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Professor Layton studio Level-5's CEO admits using AI to make its digital showcase "more spectacular"

Vikki Blake — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:32:39 +0000

Level-5 president and CEO Akihiro Hino has confirmed that generative AI was used in the studio's recent showcase.

Diablo 4's new season brings back Deckard Cain and all three Prime Evils as the game arrives on Switch 2

Vikki Blake — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:45:19 +0000

Diablo 4's next season, Season of Hell's Legacy, will go live on 15th September to celebrate the franchise's 30th anniversary and Nintendo Switch 2 debut.

The World of Warcraft "Classic+" rumours were true and it's called World of Warcraft: Forever

Vikki Blake — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:12:09 +0000

Blizzard has officially confirmed World of Warcraft: Forever, the long-rumoured "Classic+" experience.

StarCraft is back, but it's not the RTS you remember - it's an open-world shooter coming spring 2030

Vikki Blake — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:57:23 +0000

Blizzard's next StarCraft game will be an original open-world shooter and it's coming spring 2030.

Diablo 5 is coming spring 2029, and a Netflix show is in development

Vikki Blake — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:06:40 +0000

Blizzard has officially announced Diablo 5, confirming the next mainline entry in the series is expected to arrive in spring 2029.

UK studio Bulkhead's Wardogs sells over a million copies and tops 350,000 concurrent players on launch day

Vikki Blake — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:43:49 +0000

Wardogs, the new tactical shooter from Derby-based studio Bulkhead, has sold more than a million copies and passed 350,000 concurrent players within hours of launching into Steam early access.

Scalpers are already reselling the sold-out Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 for £700+

Vikki Blake — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:14:54 +0000

Nintendo's new Legend of Zelda 40th anniversary Switch 2 sold out within hours of preorders opening, and scalpers are already scalping, with dozens of orders popping up on eBay for close to double its retail price.

Everything announced in the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony

Robert Purchese — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:41:58 +0000

UPDATE 13TH SEPTEMBER: Below you'll find a blow-by-blow account of everything announced during yesterday's BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony. It was a big show, revealing a new StarCraft shooter for 2030, the surprise reveal of Diablo 5 for 2029, and World of Warcraft Forever - a remastered and expanded version of year-one World of Warcraft that will evolve in a different way and will lock players at level 60 forever. Blizzard also announced a brand new 30-hour story campaign for Warcraft 3, that's available today, a new class for Diablo 4 and character for Overwatch, and much more.

Nightdive confirms Thief Remastered's leaked new campaign, The Tarnished Mirror, with a November reveal date

Vikki Blake — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:02:48 +0000

Nightdive Studios has officially confirmed The Tarnished Mirror, a new campaign for its upcoming Thief: The Dark Project Remastered, days after the name leaked through a mass Steam achievements leak.

Moss studio Polyarc shuts down, becoming the latest casualty of a brutal year for VR

Vikki Blake — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:34:52 +0000

Polyarc, the Seattle studio behind the acclaimed VR series Moss, has closed its doors after almost 12 years.

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director confirms his studio is also making Kingdom Hearts 4

Vikki Blake — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:03:04 +0000

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi has confirmed that his own team, Creative Studio 1, is also the studio behind Kingdom Hearts 4.

After Sony tells fans they don't own digital games, one Consumer Rights group is tracking all the times PlayStation said the opposite

Kaan Serin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:07:38 +0000

Last month, Sony argued that "reasonable consumers" already know they don't really own the digital goods they paid for. The Consumer Rights wiki has now made a list collecting more than 30 examples where Sony told customers they do, in fact, own the digital games they paid for.

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says Square Enix would have to compromise "the quality of the final chapter" to ship the game fully on disc

Kaan Serin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:08:06 +0000

Physical versions of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation require a download anyway because Square Enix would've had to compromise the game in some fashion to contain the entire mammoth adventure in a disc. At least, that's the reasoning series director Naoki Hamaguchi has given.

More than 40% of people cancelling Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Plus and Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions blame rising costs

Kaan Serin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:08:12 +0000

Players cancelling their subscriptions to video game services like Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus are more likely to blame costs today than they were at the start of the year.

