Xbox has announced a test for an ad-supporting streaming service for its Xbox Insider program. It will allow players to stream select games from their library for free for one-hour sessions, with advertisements playing before play sessions. Read more Read more ›
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag is going from strength-to-strength for Ubisoft. After netting 2m sales in its opening few days (and then ascending to 3m within a week), Ubisoft has just announced that the game has sold through an impressive 3.5m units - meaning the remake has "exceeded annual expectations within its first 14 days", per a new financial report from the publisher. Read more Read more ›
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The Rockstar Game Workers Union (RGWU), which was formed earlier this year in response to the Grand Theft Auto 6 developer's massively controversial job cuts, now has "more members than it ever had before". Read more Read more ›
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Kingdom Hearts might be beloved by millions of players around the world, but it apparently didn't have a lasting impact on arguably one of the most important people involved in its creation: former Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner has admitted he can't remember why he approved the pitch for Square Enix's legendary video game series. Read more Read more ›
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If you're among the millions whose Steam wishlists have been accumulating games for years, and you're too scared to venture in, Valve's latest Steam update should help. Read more Read more ›
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When Master Chief first sets foot on the unknown ringworld known as Halo, he is fighting for his life. Harried and ambushed by countless enemy ships, Chief's commanding officer scuttles their intergalactic craft upon the ringworld - assuming the human troops will fare better on this structure than face a cold, indifferent death in the vacuum of space. But once they set foot upon Halo, they realise all is not... Read more ›
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The European Union has approved the controversial $55bn acquisition of Electronic Arts by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), private equity company Silver Lake, and investment company Affinity Partners. Read more Read more ›
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A new trailer for the upcoming Resident Evil movie has been released, introducing the call-to-action for our protagonist's journey into the dark and spooky world of bio terror. It also features a nice little easter egg for keen-eyed fans of the games. Read more Read more ›
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He's been saying it for years: blockbuster game development is unsustainable today, and given that Shawn Layden used to lead PlayStation's entire roster of first-party studios, he likely knows a fair bit about the issue. "Every generation it costs twice as much to build a game," he told Tom Phillips more recently. Read more Read more ›
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Call of Duty has brought matchmaking back into the conversation. Activision has announced that Black Ops 7 is introducing a new matchmaking system, available to players today with the launch of Season 5. Read more Read more ›
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Following Xbox mass layoffs earlier this month, employees at Bethesda's Montréal studio have reportedly been told they'll receive the "smallest" severance pay legally possible. Read more Read more ›
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Hasbro, the parent company of Dungeons and Dragons owner Wizards of the Coast, is seemingly scaling back its video game ambitions. The company, which had initiated a plan in 2022 to become a major publisher, has already cancelled several of its projects and laid off many of their developers. Read more Read more ›
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Less than 24 hours before its intended release date, the developers behind the Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game have announced some serious disruptions to the launch on Xbox and Nintendo Switch. Read more Read more ›
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Earlier this week, GSC Game World studio founder Sergiy Grygorovych made a bombshell revelation about the development of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Grygorovych said in an interview with YouTuber OLDboi that Microsoft paid a significant sum to keep the then-upcoming open-world shooter a timed Xbox exclusive. Read more Read more ›
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As Microsoft tries to downplay the effects on its gaming business of cutting 3,200 jobs and four studios, Xbox is rethinking its whole strategy even if the more recent comments from inside the house still sound confused at best. Don't worry though; old Xbox games are coming to PC. Read more Read more ›
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Splatoon Raiders will attempt to make a splash tomorrow, 23rd July, and Nintendo is celebrating its launch on Switch 2 with a surprisingly in-depth chat with four key Nintendo EPD developers. Read more Read more ›
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Market analysis firm Circana has published the latest edition of its monthly report, which tracks spending across game hardware and software in the US. June's edition is another bleak one, with a near-universal decline. Read more Read more ›
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Palworld's 1.0 release has been massive so far, with the game hitting its biggest concurrent player peaks since the 2024 early access launch for the past two weeks. Unsurprisingly, that has also translated into a boost to premium unit sales. Read more Read more ›
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The second-hand video game market stands in jeopardy in the wake of Sony's decision to end the manufacturing of PlayStation discs by January 2028. The market, which analysts estimate is worth $7.2bn globally, could be destroyed as a result of Sony's controversial move. Read more Read more ›
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Xbox has revealed the next batch of games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service during the remainder of July and in early August, with Halo: Campaign Evolved and Hell Is Us spearheading the selection. Read more Read more ›
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