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Nintendo Switch 2 is touring the UK throughout 2026! Nintendo News·Aug 6

Publisher Secret Mode opens development studio to support internal projects Game Developer·Aug 5

Candy Crush maker King has declined staff's collective bargaining agreement Game Developer·Aug 5

"Believable and consistent up close": What the dinosaurs of The Lost Wild share with Microsoft’s cancelled Everwild, according to the designer who worked on both Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 5

Prison Architect devs Introversion Software announce Arise Dark Lord GamingOnLinux·Aug 5

Even after 200 hours, Marathon's greatest secret is still deciphering the rhythms of rival players Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 5

Gears of War: E-Day's upcoming weekend beta suddenly gets PvP due to fan demand Eurogamer·Aug 5

Tell a whole town what to believe in Static Hour, a rolodex-flipping newsroom thriller about investigating a strange epidemic of violence Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 5

Sir, We Have an Orc Problem is a satisfying incremental-style tower defense with enemies flowing like waves GamingOnLinux·Aug 5

Policymakers across Europe told to do more to support local game industry Game Developer·Aug 5

"We take your feedback to heart" - Game Freak promises to improve Beast of Reincarnation following a divisive launch Eurogamer·Aug 5 4 outlets

Assassin's Creed Valhalla director makes sudden return to Ubisoft, and will lead the series moving forward Eurogamer·Aug 5

I like being king of some weird and sexy knights in fantasy RPG Sovereign Tower, but I'm not convinced the time travel element is my cup of spiderwine Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 5

Diablo 4 players have long wanted to bring their Eternal characters into the Seasonal realm, and now they're getting their wish, sort of Eurogamer·Aug 5

Marvel Rivals' next update drastically reduces the game's install size on PC and console Eurogamer·Aug 5

EA’s Saudi takeover will be "a real waste" if it turns the publishers into a "sequel-and-mega-franchise machine", Helldivers 2 studio boss says Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 5

A PC cooling company shows Sony and Nintendo how it's done, as it pledges to pass US tariff refunds onto customers Eurogamer·Aug 5

Coffee Stain bullish despite underperformance of Deep Rock Galactic spinoff Game Developer·Aug 5

Humble Choice for August 2026 brings TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and more GamingOnLinux·Aug 5

Free to play football game Strikers Club adds Easy Anti-Cheat - works on SteamOS / Linux GamingOnLinux·Aug 5

dwproton-11.0-10 released with a fix for Honkai: Star Rail GamingOnLinux·Aug 5

Mini roguelike citybuilder 'Combolands' from Terra Nil designer launches August 24 GamingOnLinux·Aug 5

"If Quantic Dream wants to destroy jobs, it must pay": French union call strike as they demand extension to layoff negotiations with Star Wars Eclipse studio Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 5

There are a few gooduns in August's Xbox Game Pass line-up, including a surprisingly sexy, and funny, furniture dating sim Eurogamer·Aug 5

Feed rubber ducks to a bottomless corporate void in Project P.I.T.T. on August 19 GamingOnLinux·Aug 5 Electronic Arts (EA) officially sold off to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Jared Kushner and others GamingOnLinux·Aug 5 2 outlets

Big Walk isn't an open world hangout sim, it's a secret Predator game, or it would be if House House would quit fixing the voice volume Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 5

"Mass layoffs" expected at EA, as $55bn buyout by Saudi Arabia's PIF and Donald Trump's son-in-law officially goes through Eurogamer·Aug 5 2 outlets

Resident Evil Veronica remake already proving popular for Capcom, as wishlists reach an impressive milestone Eurogamer·Aug 5 The Power of Motherhood Amid Chaos – 1998: The Toll Keeper Story PlayStation Blog·Aug 5

Almost 10,000 people have played Baldur's Gate 3 in a portrait aspect ratio, so join me in figuring out why they'd commit such sacrilege Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 4 EA is now a private company The Verge – Gaming·Aug 4

Devs raise $130,000 in just five days to support laid-off peers Game Developer·Aug 4

The demo for 500 FINGER FILLET taught me that none of you should let me anywhere near a kitchen knife, also can someone call a doctor Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 4 Lenovo’s Legion Go S with SteamOS is down to its lowest price ever The Verge – Gaming·Aug 4

Amid child safety lawsuits, Roblox says it 'continues' to push toward a standard for digital safety Game Developer·Aug 4

