Battlefield 6 dev says its destruction tech is so delicious for one simple reason: ‘The only magic trick is that we’re not on the PS4 or Xbox One any more’

Battlefield 6 launches this Friday, the first entry in four years for a once-bombastic series that never got bad, exactly, but maybe lost a bit of its identity in chasing the all-conquering Call of Duty. The die-hards will tell you that Battlefield 2042 is a great game now, after years of post-launch support, but Battlefield…

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Game Pass subscribers ‘in certain countries’ will not be affected by the price increase, at least ‘for now,’ because sometimes government regulation is actually a good thing

The big Game Pass price hike announced last week took an unexpected twist today as Microsoft has confirmed that subscribers “in certain countries” won’t actually have to pay the higher rate, at least for now. The issue first came to light on Reddit, where some users claimed to have received emails stating that their existing…

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The first gameplay footage from Astroneer studio’s next space game looks like co-op chaos on colorful planets, but I’m not crazy about the idea of timed missions in a hangout game

Today we got our first look at gameplay from Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions, the next game from Astroneer developer System Era Softworks and published by Devolver Digital. It looks like a lot of fun, though I do have a couple reservations right out of the gate. Beginning at a space station crammed with astronauts, up to…

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