"The more aroused the fly is the harder it tries to shoot" - Google's fully mapped fly brain is now playing Doom, Beat Saber, and more

Robert Purchese — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:14:51 +0000

It's science-fiction Friday as Google's fully mapped fly brain, which was revealed last week, has been engineered to play Doom and rhythm-action game Beat Saber.

Sony reportedly ditched Hideo Kojima's Physint following missed deadlines, bloated budgets, and Death Stranding 1&2 missing sales expectations

Connor Makar — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:38:12 +0000

Following Sony's announcement earlier this week that it had "stepped away" from Kojima Production's previously PlayStation-exclusive "action espionage" Physint, a new report has claimed Sony's decision was the result of concerns over "budget, potential profitability and exclusivity."

Pokémon Go and EA FC could be "under one roof", as EA and Saudi-owned Savvy Games Group reportedly considering merger

Connor Makar — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:18:19 +0000

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) is reportedly considering combining EA - which it acquired in a $55bn leveraged buyout earlier this year - with its Savvy Games Group, all under one banner.

'It would have been insanity to take no action' - Fiery opening statements reveal Rockstar's culture of secrecy as tribunal over sacked GTA 6 employees begins

Robert Purchese — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:16:10 +0000

Rockstar Games and the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) have traded blows in fiery opening statements during the final employment tribunal hearing, relating to the sudden firing of 31 Rockstar North employees nearly a year ago.

"I don't think it's worth any amount of money" - Controversial real-life GTA 6 advertising campaign passed by City of Miami, but brand can only appear "discreetly"

Connor Makar — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:56:27 +0000

The City of Miami Beach has approved negotiations with Rockstar Games for an upcoming marketing campaign. This would bring advertisements for Grand Theft Auto 6 to the seaside city in exchange for millions of dollars.

Metroid Dread studio MercurySteam appears to confirm it's making Metroid Ravenous, addressing a lingering question from yesterday's Nintendo Direct

Robert Purchese — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:27:10 +0000

Spanish studio MercurySteam - the developer of Metroid Dread - seems to be the studio behind yesterday's Nintendo Direct showcase stopper, Metroid Ravenous.

Nintendo of America thanks fans for dealing with tariff-related price hikes by encouraging them to spend more money in a new sale

Connor Makar — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:18:43 +0000

Nintendo of America is currently facing a class action lawsuit for refusing to pass tariff refunds onto customers, and it's against that backdrop it today announced a "Customer Appreciation Sale" apparently made possible by those rebates.

"What in the vibe-coded s*** is this" - RuneScape players revolt as gen-AI copycat game appears and eventually attracts the eye of Jagex

Connor Makar — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:50:43 +0000

A clone of Old School RuneScape that appeared on the internet this week, and stoked the ire of the RuneScape community, has quickly been shut down.

Ubisoft Steam games to no longer require the Connect launcher, in "initial step toward a smoother and more streamlined launch experience"

Sherif Saed — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:45:48 +0000

UPDATE 11TH SEPTEMBER 9.30AM BST: Ubisoft has since made its statement about changing Connect public.

"Today, we are fighting fear" - Final hearing in Rockstar Games vs. fired GTA 6 developers tribunal begins

Robert Purchese — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:25:25 +0000

The final hearing in the Rockstar Games versus the 31 fired GTA 6 developers employment tribunal has begun in Scotland, and it's opened to rallies and rousing speeches from the people unceremoniously marched out of the company's offices last October.

Until Dawn 2 is notably cheaper than most first-party PlayStation games, but is this anything to be worried about?

Sherif Saed — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:23:40 +0000

Choice-and-consequence horror game Until Dawn 2, which only just got a release date, has also gone up for pre-ordering on the PlayStation Store. And the revealing bit about this is that the PS5-exclusive title is priced £45 on the UK PS Store (as spotted by Push Square), which makes it a slightly cheaper offering than a full-priced game normally is.

Here are our PS Plus Premium and Extra games for September

Robert Purchese — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:29:50 +0000

Sony has revealed the games coming to PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra in September and there's some decent stuff, although it lacks a glitzy headliner like, say, Big Walk last month.

