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The developers behind existential indie Unsighted have officially announced their next project. 

The creator of Dragon Ball and co-creator of the Dragon Quest series of RPGs, Akira Toriyama, has passed away aged 68.

The nominations for the 20th BAFTA Games Awards have been revealed, with the awards ceremony set to take place on April 11, 2024. 

Influential Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama, who was best known as the creator of the Dragon Ball series, has passed away.

Legendary artist, manga creator, and character designer Akirya Toriyama has passed away. His passing was announced by his company, Bird Studio, which confirmed that he died on March 1, aged 68, due to acute subdural hematoma.

Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball and the artist behind Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, and numerous other works, has died. He was 68.

Electronic Arts owns the rights to a rich back catalog of PC games from series like Populous, Command & Conquer, and Dungeon Keeper, but many of them weren’t readily available on Steam. That changed today as EA brought many of its classic PC games and expansions to Valve’s PC gaming platform today.

Overwatch 2’s second anime crossover event will bring the characters (and music) of Cowboy Bebop to the team-based hero shooter on March 12, Blizzard Entertainment announced Thursday. The collab will add new Cowboy Bebop-inspired skins, emotes, highlight intros, and more to Overwatch 2, including an Ein skin for Wrecking Ball that all players will be able to unlock for free.

In games, there aren't many things that I love more than a pretty pixel art style and an intriguing story that'll encourage me to explore everything a title has to offer, and that's exactly what I can see in Little Knight Games' upcoming indie Metroidvania, Mira and the Legend of the Djinns.

The actor behind Baldur's Gate 3's beloved Karlach has spoken about the times they've been disappointed by game romances in the past.

The nominations for the BAFTA Games Awards 2024 have been announced.

A talented Pokemon fan recently designed unique Mega Evolutions for Delphox, Flygon, Chandelure, Shedinja, Jynx, Mimikyu, and Goodra. The Pokemon community is known for creating amazing fan art, and these new designs are an example of how good these community-made pieces of artwork can be.

The many regions that players have visited throughout the Pokemon games all draw inspiration from real-world locations, inspiring one fan from Amsterdam to imagine what a counterpart to their home city would look like in the world of Pokemon. Their absolutely amazing pixel art project not only captures a similar vibe to that associated with the older Pokemon games, but also does a great job of showcasing what a Netherlands-inspired region might look like in the games' world.

If you're in the mood for a brand-new Metroidvania, then Steam might have you covered with its latest sale event. 

The latest set of Unmatched: Slings and Arrows features William Shakespeare and three of his compelling characters.Sunrise, FL – March 4, 2024. Today, Restoration Games announced details of the next Unmatched set, Slings and Arrows. In addition to William Shakespeare, the set includes Hamlet, Titania, and the Wayward Sisters as playable heroes. The heroes are brought to life by the incomparable art of Zoë van Dijk, who illustrated Battle of Legends, Vol. 2. The battlefield, the world-renowned Globe Theater, was illustrated by Nastya Lehn.The set will be available for preorder the company’s website (restorationgames.com) on March 4 (shipping early May) and will include a free foil promo version of one of the set’s cards. The retail release date is June 12.Unmatched: Slings and Arrows features two decks that were entries in the design contest Restoration Games held in 2020. William Shakespeare was one of the winning decks, designed by Jonathan Guberman, and rewards players for completing lines in iambic pentameter. The Wayward Sisters deck was a runner-up and designed by Jason Hager, one of the designers of the recent cooperative version, Unmatched Adventures. This multi-hero deck brings the witches potion machinations to life with cunning coordination.“Slings and Arrows has such a vibrant theme with some of the most compelling characters in all of literature,” said Justin D. Jacobson, president of Restoration Games. “In the vein of the highly successful Cobble & Fog, these heroes will challenge players’ preconceptions about what an Unmatched deck can do and reward them for mastering their unique playstyles.”

Palworld has received the 'demake' treatment, throwing it back to the pixelated days of the Nintendo DS.

Xbox has announced its next Partner Preview stream showcasing games from third-party publishers. The broadcast begins on March 6 at 10 AM PT/ 1 PM EST/ 7 PM GMT.

