Gaming

Following reports claiming that Stardew Valley may soon let players divorce or cheat on their in-game spouses, Eric Barone has embarked upon a social media blitz to say no, that’s…

An unusually busy May for game releases is turning into an unusually bounteous month for the Steam Deck, with Valve granting their seal of handheld PC approval – Steam Deck…

Spanish studio MercurySteam has “initiated a workforce adjustment process.” Formed in 2002, MercurySteam has partnered with an impressive roster of collaborators, including American McGee, Clive Barker, and Konami’s Castlevania series,…

In a move that has cemented at least two more years of cooperation, Ubisoft announced its partnership with Xbox Game Pass for Rainbow Six Siege and BLAST R6 Esports for…

It’s a whole new era for some of DC’s B-tier characters, as their ongoing Next Level initiative brings characters like Lobo, Batwoman, and Deathstroke into the spotlight alongside some of…

A group of Baldur’s Gate 3 modders taking on the task of remaking the original Baldur’s Gate as a custom campaign have shown off one of the first major milestones…

Xbox’s latest Insider update is here. After Xbox CEO Asha Sharma promised to deliver regular updates, the latest rollout for Insiders has arrived, bringing another neat update to achievements alongside…

Lenovo’s highest-spec variant of its Legion Tower 7i Gen 10, gaming PC packs in some real top-tier components to the point it reads more like a veritable wishlist for most…

On the eve of Subnautica 2’s early access launch, calling it hotly anticipated would be a wild understatement. It’s Steam’s most-wanted game, as over 5 million users have added it…

They say the Devil is in the details, but it seems someone missed that memo, as Netflix has had to remove a Devil May Cry T-shirt from its official storefront,…

Aaron Souppouris for Engadget It doesn’t take long to start clogging up your collection of Xbox games. It’s sometimes tough to choose…

One of the grievous burdens the Heroic Videogames Journalist must shoulder is seeing a couple dozen Cool New Games each week, and only having the time to write about two…

Frank O’Connor and Brian Ulrich have joined Bit Bot as creative director and general manager, respectively. This strategic expansion positions the studio to scale its development capabilities. As creative director,…

Earlier today I discovered an ant in my bathroom. The thing about discovering an ant is that there is always another ant. And another ant. Ant another ant. Antnother…

Scrubs Season 11 (or, Season 2 of the revival series) is officially on the way, as ABC is wasting no time striking while the pop-culture interest is still hot. Srubs‘…

The Xbox team continues to roll out new console features at a regular pace, and starting today, Xbox Insiders will get access to a new boot-up animation featuring the glowing…

Education technology company Instructure has “reached an agreement” with the hacker group that breached its systems for a second time earlier this month. Most recently, hacker group ShinyHunters had exfiltrated…

In recent years, more people have started buying digital games instead of physical copies. Because of this, physical game sales have continued to drop since 2022. Now, Xbox could be…

Mixtape, from The Artful Escape studio Beethoven & Dinosaur, is a delight. It’s a celebration of teenage life that makes its point, aptly, just as a teenager would. Maybe it’s…

Several UK politicians have called on Rockstar Games to be more transparent and co-operative in their legal dealings with GTA 6 developers fired last year. The staff were let go…

We’ve all heard it. This sound. The infamous Wilhelm scream, famous for cropping up whenever a game or film sound designer fancies a bit of inside jokery. Or, in this…

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From his throne on Arakko, the powerful and ancient mutant known as Apocalypse will once again make his presence felt on Earth this August as he recruits Jubilee on a dangerous…

Indika developer Odd Meter has secured $5 million in a funding round led by Gem Capital and Autotelic Ventures. The investment will fund the studio’s next project and support its…

Back in February some amazing footage emerged of path tracing implementation in Dark Souls 2. At the time I was pretty impressed, but I didn’t have my fingers crossed that…

Bahamut And The Waqwaq Tree is now available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles. Developed by Saudi Arabian studio Starvania, the underwater puzzle‑platformer was already available on Steam and Switch….

Frogwares’ The Sinking City was rough around the edges, but it shone with a genuine appreciation for its Lovecraftian lore, despite a cosmic horror-style litigation fracas which saw the developer…

Oh now! Say it ain’t so! Sega’s mysterious and vague “Super Game” is… dead? I’m afraid so, kiddo, so bust out the shovel. This Super Game has been a…