Robert Prince III – best known as Bobby Prince, the man behind the iconic score of the original Doom game – has died aged 81. Read more Read more ›
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Just when you thought the games news might be slowing ahead of the end of year, along comes the Galaxy Showcase, with another bumper crop of announcements, trailers, premieres, shadow drops, and more. This autumn celbration, which follows on from its debut showcase earlier this year, featured everything from angry cats to post-apocalyptic postman, with the likes of Nacon, Saber Interactive, and Team17 all putting in an appearance. You'll find... Read more ›
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Icarus, the survival game made by Dean Hall of DayZ fame, is coming to console. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions of the game will be released in Q1 2026, and a trailer for the ports was aired during the Galaxies showcase today. Read more Read more ›
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Valve has taken a sledgehammer to the Counter Strike 2 skins market in a "small update", which allows players to trade five regular Covert skins for a fairly rare cosmetic for your knives and gloves. Read more Read more ›
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The Xbox gaming division is being asked to operate with a 30 percent profit margin, claims a new report by Bloomberg. This demand for an above industry average margin resulted in many of the decisions that have blighted Xbox in recent years, including job cuts, the cancellation of big game projects, and an increase in prices on hardware and services. Read more Read more ›
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For all the struggles that Xbox has suffered over the last year, one thing that can't be said is that gaming's biggest publisher hasn't enjoyed some bright spots. One such gleaming piece of their unwieldy portfolio is Obsidian Entertainment. The California-based studio, most famed for role-playing adventures, has already enjoyed success this year with Avowed and an early access release of Grounded 2. They've saved the best for last, though... Read more ›
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New action games, in the style of Devil May Cry and Bayonetta, need to offer more than just great graphics. That's what Hideki Kamiya thinks, and he should know - he's behind some of the genre's very best, including Bayonetta and Devil May Cry. Read more Read more ›
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There appear to be a number of issues plaguing the Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 launch, including bugs, crashes, and performance issues. Publisher Paradox and developer The Chinese Room have listed the highest priority of these, assured players they're being addressed, and suggested workarounds to use in the meantime. Read more Read more ›
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The George Foreman grill, sorry… PlayStation 3, has now been outsold by the PS5 in the US. Sony's newest machine has achieved this feat in a fraction under five years on sale (PS5 launched 12th November 2020). Read more Read more ›
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Is there a sound more beautiful than the ding of a squirt well-squirted and a job well done? A baby's laugh, you might counter, or the chittering chorus of a brand-new day. But as someone who's put a good 92.7 hours into the original PowerWash Simulator, I feel confident saying that ding, and the Pavlovian pleasure it instills, is indeed the most glorious sound of all. And with the advent... Read more ›
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EA and Battlefield Studios have just released a trailer for the first season of Battlefield 6 post-launch content, including a peek at the massive Blackwell Fields map and a new game mode. Read more Read more ›
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Microsoft has increased the price of its Xbox Development Kit, making it more expensive for studios to make games for the console. Read more Read more ›
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Nintendo has announced a free update to Pikmin 4 coming next month, but it doesn't include a Switch 2 upgrade. Read more Read more ›
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Microsoft has announced the next batch of games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription this month. Read more Read more ›
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It's been a big old year for No Man's Sky, but developer Hello Games isn't done yet. Today brings space wreck salvaging and more to the exploratory space sim as part of its new Breach update. Read more Read more ›
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2XKO is out right now in Early Access, with a healthy ten-character roster and a gaggle of stages available for its first wave of players. This, obviously, is only the beginning for the 2v2 fighting game, with Riot promising five new characters a year starting in 2026. That's more than Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 offer in their annual season passes. Read more Read more ›
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Remedy Entertainment CEO Tero Virtala has stepped down from his position at the Alan Wake studio with immediate effect. Read more Read more ›
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Borderlands 4's most infamous build will soon be nerfed in an upcoming patch, which will be launching during the Horrors of Kairos in-game event. Read more Read more ›
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Former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida believes Sony "cannot do the same thing they have been doing" with PS6, as even he cannot tell the difference between improved graphics these days. Read more Read more ›
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Mouse: P.I. For Hire - the attractive black-and-white, vintage Disney-styled shooter - has been delayed. The game had been targeting a late 2025 release but will now arrive early in 2026. Read more Read more ›
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Mortal Kombat 2 - the upcoming action movie based on the famous gory video game series - will now be releasing a week earlier than planned. You'll be able to sit down (back) and check it out on the 8th May. Read more Read more ›
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