“Players want to engage with brands, not just consume them” – Mattel on its new Game Studios arm, why it’s releasing on Roblox, and what it learnt from NetEase | Gaming
In August, Mattel announced it was forming Mattel Game Studios, a new global development organisation with a focus on making games based on its own IP. The venture sits under…
Read moreEx-Call of Duty designer “who survived the crunch” in order to launch Black Ops 1 & 2 calls out executives “raking it in” from sales of remasters | Gaming
A former long-time Call of Duty developer has called out Activision executives profiteering from the re-release of games like Black Ops 1 and 2, whereas the developers who contributed “blood,…
Read moreSteady yourself, Mortal Shell 2’s Rotten Autumn update comes packed with 15 new dungeons, a photo mode, an alternative soundtrack, and a neat pumpkin helmet | Gaming
How’s your autumn going? Mine’s fine so far, I’ve switched back to hot beverages, as much as every cell in my being screams to ask for ice. But I…
Read moreArctic Eggs, Mouthwashing, and No, I’m Not a Human Are Coming to Xbox | Gaming
Three indie games that achieved viral status over the last three years are making their long-awaited debut on Xbox from publisher Critical Reflex. As revealed during today’s ID@Xbox showcase for…
Read moreI know you probably don’t have mushroom in your backlog, but fungus looter shooter Mycopunk is now out in 1.0 and looks like the opposite of a shiitake time | Gaming
And lo, mushrooms! This is what I imagine an old timey tour guide might say while on a hiking trail, but we aren’t on one of those, so get…
Read moreDERELIKT launches November 13 for PC, later for PS5 and Xbox Series | Gaming
Narrative retro science-fiction horror first-person shooter DERELIKT will launch for PC via Steam on November 13, followed by PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series at a later date, publisher Hyperstrange and…
Read moreTitan Comics Official Full January 2027 Solicits With Conan And More | News World
Posted in: Comics, Solicits, Titan | Tagged: blade runner, conan, highlander, liam sharp, Vampire the Masquerade Titan Comics’ January 2027 full solicits return Liam Sharp to Conan, with Highlander, Blade…
Read moreOf course a new Edgerunners series means a new Cyberpunk 2077 patch | Gaming
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter A new series of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners will drop on Netflix today and you know what…
Read moreAbiotic Factor’s second year of updates confirmed to include official mod support and a DLC taking science to the tropics | Gaming
Following its 1.0 release last July, Half Life-esque sci-fi survival game Abiotic Factor has been having a pretty good run of post-early access updates. That run of is set to…
Read moreGriffin Gaming Partners and Entertainment 360 launch new company to support video game adaptations for film and TV | Gaming
Griffin Gaming Partners has launched a new company to support game adaptations for film and television in partnership with talent management and production firm Entertainment 360. Called HITpoint Entertainment, the…
Read moreHelldivers 2 swaps over to Easy anti-cheat, with developers admitting Gameguard “wasn’t as effective as it could have been” | Gaming
Helldivers will be switching up its anti-cheat, as developer Arrowhead Game Studios has admitted that its Gameguard cheat policy “wasn’t as effective as it could have been.” In a post…
Read moreXbox Is Asking Inactive Series X|S Users To Trade In Their Consoles At Best Buy For Up To $375 | Gaming
2 Microsoft is asking inactive Xbox Series X|S users to trade in their consoles at partner retailer Best Buy for up to 375 US Dollars back. The company is targeting…
Read moreThe latest game event to fall afoul of US visa rules is a live concert for horse girl racer Umamusume: Pretty Derby | Gaming
Umamusume: Pretty Derby has turned out to be one of the most popular games in the world, partly due to being a gacha game and partly due to making pretty…
Read moreXbox Business Analyst Claims Industry is Pretending Not to Use AI | Gaming
An Xbox staff member went viral this week for taking to social media to tell “the truth that nobody wants you to know”: that the video game industry is “pretending”…
Read moreNo, I am not evil for wanting to turn space whale city-builder Beyond These Stars into a Moby Dick simulator | Gaming
I think I’m a pretty decent Space Whale Mayor, all told. A caring and responsible fellow traveler for Kewa, the astral cetacean on whose craggy, cloud-hung back every city…
Read moreMonster mashup: New comics for fans of horror | News World
