Microsoft reportedly considering restructuring Xbox into its own "wholly-owned subsidiary" and "moving faster" on releasing first-party games
A new report claims Microsoft is considering "spinning out" Xbox into its own company. Read more
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Crimson Desert, the open-world action RPG from Pearl Abyss, has a new challenge for Greymanes – a community challenge event that invites you all to commemorate your time in Pywel by sharing a video. Read more
Little Nightmares 3 – The Backstage wants you to meet The Puppeteer
Little Nightmares 3 – The Backstage – the DLC expansion announced during last week's Summer Game Fest festivities – is now available. Read more
Spyro: A Realm Beyond exists only because of its "loud and consistent" community of fans
Spyro: A Realm Beyond exists only because of "loud and consistent" fans. Read more
What we've been playing - "What might well be the best video game tutorial ever"
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie fixates on a fiendish roguelike with an outrageous mash of ideas; Matt believes he's found the best video game tutorial ever; Victoria rankles at her children back-seat gaming her; and Sherif can't refuse another Soulslike. Read more
Resident Evil Veronica team is adjusting the original's story so its remake fits better into the series as a whole
It's hard to believe there was a time when Resident Evil felt like it was on its last legs . But instead, the long-running survival horror series has gone from strength to strength, brand-new instalments building on older stories Capcom is revisiting in remakes of its classic games. And it has now confirmed its upcoming Code: Veronica remake, Resident Evil Veronica, will include story changes to…
"GTA is like the ogre" - It's an "odd" year to release a video game, says A Plague Tale studio Asobo
A Plague Tale developer Asobo has called Grand Theft Auto 6 an "ogre" as far as its dominance over 2026's release schedule goes. It's the same year its Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy game comes out, and it joins the crush in late August, a couple of months before GTA 6 crashes in. Read more
Battlefield 6 has been on a roll recently, until the latest update, which has some great ideas but also more bugs and issues than ever before
The sentiment around Battlefield 6 has been on an upswing for a little while now, but the launch of Season 3 a month ago is when the game's trajectory became clear. Read more
As games pile into September to avoid GTA 6, Ghostrunner studio's promising Soulslike Valor Mortis is shifting its release to escape the rush
It didn't take much of this year's Summer Game Fest to realise that, in racing to escape the orbit of GTA 6 , the games industry has created a new problem : a September 2026 so packed with releases that it's going to take some dedication - not to mention time and money - for players to get through even a fraction of them all. So it was only a matter of time before someone blinked. Which brings us…
Xbox reportedly preparing for "significant" lay-offs, as Asha Sharma's big "reset" plan comes into full force
Days after its gaming showcase, Xbox is reportedly slashing budgets and preparing to lay off a "significant" number of staff, as part of new CEO Asha Sharma's business "reset" for the Xbox brand. Read more
Frontier quietly announces a "brand-new" Planet game and everyone's trying to guess what it might be
Frontier Developments has just announced Planet Zoo 2 and the first Jurassic World Evolution 3 expansion, but the developer is already hard at work on its next "construction and management simulation" game. And it isn't a sequel. Read more
"The curse of Mixed is broken" - Swery turns opinion around on oddball roguelike Hotel Barcelona by removing gen-AI voices and substantially reworking the game
Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro's oddball roguelike Hotel Barcelona didn't impress us when it dropped last year, but there was something charming and earnest about it. But months later - and many updates later - Swery and White Owl appear to have turned opinion around. Read more
Despite reports and a video takedown, Gears of War: E-Day devs insist Xbox "never changed" plans for a PS5 release - because it never announced one
Gears of War: E-Day showed off incredibly well during last Sunday's Xbox Games Showcase . The show opened with a meaty first look at gameplay, before we were later treated to a much deeper dive into the upcoming prequel in a dedicated Direct. Read more
Gears of War: E-Day is making big changes to one of the series' most iconic mechanics
You can really tell that Gears of War: E-Day developer, The Coalition, wants the upcoming third-person shooter to be enjoyed by more than just Gears diehards. In last Sunday's developer Direct, the studio recalled the decision to start development from an empty hard drive. Read more
"It's coming" Gears of War: E-Day developer reassures multiplayer fans that more information is on the way
Gears of War: E-Day developers have reassured fans that multiplayer information is coming soon, following the game's single player-focused Xbox Game Showcase appearance. Read more
Lord help me, Fable's behind-closed-doors demo has got me very excited
It wouldn't be a Fable preview if I wasn't at least a little bit wary of encouraging you to get your hopes up. But, forgive me, I'm going to. I've seen a good half hour of continuous gameplay and, although it comes with plenty of caveats, it really was fantastic. Playground Games ' Fable reboot looks to be silly, crass, British, beautiful, systemic, and maybe a little overambitious. In other…
Despite its trailer, Capcom says its Resident Evil - Code: Veronica remake is third-person and taking its cue from Resident Evil 2
If you saw Resident Evil Veronica's announcement trailer during last week's Summer Game Fest, you might reasonably assume it'll be continuing the modern series' forays into first-person horror. However, Capcom has now confirmed its Code Veronica remake is hewing more closely to the original, and will once again be played from a classic third-person perspective. Read more
I went into Halo: Campaign Evolved thinking it didn't need to exist, but after playing two levels I want full remakes of the original trilogy and Reach
When Microsoft revealed that Halo: Campaign Evolved last year, I balked at its claim that this would be " a faithful yet modernised remake of Halo: Combat Evolved's campaign ". How could it be? It's made in Unreal Engine 5, very few of the original team is left at what is now Halo Studios, and the devs dared to tinker with the controls. I made my views very clear. I even cited examples from the…
Wondering why Resident Evil Veronica has ditched the "Code" from the original's name? Capcom explains all
In all the excitement surrounding the announcement of Capcom's long-awaited Resident Evil Code Veronica remake last week, it was pretty easy to miss the fact its do-over has had a bit of a name change. And if you've been wondering why that might be, the publisher has now explained the reason it's newly monikered Resident Evil Veronica is 'Code Veronica' no more. Read more
The Dragon's Dogma 2 expansion and Switch 2 port provide Capcom with a perfect opportunity to substantially update the game - and work has already begun
The reveal of a Dragon's Dogma 2 port for Nintendo Switch 2 was one of the biggest surprises in yesterday's Nintendo Direct . Moreover, it's the Dark Arisen version that includes a new expansion also coming to other versions of the game. And Capcom is taking the opportunity to do some major work on fantasy role-playing game. Read more
