'I find it really sad': Hideo Kojima laments the current state of the videogame industry as companies turn away from physical discs

This is a warning for what is to come for the rest of the media landscape. ...

Steam Rules Must Change, Developer Says, After Players Praise Bitesize Game But Are Allowed to Refund It Anyway

A Steam game developer has called for the storefront's refund policy to be changed, after players who praised its bitesi...

Google's AI Studio lead has vibe coded a port of Command & Conquer for iOS

And it even has touch controls. ...

These Are the Top 5 Best Selling Games on Amazon So Far This Year

Nintendo continues to dominate Amazon's 2026 best-seller charts (alongside GTA 6), offering an interesting snapshot into...

The first reactions to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 are in, and CD Projekt Red and Studio Trigger seem to have another winner on their hands

Last week brought us the stunning first proper trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2, which is introducing and fo...

The Pokémon Company Just Matched Each of Japan's Top Professional Soccer Teams to a Pokémon

As part of the Pokémon 30th anniversary celebrations, each of the J League’s 60 teams is getting its own Pokémon.

Palworld Dev Offers Approximate Release Time for 1.0 Update, Says Players Do Not Need to Wipe Their Data but They Really Should

Palworld’s hotly anticipated 1.0 update launches this week, on July 10, and now developer Pocketpair has narrowed the ...

Pokémon Card Thieves Jailed for Stealing £71,000 Stock After Getaway Van Breakdown

A pair of Pokémon card thieves have been caught after their getaway van broke down and they were found holding £71,000...

"This is all about control" - industry experts speak on Sony's move away from discs, and what this means for the PlayStation 6 and the cost of games

Last week was a disruptive time in the video game industry, as Sony announced it would no longer be creating video game...

'Don't Kill the Disc' — Independent Retailer Launches Petition Calling on PlayStation to Keep Physical Games, Gets Over 115,000 Signatures

An independent retailer has launched a petition calling on Sony to reverse its decision to ditch discs on PlayStation co...

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is suffering similar PSN region locking woes to Helldivers 2, with 132 countries barred according to Steam's backend

PlayStation might have opted to stop putting their single player big hitters on PC going forwards, but they're still co...

One of my favourite weeks of the year is here: Summer Games Done Quick 2026 begins and anyone with a passing interest in games should dip in

Some people get very excited for our annual non-E3 blast of games news in June. Others await the Q3-Q4 release window r...

Valve updates SteamOS to improve your WiFi download speeds, and it's available on Steam Deck with a couple of caveats

Valve has rolled out a change to SteamOS that should help devices using a WiFi antenna get better download speeds. This...

"Smuggle chainsaws onto the pitch": What Blood Bowl's new publisher thinks the World Cup can learn from Warhammer

Last week brought the news that strategy game publisher Slitherine have penned a deal with Cyanide Studios to continue ...

Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima "really sad" about Sony ending physical disc production, and says lack of media ownership has "frightening" possibilities

Hideo Kojima has spoken about Sony's cessation of physical video game disc production, with the director behind Death S...

ChatGPT Fiction Prompt Researchers Accidentally Stumble Upon a Super User Repeatedly Requesting Stories Featuring Pregnant Characters From Doki Doki Literature Club

Academic researchers investigating how people use ChatGPT to generate fiction accidentally stumbled upon a super user re...

Watch Night of the Living Dead and other public domain horror movies inside this creepy dollfest

Where Dolls Hang looks a bit Outlast, a bit Resident Evil 7, and a lot spooky. ...

The Vampire Lestat Showrunner Explains How Lestat's Musical Journey Is 'Just as Important' as the Queen of the Damned's Awakening

Rolin Jones discusses the essential role of music on Lestat’s past and present — and how he wanted it to mirror the...

House of the Dragon Season 3, Episode 3 Recap and Review

Seasoned Westeros watchers will see potential problems arising with each scene of this episode. Everywhere Rhaenyra turn...

Steam Week in Review: Steam just got its first 'dopamine site', so you can fatten a fake backlog without spending a cent

All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending July 5. ...

Another self-own for Sony: Marvel Tōkon's PC version is unavailable in over 100 countries thanks to our old friend PSN again

Dig up, Sony. ...

Danganronpa 2x2 remaster will include a 'slayhem' alternate story mode with '20% more content' and a 3D world map, but it's been delayed to 2027

Slayhem? I hardly know hem. ...

Supergirl Inches Past $100 Million at the Global Box Office After One of the Biggest Second Weekend Drops in Superhero Movie History

Supergirl has managed to inch past $100 million at the global box office, but its second weekend in theaters also saw it...

Mob Psycho 100 Director Reflects On That Final Episode: ‘I Thought The way It Ended Was Great’

The anime is preparing to celebrate its 10th anniversary

One of our favorite Half-Life 2 mods is getting a stealth game prequel where you're a Combine assassin preying on the human resistance

Progenitors is the third Entropy: Zero game. ...

Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home 40th Anniversary Re-Release Confirmed for the UK

Admiral Kirk and Spock are Earth-bound once more, as Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home is set to return to theaters for its 4...

Companies Hope To Save On AI By Having It Talk To Them Like Cavemen

After training the likes of Claude to mimic intelligent human speech patterns, it’s becoming more affordable to dumb t...

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Brigador devs think it's crucial that their abrasive, hardcore mech sims aren't for everyone: 'I think we make boy slop, but that's okay'

"First of all, somebody's got to do it." ...