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It's more important than ever to call out developers for egregious AI usage next year if we want videogames to remain interesting

It's more important than ever to call out developers for egregious AI usage next year if we want videogames to remain interesting

We're being limit tested, and I fear we're too okay with it all right now.

The process of creating cosplay from scratch is incredibly intimidating to me, but Emily White found a new love for it post-lockdown: 'It can take anywhere from a month to a year to bring a costume to life.'

The process of creating cosplay from scratch is incredibly intimidating to me, but Emily White found a new love for it post-lockdown: 'It can take anywhere from a month to a year to bring a costume to life.'

Cosplay always starts somewhere, and for Emily, that's a lot of foam and brainstorming.

It's about time Final Fantasy 14 retires one of its most divisive, overused songs

It's about time Final Fantasy 14 retires one of its most divisive, overused songs

Machinations is the musical cockroach of Final Fantasy 14.

Indie Game Awards pulls two awards from Clair Obscur over generative AI use: 'We have a hard stance against gen AI in videogames'

Indie Game Awards pulls two awards from Clair Obscur over generative AI use: 'We have a hard stance against gen AI in videogames'

Minus one victory lap for the J'RPG.

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy shows off equal helpings of sleuthing and smashing in its new trailer, as its first playable alpha test goes live

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy shows off equal helpings of sleuthing and smashing in its new trailer, as its first playable alpha test goes live

Ogryn and bear it.

This dystopian free-running sim set in a brutalist megacity is being codeveloped by one of the designers of last year's best FPS

This dystopian free-running sim set in a brutalist megacity is being codeveloped by one of the designers of last year's best FPS

Vholume is Straftat meets Mirror's Edge.

Elden Ring Nightreign is a deeply flawed multiplayer game I've spent over 250 hours in this year

Elden Ring Nightreign is a deeply flawed multiplayer game I've spent over 250 hours in this year

Is this some kind of curse?

Dishonored co-creator says it was 'a shock' when Microsoft closed Arkane Austin after Redfall's release: 'We were working on something really cool'

Dishonored co-creator says it was 'a shock' when Microsoft closed Arkane Austin after Redfall's release: 'We were working on something really cool'

"It was not a decision I agreed with."

Quake's third Brutalist Jam now has a whopping 75 maps, and its organiser is working on a hub to stitch them all together: 'this is going to be an insane challenge'

Quake's third Brutalist Jam now has a whopping 75 maps, and its organiser is working on a hub to stitch them all together: 'this is going to be an insane challenge'

The mapping project features new weapons to use and enemies to fight.

Darktide asked if we want to be scum, and I was the person who said, 'actually, yes'

Darktide asked if we want to be scum, and I was the person who said, 'actually, yes'

Doesn't matter if I know what I'm shooting, as long as I don't stop shooting.

Google killed support for the Dreamcast web browser after 25 years

Google killed support for the Dreamcast web browser after 25 years

There are plenty of homebrew solutions to get your Dreamcast online, but surfing the web will be a bit harder.

The New Blood-published 'immersive stealth FPS' Blood West is free on Epic—but only for 24 hours

The New Blood-published 'immersive stealth FPS' Blood West is free on Epic—but only for 24 hours

Just in case you thought Thief was a little light on eldritch horror.

Blizzard's focus is on existing properties, president Johanna Faries says: 'We have iconic IP and in many ways it still has a lot of room to scale'

Blizzard's focus is on existing properties, president Johanna Faries says: 'We have iconic IP and in many ways it still has a lot of room to scale'

Bring back Heroes of the Storm then.

Swen Vincke warns Divinity newcomers that they probably shouldn't play the early games in the series: 'They're a bit outdated by now,' which is putting it very mildly

Swen Vincke warns Divinity newcomers that they probably shouldn't play the early games in the series: 'They're a bit outdated by now,' which is putting it very mildly

They were brilliant in their day, but that was 20-some years ago.

I played dozens of retro games this year, and these are the ones I still whole-heartedly recommend going into 2026

I played dozens of retro games this year, and these are the ones I still whole-heartedly recommend going into 2026

Dust off your DOS, reinstall those ROMs, and party like it's 1999.

Vince Zampella, the co-founder of Infinity Ward and head of Battlefield, dies in car crash

Vince Zampella, the co-founder of Infinity Ward and head of Battlefield, dies in car crash

Zampella was reportedly killed in a car crash over the weekend.

