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Your Name director is teaming up with Crunchyroll for his next anime movie, but the plot is still under wraps
The title has yet to be revealed
Someone hooked an RX 9070 XT up to their Steam Machine and it works surprisingly well, like fitting a V8 engine into your Honda Civic
Big GPU, little machine.
Multiplayer Witcher spin-off Project Sirius reportedly hit by layoffs again, in "broader shift in development strategy" at CD Projekt Red
CD Projekt Red has reportedly laid off nine people working on its mysterious multiplayer-linked Witcher game Project Sirius, and said a further nine are to be reshuffled to other teams internally. Read more
"The world's becoming so bleak": How Soulframe hopes to escape Warframe's shadow, with a little insight from Elden Ring
Fantasy RPG Soulframe 's great advantage and possible curse is that it's from the studio behind Warframe , the free-to-play sci-fi bonanza that has kept chugging away since 2013, amid increasingly rocky prospects for live service games in general. Warframe continues to pull a crowd, as was evident at this year's somewhat dystopian Tennocon expo, in which there was a whole auditorium set aside to house the queue for a bunch of T-shirt stands. That popularity gives Soulframe leeway to experiment and screw up, but it also creates temptation for developers Digital Extremes (who are owned by Tencent) to stick with what they know. Still, Warframe won't be a hit forever. As such, Soulframe's creators are trying to walk the line between lifting ideas from Warframe, and luring a new following with combat mechanics that take inspiration from Elden Ring . Read more
Oblivion Remastered on Switch 2 is a miracle port – and a reminder the RPG still isn't fixed
Bethesda and Virtuos have successfully brought the Unreal Engine 5 remaster of The Elder Scrolls 4 to Switch 2, but root-level issues hurt the experience
You can now cuddle Helldivers 2's beloved SEAF troopers, though maybe don't do what I did and try it when a Crusher's standing next to you
Make love and war.
Sony has 'zero understanding for what their customers want' says gaming preservation group
With Sony ending disc support, many fear what that means for game preservation going forward.
Xbox officially reveals its limited edition Gears of War E-Day controller, plus new Design Lab options
The controller and Design Lab update will both launch on September 30
"One Of The Most Addictive Games I Have Played" - The Original Worms Was So Beloved, People Stayed After Work At Team17 To Play It
"I am sure it will do very well for you". Andy Davidson, the creator of Worms , recently returned to the hit series he created to release an expansion pack for Worms: The Director's Cut for the Amiga , and it seems that it has got him rummaging around in his personal archives. The result? He's recently unearthed a pretty fascinating letter, which he has since posted on social media , showing one of his early exchanges with Team17 co-founder Mick Robinson, after the developer/publisher originally agreed to sign the game. Read the full article on timeextension.com
Rhaenyra's House of the Dragon season 3 finale scene mirrors Daenerys' downfall because "it's important that the show has echoes of the original series in it"
Showrunner Ryan Condal joins the dots between two Targaryen tyrants
Amazon Game Studios gives Lost Ark and Throne & Liberty back to their studios to run, ending its MMO presence
Amazon is handing over each game's operational duties to their developers
Ghost of Yōtei: Complete Edition is coming to PS5 later this year, with new story additions, a new roguelike survival mode, and more
Sony and PlayStation have just announced Ghost of Yōtei : Complete Edition, a new version of 2025's open world action game, launching with additional content that wasn't in the first release. It launches for PS5 on 1st October, 2026. Read more
Nintendo Posts A New 'Creator's Voice' Video For Orbitals On Switch 2
Ahhhhhh, it looks so good. Nintendo has posted a new Creator's Voice video featuring the developer behind the upcoming co-op adventure Orbitals . Clocking in at just over 7 minutes in length, the video features a behind-the-scenes look at the inspiration and creation behind the title. It includes interviews with creative director Marcos Ramos and key animator Hidetoshi Yoshida, who explains the adventages to hand-drawn animation. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Amazon hands off Throne and Liberty to NC, seemingly ending its MMO era
Amazon Game Studios has handed off Throne and Liberty - its 2024 MMORPG - to NC, the publisher behind Guild Wars 2 and, soon to be, 3.
Nvidia reckons new $500 billion investment should allay fears AI companies are just funded by the same pot of cash moving around in one big circle. Reassured yet?
Still seems like a big bubble to me, though.
Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition launches on disc alongside Echoes of Sekigahara DLC, a full-on "narrative expansion" with a new location
A year after launch, Ghost of Yotei is getting a major expansion
Amazon gives up on MMOs, hands Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty to the original devs instead of shutting them down like New World
The two MMOs will change hands in the coming months
Crimson Desert getting a Switch 2 release, and Pearl Abyss sees "significant potential" for multiplayer, with "live service operation models" mentioned
Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has confirmed a Switch 2 version of the game will be released, and given a rough timeframe for it, and said it sees "significant potential" for multiplayer in the single-player open-world fantasy game. Read more
Ghost of Yotei is getting a new story expansion and roguelike mode in October, plus a Complete Edition
Echoes of Sekigahara and Most Wanted will cost $14.99
Elder Scrolls 6 setting theory backed by ex-Bethesda dev as fans try to decipher Xbox CEO's teaser
Michael Kirkbride thinks it might be Sentinel
Crimson Desert has done so well it'll be getting a DLC this year, with more details coming sooner than I expected given Pearl Abyss' breakneck pace
Pearl Abyss' new darling is getting more special treatment.
Aspyr Promises More Lord Of The Rings Revivals In The Future
Somehow, Sauron returned. Following the surprise launch of The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition on Switch and Switch 2 (with an EU release coming on the 18th), Aspyr has outright stated that more is on the way. Of course, we don't know exactly which games the publisher plans to revive or when they might be released, but here's what it said in the PR release for War in the North (thanks, Push Square ): Read the full article on nintendolife.com
The King is Watching revels in magic, menace and distraction
The first thing I need to tell you about The King is Watching is that, due to an unusual font and my poor eyesight, I originally though the game was called The King is Hatching. Read more
CodeDev Group launches dev studio Full Spectrum Interactive
CodeDev Group, also known as The Unreal Guys , has launched a new studio called Full Spectrum Interactive. Read more