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The takeaway is simple: Microsoft Gaming appears to be in serious decline. Xbox’s decline hasn’t just continued — it’s picked up speed. The company has been raising prices across the board: consoles, games, and subscription plans. Microsoft now asks $360 per year for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, framing the increase as a result of “new...

Ananta — un nom qui est passé du silence à l’omniprésence en quelques jours. Le titre, anciennement connu sous le nom de Project Mugen, a littéralement enflammé le Tokyo Game Show 2025 : files d’attente interminables, démo prise d’assaut et distribution massive de goodies ont fait du stand NetEase/Naked Rain l’un des plus visités du...

Image: Legendary, Warner Bros./The Pokémon Company OpenAI’s new generative video tool, Sora, has been public for only a week but already ignited a wave of controversy. Early users have pushed the app toward recognizable aesthetics and characters from major anime and gaming franchises, producing a flood of derivative clips and prompting widespread debate. PC Gamer...

It’s been a while since we sent PlayStation fans off to Tatooine. It’s a solid and engaging game, but unlikely to be a serious contender for Game of the Year. This title contains many unnecessary, extraneous, and irritating elements. Some shortcomings can be forgiven because Ghost of Yotei retains the core formula of Ghost of...

A concise roundup of last week’s content, where we took an in-depth look at the games industry. A brilliant game, a terrible “Silent Hill”? A review of the polarizing horror Silent Hill f Bloody schooldays for superheroes. We dissect the first season of “Gen V” and the opening of season two It’s not me locked...

A concise roundup of the week’s most notable developments across the global entertainment industry. Borderlands 4 fell short beside Borderlands 3 — performance is reportedly three times worse. EA introduced modular installation for Battlefield 6, allowing players to control the game’s download size. A Capcom veteran warns that Palworld “crossed a red line” and urges...

Outliver: Tribulation blends influences from Resident Evil and Dark Souls against a mystical African backdrop. A mobile edition of Outliver: Tribulation has launched on Android — a mystical third-person shooter from Nigerian studio GBROSSOFT. The developers fuse combat-horror elements, soulslike mechanics, and strands of African mythology. Players take on the role of soldier Bolanle Gboyegu,...

Besiege is available on Steam, where it holds a “Very Positive” rating based on 46,000 player reviews. The physics-driven sandbox Besiege, developed by Spiderling Studios, launched on PC via Steam in 2020 and has since amassed a 95% positive rating. It is now being prepared for release on iOS and Android devices. Besiege’s gameplay blends...

Image: Empire International Pictures Decades before contemporary horror labels like Blumhouse or A24 became cultural shorthand, Stuart Gordon—an experimental-theater director turned cult filmmaker—built a distinct niche. From 1985 to 2007 he directed more than twenty features that reveled in low-budget creativity: practical effects, copious fake blood, and flagrantly transgressive ideas. His most enduring work, and his...

Image: Netflix 2025 belongs to KPop Demon Hunters. Sony Animation’s blockbuster about Huntr/x — a fictional K-pop girl group who double as demon hunters — has taken Netflix by storm. The film’s success has extended beyond streaming: it enjoyed a strong theatrical run, shattered Billboard chart records, and inspired a thriving Archive of Our Own...

The animated series Marvel Zombies has unexpectedly emerged as a flagship title on Disney’s streaming service. Marvel Studios typically avoids overtly adult fare, favoring family-oriented projects. However, on September 24 the studio released its first Marvel Zombies animated series with a TV‑MA rating — the television equivalent of an R rating (adults only). The show...

Prime 1 Studio’s new Ramlethal Valentine statue — featuring LED illumination — won’t reach collectors and devoted Guilty Gear Strive fans until 2027. Prime 1 Studio announced that pre-orders for a 1/4-scale Ramlethal Valentine statue from the fighting game Guilty Gear Strive will open on October 7, 2025. The figure is priced at $1,199 (approximately...

HBO is developing another Game of Thrones spin-off that promises a fresh perspective on the world of Westeros. Soon HBO will introduce another prequel set in George R.R. Martin’s universe. Titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, the series will function as a self-contained story with a tone that departs noticeably from...

According to SneakersSO’s insider, Xbox is expected to undergo another round of layoffs in the first quarter of 2026 — a reduction said to be similar in scale to the cuts that occurred this past summer. If true, this would mark the fifth wave of job losses over the last two years. The games industry...

Jump Space — dubbed by fans as a “Sea of Thieves in space” — has unexpectedly become a standout success for Keepsake Games. The launch was marred by technical shortcomings, but a stream of updates and hotfixes has since steadied the experience. Xbox Series X and S owners noticed the biggest gains — patch 0.4.10.105...

Paradox has formally discontinued support for Millennia — a 4X strategy positioned as a contender to Civilization. Eighteen months after release, the company has chosen to stop issuing further updates and fixes. Update 8 is the final patch. The game did improve noticeably from its launch state, but it never resolved its core shortcomings. The...