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Square Enix , the Japanese publisher and developer behind Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts , Dragon Quest and many other legendary franchises, has had to release a statement to quash claims it's going private. Read more

World of Warcraft fans are currently obsessing over colours, as dataminers pull hues from Blizzard's website that are labelled under a curious "wow 2" tag. This, some believe, could be an indication of a major reveal at next week's BlizzCon event. Read more

The first wave of games coming to PC and Xbox Game Pass in September have been revealed, and it's a little barren. Probably the highlight is the arrival of new RuneScape co-op survival game Dragonwilds. Read more

Last year, on a bit of a whim, I ended up playing Tomb Raider 1's superb remaster and Crystal Dynamics' 2007 remake Tomb Raider: Anniversary . Both, it turns out, are enormously enjoyable - and very different - ways to play Lara Croft's trailblazing original platform adventure, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. So I can understand why the minds behind Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlanti…

The UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said the production of Tomb Raider, the Amazon MGM-produced TV series, has breached UK safety laws at Shinfield Studios. Read more

We know that we're getting Monster Hunter Wilds ' first expansion, Ascendance, at sometime in 2027. Initially, we were expecting to see more about the game at either Gamescom 2026 , but it seems we'll have to wait until later this month to see more about the expansion during Tokyo Game Show, instead. Read more

Nexon, the giant Korean developer and publisher, is said to be close to inking a deal with Blizzard over the rights to develop a sequel in the StarCraft franchise. Read more

Last week, as Gamescom 2026 first began to open up to media and business visitors, I double-timed it to CD Projekt Red's booth. I had been promised the very first slot to see a blowout on Songs of the Past , an expansion coming 11 years after the launch of the base game. Rumours about this add-on have been swirling for the better part of a year now (though apparently the idea for Geralt's visit t…

No Rest for the Wicked - the upcoming Action RPG from Ori developer Moon Studios - has been delayed into next year. Originally intended to release into version 1.0 in October, it will instead launch in March of 2027. Read more

For nearly 25 years, Grand Theft Auto games have uniquely mapped your sprint movement to a face button on a controller. Although some Rockstar games offered alternate control schemes, the default has always required players to tap X or A (depending on your platform) to run. But GTA 6 is bucking the trend. Read more

Rockstar Games hasn't said much of anything about GTA 6 's potential multiplayer offerings, but the developer is making strides for GTA Online 's roleplaying community. A watch-only nopixel 5 closed beta is coming next week. Read more

Almost two decades on from its first heavy-metal-infused open-world game, Double Fine pinky promises it'll finally make Brutal Legend 2… if the developer's new Kickstarter campaign somehow manages to scrape together $100m (about £74m). Read more

As PlayStation's plan to scrap the production of game discs inches closer, Sony's lawyers are arguing that "reasonable consumers" already know that they don't own digital games. Read more

Polish developer CD Projekt Red apparently never considered charging players for the recently revealed Remastered edition of The Witcher 3 , and it has explained more about how the expansion Songs of the Past came to be, citing a couple of "happy accidents". Read more

I've got a bit of a funny relationship with Paradox's grand strategy games. I love the idea of them, of waging and flirting my way across history on the most granular of levels. But despite my enthusiasm, and despite my best efforts, I've never probably cracked one: it doesn't take long before I'm feeling thoroughly overwhelmed and my attention quickly begins to wane. I bring this up, because my …