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Tekken lead Katsuhiro Harada is leaving Bandai Namco at the end of this year and bows out with hour-long DJ mix. https://bit.ly/4oJxOzT
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Tekken lead Katsuhiro Harada is leaving Bandai Namco at the end of this year and bows out with hour-long DJ mix. https://bit.ly/4oJxOzT
Hades 2's Melinoë can now run through Zagreus' underworld escape from the original Hades, thanks to modders. https://bit.ly/48Hl5Ym
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hades 2's Melinoë can now run through Zagreus' underworld escape from the original Hades, thanks to modders. https://bit.ly/48Hl5Ym
What should you get for your Steam Deck? Here's a freshly updated suggest-o-thon of games that make suitable portable companions:
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
What should you get for your Steam Deck? Here's a freshly updated suggest-o-thon of games that make suitable portable companions:
Access to Roblox has been blocked in Russia, with federal censorship and media oversight agency Roskomnadzor accusing the platform of distributing content "justifying terrorism" and spreading "LGBT propaganda". https://bit.ly/3MDleEK
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Access to Roblox has been blocked in Russia, with federal censorship and media oversight agency Roskomnadzor accusing the platform of distributing content "justifying terrorism" and spreading "LGBT propaganda". https://bit.ly/3MDleEK
Lunar Software manage to raise the tension with Routine while sort of hiding nothing, in a way I haven't quite experienced in any other horror game. https://bit.ly/4oAc2hM
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Lunar Software manage to raise the tension with Routine while sort of hiding nothing, in a way I haven't quite experienced in any other horror game. https://bit.ly/4oAc2hM
Horses explores how bodies are constrained, operated and degraded by media technologies that range from early silent movies all the way to the grotesque and choppy sorcery of videogames. https://bit.ly/48zBsGi
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Horses explores how bodies are constrained, operated and degraded by media technologies that range from early silent movies all the way to the grotesque and choppy sorcery of videogames. https://bit.ly/48zBsGi
The $55 billion leveraged buyout which will see Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner become the new owners of EA will reportedly lead to the Saudi Public Investment Fund owning a whopping 93.4 percent of the game publishers. https://bit.ly/4iAAuhz
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The $55 billion leveraged buyout which will see Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner become the new owners of EA will reportedly lead to the Saudi Public Investment Fund owning a whopping 93.4 percent of the game publishers. https://bit.ly/4iAAuhz
Embark almost put crafting timers in Arc Raiders when the game was F2P, but the model made it "hard to respect the player's time". https://bit.ly/4oqdcfH
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Embark almost put crafting timers in Arc Raiders when the game was F2P, but the model made it "hard to respect the player's time". https://bit.ly/4oqdcfH
Helldivers 2 install size reduction effort yields 131GB in cuts, and you can try the slim build right now. https://bit.ly/48U4xN9
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Helldivers 2 install size reduction effort yields 131GB in cuts, and you can try the slim build right now. https://bit.ly/48U4xN9
That said, a new interview some IO Interactive folks have given to Variety, in which boss Hakan Abrak makes clear there will be a new Hitman coming once the studio have gotten some stuff off their plate. https://bit.ly/48pBtfX
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
That said, a new interview some IO Interactive folks have given to Variety, in which boss Hakan Abrak makes clear there will be a new Hitman coming once the studio have gotten some stuff off their plate. https://bit.ly/48pBtfX
The Helldivers film adaptation in the works at Sony is now set to be directed by Justin Lin of Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift fame. https://bit.ly/4pC9XD4
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The Helldivers film adaptation in the works at Sony is now set to be directed by Justin Lin of Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift fame. https://bit.ly/4pC9XD4
Splinter Cell remake gets new director who's also old, as its original director sneaks back into the chair. https://bit.ly/48eF01T
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Splinter Cell remake gets new director who's also old, as its original director sneaks back into the chair. https://bit.ly/48eF01T