World of Warcraft: Midnight's new solo-friendly Prey mode will have bosses attacking you out of nowhere: 'There's going to be some really mean stuff that we're going to do to you'

World of Warcraft: Midnight's new solo-friendly Prey mode will have bosses attacking you out of nowhere: 'There's going to be some really mean stuff that we're going to do to you'

A new game mode makes the open world a dangerous place, developers warn—and also makes it lucrative to kill critters

How to get the Arcane Pickaxe in The Forge

How to get the Arcane Pickaxe in The Forge

It's the best Pickaxe in The Forge, for now.

2K Games chokes out another WWE game just 2 years after launch

2K Games chokes out another WWE game just 2 years after launch

The two-year lifespan of 2K's big wrestling series continues.

The ill-starred Perfect Dark reboot had 'entire chapters' completed before cancellation, says Joanna Dark's voice actor, who 'did not see it coming… it was devastating'

The ill-starred Perfect Dark reboot had 'entire chapters' completed before cancellation, says Joanna Dark's voice actor, who 'did not see it coming… it was devastating'

Developers also tried to pitch a 'slimmed down' version to save the project, but got nowhere.

How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 made some of us fall in love with parrying, and as our resident parry sicko, I won't say 'I told you so'—actually no, wait, I will

How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 made some of us fall in love with parrying, and as our resident parry sicko, I won't say 'I told you so'—actually no, wait, I will

I will do that.

Clair Obscur's famously small (but not that small) developer isn't interested in becoming less not-that-small: 'I think it's good to have limitations when you are creative'

Clair Obscur's famously small (but not that small) developer isn't interested in becoming less not-that-small: 'I think it's good to have limitations when you are creative'

"We love making games more than we love managing, so we want to keep doing that."

The horse girl sickos have done it again, this time raising $800,000 for a farm that houses some of Umamusume's real-life horse counterparts

The horse girl sickos have done it again, this time raising $800,000 for a farm that houses some of Umamusume's real-life horse counterparts

Good deeds for good steeds.

Battlefield 6 fans suspect EA used generative AI in a cosmetics pack for the shooter: 'I would literally prefer to have no sticker than some low quality AI generated garbage'

Battlefield 6 fans suspect EA used generative AI in a cosmetics pack for the shooter: 'I would literally prefer to have no sticker than some low quality AI generated garbage'

Image of a double-barrelled M4A1 leads to suspicions that EA is using gen AI.

An indie dev worried about being seen as a ripoff after discovering a game similar to the one they were making, but then the original dev responded: 'Don't be discouraged'

An indie dev worried about being seen as a ripoff after discovering a game similar to the one they were making, but then the original dev responded: 'Don't be discouraged'

"There's plenty of room to do Gunforged better than I did," says its creator.

Hideo Kojima says MGS2 was never about AI 'but rather a future I didn't desire' of data gaining a will of its own and 'unfortunately we're heading there'

Hideo Kojima says MGS2 was never about AI 'but rather a future I didn't desire' of data gaining a will of its own and 'unfortunately we're heading there'

"It's about digital society."

I am desperately trying to wrap my head around this upcoming heterosexual omegaverse game

I am desperately trying to wrap my head around this upcoming heterosexual omegaverse game

So, who's getting pregnant here?

Since everyone got mad about yellow paint again this year, here are 5 alternatives I propose to help players find their way around in 2026

Since everyone got mad about yellow paint again this year, here are 5 alternatives I propose to help players find their way around in 2026

Yellow Fever.

Out of all the new games I've played in 2025, Grounded 2 deserves a special nod simply because it makes me like a genre that I really don't like: multiplayer survival

Out of all the new games I've played in 2025, Grounded 2 deserves a special nod simply because it makes me like a genre that I really don't like: multiplayer survival

It's not me, it's you. I don't like you.

Peta Murgatroyd Gives Husband Maks ‘Free Reign’ to Share 'DWTS' Opinions

Peta Murgatroyd Gives Husband Maks ‘Free Reign’ to Share 'DWTS' Opinions

Former Dancing With the Stars pro Peta Murgatroyd is speaking out after her husband, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, made major headlines for sharing his thoughts on the show’s latest...