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Japan is getting an exclusive Midnight Black PlayStation 5 next month, but there's still hope for the rest of the world
Why does only Japan get the much more handsome Midnight Black PS5?
Former PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai used to ignore orders from Sony bosses, he reveals
Former PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai had a clever solution to navigating the bureaucracy of Sony’s corporate world in the early 2000s.
Asha Sharma reportedly tells rattled Xbox employees: "We have to find new ways, and courage, to have invention on new IP"
There’s still apparently an appetite at Xbox to create new gaming franchises. But where, in this bruised company, does it come from?
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve review – thrill-packed campaign takes this long-running series to new heights
Let's chase 'em off, Rex! Two more missiles arc toward a hapless enemy F2-A, droplets peppering my windshield as I skim past a glowering grey cloud, dulling the distant explosion. Visibility is garbage. No kidding, Tasha. The Endurance is being targeted. Uh-oh. Tonitrus Spear arriving in two minutes! They've got a high-output laser and a broad-range jammer. Sounds like a bad combo. The cockpit rattles as I climb, an insistent red flash warning me my Tomcat's icing up. But I can see the laser, and soon after the airship it's emerging from.
“I was forced to ship the game” - Glen Schofield blames Krafton management for The Callisto Protocol’s problems
PUBG company Krafton was allegedly not ready to enter a single-player game space, and The Callisto Protocol apparently paid the price.
Epic Games reportedly delays Star Wars and Marvel shooter, as the Fortnite maker embraces "AI-accelerated development"
Epic Games has reportedly turned to generative-AI to speed up development on a Marvel x Star Wars shooter in collaboration with Disney.
No Man's Sky is somehow coming to mobile, and Hello Games says it's partly thanks to Light No Fire
No Man’s Sky is coming to iPhone and iPad devices with every single update, and “some of those changes have come from Light No Fire.”
Dragon Quest co-creator Yuji Horii releases new AI-generated game, and he says it took 30 minutes to make
Yuji Horii’s been interested in generative AI for a while, but the RPG icon has now released a new game made entirely with the controversial tech.
Arc Raiders player-numbers rebound with the launch of Frozen Trail and the game’s 2.0 release, but they might be deceptively high
Arc Raiders’ 2.0 update and Frozen Trail expansion have caused the game’s Steam player numbers to surge again.
Valor Mortis review
Valor Mortis plays a bit of a sneaky trick. For a while, it keeps it straight. 'Yes', it seems to say; 'I'm definitely a Soulslike. Look at my bonfire equivalents, my healing flasks, my corpse runs, even my early impossi-boss feints. Look at my cautious action, my fog gates, the oppressive air of melancholy that lingers over these fields of mud and blood'.
Starfield seamless planetary landings are finally nearly a thing, thanks to one modder’s tireless work
One of Starfield’s most criticised aspects may soon be fixed, thanks to a mod currently in development.
Nintendo executive confirms company has "no plans to ditch physical games"
“We go off of what the consumer prefers,” says Nintendo’s vice president and general manager for Latin America, Bill van Zyll.
Gears of War: E-Day server crashes and login problems are because of DDoS attacks, studio says
If you’ve been having server issues with Gears of War: E-Day, you’re not alone, and there’s now a reason for it: DDoS attacks.
For the second time this year, Steam has set a major new concurrent user record
Steam has crossed the 43 million threshold for concurrent users, setting a new record for the PC platform.
The Blood of Dawnwalker's lead actor reminds us why AI will always struggle to replicate a human performance
As the use of AI ever increases, the lead actor from The Blood of Dawnwalker reminds us what the technology doesn’t replicate.
Stardew Valley creator's new game, Haunted Chocolatier, is "more of an action RPG" than farming sim
Eric Barone, better known as ConcernedApe, has teased out a little bit more information about the un-dated upcoming game, Haunted Chocolatier.
DMZ for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 being released early, but Infinity Ward shoots down PvE hopes
If you’re pre-ordering Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Infinity Ward is giving you a reason to jump in every few days in the lead-up to launch.
Marvel Tōkon Year 1 DLC adds Phoenix Cyclops, Thor, Venom, and Jubilee
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls will add Phoenix Cyclops on 2nd November, followed by Thor (Jane Foster), Venom, and Jubilee through 2027.
Escape the Backrooms is throwing an After Party with three new levels this December
Escape the Backrooms is adding three new levels in December as part of its party-themed After Party update, with new cosmetics arriving in October.
A new GTA 6 leak shows Lucia robbing an ATM and parachuting off a roof - naked
GTA 6 leaker CyberLeek has posted a new five-minute video of Lucia in Leonida, including an ATM mugging, hand-to-hand combat, and a naked parachute jump.
Phasmophobia confirms 30 million sales as its Crimson Eye Halloween event returns
Phasmophobia has passed 30 million sales since its Early Access launch, and its Halloween Crimson Eye event is now live until 1st November.
Squadron 42 opens for Steam wishlisting ahead of a planned Q2 2027 release
Cloud Imperium’s single-player space epic Squadron 42, starring Mark Hamill and Gary Oldman, is now on Steam for wishlisting ahead of a Q2 2027 release.