Nintendo adds VRR support to docked Nintendo Switch 2 in latest console update

Connor Makar — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:53:10 +0000

A new update for the Nintendo Switch 2 has added VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) support while the console is docked.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has a weapon skin you can only see properly on Xbox

Sherif Saed — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:29:24 +0000

We're a month-and-a-half away from the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and Activision has devised another attempt to convince players to pre-order the military shooter, though this one goes beyond offering $5 in store credit.

Hideo Kojima's Physint now being published by Xbox, as PlayStation severs ties with Kojima Productions and Microsoft steps in to take over

Dom Peppiatt — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:56:19 +0000

It looks like Hideo Kojima has made some big changes behind-the-scenes with his upcoming "action espionage" title, Physint. The game, which was announced as a PlayStation exclusive in 2024, is now in the hands of Asha Sharma's Xbox, where Kojima will reportedly be a primary focus of her new vision for the platform. PlayStation says it "stepped away from the project" earlier this year, for undisclosed reasons.

After 43 years, Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii is making a surprise sequel to his NES murder mystery game

Kaan Serin — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:40:30 +0000

This week's dual-pronged Nintendo Direct shows were stuffed with huge games. Kirby and the World Beyond! Metroid Ravenous! The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time! But the Japanese version of today's show quietly snuck in at least one game the rest of us didn't get: a sequel to Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii's 1983 adventure game.

Valheim 1.0's Steam player count soars to a huge 5-year high, but it's not enough to beat the viral survival game's early access peak

Kaan Serin — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:45:30 +0000

The five-year wait for Valheim 1.0 doesn't seem to have hurt the survival game behemoth's popularity all that much. After leaving early access, the crafty viking sim is enjoying a huge resurgence in Steam player numbers.

Almost 1,900 Blizzard workers vote through a "historic" union contract securing protections against layoffs and gen-AI

Kaan Serin — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:15:06 +0000

Around 1,900 unionised workers at Blizzard Entertainment have voted to ratify their first contract with the World of Warcraft publisher after years of negotiations. The union contract means Blizzard now has to bargain with staff over the use of generative-AI in game development, and workers also have better protection against any potential layoffs.

Kirby and the World Beyond coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in Spring 2027

Connor Makar — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:20:42 +0000

Sounds the alarms! A reveal trailer for a brand-new Kirby game has been revealed in today's Nintendo Direct. Called Kirby and the World Beyond, the game is headed to the Nintendo Switch 2 in Spring, 2027.

Overcooked team returns with a first proper look at its adorably spooky co-op adventure Stage Fright, and it's out next year

Matt Wales — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Cast your mind back to December 2024, and you might remember a fun little tease for Overcooked studio Ghost Town Games' intriguing - and adorably spooky - co-op adventure Stage Fright. Closing in on two years later, the studio is back with some first proper gameplay ahead of its arrival next year.

Metroid Ravenous announced, launches January 2027 exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2

Dom Peppiatt — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:41:17 +0000

During today's Nintendo Direct, the publisher and platform holder announced the next 2D Metroid game, called Metroid Ravenous.

Onyx: The Dark Grip is a new Bloober Team horror game coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch 2

Connor Makar — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:35:16 +0000

A new horror game from Bloober Team, best known for the Silent Hill 2 Remake and Cronos: The New Dawn, has been revealed at the Nintendo Direct. It's called Onyx: The Dark Grip, and it's coming next year.

Monster Hunter Wilds is headed to the Switch 2 on later this year, comes with local co-operative play

Connor Makar — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:15:28 +0000

Monster Hunter Wilds is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2, it has just been revealed during the Nintendo Direct.

After selling over 20 million copies on Steam, Meccha Chameleon comes to Nintendo Switch 2 later today

Dom Peppiatt — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:13:12 +0000

Meccha Chameleon, the indie hide-and-seek game that launched on Steam a couple of months ago, is already one of the year's biggest hits, taking the PC market by storm. Now, as revealed in today's Nintendo Direct, the indie smash hit is coming to Nintnedo Switch 2 - and it arrives today.

The Blood of Dawnwalker controller issues tackled in latest hotfix, and Rebel Wolves talks more about a sequel

Robert Purchese — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:29:31 +0000

Opinion seems to be favourable about Witcher-like dark fantasy role-playing game The Blood of Dawnwalker - barring a few technical problems, that is. Quibbles with performance issues, controller issues, and bugs (and perhaps the lack of a New Game+ mode) are holding the game back. To this end, developer Rebel Wolves has whisked out a quick hotfix, addressing some of the issues at hand.

