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Xbox version of Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game delayed by over a month, less than 24 hours before launch11:13 Less than 24 hours before its intended release date, the developers behind the Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game have announced some serious disruptions to the launch on Xbox and Nintendo Switch. Read more Stalker 2 developer refutes claims by studio founder that Xbox paid more than game's development cost to make it exclusive10:41 Earlier this week, GSC Game World studio founder Sergiy Grygorovych made a bombshell revelation about the development of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl . Grygorovych said in an interview with YouTuber OLDboi that Microsoft paid a significant sum to keep the then-upcoming open-world shooter a timed Xbox exclusive. Read more Following layoffs and muddy strategy shifts, Xbox announces Backward Compatibility on PC program, with Blinx and Conker leading18:12 As Microsoft tries to downplay the effects on its gaming business of cutting 3,200 jobs and four studios , Xbox is rethinking its whole strategy even if the more recent comments from inside the house still sound confused at best . Don't worry though; old Xbox games are coming to PC. Read more Splatoon Raiders developers reveal it originally was "like a base defense game" before evolving into a faster spin-off "with a17:08 Splatoon Raiders will attempt to make a splash tomorrow, 23rd July, and Nintendo is celebrating its launch on Switch 2 with a surprisingly in-depth chat with four key Nintendo EPD developers. Read more Of all the platforms, Xbox is the only one to have just grown year-on-year - but there's a big catch16:04 Market analysis firm Circana has published the latest edition of its monthly report, which tracks spending across game hardware and software in the US. June's edition is another bleak one, with a near-universal decline. Read more Palworld has sold over 30m copies already, with Steam unsurprisingly emerging as the most popular platform16:04 Palworld's 1.0 release has been massive so far, with the game hitting its biggest concurrent player peaks since the 2024 early access launch for the past two weeks. Unsurprisingly, that has also translated into a boost to premium unit sales. Read more Sony's decision to kill off PlayStation discs could destroy the $7.2bn used game market, according to analysts14:28 The second-hand video game market stands in jeopardy in the wake of Sony's decision to end the manufacturing of PlayStation discs by January 2028 . The market, which analysts estimate is worth $7.2bn globally, could be destroyed as a result of Sony's controversial move. Read more Here's your next batch of Xbox Game Pass games for July13:56 Xbox has revealed the next batch of games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service during the remainder of July and in early August, with Halo: Campaign Evolved and Hell Is Us spearheading the selection. Read more Blizzard's calling time on Overwatch's hero customising Stadium mode, and I may well be the only person that's sad about that13:23 Live service games face an interesting conundrum, I think: how do you keep offering the core experience of a game while also periodically reinventing it, and varying it, in such a way that will make it feel new? Overwatch is a game facing such a conundrum, and Blizzard has tried all kinds of different things to mix it up: switching to five-person teams from six, developing a PvE mode that never m… Asha Sharma-appointed Xbox VP of engineering leaves just three months after moving over from Microsoft's CoreAI team12:51 When Microsoft assigned Asha Sharma as the new leader of the Xbox division in February , replacing the Phil Spencer regime, the executive brought along some of her former colleagues with her. Now, one of those recent hires is leaving. Read more Reddit is forcing Google AI into hallucinating The Duskbloods characters before FromSoftware's Switch 2 exclusive is even out22.července The Duskbloods ' first playtest - which will likely mark the first time anyone outside FromSoftware and Nintendo has played the Switch 2 exclusive - is coming next month , yet Google's AI search believes the subreddit r/TheDuskbloods already has official information. Read more The Incident at Galley House review22.července There's a machine in The Incident at Galley House you'll spend an awful lot of time with, and it's a wonderfully tactile thing. It's part mixing desk, part paranormal enigma, part over-engineered Guess Who game, and full of clicky dials, chunky buttons, and a big old whooshy lever you're forever manipulating. And if your deductive instincts are good enough, it whirs into crackling life like a hau… Mortal Shell 2 sells out of physical Revered Edition PS5 pre-orders as players rush to buy the highly-anticipated game on disc22.července With a little under one month left until the launch of Soulslike Mortal Shell 2, one of the game's physical versions can no longer be pre-ordered. Stock of the £55 ($70) PlayStation 5 Revered Edition is completely depleted, publisher Playstack announced. Read more Darkest Dungeon is getting its first dollop of DLC in several years, as the gloomy old RPG celebrates its 10th birthday21.července Darkest Dungeon 2 landed well enough and received generally positive reviews , but it's never been universally accepted in the same way the original game was, as Steam user reviews of Darkest Dungeon 2 highlight. Now, developer Red Hook Studios is surprising fans with a return to the original game. Read more Jagex wants classic British point-and-click MMO RuneScape to be bigger than World of Warcraft21.července Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy has shared his lofty aspiration for RuneScape to be the biggest MMO in the world in the next five years. That, for those unaware, would mean toppling World of Warcraft from the top spot. Read more |