Another big Avengers story, another new team for Earth's Mightiest Heroes to take on. After launching his new Avengers volume by introducing the Ashen Combine, writer Jed MacKay has now teamed up with artist Pepe Larraz to create the Bloodcoven, the villainous group at the heart of the upcoming Avengers/Doctor Strange/Moon Knight and more crossover Blood Hunt.

During the Campfire Chat Livestream on February 29th, Blizzard announced a new competition to celebrate the release of The Gauntlet! This limited-time contest has been dubbed Leaderboard Legends and starts on March 19th. This contest will have multiple winners for each of the categories of The Gauntlet, including the individual classes and for Hardcore as well! Vampiric Powers Returning in Season 3 Patch 1.3.3 Class Changes Summary The winners of the Leaderboard Legends contest will receive a custom art print.

I stepped out of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two burdened by a heavy existential question: Am I the sort of person who would drink sandworm piss in exchange for supernatural foresight? Maybe you can help me decide.

The latest set of Unmatched: Slings and Arrows features William Shakespeare and three of his compelling characters.Sunrise, FL – March 4, 2024. Today, Restoration Games announced details of the next Unmatched set, Slings and Arrows. In addition to William Shakespeare, the set includes Hamlet, Titania, and the Wayward Sisters as playable heroes. The heroes are brought to life by the incomparable art of Zoë van Dijk, who illustrated Battle of Legends, Vol. 2. The battlefield, the world-renowned Globe Theater, was illustrated by Nastya Lehn.The set will be available for preorder the company’s website (restorationgames.com) on March 4 (shipping early May) and will include a free foil promo version of one of the set’s cards. The retail release date is June 12.Unmatched: Slings and Arrows features two decks that were entries in the design contest Restoration Games held in 2020. William Shakespeare was one of the winning decks, designed by Jonathan Guberman, and rewards players for completing lines in iambic pentameter. The Wayward Sisters deck was a runner-up and designed by Jason Hager, one of the designers of the recent cooperative version, Unmatched Adventures. This multi-hero deck brings the witches potion machinations to life with cunning coordination.“Slings and Arrows has such a vibrant theme with some of the most compelling characters in all of literature,” said Justin D. Jacobson, president of Restoration Games. “In the vein of the highly successful Cobble & Fog, these heroes will challenge players’ preconceptions about what an Unmatched deck can do and reward them for mastering their unique playstyles.”

A Women’s Day Sale, spearheaded by indie game funding organization Wings Interactive, is currently taking place on Steam. Until March 10, a wealth of games starring and made by women are seeing some significant discounts. From mind-bending puzzle games to vibrant action titles, this sale is full of fantastic indies worth a look during Women’s History Month. Here are seven highlights to check out if you’re looking to grab some great games for cheap.

Greetings, Adventurers!

Microsoft and Nickelodeon are teaming up to make an Xbox Series X that looks like SpongeBob Squarepants, an inspired merging of right angles. And unlike other limited edition Xbox consoles and controllers that have been restricted to giveaways, you can actually buy this one, provided you have disposable income in the range of $699.

New details about the rumored upcoming Virtua Fighter reboot have surfaced, including details on platforms, features, characters, art style, and more.

No Rest for the Wicked has a lot going for it. The upcoming action game already has me charmed me with its distinct sense of style. There’s just one thing that’s yet to win me over, and that’s its sometimes cruel gameplay.

The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) has announced the winners for its 23rd annual awards program, with Baldur's Gate 3 once again winning the most coveted Game of the Year prize.

Today, during the NACON Connect 2024 event, French developer Spiders announced that GreedFall II: The Dying World will be released in early access this Summer on Steam.

Director Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi films have “always looked incredible,” we wrote in our review of Dune: Part Two, and if you feel quite the same way, you’re definitely going to want to put your eyeballs on The Art and Soul of Dune: Part Two.

When No Rest for the Wicked was first revealed at The Game Awards last year, its painterly art style was unsurprisingly a big topic of discussion. Simply put, it was the most striking trailer of the show. While it looked akin to Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook artwork in motion, the gorgeous art also made it somewhat obvious as to who was behind the images.

