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In Invincible, Robert Kirkman built a superhero universe where great power comes with great consequences, and there are several characters in this universe who show how high the ceiling goes….

A handful of titles will be leaving Xbox Game Pass throughout July, including this highly-rated cozy RPG. Dungeons of Hinterberg Leaves Xbox Game Pass on July 15 Play video Dungeons…

Most Papers Please-likes that I’m aware of tend to all have a throughline in being 2D. That’ll for sure be because one, it’ll be easier to make and two,…

Cinder City is a new online co-op shooter from South Korean publisher NC. Announced earlier this week, the game looks like a cross between The First Descendant and many other…

Anytime you’re talking about the hottest game on Steam, there’s an evergreen unspoken caveat: ‘after Counter-Strike, of course.’ CS2 is unquestionably Steam’s killer app—it has well over a million concurrent…

Remember when you were a baby, and someone would cover their face with their hands, thusly disappearing entirely from existence, only to return and scream at you? This is…

One reason Linux has become so popular for gaming in recent times is that it’s more resource-efficient than Windows 11, ultimately delivering much better performance. Windows 11 is far from…

It can be difficult keeping track of the various comings and goings in the games industry, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups. If you have new appointments…

How about a two-for-one today? Perhaps something from the RTS tower defence and city builder departments? Oh, and we’ll throw in a medieval flavouring too, on the house. With…

Following the recent news that Sony will end support for physical discs for its PlayStation consoles beginning in Jan. 2028 and the attendant fan backlash (Forbes called it “Sony’s Biggest…

Welcome back everyone.  Thank you for stopping by to check out the latest TF. You can also find me here: @comic_book_true_firsts   Go for it Nakamura! First appearance: Opera 54…

Since being founded back in 2017, Summerfall Studios have only managed to put out a couple of games, 2023’s Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, and last year’s Malys, a…

It’s undoubtedly a fact that physical releases have become less popular in recent years though, and admittedly, we don’t have the largest collection of physical Xbox Series X games ourselves….

Sony is still rationing its supply of attachable disc drives despite announcing plans to end production of physical discs for PlayStation games because of changing “consumer trends”. On 1st July,…

Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out…

This week brought the news that Sony will stop selling physical PlayStation games at the start of 2028. Not just for their own games, but third-party, too. Here in the…

Earlier this week, Sony announced plans to discontinue production of physical discs for new PlayStation games launching from January 2028. After that, games will be sold only in digital format,…

Andy Edser, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This month I’ve been: Testing the Steam Machine, and trying to get my head around its price tag. Also, I’ve suddenly found myself…

Given the conversations around Supergirl‘s box office – and the fact that this is far from the first time a comic book movie has underperformed recently – you could be…

I don’t want to call Adam Smith lazy, but since first writing about Ground Branch’s Kickstarter campaign back in 2012, he’s not given a single update on the tactical shooter’s…

IO Interactive, the studio behind the critically acclaimed Hitman series, recently found success with its newest blockbuster, 007: First Light, which sold 1.5 million units in one day and 3…

The following sparkling insights about boss battle design are from Marcin Matuszczyk, principal gameplay designer on Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and a former developer of Outriders and Horizon…

Ahead of Carcass Clad’s reveal at last month’s PC Gaming Show, I had the chance to speak to Wrong Organ devs Jeffrey Tomec and Dave van Egdom about the studio’s…

4th July Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we’ve been playing. This week, Sherif determines whether the Battlefield 6 changes…

Have you been playing much Microsoft Flight Simulator lately? If you have, we’ve got the perfect new Xbox controller for you – it’s called the Echo Aviation Controller XPC, and…

Robert Bowling, former creative strategist at Infinity Ward, has launched a new Los Angeles-based studio called //18.bravo. “We’re building a studio that ties leadership compensation to employee success,” Bowling shared…

In what has to be the biggest news for either of the Kelce brothers today, Jason Kelce is finally living out his life-long dream of becoming Wolverine in a commercial…

Co-op Viking survival game Valheim‘s 1.0 release is set for this September, bringing with it a fearsome final biome, the Deep North. Though, developers Iron Gate have now confirmed that…

You wake up in a crappy flat. Ugh. Time to see what’s in the cupboards for breakfast. No cereal. Great. Then, a cacophonous banging at the door. “yOu hAvEn’T fEd…