Gaming

I have never played the knife game, the game where you rest your hand on a table, splay out your fingers, and stab the gaps between with a knife,…

The first quarter of 2026 is now done (at the time of writing this), and yet, HBO has already racked up multiple big hits. After years of fearing that the…

Filming of the A24-backed and Alex-Garland-directed Elden Ring movie (a series of words that still sounds preposterous to me) is now in full swing. And that means leaks, which this…

Xbox dropped a surprise announcement on April 21. No, they weren’t uncanceling “Scalebound” (although that would be amazing); the company was decreasing the price…

I haven’t 100% Crimson Desert, I haven’t even attempted it because, if I can be frank, I’m too sleepy to deal with what ever this, this, or this is. But…

The German games industry is slowly recovering from the effects of international consolidation and funding uncertainty. That’s according to new data released by the German Games Industry Association (Game) based…

We called Mohawk’s strategy game Old World “almost the perfect blend of Civilization and Crusader Kings III” back in 2021. As such, the opinions of people who worked on Old…

Microsoft’s Xbox Support has issued a statement saying it is “actively investigating” why some Xbox Series X users are not able to launch various Xbox 360 games on the system,…

Unreasonably grand strategy game Europa Universalis 5 will get a Byzantine Empire-themed expansion called Fate of the Phoenix on May 6th, developers Paradox Interactive have announced. Not heard of…

Calling all high school graduates (or existing college students), Microsoft has just launched an exciting promotional offer to support that work/life/play student balance. It’s called the Ultimate College Bundle, and…

Post-apocalyptic fantasy is hard to pull off. Urban fantasy is even harder to nail. But every once in a while, a film comes along that marries both, creating a story…

The string of significant quality of life improvements for Crimson Desert continues, as the latest update has brought both easy and hard difficulty options, a few new pets to track…

Flash storage prices bad – I get it. You don’t need me to keep wittering on to prove how iffy things have been in recent months, although with RAM prices…

Another Crimson Desert patch is upon us, with developers Pearl Abyss delivering more of the additions they outlined earlier this month. Though, they didn’t get as deep into specifics on…

Even though SSDs have been around for years, steadily improving in speed, reliability, and capacity, the good old hard disk drive is still worth considering for your gaming PC. That’s…

  The Xbox mobile game store might finally launch under the leadership of new Microsoft Gaming boss Asha Sharma. The new Xbox boss posted a reply to a report about…

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has surpassed $755 million globally, making it the top film of 2026. Box office data shows the Nintendo adaptation has generated over $361 million in…

Xbox has struggled with its first-party output in recent years. While there have been plenty of enjoyable releases, the green brand has failed to launch a GOTY nominee within the…

Dragon Ball kicked off the year with several exciting announcements during the Genki Dama Matsuri, an event held to commemorate the manga’s 40th anniversary. The franchise is planning a huge return…

It’s early days for The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, but I can say confidently after an hour with a beta version that I don’t want to have sex with anybody…

Ubisoft have reportedly cancelled an unannounced life simulation game dubbed Alterra, which devs had spent nearly three years weaving into something that combines aspects of Animal Crossing with Minecraft’s voxel…

Image: Empowering your AI Ambitions with Azure | GS04 (Microsoft) For years now, we’ve been hearing about potential plans for Xbox to build a mobile store that could compete with…

As a millennial, I’ve always had a soft spot for the original Ecco the Dolphin games (not so much for the latter entries), so it was great to learn a…

In November 2025, a team of DexAI Icaro Lab, Sapienza University of Rome, and Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies researchers published a study in which they were able to circumvent…

Another day, another social media post from Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma declaring something else Xbox fans want to hear. This time, it looks like Xbox Game Pass and Discord…

Every time the ghoul smacks his hands against my crypt, a red light pulses and sends cracks spiderwebbing across my screen. If I don’t beat down the undead creature soon,…

Two Nintendo customers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Nintendo, alleging the firm intends to benefit by both raising prices for consumers whilst seeking compensation from the US government. Last…

Keeping fantasy movies free to stream is one of the best ways that the genre remains as accessible as it has become in recent years. And while there’s nothing quite…

11 Bit Studios have confirmed that they’re making a brand new Frostpunk, alongside a “full” reimagining of their 2014 survival story This War Of Mine, and two other “completely new”…