It's Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth release day. We can all breathe a huge sigh of relief. We made it. The second part in a trilogy remaking and retelling the original game, Cloud and the gang will venture out of Midgar on their journey, one that will differ greatly from the one those of us who played the original game will recognize. Joining that journey is Zack Fair, entering the Remake fray right at the end of the last game, and to mark the occasion, he and Tifa Lockheart now have their own Adorable Arts figures.

Yesterday, shortly after EA laid off 670 employees and canceled a new Respawn game, a report has revealed Mass Effect 5 is still alive, and in pre-production.

US publishing giant Electronic Arts is cutting five per cent of its staff around the world.

Within days of PlayStation announcing mass layoffs affect 900 jobs, another major publisher has announced a significant reduction in its workforce in the form of Electronic Arts. The company confirms it will be laying off 5% of its total workforce, which is roughly 670 people.

Electronic Arts (EA) has announced that it will be affected by the ongoing trend of mass layoffs, with plans to lay off 5% of its global staff. With a devastating string of major layoffs afflicting the game industry, a climbing number of developers have lost their jobs in just the first few months of 2024. Within the last few days, several other studios have also announced layoffs, with a notable 900 employees being let go from PlayStation.

A Pokemon fan with amazing artistic skills has recently created cute baby versions of the legendary Zekrom and Reshiram. Pokemon fans love creating Fakemon, which are unique fan-made designs based on official creatures, and among these art pieces, baby Pokemon are certainly some of the most popular choices.

Electronic Arts recently announced that it will be laying off around 5 percent of its global workforce earlier today, as part of a restructuring plan that will see roughly 670 people lose their jobs. At the same time, EA CEO Andrew Wilson explained in a letter to employees that the publisher will be sunsetting some games and "moving away" from the development of future games based on licensed IP to focus on and strengthen the publisher's own brands.

Electronic Arts will lay five percent of its workforce, the company announced.

When will it end? According to GamesIndustry.biz, Electronic Arts announced today that it will be laying off approximately 5% of its workforce which equates to around 670 people. In a note sent out to EA staff, CEO Andrew Wilson indicated the move is part of the company “moving away from development of future licensed IP that we do not believe will be successful in our changing industry.”

In amongst the expected Star Troopers chatter, a less obvious comparison for Helldivers 2 has quietly been making the rounds: 2015's Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Unexpected overlap in stealth, movement, and gunplay has brought Kojima's open-world action espionage masterwork back into the spotlight, and director Josh Sawyer of RPG powerhouse Obsidian reckons it's all just more evidence that more games shouldn't feel bad about copying stuff that works well and feels good. 

In most survival crafting games, there’s one large world filled with multiple biomes for players to explore. That’s not the case with Nightingale. While there are procedurally generated realms to explore, players are the ones who craft them with an innovative Realm Card system. Anytime players feel like they’ve amply explored the realm they are in or feel like they need to go to a new one to gather resources, a portal must be found or built.

Award-winning board game designer Eric Lang, whose Viking-themed Blood Rage is a fixture on Polygon’s list of the best modern board games, has something new to share — a tile-laying strategy game called Life in Reterra. This time, instead of partnering with hot young publishers like CMON or Steamforged Games, he and co-designer Ken Gruhl (Happy Salmon) have gone with the granddaddy of them all, 100-year-old Hasbro. And while we don’t know everything yet about how the game works yet, we do know Lang himself considers it among his “strongest designs ever,” and that’s enough right there to get me interested.

The developer of Limbo and Inside has revealed two new pieces of art for its long-gestating third game.

In this world of huge divides between retro-influenced pixel graphics and AAA visual fidelity, it can take a lot for a game’s aesthetics to really stand out. Ultros absolutely does, however, with a palette that offers up more colour than a Dulux swatch book and an art style that would fit perfectly with a 1970s prog rock album.

Creativity within the massive Pokemon community often takes many different forms, and one fan has shared some cute sticker designs of their own which they've used to spice up their kitchen utensils. While official Pokemon merchandise is available in practically any form imaginable, fans with a passion for arts and crafts never fail to create their own stickers, plushies, and more to provide an alternative to the masses of readily-purchasable merch.

