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Like the technical fix-uppery of the 2.0 update it’s launching alongside, STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl ’s Cost of Hope expansion arrives with a determinedly furrowed brow; that kind of enthusiastic, if just slightly contrite, look of someone hellbent on righting...
Read at Rock Paper ShotgunHands-on with the Arthurian-inspired action adventure that unleashes a legion of evil into the streets of London.
Read at IGNMicrosoft's closure of Arkane Austin in May 2024 left 96 developers out of work – among them studio head Harvey Smith, whose storied career spans Deus Ex, Dishonored, and Prey. Now, after a two-year quiet period, Smith is ready to reveal his next venture: Black Pony...
Read at GamesIndustry.bizDays after Deus Ex director Warren Spector announced that he was quitting the business , another former Ion Storm developer, Harvey Smith, has revealed Black Pony Immersive - a new studio dedicated to the creation of "imaginative first-person action RPGs set within...
Read at Rock Paper ShotgunSubnautica 2 gets its Buddy system update today, August 19. It adds a number of new features revolving around multiplayer in the underwater survival and crafting game. Here's what to expect from the 1.2 update.
Read at IGNAhead of its release next month, the official PC requirements for The Blood of Dawnwalker have been revealed. The game is shaping up to be a good-looking dark fantasy adventure, but fortunately, it only requires a modest amount of power to run at 1080p and 60 frames per...
Read at GameSpotThe consumer rights group Stop Killing Games has addressed this week's Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks , urging people not to support the hackers claiming responsibility for leaking footage of the game ahead of its November release. The group released several minutes of what appears...
Read at GameSpotStop motion studio Laika provides a beautiful preview of its latest dark fantasy adventure
Read at PolygonIt’s dark. The walls are oppressively grey, spikey and close. And there’s a disturbing noise of chattering teeth that sounds like it’s coming from, well, everywhere. Then, I see him. Flesh warped, eyeless sockets sunken, mouth wide, teeth full. The Chatterer – the source of...
Read at PlayStation BlogDavid Tennant is reprising his role as the Tenth Doctor in a new 12-part audio drama series.
Read at PolygonFrom Mind's Desire to Lurrus of the Dream-Den, here's all the fastest bans across 30 years of Magic: The Gathering.
Read at PolygonIt Ends, the latest indie-horror-thriller-that-could, is both creepy and amusing thanks to its likable cast and filmmaker Alexander Ullom’s ability to exploit minimal resources to maximum effect.
Read at IGNThe Binding of Isaac : Repentance + Online has revealed a release date and it's one you probably have marked on your calendar. The package, a collection of The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and all previously released add-ons, arrives 19th November on consoles -exactly the same...
Read at EurogamerThe Stop Killing Games movement has distanced itself from the manifesto published by the alleged group behind last night’s GTA 6 leak, and cast doubt on their motivations.
Read at IGNSplinter Cell Chaos Theory was the original Xbox's greatest game. Yes, even better than Halo.
Read at IGNYesterday, August 18th, further union rallies against Microsoft's mass layoffs across Xbox studios were held across North America. As the One Bethesda Game Studio (OneBGS) union and the Communication Workers of America (CWA)-supported protests continue, one unionised Bethesda...
Read at Rock Paper ShotgunConsumer rights movement Stop Killing Games has released a public statement admonishing the actions of the group which took responsibility for leaking Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay footage overnight.
Read at EurogamerSpace horror immersive sim RetroSpace will launch on 1st October 2026, developers The Wild Gentlemen and publishers Kwalee have announced. New to RetroSpace? In brief: you are a 3D-printed clone janitor, trapped aboard a space station that has been swallowed by a "sentient...
Read at Rock Paper ShotgunHow good are you at UNO? Toy company Mattel is announcing the UNO World Championship Series, which will offer a $50,000 grand prize.
Read at IGNWhat appears to be legitimate gameplay footage of Grand Theft Auto 6 has leaked onto the internet, alongside an alleged image of the game's entire map.
Read at EurogamerThe DualSense Edge, Sony's £200 / $200 pro-style controller for PlayStation 5 and PC, looks to be getting a revised model. That's according to filings on the website of US government agency the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Read at EurogamerThe Pokémon Company is cancelling orders of Pokémon 30th Anniversary Cards following a "cyber incident" that potentially left customer details exposed.
Read at IGNAn actor who starred in a fight sequence cut from the original Highlander movie has revealed what happened, 40 years later.
Read at IGNI was not a natural parent. The love was there instantly, but with it came all this anxiety I had not expected. Having a baby was like opening the door to a hilariously overstacked closet, and all of a sudden my simple life was buried under endless new things, new worries and...
Read at EurogamerKenji Nakamura's upcoming finale to his Mononoke movie trilogy is the perfect answer for fans who want more female, demon-slaying films.
Read at PolygonSims can get ready to rule the high school halls with the Mean Girls and Clueless Capsule kits coming to The Sims 4 this month.
Read at PolygonThe 1998 Jim Carrey masterpiece predicted the century of reality TV and social media, but it has a deeper spiritual resonance
Read at PolygonPretty Cool Games has been co-founded by Human: Fall Flat veterans Sitara Shefta (CEO) and Will Dudley (CCO) with the aim of building a sustainable studio that's fair to its employees and rewards them for their success.
Read at GamesIndustry.bizThe Crunchyroll Store no longer lists physical products such as manga, manhwa, and light novels.
Read at PolygonFormer Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss believes the BBC's current plan to reboot the show "quietly won't happen."
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