No Man's Sky 10th anniversary update is here, and that means orbital bases, space station ownership - and yes, you can finally fly to the sun

Matt Wales — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

After much teasing and speculation, No Man's Sky's 10th anniversary Cosmos update is here and, yup, it's a big 'un, bringing a "complete overhaul of space". Which mean, among other things, alliances, orbital bases, the ability to purchase and live in your own space station, and you can finally fly to the sun.

Nintendo Direct live report - the big news and announcements as Switch 2's winter line-up revealed

Robert Purchese — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:56:00 +0000

It's day-two of Nintendo's Direct September showcases, and today the focus is Switch games arriving this winter. Today's show begins at 3pm UK time and we'll be covering the big announcements here, live, as they happen.

FromSoftware patches Elden Ring to stop players sharing the Tarnished Edition Switch 2 extras for free

Sherif Saed — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:27:21 +0000

Elden Ring is in the conversation again thanks to its Tarnished Edition release on Switch 2. To coincide with the launch of the long-awaited port, FromSoftware released a DLC pack for other platforms including the extras from this Switch 2 Tarnished Edition.

Persona 6, Kingdom Hearts 4 spoilers may have emerged online amid massive achievements leak for unreleased games

Connor Makar — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:34:15 +0000

A massive information leak appears to have pushed full achievement lists for upcoming and unannounced PC games, including Persona 6 and Kingdom Hearts 4, onto the internet.

It turns out 58% of The Blood of Dawnwalker players have also played The Witcher 3, and roughly 40% of the entire playerbase is on Steam

Sherif Saed — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:26:18 +0000

If you're familiar with the lineage of Rebel Wolves, the studio behind the recently-released The Blood of Dawnwalker, it may not surprise you to learn that a lot of the game's players are also fans of a certain other medieval fantasy RPG.

"Dawg it's Unreal Engine Zelda" - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake's new looks receives a mixed reception online following reveal

Connor Makar — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:45:42 +0000

With the gameplay reveal of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake happening earlier today, thousands of people from around of the world have taken their first look at the latest entry in the beloved Nintendo series. The most immediate reaction from the masses? A combination of confusion and delight at the new look.

Battlefield 6 Redsec is borrowing yet another mode from Call of Duty: Warzone - Resurgence

Sherif Saed — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000

It's been argued that Battlefield 6's Redsec battle royale off-shoot is a response to Call of Duty's popular Warzone mode, and today's news is another indication of that.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake gameplay finally revealed during 40th anniversary Nintendo Direct, and it looks… interesting

Connor Makar — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:31:35 +0000

Gameplay has been released for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake at long last during today's Zelda 40th anniversary Nintendo Direct. It'll be releasing on the Nintendo Switch 2 on the 5th November.

Everything announced at Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct

Matt Wales — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:30:46 +0000

Can you believe it? Link (the green one) is 40 this year, yet his boundless enthusiasm for adventure still hasn't waned. My boundless enthusiasm, meanwhile, waned decades back, so it's clearly something in the Hyrule air. ANYWAY, to celebrate the Zelda series' 40th anniversary, Nintendo has released a special Direct showcase (the first of two planned for this week), featuring a "variety of The Legend of Zelda-related information".

The Legend of Zelda film is just called "The Legend of Zelda", apparently, and there's a good reason it doesn't have a subtitle

Dom Peppiatt — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:10:35 +0000

Today, during a Nintendo Direct dedicated to the 40th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda series, Columbia Pictures and Nintendo released the first-ever trailer for the upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda movie, starring Bo Bragason as the titular Princess Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link.

Nintendo Zelda Direct live report - the big news from the 40th anniversary showcase

Robert Purchese — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:53:28 +0000

The first of two Nintendo Direct showcases airs today, this one themed around The Legend of Zelda, which turned 40 years old this year. And we'll be covering it live, right here, as it happens.

Grand Theft Auto 6 worldwide unlock times revealed, and Xbox owners can seemingly still use the old New Zealand trick to play early

Sherif Saed — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:12:12 +0000

Grand Theft Auto 6 arrives 19th November on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Depending on where you may be in the world, however, when you actually get to play varies.