“We have to go a different path” - Krafton thinks PUBG Ded.Net’s pulpy gameshow hyperviolence and roguelite twist can make it the next big battle royale
An interview with PUBG Ded.Net’s creative director about Krafton’s upcoming battle-royale-with-a-twist.
GTA 6 leaker CyberLeek is now reportedly threatening to release a full, playable build of the game
GTA 6 leaker CyberLeek has reportedly threatened to release a complete playable build, and wants Take-Two to release the game physically.
The I Am Your Beast studio’s next game has you playing a cop who can turn off her bodycam
Strange Scaffold’s Gods With Badges is a narrative tactics game about a disgraced cop and her bodycam, built on a cancelled strategy project.
Silent Hill, Gravity Rush director's Bokeh Game Studio is reportedly casting for a new horror game
Bokeh Game Studio, from Silent Hill director Keiichiro Toyama, is reportedly casting motion capture performers for a new, untitled horror game.
Arc Raiders’ producer says the game could end up split in two
Arc Raiders’ executive producer says splitting the game into PvE and PvP is “possible”, ahead of a limited PvE test running from 13th to 20th October.
Konami is only getting started with Silent Hill
Silent Hill producer Motoi Okamoto says Konami is looking at “a number of projects” after the first wave of new Silent Hill games.
What we've been playing - "It's pure video game popcorn movie stuff"
What have you been playing this week? Our regular article where we share ours so you share yours too.
After modders removed Skate's live service bits, devs draw the line with tools that "bypass our systems to unlock paid cosmetics"
EA and developer Full Circle have responded to an influx of mods for the new live service Skate (skate.), warning folks not to unlock paid microtransactions.
As Xbox and PlayStation sales reach new lows, analyst says the “US hardware market has not been in a more precarious position since the early 80s”
Xbox Series X/S and PS5 price hikes have significantly slowed down sales, according to one analyst who’s not too optimistic about the console market.
Gears of War: E-Day reportedly courts over 1.7m Xbox Game Pass players and makes over $37m since launch
Gears of War: E-Day’s sold about 230,000 pure copies since launch, according to new estimates, but a big chunk of change came from Game Pass players.
Rockstar HR manager claims he had “little interest” in staff’s union membership status as fired GTA dev union-busting trial heats up
In the 9th October hearing for the case Rockstar vs Garland & Others, HR manager and co-studio operations director at Rockstar Lincoln Charlie Kinloch speaks.
It's official: Forza Horizon 6 delayed to 2027 on PS5, and the game's first expansion has been announced
The ‘will-they-won’t-they delay it?’ saga is over: Forza Horizon 6 on PS5 won’t launch this year. But it’s not far away.
The Galaxies Showcase returns next week: here's how to watch it and what to expect
The Galaxies Showcase promises announcements from more than 40 game-making studios, and here’s how and where you can watch it.
Gears of War E-Day review: a hole new world that grubs me up in all the right ways
Gears E-Day proves that looking back can, indeed, help you look forward, too.
More Cox in video games as Daredevil and Clair Obscur star says he's in an unannounced Sega title
Daredevil’s Charlie Cox is featuring in another video game, this time for Sega, and apparently it hasn’t been announced yet.
Ace Combat 8 becomes fastest-selling game in the series, and very nearly the highest rated
Ace Combat is having a moment as the new instalment Ace Combat 8 becomes the fastest selling game in the series so far. Have you played it yet?
EA Sports FC 27 review
The most touching of additions, in EA Sports FC 27, is a mode called The Grounds. This is an online social hub, where your custom avatar can roam and rise. It's touching not for its play – which lets you challenge people to rounds of Rush football, where the ghosts of Volta and Fifa Street happily haunt – but for its look. There are three open hub areas to explore, one styled on the UK, another on Paris, and a third on Argentina. The streets are clean, and cluttered by bustling NPCs.
Live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film reportedly in development, with CD Projekt Red collaborating with Paramount to make it
But the question is, if the Cyberpunk 2077 film is real, will Keanu Reeves be in it?
“It’s clear that we both adore one another’s games a lot” - Dave the Diver and Subnautica 2 team up for a crossover made in heaven
Dave the Diver is getting a Subnautica 2-themed DLC pack in early 2027, and it’s completely free.
Bobby Kotick returns: former Activision boss becomes board member of Skydance, the new company formed by Paramount and Warner Bros
With the completion of the Warner Bros and Paramount Merger, a new 13-person board of directors forms including former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick.
Riot Games announces a final hurrah for its ill-fated fighting game 2XKO, with a surprise character joining the roster this month
The final major update for 2XKO is bringing Sett to the game, who is coming to the game on the 27th October alongside Samira.
For the first time in the series, Grand Theft Auto 6 lets you use headphones to listen to radio stations and podcasts
GTA 6 lets you listen to radio stations and on-demand podcasts outside of cars, using headphones and earbuds connected to smartphones.
Witcher 3 Remastered patch rolls out on PC and console, with separate Switch 2 patch earmarked to address blurry visuals
CD Projekt Red continues fixing The Witcher 3 Remastered, this time addressing bugs while improving console performance and adding lighting options like Bloom.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer was prototyped in the most unexpected way: as a board game covered in Post-It notes
As hard as it may be to believe, there exists a board game version of Star Wars: Galactic Racer somewhere, but none of us are allowed to play it.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 reveals pricey spawn options for DMZ, which offer rich players an enormous advantage over poor players spawning on foot
You can pay to spawn into COD: Modern Warfare 4’s extraction shooter mode in jeeps, helicopters, and more. It’s a huge advantage - if you can afford it.
