Ryan Dinsdale

Surgeon Simulator and Lost Skies developer Bossa Studios has become the latest affected by the sweeping lay-offs hitting the video game industry.

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games is releasing a ship bundle for its controversial space simulator that costs an eye-watering $48,000.

Content Warning: The following article contains mentions of themes some readers may find distressing, including those of self-harm and suicide.

PlayStation has listed the Metal Gear Solid 3 remake, officially Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater (the Δ is pronounced delta), as a 2024 game.

Microsoft has announced the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in January 2024, with Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Resident Evil 2 headlining this month's offerings.

Update: Ubisoft reached out to IGN to say that the "late 2024" timing had been updated to a "correct" release window of 2024. The original story is below.

Cyberpunk 2077 lets players choose either a male or female version of protagonist V to play as, but developer CD Projekt Red made them both equally valid from the very beginning of development.

The Day Before, one of the most controversial and catastrophic games in recent memory, will have its servers shut down in January 2024, just 45 days after the game launched in Early Access.

Sensitive military documents have once again appeared on the forums of World War 2 massively multiplayer online game War Thunder.

Konami has released patch 1.4.0 for the PC version of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1, which won't arrive on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Series X and S, and Nintendo Switch until January 2024.

Steam has updated its privacy settings to allow users to hide certain games from their profiles if they wish.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Queen's Blood card game sounds a lot like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's beloved minigame Gwent.

Overwatch 2 developer Blizzard Entertainment is "actively working towards" giving away new heroes to all players, not just those who buy a premium battle pass.

The Apple iPhone and Mac version of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding: Director's Cut has been delayed to early 2024, publisher 505 Games has announced.

Former Mass Effect writer Mac Walters has explained why he left the BioWare after 19 years, with several factors contributing to his deciding to go.

Controversial Early Access game The Day Before has seen its player count fall almost 90% after just four days and entered Steam's 10 worst reviewed games of all time list.

Embark Studios' hit shooter The Finals has already hit 200,000 concurrent players on Steam, just 12 hours after it was released.

Alan Wake 2 is getting a New Game Plus mode called The Final Draft on December 11, 2023, developer Remedy Entertainment has announced.

The highly anticipated LEGO Fortnite has received its first gameplay trailer alongside its launch today, December 7.

CD Projekt Red are tugging at heartstrings again after including a devastating reference to hit anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners in Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.1.

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim has received a mod revamp on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X and S, and PC, as Bethesda doubles down on paid mod content in the Special Edition.

Naughty Dog and PlayStation have released a first look trailer for The Last of Us Part 2: Remastered's No Return roguelike mode, which arrives alongside the PlayStation 5 re-release on January 19, 2024.

Outcast: A New Beginning returns players to the beloved adventure franchise on March 15, 2024, publisher THQ Nordic and developer Appeal Studio have announced.

Outcast: A New Beginning returns players to the beloved adventure franchise on March 15, 2024, publisher THQ Nordic and developer Appeal Studio have announced.

Fortnite's next season looks set to feature Metal Gear Solid's Solid Snake and Family Guy's Peter Griffin, according to a leak from Epic Games and Xbox.

Resident Evil 4 is coming to PlayStation VR2 on December 8 as a free update to the base game, Sony has announced.

Sony has announced the PlayStation Plus games for December 2023 are LEGO 2K Drive (PS4 and PS5), Powerwash Simulator (PS4 and PS5), and Sable (PS5).

Cyberpunk 2077's live action project won't be released until 2025 at the earliest, CD Projekt Red has confirmed.

Cyberpunk 2077's Idris Elba-starring expansion Phantom Liberty has sold 4.3 million copies since it launched, developer CD Projekt Red has confirmed.

CD Projekt has finally settled the class action lawsuit that alleged it misled investors over the launch state of Cyberpunk 2077.

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim features a ton of colourful characters, and while some can't be killed for story reasons, one player has claimed to have "killed everything that was killable".

The actor who played Grand Theft Auto 5 co-protagonist Michael De Santa was swatted while streaming GTA Online, but has defended developer Rockstar Games despite fan outcry to the contrary.

The Witcher 3 is chock full of romance that often ends in disaster but CD Projekt Red has revealed one tragic love story from the Blood and Wine expansion that no one knew about.

A gameplay clip from Steam's latest hit Lethal Company has gone viral as players laugh at and praise the game's proximity voice chat.

Blizzard Entertainment has made its action role-playing game Diablo 4 free-to-play on Steam for a week.

Epic Games has promised an "unforgettable" Big Bang event will take place in Fortnite on December 2, probably starring Eminem.

CD Projekt Red has announced a Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition will be released on December 5, 2023.

The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski has given fans a release window for the highly anticipated next book in the series, alongside a possible tease of its story.

Steam's latest hit is a cooperative horror game about scavenging derelict moons called Lethal Company, and its now reached more than 100,000 concurrent players.

Bluey's world domination continues as Microsoft has now created a truly unique Xbox Series X console themed after the beloved animated series.