“Midnight Fantastic Four No. 1” (Wikipedia) This month brings an assortment of ghoulish comic books and graphic novels, some of them starring familiar heroic characters in creepy situations. The legend…
Read moreBest base locations in Enshrouded 1.0 | Gaming
When it comes to Enshrouded base locations, Embervale real estate has no bad options, but I tend to favor scenic waterfront properties over any strategic positioning. The world has plenty…
Read moreXbox Manager Brandon Stirrup Deletes X Account After Saying Xbox Uses AI | Gaming
Xbox senior business strategy manager Brandon Stirrup has deactivated his X account less than a day after telling followers that Xbox uses AI and that game developers who resist the…
Read moreThis week in PC games: build a better zombie in Stupid Never Dies, glue together houses in Cutout Village, and settle brave new worlds in Star Trek: Outposts Unknown | Gaming
Hello all! Welcome to another wonderful week of PC games, and mounting bloodlust. As I type these words, a neighbour has started using a leafblower. I hate leafblowers. They are…
Read moreWizards of the Coast declines to voluntarily recognize D&D and Studio X union drive | Gaming
Wizards of the Coast is refusing to grant voluntary recognition to a union drive by its Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X teams. Staff will instead vote on joining in…
Read moreFinal Fantasy 7 Revelation’s Hard Mode is available from the start this time, so you won’t need to replay the mammoth RPG to get to the good stuff | Gaming
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will let players access Hard Mode from the very beginning of the journey, unlike FF7 Remake and Rebirth, which made folks roll credits before unlocking the…
Read moreEndless pile of Needle In Haystack games begins to emerge, as viral hit imitator’s devs claim their code was nicked by a genAI-using clone | Gaming
In a metaphor far too on the nose to turn into any form of fiction, at least without the writer getting mercilessly cyberbullied, a game about finding a needle in…
Read moreProject Helix Disc Support Is Unclear, but Xbox Is Still Hiring for Physical Games | Gaming
Xbox Physical Games Strategy Gets a New Clue As the games industry increasingly shifts toward digital distribution, Microsoft has offered an intriguing sign that physical Xbox releases aren’t disappearing just yet. Nintendo recently reiterated…
Read moreNew Horror Comics This Week: Every Release for October 21, 2026 | News World
Publisher: Image Comics If you’re looking for a place to keep track of which horror comics are releasing each week, this is the place for you. Horror comics releasing on…
Read moreMoonlighter studio won’t host a public playtest of its next game due to rampant AI-led cloning: ‘We know we’re not the only developers feeling this way’ | Gaming
The studio behind the Moonlighter series has announced it will no longer host a public playtest for its forthcoming roguelike due to fears it will be “reverse-engineered, cloned and published”….
Read morePlease sell your Xbox Series X to Best Buy, asks Microsoft | Gaming
Summary Microsoft emails inactive Xbox Series X owners urging Best Buy trade-ins for up to $375 in gift cards Amount is ‘up to’ $375, so actual trade value may be…
Read moreCrusader Kings 3’s merchant republics expansion, Silk and Silver, will release during the very quiet time of mid-November 2026 | Gaming
The second big expansion coming to Crusader Kings 3 this year finally has a proper release date. Silk and Silver, the gold-clinking sibling of recently released Church-centric DLC By God…
Read more“Sexy sorceresses” and “bare-chested fighters”: Dragon Age’s original artists wanted to base it on Conan the Barbarian, much to the outrage of the designers | Gaming
Buried in the vast and sooty-fingered Summer Eternal anthology, there’s an interview with former BioWare developer and Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider, who is now creative director at…
Read morePEGI begins moving existing digital-only games with loot boxes up to a 16 rating | Gaming
Existing digital-only games that include paid random items, such as loot boxes, are being re-rated PEGI 16 if they currently carry a PEGI 3, 7, or 12 rating. Games Rating…
Read moreMoonlighter dev delays Steam playtest for its “Tower Defensevania” ReVamp over concerns that AI copycats might clone it before launch | Gaming
Digital Sun – the indie studio behind moreish roguelike Moonlighter and moody RTS Cataclismo – has delayed a planned Steam playtest for its next game, ReVamp, citing concerns over “games…
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