Chris Scullion

Xbox consoles will soon be getting the ability to pre-download game updates.

When I first played Paper Trail at the BitSummit indie festival in Kyoto last July, I came away impressed but concerned.

Three of Square Enix‘s most high profile recent releases sold worse than expected, the company’s president has reportedly said.

Square Enix‘s share price has dropped by nearly 16% following its FY2024 financial results on Monday.

Warner Bros has U-turned on a decision to delist indie games previously published by Adult Swim.

A new trailer for MultiVersus shows The Joker in action, and also seemingly confirms The Powerpuff Girls as playable characters.

Shin Megami Tensei 5 is set to be removed from the Nintendo Switch eShop, Atlus has confirmed.

Square Enix has confirmed that it has cancelled a number of unannounced game projects because they don’t fit with its new strategy.

A developer has created a tool that could make it much easier to create PC ports of Nintendo 64 games.

Square Enix has published a new medium-term business plan, which includes making its AAA games multiplatform going forward.

Information on the RAM and storage specs of the Nintendo Switch‘s successor may have been found by internet sleuths.

Xbox president Sarah Bond has spoken more about the company’s decision to close four Bethesda studios earlier this week.

Sega has officially announced Sonic Rumble, a mobile game previously leaked as Sonic Toys Party.

A new update for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night adds two free game modes and a free cosmetic pack.

Frontier Developments has announced that it will make a third Jurassic World game.

The CEO and president of Warner Bros Discovery has singled out Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League as the reason for underwhelming Q1 results for its entire Studios division.

Xbox Game Studios’ pirate-themed co-op multiplayer game Sea of Thieves was the best-selling game on the digital PlayStation Store in Europe last month.

Netflix has launched Nextworld, a Roblox experience it describes as a “digital theme park”.

Crow Country, a survival horror game inspired by PS1 titles, is available now on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Steam.

Nvidia has acknowledged that PC users may be experiencing crashes on Tekken 8 on some of its GeForce graphics cards.

Nintendo has officially announced Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.

Electronic Arts CEO and chairman Andrew Wilson says its developers have “a real hunger” to use generative AI to speed up development.

An online concert to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Earthbound will be held in June.

Sonic Mania Plus has come to mobile for the first time, as a Netflix Games exclusive.

Redfall was set to get its long-promised offline mode this month before Microsoft decided to close its studio down, according to a new report.

Bandai Namco US is running a competition that will see one player receiving a 10-foot statue as a prize.

Xbox is closing down four Bethesda studios, including Redfall developer Arkane Austin and Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks.

A new life simulation inspired by the Studio Ghibli movies has been spotted on Steam.

The opening of the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto has seemingly been delayed.

The Early Access release of Hades 2 has already more than doubled the all-time peak concurrent player count of the first game on Steam.

User reviews for the Steam version of Helldivers 2 have been seeing a huge turnaround, as fans change their negative ratings to positive ones.

Ghost of Tsushima studio Sucker Punch says a PSN account won’t be required for the upcoming Steam version, at least in single-player mode.

A new gameplay trailer released for Mortal Kombat 1 shows upcoming DLC character Homelander in action.

PlayStation has delivered a U-turn and scrapped its plans to require Helldivers 2 players on Steam to sign in with a PlayStation Network account.

A new game based on the Nintendo World Championships appears to have been rated by the ESRB.

Limited Run Games has apologised for using burnt CD-R discs instead of pressed discs for a recent 3DO re-release.

The Steam version of Helldivers will soon require all players to sign in with a PlayStation Network account.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre Pinball is the next DLC coming to Pinball M.

Less than half of developers questioned in a new survey say their company has an in-game credits policy.

Level-5 founder and CEO Akihiro Hino has said he wants to make erotic and violent games one day, something his studio certainly isn’t known for.

Nintendo has taken down more than 8,500 clones of Switch emulator Yuzu with a single DMCA notice.

Paramount’s Knuckles TV show enjoyed the best opening weekend of any Paramount+ original series to date.

Game streaming platform Streamlabs has released an official plugin for Open Broadcaster Software (OBS).

Ubisoft has finally confirmed the release date for its long-delayed free-to-play FPS, XDefiant.

Japanese developer Arika has enjoyed a close relationship with Nintendo over the years.

Walmart is testing out a new Roblox feature that allows players to buy physical items through its Roblox experience.

Housemarque is teasing that it will make an announcement on Tuesday.

Switch peripheral maker Mobapad claims to have new information on the Switch 2, particularly with regards to its controllers.

The studio behind Escape from Tarkov has attempted to partially U-turn on its plans to add a PvE mode exclusively to a new $250 edition of the game, but players continue to express anger.

Bandai Namco has revealed who will be the second DLC character in Tekken 8, along with news of free updates coming throughout the year.

The newly released Xbox Series X/S upgrade for Fallout 4 currently has a bug that prevents players from activating Quality mode.

Indie developers have contributed to a large bundle of games to raise money for Palestinian relief.

Players who previously redeemed the PlayStation 4 version of Fallout 4 will have to wait a little longer for its free next-gen upgrade, Bethesda says.

Blizzard has announced that it will not be holding a BlizzCon event this year.

The director of Stellar Blade has explained that what players are describing as input lag during certain moves is a deliberate choice.

Fans of tactical multiplayer FPS Escape from Tarkov are angry at a new $250 edition offering exclusive modes and “pay-to-win” upgrades.

Clash of Clans studio Supercell has announced that its first major game in five years will be released next month.

The studio behind sandbox game Garry’s Mod says it will be removing all Nintendo-related uploads after receiving DMCA takedown requests that appear to be from Nintendo.

Sega has released a new Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble which details the game’s five multiplayer battle modes.

The man suspected of being responsible for threats that led to the cancellation of Nintendo events in Japan has been charged.

Nintendo has added two more games to Switch Online’s Nintendo 64 library.

Bit.Trip Rerunner, the remastered version of Bit.Trip Runner, is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

Given that arcades have declined in popularity in recent years, you’d be forgiven for completely missing this game the first time around.

Atari has revived the Infogrames brand, and will use it for a new publishing label.

The release date for Metaphor: ReFantazio has been confirmed during a 30-minute developer livestream.

Swedish game and media holding company Embracer Group has announced its plans to split into three separate entities.

Although its relationship with video games goes all the way back to Pong, tennis has seemingly always been a tricky sport to properly nail in digital form.

The upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake may have given its protagonist a makeover to make him look younger.

Rare has marked Earth Day by showing off its latest building, a sustainable workplace called Barn X.

The general manager of EA Japan has criticised the Japanese ratings board for what he believes are discrepancies in the way Dead Space and Stellar Blade have been rated.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor seems to be in the process of making its way to EA Play.

Publisher Plaion has officially announced a sequel to 2018 role-playing game Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

The upcoming Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes will be getting a sequel, despite the recent death of its creator.

Netflix has confirmed that The Witcher TV series will get a fifth season, but stated that it will be the last.

Three comic books based on video games are among the titles to be given away during Free Comic Book Day next month.

Meta has confirmed that it has permanently dropped the price of its entry level Quest 2 headset.

The Donkey Kong Country expansion for Universal Studios Japan’s Super Nintendo World has been delayed.

EA has revealed the first information on its upcoming racing game EA Sports F1 24.

A new retro compilation coming to the Switch next week will see the return of cult sports title California Games.

Baldur’s Gate 3 studio Larian has announced that it’s working on two new projects based on its own original IPs.