Xbox may allow gamers to digitize their physical game collection | Gaming
On the very same day Sony announced it would no longer produce physical discs for PlayStation games starting in Jan. 2028, Microsoft signaled it might do something similar for Xbox….
Read moreSony to close down PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita by July 2027 | Gaming
Sony is closing the PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita. Sony said the store will close in “select markets” – Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, plus Additional Latin American and Middle…
Read moreSubnautica 2 legal battle ends with reinstated CEO stepping down, as Krafton and Unknown Worlds founders agree settlement | Gaming
Shake hands with the nearest underwater critter. The Subnautica 2 legal dispute appears to finally have reached its ultimate conclusion, with a settlement agreed between publishers Krafton and the three…
Read more‘Supergirl’ Proves This One Misguided Comic Book Strategy Has Failed | News World
Even though certain 20th-century superhero movies were successful and iconic, we’ve come a long way from the days of Batman: The Movie and Superman: The Movie. Back then, the idea…
Read moreXbox layoffs, studio closures imminent | Gaming
There’s no other way of putting it: Things are looking grim at Xbox right now. A couple of different reports paint a bleak picture of the Microsoft-owned video game console…
Read moreReinstated Subnautica 2 studio CEO immediately peaces out after Krafton agrees to pay the developer bonuses it went to court to avoid | Gaming
Culminating a messy, year-long legal spat, Krafton has agreed to pay bonuses to the studio staff of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment, having reached a settlement with the studio’s…
Read moreBehold my range of handmade Steam Machine faceplates: tasteful fan-covering, on the cheap | Gaming
Say you’ve sprung for a Steam Machine, and are pondering how to put a personal mark on your new black cube. Upgrading the internals? Bit of a faff, it turns…
Read moreGTA 6 devs have to opt-out of crunch, claim sources | Gaming
Three current Rockstar employees in the UK have accused the Grand Theft Auto 6 studio of effectively baking crunch into their contracts, overseeing a widening gender pay gap, and weaponising…
Read morePublisher Krafton finally agrees to pay bonuses to every Subnautica 2 staffer as Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill leaves again | Gaming
To most players, Subnautica 2 is one of 2026’s hottest survival games after over four million players jumped into its dangerous waters and found an iterative but engrossing sequel. If…
Read moreXbox Pulls Funding from 007: First Light Developer’s New Game | Gaming
Although 007: First Light seems like a major success story, Xbox’s significant strategy shift is still seeing the company pull back from its investment in IO Interactive’s next project. Xbox…
Read moreAbsolute Martian Manhunter #12 Delivers a Quick But Beautiful Finale (Review) | News World
The Absolute Universe is DC’s newest and biggest alternate universe. This Elseworlds is all about making the superheroes the underdogs, creating a world that’s directed by Darkseid’s malice instead of…
Read moreIGN expands partnership with Gamescom, adds game previews to official indie showcase | Gaming
The organizers of Gamescom, Koelnmesse and Game – The German Games Industry Association, have agreed on a new partnership with IGN for Gamescom’s “gamescom awesome indies show”, expanding a long-established…
Read moreAmazon Clears Out the Xbox Wireless Controller, With the USB-C Cable Practically Thrown In for Free | Gaming
The Xbox Wireless Gaming Controller is Microsoft’s current standard gamepad, updated in 2025 with a hybrid D-pad, a Share button on the face, and textured grip areas on the back…
Read more“Low-effort slop”: The creators of the Godot engine behind Slay the Spire 2 are cracking down on “vibe-coding” and now require genAI disclosures | Gaming
The foundation behind the open source Godot game engine have announced a crackdown on the use of generative AI by contributors, following a wave of “demoralizing”, “low-effort slop” that…
Read moreWith 32 GB as a minimum and 64 GB as the recommended amount, Cinder City’s RAM requirements are all kinds of wrong in today’s AI-mangled memory market | Gaming
As big-budget, blockbuster PC games have become increasingly more packed with cutting-edge graphics over the years, their minimum hardware requirements have naturally scaled upwards too. But there’s one forthcoming game…