"Rockstar has tried to get away with Grand Theft Employment Rights" - Final hearing in Rockstar vs. GTA 6 fired employees begins this week

Robert Purchese — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:24:19 +0000

Two weeks after Grand Theft Auto 6's Netflix reveal, and only a couple of months before the game's meteoric release, Rockstar Games has an employment tribunal to fight. This week, the final hearing in Rockstar vs. the 31 fired Rockstar North employees begins.

The EU's new Nintendo Switch 2 model teardown confirms smaller battery, slightly heavier console

Sherif Saed — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:24:43 +0000

The updated Nintendo Switch 2 model has started shipping, and players are taking it apart to see how it differs from the launch model. In case you're unaware, Nintendo announced it's developing new revisions of the Switch 2 console and its accessories that comply with the European Union's Right to Repair directive and updated battery regulations.

Street Fighter 6 gets a new gameplay trailer for Arjun, a new Indian brawler with a love for Bollywood

Connor Makar — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:49:16 +0000

Capcom has released a gameplay trailer for its next DLC character: Arjun. An Indian fighter and framed policeman on the run, he'll be coming to the popular fighting game next month.

Forza Horizon 6 has not been delayed on PS5, developer confirms - but still won't say when it's coming out

Sherif Saed — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:11:05 +0000

Forza Horizon 6 developer Playground Games has shot down rumours the game's anticipated PlayStation 5 version had been delayed. The confirmation, slim as it is, comes a little over one week after reports about a quiet delay for Horizon 6 started surfacing.

Persona 1 and 2 remakes are "something we'll probably eventually do," series producer says

Kaan Serin — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:05:37 +0000

With Persona 3 Reload out the door and Persona 4 Revival next in line, series producer Kazuhisa Wada has said remakes of the first two games will "probably" happen as well.

Final Fantasy Resonance modders have already reinstated the original mobile game's biggest icon, Ariana Grande

Kaan Serin — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:07:32 +0000

Final Fantasy Resonance doesn't launch in full until next month, but modders are already using its new demo to reinstate the series' most iconic diva. I'm talking about Ariana Grande, of course.

Two years after its rocky launch, Civilization 7's first paid expansion Earthrise is on its way - but first comes the atomic age

Matt Wales — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:31:14 +0000

It's been a bumpy ride for Civilization 7, but two years after its widely criticised launch - and as the legendary 4X series celebrates its 35th anniversary - developer Firaxis has unveiled a host of new updates coming to the game. That includes an atomic age update, dragging Civ 7 into the present and beyond, as well as its first paid expansion, Earthrise, both arriving next year.

New Super Smash Bros and Nintendogs games are on the way, according to prominent Nintendo leaker

Kaan Serin — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:14:35 +0000

A prominent Nintendo leaker has spilled even more information about the console maker's potential plans, which include the long-awaited return of Nintendogs and an all-new Super Smash Bros. game (not a buffed up version of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, apparently.)

Patrice Désilets vows to make a sequel to Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Robert Purchese — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:12:13 +0000

Patrice Désilets, the creator of the Assassin's Creed series and director of 1666: Amsterdam, has said he will make a sequel to open-world human evolution survival game Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey.

Valve has reportedly made £11bn from Steam already in 2026, and biggest earning new arrival is Forza Horizon 6

Sherif Saed — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:17:55 +0000

If you're Valve, 2026 has been a good year for the bank account, all thanks to the money Steam makes. According to new analysis, the PC storefront has made $15bn (~£11.10bn) already this year, representing Valve's cut from selling games, DLC and software on its platform.

"This is super, super heavy" - Experts test Nvidia's divisive graphics-altering DLSS 5 tech and find it really does tank your game's frame-rate

Robert Purchese — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:34:26 +0000

Nvidia's gen-AI-powered, graphics-changing DLSS 5 tech has been tested and it really does take a heavy toll on a game's frame-rate. There was suspicion of this last week, ahead of DLSS 5's debut implementation in NBA 2K27, and now it's been properly tested, the performance toll has been confirmed. The experts at Digital Foundry declared it "super, super heavy".

