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Nagoshi Studio has officially shut down and its first game called Gang of Dragon is seemingly no more, months after publisher NetEase pulle...Read More

Over a decade later, Bloodborne remains so popular it reportedly sold a quarter of a million copies this year alone

Bloodborne, FromSoftware's singular Lovecraftian action-RPG, has reportedly sold more than 251,000 copies this year alone. Read more ...Read More

"We're doing great," says id Software boss, despite losing "about half of our studio" amid devastating Xbox cuts

Iconic Doom and Quake developer id Software was among the most heavily impacted Microsoft-owned studios during Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's d...Read More

Soulframe to launch into free open beta this week, as Warframe devs go head-to-head with WoW: Forever

Soulframe's Preludes (its own version of a beta) is finally opening its doors to the whole world ahead of the Verse of the Veilands upd...Read More

Phantom Blade Zero is Steam's biggest launch of the year so far, selling over 4 million copies in three days

Phantom Blade Zero studio S-Game has announced that its debut title has sold more than 4m copies in its first 72 hours on sale. The game...Read More

Footage of a Persona 1 remake has seemingly leaked online

November 01, 2026

Almost two minutes of footage from what appears to be a remake of the original Persona has leaked online. Read more source https://www.eu...Read More

Dune: Awakening's free Blood and Ice expansion swaps sand for snow on 1st December

November 01, 2026

Funcom's survival MMO Dune: Awakening is heading north with a free expansion that trades the deserts of Arrakis for a frozen new map. ...Read More

Pikmin 4 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition launches 12th November and a demo is out tomorrow

November 01, 2026

Pikmin 4 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition will launch on 12th November, bundled with a new mode called Dandori Academy. Read more source https...Read More

A former volunteer is threatening legal action against fan-made game project Skyblivion

October 31, 2026

A former volunteer is threatening legal action against Skyblivion, the long-running fan remake of Oblivion built in Skyrim's engine, ov...Read More

GOTY hopeful Mina the Hollower bought the studio financial stability "for now," while the Shovel Knight devs work on a new 3D game

Yacht Club Games has confirmed that most of its developers are now working on a brand new 3D game (potentially Shovel Knight 3D), after th...Read More

Games industry honours beloved actor Sir Patrick Stewart, as the legendary Star Trek and X-Men actor passes away

As I'm sure you're all now already aware, legendary British actor Sir Patrick Stewart has died, aged 86. His Instagram account ann...Read More

Bethesda reportedly revealing The Elder Scrolls 6 next month, and we may know what its subtitle is going to be

Bethesda's hugely anticipated and long-awaited fantasy role-playing game The Elder Scrolls 6 could be revealed "as soon as next mo...Read More

Celeste and TowerFall dev explains why both games were suddenly delisted from Xbox

Celeste and TowerFall have both been delisted from Xbox suddenly earlier this week. Per a post on Bluesky, developer Maddy Thorson says th...Read More

Modern Warfare 4 faces backlash after real footage of South Korean crowd crush tragedy was discovered in game's opening moments

October 29, 2026

Activision has come under fire due to the inclusion of real-world footage of the tragic Itaewon Disaster in Modern Warfare 4. The bereaved ...Read More

Dog poo, anti-social behaviour, and Jason: Our latest look at GTA 6 gameplay comes from an episode of South Park

October 29, 2026

So we know that GTA 6 has a marketing deal with Sony and the PlayStation 5 , and that Rockstar has been engaging with real-world locations...Read More

More Chinese success as Phantom Blade Zero enjoys a big launch and becomes one of Steam's most played games

October 29, 2026

Phantom Blade Zero has been officially released, and just as everyone expected, it's popular. The wuxia action game from S-Game debuted...Read More

Epic Games further doubles down on gen-AI tools for Fortnite, Unreal Engine 6 and more: "Our engineers are no longer writing the bulk of the code"

To no one's surprise, Epic Games has now confirmed that it's tripling down on its gen-AI push and will use the controversial tech o...Read More

As Skydance merges with Warner Bros. and Paramount, the company offers voluntary redundancy and mandates return to the office

Skydance - the newly formed corporate megazord combining Warner Bros and Paramount - has issued a full five-day return-to-office mandate t...Read More

"We need to understand what the need is here" - Arc Raiders studio still undecided about the future of PvE despite a seemingly successful test

Arc Raiders recently ended its first-ever test for a dedicated PvE mode , following months of player requests. While feedback has generall...Read More

GTA 6 is a massive 210GB download on PlayStation 5

There wasn't really any chance Grand Theft Auto 6 wasn't going to be a big download. Thanks to some new information, though, we no...Read More

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's final major update adds long-awaited New Game Plus, new Nightmare difficulty and much more

