Taiwanese news site United Daily News reports that, according to one source, Microsoft is charging Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) significantly more for Windows licensing fees this year than in previous years (via Wccftech). These are the fees that PC makers, for instance, must pay to Microsoft to package their machines with the operating system. UDN…
The striking thing about Nioh 3, even compared to the first two games, is how many options you have in any given fight. A huge number of weapons, stances, and abilities to create a vast array of fast-paced attacks, and help you survive against devastating, powerful opponents. Publisher Koei Tecmo recently gave me a chance…
Sony appears to be exploring potential cross-buy games between PC and PS5, according to recent leaks from the PlayStation store. The leak first appeared on X, where user Amethxst posted an image purportedly showing new, hidden symbols that have been added to the PlayStation store. One icon reads “Cross-Buy”, while the second reads PS5/PC. “New…
Developer and writer Chris Avellone, formerly of Interplay and Obsidian Entertainment, has recently been musing on Twitter about some of the roads not travelled during his time at the latter studio. One of Avellone’s biggest credits is his work on Fallout: New Vegas, regarded by some as the finest 3D Fallout and the closest in…
Category: Games January 20, 2026 Coming to Xbox Game Pass: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II, Death Stranding Director’s Cut, and More Megan Spurr, Senior Community Lead, Xbox Game Pass Welcome back to your routine “what am I going to play next?” suggestion list! We’ve got some favorites, some surprises we snuck in last week (and…
Helldivers 2 is good—like, really good. But that comes with a cost. With hundreds of thousands of players piling into the unexpected co-op shooter darling, servers have been buckling under the sheer weight of a mass deployment. While I’ve been able to play myself, I haven’t been able to matchmake publically for around four days—I’ve…
QA team likely to be heavily affected. Team17 has confirmed that it will be commencing a company restructure that will likely result in multiple job losses. In addition, it has also announced an ‘amicable’ split with CEO Michael Pattison. This comes following recent reports of significant layoffs at Epic Games. As reported by Eurogamer and…
It’s been almost 10 years since former Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies left the game studio, having worked on the Grand Theft Auto series from the revolutionary GTA 3 through to GTA 5. Somehow in that decade Rockstar still hasn’t finished GTA 6, but Benzies’ new studio, Build a Rocket Boy, is on the verge…
Weary-eyed, desiccated, seen-it-all cynicism is something of an occupational hazard for a hackneyed hardware reviewer such as I. But just occasionally something lands on your desk that’s genuinely surprising. And the Abxylute 3D One, a new glasses-free 3D handheld gaming PC, is just such a device. But maybe for all the wrong reasons. We’ll have…
“A regional brand licensing agreement meant for the China market only”. A short while ago, eyebrows were raised when an $63 emulation handheld pre-loaded with ROMs appeared on AliExpress bearing Lenovo branding. The Hong Kong-based Lenovo is best known today as one of the world’s largest personal computer vendors, so it came as something of…