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After cracking down on 'cheat' mods in Helldivers 2 and taking another Steam review beating, Arrowhead plans hotfix that should allow harmless cosmetics

The move to a better anti-cheat has not been wholly embraced by players.

By Morgan Park

Giana Sisters developer Black Forest Games buys itself out of Embracer: 'Some of the best games of the last decade came from teams of fifty, not five hundred'

According to the press release, "THQ Nordic and Black Forest Games continue to collaborate on game development tasks."...

By Jody Macgregor

Crimson Desert wins 'PC Game of the Year' at the 2026 Golden Joystick Awards

Resident Evil Requiem and Meccha Chameleon were the night's other big winners.

By Andy Chalk

Destroy All Humans remake developer goes independent, splits from THQ Nordic and parent company Embracer Group

Black Forest Games - the studio that remade the first two cult-classic Destroy All Humans games - has spun out from under former owners THQ Nordic and Embracer Group.

By Kaan Serin

Bethesda shoots down Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel announcement rumor on Skyrim's 15th anniversary

Sorry, everyone, but Bethesda said it's going to be "some time" before more Sentinel news is released, and it meant it.

By Andy Chalk

Former id Software developers form their own employee-owned shooter studio in the wake of Microsoft's mass layoffs

Hidden Horses, co-founded by "approximately 20" former id devs, is planning a Kickstarter campaign to help fund its first project.

By Lincoln Carpenter

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Don't expect more information on The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel "for some time," Bethesda says

After Bethesda formally named The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel earlier this month, some series fans were hopeful that more news wasn't far behind. Skyrim is 15 years old today (11th November) after all, but Bethesda Game Studios has since dashed those hopes into oblivion.

By Kaan Serin

Exterminauts looks like another Helldivers 2, but it's really the Deep Rock Galactic sickos who should take notice

The Dead By Daylight studio takes on a co-op shooter.

By Morgan Park

GTA 6 might be censored in Japan, if the game's smaller install size and lack of "strong sexual content" warning is anything to go by

GTA 6 is finally coming out worldwide next week, putting an end to a 13-year wait and at least one popular meme format, but the highly-anticipated game might look a bit different in Japan.

By Kaan Serin

After being laid off by Microsoft, former Doom devs found new Smash TV-influenced FPS studio that isn't "subject to investor demands"

Back in July, Doom developers id Software laid off around a hundred people as part of wider Microsoft blood-letting . Now, a few of those devs have founded a new employee-owned studio, Hidden Horses.

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Marvel Rivals' creative director addresses hate speech controversy and promises 'we've ramped up our disciplinary measures'

A September incident that saw hate speech removed from the game's reporting system "sparked massive controversy in the community."...

By Elie Gould

The European Commission's new Digital Fairness Act could change monetisation in games forever - and not just in Europe

The European Commission has published its proposed Digital Fairness Act, which has the potential to change how video games are monetised - worldwide - forever.

By Robert Purchese

Ex-Tekken director savages Xbox Series S in front of senior Xbox staff: ‘feels like having to do extra work for a slightly weaker child’

"You just used a very polite and elegant way to say 'Xbox Series S sucks,' right?"...

By Jacob Fox

Dark Souls 2 and 3 multiplayer is back: We still don't know what went wrong but at least it didn't take almost a year to fix it

A "server issue" knocked both games offline, across all platforms, for nearly two weeks.

By Andy Chalk

Minerva Rising is a Frostpunk-meets-Silo underground city builder in which rebel citizens can hack your camera

Minerva Rising is a post-apocalyptic city builder in which your city extends deep underground, divided into levels with their own resources, industries, and communities.

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Antec C6 Curve Air review

A chassis that ticks all the right boxes at just the right price.

By Zak Storey

There were 47 graphics chip makers in 1998. Where did they all go?

Some may find this hard to believe, given the absolute state of the market today , but if you were building a gaming PC in 1998, the hard part wasn't finding somewhere that had 3D cards in stock for a reasonable price.

By Luke James

Final Fantasy 14 players are gathering in virtual vigils to honour the passing of the game's most prestigious bass player

The Primals' Eikichi Iwai has died at the age of 57.

By Mollie Taylor

Hell Let Loose's original developers' Napoleonic-era extraction game, Hunger, gets December early access release, and an open beta this month

Good Fun Corp, the studio made up of the original developers behind Hell Let Loose, has finally announced a release date for its anticipated next project: Hunger.

By Sherif Saed

Sudokoo SK700V review

If all air towers were built like this, I'd probably never use an AIO.

By Zak Storey

Overwatch is adding 6v6 role queue to its Competitive play: 'We've realised that there doesn't have to be a winner between 5v5 and 6v6'

This town is big enough for the both of us.

By Elie Gould

"Some of the best games of the last decade came from teams of fifty": Destroy All Humans! remake devs Black Forest Games split from THQ Nordic to launch new indie studio group

Black Forest Games, developers of the Destroy All Humans! remakes, have spun out of Embracer Group-owned publishers THQ Nordic via a management buyout and announced plans to form a new "developer-driven group" of independent studios.

By Mark Warren

Lego Digital Play acquires ForthStar Games "to bring Lego to the prominence it truly deserves on mobile"

Lego Digital Play has acquired mobile studio ForthStar Games for an undisclosed sum.

By Sophie McEvoy

"I wish hardware like the Xbox Series S wouldn't be released" - former Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada trashes Microsoft's console in front of senior Xbox staff

Katsuhiro Harada, formerly director on the Tekken series, is known for not pulling his punches. This truth was reinforced recently, as he said he wished the Xbox Series S "wouldn't be released" at a developer panel. All while a member of the Xbox team was in the room.

By Connor Makar

Lootboxes, pay-to-win, virtual currencies and other blights unto gaming face heavy regulation as the EU tables new Digital Fairness Act

Loot boxes, dark patterns, virtual currencies, subscription services, pay-to-win systems, and many other trappings of diabolical digital serfdom all face extensive regulation under the European Commission's proposed Digital Fairness Act...

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

As of this week, PlayStation 5 has surpassed 100 million consoles sold

PlayStation 5 has officially surpassed 100m consoles sold, Sony's updated sales data revealed. The milestone was reached on 10th November, almost exactly six years on from the console's launch.

By Sherif Saed

The Outer Worlds 2's first story expansion could well be the opening to the series' last hurrah and will have you hunting for a cure to "explosive cell death" in December

Since they released The Outer Worlds 2 around this time last year, the world has rather turned upside down for Obsidian.

By Mark Warren

World of Warcraft: Forever secret hunters have found the MMO's first hidden treasure

World of Warcraft secret hunters are a noble breed, known for scouring the MMO for years for hidden trinkets and treasures. With World of Warcraft: Forever's launch, they've uncovered a quest chain for an especially fancy sword.

By Connor Makar