Popular Pokémon trading card illustrator Naoki Saito says he feels like he’s in danger because of frequent ambushes by autograph hunters.

Martial arts fans unite as one of the titles from the PS Plus March 2024 lineup has supposedly leaked in advance.

A talented artist who loves Pokemon has recently designed a “disrupted evolution” for Kakuna, giving the Bug-type creature an extremely uncanny new form. The Pokemon community has engaged with fan art ever since the franchise’s start in the 90s, and this artwork shows just how creative the fans can be.

One Baldur’s Gate 3 fan created the entire journey on one large map, which sounds impossible at first. But once you see it, you’ll be surprised just how compact these maps can look. After many weeks of hard work, this fan’s art has gone viral on Reddit.

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

The co-creator of Halo, Marcus Lehto, has seemingly departed Electronic Arts.

One highly skilled artist has recently taken to social media to share his Pokemon fusion art of Skarmory and Duskull. This was his second known attempt at combining the two Pokemon to date, with both being high-effort, memorable, and creepy in their own way.

Dicefolk is an incredibly cool roguelike, but I don’t think it makes a great first impression. Upon booting the game up and jumping into your first run, you’re presented with the adorable art style, sure, but the first turn of combat simply presents you with some dice and three little dudes. It’s all a bit baffling, but there’s something special here once you learn what it all means.

Folks who grew up watching Avatar: The Last Airbender have high-key been in distress since its series finale aired in 2008. Unlike other notable pop cultural phenomenons like HBO’s Game of Thrones, whose divisive ending dampened viewers’ affinity with the prestige TV show, the basis of Avatar viewers’ discontent comes from how spectacular the show was. Like a picturesque illustration of a stallion mid-stride, Avatar’s journey from daring pilot to emotionally climactic finale left a void in viewers’ spirits that they’ve yet to fill with another show of its caliber. And who can blame them? Avatar: The Last Airbender hit differently.

A Pokemon fan drew all 151 Generation 1 monsters into one giant creature. This was originally done by another Pokemon fan, which was received well by the PokeCommunity.

Overclocking is an art and this art is mastered by none other than extreme overclockers who are always pushing the envelope with their testing sprees. Now, legendary overclocker, SAFEDISK, is breaking into new grounds by achieving the world's first and record run of SuperPI which was finished in under 3 minutes using an Intel Core i9-14900K CPU.

February is coming to a close, and while the leap year makes it a slightly longer one, there’s still just barely enough time to watch all the great movies leaving streaming services at the end of the month.

During the Age of Empires 'New Year, New Age' live stream, Microsoft has just announced that Age of Mythology: Retold will be released this year on PC and Xbox consoles. As with all Microsoft games, it will be available from day one on the Game Pass subscription service.

Blizzard has added additional context regarding the change for Seal of Matyrdom that was announced earlier, as well as announcing the change will not be implemented. The class tuning that was shared in that previous Blue Post will be going live next week, after regional realm maintenance.

It's been a pretty exciting day for Magic: The Gathering fans, as the game's next four upcoming sets were recently shown off during MagicCon Chicago, including first looks at Outlaws Of Thunder Junction, Modern Horizons 3, Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed, and Bloomburrow. While each set is full to the brim with fantastic cards and art, Bloomburrow deserves a special mention due to one particular card.

Blizzard will be implementing more class tuning during the upcoming weekly maintenance, including tweaking Druid healing spells, Rogue's Redirect, and multiple Shaman changes. This comes hot on the tail of recent hotfixes to several classes.

Microsoft and World’s Edge gave us our first glimpse of its upcoming remaster of real-time strategy game Age of Mythology: Retold during Friday’s New Year, New Age livestream. They also confirmed that it will launch on PC and Xbox later this year.

If you’re a fan of survival and crafting, 2024 has been an absolute treat so far. We’ve already had Enshrouded and Palworld, and a new early access contender has just shown up: Nightingale. Nightingale doesn’t have a strong and immediate hook like Palworld, nor does it have some of the quality-of-life features available in Enshrouded. What this game does have is an immaculate sense of style and art direction, and that’s the lifeline that I’ve been clinging to through my first few brutal hours with the game.

