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Doom devs id Software were reportedly kicking around ideas for a new Perfect Dark, a John Wick-inspired game, and multiplayer demonslaying prior to layoffs
When Microsoft's mass layoffs gutted Doom developers id Software earlier this week, the studio were reportedly kicking around a number of ideas for games they could work on after finishing Doom: The…
Former Marathon director settles lawsuit against Sony and Bungie, following his firing over alleged inappropriate messages to female staff
Former Marathon director Christopher Barrett has settled his lawsuit against Sony and Bungie. He filed the lawsuit against the studio after a quiet departure which was confirmed in March 2024 …
New Vegas devs Obsidian are reportedly working on a new Fallout game, and only Microsoft could make news I've waited half my life for taste this bitter
I rather like Fallout: New Vegas . It's one of my favourite games of all time, if not number one. Ever since I first played it as an impressionable teenager, I've been dying to see its developers…
Well, at least one good thing's come out of Destiny 2's demise: lob tomatoes at ex-Bungie CEO Pete Parsons' car collection in this fan-made boss battler
Following the end to Destiny 2 's development and subsequent layoffs at developers Bungie, fans of the series have decided to get a bit of revenge of the studio's ex-boss Pete Parsons in one of the…
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced can run smoothly aboard both Steam Deck and Steam Machine - with the right settings
Greetings, owners of hardware who are also partial to reasonably well-made pirate game remakes . I’m trying something new and fresh and debatably sexy for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced …
Bithell Games Reveals Vampirium: 1997, An Immersive Sim Where You Work As An Assassin For Dracula
Bithell Games, creators of games such as Volume , John Wick Hex , and Tron: Catalyst, has announced a new immersive sim called Vampirium:1997. The game takes place in an England ruled by Dracula…
Become King Dracula's personal vamp-assassin in Vampirium: 1997, an immersive sim Bithell Games are launching into Steam early access soon
Remember the 90s? Oasis were unavoidable, Tony Blair stalked the halls of power, and Dracula sat on the English throne. Wait, what was that last one? Turns out I'm thinking of Vampirium: 1997, a…
Xbox boss Asha Sharma pins layoffs on Phil Spencer's regime spreading the company "too thin", while claiming a "a healthy Xbox" could weather the RAM storm
Xbox laid off around 1600 people earlier this week , revealing plans to part ways with five studios at the same time. Naturally, boss Asha Sharma's been tasked with justifying it all, and she's now…
Cat Mail Co. is a cosy game where you run a post office for cats, and I wish it let me snoop into their private lives
I love to hold a stranger's post. Letters are good. Though, those padded protective envelopes are better – what's inside that needs that extra level of protection?. But a box, especially one…
"A mentor and an inspiration to many": Skywind devs pay tribute to modder Kettlewitch, whose death has left another Skyrim mod's future up in the air
Update: The Skyblivion team have posted their own tribute to Kettlewitch. "For over a decade, Kettlewitch was a close friend and mentor to us," they wrote. "His work supported both Skywind and…
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review - a great pirate game swaps the ups and downs of old Assassin’s Creed for the ups and downs of new Assassin’s Creed
Frigate spotted off the starboard bow, Cap’n! Ready the mortars, me hearties! Fire! All sail! We’ll split her in twain with the ram! She’s not done, swing around and ready the…
Get spirited away to a weird, scary version of a Japanese town and take pictures of the oddities you find in SOMBRAS: negative frames
About a year and a half ago I bought a point and shoot 35mm film camera because I was getting a bit bored of taking photos on my phone in the name of capturing a memory, only to literally never look…
Massive Marvel Rivals Update Reworks Black Widow And Overhauls The Team-Up System
Marvel Rivals introduced its newest season, The Mystery of Thebes, in a livestream earlier today, which will add the new characters Jubilee and The Hood into the game. The cinematic trailer was…
"This has got to be the most awesome toaster ever": Saber on building upon hits like Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Licensed games don't really exist in the way they did 20 years ago, with three different versions of the same game being made for different consoles adapting a popular media property on the cheap to…
Jubilee And The Hood Join Marvel Rivals In Season 9: The Mystery Of Thebes
Marvel Rivals, the comic book-themed hero shooter from Netease, aired a livestream today to reveal what's coming to the game in its ninth season, which is set to start this Friday, July 10. The…
Doom Developer id Software Reportedly Loses Roughly Half Its Staff To Layoffs
In the wake of Xbox’s planned layoffs across its gaming division , which will impact 3,200 employees, with 1,600 of those workers immediately let go yesterday, Doom developer id Software has been hit…
A Rare Sealed Copy of the Original SNES Mario Kart Just Hit eBay, & It’s Actually Affordable
Dodging bananas. Cursing because a blue shell is on your tail. Trying not to fall off a rainbow. All are regular occurrences in Mario Kart, a bestselling series that launched in 1992 and has so far…
Cyberpunk Edgerunners' Lucy finds herself in yet another crossover, this time in an upcoming Apex Legends event
Crikey, they sure do love putting Miss Lucy Cyberpunk in other games, don't they? First Guilty Gear Strive , then Wuthering Waves , and now the Cyberpunk Edgerunners characters is finding a facsimile…
Subnautica 2's first proper update is coming tomorrow, bringing in much needed creature behaviour changes and more
The day has come! Almost, anyway, that day being Subnautica 2's first update that isn't just a hotfix, bringing in a small bounty of those previously promised improvements that'll hopefully make you…
Appa is a gorgeous, surreal card game about grieving siblings where every move your opponent makes can be reacted to
I love a digital card game as much as the next person, but honestly, most of the time I feel that they're a bit of a letdown in the visuals department. There's never been one I've played where I've…
Lego Reveals 5 New Pokémon Sets Featuring Rayquaza, Arcanine, And More
In January, Lego revealed its first-ever official Pokémon set , and that has evidently proven popular, because it then announced 12 additional sets coming in August. That's not enough, apparently…
Left 4 Dead lives on in The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu, a Lovecraftian extraction game from the creators of Zeno Clash
Seeking relief from the terrible light of the Xbox resettification, I fall into the sweet, dank embrace of The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu, a 17th century extraction game in which four crucifix-wielding…
After split with Xbox, Hitman developer IO will "continue to develop" Project Fantasy independently, but they're closing their Istanbul Studio
Last week brought the news that Xbox had dropped their support for Project Fantasy the, er, fantasy project in development at IO Interactive . The Hitman maker announced they would remain "100%…
IO Interactive Regains Ownership Of Project Fantasy Following Xbox Split
IO Interactive has announced it has regained full ownership of its in-development online RPG Project Fantasy following its split from an external funding partner last week, which was later confirmed…