Recent coverage from the games press, pulled from five outlets and shown newest first.
Recent coverage from the games press, pulled from five outlets and shown newest first.
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The recently retired producer of System Shock, Ultima Underworld, Deus Ex, and so many more wants to know why "the folks in suits" aren't losing their jobs.
Track this chest to a mountain lake.
The few teases we did get implied the game would bridge the gap between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies
Instead of waiting around at your rig, the cloud can do all of the heavy lifting instead.
Resident Evil director Zach Cregger has responded to the success of his video game movie, and while he doesn't want to say “I told you so” to his haters, he's happy with the response, both critically and commercially. “I don’t know if I feel vindicated,” he told A Shot . “I’m gratified. I’m gratified that people responded to it.” The Resident Evil movie has earned $363 million globally , making it the highest-grossing Resident Evil movie of all time and the highest-rated. It's also the No. 9…
Following the announcement that EA is closing down Mass Effect developer BioWare, staff at the studio behind the latest Skate game have also reported suffering layoffs.
Multiple games - including Final Fantasy 14 and Umamusume: Pretty Derby - have faced outages and other issues following this week's discovery of a serious PHP vulnerability. Read more
What could've been.
GTA 6 has its first TV commercial, and it's a little different than the launch trailer.
While the current methods are convoluted and complicated, it's bad news for Nintendo
EA has closed its longtime studio partner BioWare , the iconic development house behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, impacting around 50 staff who were in pre-production on the next Mass Effect game. In the aftermath of EA's decision, one of those affected has shared a little about the project, claiming it would have featured unprecedented levels of player freedom and choice reactivity. Read more
I'm very sad to see the tail end of PvE in Arc Raiders.
Rockstar's marketing efforts for GTA 6 are ramping up, and this now includes burgers and fried chicken that you can buy in real life. Rockstar's partnership with Miami's Kaseya Center expanded this week with the introduction of the restaurants "Burger Shot" and "Cluckin' Bell" at Heat games. These are based on their in-game counterparts, which themselves are parodies of Burger King and KFC. According to people who were at the game, the Burger Shot burgers are not custom items that Rockstar…
September saw a surge in video game spending, but Xbox had a bleak month. New Circana data show Xbox Series hardware fell 27% year-over-year to an all-time September low, beating the previous record low set a year ago. How did Sony and Nintendo compare? PlayStation 5 sales grew 22% in units and 43% in dollar sales, while Nintendo saw Switch 2 sales fall by 12% year-on-year. Sony dominated the market last month, though PS5 consoles cost more today than a year ago, and last month also saw reports…
While EA has closed BioWare and canceled the next Mass Effect game , the TV show based on the sci-fi series remains in development, according to a source speaking to IGN . The source said all the key creative people attached to the project for Prime Video remain signed on. This would seemingly include BioWare project director and executive producer, Mike Gamble, who was part of the layoffs at BioWare . https://www.youtube.com/shorts/muP7jLuXSiY The Mass Effect show was first revealed back in…
Marvel's Wolverine may not have had the best critical reception , but that clearly didn't discourage consumers. The action-adventure from Marvel's Spider-Man studio Insomniac has topped US video game sales in September, despite releasing exactly halfway through the month. Read more
Xbox's big 2026 console exclusive was a money pit
A Mass Effect 5 trailer was reportedly ready to go before EA canceled the game and shut BioWare down.
Resident Evil Requiem emerged as one of 2026's first big hits when it launched earlier this year, quickly setting new records for Capcom's survival-horror-action series. In the US, it has been the year's best-selling game, but it was always going to face some stiff competition toward the end of 2026. NBA 2K27 has usurped Resident Evil Requiem's position, having made short work of Capcom's best-seller. "Eight of the top ten best-selling games of September were new releases," Circana's Mat…
