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It's been a bumpy ride for Civilization 7, but two years after its widely criticised launch - and as the legendary 4X series celebrates its 35th anniversary - developer Firaxis has unveiled a host of new updates coming to the game. That includes a space age update, dragging Civ 7 into the present and beyond, as well as its first paid expansion, Earthrise, both arriving next year. Read more

A prominent Nintendo leaker has spilled even more information about the console maker's potential plans, which include the long-awaited return of Nintendogs and an all-new Super Smash Bros. game ( not a buffed up version of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , apparently.) Read more

Patrice Désilets, the creator of the Assassin's Creed series and director of 1666: Amsterdam, has said he will make a sequel to open-world human evolution survival game Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey . Read more

If you're Valve, 2026 has been a good year for the bank account, all thanks to the money Steam makes. According to new analysis, the PC storefront has made $15bn (~£11.10bn) already this year, representing Valve's cut from selling games, DLC and software on its platform. Read more

Nvidia's gen-AI-powered, graphics-changing DLSS 5 tech has been tested and it really does take a heavy toll on a game's frame-rate. There was suspicion of this last week , ahead of DLSS 5's debut implementation in NBA 2K7, and now it's been properly tested, the performance toll has been confirmed. The experts at Digital Foundry declared it "super, super heavy" . Read more

The rumblings about the next StarCraft game continue to get louder. Following recent reports that Korean developer-publisher Nexon had acquired the rights to develop a sequel in the sci-fi franchise , the official StarCraft 2 website started displaying visual glitches , clearly signaling some sort of impending announcement. Read more

There's an old Sam Raimi profile in the New Yorker I think about quite a bit. This is because, mid-way through the piece, Raimi says one of the most interesting things I've ever heard a film-maker, or any kind of creative person, put into words. Read more

As the western video games industry continues to struggle, the Chinese industry appears to be booming, revealing a worth of more than $50bn in 2025 - more than five times the industry in the UK. Read more

If you were hoping Onimusha: Way of the Sword would revive the dormant series, you may get your wish. Capcom today announced the latest installment in the action game series has already sold over one million copies across all platforms. Read more

Marc Merrill - one of the co-founders of Riot Games and its current CPO - has spoken about the in-development MMO, describing it as "the grail" following the sudden end-of-development announcement for its fighting game 2XKO. Read more

"We don't want to spoil anything," associate game director Will Kennedy as I started my much-anticipated Fable preview at Gamescom this year, "but we've got two very different loadouts for you to play with today." So began the hour-long, behind-closed-doors demo, the first time anyone outside Playground Studios has been allowed to take the long-anticipated fantasy RPG for a spin. Turns out, this …

It may not surprise you to learn that The Blood of Dawnwalker's most contentious mechanic can already be removed. If you're unfamiliar, the open-world role-playing game has a time mechanic where every quest you complete pushes time forwards and uses up a little more of your 30 day, 30 night time limit (of sorts). Read more

Saber Interactive CCO Tim Willits has confirmed the company has not revised its communications strategy despite its CEO telling the press that he "would [...] have been happy to replace [a writer] with AI" after she claimed she was replaced by ChatGPT. Read more