This Game Costs 200 Dollars is a game that really does cost $200, doesn't look very good, and almost made its dev $1.3 million Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 4

Sci-fi MMO Cinder City is getting a pre-alpha playtest later this month so you can put its RAM hogging requirements to the test Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 4

Sick of rage quitters? This indie dev has created a very funny answer to those inclined to tilt (and turn) Eurogamer·Aug 4

Is 8GB VRAM enough for a graphics card in 2026? Yes, but GPU makers should still try harder Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 4

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave – Game Overview | Full Nintendo Direct 8/4/2026 IGN·Aug 4

Update: Tencent-owned Lightspeed LA lays off 68 staff Game Developer·Aug 4

13th century Mongolian courier sim The Legend of Khiimori becomes a battle against supernatural "poison of the earth spirit" with its Corruption Update Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 4

You can try the newly-launched Switch 2 port of Final Fantasy 14 for free, right now, if you have a spare 117GB Eurogamer·Aug 4

The developer behind Fifa World Cup - which launched less than two months ago - has laid off 85% of its staff Eurogamer·Aug 4 2 outlets

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced patch makes the very important change of letting you hide Edward's blowpipe Eurogamer·Aug 4 2 outlets

Hooded Horse's watery 4X sequel Endless Legend 2 gets a 1.0 launch date and a new faction of terraforming desert dwellers Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 4

Rumours of an unannounced Elder Scrolls game are bogus, sadly Eurogamer·Aug 4

Don't be alarmed if you get an 'account banned' message in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on PS4 or PS5, you may not actually be banned Eurogamer·Aug 4

Guardians of the Galaxy's Dave Bautista could take over Kratos role in God of War live-action show, report claims Eurogamer·Aug 4 The next Xbox could play every Xbox game ever made The Verge – Gaming·Aug 4

Live service revenue dominates in EA's last fiscal report ahead of Saudi deal Game Developer·Aug 4

Xbox's FanFest world tour is still going ahead, for some reason, even after Microsoft fired the guy who created it Eurogamer·Aug 4

Microsoft will let devs bring more Xbox 360 games to PC in the coming years via backwards compatibility, leaked document suggests Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 4 2 outlets

Stellar Blade: Blood Rain's AI music video should be viewed with "understanding in mind", says studio boss Eurogamer·Aug 4

PlayStation and Xbox's most played games are, once again, exactly what you expect them to be Eurogamer·Aug 4 The studio behind Pokémon struggles to find its voice in Beast of Reincarnation The Verge – Gaming·Aug 4 3 outlets

How Silent Hill: Townfall gets deep into its protagonist's headspace Game Developer·Aug 3

Samsung, who've been accused of worsening the RAM crisis via price fixing, reckon components will only get more expensive in 2027 Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 3

Tongue your friends in Big Hops Together, the froggy platformer's new eight player co-op update, which was inspired by Mario mods Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 3

Indie game bundle saving buyers over $1,000 in support of laid off developers has raised over $100,000 in three days Eurogamer·Aug 3

Capcom are reworking Dragon’s Dogma 2's infamous Dragonsplague so you can "enjoy the strategic decisions we originally envisioned" for it Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 3

Fantasy RTS Flow of War is an immediately moreish blend of worker herding, fortress building, and 90s-style visuals Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 3

Xbox hardware now costs a lot more in the UK and Europe Game Developer·Aug 3

AMD graphics card price hikes are reportedly following Nvidia's, as the AI-fuelled RAM shortage continues to set wallets alight Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 3 2 outlets

The Soulslike genre has grown stale after Elden Ring, and only FromSoftware can take it to strange new places Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 3

Square Enix responds to Kingdom Hearts Collection AI controversy two months after players called it out Eurogamer·Aug 3

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls shows early signs of popularity, soaring up tournament entry leaderboards GameSpot Videos·Aug 3

Making Baldur’s Gate 4 would be "a great challenge" for Rogue Trader devs Owlcat, co-founder says, as the studio reiterate their commitment to CRPGs Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 3

PlayStation 5 sales have topped 95 million units worldwide Game Developer·Aug 3

Memory chip maker Samsung says the component shortage will continue to get worse in 2027, while earning a pretty penny from it Eurogamer·Aug 3

