For the first time since its early access release, Path of Exile 2 will be completely free to play for a limited amount of time. From August 29 to September 1, the action RPG will open its gates to everyone so they can try out the new Third Edict update. There will be no limitations:…
Video gaming has undergone an astounding transformation over the past fifty years, from Pong’s simple, single-plane screen bouncing ball to immersive Pokémon mobile playing worlds to online poker. From humble origins as a niche hobby, and now perhaps the fastest-growing global culture, video games have expanded onto consoles, PCs, mobile devices, and virtual reality. Players…
The gaming industry in 2025 remains a giant of global entertainment, with billions of players and revenues in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Verified market data from 2024 shows the industry earning close to $187.7 billion, with both mobile and PC gaming contributing significantly, though in different ways. Mobile platforms reach a wider audience,…
In 2005 I lived and breathed fansites, many of which I can still name off the top of my head: Eyes on Final Fantasy, Zelda Universe, Animal Crossing Ahead, DK’s Jungle Vine—outside of gaming magazines, these sorts of websites dominated my bookmarks folder so that I could hunt down any scrap of news from the…
“They would love to do Switch 2 versions. They can’t get the hardware.”. We’re almost three months on from the Nintendo Switch 2’s release, and while we have plenty of third-party games to come on the newer hybrid console, many developers say that they’re still having issues getting hold of dev kits. This comes from…
The folks at Japanese vtuber agency Otagroup are onto something. Its vtuber group of women aged 75-and-up aren’t just 3D anime girl streamers anymore: they’re vtuber grandmas for rent. Otagroup gained some traction in the vtuber space when its 86-year-old vtuber Hiroko went viral on X and YouTube. And now it’s going to offer an…
In response to a viewer question for a 200k subscriber Q&A on his YouTube channel, former BioWare producer Mark Darrah got into the fine details of what it might actually have looked like for BioWare to release Joplin, its initial pitch for a fourth Dragon Age, and whether he thinks it would have been better…
The Silksong behemoth has claimed another victim. The tactical RPG Demonschool, which was set to launch on September 3, has been delayed to November 19, because 2025 has been “brutal” and launching the day before one of the most anticipated indie games to come along in years would just be asking for trouble. The Demonschool…
Listen up all you long-suffering Splinter Cell fans, because I’ve got a shred of good news for you. No, it’s not an update on the Splinter Cell remake Ubisoft announced way back in 2021, and it’s not the revival of the Splinter Cell VR game that was canceled in 2022, and it’s also not the…
Sorrow won’t Dawn here. A new dawn of Castlevania started 20 years ago, as Dawn of Sorrow first launched on the Nintendo DS in Japan on 25th August 2025. Following on directly from the final Castlevania GBA title, Aria of Sorrow, Dawn of Sorrow had big shoes to fill; a shift in art direction and…