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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has praised Xbox's ongoing "streamlining" under Xbox CEO Asha Sharma just days after another round of layoffs hit the division. Read more

In celebration of the 40th(!!) anniversary of Castlevania, Konami is giving away the original 1986 game for free on the App Store and Google Play. Read more

Video game database MobyGames will let developers claim video game credits and customise their personal portfolios, albeit only via a new premium tier. Read more

A US District Judge has granted Nintendo a £3.4 million ($4.5m) default judgment against James Williams, the former Reddit moderator known online as "Archbox", after he failed to respond to a lawsuit over alleged Nintendo Switch piracy. Read more

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie's still pretending to be a vampire, Kelsey's been breeding an army of cats, Mat's been melting mounted warriors, Marie's been a willing accomplice, and Connor's been smitten all over again. Read more

Skyrim launched almost 15 years ago while The Elder Scrolls 6 is still marinating over at Bethesda Game Studios . Even so, Bethesda apparently never considered having an outside team develop a spin-off game to fill that painfully long gap - as it did once upon a time with Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas . Read more

Resident Evil Requiem is still doing bonkers business while elongating Capcom's generational win streak, but the new big-screen reboot didn't make as big of an impact on game sales as you might expect. Still, according to estimates from Alinea Analytics, the ninth mainline game in the horror series has made over $500m (around £377) and counting. Read more

Control Resonant's upside down world is out now, but Remedy Entertainment's not done with the RPG just yet. The Alan Wake and Max Payne maker has detailed some of its post-launch plans for the game, which currently include new outfits, a Photo Mode and a New Game Plus Plus option for anyone who wants to carry their progress over into neverending playthroughs. Read more

Ubisoft Milan, the studio behind the acclaimed Mario + Rabbids games, reportedly came close to making a Zelda spin-off starring the series' biggest villain, Ganondorf, instead of regular protagonist Link - but an initially receptive Nintendo eventually pulled the plug on the whole thing. Read more

Embark Studios has announced a new matchmaking test for Arc Raiders that'll allow players to opt into a PvE version featuring none of the usual player-versus-player violence. It's the developer's response to a growing portion of the playerbase apparently uninterested in hurting their raiders-in-arms. Read more

Sound the alarm! Alert your loved ones! Nearly 18 years after its original announcement, Beyond Good & Evil 2 apparently still isn't dead, according to a Ubisoft Bordeaux developer who says he's been working on the game for months. Read more

CD Projekt Red has shared some insight into Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty 's fantastic Chimera tank boss fight, explaining it took two years to get the complicated sequence right. Read more

Last week brought reports of further layoffs at Build A Rocket Boy, the beleaguered studio behind the poorly received 2025 shooter MindsEye . In the wake of that news, the company - which has repeatedly attempted to blame its woes on 'sabouteurs' - has filed for administration. Read more

I've had an on-and-off relationship with World of Warcraft ever since I first booted it up in my early teens. I love the size of the world, the joy of exploration, the kick from getting a purple drop from a dungeon at 1am. But more and more, I found myself stepping away from the endless treadmill that is the modern game. World of Warcraft: Classic, however, reunited my enthusiasm, and now Forever…

Is Sony having second thoughts about ending PlayStation disc support? The question has arisen following a report that says Sony sent "a bigger survey than they've sent almost ever before" to developers asking for feedback about the decision to stop producing disc-based games. Read more