Gaming

Iron Man has had a very interesting 20 years. Ol’Shellhead had been a tough sell since the ’90s and the ’00s saw the character slowly built back up. In 2006,…

UKIE-backed educational non-profit Digital Schoolhouse has partnered with Roblox to develop a suite of free tools designed to teach children how to create Roblox games as part of in-classroom education….

Akatori – out now on Xbox A young monk, a mysterious red bird and a magical staff that doubles as both weapon and traversal tool – Akatori certainly isn’t short…

The great enemy of my sanity is 4.15pm. That’s 45 minutes of workday remaining – just enough time to find and turn around a news story before Julian sounds the…

I don’t truly want to say a bad word about Vampire Survivors. I’ve adored the many hours I’ve spent in its endearingly slapdash dungeons. It’s also responsible for spawning a…

Back at June’s PlayStation State of Play stream, my most-anticipated action game of the year popped up with a short teaser trailer starring a mysterious masked man fighting with a…

Microsoft’s Xbox division sent a jolt through the gaming industry on June 12, 2026, when new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told employees in an internal memo: “We are in a…

The beauty of an early access game is being able to look at something funky, say “that’s not right,” and as long as you’re correct and not an irritating…

Canadian developer Panache Digital, co-founded by Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Désilets, has said it is still using AI tools to help develop its witchy action game 1666: Amsterdam, albeit “less…

Xbox boss Asha Sharma has been racking up a ton of attention on social media this evening after sharing that she was recently able to get a behind-closed-doors look at…

Broadly speaking, it’s fine for something to exist as a niche. Whatever form of media a thing might be, to fulfil a niche is to meet the expectations of…

Supermassive Games has announced a third round of layoffs in three years, potentially impacting up to 75 positions. In a statement, the developer said the decision was a “necessary step…

Did a prototype Microsoft gamepad fall off the back of a truck? We can’t say, but a Redditor has legit-looking photos of a prototype Xbox controller that’s almost certainly the…

Saber Interactive’s upcoming Rideshare “Stimulator” drew some eyeballs today when Saber CEO Matthew Karch confirmed that its trailer includes a hidden jab at Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford. But that same…

We have reached peak Peak. By that I mean, the final major update that was teased last week, The Final Ascent, is here and ready for you to try…

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma got to see a “live playthrough” of The Elder Scrolls 6, and she posted her reactions on social media afterwards. She also teased – in the…

Lucasfilm Publishing/Marvel Comics In 1945, a struggling Universal Pictures sold a quarter of the studio to British industrialist J. Arthur Rank, hoping…

It’s probably a weird day to be working at Bethesda’s Rockville headquarters. In a week’s time, on August 18th, the Communications Workers of America have organised numerous rallies across…

Wardogs, the ambitious shooter from Battalion 1944 and The Turing Test developer Bulkhead, will soon arrive on Steam early access. The studio announced today, after months of invite-only tests, Wardogs…

Nobody saw this one coming! It’s been announced today that Lord of the Rings: War in the North — which first released back on the Xbox 360 in 2011 —…

Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology devs Supermassive Games have announced the beginning of redundancy consultations for up to 75 of its staff, a process that will almost certainly…

Gamescom Dev has released its annual speaker survey results, revealing that 83% of respondents expect AI to impact team structure or productivity. Nearly half of the 100 speakers surveyed identified…

Across the ages, theorists and theologians have wrestled with an irreconcilable question: Is free will an inherent capacity of the human soul, or a misapprehension of things predetermined and divine?…

As we creep closer to the release of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, we’re beginning to learn more about the game, including how long it’ll take to beat. First thing’s…

2006 saw, among such other major events as analogue TV being switched off in Luxembourg, the release of Knytt: a breezy freeware platformer in which you spend a nice couple…

DC Comics has made the superhero family into one of the most important parts of its superhero multiverse and the best example of this is the Bat-Family. The publisher has…

“It’s time to sue Sony,” game preservation advocates Stop Killing Games have declared, as the group throws its weight behind a Dutch lawsuit targeting the PlayStation Store’s alleged monopoly and…

New low/$75 We are now tracking a deal at Amazon that gets you the latest Forza Horizon 6 Limited Edition Xbox controller for $74.99 shipped. This is one of the…

Though many may baulk at the idea of paying $100 (£90) for a game, a lot of the people who pre-ordered Grand Theft Auto 6 bought the more expensive Ultimate…