Five months after cancelling the development of Hytale and closing the studio working on it, Riot Games has sold the whole thing back to original co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme. And yes, that means work on the game has resumed: Collins-Laflamme said more than 30 former developers “who know this game inside and out” have been brought…
Category: The Game Awards November 17, 2025 The Game Awards 2025 – Play Every Xbox Nominated Game Today Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Summary We’re excited to share that a half-dozen Xbox first-party titles (plus one movie) have been nominated for awards across multiple categories – voting is now open on The Game Awards official…
As one of the gaming industry’s most treasured oddities, Nier series creator and masked enigma Yoko Taro contends with the fickle patience of a fanbase that’s eager to know what he’s working on next. As reported by 4Gamer (via Automaton), Yoko said during a G-Con 2025 discussion panel with Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya that—while his…
A Brit who hacked multiple high-profile Twitter / X accounts in 2020, and who was extradited to the US and jailed in 2023, has now been ordered to hand over £4.1 million ($5.4 million) in ill-gotten crypto gains (thanks, BBC). Joseph O’Connor, now 26 years old, hijacked over 130 accounts, including those of Apple, Uber,…
Sheik it off. Nintendo has officially lifted the lid on the live-action looks for Zelda and Link in the upcoming Zelda movie with a trio of official photos (compared to the leaked ‘on-set’ footage that appeared online days before). We’ve got our first look at Benjamin Evan Ainsworth’s Link and Bo Bragason’s Princess Zelda in…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets 12 nominations. The Game Awards has officially announced the nominees for this year’s event, which takes place on 11th December 2025. The ‘Game of the Year’ category is pretty predictable, all things considered, but it’s nevertheless nice to see Donkey Kong Bananza get some recognition. That said, there’s some stiff…
It’s hard to put down the M15 loadout in Black Ops 7, I’ll admit, but if you can, you’ll find what is potentially an even better assault rifle in the AK-27. Plus, since it unlocks at level 4, which is also when you unlock custom classes, you can get cracking with the best BO7 AK-27…
I think most of us would agree that cheating is a scourge upon multiplayer gaming. Anyone who’s seen a blatant wallhacker or obviously-bot-assisted player rampaging their way across the map like Rambo after too much sugar would likely agree that something should be done. Well, Microsoft appears to be doing that something, as it’s laid…
So much of data management feels floaty and ephemeral, with just one misplaced click wrecking untold devastation. ‘Click, click, wait…no, no, no! I didn’t mean to delete the entire folder of fanfic!’ So when it comes to intentional data destruction, there’s something compelling about a dedicated device that acts like it really means it. Enter…