Stay Kalm. In case you missed it, you can now try out Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on Switch 2 thanks to a free demo. If you loved Remake Intergrade earlier this year, then it’s well worth a shot — because you can transfer your save data from the demo to the main game when it…
The critically acclaimed Laser League hit PS Plus this week, and we’ve squeezed Sam Brayley, QA Manager at developer Roll7, for expert strategies to help you hit the arena floor running. For the uninitiated, Laser League can be a nerve-frying experience. We’ve covered the gameplay basics in a previous blog, and here we’ll lift the…
Third time’s the charm Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is no stranger to Reddit’s Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions. The billionaire software developer turned philanthropist took part in his third AMA yesterday answering questions on several topics, including his take on Apple’s standoff with the FBI over iPhone encryption. The way Gates sees it, there has…
In an effort to provide Marathon with some additional staying power, Bungie said in May that it would be experimenting with PvE and PvE-adjacent offerings as Marathon seasons continue, giving players a chance to see what playing the game is like when they aren’t drenched in sweat. Today, the studio offered some preliminary details about…
Who gave Tails a gun? The Mega Drive / Genesis developer Shane Lynch recently revealed on Twitter that he is working on a new ROM hack for the original Sonic the Hedgehog that will let a second player plug in a lightgun and blast away at badniks, power-ups, and rings in the environment. To accompany…
If you’ve ever trundled around on the back of a Warthog in the original Halo, you’ll remember the way its tires seemed to melt into noisy blur as they got going. Turns out, there’s no actual blur effect being applied—the game just swaps out a normal tire texture with one that looks hazy whenever the…
Category: Games June 19, 2026 End of Abyss: I’m the Little Nightmare, and You’re Locked in Here With Me Will Fulton, XBOX Wire Editor From Reanimal to the Grace sections of Resident Evil Requiem, I’ve spent a lot of the last year feeling helpless in games. There’s something very compelling about the rush of being…
At EVE Fanfest last week, I sat down with EVE Online game director Snorri Árnason for a wide-ranging chat about where the one-of-a-kind sandbox space MMO has been in recent years and where it’s going. We talked about big things like Dust 514 and EVE Vanguard, with Árnason lamenting that if the former had been…
When my units of ashigaru in Total War: Shogun 2 used to procure grappling hooks out of nowhere to climb enemy walls I didn’t question it, but as the games have gone on the use of “pocket ladders” (or “ass ladders” if you prefer) has become a point of contention among players. The ease with…
Crystal Dynamics, which is currently working on a Perfect Dark reboot and a new Tomb Raider game, has announced the layoff of 17 employees. “This morning, Crystal Dynamics made the difficult decision to reduce our workforce by 17 talented team members,” the studio said in a message posted to X. “We did not make this…