Ubisoft announces the ‘biggest transformation in Rainbow Six Siege’s history’ for later this year, so big they’re adding an ‘X’ to the name. But don’t call it a sequel

Ubisoft has announced a “new era” for Rainbow Six Siege, which will apparently begin in March with a showcase devoted to the relaunch-slash-reboot of the game as Rainbow Six Siege X. “The R6 team has been working tirelessly to bring to life the biggest transformation in the game’s history,” reads Ubisoft’s announcement post, “and its…

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WoW next big patch, Undermine(d), gets a release date, starting the countdown clock until my gaming time is entirely consumed with doing donuts in my new ride

World of Warcraft: The War Within has been collecting dust in my digital library (and a bit of subscription money, oops). Not for any particular reason, I’ve actually rather enjoyed myselfโ€”it’s just that I happen to be a games journalist, and as such I have to keep up with a lot of different games for…

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Promise Mascot Agency PS5 demo out today

Hello! Iโ€™m Oli, the game director at Kaizen Game Works, the creators of Paradise Killer. Iโ€™m thrilled to announce that the playable demo for our new open world mascot management crime drama, Promise Mascot Agency, is out today on PS5! Play Video Weโ€™ve spent a long time working on this game, and the whole team…

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Remember those ‘choose your own adventure’ fantasy books? Well, now they’re coming back in this delightfully chonky e-ink console

No good thing ever dies, Stephen King once wrote, and while he was talking about hope, the saying could well be applied to the hugely popular ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books from the 1980/1990s. That’s because one person has decided to revisit the magic of those books and old-school text-based RPGs, by inventing a bespoke…

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‘I strive to be half the hater he is’: Elden Ring Nightreign players have decided that Margit was the most annoying invader during the playtest

Fortnite-dropping into The Lands Between wasn’t exactly how I thought I’d spend my weekend, but I also couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to experience Elden Ring Nightreign for myself. Despite being a bit confused and very afraid to start with, I soon got the hang of the fast-paced fights and chaotic boss battles, except…

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