Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic Games has laid off an undisclosed number of employees, confirming reports of cuts shared by former employees on social media over the past week. “We’ve all seen in recent years how the games industry has been changing, resulting in studio and studio finding themselves in situations where to continue to exist, they…
Yesterday, FromSoftware put out an unexpected day one patch for Elden Ring Nightreign that already included balance changes for the roguelike soulslike. The patch notes were characteristically terse, but they’ve already overhauled the solo experience, and we can expect another patch next week with further adjustments. But if you’re playing Nightreign solo right now, here’s…
Just two months after voting to authorize a strike action over stalled negotiations with Microsoft, ZeniMax Workers United-CWA has announced a tentative contract agreement that includes “substantial across-the-board wage increases” along with new minimum salaries for employees, protections against arbitrary dismissal, grievance procedures, and a new policy for game credits “that clearly acknowledges the QA…
If you’ve been craving a choice-driven narrative experience with a supernatural kick, you might have your weekend plans set: Tell Me Why, an adventure game from the studio behind Life Is Strange, is free to keep on Steam right now. There didn’t seem to be an explanation on Dontnod’s socials, but it follows a pattern…
Elden Ring Nightreign is here, and as I write this there are nearly 300,000 players roaming Limveld in pursuit of statistically-unlikely success in FromSoft’s roguelike remix. The launch hasn’t been without criticisms, many of which we shared in our Nightreign review, but that apparently hasn’t slowed the influx of newly-christened Nightfarers. In a tweet from…
It’s nearly here! SEGA is keeping the hype train running in the lead up to Switch 2’s release by gradually drip-feeding us more information about its launch titles. Today, Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut is back in the limelight, as we’ve got our first look at the game’s opening movie. The above footage promises just about…
CD Projekt isn’t quite finished with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt just yet. The studio announced today that it’s got “one more patch” in the works for Geralt’s big adventure that will add cross-platform mod support across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S through mod.io. “Creating, sharing, and enjoying mods will be easier and…
The Equilibrious Beast expedition is undoubtedly one of the coolest—but also seemingly most challenging—in Elden Ring Nightreign, at least if you don’t know how to beat Libra. Once you understand his mechanics, he’s actually one of the easier Nightreign bosses on your hitlist, if you can believe it. Like other Nightlords, your work starts right…
I love metropolitan city builders, but once I’m done turning fertile riverside plains into a mess of eight-lane highways and coal plants, I can’t help but wonder if I’ve maybe been a net negative for the world around me. When I saw Life Below on Steam—a city builder all about constructing reefs that opens its…
Category: Games May 30, 2025 Eternal Evil Hits Xbox Series X|S – Vampires Grow Stronger with Your Blood Imad Khalil, Partner, Human Qube Eternal Evil is a first-person survival horror game that captures the spirit of the genre’s roots. With two playable characters, limited resources, and a city on the edge of collapse, players must…