Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles composer speaks out about AI-generated Spotify...

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...

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Battlefield 6’s newest and largest map is good, but I worry it will end up being nothing more than a curiosity

adminJuly 21, 2026

There’s been one thought I haven’t been able to shake during my time with Battlefield 6‘s upcoming Tsuru Reef map – the game’s biggest yet,...

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Forbidden Solitaire is a wonderful reminder games are powerful cultural artefacts that demand to be preserved

adminJuly 19, 2026

Not so long ago, I found a stash of my old ZX Spectrum games in the attic. And rummaging through those tatty boxes – the...

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“I feel totally unbothered” – Deborah Ann Woll doesn’t care about the trolls taking shots at God Of War Laufey

adminJuly 17, 2026

Since it was announced at the beginning of June, God of War Laufey has been receiving an unexpected amount of negative criticism. And a lot...

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The Duskbloods’ promised playtest is happening next month on Switch 2, and it sure looks like getting in will be hard

adminJuly 16, 2026

The lack of news on The Duskbloods – finally ended by June’s Nintendo Direct announcement of a playtest – has kept the hype for FromSoftware’s...

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Games Done Quick announces and then quickly cancels SNK-sponsored stream because of company’s Saudi ownership

adminJuly 14, 2026

Summer Games Done Quick 2026 is now over, and while it’s been a grand time as usual, one of the group’s post-event streams – dedicated...

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Summer Games Done Quick 2026 raises another $2.4 million for Doctors Without Borders

adminJuly 13, 2026

Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) 2026 has finished up raising another $2.4 million (£1.8m) for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. The annual speedrunning marathon, held...

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Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls’ single-player Episode Modes have been written by legendary writer, Kieron Gillen

adminJuly 12, 2026

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls’ single-player mode, Episode Mode, has been written by legendary comic writer and former games journalist, Kieron Gillen. Episode Mode features five...

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Xbox needs to make a choice, says former PlayStation leader Shawn Layden: be a publisher or a platform, but you can’t be both

adminJuly 10, 2026

Few people know more about helping run a successful console business than Shawn Layden. He was there at Sony when the PlayStation dream was first...

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Doom’s new Chain Spear weapon seems to be dividing The Dark Ages’ audience – “I’m like an hour in and I can’t wait to get the shield back”

adminJuly 9, 2026

Only a few weeks after Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations was revealed to the world, Xbox has made deep cuts to developer id Software...