“Even if that doesn’t happen, you have $50 million worth of assets”. Earlier this year, the DOOM and Quake co-creator John Romero, along with his studio Romero Games, made the shocking announcement online that its publisher (heavily implied to be Microsoft) had pulled the funding for its next project — a new first-person shooter from…
Sharkmob, the developer of the World of Darkness battle royale Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt, unveiled its new game tonight at The Game Awards: Exoborne, a “tactical open-world extraction shooter” set in a devastated near-future world where the remnants of humanity use powerful “Exo-rigs” to survive, scavenge, and—of course—shoot at each other. At first glance,…
I was never able to get a feel for Funselektor’s top-down driving game Art of Rally, or its predecessor Absolute Drift: I like rally in real life, but sliding cars around corners at screaming speeds from a weird perspective and with no tactile feedback just didn’t work for me. I had higher hopes for the…
Fortnite peaked at around 153,000 Twitch viewers yesterday, well below a number of other categories, such as League of Legends and Counter-Strike. Just a day later, Fortnite is the #1 category on Twitch, with more than 490,000 people watching streamers play the battle royale shooter as I write. Ninja, who became famous for streaming Fortnite…
Earlier today, Capcom published its summary of a February 2026 online investor information session. Asked during the briefing to detail its plans for AI usage in game development, Capcom said it won’t use game assets generated by AI, but intends to “actively” use generative AI to improve its game development workflows. “We will not incorporate…
You know that part in Barbie The Movie where the beloved bubbly doll played by Margot Robbie totally kills the dancefloor fun by asking, “Do you guys ever think about dying?” like it’s the most normal question to ask mid-bop? That’s what Final Fantasy 14 has done to me with Dancing Green’s theme song, Ride…
Summary More than 50 games will have new characters, levels, skins, modes and more to celebrate the Season of Xbox.Check out the December Countdown sale!Microsoft Rewards is offering easy points!Here’s a look at what we have coming. End the year playing the games you love in totally new ways! We’re celebrating the Season of Xbox…
As the saying goes on Arrakis, the spice must flow—and for a limited time starting next week that spice will be on sale. Dune: Awakening is having its first discount starting on September 11 and running until September 22, during which Funcom’s survival MMO will be on sale for 20% off. This sale coincides with…
Category: gamescom August 20, 2025 Project of Lana II Grows Beyond Its Original Form – Just Like Its Heroes Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief If Planet of Lana represented the broad strokes of a painting, then its sequel is where developer Wishfully has painstakingly added the little details. In a first hands-on demo at Gamescom…
We’re happy to share the free PS4 games for PS Plus members this August! This month we look to satisfy your inner space pirate, and let you battle it out with friends in a frenzied tower builder. First up is Tricky Towers, a new title from WeirdBeard Games. Tricky Towers is a physics-based puzzler that’s…