Game news for PC and consoles: announcements, release dates, reviews, guides, and system requirements.
Lost Soul Aside launched on PS5 and PC in late August after a long wait, but player interest waned quickly. The game failed to meet many fans’ expectations for an action RPG, which led to a decline in its popularity. Despite the shaky start, the team kept working. The developers carefully reviewed community feedback and...
After a strong debut on Xbox — which noticeably boosted sales and online activity across all platforms — players began speculating about Helldivers 2 arriving on yet another system. Fans are asking whether the game will also come to the Switch 2. In a recent episode of the Game Business Show, host Christopher Dring jokingly...
The Xbox Partner Showcase has been officially announced. Microsoft invites viewers to a presentation featuring about twenty games. Get ready for a large-scale presentation of projects from Xbox partners. Microsoft is officially preparing a showcase of titles from third-party studios. Recent rumors have been partially confirmed. The Xbox Partner Showcase will take place on November...
Despite the enormous popularity of gacha and live-service mobile games, the market is so saturated and focused on a narrow set of hits that most projects in Japan don’t remain active for even three years. A study conducted by a Japanese analyst who specializes in gacha and live-service titles found that, out of more than...
Microsoft has dealt a major blow to one of the most widespread piracy schemes used to activate Windows and Office. Following the November update, the KMS38 tool — relied upon for years by users around the world — stopped working practically overnight. The change came from a patch embedded directly into the operating system. Microsoft...
Unreal Engine 5.7 is now available to game developers. Epic has unveiled the updated release in a new video that highlights the capabilities of the tools included in the suite. Epic points to faster procedural environment generation, streamlined tools for creating and editing trees and foliage, and Nanite Foliage — an expanded iteration of Nanite...
Business is shifting toward open platforms. Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick told CNBC that over the next decade the games industry is likely to lean more toward PC, although traditional consoles will remain relevant. I believe the trend is toward PC, with businesses favoring open platforms over closed ecosystems. That said, if you think of...
The developer dismissed the fans’ joke that he has been “doing nothing”. Yoko Taro pushed back against the widespread fan joke that he has “done nothing” in recent years. During a panel at the G-CON 2025 gaming conference in Korea, Taro revealed that since the release of NieR: Automata in 2017 he has been actively...
A slate of 2D arcade games, platformers, and puzzles is arriving soon. Standout titles include Demonschool, Saborus, Morsels, and Terrifier: The ARTcade Game. This week the Nintendo eShop will receive 46 new releases. Among the most notable are Demonschool, Saborus, Morsels, and Terrifier: The ARTcade Game. Desert Race Adventures — November 18 NS Morsels —...
Scheduled releases include Terrifier: The ARTcade Game, ASTRONEER, SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide and several other titles. This week the PlayStation Store will receive 15 new games. Noteworthy arrivals include Terrifier: The ARTcade Game, ASTRONEER, SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Valley of Memory [DLC] — November 18...
