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CD Projekt Red opens its 'Arasaka hardware archives' to help an indie dev whose gear was stolen during 1 of at least 4 Gamescom thefts

In a statement, Gamescom organizers said attendees "are advised to insure equipment against theft."

Godzilla Remaster Devs Explain Why They Aren’t Worried About Releasing Near GTA 6

Most upcoming games have looked to steer clear of the behemoth that is Grand Theft Auto 6 and avoid the month of November entirely. The upcoming remaster of 2002's Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee

“Trust Us–We’re Remedy:” Control Resonant Will Have Plenty Of Lore, The Devs Just Can’t Reveal Any Of It

Fear not, Control fans: Control Resonant will be packed with lore despite the combat-heavy trailers we've seen so far, according to developer Remedy. The lack of focus on story in promotional footage,

Best Buy Is Dropping Prices on 2026 MTG Bundles in Its Labor Day Sale

Best Buy just launched its Labor Day sale, and we're already seeing a solid spread of deals on Magic: The Gathering bundles.

Empulse and Splitgate: Arena Reloaded are officially over as 1047 Games says it's probably done making arena shooters

The studio will remain operational, but its next game "may look very different" from what it's done before.

A September 10 Nintendo Direct Is Looking Likely Thanks To Just Dance

Fans eager to see what Nintendo is cooking up for the 2026 holiday season might not have to wait long, as new evidence is making a September 10 Nintendo Direct look likely. That evidence in questi

Xbox CEO Says Making Halo Popular Again Is A Priority, But Franchise Co-Creator Questions If It’s Possible

The Halo franchise remains synonymous with the Xbox brand, but many might agree that it has seen better days. Xbox's new CEO, Asha Sharma, has now commented on Halo's future, saying in an interview th

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered Dev Says GTA 6 Was 'Never Part of Our Thinking' When Choosing a Release Date

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered will take on GTA 6 when both games launch this November, but the team behind the arena fighter said Rockstar's latest was "never part of our thinking" w

Grab a Physical Copy of Orbitals for Switch 2 for $10 Off Ahead of Launch

Preorder a physical copy of the Switch 2 co-op game Orbitals at Walmart, and you'll save $10.

GTA 6 Fans Are Bracing For One Massive Download

We're only a few months away from the November launch of Grand Theft Auto 6, and following the recent preview of the game on Netflix, fans have even more questions about Rockstar's highly anticipated

Some of WoW's hardest dungeons and raids have gotten just a bit easier—that's on purpose, developers say

"People are a little bit more willing now to say, 'Well I'd like to try out tanking. I'd like to try out healing.'"

US Senators Say Discord And Roblox Should Have Their Day In Court

Three US Democratic senators condemned both Discord and Roblox, saying that the voice-chat and game-creation platforms "deserve their day in court" instead of hiding behind private arbitration methods

Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons Gameplay Reveal Gives Extended Look at Combat, Exploration, and Traversal

GTA 6's Relationship Mechanic Is 'Cheating' on Your Real-Life Partner and Break Up Worthy, According to Angry Spouses

A bunch of angry spouses on social media believe that Grand Theft Auto 6's in-depth relationship mechanic is equivalent to cheating on your real life partner and worth breaking up over.

Haunted Chocolatier's development has been 'very productive' in recent months, Eric Barone says: 'Working on Haunted Chocolatier is what I’m most eager and driven to do'

The Stardew developer says he's now "certain" he'll enjoy Haunted Chocolatier once it's finished.

Metroid Created The Formula, But Now It Faces The Same Uphill Battle As Everyone Else

The original Metroid and Castlevania both turn 40 years old this fall. As the two series most responsible for creating the "metroidvania," we're taking this occasion to take a comprehensive view of th

The Metroidvania Genre Owes Credit To Much More Than Castlevania And Metroid

The original Metroid and Castlevania both turn 40 years old this fall. As the two series most responsible for creating the "metroidvania," we're taking this occasion to take a comprehensive view of th

Welcome To GameSpot Metroidvania Week

Metroidvanias. What was once a relatively niche genre has slowly become one of the most prolific across the industry. Through a combination of indie developers paying homage to their favorite classics

I added player-seeking hit squads to GTA 5, though the billion other mods I have installed keep getting in their way

47 never had this problem.

With GTA 6 leaker hunt 'rapidly evolving,' Take-Two asks court to keep latest subpoena request sealed to avoid tipping off leakers

The filing contains "highly sensitive, confidential information" that lawyers fear could help the GTA 6 leakers destroy evidence or evade detection.

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Has Finished Shooting Its Performance Capture, Confirms Naughty Dog

Naughty Dog's next game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, has wrapped shooting on the game's performance capture.

PS5 Adds Free Live And On-Demand Movie And TV Channels, In Exchange For Watching Ads

Out of nowhere, Sony has announced that free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) is now on PlayStation 5, allowing people to watch movies and TV shows for free, in exchange for watching ads. FAST pro

The Blood of Dawnwalker review - worthy to sip blood at the top RPGs' table

The moment I knew The Blood of Dawnwalker had it came when, not far in, one of the local peat diggers fell into a big hole. Tasked with finding him by his brother at the start of what seemed a fairl

The Blood of Dawnwalker review

A horror RPG with novel ideas of its own, even if it doesn’t always have the courage to follow them through.