Following Nintendo and Sony’s lead, Xbox is setting up a division exclusively dedicated to movies and non-games partnerships
As massive cuts hit the games section of Microsoft, the company plans expansion elsewhere.
Full-frontal nudity, dirt-biking, and a dev menu: GTA 6’s infamous leaker is back with the most X-rated look at the game yet
A megaton leak has just emerged for Grand Theft Auto 6.
Hellraiser: Revival review
How do you revive a series like Hellraiser? When your source material spans four decades and multiple mediums, all with
Blizzard is changing the appearance of WoW: Forever's new Skyborne race in response to community feedback
A new blog post from the World of Warcraft: Forever team confirms the models for Skyborne elves are being reworked following feedback, coming early 2027.
Google and Unity unveil gen-AI game-making platforms, and demonstrate one of them with depressingly rubbish "dream game" Space Corridor
It was only a matter of time. Google now lets you create simple games with AI text prompts. The Unity engine will also include text prompts and co-op creation.
"What's the point of this if you're not feeling something?" Star Wars: Galactic Racer devs on how they bottled Burnout's magic 'game feel'
The Star Wars: Galactic Racer developers at Fuse Games talk board games, emotions, and looking up “verisimilitude”.
Gameplay footage from cancelled Xbox Perfect Dark game leaks online, and it looks pretty good
Joanna Dark lives… as a leaked two-minute video of what may have been if Xbox hadn’t cancelled The Initiative’s project.
Gears of War boss says the next game won’t take seven years to make as he dances around the question of layoffs
Gears of War: E-Day studio The Coalition has promised that the next game in the series won’t take nearly as long to make.
Star Wars: Zero Company studio is bringing "as many people back as possible" after furloughing "most" of its developers
Most of the developers of Star Wars: Zero Company were furloughed ahead of its successful launch. Bit Reactor is now returning a number of devs back to work.
Sony is reportedly plotting to revive classic PlayStation games, starting with a new Ape Escape from the developers behind Sonic Mania
The Sonic Mania and Penny’s Big Breakaway devs are reportedly working to revive Ape Escape, but that’s apparently not the only PlayStation reboot in the works.
Here are our Xbox Game Pass games for October 2026
Battlefield 6 leads the charge into Xbox Game Pass this month, while GOTY-winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 finally waves goodbye.
Undead Labs speaks about its split from Xbox, revealing it has to “make some changes” to State of Decay 3 following layoffs
State of Decay 3 studio Undead Labs has downsized following its departure from Xbox, and that’s meant making some changes to the game.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's latest DMZ trailers have left players confused about the existence of a PvE-only mode
Regular Call of Duty players looking forward to Modern Warfare 4’s DMZ mode are not sure whether the game will offer a PvE variant of the extraction mode.
20 million sales later, Capcom is bringing Monster Hunter Rise to iOS and Android, but for now it's locked behind a Netflix subscription
First Switch, then PC and other consoles, now mobile: Rise’s domination continues, five years into its life.
Forza Horizon 6 has been delayed on PS5, a new report suggests, not long after developer Playground insisted it hadn’t
Forza Horizon 6 is not likely releasing this year, according to a new leak, which goes against Xbox’s recent affirmation the driving game had not been delayed.
My favourite thing about Aion 2? The freedom to make a freaky lil’ guy in a world of beautiful people
I’m having a lot of fun with Aion 2, thanks to the way it lets you create ridiculous characters.
“After an all-time low, we’ve started to return to growth” - Asha Sharma touts Xbox turnaround after drastic restructuring and many hundreds of layoffs
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma’s so-called reset campaign is apparently working, she says.
Xbox restates plans for next-gen Project Helix to be a "family of devices", stressing "many players will be on the go"
It sounds as though Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox plans are to have one main machine surrounded by others, possibly with a handheld.
Xbox denies reports it’s acquired exclusive GTA 6 game-streaming rights, deflating hopes of playing it on PC
Xbox Cloud will not, in fact, be the only way to stream GTA 6 come November.
Someone’s modded Diablo 2 for VR, and seeing the world through your character’s eyes brings a whole new dimension to the series
First-person Diablo 2, in virtual reality, is a radical new way to experience the classic old game.
“Keep it family friendly” - Sega’s official Sonic Discord swarmed by 50,000 people in six hours, as understandably strict moderation is put in place
Sega announced the formation of an official Discord server for the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It’s currently on slow mode, and has harsh limitations on what you
“Horrible day to be a Shion main” - Overwatch fans aren’t happy about five new China-exclusive skins not coming to the rest of the world
Earlier this week, Blizzard released a new trailer for an upcoming event in Overwatch. Called 'Defiled Anthem', the event features skins and cosmetics for Shion, D.Mon, Kiriko, Reaper, and Emre, with the highlight of the whole activation culminating in a transforming 'Evolution' skin that changes sound effects and visual effects as the match goes on. The only catch? These new skins and cosmetics are China-specific and have not been announced for the rest of the world.
