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I recently watched the Netflix documentary Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee, and it’s one of the craziest things I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve…

I regret to announce that I have a theory. It involves handheld PCs, Project Helix – Microsoft’s next, PC game-running Xbox console – and least likely of all, an apparently…

No. I, your dad, haven’t bought you any Christmas presents. No, that isn’t the wry smile of deceit you see nestled on my face. Yes, technically I could tell you…

Starfield composer and long-time Bethesda collaborator Inon Zur has been discussing his decades-spanning work with the studio, sharing his thoughts on “visionary” Bethesda boss Todd Howard, as well as…

Xbox is getting ready to launch its Gaming Copilot AI assistant on “current-generation consoles” this year, according to a report from GamesRadar. Sonali Yadav, Xbox’s product manager for gaming AI,…

What makes a AAA studio? Is it the size of the team? The scope? The budget? Sweden’s Embark Studios – founded in 2018 by CEO Patrick Söderlund and some fellow…

Lenovo is offering the lowest prices of the year on Xbox Series X wireless controllers, which is even more impressive considering the fact that Microsoft raised the retail price of…

Godzilla vs Portland Two variant covers of Godzilla vs Portland. (Sean Sterling/Sean Sterling) A 26-story-tall lizard is about to attack “Big Pink” … Quick, send out the therapy llamas! “Godzilla…

Roguelike deckbuilder Slay The Spire 2 continues its journey through early access with an update that fixes various crash bugs, adds new card art, changes how the game files mods,…

Starfield, despite having fallen short of lodging itself as firmly in the bit of humanity’s collective psyche labelled ‘the good shit’ in comparison to its Bethesda-made siblings, will still achieve…

The Arc Raiders developers have said in the past that during development playtests that preceded launch, raiders were behaving much more violently toward one another than how we’ve seen in…

With everything we’ve heard about Project Helix recently and all of the Xbox news coming out GDC this week, we know that Microsoft is moving towards bridging the gap between…

There’s a treasure hunt of sorts in progress within Marathon, with the best and brightest puzzle solvers and solution sleuths gathering together in search of a glorious prize. That prize…

All right, my old chuckaboo, it’s time to shake daddles and go mafficking. The toffs want us to pluck a few April showers from the insides of yon Ken…

It was a little surprising to see Apple decide to leap fully into the affordable laptop market, to try and compete with devices the company typically prefers to just look…

If there’s one thing that Mortal Kombat is famous for, it’s fatalities. They not only make the game great but also define it. Not long after the game’s release, it…

The 2026 BAFTA Awards nominations have been revealed, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 receiving 12 nominations, including Best Game. Sandfall Interactive’s debut title was also recognised in the narrative, game…

The creators of gloriously unearthly anti-capitalist deckbuilder All Will Rise have announced that they’re joining the No Games For Genocide boycott against Microsoft’s business links with the Israeli military. As…

As the hype train for Crimson Desert keeps rolling (and rightfully so), one underrated element may have slipped your notice. This game has the best water I have seen in…

26th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards – YouTube Watch On “There are so many innovative games coming up that I can’t wait for,” Game Developers Choice Awards host Sam Maggs…

A man with a gun stands above the crowd at GDC, the barrel levelled at the words “Next Gen Raytracing Performance & Capabilities.” Alas, he is not here to shoot…

Image: Blight: Survival Today marked the first Future Games Show event of 2026, with this one known as the “Spring Showcase” featuring countless upcoming games for a variety of platforms,…

The Silent Hill 2 Remake, created by Bloober Team in partnership with Konami, has just surpassed five million sales worldwide. A big feat, for the once (relatively) niche horror franchise….

Storm Earth’s Mightiest Mutant Issue 2 (Image via Marvel Comics) Storm Earth’s Mightiest Mutant comic book issue 2, titled ‘All Your Favorite Sorcerers Are Tricksters’, featured the highly anticipated reunion…

What’s the best video game guide you’ve ever used? There’s an art to it, knowing what information is imperative to include, how to include it, is it a written…

The backlash against AI is real and you can feel it in the way Microsoft talks about gaming copilot at GDC 2026. The company is moving forward with integrating AI…

New research conducted by the University of Bristol and developer Meaning Machine shows that gamers enjoy playing with AI-powered non-playable characters. The study comprised 68 people – 31 male, 31…

Subnautica probably wouldn’t be the beloved ocean exploration/survival crafting game that it is without its underwater base building, so of course it’s no surprise that it’s returning for the…

RPG developer ZA/UM has a difficult—maybe impossible—wire to walk with Zero Parades, its follow-up to Disco Elysium. The spy thriller wants to strike a different tone to one of the…