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A new Control trademark filing has Remedy fans hoping for a big reveal at The Game Awards
news We don't know what Control Resonant is, but we know what we want it to be.
Clair Obscur creative director says he knew the game was going to be 'cool,' but he really didn't expect it to be so 'big'
news Nobody on the team saw this coming.
Fortnite's Kill Bill collaboration censors the Pussy Wagon, because I guess you can't say 'Pussy Wagon' in Fortnite
news The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge teaser is here, and it's very strange.
It took a full 10 years but one of Ubisoft's most popular games finally has achievements on Steam
news Ubisoft continues to catch up with overdue business on Steam.
Sorry folks, but CD Projekt says it's not going to surprise us with any breathtaking Witcher 4 moments at The Game Awards
news The Witcher 4 is vying for the Most Anticipated Game award, and CD Projekt is grateful but it's got nothing else to talk about just yet.
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-harm'
news The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
2 months after being acquired by private equity, Splash Damage is making major layoffs so it can 'remain agile,' even though it hasn't released a game since 2020
news Splash Damage split from Tencent following the cancellation of Transformers Reactivate, and was acquired by an unnamed private equity investor in September.
Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production'
news Don't need a notice if everyone's doing it.
Cyberpunk 2077 is now CD Projekt's 'main source of income,' and sales are outpacing The Witcher 3: Its latest milestone is 'a better result than The Witcher 3 was able to achieve in the same post-release time frame'
news CD Projekt's once-troubled cyber-RPG has now sold more than 35 million copies
The circle is closed as Clair Obscur mocap actor Maxence Cazorla thanks Charlie Cox for his kind words: 'Bringing Gustave to life was a team effort, and I’m honored to have played my part in it'
news Cox said actor Maxence Cazorla deserves credit for the job, and the internet agrees.
The Battlefield 6 free trial is live, and if you're new to the scene EA has a detailed guide to get you started
news The BF6 freebie includes "three playlists, including a casual multiplayer experience, across three maps."
After its 'make FPS great again' controversy, Splitgate 2 is relaunching with a humbler tone: 'The goal is to grow over time, not aim for a massive splash on day 1'
news Splitgate 2 is also coming back sooner than expected: Instead of early 2026, the relaunch is now slated for December.
Former Ghost of Yotei artist says she wasn't fired because of a Charlie Kirk joke, but 'because of a harassment campaign' that nobody at Sony or Sucker Punch bothered investigating
news Gamergate is alive and well in 2025.
2025 Steam Awards nominations are open, and I wonder if Valve's wonky personalized suggestions will affect the results—you'll know they did if Bongo Cat gets nominated in the 'story-rich' category
news Some of these "eligible game" recommendations make sense, but some seem a bit off.
Steam's first-ever Black Friday sale makes a surprise appearance to fill the gap left by the Steam Autumn Sale
news Valve has surrendered to the darkest of Fridays.
Ghost of Yotei star Erika Ishii wants the world to know their pick for Game of the Year is not Ghost of Yotei: 'Blue Prince, all day, every day!'
news I think they mean it.
Interview with Roblox CEO kicks off with an unbelievable answer about its predator problem being 'not just a problem, but an opportunity,' and somehow just gets crazier from there
news Whose idea was this? Oh, it was Baszucki's.
The UK turns to videogames to recruit future drone pilots with the International Defense Esports Games, as the plot of Ender's Game inches ever closer to reality
news We're not even pretending anymore.
The PUBG extraction shooter spinoff springs back to life with a closed alpha test set for December, and its focus on exploration over pure combat sounds a lot like my favorite part of Arc Raiders
news PUBG: Black Budget was announced in 2023, and that was the last we heard of it until now.
Reviews be damned, The Witcher voice actor Doug Cockle thinks Liam Hemsworth 'holds up pretty well' as Geralt in Netflix's television series: 'I think he's done a fantastic job'
news Cockle, who brought Geralt to life in CD Projekt's videogame trilogy, says Hemsworth "made it his own character, and that's what he should have done."
Anticipated anime action RPG halts updates just 3 months after launch because of poor sales: 'The game wasn’t fun enough to sustain a consistent, healthy player base'
Despite laying off half its team, Pahto Labs has determined that it can no longer continue supporting Starlight Re:Volver.
Another Marathon playtest is coming in December, but this one is restricted to North America and it's still 'strictly under an NDA'
news Sony says Marathon is coming in March 2026 but I remain unconvinced.
Sandfall Interactive expresses shock as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 matches Baldur's Gate 3's record-setting run at the 2025 Golden Joystick Awards: 'What the f**k is happening'
news Sandfall Interactive's J'RPG took home seven awards, matching the record set by Larian in 2023.
GameStop's 'Trade Anything Day' has some employees bracing for the worst: 'We're probably going to have to reject some of the things because they're a biological hazard'
news GameStop's latest promotion is a catastrophe in waiting, but some employees are encouraging customers to do something good with it instead.
Marathon cinematic director Alberto Mielgo says the 8-minute reveal video was not made with AI and frankly he can't believe he even has to say that
news I don't know if anyone actually accused the Marathon cinematic from earlier this year of being made with AI, but Mielgo seems pretty wound up about it anyway.