Xbox Elite Series 3 controller leaks and appears to offer better analogue sticks, advanced haptics, d-pad choices and more
More details about the upcoming Xbox Elite Series 3 controller have leaked from Microsoft’s own Design Lab website.
I spent an hour playing Switch Sports Resort and my favourite mini-game involves the Switch 2’s least-loved gimmick: mouse controls
This feels like the kind of admission that’s liable to make Miyamoto cross me off his Christmas card list, but my favou
Gears of War: E-Day studio finds a way to get more performance from Xbox Series S - one that other Xbox games could probably use
Gears of War: E-Day is a technically impressive game on every platform, but one in particular required some ingenuity on the part of developer The Coalition.
CD Projekt Red outlines which Witcher 3 Remastered fixes are coming next, but there’s still division about the changes
PS5 performance improvements are among the top priority issues CDPR is working on fixing for The Witcher 3 - Remastered edition.
Supermassive Games suffers layoffs as more than 70 developers seem to have left the company this week
According to a LinkedIn post by Supermassive’s IT and facilities director, over 70 developers have been laid off as of this week.
Tarae: The Unbound seems to get what makes a good ARPG, but crunchy combat aside, can it rise to the likes of Diablo and Path of Exile?
I played Tarae: The Unbound at Gamescom and came away thoroughly impressed by its excellent combat and boss fights.
“This is Call of Duty’s definitive extraction shooter experience” - Infinity Ward details the new DMZ mode in Modern Warfare 4
Infinity Ward has unveiled ambitious plans for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s extraction mode, DMZ.
GTA 6 devs tried “not to jump on the bandwagon” of passing trends and instead created their “own slanted, overblown versions”
Grand Theft Auto 6 developers knew development would take “years and years,” so avoiding trends was important in making the game “feel vital” come launch.
Halo Studios says "it is absolutely our intent" to release new Halo book, despite layoffs and a rumored lore reboot from Activision
What’s left of Halo Studios is still “determined” to publish Troy Denning’s Halo: Fireteam Noble novel, despite dramatic behind-the-scenes shakeups at Xbox.
Arc Raiders and The Finals are getting film and TV adaptations in collaboration with the Backrooms production company
Embark Studios is working to adapt extraction shooter Arc Raiders and free-to-play FPS The Finals into movies and TV shows.
The upcoming D&D interpretation of World of Warcraft sounds great, but don’t expect it to work like the MMO does
World of Warcraft is being given the Dungeons & Dragons treatment in a massive new book. But D&D: WoW works quite differently to the MMO.
“It has to be more over the top, more insane, more in your face” - Rockstar explains why GTA 6 doesn’t satirise real-world events
There’s no shortage of political events in the real-world for Grand Theft Auto 6 to satirise, so why does Rockstar avoid it?
Ninja Theory developers announce they are facing redundancy, as the studio starts laying off staff following widespread Xbox cuts
Ninja Theory staff on LinkedIn have shared either farewell messages or sombre posts on the ongoing redundancy process happening at Ninja Theory.
Sword Sage: Awakening feels like a breezier kind of Soulslike, and it’s not just the adorable tea-serving panda that’s got me intrigued
Amazingly, the thing that’s sold me on Sword Sage: Awakening potential isn’t the adorable red panda deity who poofs out
Dead by Daylight studio is hiring for a triple-A Sci-Fi first-person shooter with "a high realism bar"
The studio behind Dead by Daylight, Behaviour Interactive, appears to be branching out from the long-running live-service game.
Millions return to The Witcher 3 as the Remastered game records another Steam personal best and sales skyrocket
CD Projekt Red’s overhaul of The Witcher 3 is pulling players back in their millions, while also attracting plenty of new ones.
Ace Combat 8 is far and away the series' biggest launch on Steam
Despite releasing in a busy period, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has already set new records for the flight action series.
Final Fantasy Resonance feels so good to play because Square Enix ‘experimented’ with combining the best bits of FF5 and FF6
“What if we take the job system from Final Fantasy 5 and the unique characteristics of each character in Final Fantasy 6?” asks Square Enix.
RuneScape creator Jagex in hot water over generative AI use in recent trailer
RuneFest was held over the weekend, and while there were multiple exciting announcements from the British MMO developer, one trailer has turned fans sour.
Arc Raiders is getting a free trial to celebrate its biggest update yet
Very soon, anyone who wants to play Arc Raiders without paying for it can do so for four days.
Dynasty Warriors producer wants sequels, not remasters
Tomohiko Sho says he doesn’t want to keep remaking his own games, and would rather spend his remaining years on new Dynasty Warriors entries instead.
Vibe-coded mashup mods are flooding X/Twitter, and modders hate it
A wave of AI-decompiled mashup mods has taken over X/Twitter this week.
PlatinumGames wants to return to Bayonetta
PlatinumGames president Atsushi Inaba says he “strongly wants” to expand Bayonetta, three years after series creator Hideki Kamiya left the studio.
RuneScape Reignited launches 2 December
Jagex’s RuneScape Reignited launches 2 December, giving players a new character type with a fresh economy, hiscores, and no paid progression.
Fourth RuneScape officially revealed
Jagex has revealed a fourth RuneScape MMO built in Unreal Engine, alongside an animated series made with YouTuber MoistCr1TiKaL.