In the immersive storytelling between Dragonheir: Silent Gods and Dungeons & Dragons, the legendary ranger Drizzt Do'Urden successfully thwarted his nemesis, Errtu the Balor, in the first phase of the storyline. As the adventure moves into its second phase, two arcane masters from Dungeons & Dragons, Elminster Aumar and Sammaster, will debut on February 23rd, offering players an exciting showdown.

A solo developer from Moldova, Andrground, has announced their upcoming project, Troleu, a totally accurate work simulator about working as a trolleybus conductor.

On May 31, Robert Morgan’s queasy horror movie Stopmotion will start streaming on Shudder. But hardcore horror fans will have a chance to see the live-action/animation hybrid in theaters early, starting Feb. 23 — and they shouldn’t miss the chance. It’s best experienced in a theater because of the way its chilling visuals, twisty story, and especially gristly, grisly soundscape all set the tone.

A brilliant fan artist from the Pokemon community has recently shared some of their own custom creature designs, with some of their latest works showing off new pre-evolutions for existing Pokemon as well as hypothetical «infected» Pokemon that have been affected by Pecharunt's Toxic Chain. The assortment of new creatures and concepts introduced in Pokemon Scarlet and Violethave led to an influx of fan art from the Pokemoncommunity, with Paldean variants and Paradox Pokemon themselves being largely responsible for inspiring countless new custom creature designs.

The next phase of Dawn of DC has been announced and, if you've been paying attention to recent developments in the comics then it should come as no surprise who the main antagonist is: Amanda Waller.

2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace. And to celebrate, Marvel Comics is releasing the Star Wars: Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Special one-shot comic.

The future of the planet may lie with a fusion of technology and biology, and mechs may one day roam our mega-cities. If you want to explore themes like this and explore a third-person shooter from the late 90's, you are in luck! You can embrace the past by grabbing a key for Slave Zero, which we are giving out as part of the IGN Plus promotion for the prequel; Slave Zero X.

Elden Ring is considered by many to be the definitive FromSoftware experience, with its dark medieval setting of deep lore penned in part by fantasy author George R.R. Martin. The brutal open-world RPG quickly became a favorite for fans of the developer’s Dark Souls franchise due to its massive boss fights and unforgiving combat. Elden Ring only became more popular with the launch of the Steam Deck, thanks to its excellent performance. And the wins keep coming, with the first expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, due to launch this summer and set to add new story beats, bosses, and build-crafting options.

THQNordic have delved in to their vast back catalogue and picked the classic Epic Mickey as their next remake, and its coming to all consoles this time, not just Nintendo.

Elden Ring’s upcoming expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, got its first gameplay trailer, and FromSoftware isn’t easing up on the mystery, or the depth in the new content on the way. 

Today, Bandai Namco announced SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream. Fans of the franchise know that the universe's lore is based on protagonists playing VR MMORPGs, but ironically, the games never allowed that.

THQNordic have delved in to their vast back catalogue and picked the classic Epic Mikey as their next remake, and its coming to all consoles this time, not just Nintendo.

Hello! Nick Suttner here. You may have seen my name on PlayStation Blog before in various guises (most recently, as the writer behind Carto), but I’m super excited to be coming to you today as co-founder of the small studio Furniture & Mattress, to reveal our debut PS5 game Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure.

Miquella is back. From Software and Bandai Namco just released the official gameplay trailer for the upcoming Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree and it looks exactly like I hoped it would. More epic boss battles, new weapons to find and learn, and lots of dying. You know, more Elden Ring. Shadow of the Erdtree is set to release on June 21, 2024, and is even getting its own collector’s edition that looks pretty epic.

Bandai Namco Entertainment has finally revealed its initial gameplay trailer for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Ahead of Elden Ring’s new Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, which was officially announced on Wednesday, FromSoftware and Bandai Namco have opened up preorders for a brand new Collector’s Edition of the game.