Valve’s new Steam Machine launched this month with a $1050 price tag, a figure that initially drew criticism but may not seem so insane by the time next-gen consoles roll out. Analysts now suggest that this pricing may be an early indication of where the next Xbox and PlayStation consoles …

A wave of job‑seeking posts from Compulsion Games developers has raised fresh concerns about the studio’s future, with several staff members now publicly indicating they are searching for new roles. This would indicate that word has begun to spread internally that layoffs are coming down the pipeline from Microsoft in …

Sony appears to be cracking down on shovelware on the PlayStation Store, with new publishing guidelines introduced earlier this year that aim to limit low‑effort releases. One publisher has already confirmed that its future games will no longer be allowable on the PS Store as a result of these changes. …

This week’s GeForce Now update brings six more games to the library, including The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, the latest HD-2D game from Square Enix, along with a new round of indie games. Nvidia is also continuing its GeForce Now Summer Sale, offering 35% off annual memberships. The …

Halo Campaign Evolved looked much better than I was expecting, in part thanks to a fresh set of skulls that make some insanely fun changes to gameplay. Now, with the game just a few more weeks away, Microsoft has confirmed the game's PC system requirements, including recommended specs for 1080p, …

Netflix has been steadily expanding its games library over the past few years, but next week marks its biggest original game yet. Unhinged will be available to all Netflix subscribers next week, offering a unique horror experience.

Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 are finally going live ahead of the game's November launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. There has been much debate around the potential cost of the game, with some estimates going as high as $120. GTA 6 will be more expensive than a typical AAA game, but not by much. 

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 was announced a while back with a very short teaser trailer. Now, we know much more about what to expect from the new game, including some very significant changes to gameplay and an all-new open world city for the player hub. 

Arkane Studios’ Blade project has been surrounded by uncertainty in recent months. The game did not reappear at this year's Xbox Games Showcase and with Microsoft set to announce another round of layoffs across the Xbox division soon, the lack of official news on Blade has led to concern that …

Tencent is reportedly preparing to sell off stakes in several Japanese studios as part of a broader shift in its investment strategy. According to a new Bloomberg report, Tencent is reassessing those deals and considering exits from studios it views as underperforming. One of the companies reportedly affected is Marvelous, …

Valve already alluded to ‘expanding support' for hardware beyond AMD on SteamOS in a blog post earlier this week, but now the company has also confirmed to The Verge that it is working directly with both Intel and Nvidia. Speaking with The Verge, Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais confirmed that Intel has …

ASUS also has a bunch of PC hardware deals live for Amazon Prime Day this week, including deals on graphics cards, new monitors, cases, motherboards and more.  For routers, ASUS has discounted the RT‑BE58U, bringing the price down to £87.99. The ZenWiFi BD4 mesh system is also included, with the …

Valve has published a lengthy blog post offering new context behind yesterday’s Steam Machine price announcement. As it turns out, the company’s component situation has been dire, with minimal availability at any price. As a result, the Steam Machine is not only more expensive than planned, but there's fewer of them too.

MSI has rolled out a massive range of Prime Day discounts on Amazon UK this year, spanning gaming monitors, peripherals, graphics cards and more.

Amazon Prime Day is upon us and if you are in need of an SSD, today may be one of your few chances to get one at a decent price. Acer has discounted a few different SSD models, including PCIe 4 M.2 Predator SSDs, portable SSDs and even SATA SSDs. …

After months and months of guessing and secrecy, Valve has finally announced the launch pricing for its new Steam Machine gaming PC. As anticipated, due to changes in the RAM and SSD markets, these PCs are now far more expensive than they should be for their performance level. 

For years, I have been playing the Resident Evil Remakes in virtual co-op, using an app called Parsec to pass controls between me and another person. For Resident Evil 4, fans will no longer have to do that, as a new mod aims to bring co-op to the game for …

Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene has announced layoffs at PlayerUnknown Productions after the studio failed to secure enough funding. He said the ongoing industry downturn made it impossible to keep the full team together for continued work on new games. In a detailed message shared on X, Greene explained that “the games …

While CD Projekt Red may have rebuilt much of its reputation with the turnaround of Cyberpunk 2077 in 2022 and 2023, the studio's co-CEO, Michał Nowakowski, believes there is still more work to do to restore the studio's reputation.

A new fan‑made mod is aiming to bring multiplayer combat back to The Last of Us Part II on PC, filling the gap left after Naughty Dog cancelled its own official multiplayer mode for the game. As you would expect, as this is a mod, there is zero console support …

When Asha Sharma stepped in as the new head of Xbox earlier this year, one of the very first things she did was partially undo a Game Pass price hike from 2025. Now we know why, as it is claimed that Microsoft lost ‘millions' of subscribers following the price hikes. …

The Epic Games Store has improved a little since first launching, but it still has a long way to go before catching up with the likes of Steam in features. Soon, Epic Games will be ‘rebuilding' the store app from scratch.  The Epic Games Store will be ‘rebuilt' over the …

Over the past few weeks, dataminers have discovered that new versions of the original two Call of Duty Black Ops games will soon be released on platforms like PlayStation and the Xbox PC app. As these are new versions, some fans had expected a remaster, similar to COD 4, but …

Earlier this week, we learned that Xbox is planning to shut down three of its game development studios – Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory and Double Fine. Now just days later, it appears that companies under the Bethesda / Zenimax umbrella are also being targeted. According to George Broussard, a long-time …

Outward did huge numbers when it first debuted on Steam several years ago. Now, Outward 2 is on the way, but fans expecting to pick the game up in July as previously announced will be disappointed. Just weeks before the July 2026 launch window, Nine Dots Studio has announced that …

The Steam Controller officially launched last month but sold out within minutes, leading to scalpers attempting to charge console level prices for the gamepad alone. Valve quickly decided to put together a reservation queue system for future stock, but those who signed up to it have an incredibly long wait …

A few weeks ago, Epic Games quietly announced that Unreal Engine 6 was on the way, with plans to debut with a major Rocket League update. Now, Epic has made its plans for the new Unreal Engine clear, planning an early access period for developers, which will last up to …

Following on from the announcement that the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 upgrade for GTA V will now be free, Rockstar has also announced that pre-orders for the next game, Grand Theft Auto 6, are finally opening up. 

We've seen a number of video game companies targeted by ransomware over the years. In more recent times, companies like CD Projekt Red, Insomniac and Capcom have had to deal with major breaches. Now, it appears that Nintendo has been hit recently.  A group known as ShadowBytes claimed to have …

A few years back, Rockstar finally updated GTA V for modern consoles, bringing a 60FPS mode and ray-traced graphics to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Now, with the sequel on the horizon, Rockstar is making the current-gen update for GTA V free for all.  As part of the next GTA …