamOS update that adds “initial” support for the forthcoming Steam Machine, that unconscionable hybrid of desktop computer and videogame console,…

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Epic’s plans for their big store revamp over the next year sound like they’ll at long last meet the bare minimum | Gaming

The Epic Games Store is not very good. This is not a controversial thing to say, I’m fairly certain, as the lack of features available within it feels a…

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Xbox studio closures: Every studio rumored and confirmed so far | Gaming

Xbox’s studio portfolio may look very different, very soon. Earlier this week, reports suggested Microsoft’s games division was in the process of closing or spinning off several of its subsidiary…

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Glenn Danzig to Direct Adaption of His Comic ‘Hellmask’ | News World

The Misfits frontman Glenn Danzig is going from the stage back to the director’s chair for Hellmask, a new feature he will adapt from his own comic book. The project…

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Dispatch tackles Nintendo’s Switch censorship requirements with a brilliantly named HR Violations update and an oozing jam donut where the dong should be | Gaming

AdHoc has released a patch for its occasionally quite rude superhero workplace comedy Dispatch on Switch, addressing some of those controversial censorship mandates put in place by Nintendo. When the…

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After years of mixed messaging, Xbox is putting exclusives front and center and making it clear they still matter | Gaming

For those out of the loop, Xbox is back. Or dead; the cycle never ends. But exclusives are back at least. As I’m sure we’re all aware by now, Xbox…

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“Hell or high water”: the System Shock remake’s co-director on the sneaky step taken to get the game made | Gaming

That there System Shock remake sure seems to have had one of the weirdest developments on any game around. There’s the fact it took so long (almost eight whole…

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Instead of wishlisting its game, the developer of my favorite Next Fest demo wants you to play anyone else’s: ‘There are some genuinely great creators in this fest who deserve the attention’ | Gaming

Of the thousands of demos on offer during the current Next Fest, I’ve far and away been most fond of About Fishing, The Water Museum’s downright Lynchian “fishing mystery game”…

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