Gaming

Microsoft just announced the Xbox Nano Controller, and the first thing to know is that “nano” isn’t marketing exaggeration. At a little over five inches long and 3.5 ounces, it’s…

Season 2 of Wardogs, the multiplayer sandbox FPS currently blasting and/or politely driving its way through early access, introduced an un usual “social experiment” when it launched yesterday. In an…

Right about now is the moment when the console business should be getting one hell of a second wind. Six years deep into a hardware generation, with probably the most…

Analogue – creator of various fancy retro-focused game consoles – has detailed its newly announced Mega Sg+ and Super Nt+: revised editions of its earlier Mega Sg and Super Nt…

Xbox is undergoing a restructuring process in which, in early July, it announced the layoff of 3,200 employees before the end of the fiscal year. This move has affected several…

The X-Men have borne witness to one of the darkest Marvel futures imaginable in Age of Revelation! Following the event, Cyclops returned to the present armed with knowledge to alter mutantkind’s…

One day into Wardogs Season 2, Bulkhead Interactive has decided to scrap the bribery plan it announced last week as a way to help convince players to join the Blue…

In what I suspect is the start of a trend, assuming it isn’t one already, the creators of Drunken Goddess Reflux have yanked a planned public demo partly because they’re…

Well, well, well! Ahead of its apparent announcement at the ID@Xbox Showcase next week, internet sleuths have discovered an official Xbox Store page for Shrek 2 Remastered, which is coming…

After enjoying Echo Weaver last week, I’m in the market for games that gaze with utmost scorn upon the concept of unlockable abilities, smugly declaring that everything you need…

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its Xbox division, Microsoft has announced a special promotion for Windows 11 PC buyers. Starting in November, customers who purchase eligible hardware (like the…

Footage alleged to show a prototype of a cancelled Assassin’s Creed game in action has popped up online. The game, it’s claimed, was set in ancient China, went by the…

Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show 2026 has announced four additional pavilions, bringing its total to 20 from 12 markets across Asia, Europe, and North America. Newly announced pavilions include…

CD Projekt Red has described its mysterious new game, which is currently known by its codename Hadar, as its “biggest project to date”, revealing it’s taken “several good years” to…

Stephen Wacker, Marvel’s recently appointed Editor in Chief (see “New EiC at Marvel”), took the podium at Retailer Day at New York Comic Con to talk about what retailers and…

Key deets 💀 If you preorder Modern Warfare 4 digitally, you’ll get early access to the campaign starting October 16 and DMZ on October 20. 💀 The full release is…

Last night, the Galaxies Autumn Showcase 2026 aired a whole bunch of existing and upcoming Xbox games such as Stuntman: Hollywood, There are No Ghosts at the Grand, Spine, Guns…

Steam has a new feature in beta aimed at helping completionists feel like they’ve got a bit more of a handle on their never-ending quests to 100% games whose trophy…

“The triple-A industry has become over-specialised, specialised to the point of hyper-fragility,” Mark Darrah states in a foreboding interview found deep in the pages of the Summer Eternal Anthology, recently…

Microsoft recently shared a lengthy roadmap detailing massive changes coming to Windows 11 over the course of November 2026. They include new Photos app features, improvements to the Search app,…

Skip to comments Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 2026 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering…

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey launches December 8, 2026, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. Panache Digital Games and Fictions announced the release during the Galaxies Autumn…

US Representative Ritchie Torres, a Democrat from New York City, announced today that he will introduce the “Power To The Players Act.” If it becomes law, the bill will see…

Not counting the slivers of footage tacked onto that baby’s-eve-view reveal trailer, Humankind 2 devs Amplitude Studios have unveiled their first real footage of the history-spanning strategy sequel. Throughout its…

The 30th anniversary of Tomb Raider is this month, and a new book delves into its late-1990s heyday. The Making of Tomb Raider: 1997-2000 by Daryl Baxter covers a difficult…

Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have released an expansion pass for Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, introducing a string of DLC additions to the tactical RPG starting today, and through into 2027….

I’ve been doing this whole games journalism for over five years now, and I’ve seen a lot of different kinds of games in that time. I’ve written about plenty…

If you didn’t get hooked on PEAK when it made waves last year because of the lack of console versions, good news. You’ll get to join those adorable nature walkers…

Last week, I demonstrated the new Xbox PC app which ended up being uploaded prematurely to some users’ devices (including mine, apparently!) but, some of you were asking how it…