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Before Dark Souls there was King's Field, and five hours into brilliant homage Queen's Domain, it's already one of my favourite games this year

The clue, of course, is right there in the title.

By Matt Wales

"It's such a massively underserved market in the gaming industry" – The creators of Dressmaker on why more games should be aimed at women

You may have seen enthusiastic posts about Dressmaker doing the rounds on social media.

By Lewis Packwood

Mass Effect petition has enough signatures for the Canadian Government to potentially save BioWare

Following news of EA's decision to shut down iconic RPG studio BioWare , Canadian fans of the studio have escalated their grievances to the governmental level, calling on the Canadian Government to step in and save the Canadian studio from...

By Sherif Saed

You can now play Pillars of Eternity and Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire with a controller on PC from start to finish, thanks to a new update open for testing

After gifting Pillars of Eternity a turn-based mode for its tenth anniversary , Obsidian have now rolled out full PC controller support for both the RPG and its younger sibling Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire.

By Mark Warren

IGN Entertainment promotes Alex Simmons to lead editorial across its portfolio, with Wesley Yin-Poole overseeing IGN

biz , has appointed Alex Simmons as VP, Editorial and Group Editor-in-Chief, overseeing the firm's entire portfolio of editorial brands.

By Jon Hicks

Nintendo game sales surge thanks to Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, but Switch 2 hardware suffers big decline

Nintendo's latest financial earnings report is here, revealing healthy software sales thanks to the enormously popular Tomodachi Life : Living the Dream. Sales of Switch 2 hardware, however, are down.

By Sherif Saed

PlayStation raises full-year forecast after revenue growth in network services and first-party software

Sony has raised its full-year forecast for its games segment after higher net sales and operating income in the second quarter.

By Sophie McEvoy

"BioWare's closure represents an immense loss to and possibly a targeted attack on Canada's cultural legacy" argues petition calling on Canadian government to step in

Calls for the Canadian government to help ressurect recently shuttered RPG makers BioWare have progressed from a single post by a politician to a petition with enough signatures that it looks set to be presented to the Canadian House of Commons for an official response.

By Mark Warren

PlayStation sees record high player numbers and increased revenue for Q2 2026, and a lot of that success is down to Marvel's Wolverine

As part of today's (Thursday 5th November, 2026) financial results, Sony has confirmed that monthly active users, referred to as MAU, across both PlayStation 4 and 5, reached 127 million in September.

By Dom Peppiatt

Nintendo H1 operating profit rises 49.1% supported by new titles including Splatoon Raiders

1% decrease in net sales for the six months ended September 30, 2026, primarily due to reduced hardware sales.

By Sophie McEvoy

World of Warcraft: Forever is off to a great start with Blizzard's smoothest launch in memory

World of Warcraft: Forever came out last night. Those who stayed up were prepared for the usual from major WoW releases: long queues, disconnects, and server lag. However, save for a few minor hiccups here and there, things went off without a hitch.

By Connor Makar

Marvel Rivals Teams Up with RESPAWN By Razer

Featuring fan-favorite Marvel Rivals heroes across a colorful lineup of gum and mints, the limited-edition collection brings a new way for players to get lost in the game.

Despite hardware worries and rising costs, Sony says PlayStation 6 development is on track and "progressing as scheduled"

Today, Thursday 5th November, 2026, Sony shared its latest financial results, reporting on the second quarter of financial year 2026 for the company.

By Dom Peppiatt

Valve explains why it's running behind on Steam game approvals, asks developers to perform basic release checks to prevent re-reviews

In the wake of witnessing an unprecedented number of game submissions to Steam over the last few months, Valve has been forced to delay approvals in order to deal with the existing backlog.

By Sherif Saed

Marvel Rivals Version 20261105 Patch Notes

Greetings, Rivals! We're thrilled to announce the upcoming patch drops on November 5th, 2026, at 09 : 00 : 00 (UTC)! No server downtime; just patch and play!

Art Vision Vol. 07 // Behind The Scenes (Part 3): Dedication and Passion

Greeting Rivals! Last time, we checked out how hero concepts, costumes, and animations get made. Today, we're taking a look at the bigger picture - the actual world our heroes live in!

Apex Legends: Latest Update 11/4/26

7 seconds. Dev note: We are continuing to monitor match data and player feedback surrounding Crypto's state following his rework.

Tripwire Presents expands publishing business to support smaller indie developers

Tripwire Interactive's publishing division, Tripwire Presents, is expanding to offer publishing support to smaller independent developers.

By Vikki Blake

Arkane union says closing the studio "would probably be more expensive" for Xbox than simply finishing Marvel's Blade

Xbox would probably spend more money shutting down Arkane Lyon than it would trying to finish and release Marvel's Blade, according to a union representing workers from the beloved imsim studio.

By Kaan Serin

Arkane union accuses Microsoft of "sabotaging" Marvel's Blade with 19-month hiring freeze

A French union representing workers at Arkane Lyon has accused Microsoft of sabotaging development of Marvel's Blade, claiming a 19-month hiring freeze caused the delays now being used to justify the studio's closure.

By Vikki Blake

New Alliance and Horde Twitch Chat Badges for Subs to WoW Streamers

For the month of November, if you sub to a WoW streamer on Twitch, you can claim new Horde and Alliance chat badges!

Analysis: one in three acquired game studios has been shut down since 2000

A new analysis of over 300 game studios acquired by big companies since 2000 shows one in three studios has since been shut down completely, half of which were shuttered within five years of the acquisition.

By Vikki Blake

"Arkane is profitable," say Marvel's Blade developers in fiery new statement, "just not profitable enough for Microsoft"

Unionised workers at Dishonored developers Arkane Lyon have published a fresh statement about the progress of negotiations with Microsoft over the studio's potential closure.

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Introducing The Forever Files: Wowhead's Forever Newsletter

With the launch of WoW: Forever, Wowhead is launching another jam-packed newsletter - sign up for The Forever Files today!

God of War Laufey delayed three months to May 2027, as Sony Santa Monica escapes a packed February

God of War Laufey has been delayed. Sony Santa Monica's PS5 exclusive is now dodging the crowded month of February and will instead come out on 20th May, 2027.

By Kaan Serin

Oblivion and Skyrim’s gap was bridged by forward-looking books about a murderous floating island, so why is The Elder Scrolls 6 stuck reanimating a world that’s stood still since 2011

Long waits between mainline entries in a series aren't a new phenomenon, if perhaps a bit more common nowadays due to big games' ballooning development cycles.

By Mark Warren