Games

Crytek says the most important difference between Far Cry and Crysis had nothing to do with technology: 'In Crysis, we mimicked nature as closely as possible'

Crytek says the most important difference between Far Cry and Crysis had...

2025-07-28

"If you want to build a real place, the best you can do is go to this place."

Stormgate is leaving early access before it's technically finished: 'We believe that our campaign and 1v1 are ready for a broader audience'

Stormgate is leaving early access before it's technically finished: 'We...

2025-07-28

Both the co-op mode and terrain editor are still in active development.

Today's Wordle answer for Sunday, July 27

Today's Wordle answer for Sunday, July 27

2025-07-28

Help with solving Sunday's puzzle.

I played a visual novel about the terror of having a 'casual' boss and a job that wants you to conform to society's expectations—but not the ones involving economic stability

I played a visual novel about the terror of having a 'casual' boss and a job...

2025-07-28

Truer than You is about working for an app run by a guy who definitely wears cartoon socks in the office to show he's not just a regular boring manager.

Team Fortress 2 gets a boost on Steam charts with summer update, including a slew of community creations

Team Fortress 2 gets a boost on Steam charts with summer update, including a...

2025-07-28

Even 18 years after release, TF2 is still a top-seller on Steam.

Techland bumps back Dying Light: The Beast release by a month 'to allow for extra polishing work'

Techland bumps back Dying Light: The Beast release by a month 'to allow for...

2025-07-28

Despite the delay, Techland promises The Beast will be the best Dying Light game yet.

Rematch devs call it a 'samurai game' and give a timeline for player reports, new ranked queues

Rematch devs call it a 'samurai game' and give a timeline for player reports,...

2025-07-28

Plus a patch adds colorblindness features, gamepad remapping.

Bethesda promises 'exciting things' ahead for Starfield while releasing the teeny-tiniest patch

Bethesda promises 'exciting things' ahead for Starfield while releasing the...

2025-07-28

Bethesda insists big things are ahead for Starfield, with no word on what or when

Remember the guy who lost a bitcoin wallet worth millions in a landfill? There's a game about that now

Remember the guy who lost a bitcoin wallet worth millions in a landfill?...

2025-07-28

Well, inspired by it: You're looking for 'Pitcoin.'

The Elder Scrolls' weird relationship with expansions began a full decade before the horse armour DLC, in the form of a 16-quest addon to Daggerfall exclusive to one US retailer

The Elder Scrolls' weird relationship with expansions began a full decade...

2025-07-28

Investigating the history of the Daggerfall CompUSA special edition.

23 years after launch, Final Fantasy 11 is suspending character creation on its most popular server as it buckles beneath the weight of player congestion

23 years after launch, Final Fantasy 11 is suspending character creation on...

2025-07-24

Vana'Diel's still kicking. Possibly too kicking.

Trump's AI action plan claims to chart 'a decisive course to cement US dominance in artificial intelligence'

Trump's AI action plan claims to chart 'a decisive course to cement US...

2025-07-24

"We are moving with urgency to make this vision a reality."

Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro review

Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro review

2025-07-24

For the budding professional gamer, the new DeathAdder has everything you could want. For everyone else it might be a stretch.

One of Warhammer's oldest discontinued armies has finally returned—but to a different universe

One of Warhammer's oldest discontinued armies has finally returned—but to a...

2025-07-24

The Chaos Dwarfs are back as the Helsmiths of Hashut.

Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games set to lay off another 36 employees after a 'redundancy consultation process', delays Directive 8020 to 2026

Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games set to lay off another 36 employees...

2025-07-24

"We anticipate losing" is a funny way to say "we're laying off".

'The father of Elder Scrolls' Julian LeFay has died: 'His legacy will live on in every realm, every quest, and every moment of wonder'

'The father of Elder Scrolls' Julian LeFay has died: 'His legacy will live on...

2025-07-24

"A visionary who fundamentally shaped the gaming industry as we know it today."

How to survive as an indie developer for 20 years

How to survive as an indie developer for 20 years

2025-07-24

"Size Five has always just plodded along without a colossal success, which is fine by me. I'm still here."

Some gamers are angry that Battlefield 6 is likely going to require Secure Boot but most shouldn't have any issues at all

Some gamers are angry that Battlefield 6 is likely going to require Secure...

2025-07-24

Most gamers will be fine leaving the setting enabled.

Elon Musk's xAI is reportedly trying to borrow $12,000,000,000 for even more Nvidia GPUs, an impulse all PC gamers can truly understand

Elon Musk's xAI is reportedly trying to borrow $12,000,000,000 for even more...

2025-07-24

I've checked down the back of the sofa, and I'm not sure I can cover it.

'There's a strong desire on our side to make sure that our games are preserved': Obsidian promises your Grounded 1 save files won't be compost after Grounded 2 comes out

'There's a strong desire on our side to make sure that our games are...

2025-07-24

It's "no commentary on the Stop Killing Games stuff", though.

Microsoft confirms SharePoint vulnerabilities have been exploited by suspected Chinese hackers, as reports indicate the US Nuclear Security Administration may have been among those compromised

Microsoft confirms SharePoint vulnerabilities have been exploited by...

2025-07-24

'Investigations into other actors also using these exploits are still ongoing.'

The reason Nvidia's upcoming Arm CPU is delayed is apparently in part because Microsoft isn't sorting out its next-gen OS quickly enough

The reason Nvidia's upcoming Arm CPU is delayed is apparently in part because...

2025-07-24

Windows on Arm causing issues? Well, I never.

Hyte lowers prices for PC cases in the US after hiking them in response to Trump's tariffs, but innocent weebs are still paying the price

Hyte lowers prices for PC cases in the US after hiking them in response to...

2025-07-24

President Trump's tariffs did a number on Hyte, though the current calm is bringing prices back down.

Relic's taken a break from real-time strategy to make a turn-based hybrid of Advance Wars and cult classic Impossible Creatures—but it feels totally removed from the studio's legendary legacy

Relic's taken a break from real-time strategy to make a turn-based hybrid of...

2025-07-24

The studio's first foray into turn-based tactics needs a lot more time in the lab.

Final Fantasy 14 finally seems like it wants to make content scale to serve casual, midcore, and hardcore players: 'A deep dungeon for everyone'

Final Fantasy 14 finally seems like it wants to make content scale to serve...

2025-07-24

"If we add 10 content [types], I hope players can find 7 things to do."

Palmer Luckey wants to know if you'd buy a 'Made in America' computer for 20% more than 'Chinese-manufactured options from Apple'

Palmer Luckey wants to know if you'd buy a 'Made in America' computer for 20%...

2025-07-24

Also, what's your favourite colour, and how've you been getting on recently?