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Halo Infinite launched its multiplayer technical preview this week in limited fashion: all you can do is play against bots - but these bots...Read More

Impressive-looking Esports Boxing Club delayed, but it's got Tyson Fury

Esports Boxing Club (ESBC) is delayed, its developers have announced. The impressive-looking boxing game, which we covered in March after ...Read More

Age of Empires fans are having their say on Age of Empires 4's ships and water

Microsoft has shown off Age of Empires 4 naval warfare in a brief new video, and it's certainly got the series' fans talking. The ...Read More

The Ascent dev says it's on the case as players discover PC version lacks DLSS and ray tracing on Game Pass but not Steam

The developer of recently-released cyberpunk-themed RPG-shooter The Ascent has said it's working on a fix after players discovered the ...Read More

More Activision Blizzard allegations emerge as former dev calls for industry unionisation

More allegations about Activision Blizzard have emerged this week following the recent lawsuit filed by the State of California alleging p...Read More

343 issues Halo Infinite spoiler warning after "unintentionally" including campaign files in the preview build

343 has issued a Halo Infinite spoiler warning after "unintentionally" including campaign files in the preview build that was mad...Read More

Horizon Forbidden West reportedly delayed into Q1 2022

Horizon Forbidden West, the highly anticipated follow-up to Guerrilla Games' acclaimed open-world action-adventure Horizon Zero Dawn, h...Read More

Fort Triumph Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One And Xbox Series X|S

Fort Triumph All in! Games ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $19.99 $15.99 Pre-order Fort Triumph is a challenging fantasy turn-base...Read More

Valheim's Hearth and Home update will make it easier to store treasure

We've all been there - chests overflowing with gold, rubies on the floor, amber pearls somehow floating around in your food storage. An...Read More

Steam has a new storage manager, and it's pretty nice

With the upcoming release of the Steam Deck, it looks like Valve is adding more quality of life improvements to Steam. A new update has be...Read More

Dissecting the Dead Space remake

During a livestream event in July 2021, EA revealed that (yes, we know it leaked prior but let's give them this one), years after the r...Read More

Sekiro speedrunner completes game blindfolded

In what appears to be a world first, a Twitch streamer has completed a blindfolded speedrun of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Yep, you read tha...Read More

Five years on, we remember Pokémon Go's remarkable first summer

As part of Pokémon Go's fifth anniversary this month, we wanted to return to one of our favourite memories - that very first summer bac...Read More

Nintendo Switch NES controllers now half price at My Nintendo Store

The Nintendo Switch NES controller bundle is currently 50 percent off at My Nintendo Store. If you're a Switch Online member, now's...Read More

Ubisoft staff say company "continues to protect and promote known offenders and their allies"

"It's exhausting, frustrating and it's counter to the messaging they give us." That was the reaction of one Ubisoft devel...Read More

New FIFA 22 trailer gives us a first taste of gameplay

EA Sports has released a new trailer for FIFA 22. It's mostly just marketing points, but it does provide the first brief snippets of g...Read More

What we've been playing

Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've found ourselves playing over the l...Read More

Death's Door review - wonderfully honed Zelda-like with a soulful edge

I keep coming back to rhythm with games like this. Rhythm's always had a part to play in action games, where good combat is a dance, an...Read More

Forza Motorsport 7 will be delisted after just four years

Forza Motorsport 7 will reach "End of Life status" on 15th September, developer Turn 10 Studios has announced. That means you wi...Read More

Cuccchi Is Now Available For Xbox One And Xbox Series X|S

Cuccchi Fantastico Studio ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $7.99 Get it now Xbox One X Enhanced Cuccchi is the first artist archiv...Read More

PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One And Xbox Series X|S

PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls Outright Games Ltd. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $39.99 Pre-order A big city means a ...Read More

Apple Slash Is Now Available For Xbox One And Xbox Series X|S

Apple Slash Ratalaika Games S.L. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $4.99 $3.99 Get it now Repel an invasion of mysterious, charming ...Read More

Flowlines VS. Is Now Available For Xbox One And Xbox Series X|S

Flowlines VS. Baltoro Games ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $4.99 Get it now If you like classic puzzle video games for 1 or 2 play...Read More

HORROR TALES: The Wine Is Now Available For Xbox One And Xbox Series X|S