Onimusha: Way of the Sword review

Ferociously good combat brings this long-dormant series back from the afterlife.

Housemarque Co-Founder Ilari Kuittinen Announces Exit from Saros Developer After 31 Years

Housemarque co-founder Ilari Kuittinen has announced his exit from the PlayStation studio after 31 years.

Onimusha: Way of the Sword Review

An incredible action game with an excellent story to match.

The Blood of Dawnwalker Review

This impressive, bloody cocktail is one of the year’s best open-world RPGs.

Fable's story will be '15-20 hours' long, according to its game director, although the game's life systems are 'limitless'

"You can literally play it forever if that's what you want to do."

Sony Confirms 2 PlayStation State of Play Presentations for This Week

Sony has confirmed not one but two PlayStation State of Play presentations will air later this week.

A 38-year-old NES platformer is getting a Steam remake by its original husband-and-wife team, as the pair's 'final major game product'

The Battle of Olympus will arrive on Steam in 2027.

This week in PC games: Bank Holiday Mawnday Edition

Fleeing the intolerable glare of another weekday morning, you take the spiral stair that runs around the elven bulk of the Treehouse, and after hours of climbing, reach the Primrose Door. The light

Everything Pokémon Announced At The World Championships’ Closing Ceremony

The biggest Pokémon event of the year came to a close

Square Enix’s SaGa Saga Celebrates Saga in Tourism Initiative

It's part of the changing face of Japanese tourism

‘LARPtubers’ Recreating Bygone YouTubers Dredge Up Conflicting Memories For Original Creators

A new deep dive from Steven Asarch explores the world of nostalgic content creators impersonating decade old videos, humiliating and hurting in the process

Pokémon Worlds Pin Rally Reportedly Shut Down By Fire Marshal Over Immense Overcrowding And The eBay Scalper Listings Are Already Flooding In

While attendees initially assumed the official Pokémon event ran out of enamel pins, the truth had to do with the flip side of high turnout

Fans Are Marvelling At How Much Better GTA 6 Looks Compared To GTA 5

Is Rockstar Games' much-anticipated GTA 6 the best thing since sliced bread, or just GTA 5 with a new coat of paint?

The 7 Abominations I Consumed At Canada’s Biggest Fair

As the annual carnival overlooks the failures of Ontario leadership, the most upsetting news is regarding the ice cream s’more Oreo crusted fried chicken sandwich

Colossal 13TB Steam Leak Reportedly Includes Beta Builds Of Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2, And Much More

The alleged Steam depot data reportedly spans from 2003 to 2013, and contains pre-release builds of potentially thousands of first and third-party games

The Sunday Papers

Sundays are for resting, so I hear, though by the time you read this I’ll have got up at 5:30am to drive my parents-in-law to Gatwick Airport. As such, I’m probably not the best authority on resting

Star Wars Effects Artist Phil Tippett Shutters Studio

Following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the Hollywood puppetry wizard and director of Mad God is selling over 40 years of movie magic

Usual June mixes Hades-esque action, crystal crabs and ghosts to make for a game that'll do well in your Halloween rotation

I've been hungry for an action adventure game recently. In this modern era of live service and infinite roguelikes and deckbuilders (seriously, I know they're popular genres, maybe try a different

The Long Dark sequel Blackfrost hasn't been cancelled, but developer Hinterland are shifting a bit more focus onto the original's survival mode

Things are shifting around a bit over at The Long Dark developer Hinterland Studio. Earlier this year, The Long Dark's story mode wrapped up with the release of Wintermute's fifth and final episode

Phil Collins Returns To Vice City With An Ominous Song Choice For GTA 6′s Jason And Lucia

On top of an extended glimpse at what the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI will look like, Netflix gave a hint at what your crime spree playlist will sound like too

Mortal Shell 2 gets its first major update, adding in extra beacons, useful new items, and making riposte damage scaling actually work

We're a little over one week on from the launch of Mortal Shell 2, a game that Jeremy liked quite a lot. But the work of a developer is never done these days, what with the advent of the internet a

Mike Judge Is Taking Beavis And Butt-Head Back From Paramount

As David Ellison’s Hollywood takeover continues to hit stumbling blocks, the cult animator has motioned to reclaim his famed nincompoops

Star Citizen spinoff Squadron 42 has been delayed yet again, citing everyone going gaga for GTA 6, even if it isn't coming to PC yet

There is a big part of me that doesn't really believe any aspect of Star Citizen is real. It's never really a game I've given all that much of my attention to, the thing gives off pyramid scheme en

"That is a lot of work": Persona 4 Revival producer says there's no plans for a Yosuke romance option, even if the team did think about it

While it's never been confirmed, some cut voice lines from the original release of Persona 4 indicated that once upon a time, the protagonist's right-hand party member Yosuke was romanceable. Inste

What are we all playing this weekend?

Saturdays are for actually remembering that it's a Bank Holiday weekend, rather than forgetting and coming in on Monday and getting viciously annoyed with Julian and Mark for seeming to ignore your G

Leaked footage of EA's long-silent Iron Man game comes blasting onto the helicarrier, showing off WIP combat, characters and customisation

I am TONY STARK... and my brassy crimson pantaloons may have sprung a few leaks. A work-in-progress trailer for Marvel's Iron Man, an air-capable action game in development at EA Motive, has appeared