Gaming

Warhammer Skulls, the ultimate festival of Warhammer video games returned today for its 10th anniversary – bringing news on Warhammer games, plus huge discounts to be enjoyed across XBOX platforms….

Finally, a game developer who agrees with my fervently held view that new technology makes everything worse. Celebrated designer Clint Hocking – him wot worked on Far Cry 2, Splinter…

If you’re a fan of playing Fallout 4 on Xbox consoles, you’re probably aware that the storage limit for Creations — modded content that you can add to your game…

Doctor Aphra is easily one of my favorite additions to the Star Wars canon over the last decade. She’s essentially a lesbian, scumbag Indiana Jones in space, constantly uncovering powerful…

Confession time: I never actually finished the original Subnautica. It’s not that I didn’t love its clever mix of sandbox survival and structured narrative; it’s just that I’m a massive…

Many fantasy games deal in the prospect of sacrificing things to gods, but few dramatise the associated exciting logistical pressures. Say you want to chuck a bunch of virgins into…

A security researcher going by the GitHub handle Nightmare-Eclipse disclosed a potentially nasty BitLocker bypass in Windows 11 earlier this month. Dubbed YellowKey, the exploit allows an attacker to read…

Xbox Free Play Days is back again for the next few days, and as always, we’ve got a few titles that are free to play throughout its duration, with Warhammer…

The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 have gotten ample attention for their whizbang Unreal Engine features and potential major cast resurrections, but one of their key ‘enhancements’ may seem horribly…

Studio Reset, a new Canadian indie studio, has been founded by veteran developers from BioWare, Inflexion Games, and Timbre Games. Creative director and producer Kaelin Lavallée, design director Kris Schoneberg,…

Coffee Talk Tokyo – opening doors on console and PC Tokyo really is having a moment in gaming right now. Between the racing of Forza Horizon 6, neon-lit adventures and…

There’s going to be a wealth of new content for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fans this year, including a series based around the core team and a series that takes…

Hasbro have opted to pull the publishing plug on the Dungeons and Dragons action game they and developers Giant Skull announced last June. Said plug was reportedly pulled at some…

One of the most biggest and most impactful updates in Fallout 4 history was scheduled to come to Bethesda‘s beloved classic 2015 post-apocalyptic RPG last year in November, but ended…

Last week, Recreate Games apologised after an AI-generated video competition for its popular casual brawler Party Animals drew significant criticism from its community. Now, it’s cancelled the competition entirely. Recreate…

Do you remember that moment in Baldur’s Gate 3 when you thought you were approaching the end, but then you arrived in Act 3’s big city and realized you weren’t…

Microsoft has hired industry analyst Matthew Ball to help guide its Xbox games division in uncertain waters, especially as the company prepares its revolutionary Project Helix console. VIEW GALLERY –…

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream led Circana’s US charts in April, generating over $41 million in combined physical and projected digital sales. Living the Dream contributed to a 44% year-on-year…

We get you, Subnautica 2 players who’re desperate to kill some fish. That’s what Unknown Worlds have said in an open letter to the survival game’s community following days worth…

Gambit debuted in Marvel Comics in 1990 as a mutant thief who rescued an amnesiac Storm from the Shadow King’s minions. His charisma and southern charm, mixed with a dangerous,…

Xbox has hired your favorite video game developer’s favorite industry analyst, Matthew Ball, as its new Chief Strategy Officer. As reported by The Game Business and confirmed via his LinkedIn, Ball…

Splitgate studio 1047 Games said in March that it was working on something new, and now we know what it is: A “fast-paced 6v6 movement shooter” called Empulse. No, that’s…

Quantic Dream, the developer of Detroit: Become Human and Heavy Rain, is closing down its MOBA-with-flying game Spellcasters Chronicles, which only launched in early access in February this year. Quantic…

Can Matthew Ball reverse Microsoft’s stagnating console gaming business? That’s the job he’s been tasked with as Xbox’s new chief strategy officer. Asha Sharma announced that the venture capital analyst…

Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core – Ghost Ship Games’ attempt at plunging the co-op FPS spelunkery of Deep Rock Galactic into an even deeper, darker pit of roguelike tension –…

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Ghost of Yōtei lead the nominations at this year’s Develop:Star Awards 2026. The shortlists, including the brand-new Best Ongoing Game category, were decided across 18…

Xbox has hired Matthew Ball, a video game analyst best known for his popular annual state of video gaming report, as its new chief of strategy. The decision was announced…

DC Comics has had quite history over the last 88 years, since Superman burst onto the scene and changed comic books. The publisher has created some of the best characters…

At Digital Dragons this year I somehow found myself attending a panel about games industry investment and publishing deals, featuring various senior M&A people gathered under the dread banner…