Don't count on the rumoured StarCraft game being a Destiny-like, says Jason Schreier

Sherif Saed — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:19:32 +0000

The rumblings about the next StarCraft game continue to get louder. Following recent reports that Korean developer-publisher Nexon had acquired the rights to develop a sequel in the sci-fi franchise, the official StarCraft 2 website started displaying visual glitches, clearly signaling some sort of impending announcement.

As the western games industry struggles, China's games industry is booming, a new report shows

Connor Makar — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:35:39 +0000

As the western video games industry continues to struggle, the Chinese industry appears to be booming, revealing a worth of more than $50bn in 2025 - more than five times the industry in the UK.

Onimusha: Way of the Sword has already sold over 1 million copies

Sherif Saed — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:19:15 +0000

If you were hoping Onimusha: Way of the Sword would revive the dormant series, you may get your wish. Capcom today announced the latest installment in the action game series has already sold over one million copies across all platforms.

"Many a brave knight are going to die" - Riot Games head Marc Merrill speaks on in-development MMO after 2XKO's untimely demise

Connor Makar — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:30:34 +0000

Marc Merrill - one of the co-founders of Riot Games and its current CPO - has spoken about the in-development MMO, describing it as "the grail" following the sudden end-of-development announcement for its fighting game 2XKO.

The Blood of Dawnwalker's most popular mod right now nullifies its main hook

Sherif Saed — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:43:51 +0000

It may not surprise you to learn that The Blood of Dawnwalker's most contentious mechanic can already be removed. If you're unfamiliar, the open-world role-playing game has a time mechanic where every quest you complete pushes time forwards and uses up a little more of your 30 day, 30 night time limit (of sorts).

Saber Interactive CCO says studio won't change its comms strategy after AI writer controversy

Vikki Blake — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:40:50 +0000

Saber Interactive CCO Tim Willits has confirmed the company has not revised its communications strategy despite its CEO telling the press that he "would [...] have been happy to replace [a writer] with AI" after she claimed she was replaced by ChatGPT.

Double Fine's first game since leaving Xbox is a comedy bus-driving sim called Thank You Bus Driver

Vikki Blake — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:07:45 +0000

Double Fine's first game in its new post-Xbox era is Thank You Bus Driver.

Valve staged its own Left 4 Dead 2 trailer "leak" to get around an ESRB ban, says former writer

Vikki Blake — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:42:09 +0000

Valve itself "leaked" the 2009 Left 4 Dead 2 trailer.

Dutch artist responds to the White House's Build the Wall game with Build that Bridge

Vikki Blake — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 11:24:23 +0000

A Dutch artist has released Build that Bridge, a free browser game built as a direct response to Build the Wall, the Tetris-style minigame the White House launched on Arcade.Gov last week.

The Blood of Dawnwalker has sold 1 million copies in just 3 days

Vikki Blake — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 11:01:08 +0000

The Blood of Dawnwalker has sold more than a million copies worldwide in just three days.

Xbox Cloud Gaming's new hourly cap is reportedly set exactly where Microsoft stops making money on it

Vikki Blake — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:11:08 +0000

A new report suggests that Xbox has capped its cloud gaming usage to 15 hours for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers because that's when the service stops being profitable.

Sony clarifies PlayStation disc production is dropping by 10 percent in 2028, not to 10 percent

Vikki Blake — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:27:26 +0000

Sony has pushed back on a wave of reports suggesting PlayStation disc manufacturing is about to be gutted by 90 percent after comments from a Sony DADC executive were allegedly misunderstood.

Gamescom apologises for how it initially responded to indie developer hardware thefts

Vikki Blake — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:44:17 +0000

Gamescom has apologised for the way it "communicated about the theft of hardware belonging to several indie developers" last week, admitting, "our first response did not strike the right tone, and it did not show the people affected the empathy they deserved".

White House launches Arcade.gov, a minigame site parodying immigration enforcement and border security

Vikki Blake — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:03:15 +0000

The White House has launched Arcade.Gov, a website of browser minigames built around Donald Trump's immigration and border policies.

BioWare doesn't need advice for Mass Effect 4, says veteran designer, as long as "people get out of the way"

Vikki Blake — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:43:58 +0000

Original Mass Effect cinematic designer and Mass Effect 2 lead cinematic designer Armando Troisi has insisted the current BioWare team doesn't need outside advice on developing the next installment because so many of the people who built the original trilogy are still at the studio.

