As another addition to the slew of smaller studios being dissolved by their parent companies, Bandai Namco announced in a press release that they are shutting down their subsidiary studio Reflector Entertainment, a Montreal studio responsible for 2024's action-adventure game Unknown 9: Awakening...
UPDATE 11TH NOVEMBER: Grand Theft Auto 6 has also become the most pre-ordered game "of all time" on the Xbox Store, Microsoft has announced. And on that platform, again, the advice is to pre-load because of "unprecedented demand" for the game, a post on Xbox Wire said .
This month, embark on an inspiring mission of human connection in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, assemble a one-of-a-kind crew as you explore the open sea in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, navigate the cult-controlled ruins, natural caves, and nuclear bunkers of a green and unpleasant...
In a press release coinciding with Grand Theft Auto VI becoming available for pre-load ahead of its November 19th release date, Rockstar has confirmed that the game "has been fully developed from the ground up to provide the best possible experience for the current generation of consoles...
Grand Theft Auto VI is now the most pre-ordered game in the history of PlayStation Store. Given this unprecedented demand, we’ve joined with Rockstar Games to allow players to start pre-loading the game nine days early, so they’re ready to play on launch day. We’ve also adopted a rolling...
In what has come to feel like the dawn of the final day before Grand Theft Auto VI 's release, one thing that Rockstar really don't want people to be aware of is the ongoing legal dispute between the Rockstar Games Workers Union and the studio itself following Rockstar's alleged union busting in...
As Grand Theft Auto 6 preloads go live, developer Rockstar has detailed the enhancements coming to the PS5 Pro version of the game, confirming these won't include framerates above the 30 FPS its targeting for consoles.
An alleged draft of the potentially game-changing Digital Fairness Act has leaked ahead of its scheduled publication tomorrow (11th November), containing proposals that could dramatically affect the way games operate and are monetised within the European Union.
Rockstar Games has today clarified a few remaining details about Grand Theft Auto 6's framerate target and visual settings on PlayStation 5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X/S . And as part of the same announcement , the developer revealed a key detail about the game's cloud streaming options.
You know my favourite thing about Vampire Survivors ? The slow build of strength, the swelling power fantasy, the edging . Developer Poncle has proved itself incredibly adept at goading players into ever more ludicrous setups, demonstrating that with some patience, a canny eye for...
Marathon‘s Symbiosis update arrives December 8, bringing new PvE and PvP modes, weapons, a Runner shell, and expanded areas to explore on Tau Ceti IV. Today we’ve got first details on the updated Perimeter zone, Expedition mode, and more. What’s new in Marathon: Symbiosis Updated Perimeter zone...
In a statement posted yesterday, Killing Floor developers Tripwire Interactive have announced that the studio is laying off 36 "talented" internal staff as part of a "workforce reduction". The job cuts come 16 months after the release of Killing Floor 3 (which James didn't care for ), and within...
Arc Raiders , Embark Studios' popular extraction shooter, has exceeded 17m copies sold, according to publisher Nexon.
The folks behind Nexus Mods have rolled out a new "daily limit" system which ensures modders who upload multiple works in bulk during a single 24 hour period can't take up more than one spot in the tabs dedicated to showing off new mods for different games. Instead, those who chuck up their mods...
Australian developer House House has revealed it used generative AI "sparingly" to help make celebrated, indie, multiplayer puzzle game Big Walk.
Friendslop du jour Big Walk is the latest in an unfortunately long series of games that have been confirmed to use generative AI in their production, with developers House House clarifying their use of it in a statement to Aftermath (thanks!). House House state that "LLMs were used sparingly by...
Today, as part of Take-Two Interactive Software's Q2 2027 earnings call, Strauss Zelnick fielded questions from investors after presenting the financial results of the company. One caller was concerned about AI - specifically about the proliferation of AI-powered compilations and decompilations...
Today, as part of Take-Two Interactive Software's Q2 2027 earnings call, Strauss Zelnick noted that pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 are tracking "far above expectations", and is certain that soon "numbers will speak for themselves" when it comes to the game.
This N7 Day was the first without developer BioWare around, but fans of the Mass Effect series didn't let 7th November go by quietly. The community managed to get several notable Mass Effect actors to lend their voice to the increasingly loud 'SaveMassEffect' movement.
God of War: Ragnarok is the generation's best-selling and highest-earning PlayStation Studios game, according to a new report, but the full top 10 list has a few nice surprises.
More than a year after its initial release, physical versions of Hollow Knight: Silksong are finally arriving on players' doorsteps. It's the same brilliant and sometimes thrillingly cruel Metroidvania Eurogamer gave five stars to , except this time a pack-in booklet seemingly reveals the...
PlayStation has canceled Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, its free-to-play mobile spin-off of the platforming series, a year after it entered soft launch.
Oh shit, that's not too far away. Terrifyingly, that last sentence is now a thing I can accurately write about games coming out in January 2027. Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy has just been confirmed as one such game, with the cRPG's heresy investigation set to commence towards the end of the month.
Owlcat Games has revealed a release date for its tactical role-playing sequel Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy. The game arrives 28th January, 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X. A Switch 2 release date will be provided "at a later date", a press release says.
Sega have revealed that over two million email addresses have leaked due to a cyberattack on Japanese email delivery provider Arara, whom the Like A Dragon and Sonic publishers use to distribute newsletters. Sega and Arara are currently busy investigating what happened in the breach, which...
The next-level glamour of Grand Theft Auto 6 's arrival continues with word that Rockstar is hosting a star-studded launch 'festival' for the game in Miami - the game's setting-by-a-different-name.
"Lobby shopping" is what Call of Duty: Warzone players have been calling the ability to check the skill level of players in a lobby prior to joining it, enabling them to pass on those that include a lot of tough competition.
Back in September 2025, the launch of Hollow Knight: Silksong crashed the digital storefronts of Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam, as players who had waited over eight years for a follow-up to 2017's Hollow Knight rushed to download the highly anticipated sequel.
Whether RPGs are better off prioritising player freedom or endeavouring to have several doors slam shut every time you put another foot forwards in order to encourage multiple runs with different characters is, to put it bluntly, something I reckon will still be a matter of debate in the year...
For such a simple, straightforward real-world object, ladders have been the bane of game developers' existence since the early days of the industry . And Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls Series is certainly no stranger to that struggle.
