StarCraft 2 is included in Blizzard’s BlizzCon digital goodies, which is more evidence a new game will be announced soon, right?

Not to fully transform into the Pepe Silvia meme pointing at a wall of “evidence” but I’m convinced Blizzard is gearing up to announce something StarCraft-related at BlizzCon this year. The first reliable clue came from Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier’s 2024 book on Blizzard’s history where he said the studio was “incubating” a StarCraft shooter…

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Star Wars Zero Company’s story ‘is a linear one from beginning to end’, Bit Reactor says, so don’t expect branching paths or romance options

With Star Wars Zero Company, developer Bit Reactor aims to create a tactics RPG with characters and narrative at the forefront. It’s got proper, big-budget cutscenes, you can talk to your buddies, and you can customise and upgrade your squad. However, the developers have gone on record in a new Discord Q&A to say, no,…

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Thin Ice Is A “Fun New Arcade Action Experience For The Commodore 64” From Ex-Gremlin & Core Design Devs

Arrives digitally this week! A new Commodore 64 is launching later this week from the developers of Gremlin Graphics games like Bounder, Re-Bounder, Bulldog, Future Knight, and Skate Crazy. Thin Ice is expected to release tomorrow (Thursday, July 22nd) and is being developed by Christian Shrigley & Terry Lloyd, both of whom worked at Gremlin…

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Nearly half of organisations falling victim to ransomware encryption pay up, says report—although half of those often negotiate the payment down first

Cybersecurity provider Sophos has released a report entitled “The State of Ransomware 2026,” pulling together responses from 2,158 survey participants, ranging from IT directors to company executives, in regards to ransomware incidents. Comparing the results to previous reports indicates that ransom demands themselves are actually decreasing—although 48% of organisations whose data was encrypted paid their…

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