Nivalis Nights dares to ask what if Cyberpunk 2077 met Dave the Diver and Stardew Valley? And for now at least I’m loving the answer
As I throw open the windows on my first day in Nivalis, breathing in the city's neon-streaked air and watching the smog roil across the blackened sky, my government-mandated AI automata informs me the district is in lockdown and a serial killer's on the loose. Five hours later, I've become embroiled in a child trafficking plot (the good kind, apparently, seeing as I'm helping them get out); I've stumbled across an oil rig and befriended its city separatists;
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s director responds to fans demanding a full disc version
Naoki Hamaguchi says he fought for a disc release of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, as the industry heads towards an all-digital future.
Sony in talks to land Battlefield movie from Christopher McQuarrie and Michael B. Jordan
Meta description: Sony is in talks to land a Battlefield movie from Christopher McQuarrie and Michael B. Jordan after a multi-studio bidding war.
Capcom wants its RE Engine to become an “AI-generation game engine”
Capcom has detailed plans to turn its RE Engine into an “AI-generation game engine” as part of its ongoing REX Project overhaul.
Metro Redux's Next-Gen Update arrives this month as franchise passes 50 million sales
4A Games confirmes free Next-Gen Update for Metro 2033 Redux and Metro Last Light Redux, as the Metro franchise passes 50 million sales ahead of Metro 2039.
Memory shortages set to persist into 2028, warns Micron CEO
Micron has warned investors that global RAM shortages will persist into 2028, with CEO Sanjay Mehrotra pointing to AI-driven demand for high-bandwidth memory.
“We felt that fans were getting a bit desensitised to the violence” Gears of War: E-Day devs made a “big investment” in gore, and weirdly, it works
“Brutality is a pillar of this game,” says studio art director Aryan Hanbeck at The Coalition.
What we've been playing - "That's one of gaming's great cities, that is"
What have you been playing this week? Join us in our regular feature where everyone tells everyone everything. Within reason.
GTA 6's 18+ age rating reveals Lucia and Jason can partake in drug use "directly from their inventory" and "at any time"
Another age rating seems to reveal even more details from Rockstar’s GTA 6: “Cocaine can be carried around by the player and snorted directly from their hand.”
"This is your Dreamcast moment": Former PlayStation boss thinks Xbox needs to "pick a lane" with exclusive games to fix itself
Xbox is at a crossroads, according to former PlayStation exec Shawn Layden. The console maker can choose to have exclusives games or go down Sega’s route.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 boss hopes GTA 6 pushes game prices up because it's "long overdue and also necessary for this business to survive"
Warhorse Studios’ co-founder thinks higher game prices are necessary, and Rockstar’s GTA 6 could turn $80 into the new norm.
Grand Theft Auto 6 may be the first GTA to have full-on "sex scenes", Hot Coffee not included
Most sex in Grand Theft Auto games has happened off screen. This might be about to change in GTA 6.
Rumours suggest Activision could be eyeing up a full reboot of the Halo series, with Sledgehammer Games heading up the project
We recently learned that Microsoft gave development of its next Halo game to Activision, where "a new purpose-built team" - separate from the teams working on Call of Duty - has been created to oversee the franchise going forward. Now, in a report from well-known Halo and Xbox insider Rebs Gaming, a possible timeline about how the process progressed internally at Microsoft has started to take form.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer review
A few years ago, I had the chance to ask Alex Ward, the co-founder of Criterion Games, about the driving model for the Burnout series. I had heard from a friend that beneath the arcadey immediacy lay physics of rare nuance and beauty. I was reverent in my questioning, even if I was slightly clueless - is it a driving model or a handling model or a physics model? - and Ward, thankfully, was having none of it. He told me that in the very early Burnout games, the cars, such as they were, didn't actually have wheels. How's that for nuance.
CD Projekt Red addresses divisive lighting changes in a new Witcher 3 Remastered PC patch
The Witcher 3 has been patched to address lighting issues in the Remastered edition. This has been a hotly debated topic since the overhaul was released.
Gears of War: E-Day is missing iconic features like chainsaw duels and meat shields, but The Coalition says we shouldn't worry - they're "not gone from the franchise"
The Coalition knows how you feel about “Meat Shields, Chainsaw Duels, select weapons from the franchise’s past”.
PS5 gets “AI-guided upscaling” a bit like PS5 Pro’s, and it’s available now in Marvel’s Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei
AI upscaling was previously exclusive to PS5 Pro, but base PS5s are getting a watered down version, and it’s available now.
Aion 2’s imminent worldwide release could be huge as early access founders’ packs outsell major games, and player numbers soar
Aion 2’s Founders packs have allowed paying MMO players to jump in early, pushing the game up Steam’s Top Sellers and Most Played rankings.
007 First Light gets free new DLC today, adding New Game Plus and Photo modes, new TacSim missions and more
New Game Plus finally arrives for James Bond game 007 First Light, in a free new update that has plenty more treats besides.
Ace Combat 8 developer apologises for Belkan War pre-order backlash, explains why it happened and vows to explore possible solutions
The team behind Ace Combat 8 has issued a statement in response to the controversy surrounding the game’s pre-order bonus game, The Belkan War.
