It’s no secret that Western games development is in the doldrums: the industry has laid off over 45,000 jobs since the COVID bubble burst in 2022, and publishers and studios are scrambling for ways to adapt to rising costs and shifting player priorities. Meanwhile, viral hits from smaller teams—ranging from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 through…

Sail straight through your daily Wordle with our hints for the October 21 (1585) game. Use them right at the start if you like, helping you form your early guesses and then working from there. Or save them for later, turning weird yellow letters into winning green ones. And if things still aren’t working out?…

Ninja Gaiden 4 has a very specific crisis of identity: It is simultaneously too much, and not enough, like the seminal 1993 action comedy Surf Ninjas. Need to Know What is it? Incredibly bloody throwback ninja actionRelease date October 20, 2025Expect to pay $70/£60Developer PlatinumGames / Team NinjaPublisher Xbox Game StudiosReviewed on Radeon RX 9070…

It’s time to shed the last vestiges of your humanity, head out into the streets, and feast on the blood of the living. Unrelatedly, the Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 release date is imminent, and those of us who have been eagerly awaiting the game since its original 2019 announcement are finally about to…