Almost 25% Of All Console And PC Gamers Played Minecraft Last Month In The US

Cryptic Studios, the makers of MMOs including Star Trek Online and Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG Neverwinter, have confirmed a number of layoffs due to the ongoing “comprehensive restructuring” of megacorp owner Embracer Group. The “personnel changes” at Cryptic make them the latest Embracer-owned developer to suffer job losses in what continues to be an unrelenting year for thousands of those working in video games.

Miles Morales will be the main Spider-Man going forward in Insomniac's games as Peter Parker is taking a much-deserved rest from the spandex and webs. But of course, gamers are gonna gamer, so there is plenty of outrage over this revelation.

Simulation games can be some of the most rewarding games to excel at, but they’ve never quite found a natural home on consoles like they have on PCs over the years. That isn’t to say that attempts haven’t been made over the decades, but results have been mixed with ports that weren’t fully-optimized for console gaming hardware and in some cases, that’s led to games being worse to play on modern hardware than even older hardware. Games like Planet Coaster ring that bell because with a newer and theoretical console-optimized experience, it still never felt natural on a controller. Meanwhile, the original Theme Park on the Sega Genesis felt pretty natural with its controls reworked and a very similar premise.

Alan Wake 2 launched last week to largely stellar reviews (with our own Alan Wake 2 review giving it top marks) as well as a not-insignificant number of reports from players experiencing technical issues on both PC and console. Today, we have fresh patch notes from Remedy Entertainment promising bug fixes as well as visual and UI improvements on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

While ARK: Survival Ascended is a survival game with a bunch of dinosaurs roaming around, that doesn’t mean we can’t have any fun. When I’m not doing a serious playthrough, I love to open the admin console and type in commands to get the game’s best items and rarest creatures.

Moonlight Peaks, a cutesy farming sim with a gothic twist, has gotten its own demo, allowing you to sample its spooky-yet-charming world for yourself. 

Manor Lords, which has long been the most-wishlisted city builder on Steam as well as one of the most-wanted games overall, just behind Hades 2 and Hollow Knight Silksong, is coming to PC in early access on April 26, 2024, with a console release date "to be revealed at a later time."

The Mortal Kombat community has yet another reason to dislike the monetisation of NetherRealm’s Mortal Kombat 1 after publisher Warner Bros. Games confirmed plans to sell a seasonal Fatality.

Peter Parker and Miles Morales each get five new costumes by spending an extra $10 for the PS5 game.

If you even keep just a tiny watch on the video game world, you won’t be shocked to learn that Starfield has been quite the big deal. As of September, Bethesda’s epic sci-fi RPG was the top ranking game in the US in terms of sales.

Starfield debuted at No.1 in Circana's US charts for September, instantly becoming the seventh best-selling game of 2023 year-to-date.

Video game sales across Europe were down in September compared with the year before, according to the latest figures from GSD.