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Despite a poor reception, weak sales, and losing publisher IO Interactive, developer Build a Rocket Boy hasn’t given up on its open world shooter MindsEye. Which might be commendable, were…

25th July Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we’ve been playing. This week, Bertie goes back to ancient Greece for…

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Download speeds on Xbox consoles should be getting much better and more…

In hindsight, I was a fool for meeting Denshattack’s satirical, irreverent, downright countercultural sensibilities with surprise. Upbeat, even goofy as it is for a train driving game, it shares more…

Ubisoft CFO Frédérick Duguet said it expects Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced to “deliver superior financial performance” due to lower production costs. However, Ubisoft does not plan to raise its…

The world’s best comic shop is officially in Eugene: Books With Pictures Eugene has won the top prize in the world for a comic book store.  The store received the…

It is said that to name a wild thing is to tame it, to delimit and temper it, to defuse its menace. The giant, vaporous spider in Fallgrade is…

A decade ago, id Software rebooted its most popular franchise with the very good Doom (2016). Since then, id has released Doom Eternal, a bigger and (mostly) better sequel, some…

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend and would prefer it comes in the form of shooting guys, then allow me to direct your attention to Hell Let…

Ah! You hadn’t totally retreated from the battlefield following your cancellation in early 2025, Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition‘s Baltic Powers DLC! It was just one of your strategic…

Summary Available on both console and PC with XPA. Flip between 2D and 3D perspectives, discover hidden paths, solve puzzles and more. The story behind the design, inspiration and challenges…

Halo has a proud history of smuggling secret endings into its campaigns. In the very first 2001 game, there is a hidden (non-canon) ending featuring Sgt. Avery Johnson fighting and…

I return to Project Zomboid exactly like an emaciated survivor crawling back to the undead-ridden town they abandoned many moons ago, having finally exhausted their wilderness stocks of cabbage and…

The past five years of writing about the games business has come with a helping of cognitive dissonance so severe that it often felt like whiplash. Record success one week;…

You thought DC Comics was done after announcing Michael Walsh on Jonah Hex? You thought wrong, friend. Because thanks to the publisher’s Next Level panel at San Diego Comic-Con, they…

Halo: Campaign Evolved is basically already here if you pay the early access tax, and while it does look incredible on high-end gaming PCs and current-generation consoles, it struggles hard…

HyperX Pulsefire Saga specs: Connectivity: Wired Weight: 69g DPI range: 400-26,000 Buttons: 6 Price: From £30 / $50 If the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike’s analogue clickers were all about…

While Nintendo has a long and infamous history of petty litigiousness, its recent efforts to secure a series of Pokémon-related patents have been particularly obnoxious—obnoxious enough that even the Japan…

vfhnb12/Shutterstock Depending on who you ask, the Xbox brand is currently on the ropes. Many gamers have lost faith in Microsoft due…

World of Warcraft studio Blizzard have announced that they’ve fired a developer after development-only spells were used to insta-kill some Mythic+ dungeon bosses for a party of non-dev adventurers. The…

Lara Croft’s big comeback at the hands of Amazon has hit yet another hitch. After TV show setbacks and a delay for Tomb Raider 1 “reimagining” Legacy of Atlantis, Amazon’s…

NBA 2K27 hasn’t really been outlined yet in terms of the specific improvements compared to last year, but a gameplay trailer has been announced for next Tuesday. EA Sports FC…

I’ve been vaguely looking forward to grotty dark fantasy RPG The Blood Of Dawnwalker, despite its genAI flirtations. To recap, it casts you as a medieval vampire fledgling whose family…

Their job is so much more than beach, as Dark Horse has announced a new deal with Mattel for a Barbie comic book series — and maybe more to come….

The games industry is stifled by a culture of fear that prioritises algorithmic trends and market research over the creative conviction and personal taste required to produce genuine hits. That…

Image: Microsoft/Digital Foundry Microsoft has begun trialling a new “ad-supported” tier of its cloud streaming service, allowing owners of digital Xbox games the opportunity to stream them for one hour…

The Halo remake has released for those who forked out for the advance access version, and they’re not thrilled with what they’ve got. At time of writing, Halo: Campaign Evolved…

Perhaps predictably, Creative Assembly’s Total War: Warhammer 40,000 could be quite the step change for how Total War handles ranged combat. Yesterday, the developers livestreamed a battle between the…

Kingdom Come Deliverance developers Warhorse confirmed back in May that they’ve got a “new Kingdom Come adventure” in the works, alongside a Lord of the Rings RPG. The name of…