The final hearing in the Rockstar Games versus the 31 fired GTA 6 developers employment tribunal has begun in Scotland, and it's opened to rallies and rousing speeches from the people unceremoniously marched out of the company's offices last October. Read more
Choice-and-consequence horror game Until Dawn 2, which only just got a release date , has also gone up for pre-ordering on the PlayStation Store. And the revealing bit about this is that the PS5-exclusive title is priced £45 on the UK PS Store (as spotted by Push Square ), which makes it a slightly cheaper offering than a full-priced game normally is. Read more
Settling into my demo of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, I was slightly appalled by how many tutorial pop-ups I had to click through in order to just play the damn game. Granted, the slice I'm playing comes from 'a few hours' into the experience - our ragtag bunch of environmental terrorists-cum-saviours of the planet have just procured themselves an airship, and Square Enix needs to ensure we all understand the guide rails that keeping this wobbly demo in place. Fine. Read more
Sony has revealed the games coming to PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra in September and there's some decent stuff, although it lacks a glitzy headliner like, say, Big Walk last month. Read more
My first thought about the new art for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake was: Oh, we're seeing too much. That was my first thought, but not my first reaction. My first reaction was pure emotional response. A familiar character turned around in the trailer and I literally recoiled, a move that I didn't even know I had in my arsenal. Read more
There's nothing quite like a good MOBA: the reliance on teamwork, the intricacy of a good build, the ability to pick a character and master them. I've lost many nights of my life to the genre and I regret few of them. Read more
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A new update for the Nintendo Switch 2 has added VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) support while the console is docked. Read more
We're a month-and-a-half away from the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and Activision has devised another attempt to convince players to pre-order the military shooter, though this one goes beyond offering $5 in store credit . Read more
It looks like Hideo Kojima has made some big changes behind-the-scenes with his upcoming "action espionage" title, Physint. The game, which was announced as a PlayStation exclusive in 2024, is now in the hands of Asha Sharma's Xbox, where Kojima will reportedly be a primary focus of her new vision for the platform. PlayStation says it "stepped away from the project" earlier this year, for undisclosed reasons. Read more
This week's dual-pronged Nintendo Direct shows were stuffed with huge games. Kirby and the World Beyond ! Metroid Ravenous ! The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ! But the Japanese version of today's show quietly snuck in at least one game the rest of us didn't get: a sequel to Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii's 1983 adventure game. Read more
The five-year wait for Valheim 1.0 doesn't seem to have hurt the survival game behemoth's popularity all that much. After leaving early access, the crafty viking sim is enjoying a huge resurgence in Steam player numbers. Read more
Around 1,900 unionised workers at Blizzard Entertainment have voted to ratify their first contract with the World of Warcraft publisher after years of negotiations. The union contract means Blizzard now has to bargain with staff over the use of generative-AI in game development, and workers also have better protection against any potential layoffs. Read more
Sounds the alarms! A reveal trailer for a brand-new Kirby game has been revealed in today's Nintendo Direct . Called Kirby and the World Beyond, the game is headed to the Nintendo Switch 2 in Spring, 2027. Read more
Cast your mind back to December 2024, and you might remember a fun little tease for Overcooked studio Ghost Town Games' intriguing - and adorably spooky - co-op adventure Stage Fright. Closing in on two years later, the studio is back with some first proper gameplay ahead of its arrival next year. Read more
During today's Nintendo Direct , the publisher and platform holder announced the next 2D Metroid game, called Metroid Ravenous. Read more
A new horror game from Bloober Team , best known for the Silent Hill 2 Remake and Cronos: The New Dawn , has been revealed at the Nintendo Direct. It's called Onyx: The Dark Grip, and it's coming next year. Read more
Monster Hunter Wilds is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 , it has just been revealed during the Nintendo Direct. Read more
Meccha Chameleon, the indie hide-and-seek game that launched on Steam a couple of months ago, is already one of the year's biggest hits, taking the PC market by storm. Now, as revealed in today's Nintendo Direct, the indie smash hit is coming to Nintnedo Switch 2 - and it arrives today. Read more
We should stop meeting like this! Yes, for the second time in two days, our fates have become intertwined thanks to the matchmaking of Nintendo. Following yesterday's 40th anniversary Legend of Zelda showcase , we got to do the announcement livestream thing all over again - and this time for a proper Nintendo Direct, which managed to squeeze an enormous amount of stuff into its 45-minutes focused on games arriving this "winter". Read more
Opinion seems to be favourable about Witcher-like dark fantasy role-playing game The Blood of Dawnwalker - barring a few technical problems, that is. Quibbles with performance issues, controller issues, and bugs (and perhaps the lack of a New Game+ mode) are holding the game back. To this end, developer Rebel Wolves has whisked out a quick hotfix, addressing some of the issues at hand. Read more