After AI slop accusations, Humankind 2 studio says its new trailer was definitely "made by humankind" and at least five chickens

Kaan Serin — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:19:34 +0000

A large portion of the internet pointed their virtual fingers at Humankind 2's new trailer and shouted 'AI slop!' Developer Amplitude Studios is now denying those claims and has even released a behind-the-scenes clip to prove a whole human crew (plus five chickens) made the Gamescom ONL reveal.

It looks like No Man's Sky's next update is imminent as Sean Murray breaks out the emojis again - and fans reckon it's a big one

Matt Wales — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:38:14 +0000

Yes, it's time to brace yourself once more, No Man's Sky fans: Sean Murray is delving into his big bag of emojis, indicating - with reliable certainty - the exploratory space sim's highly anticipated 10th anniversary update will be with us very soon. And there's hope among the playerbase that Cosmos, as the update was previously confirmed to be called, might be a big 'un.

Nearly a decade on, legendary director Hideki Kamiya says he's "100% serious" about reviving Xbox's canned Scalebound

Kaan Serin — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:22:42 +0000

Hideki Kamiya was being super serious about resurrecting Scalebound, PlatinumGames' dragon-filled romp that was cancelled by Xbox nearly a decade ago.

Hype for GTA 6 is giving PS5 and Xbox console sales a much needed 30% boost

Kaan Serin — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:14:16 +0000

GTA 6 is already giving PlayStation and Xbox consoles a much needed sales boost, at least in the UK, even though Rockstar Games' inevitable pile of cash doesn't drop for another couple of months.

Next week, for the first time ever, Nintendo is hosting two Directs back-to-back - and the first one is dedicated to The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary

Dom Peppiatt — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:30:12 +0000

Back in June, we learned that we're officially getting a The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, which is supposedly coming to Switch 2 later this year (and we first heard rumours about it back in March). But, as we approach the latter quarter of the year, we still don't know much about this remake, what it looks like, how it plays, or... well, anything really.

Something strange is happening to the Starcraft website, as BlizzCon inches ever closer

Connor Makar — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:10:33 +0000

The Starcraft website is suffering from some mysterious visual glitches and distortion roughly a week before BlizzCon. As a result, fans of the RTS series are fiercely speculating on a possible reveal.

Xbox places monthly time limits to its paid cloud gaming service, insists only a fraction of players will be impacted

Connor Makar — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:19:06 +0000

Xbox has announced hard monthly time limits will be added to its cloud gaming streaming service this November. Don't worry though, if you run into these limits, you can always buy more hours on the Xbox store.

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is getting a physical version, but it will require an internet connection to download

Dom Peppiatt — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:58:46 +0000

The third and final entry in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series will launch on just one disc - unlike both Remake and Rebirth, which were spread across two - but the downside is that Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will need to download extra game data on all formats, if you buy the physical edition. The previous games in the series were 'content complete' on disc (before any post-launch updates, at least), and could be played out the box. That will not be the case for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, no matter what platform you purchase it on.

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation finally gets a 2027 release date, as Final Fantasy Resonance gets a surprise demo

Dom Peppiatt — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:35:54 +0000

We already knew that Final Fantasy 7 Revelation was going to launch sometime in 'spring 2027', but today director Naoki Hamaguchi took to Sony's State of Play livestream to inform us all that the game has a locked-in release date: 8th April, 2027. It'll launch worldwide, and on all platforms - that's PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X/S, and PC - at the same time (the first game in the series to do so).

A Lego replica of the original PlayStation will be available next month

Connor Makar — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:24:07 +0000

A Lego replica of the original Playstation was just revealed at the Sony State of Play, and it'll be available to order starting next month.

GTA 6 is getting two limited edition dualsense PS5 controllers

Connor Makar — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:47:05 +0000

Two limited Edition Grand Theft Auto 6 PS5 Dualsense controllers were just revealed during the Sony State of Play livestream.

