Gaming

The video games sector is no stranger to charity. Industry organisations like GamesAid and SpecialEffect are long-established, in addition to the speedrunning event Games Done Quick, Yogscast’s Jingle Jam and…

It’s been a bit of a miserable time for shopping for components like RAM, SSDs, and GPUs – well, essentially anything that needs memory to function – as shortage-spiked prices…

Naval warfare won’t be coming to Crusader Kings 3 with the big merchant republics expansion Paradox are set to roll out towards the end of this year. The studio say…

Microsoft’s next-generation console, codenamed Project Helix, may be facing turbulence before it even reaches store shelves. The console was first teased by Asha Sharma, Xbox Gaming’s newly appointed CEO, who…

As reported by IGN, Assassin’s Creed Hexe game director Benoit Richer has left the project. Richer is the second director-level developer to leave the team this year, with creative director…

Mario fans, throw up your caps in celebration: in an unprecedented move, Nintendo has uploaded (some of) the original soundtrack for Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 onto Spotify. This…

A Mixed Bag of Rewards, but it’s Hard to Say No at the Price I think CloverPit: Unholy Fusion hits the sweet spot for DLC. It arrives five months after…

I’ve used Logitech’s MX Master office mice for the best part of six years by this point, beginning with the MX Master 3, then the 3S and now the MX…

One of the biggest concerns fans had about Disney acquiring Star Wars in 2012 was the possibility that Star Wars movies and TV shows would be radically changed under this…

If you’ve spent days trapped in a loo after Samson cheekly locked you in one during a mission, then I bring good news. Liquid Swords’ latest patch for their buggy…

Xbox’s CEO says the games division is not growing as fast as Microsoft hoped, which is supported by recent financial performance. It’s possible that Xbox has hit a slow point…

Microsoft Gaming is reverting to Xbox under its new leadership, it has announced, as part of a sweeping new mission statement shared with staff. The company adopted the Microsoft Gaming…

Last Flag, the new multiplayer shooter from the studio founded by Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds, released onto Steam earlier this month. While it’s hard to glean precisely from the…

If you’ve ever longed to see Rockstar’s controversial early 2000s snuff game Manhunt get a fully-blown crossover with its slightly more jovially murdery sibling Grand Theft Auto, a San Andreas…

The team at Xbox has been hard at work recently trying to revive the brand and clean up its image. Ever since the new boss, Asha Sharma, took over from…

25th April Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we’ve been playing. This week, Mat remembers when games were just games…

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is set to make its big return later this year, and not only will it feature a 10-year time jump, but it will also feature a…

I know that Conan Exiles exists because everything must be based on some kind of pre-existing property. Still, the fact it’s managed to continue to exist for a whole…

Rockstar Games is continuing to hire for their grand User Generated Content (UGC) plans ahead of GTA 6’s release. A new job listing indicates evolving creator tools on console. This…

The Logitech G29/G920 racing wheel design has been around for the best part of a decade, and has introduced countless people to the world of sim racing – myself included….

This week, Xbox announced that Call of Duty will no longer be added to Game Pass Ultimate at launch, instead being added around a year later. This was paired with…

Crimson Desert is a big hit, but maybe you’re not sold. Maybe you need a little extra convincing that it’s really worth the hype. You don’t have to take it…

Xbox gamers are getting 15 brand-new games this year thanks to Xbox Game Pass, and they’re all coming on day one. Xbox Game Pass members with an Ultimate or PC…

Welp, the game Assassin’s Creed Hexe may have been a few months ago probably won’t be the game it will be. Back in February, the still quite mysterious Hexe…

Despite a never-ending stream of excellent new releases and fan-favorite classics being added to Xbox Game Pass regularly, the subscription service has had some major rippling effects that have been…

While the overall future of Star Trek may be uncertain with no new television series in the works, that doesn’t mean fans of the beloved franchise don’t have things to…

We all make mistakes sometimes, which is exactly what someone did today on the Steam page for Star Wars: Galactic Racer. Video games’ own eye in the sky Wario64…

Final Fantasy 14 is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in August. Director and producer Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida and Square Enix CEO Takashi Kiryu revealed the news as part of Final…

Double Fine Productions and Xbox Game Studios released Kiln on April 23, and the oddball multiplayer game is a riot. It’s unlike any other multiplayer game I’ve played this year…