American Truck Simulator trundles off to a land of enchanted highways and giant bovines with a freshly announced North Dakota expansion Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 3

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen director casually announces a Hard Mode is in the works Eurogamer·Aug 3

Palworld Online is a new MMORPG coming to iOS and Android later this year Eurogamer·Aug 3

As hype builds for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Remake and Rebirth continue to sell well Eurogamer·Aug 2

Control Resonant's story will take around 30 hours, Remedy says, with completionists looking at 50-hour runs Eurogamer·Aug 2

Story of Seasons mobile game cancelled as Marvelous cuts six-year Tencent partnership Eurogamer·Aug 2

Xbox UK and Europe console price hikes revealed - and it's even worse than we expected Eurogamer·Aug 2

The Sunday Papers Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 2

Manage a cafe by day, go to bed and fight in your dreams in a world without sleep by night in Hips N Noses Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 1

Silent Hill: Townfall's devs say they're purposefully playing against your nostalgic tech feelings, but I'm not sure it'll work on me Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 1 2 outlets

Crimson Desert's latest patch is good news for all you moneygrubs, as it adds in a bounty of new trading posts and goods to pawn off Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 1

Got a spare $10? Net yourself almost 150 games and help support laid off game devs with the game industry hardship fund bundle Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 1

"I sense immense expectations": Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's director on ending the remake trilogy and DLC Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 1

What if Stop Killing Games win? Anthem, SpaceCraft and Warframe devs on the "massive undertaking" of preserving an always-online game Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 1

What are we all playing this weekend? Rock Paper Shotgun·Aug 1 2 outlets

All the RPS Supporter rewards for July 2026: space battles, messy desks, and puzzling dreams Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 31

Massive Fallout: New Vegas mod Fallout: New California hits GOG, offering another way to get some "proper, story-driven Fallout" in your belly Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 31

Xbox CEO declares priorities after 'reset' Game Developer·Jul 31

Star Wars, Metal Gear, and Halo composer Kazuma Jinnouchi confirmed as lead composer for Guild Wars 3 Eurogamer·Jul 31

itch app bundle support, launch args, and more itch.io Blog·Jul 31

Nexus Mods update their generative AI-made mod tagging policy, dividing one label into three for more specific search filtering Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 31

EA Sports FC 26 may have almost 10 million daily active users, a far larger player count than public data may have you believe Eurogamer·Jul 31

GDC Side Quest - A Sit-Down With The Indomitable Sam Beart Game Developer·Jul 31

Surprise! After getting over 500,000 downloads on Steam, there's a Mortal Shell 2 beta live right now on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S Eurogamer·Jul 31

The Elder Scrolls Online developer posts extensive roadmap and reiterates that the game is "here to stay", in spite of sweeping Xbox layoffs Eurogamer·Jul 31

20 years ago, Dead Rising showed a different path for open worlds, and more games should pinch its ideas Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 31

Double Fine cuts staff, Xbox's revenue decline, and Leon Kennedy pays off - Patch Notes #63 Game Developer·Jul 31

EA expect their $55 billion sale to Saudi Arabia and private equity firms to close next week, with "all regulatory approvals required" in place Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 31 2 outlets

A former Assassin's Creed dev is making a ghost-hunting horror mystery based on visits to abandoned convents, in which your greatest weapon is a chunky instant camera Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 31

Midnight Moments is a cyberpunk diorama builder for the neon sign and drizzly rain lovers Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 30

Rideshare "Stimulator" is an Uber driver sim set in a city full of weirdos that I'm hoping is satirical enough to pull the concept off Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 30

Machine Party, out now, is masochistic Mario Party from the dev that brought you Buckshot Roulette Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 30

RuneScape: Dragonwilds revamps the agility skill and gives you Wipeout style courses to test your mettle on Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 30

Thimbleweed Park 2 is "not really a sequel, not really a prequel," but it is in development and due out in 2028 Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 30

Narrative Notebook #5: UNBEATABLE's music video vibes can't be beat Game Developer·Jul 30

Your most powerful Necron unit in Dawn of War 4 is a sentient shard of a dead star god, and boy does he hate you Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 30

Helldivers 2's Warhammer 40k warbond finally gets a release date, will let you bust out the meltaguns and meltamines Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 30

To escalate its relationship-straining putting contests, Golf With Your Friends 2 is turning to chaos and custom courses Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 30