October 27, 2026

After a period of quiet and a few small updates , Ubisoft has unveiled a massive update coming today to Assassin's Creed Black Flag Res...Read More

Mass Effect fans ramp up efforts to save BioWare's RPG series with a Times Square billboard and plans for more ads outside The Game Awards

October 26, 2026

Fans continue to rally around the 'Save Mass Effect ' movement, this time with a billboard at Times Square and more initiatives pla...Read More

Shenmue 3: Enhanced Edition has been delayed to "get everything right"

October 26, 2026

Grab your nearest forklift operator and make sure they're sitting down. Shenmue 3 : Enhanced Edition has been delayed to 2027 in order ...Read More

Canadian political party leader blames BioWare's closure on private equity, says government should help former employees buy it back

October 26, 2026

In the wake of EA's tragic shuttering of BioWare last week, a leader of one of Canada's New Democratic Party has spoken out about ...Read More

Elden Ring movie has a budget of nearly $200 million

October 25, 2026

A24's live-action Elden Ring movie is reportedly set to cost almost $200 million, making it the most expensive film the studio has eve...Read More

An officially licensed Knightmare game, based on the British TV show, is coming next year

October 25, 2026

A free point-and-click adventure based on Knightmare, the cult ITV children's show, is in development. Read more source https://www.e...Read More

Xbox's first chief operating officer Helen Chiang leaves Microsoft just three months into the job

October 24, 2026

Helen Chiang, Xbox’s first-ever chief operating officer (COO), is leaving Microsoft just three months after taking the job. Read more sou...Read More

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto says even if gen-AI "were to eventually handle everything, there will always be a role left" for human designers

October 23, 2026

Legendary Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto - who led development on classic games such as Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocar...Read More

Phantom Blade Zero isn't even out yet, but it could be 'one of the year's breakout hits' as it shifts half a million copies on Steam alone

October 23, 2026

Chinese action game Phantom Blade Zero already appears to be outperforming massive games like Gears of War: E-Day and Control Resonant on S...Read More

Flashy internal trailer for now-cancelled Mass Effect Universe appears online, following EA's closure of BioWare

October 23, 2026

An internal trailer for the cancelled Mass Effect game that was in-development at BioWare prior to its closure this week has appeared onli...Read More

Xbox cloud gaming prices revealed, with 50 hours of ad-free game-time priced $11.99

October 22, 2026

Microsoft has revealed how much its Xbox cloud gaming service is going to cost, with 50 hours of stream-time selling for an introductory pr...Read More

Star Wars: Battlefront 3 reportedly being co-developed by Battlefield studio DICE and Apex Legends studio Respawn

October 22, 2026

A new Star Wars: Battlefront game is reportedly in the works, and it's said to have Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi studio Respawn wo...Read More

Resident Evil: Requiem made more money from PlayStation discs than on Xbox in total, reportedly, as Sony's march to a discless future continues

October 21, 2026

Physical disc-based copies of Resident Evil: Requiem on PlayStation consoles may have been more popular than all versions of the game on Xb...Read More

Xbox's next-gen console to reportedly cost up to $1,800, with a Helix handheld coming in 2027 and a full release in holiday 2028

October 21, 2026

The price of Xbox's next generation console, codename Project Helix, may be higher than many of us expected. Helix, which is reportedly...Read More

Umamusume: Pretty Derby Los Angeles concert cancelled last minute due to US visa issues, despite exploring "every possible option"

October 20, 2026

The developers of Umamusume: Pretty Derby have announced a sudden cancellation of an upcoming LA concert, laying the blame on an inability ...Read More

"This act is intended to demonstrate solidarity with Palestine" - Umurangi Generation studio blocks new game Penguin Colony from being sold in Israel

October 20, 2026

Origame Digital, the studio behind 2020's critically acclaimed Umurangi Generation , has just released a new game but banned it from be...Read More

Moonlighter dev delays Steam playtest for its "Tower Defensevania" ReVamp over concerns that AI copycats might clone it before launch

Digital Sun - the indie studio behind moreish roguelike Moonlighter and moody RTS Cataclismo - has delayed a planned Steam playtest for i...Read More

The next Call of Duty will introduce a new sub-series to the franchise

Next year's Call of Duty game will not be part of any of the franchise's existing sub-series. In an interview with The Game Busines...Read More

Steam Next Fest 2026 has more than double the number of demos than last year, but how much of it is generative 'AI slop'?

Steam Next Fest 2026 starts today, offering PC players a chance to get their hands on a staggering number of playable demos. With the full ...Read More

Players on Steam so far seem delighted with Modern Warfare 4's campaign, making it one of the most well-received Call of Dutys in recent history