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PlayStation Will Cease Production Of Physical Discs For New Games In January 2028
Sony has announced plans to end production of physical discs for new games starting in January 2028. Following that date, new PlayStation games will only be available to purchase digitally on the…
GTA 6 devs have to opt-out of crunch, claim Rockstar North insiders, because it's baked into their contracts
Three current Rockstar employees in the UK have accused the Grand Theft Auto 6 studio of effectively baking crunch into their contracts, overseeing a widening gender pay gap, and weaponising bonuses…
Helldivers 2 is once again spoofing Donald Trump's wall with the Frontlines of Freedom update, which launches a new campaign "to make the galaxy safe again"
Helldivers 2 's latest in-game campaign sees the champions of strategically mitigated democracy supervising the construction of yet another massive wall of pine-scented gas in space. Kicking off with…
Exodus' character creator won't let you totally mess up its protagonist's "established look" with nose and brow slider chicanery, but you can still pick a beard
If you were planning to spend hours making sure your chin looks just right and ensuring your eyes aren't too close together when you fire up Mass Effecty sci-fi RPG Exodus , I've got bad news. Rather…
"Low-effort slop": The creators of the Godot engine behind Slay the Spire 2 are cracking down on "vibe-coding" and now require genAI disclosures
The foundation behind the open source Godot game engine have announced a crackdown on the use of generative AI by contributors, following a wave of "demoralizing", "low-effort slop" that has added to…
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Xbox claim they're "not reducing [their] investment in games" despite looming cuts, as report claims under 2.5% of Microsoft's total workforce are in the firing line
On top of the reports that Xbox are planning mass layoffs , yesterday brought the news that Xbox are backing out of funding deals and considering closing studios , yet they insist this isn't a sign…
"Keeping this under wraps has been torture": Against the Storm 2 could happen, but first, Eremite are making a survival game set in the city-builder's festering world
Eremite Games are making a survival game set in the bleak fantasy world of their Bestest Best roguelite city-builder Against The Storm . They've announced the project with a brief video snippet of a…
Green Suits is a surreal platformer stroke JRPG filled with Escher architecture and paranormal investigators
Sometimes I feel that my taste in media is a bit hard to pin down, given that I like shows like Twin Peaks and manga like Chainsaw Man, two series where their similarities mostly stop and start at…
Microsoft reportedly add Arkane and their Blade game to the potential shuttering pile
There's a lot of whispers about studios shutting down around Microsoft and Xbox at the moment. They've been primarily fluttering between Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Compulsion , but this week has…
IO Interactive Faces Layoffs After Xbox Ends Partnership For Its Upcoming Online RPG Project Fantasy
In 2023, Hitman and 007 First Light developer IO Interactive announced a surprising new IP, an online RPG codenamed Project Fantasy. While that game is still on the way, it has hit a snag that will…
Disassembling the Steam Machine suggests Valve are protecting its precious RAM by burying it under a dozen other parts
I, uh, completely took apart a Steam Machine by accident. What began as merely wanting a closer look at its RAM setup ended up as a more-or-less full teardown, the heavily layered, almost Russian…
Report: Microsoft Is Considering Shutting Down Arkane Studios And Canceling Marvel’s Blade
According to a new report by The Verge , Microsoft is considering closing Arkane Studios and canceling its upcoming title, Marvel’s Blade . This studio closure would be among the several reportedly…
IO Interactive look set for layoffs as their external partner for Project Fantasy pulls out
Update: Bloomberg have reported that IO's external partner on Project Fantasy was indeed Xbox. Sigh. It's another one of those days, as layoffs are essentially imminent yet again, this time at 007…
Guns of Eschaton is a wild west soulslike FPS and posthumous release from the art director of Half-Life 2
Last year, the art director behind titans of visual design like Half-Life 2 and Dishonored , Viktor Antonov, died at the age of 53 . Prior to his death, in 2022 he co-founded Eschatology…
Persona Is Reportedly Getting A Live-Action TV Series By Netflix
Netflix is no stranger to adapting video games into TV series, and the streaming giant looks to be tackling a live-action Persona series, Variety reports. The series’ showrunner, writer, and…
Guns Of Eschaton Is A Western Soulslike FPS Envisioned By The Late Artist Of Half-Life 2 And Dishonored
Eschatology Entertainment and publisher 4Divinity have revealed Guns of Eschaton, a soulslike FPS set in a supernatural American Wild West. The game’s visual design was envisioned by the late Viktor…
PlayStation Will Remove Hundreds Of Purchased Movies And TV Shows From User Libraries In September
Sony has announced it is removing hundreds of purchased movies and TV Shows by Studio Canal from players' digital libraries. This will begin September 1, with Sony citing seemingly expiring content…
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Premieres This Fall And Has A New Trailer
A standalone sequel to Netflix’s hit Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was announced last summer , and now we have our best look yet at the upcoming series thanks to a new trailer. Netflix has also revealed a…
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Roster Adds Blade, Loki, And Deadpool
Arc Systems Works revealed a new team and characters for its upcoming tag team fighter Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls during Evo 2026 this weekend. One hero, one villain, and one fourth-wall-breaking…
The Video Games You Should Play This Weekend – June 26, 2026
Star Fox is back! And by that, of course, I mean the 1997 Nintendo 64 game is literally back. Who knows how long we will be waiting for a proper, new Star Fox, but you know what? The remake, simply…
ConcernedApe Explains Why He's Shown So Little Of Haunted Chocolatier: 'I Would Rather Serve A Fully Baked Bread'
Haunted Chocolatier is the highly, highly anticipated follow-up to Stardew Valley, one of the biggest indie games of all time. But while this chocolate-making spiritual successor was announced way…
Lizzy Caplan Joins The Cast Of FX's Far Cry Anthology Series
Last November, FX announced that a limited Far Cry anthology series was in production. We already know the series is helmed by executive producers Noah Hawley (creator of FX’s Fargo and Alien: Earth…
Everything Announced At The 2026 Capcom Spotlight
Capcom held one of its annual summer Spotlight showcases today. While it was light on major announcements, we did learn more about Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, the reveal of new story DLC for…
Xbox Consoles Are Getting Another Price Increase In August
Xbox consoles are getting a third price increase in roughly 13 months. Effective August 1, the costs of certain Xbox models are being raised worldwide by no less than $100. An Xbox Wire post states…