The Epic Games Store development team is now squarely focused on “the things that players need,” says store GM Steve Allison. After launching the store in 2018, Epic prioritized building features aimed at game publishers, because “there’s no store without content,” Allison said on a call with PC Gamer this week. Attention was then turned…
There was a spot of consternation over Google’s new AI-powered world builder Project Genie earlier this week: In the immediate wake of the software’s announcement, the share prices of a handful of companies, including game engine maker Unity and Grand Theft Auto 6 publisher Take-Two Interactive, took a notable tumble. During today’s investors call following…
Obsidian released three major games in 2025, at a time when most major studios—especially those owned by Microsoft—struggle to ship one. Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 were big tentpole first-person RPGs of a kind the industry used to dine out on, while Grounded 2—an early access survival crafting game set in a miniature world,…
Terraria 1.4.5 is here, and perhaps you’ve picked up a new Lucky Clover or two after the Bigger and Boulder update and have no idea what to do with it. Or maybe you’re more like me and Lady Luck pays you no mind, so you’re cloverless and confused. I get it. As the resident homemaker…
Category: ID@Xbox February 3, 2026 Grab Four Crunching Koalas XPA Faves at a Discount Bartosz Wnuk – Marketing Manager, Crunching Koalas Summary Highlights from four Crunching Koalas bangers available on Xbox. All four titles are now Xbox Play Anywhere-enabled. Each game is available with Game Pass discount starting right now. Whether you’re playing on console,…
The next expansion for The Sims 4 is all about royal dynasties, family secrets, and scandals. While I love that for everyone who was dying for some new family tree features, that’s all squarely in the realm of Live Mode and I am a staunch Build Mode woman. I almost don’t feel tempted by Royalty…
I thought perhaps Grand Theft Auto 6 might be delayed in today’s Take-Two Interactive financial report (and I was not alone on that), but it did not happen: The game remains on track for release on consoles on November 19, and Take-Two said in today’s announcement that proper marketing for the game will begin this…
Although it’s rare, there are occasions when we miss out on the latest Amiga releases, which is usually because we don’t get the news sent to us, or it involves a lot more than delving into the depths of a hard forum discussion. Well thankfully one of our readers has sent us a number of…
Stardew Valley debuted 10 years ago this month, but creator Eric Barone is still hammering away on it. He’s also working on a whole new game called Haunted Chocolatier. It’s a lot for one guy, and so you might reasonably think that there’s not much room in there for thoughts of a full-on Stardew Valley…
In a new interview with PressBoxPR, Bethesda veteran and Skyrim lead designer Bruce Nesmith goes over his time at the studio, addressing topics like why it wouldn’t make sense to switch to Unreal Engine, studio head Todd Howard’s habit of “seagulling,” and lore choices that had PCG’s Joshua Wolens despairing. One of Nesmith’s themes is…