As you’d expect from an Obsidian RPG, Avowed is rich in world-building and lore. Everywhere you go, you can read books about the history of the Living Lands, quiz NPCs about the motivations of their factions, and find ruins and artifacts that hint at hidden truths. And yet I remain unsatisfied, because there is one…
It’s almost a month away! Nintendo isn’t holding back on Donkey Kong Country Returns HD details this week, with a second trailer drop arriving… today! The ‘barrelful of details’ trailer (below) is essentially just an overview trailer, just like every other Nintendo first-party game gets. This runs down all of the things you need to…
“There’s a lot of praise and a lot of nostalgia that goes with that”. British spy James Bond is no stranger to appearing in video games – in fact, he’s been doing it since the early 1980s. However, when you ask any self-respecting gamer which is the absolute best Bond game, the answer is almost…
Bloomberg reports that, following EA’s layoffs and restructuring at BioWare, the studio now has fewer than 100 employees, down from more than 200 during the development of Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Meanwhile, at its peak, BioWare consisted of three studios and, conservatively, over 400 employees. Interestingly, Bloomberg’s sources say that the plan to “loan” BioWare…
GenAI is making us question everything. We live in a world where Generative AI images are making us second-guess everything we see online, and that now extends to artwork innocently posted to mark the anniversary of famous video game characters. Yesterday, the official Rare social media account posted an image of Conker and Berri to…
Category: Next Week on Xbox March 27, 2026 Next Week on Xbox: New Games for March 30 to April 4 Will Fulton, Xbox Wire Editor Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox on PC, and Game Pass! Get…
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…
You may remember Real Civil Engineer as the twisted mind behind the poop-powered city made in the original Cities: Skylines game. Well, he’s back again and turning his hand to Cities: Skylines 2. Aside from pulling a few vaguely sewage-related antics this time around, he’s been heartily nerding out over the road tools, assessing their…
Company recently moved to a new location in Chiswick Business Park. Back in 2023, Sega announced that it had tracked down and painstakingly restored the Sonic the Hedgehog statue that once stood in London’s short-lived SegaWorld indoor theme park. That statue has now taken pride of place in the company’s new office, based in Chiswick…
Arc Raiders is having a triumphant launch week, currently sitting at the top of the Steam best sellers charts. But as any seasoned scavenger knows, scrounging for scrap through the same old crates and cabinets can only satisfy for so long. Inevitably, even the most accomplished raider will yearn for more. And more is exactly…