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Rimworld-inspired colony sim Stardeus gets a huge update representing a year's worth of expansion and revision, with new tools for evil AI overlords

exe Sin Vega in our 2022 analysis of Rimworld-influenced colony manager Stardeus.

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Update 82.1 Release Notes

1, released on Wednesday, November 4th, 2026. News and Notes: Violet Peregrine now properly allows qualified VIPs to claim their Delirious Dreamwear cosmetics.

Update 50.1 Release Notes

1: The Wolves of Mordor, Patch 1 released on Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026. Of Special Note: Filbert Fig has arrived with new rewards!

Meet the UK's 2026 video game BAFTA Breakthroughs

BAFTA has announced its annual list of Breakthroughs: 21 promising creatives in UK film, games, and television who will receive career guidance and access to industry networking events, as well as full BAFTA membership.

By Sophie McEvoy

Eight years ago the idea of The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel had me captivated, but can Bethesda recapture the magic?

Eight years ago, I sat at my desk enthralled. Bethesda had just released the first trailer for The Elder Scrolls 6 , a then mysteriously nameless, locationless sequel to one of the biggest games of all time, and I reckoned I'd just found the secrets to both.

By Chris Tapsell

One of Nintendo's Switch and Switch 2 cartridge manufacturers is exiting the business, which could make physical games more expensive

Macronix, longtime Nintendo hardware partner and one of the main producers of ROM memory, has announced it's leaving the business. ROM chips are key components in Switch and Switch 2 cartridges.

By Sherif Saed

"I realised I might only have time to make one more game, so I wanted to try something new" – Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada on starting VS Studio

When Katsuhiro Harada announced his departure from Bandai Namco last December after more than three decades, fighting game fans were left dejected.

By Gendel Gento

Fate of the Galaxy is a huge, fully-featured Star Wars space combat sim that, thanks to being a total conversion mod for Freespace Open, even runs on my rubbish laptop

Star Wars has been back in the news recently because, to cut a long story short, the US alt-right have decided that Darth Vader was actually the good guy . We are not here to indulge such buffoonery.

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Halo and Destiny composer Marty O'Donnell loses his race for a seat in the US House of Representatives

Halo and Destiny composer Marty O'Donnell's political aspirations have hit a roadblock following last night's US mid-term elections.

By Connor Makar

"Keep talking about it": Raw Power Games call for Wishlist aid as they, and their historical strategy sandbox Chronicles: Medieval, lose funding

Raw Power Games, an independent studio comprising veteran developers of The Witcher 3 , Total War: Three Kingdoms , and Crusader Kings III (among others), have called on players for support after losing their funding - an existential...

By James Archer

Nexus Mods introduces new AI disclosure rules, but won't ban AI mods outright

Nexus Mods, the largest website for finding and downloading PC mods, has revealed new guidelines aimed at properly identifying mods created entirely using gen-AI or those created with AI assistance.

By Sherif Saed

The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel already has a Nexus Mods page, so now all we have to do is wait

Aha. Here it is . Freshly poked live and right on time .

By Mark Warren

Smash hit cyberpunk storekeeper Probably Stolen was originally a different, non-cyberpunk game that seemed destined to sink without trace

Space station trading game Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim has been doing rather well on Steam, attracting over 162,000 concurrent players last night.

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2026) review

I have a friend who first played The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time back in the day, when the game was only just released and he was home from university for Christmas.

By Christian Donlan

Advertising Standards Authority bans mobile ads from King, Scopely, and others for misrepresenting gameplay

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned mobile ads from developers such as King and Scopely for misleading consumers with non-representative gameplay.

By Sophie McEvoy

"An outright ban will not eliminate AI from the modding process," Nexus Mods say as they rule out barring generated creations from their site

The owners of Nexus Mods have ruled out instituting an outright ban on AI-generated works being uploaded the site, instead opting to expand their current rules on modders disclosing how they've used AI in making their mods.

By Mark Warren

Guild Wars gets its first major gameplay update in almost 20 years

ArenaNet and co-dev studio 2Weeks have announced Guild Wars Afterlife - the first major update for the game in nearly 20 years.

By Connor Makar

Ubisoft and at least two other companies are interested in buying Arkane, according to new report

Arkane Studios, which spent the last several months in limbo following Xbox's decision to divest itself from the studio, has apparently received buyout offers from several bidders.

By Sherif Saed

Ubisoft reportedly seeking to acquire Arkane Lyon from Xbox

Ubisoft is reportedly seeking to acquire Arkane Lyon following an extension of its consultation period with Xbox.

By Sophie McEvoy