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5 promising games recently cancelled by Microsoft
In the bin If you wished for more pizazz at this year's Xbox Showcase, there's lots of it buried in an growing graveyard of cancelled Xbox games.
'It feels to many like a tidal wave is sweeping over the AAA game business,' says Epic CEO Tim Sweeney in his diagnosis of the industry's woes
news As the AAA model falters, Sweeney wants developers to build a "global ecosystem" of Unreal Engine games to rival Roblox.
Bungie will let Destiny 2 'near infinite damage' bug ride for a week: 'Do your thing'
news Players are also back to punting bosses off of ledges.
The best PC games to play right now
What to play Colossal RPGs, ingenious puzzle games, surprise indie hits, and all the other great PC games we're playing today.
Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and other Xbox studios could close
news Microsoft's "Xbox reset" is starting to sound more like a bulldozing.
Xbox Game Studios head and chief of staff step down as 'Xbox reset' looms
news Studio closures are expected as Xbox's new leadership looks for a fresh start.
The best Baldur's Gate 3 mods
MODS Buff yourself up for a lone wolf run, or if that's not your style, maybe buff up your party with eight characters? Mods make many things possible.
Microsoft doesn't know what to do about the memory pricing crisis Microsoft is causing
Opinion It's astonishing how much expectations are being lowered for the next Xbox.
The Mortal Shell 2 open beta was downloaded 250,000 times over the weekend
news The action RPG's developer says the response has been "incredible," and it has begun fixing bugs and "tightening the experience."
Destiny 2's final update crushes the Steam concurrents peak hit by last year's Edge of Fate expansion
news Destiny 2 is full of life, even as the Monument of Triumph patch marks the end of live service updates.
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Famous game director Fumito Ueda says his studio does not use AI for 'game development'
news The studio behind the upcoming Gen Atlas uses AI for project management tasks, but that's it, says the game's director.
Off-road racing? Psh, try off-world racing: Exo Rally Championship just launched on Steam
news The extraterrestrial racing game has arrived with customizable rovers and a galaxy-spanning career mode.
Gears of War: E-Day is an 'Xbox console exclusive,' but still coming to PC
news The console wars are heating back up, but Microsoft isn't pulling away from PC gaming—at least not right now.
Some but not all Vampire Survivors spin-offs are 'Survivatons,' its creator has decided, and one will be revealed soon
news Plus there's a small new DLC add-on for Vampire Survivors on the way.
An 8-bit Cuphead game is being programmed in assembly language for the Sega Master System
news It'll be playable on modern PCs, too, and there's another "hand-animated" Cuphead game in development alongside it.
Stellar Blade sequel looks like it will melt my PC
news Stellar Blade: Blood Rain was revealed at Summer Game Fest, and stars a new protagonist, Evie.
N Plus Infinity Times Two is a multiplayer-focused follow-up to one of the best platformers on PC: 'we don't think anyone else on this planet is as crazy about 2D platformers as we are'
News Ten years later, the virtually endless N++ gets a multiplayer-centric follow-up.
ArenaNet announces Guild Wars 3, promising 'an entirely new type of MMO experience'
news The MMO takes place 1,000 years before Guild Wars, and boasts a "one-of-a-kind movement system."
Poll: Do you like the new Steam store design, or is it 'hot garbage'?
Poll Valve rolled out a refresh of the Steam store today. Not everyone's happy about it.
A Persona 6 announcement may be incoming
news Supposed leaked images have reportedly been taken down due to copyright complaints.
Summer Game Fest 2026 preview: What to expect from this year's showcases
Coming up What's confirmed, and what might show up at Summer Game Fest, the Xbox Games Showcase, and the PC Gaming Show this year.
Destiny fans cry 'We Want Destiny 3' into void, void does not respond
news Over 300,000 people have signed a petition asking Sony to greenlight Destiny 3, but got no announcement at today's State of Play.
New God of War game likely won't come to PC
news God of War Laufey stars Kratos' dead wife as she fights her way through the afterlife.