Gears of War E-Day campaign review - turns out you can teach old Cogs new tricks
Less a complete reset for the series, and more of an ‘active reload’, E-Day proves there’s still life in these old Cogs yet.
Witcher 3 Remastered patch addressing "various lighting adjustments" rolls out
CD Projekt Red patches The Witcher 3’s Remastered edition to address brightness and other issues.
Krafton pulls the plug on another PUBG game, Black Budget, less than a year after it was announced
Anticipated PUBG spin-off, Black Budget, has been cancelled after years in development.
New Uncharted game reportedly in the works at Naughty Dog, and it’s not a remake
The next Uncharted game is seemingly in the early stages of development at Naughty Dog, and it doesn’t appear to be a remake.
Here are our PS Plus monthly games for October 2026
Sony has revealed the games coming to PlayStation Plus this month.
As Xbox swings the axe, Gears of War: E-Day developers fear they’ll be laid off straight after launch - and right before they’d be due their bonuses
Eurogamer speaks to anonymous sources from The Coalition on the change in morale over the past few months, linked to layoffs and Metacritic bonuses.
The Division studio Massive expands to take control of Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon, and a new IP, in Ubisoft's most recent reorganisation
Massive Entertainment has become its own business unit with Ubisoft, leading The Division, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell.
Former Halo lead suggests three ways Activision could revive the legendary series, and urges the company to hire laid off Bungie staff
Former Halo franchise director, Frank O’Connor, has given Activision some pointers now that it’s in control of Xbox’s iconic FPS series.
"Xbox is not for sale": CEO Asha Sharma says "we will do whatever it takes" to turn the console maker's fortunes around
“Xbox is not for sale.” Microsoft’s recent structuring of its game studios isn’t an attempt at selling Xbox, according to CEO Asha Sharma.
GTA 6 completely “re-engineered” Rockstar’s weather systems to “achieve a sense of scale we haven’t felt before,” adding hurricanes, rainbows and heavy rain
Rockstar Games has detailed how GTA 6 is expanding on Red Dead Redemption 2’s weather systems “to make everything much more localized and persistent.”
It's not even out yet, but Valve's Deadlock just became one of the most played games on Steam
Following the release of the gargantuan City Never Sleeps update, Valve’s MOBA Deadlock became one of the most played games on Steam.
Tinker, Bard, Illusionist - Blizzard seemingly surveying World of Warcraft: Forever players about never-before-seen classes to add to the game
World of Warcraft: Forever players have claimed to be sent a survey asking if they’d be interested in a variety of new classes.
"My god this new lighting is lifeless" - The Witcher 3 Remastered Edition divides players for a few key reasons
Everyone’s talking about The Witcher 3 Remastered upgrade. But some people aren’t saying nice things about it. Players are divided.
Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons developers hope to set aside the Baldur’s Gate 3 comparisons and build their own kind of open world
This probably feels like a bit of an odd place to start, but Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons isn't Fable. Yet, when I sat down to watch developer Invoke Studios' Gamescom demo of Warlock with no real idea of what to expect, it was the first thing that popped into my mind.
As Marvel’s Wolverine catches flak for excessive hand-holding, Control Resonant devs made a conscious decision not to use yellow paint
Remedy wanted you to participate in exploring the world of Control Resonant, so the developer decided not to hold your hand.
Monster Hunter Wilds on Switch 2 runs at a stable 30FPS, but it took Capcom a “painstaking, seemingly endless process” to get there
“We didn’t want it to feel like a simple port, where the graphics or performance had merely been scaled down to make the game run on Nintendo Switch 2.”
Crimson Desert’s Charting the Unknown DLC delayed by two weeks “to deliver a more polished and stable gameplay experience”
You’ll unfortunately have to wait a little longer to play Crimson Desert’s Charting the Unknown DLC.
Xbox Mythic Achievements roll out to Insiders and are retroactively awarded as far back as Xbox 360 games
There’s a new Xbox Achievement coming, and it’s awarded when you unlock all of a game’s other Achievements. It’s a PlayStation Platinum Trophy, in other words.
Xbox’s disc-to-digital feature rolls out for Series consoles and Xbox One, allowing you to digitise your game-disc collection
Most Xbox One and Xbox Series X discs can now be turned into digital licenses, thanks to this latest feature launch.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is getting a Counter-Strike-inspired game mode that I can’t believe it never had before
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 seemingly still has a few surprises left, including this latest reveal about a Counter-Strike-like game mode.
The Witcher 3 surges to its highest Steam concurrent player-count ever, following Remastered edition’s release
The Remastered edition has rekindled huge interest in The Witcher 3, which is currently more popular on Steam than ever.
You can now watch one of this year’s best orchestral game-music performances, celebrating Hades 1 and 2, online for free
See music from the Hades games performed and sung live, by the game’s actors, online for free, from an orchestral performance recorded earlier this year.
Don’t worry if you’re struggling in human form in The Blood of Dawnwalker - “it should be harder” playing that way
It’s official: the hardest way to play The Blood of Dawnwalker is in human form. You “should” feel more powerful as a vampire.
Controversy erupts around Ace Combat 8 on PC as bundled Belkan War re-release remains problematically attached to the new game, whereas it’s standalone on console
Early adopters of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve were not happy to find one of the game’s most exciting pre-order bonuses isn’t quite what was advertised.
