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Those on PS5 with PlayStation Plus are finally getting one of the most popular Xbox Game Pass games for free; however, the free download will be limited to PS Plus…

“Popular game, but you do this instead,” is a tale as old as time, birthing efforts that range from rote to deliciously fresh. Making comparisons like that is always…

(ABC 6 News) — Comic book fans and future readers visited the Austin Public Library on Saturday for a day of superheroes, creativity and free comics at its third annual…

The biggest stain on Arc Raiders is easily the use of AI voice acting. It stinks! There’s no soul to it, and it deprives actors from being able to…

14th March Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we’ve been playing. This week, everyone’s playing Pokémon Pokopia apart from Bertie…

After thirteen years of maintaining the cleanest security record, the original Xbox One “fat” has finally been jailbroken as a hardware glitch was discovered in the boot ROM. The console…

The Simpsons is in a rare class of TV shows, and I’m not just talking about its absurd number of seasons (they’re up to 37 now). It’s one of precious…

The latest report from data firm Newzoo shows that there is little overlap between players of Roblox and Minecraft and players of more traditional AAA hits. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz at…

You know, I wish there were more morally dubious protagonists in the world of video games. I know why there’s not, many people want to identify with the characters…

Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for March 16-20! The big release of the next few days is undoubtedly the new open-world RPG Crimson Desert, but we’ve also got the…

Broadly speaking accessibility features still have a long way to go in most games, however, one that has been cropping up more and more are phobia-sensitive options. It cannot…

Microsoft Gaming Copilot has been out in the open and available as a beta for PC, mobile, and the ROG Xbox Ally since October 2025, but at a recent GDC…

While we think of comics as the world of superheroes and villains, the medium is actually a vast wonderland full of many genres. If superhero stories aren’t your thing, that’s…

If extraction shooters are games in which you duck out of the fray between matches to look at what you just collected, I guess I’m almost playing Marathon the right…

In today’s dwarf news, both Deep Rock Galactic spinoffs had announcements to make at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase. Loudest and crunchiest of the two was autoshooter Deep Rock…

Late last year, I wrote about a bizarre moment when game developers suddenly became obsessed with eggs for some reason. Then everybody pointed out all the games about eggs that…

A few weeks ago, a devastating tech tragedy struck my household when my Xbox ROG Ally X gave up the ghost. It wouldn’t turn on, it wouldn’t charge, and I…

Larry Hryb has been appointed community development consultant at Commodore International Corporation. In his new role, Hryb will advise the Commodore executive team with a focus on preserving and expanding…

There’s nothing more annoying than watching a mouse snack away on an apple in the warehouse when you explicitly built them a charming little bistro just down the street. Literally…

SOHAM killer Ian Huntley bought an Xbox game called Dark Souls: Prepare to Die — which was ­delivered to prison three days after his death. Huntley had ordered the macabre…

Shhhhhhh. I’m trying to sneak into this poor bloke’s castle. I’m doing it all stealthy, sneaky, and shadowy-like. I’m climbing in windows, jumping across rooftops, bamboozling guards. I’m taking the…

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that VisionQuest has found its composer in Mick Giacchino. He’s not to be confused with his father, Spider-Man: No Way Home and The Fantastic Four: First Steps composer,…

Xbox Game Pass has just about 900 titles available to play at its top-most tier, including the recently added Cyberpunk 2077 and Planet of Lana 2. Just like how endless…

“Marvel Rivals definitely had an impact on us in a lot of different ways,” Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller said during a panel at the 2026 Game Developers Conference on…

I admit I was a bit surprised when I looked at my Pokémon Pokopia playtime on Monday and discovered I’d somehow put in nearly 24 hours over the weekend. But…

Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times is a colourful puzzle RPG that boasts of over 102,400,000 possible spells, each glued together from 40 collectible magical runes. As ever with such…

QPAD Mark Model 3 specs: Connectivity: 2.4Hz wireless, USB-C, Bluetooth Weight: 49g Battery life: 88 hours DPI range: 50-26,000 Buttons: 5 Price: From £70 Now that we’re about, ooh, six…

Can we use anything without an AI assistant forcing its way into our data? Well not on Xbox.  During a GDC talk, AI partner group product manager Sonali Yadav and…

Microsoft’s decision to go ahead with its GDC keynote this week, at which it began the dance-of-the-seven-veils process of lifting the wraps on its next-generation console hardware, was somewhat surprising….