In 2010, at the launch of Star Trek Online, the spacefaring MMO opened on the Klingon War. In typical fashion, the Federation was desperately trying to sue for peace, while a klingon ambassador was doing everything he could to thwart it. STO has always been a massive theme park full of nods to the classic…
Category: Games July 7, 2026 The Blood of Dawnwalker: Dead and Loving It Will Fulton, XBOX Wire Editor Summary The Blood of Dawnwalker is a dark fantasy action RPG about being a vampire hunting other vampires in 14th Century Carpathia, arrives on September 3, 2026 for XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, and cloud. Play…
“I’m thinking of everyone at id today”. One of the biggest news stories in gaming at the moment is Xbox’s brutal restructuring. This is a process that has seen at least four studios depart the Microsoft-owned outfit, as Xbox’s Asha Sharma announces plans to cut “3,200 roles” throughout fiscal year 27 — 1,600 of which…
Late last year, Australia implemented a social media ban for those aged under 16, and reports since suggest that things aren’t exactly going as planned. For one, companies reportedly don’t seem to be actually checking some accounts. Reuters spoke to a team of software testers, who report that several companies failed to ask for proof…
Science Fiction, Double Feature. Shapefarm’s upcoming anime sci-fi co-op adventure, Orbitals, is just a few months away from its 3rd September launch,exclusive to Switch 2, and we couldn’t be more excited. Our early thoughts after going hands-on with the game’s opening sections are now live (spoiler: we like what we’ve seen), and just to keep…
Most home game rooms and man caves sound thinner than they should. The gear is fine — a decent TV, a console or gaming PC, maybe a soundbar or a pair of speakers — but the audio feels like it’s coming from the screen instead of surrounding you. The problem usually isn’t volume. It’s that…
Germany-based, Internationale Computerspielesammlung (ICS), whose goal was to assemble the world’s largest publicly accessible video game archive, has lost its public funding, leaving the future of the program in jeopardy, according to the Gameswirtschaft website. With over 60,000 games confirmed in its archive, the future of the database remains uncertain. Although the Berlin Senate and…
Special effects go off like fireworks, my screen a constant blur of colour. Gushes of golden numbers—some of them in the millions—accompany every sword swing and magical burst. AoE patterns light up the floor, warning me about the maelstrom I’ll soon have to dodge my way through. And while all of this is going on…
Understanding matchmaking in Arc Raiders has been something of a white whale for players, especially since we first got confirmation that aggression-based matchmaking did actually play a part in creating lobbies. Since then Embark has been more open about what actually goes into its matchmaking and is more responsive to players who asked for changes,…
New CEO Asha Sharma hit the reset button on Xbox yesterday, taking out 1,600 jobs at once with another 1,600 cuts still to come before the end of the year. Very few studios escaped the scythe: even id Software’s legendary name did not save it, and it quickly became clear the studio had been swept…