No Super Smash Bros at this year's Evo championship
Super Smash Bros. won't be appearing at this year's Evo fighting game championship. Nintendo's fighter has been a mainstay of ...Read More
The SNK artist in the director's chair
There's something truly special about SNK games. I've spent hours transfixed by the likes of The Last Blade, Metal Slug and The Kin...Read More
Lost Ark review - flashy combat that eventually wears thin
If you mixed together Disney's "It's a Small World" theme park ride with Indiana Jones and Lord of the Rings, you might e...Read More
House of the Dead Remake is seemingly coming to Stadia
House of the Dead Remake is seemingly on its way to Stadia. While we've yet to have the news formally confirmed, information about the...Read More
The challenge of From Software games is part of the studio's "identity", says Hidetaka Miyazaki
Elden Ring's Hidetaka Miyazaki has said that the challenge of From Software's game is "not something [the studio is] willing t...Read More
Amazon US ships Gran Turismo 7 a week early
Gran Turismo 7 isn't formally released until next week, 4th March, but some fans have already got their hands on the racer thanks to ea...Read More
Valve already has big ideas for the next generation of Steam Deck machines
"It's something that, personally as a gamer, I've wanted for a long time, right? As soon as you start playing PC games, you...Read More
Slitterhead will span "multiple genres" and appeal to "players who don't usually play horror games", says developer
Slitterhead developer, Bokeh, has shared more details about its upcoming action-horror game. Responding to questions posed by fans via soc...Read More
Ubisoft provides additional funds, advance salaries, and alternate housing to staff in Ukraine
Ubisoft is reportedly providing its Ukrainian staff with alternate housing, additional funds to aid travel and relocation, and early salary...Read More
Valve has no plans for a Steam Deck "subscription service at this time"
Valve boss Gabe Newell has confirmed that the company has no plans to develop a first-party game pass system for its new handheld, Steam De...Read More
Japanese development studio gives staff paid time off to play Elden Ring
The CEO of development studio Pocketpair gave the entire team the day off yesterday so that they could play Elden Ring. According to a twe...Read More
Locks, lockpicking, locksport, and an actual locksmith
I get locked out of my house quite a lot. By "I get locked out," I mean that I contrive to accidentally lock myself out. By ...Read More
Valve is bringing Portal back as a playable Steam Deck tutorial thingy next week
If, like me, you've been eagerly awaited news of Portal 3 for the last decade and a bit, I'm afraid today is still not your lucky d...Read More
The best Steam Deck games and accessories deals
If you're a new owner of a Steam Deck handheld, first of all: congratulations! You're one of the lucky ones, and it wouldn't be...Read More
Grid Legends review - a fun but thin expansion to 2019's reboot
If you're plugged into the racing game scene, you'll have noticed that Gran Turismo 7 is nearly upon us. If you're particularly...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
PlayStation Plus' Project Spartacus overhaul reportedly "pretty close" to launching
Last December, reports began circulating that Sony was working on a new multi-tiered PlayStation Plus overhaul - codenamed Project Spartac...Read More
EA-published Knockout City going free-to-play this "spring" without EA
Velan Studios' competitive "dodgebrawl" game Knockout City will be going free-to-play later this year with the developer taki...Read More
Unlock a quadrupedal robotic companion in No Man's Sky's latest limited-time Expedition
Hot on the heels of last week's combat-focussed new Sentinel update , No Man's Sky is ready to embark on its latest limned-time Exp...Read More
Save up to 80% on Baldur's Gate and Divinity: Original Sin
If you're a Dungeons & Dragons fan, you've probably heard of the Baldur's Gate games which came out in 1998 and 2000. These...Read More
Nintendo acquiring long-time development partner SRD
Nintendo is dipping its toe into this year's studio acquisition frenzy, with the announcement it will acquire long-running development...Read More
EA boss claims FIFA is just "four letters on the front of the box"
EA boss Andrew Wilson has claimed that the FIFA licence is "an impediment" to the publisher's ambitions for the football seri...Read More
EA exec denounces toxicity in the games industry, stating "Leaders who fall short of basic standards must go"
EA exec Laura Miele has delivered a powerful speech in which she called for more action to remove toxicity in the gaming industry, includin...Read More
Sony seeks to dismiss PlayStation gender discrimination lawsuit
Sony is seeking a dismissal of a potential class-action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination, which was brought last year by a former emp...Read More
Steam Next Fest: Lost in Fantaland offers snug turn-based battles
Hello! Over the next few days we hope to be bringing you impressions of a few of the demos in the Steam Next Fest. Oh, this is lovely. Los...Read More
Steam Next Fest: Spirited Thief is an immersive sim by way of XCOM and Invisible, Inc.
