After we got done with Destiny 1,” says former Bungie CEO Harold Ryan, “I wanted to try to have a bigger impact on the industry.” Read more…Read More
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Read MoreThe City of Liverpool College has collaborated with non-profit careers initiative GameChangers to introduce a free management diploma at the institution. Read more…Read More
Read MoreThe Global Gaming League (GGL), a new video game league launching later this month, has secured licensing agreements with six major game publishers. Read more…Read More
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Read MoreSilksong fans, prepare to ride the rollercoaster of delirious anticipation and potential crushing disappointment once more: Nintendo has announced another indie-focused showcase is happening this week, so could this finally be the day for that release date news? Read more…Read More
Read MoreThe team behind indie hit Peak would rather its community pirate its own game, than play a “microtransaction-riddled” ripoff that has appeared on Roblox. Read more…Read More
Read MoreAre you the sort of player that would rather drop a game altogether than simply bump the difficulty down (if such an option exists?) If so, then you might be in better company than you think – at least that’s what the developer of The First Berserker: Khazan has deduced from poring over its player
Read MoreAs Steam and Itch.io continued to grapple with recent pressure by payment processors to withdraw NSFW games from their platforms, Mastercard has moved to distance itself from the ensuing censorship controversy, insisting it has not “required restrictions of any” game. But Valve says otherwise, pointing to a Mastercard rule saying the company can refuse to
Read More(Image credit: Nintendo) Yes, hello, it’s me: the guy who played a whole lot of both Elden Ring and Kirby and the Forgotten Land in 2022 and decided that the pink puffball had the better game. That’s no slight to FromSoftware‘s sprawling epic – Kirby’s latest adventure was just that good. The impending Switch 2
Read More(Image credit: Neuport211 via YouTube) In June, I wrote about a World of Warcraft player who’d spent years buying up, and occasionally catching, 10 million of a specific fish, assembling one of the smelliest collections in the entire MMO. A few days after that article was published, another World of Warcraft player emailed me. “If
Read More(Image credit: Future / Duncan Robertson) 40% of something might not seem like much. For AMD in the CPU market, however, that’s a bigger percentage than it seems. In the latest Steam Hardware Survey results, the brand has surpassed the 40% usage mark in the processor vendor category for the very first time, which would
Read More(Image credit: Disney/Lucasfilm) With almost 50 years of history, the Star Wars franchise has introduced plenty of iconic characters, from memorable villains like Darth Vader to fascinating heroes like Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. But, who (or what) is the ultimate Star Wars icon? That’s the question that one Reddit user recently asked fans online,
Read More(Image credit: FX Networks) New TV show Alien: Earth has hit a significant milestone for the sci-fi horror franchise: it’s the installment that’s been the best received by critics in nearly 40 years. Ahead of its release next week, the show debuted to a score of 89% on Rotten Tomatoes today, based on 37 reviews.
Read MoreBy Moises Taveras on August 5, 2025 at 9:28AM PDT GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. It’s been a rocky time for developers at Microsoft, which laid off about 4% of its workforce–translating to about 9,000 lost jobs–in July. This includes deep cuts
Read MoreBy James Carr and Joey Carr on August 5, 2025 at 9:08AM PDT GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Open-world games offer players large worlds to explore, often with a massive amount of optional content. While these games tend to overlap with the
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. H.P. Lovecraft is responsible for a long list of classic horror stories that continue to be highly influential in the world of literature, film, television, and video games. The author’s blend of unsettling cosmic horror with sci-fi/fantasy
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Introduced in Battlefield 2042, Portal is a mode that allows players to create custom game modes, and for Battlefield 6, it’s getting a big overhaul. UX director Alan Pimm said in a new interview that Battlefield Studios
Read MoreRagebound is a relentless and challenging revival that ably channels the spirit of early Ninja Gaiden games. By Kevin Knezevic on August 1, 2025 at 10:40AM PDT Like the best revivals, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound feels like it could’ve come from a different era. Crafted by Blasphemous developer The Game Kitchen, Ragebound is a deliberately old-school
Read MoreRoboCop? Grounded 2? Tony Hawk? Share your pick! penned by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 7pm With August 2025’s Xbox Game Pass slate on the verge of kick-off, now’s our final moment to glance back at July for the subscription’s catalogue—a stretch that also delivered two brand-new first-party Xbox drops inside the same period! The twin headliners
Read MoreEA’s recent Battlefield 6 reveal event brought news of a pre-launch beta coming this month – across two full weekends on Xbox, PC and PS5. So, how do you download and play this Battlefield 6 beta? And can you get early access on Xbox? Here’s everything you need to know ahead of launch: Battlefield 6
Read MoreRare’s big day by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 4:30pm As we just unveiled elsewhere on Pure Xbox, we have some goodies being announced today to celebrate the 40th anniversary of developer Rare – and those goodies also include a batch of fresh gamerpics and a new dynamic background on Xbox Series X|S. Yep, to celebrate 40
Read MoreOfficially licensed by Xbox and Rare by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 4pm The good folks at 8BitDo are back with another Xbox controller, but this time there’s a big difference – not only is it the company’s first wireless Xbox controller to hit the market, but it’s also celebrating the 40th anniversary of Rare! In addition
Read MoreWe’ve got a release date! by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 3:40pm Following its announcement for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S back in May, SEGA has revealed today that Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage will release for the two Xbox consoles on October 30th, 2025. Pre-orders have officially begun on the Xbox Store, and
Read MoreIGN Entertainment has rolled out Gaming Trends, an analytics-driven research hub that leverages the firm’s massive audience footprint to forecast where interactive entertainment is heading next. Discover more…Learn More
Read MoreFresh data shows that browser-based titles have surged nearly five-fold within the last twenty-four months, with over fifteen thousand new releases arriving in the second quarter of 2025 alone. Explore further…Explore Further
Read MoreIn the wake of a statement released late last week, Nintendo has pushed up pricing on an array of Switch hardware and accessories across the United States. Find out more…Learn More
Read MoreIvan Razmakhov, who leads creative production at the mobile-marketing company AdQuantum, unpacks the mechanics that drive effective smartphone campaigns. Learn more…Continue Reading
Read MoreBased on a fresh report, Take-Two Interactive is retooling sections of the forthcoming BioShock entry and has restructured its top-level staff after an internal evaluation by publisher 2K Games came up short. Read the full story…Read More
Read MoreCaptured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) Revisiting Ninja Gaiden’s 2-D lineage in 2025 is nothing short of delightful. After Dotemu secured the rights for a franchise revival, the Parisian publisher tapped Barcelona-based indie outfit The Game Kitchen to helm development. Widely praised for its punishing yet gorgeous Blasphemous games, the team worked under the supervision of
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