CD Projekt plan to release The Witcher 4, 5, & 6 within six years of one another, and oh, are those pigs flying? https://bit.ly/48MqbUr
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
CD Projekt plan to release The Witcher 4, 5, & 6 within six years of one another, and oh, are those pigs flying? https://bit.ly/48MqbUr
A new Dead Rising is reportedly on the way, and one that might come with a familiar face. https://bit.ly/4osghvR
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A new Dead Rising is reportedly on the way, and one that might come with a familiar face. https://bit.ly/4osghvR
So, an ambitious Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer mod called CyberMP has been in development for a little while now, and the folks behind it have just concluded its "most stable and successful" closed beta test yet. https://bit.ly/44IaRWq
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
So, an ambitious Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer mod called CyberMP has been in development for a little while now, and the folks behind it have just concluded its "most stable and successful" closed beta test yet. https://bit.ly/44IaRWq
Assassin's Creed Shadows probably won't get a second major DLC expansion on the scale of Claws of Awaji, Ubisoft's associate game director Simon Lemay-Comtois has revealed. https://bit.ly/4ajk5vY
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Assassin's Creed Shadows probably won't get a second major DLC expansion on the scale of Claws of Awaji, Ubisoft's associate game director Simon Lemay-Comtois has revealed. https://bit.ly/4ajk5vY
Cyberpunk 2's dev team is set to grow substantially over the next couple of years, as CD Projekt ramp up development. https://bit.ly/49CVCBz
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Cyberpunk 2's dev team is set to grow substantially over the next couple of years, as CD Projekt ramp up development. https://bit.ly/49CVCBz
Valve have blocked card game Flick Solitaire from the Russian version of Steam, after federal censorship body Roskomnadzor contacted the platform holder to order its removal for "promoting non-traditional sexualities". https://bit.ly/487r6P2
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Valve have blocked card game Flick Solitaire from the Russian version of Steam, after federal censorship body Roskomnadzor contacted the platform holder to order its removal for "promoting non-traditional sexualities". https://bit.ly/487r6P2
Saturnalia and Wheels of Aurelia developers Santa Ragione have announced that they will "wind down operations and face a high risk of closing the studio", following Valve's refusal to allow their upcoming horror game Horses on Steam. https://bit.ly/49BcR6i
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Saturnalia and Wheels of Aurelia developers Santa Ragione have announced that they will "wind down operations and face a high risk of closing the studio", following Valve's refusal to allow their upcoming horror game Horses on Steam. https://bit.ly/49BcR6i
Sony have yet to announce the PC version of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding 2: On The Beach or give it a release date, but the Entertainment Software Rating Board have a page up now. https://bit.ly/4rnTVhL
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sony have yet to announce the PC version of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding 2: On The Beach or give it a release date, but the Entertainment Software Rating Board have a page up now. https://bit.ly/4rnTVhL
Saudi Arabia's conquest of the games industry continues apace, but whoops, the country's Public Investment Fund appear to be running out of money. In the sense of being reportedly down to a mere pocketful of billions, anyway. https://bit.ly/4ioEx0w
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Saudi Arabia's conquest of the games industry continues apace, but whoops, the country's Public Investment Fund appear to be running out of money. In the sense of being reportedly down to a mere pocketful of billions, anyway. https://bit.ly/4ioEx0w
Far Cry's getting a TV series starring It's Always Sunny's Rob Mac, with each season designed to mirror a new game. https://bit.ly/44tYf56
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Far Cry's getting a TV series starring It's Always Sunny's Rob Mac, with each season designed to mirror a new game. https://bit.ly/44tYf56
TimeSplitters is one of those weird series that I look back on quite fondly despite never having owned a single one of the games as a wistful youth. https://bit.ly/49F0fel
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
TimeSplitters is one of those weird series that I look back on quite fondly despite never having owned a single one of the games as a wistful youth. https://bit.ly/49F0fel