Read moreExodus’ character creator won’t let you totally mess up its protagonist’s “established look” with nose and brow slider chicanery, but you can still pick a beard | Gaming
If you were planning to spend hours making sure your chin looks just right and ensuring your eyes aren’t too close together when you fire up Mass Effecty sci-fi RPG…
Read moreXbox ends deal to fund and publish IO Interactive’s Project Fantasy; redundancies expected | Gaming
Xbox has exited a deal to fund and publish IO Interactive’s online fantasy RPG, codenamed Project Fantasy, a move that may lead to job losses. IO Interactive stated it must…
Read moreModern Warfare 4 Facebook ads want to make sure everyone understands this year’s Call of Duty won’t be on Xbox Game Pass | Gaming
I know we’re all thinking about GTA 6 right now, but chances are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – releasing on 23rd October – will be massive, too. Regardless,…
Read moreXbox Reportedly Weighing to Cancel Blade and Close Arkane | Gaming
by William D’Angelo , posted 2 hours ago / 1,441 Views First-party Xbox developer Arkane, best known for developing the Dishonored series, is reportedly facing closure, according to sources familiar…
Read moreDisassembling the Steam Machine suggests Valve are protecting its precious RAM by burying it under a dozen other parts | Gaming
I, uh, completely took apart a Steam Machine by accident. What began as merely wanting a closer look at its RAM setup ended up as a more-or-less full teardown, the…
Read moreCWA union says Xbox workers are not “disposable” as layoffs loom | Gaming
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union has come out in support of its members at Xbox as reports of mass layoffs continue to loom. At an online press conference…
Read moreGuns of Eschaton is a wild west soulslike FPS and posthumous release from the art director of Half-Life 2 | Gaming
Last year, the art director behind titans of visual design like Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, Viktor Antonov, died at the age of 53. Prior to his death, in 2022…
Read moreTotal War: Warhammer 3 is getting new endgames, individual victory conditions, a Vampire Counts rework, and Nurgle’s three grossest champions | Gaming
WHAT’S NEXT – Update 9.0 & The Lords of the End Times – YouTube Watch On Creative Assembly’s recent What’s Next livestream dropped a few bombshells about the upcoming 9.0…
Read moreXbox Might Cancel Their Only Marvel Game, Blade | Gaming
Xbox fans have finally been given a Marvel game of their own to look forward to, but its future is as uncertain as ever as Xbox looks to make drastic…
Read moreMicrosoft reportedly add Arkane and their Blade game to the potential shuttering pile | Gaming
There’s a lot of whispers about studios shutting down around Microsoft and Xbox at the moment. They’ve been primarily fluttering between Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Compulsion, but this…
Read moreDrakong Debuts with “The Challenger” Controller for Xbox and PC | Gaming
Drakong, a leading L.A. based gaming hardware company, announced today The Challenger, a new breed of premium controller designed for everyday gaming and ideal for those who wish to play…
Read moreThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered’s physical Switch 2 release has the full game on a cartridge, and we’ve finally got a release date, too | Gaming
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered was one of 2025’s biggest hits after a sudden shadow drop, especially in the United States, which is encouraging news if you (like me)…
Read moreMarvel Preview: Punisher #6 | Comic Book Club | News World
Read a preview of Punisher #6 from Marvel Comics, written by Benjamin Percy with art by Farid Karami. Punisher #6 Preview Check out a preview of the July 1, 2026…
Read moreGreen Suits is a surreal platformer stroke JRPG filled with Escher architecture and paranormal investigators | Gaming
Sometimes I feel that my taste in media is a bit hard to pin down, given that I like shows like Twin Peaks and manga like Chainsaw Man, two…
Read moreGriffin Gaming Partners invests in TinyBuild | Gaming
Venture capital firm Griffin Gaming Partners has bought a 3.24% equity stake in developer and publisher TinyBuild. The finance firm said that the developer and publisher has focused on building…
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