Meta unveils AI-powered game tools for mobile devices and browsers; announces VR Glasses with day-one Unity support | Gaming
Meta has revealed two AI-powered game tools that let players develop 2D and 3D games using prompts on mobile devices and browsers. Announced during its Meta Connect conference this week,…
Read moreBethesda say new underlings Obsidian will retain their “distinct” creative identity, despite no longer being as free to work on their own creatively distinct series | Gaming
Obsidian will remain a “distinct” Obsidian with their own “creative identity and strengths”, despite no longer operating independently of fellow Xbox-owned RPG makers Bethesda. That’s according to Jill Braff, president…
Read moreHytale’s Chapter 1 update is all about them goblins, adding its first proper boss and “handcrafted” dungeon in October | Gaming
After months of smaller patches, Hytale’s early access phase is getting its inaugural Chapter update, confirmed release date and all. Chapter 1 is out on October 12th, and it’s a…
Read moreWar Thunder’s Sky Odyssey update brings overhauled Bombers, a new map, and a whistle-stop tour of new military machines. | Gaming
The most popular war idiom from gaming may be Fallout’s “War never changes,” but if there’s one thing we’ve learned from Gaijin’s combined arms online war shooter War Thunder, it’s…
Read moreReport: Xbox Studio ‘Rare’ Working On Various Projects, But Activision Will Decide Their Future | Gaming
One of the big surprises of the Xbox reorganisation announcement this week was that legendary studio Rare was being transitioned to Activision rather than remaining under the Xbox Game Studios…
Read moreExplore the Sweet Shop App: A New Gateway to Digital Comics | News World
A new digital comics app, Sweet Shop, is now officially open to comic and manga fans alike, for all of their reading needs – and some British comic publishers are on…
Read moreXbox Layoffs & Restructuring Are Horribly, Laughably Shortsighted | Gaming
Over two months ago, a bloodbath happened at Xbox. Thousands of layoffs took place, and several studios were cut out and left for dead. It was hinted at the time…
Read moreWarhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader’s final DLC is now coming in December, with an “unsanctioned psyker” companion who cries tears of blood | Gaming
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader‘s story-concluding final DLC has been pushed back to December, developers Owlcat have announced. At the same time, they’ve introduced the companion around which this last expansion,…
Read moreControl: Resonant is only just out of the door, and Remedy have already put out a hotfix with some stun-buffing combat tweaks and more | Gaming
Control: Resonant is out today, and wouldn’t you know it, there’s already a hotfix. Though, day one updates aren’t exactly new in this day and age now, are they? This…
Read more“It genuinely breaks my heart”- Confusion and frustration reign as gaming communities react to Xbox’s drastic restructuring this week | Gaming
It’s been another difficult week for Xbox and the many studios it operates, as a second wave of layoffs has ripped through the company. The saddest news surrounds the impending…
Read moreTim Cain: ‘Among other things that Steve Jackson Games didn’t like about Fallout was Vault Boy’ | Gaming
It’s well-known trivia among Fallout tragics like myself that the videogame was originally designed with the rules of GURPS, a tabletop game whose name stood for Generic Universal Role-Play System,…
Read moreIs Xbox facing an even deeper crisis? Analysts assess Microsoft’s reforms | Gaming
The latest wave of layoffs and mergers at Microsoft has provoked a sharp reaction from analysts, who believe that Activision and Bethesda are gradually gaining more and more control over…
Read moreTinyBuild revenue rises 18% to $20m during H1 2026, with 85% coming from first and second-party owned IP | Gaming
TinyBuild reported an 18% revenue increase to $20 million for the six months ending June 30, 2026, driven by “strong catalogue performance and new launches.” In its unaudited results for…
Read moreThe future of Marathon includes a fungus-filled Perimeter, a social hub, and a shift “beyond extraction” | Gaming
Marathon will be “growing beyond extraction.” That’s what Bungie say in a new blog post outlining the future of the shooter, after announcing earlier this week that they’ll be bringing…
Read moreBethesda Says Obsidian Will Keep Its Creative Identity After Xbox Restructure | Gaming
Obsidian Bethesda Restructure Will Keep the Studio’s Identity Intact Microsoft’s latest Xbox restructuring has created another round of uncertainty across its first-party studios, but Bethesda is trying to reassure Obsidian…
