
Star Wars Zero Company studio founder praises Lucasfilm and Respawn for taking a chance on a tactics game
"Looking at some of the things going on in the industry, it's very derivative. Art is always that way."

Star Wars Zero Company writer wants its cast to have real friction: 'It's not a personal fantasy game'
"Player-centric romance" and chosen ones have been cast aside for more tenuous team dynamics.

'Blockchain-powered' game storefront reportedly shutting down and taking customers' games with it
The storefront, founded by Brian Fargo, appears to be a wilting leftover from the crypto craze.

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Arc Raiders improves crafting, says new "streamlined system" is "just the start"
Arc Raiders is reworking its crafting system after acknowledging the "one piece of feedback [that] kept coming up" from players was the "pain point" of gathering missing materials. Read more

Sony's battle against shovelware publishers persists as it purges another load of crap games from the PlayStation Store
Sony has once again delisted a number of games from its storefronts, including the catalogues of alleged shovelware publishers like GoGame Console Publisher, VRCForge Studios, and Welding Byte. Read more

"My 20-year tenure is no longer good enough": GTA 5, Red Dead Redemption veteran says getting a job is a "toss of coin" right now when everyone is as experienced as you are
"There's literally thousands of people in the exact same situation"

McDonald's new 'Archie' device stops you going AFK while you eat a Big Mac
Gamers in Türkiye will be the first in the world to grab a McDonald's 'Archie' device – a controller peripheral that keeps your controller active while you step away, presumably to eat a McDonald's meal. Read more

In 2007, two game music GOATs collaborated on the criminally underrated soundtrack to a similarly underrated D&D RPG
The realheads know a Brandon-Schaffer collab is where it's at.

Slay the Spire 2 beats Crimson Desert and Resident Evil Requiem as March's biggest-selling game on Steam
Slay the Spire 2 was allegedly March's biggest-selling game on Steam, shifting more units than other new releases like Crimson Desert and Resident Evil Requiem, bringing an estimated revenue of around $108 million (£81.7 million). Read more

I tried to become a pro bowler but I skipped one important step: learning how to bowl
My attempt to rise through the ranks of PBA Pro Bowling 2026 hit a small and completely unexpected snag.

Never doubt the commitment of horse-girl fans: Umamusume cosplayers are having actual races at tracks around the world
Real-life races have taken place in Malaysia, Thailand, Peru, and the US.

"We should be building new IPs": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Final Fantasy 16's Ben Starr doesn't want games to be stuck in the past
"Original IP in 2026 should be king"

This might be one of the best horror board games ever made, and I can't get enough of it
Does this board game inspired by Aliens live up to the movie? Oh, hell yes

Tarn Adams, co-creator of Dwarf Fortress, has over 1,400 hours in Factorio and is currently obsessed with terraforming games: 'Dwarf Fortress just doesn't accommodate a full-on sci-fi thing'
Bay 12 Games' co-founder talks playing The Planet Crafter, Beast, and more than 40 years of saved desktops.

After over 150 hours with Crimson Desert, it still makes no damn sense—compels me though
It's a hard game to pin down.

The Mass Effect TV show reportedly goes through rewrites to make it "more appealing to non-gamers," and I'm hoping it follows Fallout and not Halo in that direction
But it's "on the verge" of getting green lit

It's not just Arrow Lake that's been refreshed: Intel's whole approach to the consumer market seems like a new direction
Talk is cheap, listening is priceless.

This Super Mario Switch 2 headset is as cheap as it is stylish, and it's my go-to pick for little Nintendo fans
If you're looking for the Switch 2 headset that's best for kids, the Mario Star Turtle Beach Airlite Fit is it.

State of Decay 3 lead says the game only existed in a Word document when its reveal trailer dropped 6 years ago: "We're not doing zombie animals"
RIP, zombie deer

Achievements for Starfield's Terran Armada DLC seemingly tease whole new locations and features Bethesda's remained quiet about
Like some much needed love for outposts

The Sunday Papers
Assuming I haven't gotten torn apart by wild boars, Sundays are for navigating the wooded valleys around Cadair Idris. I'm on a hiking holiday in Eryri till Tuesday 14th April, tramping up slopes and wading through lakes of heather without a care for the depressing world of 'high' technology. I am G

Thank goodness Magic: The Gathering isn't doing a Harry Potter crossover set
Instead it's returning to Strixhaven, a less problematic wizard school and part of Magic's existing multiverse.

Crimson Desert's latest update makes sure you can always look at Kliff's generic mug and makes running much less annoying
Crimson Desert appears to be changing quicker than a musical theatre actor that has 90 seconds to put on a new outfit before their next number is up. A new update arrived in the action RPG earlier today, bringing with it nothing particularly revolutionary, but several tweaks that'll probably make yo

A new Crimson Desert patch adds the only RPG feature that matters: A hide helmet button
Show us that jawline, Kliff.

Have a gander at this cut Elden Ring scene showing a smidge of DLC boss Miquella's past
FromSoftware has an obvious penchant for secrets, their games are just littered with them. This is probably best exemplified in Elden Ring for the simple fact that the game is unapproachably massive, you're more than likely to find at least one secret somewhere along the line even just by accident.

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Our first look at Alex Garland's Elden Ring movie might be in this leaked set footage from a lucky fan in the UK
Hey, I know that church.

Datamined Elden Ring cutscene gives more clues about DLC villain Miquella's original story
Cryptic as always.

Warframe community director says 'nothing in our games will be AI-generated, ever'
Cephalons aside, Warframe will remain AI-free.