Hello! Over the next few days we hope to be bringing you impressions of a few of the demos in the Steam Next Fest. XCOM's gift to the ...Read More
Citizen Sleeper: a gripping mash-up of board game and RPG
Gareth Damian Martin found a new way to tell a story in In Other Waters, presenting us with a luminous dashboard of buttons and scanners an...Read More
Call of Duty reportedly skipping annual release next year
Call of Duty reportedly won't be getting a new mainline series entry in 2023 according to a new report, marking the first time in just ...Read More
Mario Strikers: Battle League Football is developed by Next Level Games
What many had previously assumed has now been confirmed - Next Level Games is working on the newly-announced Mario Strikers: Battle League ...Read More
Off-Topic: The travel show magic of Footy Scran
I don't have the greatest of relationships with Twitter. It's wormed its way into the cracks of my life now, weeding out and up int...Read More
Steam's latest Next Fest features "hundreds" of playable demos and is underway now
It's once again time to sink slowly beneath the unceasing tide of playable PC demos as your innate curiosity and best intentions collid...Read More
Podcast: The story of Heaven's Vault maker Inkle
I've had a soft spot for Inkle ever since playing Sorcery! on my old banger of an iPhone many years ago, and I've been delighted by...Read More
Halo Infinite mid-season update will see "multiple improvements in the Campaign experience"
Halo Infinite's mid-season update is due to go live this week, and developer 343 Industries has promised it will include "multiple...Read More
Final Fantasy 14 expands support for solo players
Final Fantasy 14 will be expanding its support of solo players. In last Friday's Letter from the Producer, Naoki Yoshida announced a n...Read More
Horizon: Forbidden West is second-biggest PS5 physical game launch so far
Horizon: Forbidden West has notched up the second-biggest launch for a boxed PlayStation 5 game in the UK, behind console launch title Spid...Read More
Far: Changing Tides review - a tense and mournfully beautiful sequel
In an empty world like that of Far: Changing Tides, it's hard not to become overly attached to the stupidest things. A toy carousel. A ...Read More
Street Fighter 6 announced
Capcom has now made Street Fighter 6 official, and released its first teaser trailer. Details are thin on the ground, including exactly wh...Read More
Xbox Series X/S stock: where to buy Microsoft's new console
Latest (08.02.22): In the UK, Xbox Series X bundles are available at Game including Xbox All Access. This month, consoles have previously...Read More
Supermassive Games trademarks another game - only this one is not a Dark Pictures title
Supermassive Games, developer of Until Dawn and the ongoing The Dark Pictures anthology series, has seemingly trademarked a new logo and ti...Read More
Play Star Wars: Dark Forces in VR thanks to this stellar new fan remake
The Star Wars universe has never been a galaxy far, far away from virtual reality and I should know because I've covered plenty of offi...Read More
All Destiny 2 players will get a Power buff in preparation for The Witch Queen expansion
Good news, lapsed Guardians - from Tuesday 22nd February, all Destiny 2 players will see their Power floor lifted to 1350. The uplift come...Read More
Here's a new lengthy gameplay trailer of Elden Ring
There's been a lot of Elden Ring screenshots and screen capture about - and not all of it officially sanctioned - but if you're de...Read More
Rumour suggests a new Fire Emblem game has "nearly finished development"
A new Fire Emblem game is rumoured to be on the way. Industry insider Emily Rodgers - who has previously shared Nintendo leaks that later ...Read More
Here's what's coming in Rainbow Six Siege Year 7 Season 1, Demon Veil
Ubisoft has revealed what's coming in Rainbow Six Siege's Year 7 Season 1, Demon Veil. Although there's no release window deta...Read More
Souls Week: As the Elden Ring subreddit reaches its endgame, let's revisit the whole wild ride
Hello! Souls Week is all but over, and what better way to celebrate the imminent release of Elden Ring than with people who really couldn...Read More
Final Fantasy 14 brings back free trials from next week
Free trials are coming back to Final Fantasy 14. Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida made the announcement in his most re...Read More
Capcom's timer may be counting down to a Street Fighter 6 announcement
An industry insider is adding fuel to those speculative fires that Capcom's strange timer is indeed counting down to the announcement o...Read More
Rainbow Six Extraction's first free event, Spillover, is now live
Spillover, Rainbow Six Extraction's first limited-time Crisis event, is now live. In the shooter's first - and free - post-launch ...Read More
Souls Week: Some of our favourite Souls pieces from over the years
Hello - as part of Souls Week we thought it would be nice to pick over some of our favourite pieces on the games of From Software from ove...Read More
Souls Week: Dark Souls 2 is the best Dark Souls game that isn't Dark Souls or Dark Souls 3
Welcome back to Souls Week ! Today, Caelyn's going to make the case for Dark Souls 2, in a piece that contains spoilers. It took me a ...Read More
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