Lately I’ve become a little obsessed with rug-wash clips. Scroll through YouTube or TikTok and you’ll spot them instantly: carpets so caked with grime they look like slabs of asphalt are doused in oceans of suds, then attacked by armies of bristle brushes, scrapers and power sprayers until—almost by magic—gaudy 1970s motifs suddenly glow again…Read
Read MoreFollowing the successful unveiling of its digital archive earlier this year, the Video Game History Foundation—dedicated to safeguarding gaming heritage—has now added the complete Computer Entertainer run to its freely accessible holdings. Billed as “among the earliest American publications devoted to video games,” the magazine is now fully preserved online. Discover More
Read MoreThe Japanese charity speedrunning marathon “RTA in Japan” has now verified that Nintendo sent an explicit directive prohibiting the inclusion of any of the publisher’s games. Read more…Read More
Read MoreEarlier this year, Lyrical Games founder Blake Rochkind stepped away from Private Division and his role overseeing business development there. “It simply felt like the right moment to move on,” Rochkind explains to GamesIndustry.biz. Read more…Read More
Read MoreKeeping tabs on the relentless shuffle of hirings and departures across the gaming sector can feel impossible, so we gather the moves into periodic summaries. Read more…Read More
Read MoreLudocene, a no-cost “social app that pairs you with videogames instead of potential partners,” is now live after wrapping up a triumphant crowdfunding run. Discover additional details…Learn More
Read MoreRedOctaneGames, a new outfit laser-focused on rhythm-based experiences, has formally opened its doors; its inaugural project will be revealed before the year is out. Learn more… Learn More
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Read MoreGass, who served in the United States Army before joining Raven Software, took the role of UI engineer for the Call of Duty franchise… Read More
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Read MoreKai and Charles Huang, co-creators of early Guitar Hero studio RedOctane, now sit on an exclusive consultative panel guiding the new venture…Read More
Read MoreFormer Rockstar director and producer Jeffrey Crawford “Lazlow” Jones has played the same neurotic, perverted radio host in the Grand Theft Auto series since GTA 3 in 2001, but he likely won’t continue his freak streak with GTA 6. Asked about it during a recent interview with Nerd Reactor, Lazlow says that, when it comes
Read MoreFromSoftware parent company Kadokawa has registered a new domain for “Sekiro-Anime.jp,” seemingly bearing out longstanding rumors that Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will get an anime adaptation. Naturally, the link, shared by Wario64 after it was spotted by Resetera user vestan, currently leads to a dead page. The Japanese error message machine translates to: “The page
Read More(Image credit: Netflix) Wednesday showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar have reassured fans that one of the biggest deaths in season 2, part 1 isn’t permanent…and that “there’s always a way” to bring her back. Warning: Massive spoilers for Wednesday season 2 part 1 ahead! “Christina Ricci is just an amazing person and actor, and
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Wildgate, the PvP multiplayer shooter that plays sort of like Sea of Thieves in space, features a roster of seven different Prospectors you can play as. To start, you only have access to three of the seven,
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The most traditional input throughout the lifespan of Battlefield has been a controller. While Battlefield 6 has full support for mouse and keyboard on PC as well as consoles, a majority of the playerbase will head into
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The Cozy Companions event has begun in Pokemon Go, and as part of the festivities, a couple of new Pokemon are now available. Snom and Frosmoth, two ice types originally from the Pokemon Sword and Shield games,
Read MoreWelcome to Season 05 Black Ops 6 The Rogue Black Ops team is reinstated with the CIA, hunting down the final Pantheon moles. Stop the enemy at all costs while deploying to explosive new and reimagined Multiplayer maps. Breach Janus Towers in the epic finale of Black Ops 6 Zombies, wield new weapons and gear,
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Later this week, Battlefield 6‘s first open beta is set to begin and it’s already hit 10,000 concurrent players on one platform despite the servers not being live. Players are apparently eager to get their hands on
Read MoreA reasonably priced affair by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 6:30pm The Mafia series makes its grand return this week in the form of Mafia: The Old Country; Hangar 13’s upcoming prequel that takes us back to 1900s Sicily. Publisher 2K has made a bold decision to price this one at just $50 at launch — including
Read MoreWith an Xbox-exclusive filter! by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 5:30pm We’ve been waiting a little while for KARMA: The Dark World to make its Xbox debut, having originally released for PC and PS5 back in March, but we’ve finally got a release date – it hits Series X and Series S on September 14th, 2025. KARMA:
Read MoreWhat’s it going to be? by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 4:30pm Just in case you’d forgotten, Nightdive Studios apparently has its “next big thing” to announce at QuakeCon 2025 later this week! The company mentioned this during a recent livestream, and we’ve been intrigued about it ever since. But what’s it going to be? Well, we
Read More“The first-ever turn-based Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game” by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 3:45pm You can never have too many Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games, right…? We’re getting another one on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S next week, as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown has just received a surprise August 14th release
Read MoreIt took nearly 3 years of negotiation by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 3pm Raven Software, the team behind the campaign portion of last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, is this week celebrating a fresh union contract that guarantees improved working conditions over at Xbox. Per a post from the Communications Workers of America (CWA),
Read MoreAfter Harold Ryan—the former president and CEO of Bungie—opened ProbablyMonsters in 2016, he stated that the young company wanted to reinvent the way blockbuster games are built, aiming to fashion greener pastures where developers can actually, you know, develop. Fast-forward to today and the still-young outfit has finally lifted the curtain on its first two
Read MoreTime to morph and Fortnite! courtesy of Alana Hagues Yesterday, 7:45pm After much teasing, the Power Rangers will crash onto Fortnite this Thursday, 7th August. Whispers of the Rangers invading the free-to-play shooter have floated around for months, but today’s cinematic promo finally locks in the date and details. They’ll arrive amid Chapter 6 Season
Read MoreLaunch day is arriving “Shorty” written by Alana Hagues a day ago, 9pm Photo: PM Studios Playtonic Games’ Yooka-Replaylee, an enhanced remake of the 2017 3D collect-a-thon platformer Yooka-Laylee, has reached a “content complete” milestone and word of a street date is “coming…SoonTM”. According to PM Studios, the publisher handling retail versions of Yooka-Replaylee, news
Read MoreMastercard claims it hasn’t “assessed any title or demanded limitations on developer hubs and marketplaces,” yet Valve respectfully disagrees… Read More
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