MachineGames hints at a new game in the works, and everyone has their fingers crossed for the return of Wolfenstein

It’s the 15th anniversary of MachineGames, the Swedish developer that most recently gave us the hit action adventure Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The studio announced a free New Game+ update for its big Indy game yesterday to celebrate its birthday, but today it hinted at something more interesting for the future. “Thank you…

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Team Fortress 2 Classic open beta halted at the last minute, and something secret is cooking behind the scenes: ‘Valve has asked us to ███████’

Just over a week after announcing an October open beta for the Steam edition of Team Fortress 2 Classic, the throwback version of Valve’s famed team-based shooter, developer Eminoma has an update: Never mind. It turns out that an application on Steam can’t be both a mod, which Team Fortress 2 Classic is, and a…

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Hideo Kojima waxes lyrical about an Expo in 1970 he credits for Metal Gear and Death Stranding, says that ‘young bureaucrats’ asked him to help design the 2025 follow-up but his ideas cost too much: ‘I haven’t had any contact with them since’

Hideo Kojima has written an essay for the Japanese magazine An-An (spotted by Automaton) on one of his favourite topics: the 1970 World Expo held in Osaka, Japan. Kojima has often touched on this event in his writings, and the impact that his repeated visits had on his young mind. This time around, he’s even…

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EA’s own launcher is making Battlefield 6 unplayable by telling users they’re ‘missing content’ or must ‘purchase to play’ what they’ve already bought

It’s Battlefield 6 day, and virtual warfighters are flocking to the front to dutifully ignore their squadmates’ cries for revives and crash the first helicopter they enter. But as all those hundreds of thousands of launch day players arrive, some who purchased the game through the EA app are being denied deployment. On the Battlefield…

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