Capcom has announced a Dragon Dogma's 2 Showcase for November 28, 2023, which is set to include big reveals and new gameplay.

EA and Acendant Studios have released Immortals of Aveum's major The Echollector update is now available across all platforms, bringing the game up to version 1.0.6.0.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is getting a Season Pass which includes an exclusive bonus quest available at launch, Ubisoft has announced.

CD Projekt is releasing an official mod editor for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in 2024, meaning fans will soon be able to create their own custom content based on the beloved role-playing game's pre-existing assets.

Spoiler Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Elden Ring, with mentions of its final bosses.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is getting a free, two-part update called The Traitor Curse, developer Fatshark has announced.

The Yakuza series is known for its confusing naming conventions but it seems even the developer gets mixed up, as Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name features a tutorial screen from the Judgement games.

Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Software have finally shared a first official look at Hogwarts Legacy running on Nintendo Switch just a few days ahead of launch.

Gameplay footage of Hogwarts Legacy on Nintendo Switch is finally in the wild as a result of one fan getting the game early.

THQ Nordic has shared a lengthy gameplay trailer for Alone in the Dark ahead of its launch on January 16, 2024.

The James Bond rights holders weren't interested in making another video game until Hitman developer IO Interactive pitched Project 007.

Lords of the Fallen is getting more free content as developer Hexworks and publisher CI Games have revealed a roadmap of incoming updates.

An Elden Ring modder has taken the game's hardest boss, Malenia, Blade of Miquella, and put her inside fellow FromSoftware title Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Fortnite has seen a huge surge in players with the launch of its OG update that brings back the original battle royale map.

The beta for highly anticipated and controversial post-apocalyptic open world MMO The Day Before will only be available to those who "volunteer" for developer Fntastic.

CD Projekt Red wants Cyberpunk 2077's sequel, codenamed Orion, to undergo a similar evolution to that of The Witcher franchise.

Ubisoft is shutting down more online services for its older games like Assassin's Creed 2 and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood in January 2024.

Destiny 2 expansion The Final Shape and the Marathon reboot have both reportedly been delayed amid lay-offs at developer Bungie.

Remedy Entertainment has released a first update for hit survival horror sequel Alan Wake 2 and assured fans it's looking into the audio issues affecting Xbox users.

Update: Bungie CEO Pete Parsons took to X/Twitter to share some thoughts on the layoffs.

Destiny 2 developer Bungie has reportedly been affected by lay-offs, becoming the latest in a long line of video game studios to undergo downsizing in 2023.

Capcom is getting ready to launch a big game despite not having announced it yet, as the Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, and Street Fighter maker has an "unannounced major title" launching by March 2024.

A recruiting drive at FromSoftware suggests a major expansion of the Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne developer is underway.

Bethesda's former design director has revealed an internal debate around the number of planets in Starfield early on in the game's development.

Bethesda's former design director thinks The Elder Scrolls 6 will keep The Elder Scroll 5: Skyrim's levelling up and progression system.

A Fallout: New Vegas fan has put the entire Mojave Wasteland map inside Fallout 4 with a new mod.

Ubisoft will soon let Assassin's Creed Mirage players turn off the controversial chromatic aberration feature many found frustrating.

CD Projekt has revealed Cyberpunk 2077's Update 2.02 is "coming soon" and includes a handful of bug fixes and other challenges.

The Walking Dead: Destinies comes to PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC on November 17, 2023.

Konami is finally adding the ability to pause cutscenes to the original three Metal Gear Solid games when the Master Collection launches October 24, but there's a strange catch: it takes 10 seconds.

A 38-year-old Tokyo resident has been arrested on stalking charges including on social media and, more unusually, in multiplayer video game Final Fantasy 14.

Nintendo has shared a first look at the long-delayed Switch version of Harry Potter spin-off Hogwarts Legacy, due out in just a few weeks on November 14.

Payday 3 developer Starbreeze has apologised for its lack of communication surrounding the game's highly anticipated first patch, which promises to address the disastrous launch.

Microsoft has announced the second wave of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in October 2023, headlined by Dead Space, Like a Dragon Ishin, and F1 Manager 2023.

Yakuza spin-off Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name won't launch with an English dub language option but will receive an update with it later.

Xbox has finally completed its historic acquisition of Activision Blizzard and with it gains control of some of the biggest franchises in video game history.

Microsoft has released an emotional trailer to celebrate its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, showcasing the wealth of games Xbox now owns (and seemingly what it finds most important and wants to show off).

Dead Island 2's first story expansion, called Haus, will let player explore a billionaire's secret techno death cult when it launches November 2.

Sony has revealed the full line-up of PlayStation Plus Games Catalog additions for October 2023 and it's a full-on spookapalooza.

CD Projekt spent $125 million on Cyberpunk 2077 post-launch, repairing the game's reputation with the Edgerunners and Update 2.0 patches alongside the well-received Phantom Liberty expansion.