Mexican lawmakers join the fight for digital games ownership with a new consumer rights initiative
President of the Mexican Senate’s Digital Rights Commission Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas has revealed a new initiative focused on digital video games.
What’s the intended difficulty for Gears of War: E-Day? “I can tell you right now, it’s Hardcore” says The Coalition creative director
“When you turn the difficulty dial up in Gears, the puzzle emerges more,” says Matt Searcy, creative director at The Coalition.
The Elder Scrolls Online is partly why Skyrim never got a Fallout: New Vegas-style spin-off, says Bethesda veteran
The Elder Scrolls Online kept fans of the series busy and allowed Bethesda to focus on non-Elder Scrolls projects, according to a former developer.
Wardogs early access review
A mix of various competitive shooters’ best bits but also something entirely new, Wardogs, even in early access, is already a brilliantly refreshing game.
All versions of The Witcher 3 "that exist in the world" will be upgraded with the free Remastered edition today
Every version of The Witcher 3 is to be updated with the Remastered edition today. And detailed patch notes are finally here.
Sony is introducing an anti-scalping lottery system for PS5 Pros in Japan as supply shortages persist
Japanese members of the public can submit an application to have the luxury to spend nearly £800 on a video game console.
Naughty Dog confirms two more The Last of Us projects are in the works, won’t show off Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet until 2027
Naughty Dog fans, eat your heart out: there’s a couple of morsels for you here.
In another unprecedented move, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is changing double XP tokens so they count down in match and not real-time
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is making yet another change no one thought possible: changing double XP tokens so they’re only depleted in matches.
Double Fine's releasing its next game, Thank You Bus Driver, just months after splitting from Xbox
After splitting from Xbox, Double Fine wasted no time at all as an independent developer - its new wacky, bus-driving puzzle game launches next month.
"What if London existed in the Grand Theft Auto universe?" One fan has answered with a GTA-style map of the city
Fans have been imagining what GTA: London might look like ever since Rockstar’s 1999 mission pack - one cartographer’s decided to find out.
Ubisoft's calling its next push into gen-AI game development Motherbrain
Ubisoft has been quite enthusiastic about generative AI’s use in game development, and a new trademark might sound familiar to Nintendo and Metroid fans.
The Witcher 3 Remastered is an extraordinarily generous upgrade that doesn’t change the game, but does make it new again
In preparation for The Witcher 3’s third expansion next year, a free and comprehensive Remastered Edition is being released this week. Here’s what we think.
Dark Souls 2 can now be played in its entirety with drop-in, drop-out co-op, thanks to its own seamless multiplayer mod
12 years after release, Dark Souls 2 has finally received its own version of Yui’s seamless co-op mod.
If you want an early taste of The Witcher 3’s Songs of the Past expansion, you can listen to five tracks from the OST right now
Five tracks, but a whole load of atmosphere - you can stream some sample music from Witcher 3’s 2027 expansion right now.
Blizzard gifts Diablo 4 players one of the game's rarest crafting materials to apologise for Season 15 issues
Following the troubled launch of Diablo 4’s Season 15, players were surprised to find a nice gift waiting for them in the game when they logged in.
Call of Duty: Warzone will soon make it possible to toggle all those silly skins off, something no one thought could ever happen
The Modern Warfare 4 era of Call of Duty: Warzone begins with the game’s first season, and it’s introducing a feature fans have long been asking for.
As World of Warcraft: Forever's beta popularity grows, Blizzard has yet again had to increase the server cap
Executive producer of World of Warcraft Holly Longdale broke the news, as people continue to hop in ahead of the beta release in November.
Marvel’s Wolverine finally lets you turn off “fart gas” scent trails completely, but there’s a catch
Insomniac Games has made good on its promise to let players turn off the controversial scent trails in Marvel’s Wolverine with its latest patch.
Five Nights at Freddy's is coming to Fortnite for Fortnitemares
Epic has confirmed Five Nights at Freddy’s is coming to Fortnite for Fortnitemares, with Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy appearing as bosses.
No, Xbox isn’t actually paying $400 million for Hideo Kojima’s Physint, reports say
Xbox is reportedly paying far less than the $400 million Kojima quoted Sony for Physint, after Sony dropped it over cost and delays.
Minecraft is finally getting a new dimension, its first since 2011
Mojang has announced The Sift, Minecraft’s first new dimension in more than 14 years.
Final Fantasy 7 director says Revelation's Platinum trophy will be "easier to get"
Director Naoki Hamaguchi says Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s Platinum trophy will be easier to get than Rebirth’s, after only 2.6 percent of players unlocked the
Minecraft still gains around 300,000 new players a day, Xbox boss reveals
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says Minecraft still gains over 300,000 new players a day, as Minecraft Live reveals Dungeons II and a Switch 2 port.
Microsoft CEO says Xbox's "streamlining" is "great to see" despite cuts and layoffs
Speaking on the Sources podcast, Satya Nadella called Xbox’s ongoing restructuring under Asha Sharma “great to see”, despite fresh layoffs this week.
Castlevania celebrates turning 40 by giving away the original game for free
Konami is giving away the original 1986 Castlevania for free to mark the series’ 40th anniversary, alongside deep sales and a new game, Belmont’s Curse.
