With beautiful visuals and an intriguing mystery to explore, Beacon Pines lays out an incredible gaming experience for anyone who enjoys stories. By making small, butterfly effect decisions, players are given free rein to explore the hidden...
A sweeping overhaul to the way Overwatch makes money will be good news for Activision Blizzard, but runs the risk of driving away the existing fanbase. With a series of poorly-received announcements about a paid beta and the possible price ...
With hundreds of buildings to explore, Urbek City Builder gives you control over a city of entirely your own design. Experiment with building placements to create new neighbourhoods and rearrange your resource incomes to make sure your popu...
Struggling to unlock the last hero achievements in Overwatch? You’re not alone – the rarest have been unlocked by less than 1% of Xbox players and are challenging even to the most experienced of gamers. This guide will outline what the rare...
The announcements follow on from 11 Bit Studio’s commitment earlier this week to donate profits from This War Of Mine to the Ukrainian Red Cross, with several developers making similar promises for their own titles. One developer has also c...
All profits from This War Of Mine and its DLCs generated in the next week will be donated to the Ukrainian Red Cross, following Russia’s invasion of the country. 11 Bit Studios also called for players and developers to stand together in sup...
A former Stadia exclusive, the sequel to Submerged is now coming to PC and consoles, inviting a new host of players into this chilled out, laidback post-apocalypse. Team up with Miku and Taku to explore a beautiful, no combat world and star...
The response from fans following the announcement of the MetaWorm collection was overwhelmingly negative, even in fan-only spaces like the studio’s dedicated Discord server. As a result, Team17 has been forced to cancel the project just day...
Despite tickets only going on sale two weeks ago, organisers have made the decision to cancel EGX Birmingham 2022 over Covid-19 concerns and a reported hesitancy from their partner companies. Anyone who has already purchased a ticket will r...
Nearly five years after it was initially released, the ‘original battle royale’ game PUBG: Battlegrounds has now gone free-to-play across all platforms. The changes come as similar, free titles such as Fortnite continue to dominate the gami...
Such simulators could allow users to experience a virtual world without needing to wear headsets or glasses. By combining high speed projectors with spatial monitoring technology, the system can track where multiple simultaneous users are a...
The planned in-person games expo will no longer be going ahead according to organiser ESA, due to health concerns regarding Covid-19. While last year’s cancelled event was replaced by a digital alternative, it’s currently unclear if a simil...
Following reports of racially-motivated harassment, developer Behaviour Interactive is removing The Cannibal’s cosmetic mask challenges in Dead by Daylight’s upcoming update. Players had condemned the cosmetics, citing the mask of Claudette...
Let's look into why we shouldn't be quick to dismiss games with bad graphics. As game visuals grow increasingly elaborate and powerful, there’s a forgotten power to the mysterious, indistinct styles of retro games. When playing a horror exp...
The accusations of gender discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination were raised by a former IT security analyst who worked at Sony for 6 years. The filing also includes a request to form a class of current and former female emplo...
The main cast for next year’s Mario movie has been announced and it’s not great news for gender diversity so far. Of the nine named characters revealed at Nintendo Direct, only one of them was female. What happened to Daisy? Or Rosalina? De...
When is it too soon to make a game centred on reliving a real-life tragedy? With the pandemic still ongoing, should game developers be profiting off of it? The Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to a great many simulators that pit players aga...
Return to the dark and dangerous world of The Witcher series in this Gwent-based RPG, now available on Android! Complete with all-new characters and a unique story, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales sets you off on an adventure with Meve, Qu...
The last few years have seen single-player character-driven story experiences gradually falling out of the spotlight, but for a few notable exceptions. Instead, we’re seeing a big push towards online play and indie games with silent protago...