The truth behind the resurrection of Poinpy Game Developer·Jul 30

Unity brings dedicated engine support to Netflix Games Game Developer·Jul 30

Nintendo eShop Highlights – 30/07/2026 Nintendo News·Jul 30

Halo on helium has arrived less than a week after modders got their hands on Campaign Evolved, though AI might've been used to chipmunk Chief and Cortana Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 30

Upcoming games – August 2026 Nintendo News·Jul 30

"Our business did not grow with our audience": post-layoffs, Xbox execs are trying to sell a gaming division bounce back by summer 2027 Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 30

If knowledge is power, why are game companies setting it alight? Game Developer·Jul 30

BeamNG.drive, Steam's finest car pancake maker, gets its biggest update yet with overhauled graphics, fresh rally stages and a sporty new coupe Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 30

Xbox revenue fell by $1.7 billion during fiscal 2026 Game Developer·Jul 30

I'm not going to 100% roguelite strategy spinoff Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand, but it does breathe new life into some of the series' oldest features Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 29

Stealth and armour placement rule supreme in Tyr, the new tank shooter from former Destiny and Valorant devs, with a public playtest now live Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 29

"The Case of the Golden Idol-style deduction meets The X-Files": Former BioWare devs unveil supernatural detective game The Eventide Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 29

Epic Games hires former head of Blizzard's Battle.net Game Developer·Jul 29

Krafton have big plans for Subnautica, after the second game's once-divisive co-op "confirmed the potential to expand beyond the existing fan base" Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 29 2 outlets

Serve refreshments and spot demons in Night Plane, a PSX-style horror job sim about being a flight attendant in 1999 Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 29

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers sequel in the works from original director's new studio, which bears the wonderful name Indolphinity Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 29

"Dragon Age: Origins wasn’t the most attractive game": BioWare's old series producer still thinks a DA remaster trilogy is worth it, but the knowhow isn't there Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 29

EA boss awarded $38.6M after year of franchise success, studio layoffs, and GenAI adoption Game Developer·Jul 29

GTA Online in-game gambling reportedly blocked in Australia, leaving folks down under locked out of Diamond Casino games Rock Paper Shotgun·Jul 29

Double Fine making layoffs after being jettisoned by Xbox Game Developer·Jul 29

Five tips for Salmonid splatting in Splatoon Raiders Nintendo News·Jul 23

Nintendo eShop Highlights – 23/07/2026 Nintendo News·Jul 23

Ask the Developer Vol. 22, Splatoon Raiders – Chapter 3 Nintendo News·Jul 21 3 outlets

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta: Dates, Content, And How To Get In GameSpot·Jul 20

Summer games on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch Nintendo News·Jul 17

itch.io changelog: Sale Explorer, Bundle Hosting revamp, Jam Theme Editor, Patreon integration & more itch.io Blog·Jul 2

The itch.io Summer Sale 2026 is live! itch.io Blog·Jun 25

It’s Witchcraft And Grand Touring In This Week’s Epic Games Store Freebie GameSpot·Jun 18

The New Guitar Hero–Err, Stage Tour–Reveals First 25 Songs, Including A Shrek Classic GameSpot·Jun 9

Monopoly Go x The Simpsons crossover is almost here VG247·Jun 2

Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.3 will take us deeper into the World in Canvas and make Mortenax Blade playable VG247·May 22 2 outlets

Pushing builds with butler is now in the itch app itch.io Blog·May 18

Forza Horizon 6 explodes on Steam even before it's officially out VG247·May 15 2 outlets

Mystic Messenger's most loyal players are getting banned in droves for seemingly playing the game too much VG247·May 15

The Best Games Of 2026 (So Far) GameSpot·May 8

Genshin Impact Next Update And Banners – Everything We Know About Version 7.0 and 7.1 GameSpot·May 8

Genshin Impact Luna 7 brings us the first playable Hexenzirkel as things take a turn in Sumeru VG247·May 8

Here’s This Week’s Free Game From The Epic Games Store On Mobile GameSpot·May 8

The Not-E3 Guide To Summer Game Fest Showcases GameSpot·May 6

Petit Planet preview: HoYoverse's first foray into family-friendly games is very careful to colour within the lines VG247·Apr 30

Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.8 is refreshing your team comps with a new mechanic, and the game is coming to Steam VG247·Apr 24

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