On October 20, the CEO for “AI storytelling” company Nura Studios posted a now-deleted tribute to Amanita Design’s 2009 cult classic Machinarium. I saw a glimpse of the video while it was still live and it was undeniably AI generated, but that probably goes without saying given its provenance. It wasn’t good, but then: Amanita…
BioWare was a legendary studio, and its shocking closure today has inspired numerous tributes from fans and fellow game developers alike. One of the most notable came from CD Projekt joint CEO Michał Nowakowski, who credited the studio for the big role it played in bringing The Witcher to life. It’s hard to overstate the…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s big extraction mode DMZ has been out for one day, so it’s a bit early to make sweeping declarations about balance, but even I’m raising an eyebrow at an operator trait that the internet is already calling broken. That’s “broken” in the “so overpowered it shouldn’t exist” way, not…
As the sicko cartoon goes: “YES… HA HA HA… YES!” That’s how I feel while peering at Steam’s 100 most-played games list and spotting the Next Fest demo for shopkeeping sim Probably Stolen. A singleplayer game about sitting behind a desk and managing inventory doing that well among the other 8,000+ demos that have arrived…
In anticipation of the full launch of World of Warcraft: Forever next month, Blizzard is throwing the gates wide open on the throwback MMO to stress test the servers. Anyone with a World of Warcraft account will be able to play the ‘WoW: Forever – Stress Test” client in the Battle.net launcher later today. You…
Following the shocking closure of legendary RPG studio BioWare, Electronic Arts has posted a lengthy missive laying out its plans for “EA’s next chapter,” which sounds very much like cuts almost across the board. I’ll spare you the corporate gobbledygook about challenging assumptions, confronting assumptions, and imagining new possibilities, and cut straight to the chase:…
Starting today, XBOX Insiders* can try a new way to stream games by purchasing cloud playtime without a Game Pass subscription. This preview gives XBOX Insiders who do not have an active Game Pass subscription an early look at the new option before it rolls out more broadly in November. During the preview, XBOX Insiders…
BioWare is closing, and the next Mass Effect game is cancelled. The legendary RPG studio was responsible for the original Baldur’s Gate games and, most recently, the Dragon Age and Mass Effect series. The studio was founded in 1995. https://t.co/TicSujMWpsOctober 21, 2026 “What generations of BioWare built together is something to celebrate and remember,” said…
Hey everyone, we have huge news to share with you today. Once Human’s largest free expansion yet, Isles of Abyss, is officially launching tomorrow, October 22 （October 21) on PlayStation 5. We’ve taken the strange worlds survival you know and love, and plunged it into uncharted waters. Starting tomorrow, you can leave the safety of…
Few people are better positioned to reflect on three decades of Lara Croft than Meagan Marie. A longtime member of the Tomb Raider team at Crystal Dynamics, author of 20 Years of Tomb Raider, and a fan who has cosplayed the character more than a dozen times, she has spent her career at the intersection…