The developer of 80 Days was once invited to pitch a Doctor Who game, but never heard back from the BBC afterward: ‘Technically, we’re still waiting for a reply’

80 Days may still be the best-known game from narrative maestros Inkle Studios. But the developer’s most ambitious game is probably Heaven’s Vault, a sci-fi archaeological adventure about piecing together an ancient alien language. Phillippa Warr gave it an impressive score of 88 in PC Gamer’s Heaven’s Vault Review, stating it “does a beautiful job…

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Be All-Madden in Madden NFL 26

Be All-Madden in Madden NFL 26

We’re honoring Coach John Madden’s legacy with all-new content across game modes in the November 19 title update of Madden NFL 26. From leading your team the way Coach would, to celebrating the latest All-Madden team that represents his ideal player, there’s something for every player during All-Madden. Throughout Madden NFL 26 we’re infusing Coach…

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‘Elon [Musk] truly would be the best owner of any game company,’ claims former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick with a completely straight face

After more than 30 years of running Activision, from 1991 to 2023, you might think that Bobby Kotick knows a thing or two about what it takes to run a successful videogame company. He’s a controversial figure, but Kotick also bought a failing company for $500,000 and turned it into a publisher that Microsoft spent…

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Thermaltake View 390 Air review

Airflow and aesthetics don’t often mix in the world of PC cases. Thermaltake, however, has done a pretty good job of it here. The Thermaltake View 390 Air swaps a top panel for tempered glass to excellent effect, leaving plenty of options for direct airflow over your components. I received the View 390 Air in…

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Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick wanted to buy Minecraft until he found out Notch was leaving and Microsoft was offering a billion dollars more: ‘I’ll go airplane shopping with you, but you’ve gotta take that offer’

Over a decade ago, when Minecraft studio Mojang was still a plucky independent outfit enjoying the fruits of developing one of the most successful games of all time, it unsurprisingly had a bunch of suitors. And one of them was Bobby Kotick. Chatting on the Rushmore podcast, host Ari Emanuel, CEO of Endeavor, asked the…

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This speedrunner has been making a glorious multi-handheld gaming PC body harness rig for IRL game streaming on the move

There are some corners that cannot be unturned, some scientific experiments that cannot be un-experimented, some contraptions that cannot be unseen. There are those too, of course, that are glorious. And then there are those, like this one from Speedrunner and X, TikTok, and Twitch user veegeea, that sit in the curious valley between the…

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Demonschool review

Need to Know What is it? A hellish tactics RPG that’s a little Buffy, a little Shin Megami Tensei.Release date [November 19, 2025]Expect to pay $25/£20Developer Necrosoft GamesPublisher Ysbryd GamesReviewed on Nvidia GeForce RTX3070, AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT, 32GB RAMSteam Deck VerifiedLink Official site Inside me there are two wolves—Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Persona—so…

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