Software & Gaming

Square Enix has confirmed that its Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series has officially surpassed six million units sold worldwide. The collection, which revitalises the first six entries in the long-running RPG franchise, has proven a commercial success since its initial rollout in 2021, validating the publisher's strategy of preserving its …

This year's Game Awards has once again proven its dominance in the gaming calendar, setting a new viewership record for its 2025 broadcast. According to data reported by the organization, The Game Awards secured an estimated 171 million global livestreams, marking an 11% increase over the 154 million figure recorded in 2024.

The One Piece Pirate Warriors series has hit a major milestone – officially selling over 10 million copies across its 4 entries.

Recently, we learned that Sony and Bungie had resolved a plagiarism dispute over Marathon with an artist. Coincidentally, the game's original art director has now left the company. 

Global analytics firm Newzoo has provided an optimistic year-in-review for 2025 in gaming. The broader global picture shows an industry on the rise, driven heavily by a resurgence in PC gaming and the arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2.

Despite Microsoft being a multi-trillion dollar company, Xbox is reportedly not having a year-in-review for 2025 due to a reallocation of marketing budgets:

If recent reports are to be believed, Lenovo is planning to announce a new handheld at CES 2026. According to a new report, the manufacturer is preparing to unveil a version of its Legion Go Gen 2 running Valve's SteamOS, making it the first Ryzen Z2 Extreme-powered console running Valve's …

The first paid DLC for PowerWash Simulator 2 will see players drop into the world of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time in Spring of 2026.

The Epic Games Store is kicking off its two-weeks of free games with the isometric horde-survivor roguelike Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel.

Nvidia has announced the next wave of titles receiving DLSS updates. Games like Ashes of Creation, Splitgate and AION 2 and more are due to support Nvidia's upscaling technology, alongside other RTX features. ARK: Survival Ascended – Lost Colony, the first major canonical expansion for the remastered survival game, now …

For months, Sony has been pushing ahead with its lawsuit against Tencent, claiming the company's game, Light of Motiram, infringes on its Horizon Zero Dawn IP. Now, the lawsuit has been settled, avoiding the need for a trial, and Light of Motiram has been removed from stores. As spotted by …

Following its 1.0 release back in August, the team at Evil Empire have confirmed that The Rogue Prince of Persia will be getting “free updates” in 2026.

The next round of games for GeForce Now has been announced. There are five new titles joining the cloud gaming library this week, including Obsidian's beloved Fallout game, New Vegas. 

Following mass lay-offs earlier this year, Turn 10 Studios have confirmed that Forza Motorsport will no longer receive any new content.

The brutal reality of the live-service market has claimed another victim. Theorycraft Games, the studio founded by former ex-Riot Games developers, has announced that it will permanently close the servers for its debut title, Supervive, on February 25th, 2026. The decision comes less than half a year after the game …

The choice-based superhero adventure title Dispatch is set to land on Switch 2 next month as leaked by the Nintendo eShop itself.

It has been nearly three years since Avalanche Software first invited players into its recreation of the Wizarding World, and the commercial momentum shows little sign of slowing down. Warner Bros. Games has officially confirmed today that Hogwarts Legacy has now crossed the 40 million unit sales milestone, cementing its …

In a surprise announcement, Ubisoft revealed that the original Division 1 has gotten a current-gen patch to allow for 60fps gameplay.

Terminator Survivors was initially announced with a 2025 release window, but here we are in the final weeks of the year and the game is still nowhere to be found. Today, Nacon officially confirmed that the game has in fact been delayed, but beyond that, it is also going through …

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was once again the bestselling game in the US during its launch month, despite strong competition from the likes of Battlefield 6 and Arc Raiders,  Mat Piscatella, a videogame industry analyst for Circana, has shared the top 20 best-selling games in the US for …

The Elder Scrolls 6 is a bit of a touchy subject for Bethesda. The game was announced far too early, back in 2018 and while fans knew that Starfield was the priority at the time, fans have not stopped asking about it. Todd Howard made a rare comment on the state of the game this week, saying that he too wished that things had moved faster. 

According to insiders, Sledgehammer Games have been tasked with developing COD 2027 – said to be a brand new sub-series set in the 1990s/2000s.

Just 3 months on from its releases, Team Cherry have confirmed that Hollow Knight: Silksong has already sold over 7 million copies.

Following a tease a couple months ago, Dambuster Studios have confirmed that they are working on Dead Island 3 – with the project expected to launch in 2028.

After almost 3 decades working at the studio, Sucker Punch Productions co-founder Brain Fleming has announced his departure.

Following weeks of speculation centered around a mysterious statue discovered in the desert, Larian Studios finally clarified at The Game Awards what that was all about. As suspected, the teaser campaign was a prelude to the official reveal of Divinity, the studio's first major project following Baldur's Gate 3. While the reveal was limited to a cinematic trailer, it confirms that the developer is returning to its proprietary IP.

Earlier this year, Amazon decided to massively scale back its gaming business after failing to produce a hit. Now just a couple of months later, Amazon has actually sold off one of its studios to Ubisoft, along with the rights to its MOBA game, March of Giants.  Ubisoft announced that …

Expanding on their game preservation efforts, GOG have now announced their brand new GOG Patrons initiative - costing you $5 a month.

Most Alien fans at this point are looking forward to the long-awaited Alien Isolation 2. However, that isn't the only new Alien game in development. According to reports this week, there is a second mystery survival horror game in the works.  Insider Gaming has learned that a new Alien game …

STALKER 2 is getting a major update later today, bringing new story content; explorable locations; weapons; a hub and much more.