MobyGames video game database now lets developers claim their game credits
MobyGames’ new Professional tier lets developers claim missing game credits and build their own portfolio pages.
US court orders Redditor to pay Nintendo £3.4m over Switch piracy
A US court has ordered Reddit moderator James ‘Archbox’ Williams to pay Nintendo £3.4 million after he ignored a lawsuit over pirated Switch games.
What we've been playing - "I curl up on my sofa and breed my army of battle cats"
We talk about the games we’ve been playing so that you’ll do the same. Our regular feature. Come, join in.
Skyrim loremaster says The Elder Scrolls never got a Fallout: New Vegas-style game because Bethesda is "very protective" over its golden goose
Bethesda never pursued an Elder Scrolls spin-off game akin to Fallout: New Vegas due to how protective it is over the RPG series, according to a former dev.
Resident Evil Requiem's made over $500m since release, but the new film didn't have as big of an impact as Capcom's price drops
Resident Evil Requiem is outpacing every other game in Capcom’s horror franchise - the ninth mainline game in the series has made over $500m and counting.
Control Resonant's post-launch plan includes a Photo Mode and New Game Plus Plus coming next month: "Do 665 runs if you want!"
Remedy’s bringing a Photo Mode and a New Game Plus Plus option to Control Resonant, letting you restart Dylan’s twisted journey as many times as you like.
Ubisoft's Mario + Rabbids team reportedly came close to making an "ambitious" Zelda game starring Ganondorf, but it wasn't to be
Following the success of Mario + Rabbids, Ubisoft Milan supposedly discussed further collaborations with Nintendo.
Arc Raiders announces a new PvE "test" to accommodate its surprisingly friendly players
Embark Studios has announced a PvE matchmaking test later this month, where players can focus on helping each other out rather than shooting people.
After nearly 19 years in development hell, Ubisoft's Beyond Good & Evil 2 is somehow still showing signs of life
Ubisoft Bordeaux narrative director Rik Godwin has shared an update on Beyond Good & Evil 2’s progress.
It took roughly two years and "one of the most expensive art assets ever" to get Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty's Chimera tank fight right
In a new episode of the AnsweRED podcast, CDProjekt RED developers have spoken about the substantial amount of work that went into the Chimera boss fight.
GTA veteran's MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy has entered administration, following yet more reports of layoffs
Build A Rocket Boy, the beleaguered studio founded by GTA veteran Leslie Benzies, has submitted an administration filing to the UK’s Companies House.
World of Warcraft: Forever has recaptured the original MMO’s magic, something I thought was impossible
World of Warcraft: Forever’s beta has set a high bar for the new iteration of the classic MMO, and having played it over the past few days, I’m utterly smitten
Sony reportedly surveying developers about PlayStation disc-ending decision - is it having second thoughts?
Sony’s decision to end PlayStation disc production has been hugely controversial, seemingly even among developers. A rumoured survey suggests Sony has noticed.
As Marathon's player slump continues, Bungie announces plans to grow it "beyond extraction"
A new development blog has detailed how Marathon will shift away from its hardcore extraction shooter focus in the coming months and beyond.
The Blood of Dawnwalker’s divisive time mechanic was once much stricter, but it was loosened because of “fear” around the game
It was originally harder to beat The Blood of Dawnwalker, Rebel Wolves has revealed, but it eased up the time limit because of the reaction to it.
“It genuinely breaks my heart”- Confusion and frustration reign as gaming communities react to Xbox’s drastic restructuring this week
Rare, Obsidian, Age of Empires, and Ninja Theory communities are reckoning with the fallout from Xbox’s latest restructuring.
Rockstar reveals a £350 box of naughty GTA 6 collectables you definitely wouldn’t get through airport security
A whopping £350 for this limited edition GTA 6 collectible set - and that doesn’t even include the game.
Roman Sands Re:Build review - a fiendish immersive sim drenched in a vaporwave glitchcore palette
After first hearing about Roman Sands Re:Build, and following along with bits of its development over the last few years, it's been a real ride getting to sit down with it; the demo from a couple years ago gave us a glimpse at both of the game's very different acts, a contrast that I initially misunderstood as a moving continuously back-and-forth between two realities situation (it's not).
“I assume someone is being greedy somewhere” - Tim Schafer discusses current game industry woes following Double Fine’s split with Xbox
Tim Schafer speaks to the BBC about Double Fine going independent, Game Pass, and the games industry in general.
Quake Champions ditches free-to-play and kills off its Microsoft Store version eight years after its original release
Quake Champions has unveiled a dramatic change to its pricing model, turning it from a free-to-play live-service shooter to a more traditional paid game.
Xbox’s version of PlayStation’s Platinum Trophy achievement seems to leak, and it’s got a sound-effect that’s 15 seconds long
PlayStation’s Trophies might have originally been inspired by Xbox’s Achievements, but as far as a Platinum award is concerned, the opposite seems to be true.
Player discovers game-changing pair of pants in World of Warcraft: Forever
World of Warcraft: Forever players have looted a particular pair of pants during the beta, which may change how players approach training professions.
Don’t expect regular Destiny 2 updates to return, despite the surprise “unvaulting” of game additions
It’s difficult to expect a skeleton team within Bungie to truly revive Destiny 2, but we now know more about what we can actually expect from the unvaulting.