Until Dawn 2's sun-kissed horror gets a PS5 release date - and the studio behind last year's brilliant Dispatch is involved

Matt Wales — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:10:39 +0000

Following its big Summer Game Fest unveiling earlier this year, Until Dawn 2 has been given a release date as part of Sony's latest State of Play showcase. And it's not far away at all, launching for PS5 in the suitably dark depths of winter: arriving 28th January next year.

Crimson Desert's first DLC is called Charting the Unknown, and it's out next month

Sherif Saed — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:08:54 +0000

It didn't take long for Crimson Desert to get some new stuff. During today's State of Play presentation, developer Pearl Abyss unveiled Charting the Unknown. This is the game's first post-launch DLC, and it's set to arrive 15th October on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

Sony's discless PlayStation PR disaster isn't going away as State of Play once again flooded with protests

Connor Makar — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:05:12 +0000

Today's Sony State of Play livestream was packed full of new game trailers, reveals, and announcements for PlayStation fans. However, if you took a look at the live chat, you'll have mostly just seen two groups of angered fans clamouring after discs and Destiny.

Ghost of Yōtei: Complete Edition's Most Wanted roguelike mode brings back Tsushima's Jin Sakai

Sherif Saed — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:36:28 +0000

During today's State of Play showcase, Ghost of Yōtei developer Sucker Punch brought a first-look trailer at Most Wanted. This is the roguelike mode the studio announced alongside the Complete Edition earlier in August.

Monster Hunter Ascendance gets a new gameplay trailer, showing new elder dragons, a floating island region, and a major glow up for a certain character

Connor Makar — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:31:10 +0000

A new gameplay trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance was just shown at the Sony State of Play, showing off a variety of new features coming with the expansion next year.

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen devs say Western and Japanese players want different things from the game

Sherif Saed — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:43:23 +0000

It seems catering to Dragon's Dogma 2 players is a tougher balancing act than we may realise. Capcom developers currently working on the game's upcoming Dark Arisen expansion have revealed rare insight into the varying preferences of the game's players, and it surprisingly has to do with where they're based.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is seemingly on its way to Switch 2

Sherif Saed — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:25:46 +0000

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced could be the next big 2026 release to come to Switch 2. That's according to a retail listing, which suggests the game is set to arrive on Nintendo's console later this month.

How does Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney reckon we can fight the component crisis and industry "Crash 2.0"? By building more factories, for one

Dom Peppiatt — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:08:38 +0000

It's pretty obvious to anyone that's been paying attention that the games industry is in a pretty rough place at the moment. No matter where you look, there are mass layoffs: Sony, Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Take-Two, Epic Games… the list goes on. The reasons are myriad, but generally companies place the reason for 'restructuring' at the door of the contraction of the market as a result of the pandemic boom in gaming, rising development costs, longer production cycles (and higher wages), shifts in consumers spending patterns, and the hardware shortages fuelled by the rising demand for AI data centers around the world.

Planet Coaster and Jurassic World developer Frontier partners with Disney for a new video game

Connor Makar — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:53:53 +0000

Frontier Developments - the developer behind Planet Coaster and Jurassic World - has announced a partnership with Disney. As part of this collaboration, a new Disney game is in production.

Following Nintendo's example, Sony and Microsoft argue they have no obligation to pass tariff refunds onto customers

Sherif Saed — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:16:40 +0000

Lawyers representing Sony and Microsoft have argued, in two separate lawsuits, that the platform holders are not obligated to pass tariff refunds back to consumers. Sony and Microsoft have had to raise prices of their PlayStation and Xbox consoles in 2025 in response to US-imposed tariffs. The US Supreme Court ruled the tariffs illegal earlier this year, allowing impacted companies to request refunds.

Kingdom Hearts almost led to Disney making its own version of Super Smash Bros, former dev says

Kaan Serin — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:04:01 +0000

Kingdom Hearts bashing together a bunch of Disney's best toys (and being quite successful in the process) led the Mouse House to briefly begin work on a crossover fighting game in the style of Super Smash Bros.

Iconic Banjo-Kazooie composer is more hopeful about a sequel these days, but knows "like three companies" have already been turned down

Kaan Serin — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:01:15 +0000

Grant Kirkhope - the iconic video game composer behind the Donkey Kong Rap and the Banjo-Kazooie games - thinks a potential Banjo-Threeie is slightly more likely now.