Read moreStuart Fails To Save The Universe Finale Cliffhanger Explained — Season 2 Setup | News World
“Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” saved its biggest mind-bender for last. The Season 1 finale sees Stuart, Denise, Bert, and Kripke escape the DC Comics-inspired universe they entered in…
Read moreLOVE alt delete is a Y2K horror visual novel where you use one AI chatbot to help you date another that, don’t worry, doesn’t use the nasty generative stuff | Gaming
I would hope that for most of you it would not be a controversial thing to hear me say I hate generative AI. It stinks! It is rotting everyone’s…
Read moreid Software Employee Criticizes Xbox Leadership | Gaming
In September, Xbox continued its previously announced large-scale business restructuring, which aims to reduce the number of divisions and reallocate responsibilities among the remaining studios. The latest wave saw 268…
Read moreThe Blood of Dawnwalker’s divisive time mechanic was once much stricter, but it was loosened because of “fear” around the game | Gaming
I’ve had a hunch ever since playing The Blood of Dawnwalker that its divisive time limit feature – whereby you have 30 in-game days and nights to save your character’s…
Read moreCall of Duty ‘cosmetic toggle’ will cleanse Warzone of its Party City aesthetic | Gaming
Warzone is trying something new In Warzone, a “cosmetic toggle” that will disable legacy character skins at a client level With this toggle, players will instead see operators from Modern…
Read moreI definitely suck at Iron Bramble’s metroidvania grappling hook platforming, but its cyber-gothic megastructure world has me hungry for more | Gaming
If it ain’t broke, why fix it? That seems to be the thought process behind Iron Bramble, the next game from the devs behind Rusted Moss. Like its predecessor,…
Read moreDutch consumer group files lawsuit against Epic for misleading young players on Fortnite, seeking more than €100m in compensation | Gaming
Original story: The Dutch consumer group Stichting Massaschade & Consument (SMC) has filed a class action lawsuit against Epic Games, alleging it has misled young Fortnite players. SMC is representing…
Read moreReport: GTA 6 Pre-orders “Heavily Skewed Towards PS5” | Gaming
While Grand Theft Auto 6 is set to be released on both PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, Sony does have a co-marketing deal with Take-Two Interactive that promotes the hotly…
Read moreOnce upon a time The Blood of Dawnwalker’s timer mechanic was a lot tougher, and it’s because of all those pre-release complaints that it was made easier | Gaming
Right, I need you lot to pipe down for a minute because you’re making games less interesting. Last week, The Blood of Dawnwalker director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz shared that the…
Read moreMarvel Comics Exclusive Preview: GODZILLA CONQUERS THE MULTIVERSE #3 | News World
GODZILLA CONQUERS THE MULTIVERSE #3 hits your local comic book store on September 30th, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page preview for you! About…
Read moreInside Xbox, “the only concrete thing they have communicated is they want higher profits, and they want it now,” says id Software employee | Gaming
Mass layoffs at Xbox are only making it harder to meet Microsoft‘s still-steep expectations amid management chaos, according to one of the id Software employees who escaped the studio’s own…
Read moreSteam Frame-ready VR rhythm game Beat Saber is adding hand-tracking and a punchy new mode in its “biggest update ever” | Gaming
I’m not saying that the reveal of Beat Saber’s “biggest update ever” was timed to coincide with a swell of VR interest induced by the new Steam Frame. But I…
Read moreApple, Nvidia, Google, Microsoft…pretty much all the big US players in the chip business are reportedly evaluating Intel’s new 14A node | Gaming
If this report is even close to being true, Intel could be on the cusp of a whole new and incredibly lucrative era for the company. It’s claimed that pretty…
Read moreRoman Sands Re:Build review – a fiendish immersive sim drenched in a vaporwave glitchcore palette | Gaming
A frenetic tale of two realities, both alike in dysfunction, which immerses the player in servitude and struggle. After first hearing about Roman Sands Re:Build, and following along with bits…
Read moreDeck of Haunts for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Xbox One, and Switch launches October 8 | Gaming
Roguelike deckbuilder Deck of Haunts will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Xbox One, and Switch on October 8, publisher DANGEN Entertainment and developer Mantis Games announced. Deck…
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