Five former Ubisoft employees arrested following investigation into sexual misconduct complaints at the company

A Liberation report (Google translated) says five former Ubisoft employees, including former chief creative officer Serge Hascoët and vice president of editorial and creative services Tommy François, have been arrested in France for questioning about allegations of sexual harassment and abuse while at the company.  The arrests were made following a more than year-long investigation…

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Grandpa’s Tale of Adventure Comes to Xbox

The Minotaur King has returned…and it’s all your fault! Woah! You’ve only just started Blossom Tales 2: the Minotaur Prince on Xbox and you’re already causing chaos and getting your brother kidnapped?! Guess it’s time to become the hero (again), set things right and save your brother. Before you do, let’s explore what you might…

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Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha (2310.231001-2200)

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the…

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El Paso, Elsewhere’s mashup of Max Payne and breakup ballad shouldn’t work, and yet it’s one of the boldest, freshest games of the year

El Paso, Elsewhere is a videogame-ass videogame. Its features wouldn’t be out of place scrawled across an OG PlayStation game’s back cover: 50 levels of intense action! Seven powerful weapons!An army of the undead to blast back to hell!More lurid colored lighting than you can shake an LED array at! While it may draw from…

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Dinobreak Stampedes onto Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One Today

Hello Survivors!  My name is Evan Wolbach, co-founder of Dead Drop Studios. Today I’m thrilled to share all sorts of juicy morsels about our latest survival horror title, Dinobreak. It’s our most action-packed game yet, and it absolutely sings (or roars!) on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.Prepare for a truly primal terror! More Fun…

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Chess grandmaster denies using anal beads to cheat against world champion: ‘categorically no, of course not’

Last year the chess world was engulfed by scandal after world champion Magnus Carlsen accused his opponent, grandmaster Hans Niemann, of cheating in a game which Niemann won. The allegation was explosive and, as allegations about Niemann’s past behaviour came to light, one unverifiable and lurid detail took centre stage: that the player had cheated…

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