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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

"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

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.

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.

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

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!

"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!

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

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!

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

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

"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