Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney apologises and seemingly rectifies life insurance situation of laid off worker with terminal brain cancer
On 24th March, Fortnite developer Epic Games announced mass layoffs that affected over 1,000 workers, including key veterans behind the hit online game. Read more
This tool tells you exactly how much your latency could improve by changing your mouse's polling rate
1 kHz, 2 kHz, 8 kHz: Hopefully, we can soon settle the score.
How to get the Dolabra blueprint in Arc Raiders
An experimental energy shotgun.
Arc Raiders Close Scrutiny and Assessors explained
Dodge Vaporizers, loot Assessors, and get outta there.
Two and a half months into the filming of Amazon's big budget Tomb Raider TV show, star Sophie Turner has suffered an on-set injury that has 'paused' production
"We look forward to resuming production as soon as possible,” says Amazon, but it's likely to be a very expensive delay.
EasySMX D05 review
You can get Hall effect controllers slightly cheaper, but you'd struggle to find as feature-rich a package without some heavy, heavy sales.
The impossible alchemy of Lucid Blocks is a reminder that 99% of videogame crafting is boring
There is a tiny wild sun trapped inside my crystal tower. I hear its garbled voice and catch the yellow of its fire through the blinding white blocks of the summit. The tower itself is so bright on the outside you can barely identify objects placed on it, but I have smashed the crust and dug a…
Evercade Nexus Has A Better Screen, Dual Analog, Banjo, And Nintendo's Most Consumer-Friendly Feature
"The best Evercade handheld experience that is available".Evercade maker Blaze has just lifted the lid on its latest system, the Evercade Nexus.The Nexus joins the EXP, VS, Alpha and Super Pocket as part of the growing Evercade ecosystem, which is based around retro games running under emulation…
Review: South of Midnight (PS5) - The Most Beautiful Simple Game
Into the Deep South.South of Midnight is the kind of game Microsoft would have had to consistently publish to make its Xbox Game Pass subscription truly succeed.This is a relatively straightforward 12-hour adventure with little in the way of gameplay innovation, yet it ships with such stunning…
Marathon review
If Arc Raiders showed the world what an extraction shooter is, Marathon demonstrates, in unambiguous fashion, what extractions shooters are about. Whatever anomalous conditions coalesced to make Embark's game so oddly affable (at least in solos), they are entirely absent among the abandoned…
Crimson Desert's waterskiing shoes are my favorite silly gadget the game has produced so far
At least they're more useful than the helmet that lights bonfires.
Unsurprisingly, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Looks Set To Be A Huge Success
Gee, ya think?The Super Mario Galaxy Movie releases this week (tomorrow, in fact!) and, perhaps unsurprisingly, it seems like it's set to be a massive success.According to Deadline (thanks, Eurogamer), the movie is projected to make $350m worldwide across the five-day Easter weekend. While this is…
The KPop Demon Hunters McDonald’s Collab Is Basically An Entire Animated Miniseries
Huntr/x and Saja Boys are reprising their roles in a series of animated ads
Adult games may be an unintended beneficiary as FTC pressure payment providers like Visa and Mastercard not to debank Trump supporters, but I doubt it
Letters have been sent by the US Federal Trade Commission to the CEOs of Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and Stripe, reminding them that there could be hell to pay if they deny customers access to their services because of said customers' political or religious views. Potential discrimination against…
They Brought Back The Super Mario Bros. Cartoon And Sloppified It With AI
MeTV has slopped up everyone's favorite platforming duo and the end results are ugly
This N64 Flash Cart Has A Built-In Screen That Shows Which Game Is Running
Genius!We don't really pay much attention to them these days because they're now hidden away inside your gaming system, but once upon a time, cartridge labels were on full display whenever you were playing a game.With the exception of the NES, pretty much every classic system had the cartridge…
Rumour: Mass Eidos Montreal Layoffs Caused by Cancellation of Key Project 'Years' in the Making
Deus Ex in absentia.Longstanding developer Eidos Montreal has confirmed that it's cutting 124 jobs, and has parted ways with veteran studio head David Anfossi.As you may have noticed, the games industry is in a spiralling state right now; layoffs are commonplace as budgets soar, sales struggle to…
Rec Room Shutting Down After 10 Years And 150 Million Players Because It Never Became ‘Profitable’
The free-to-play Roblox-like game was many people's first foray into online VR gaming
Wait, Is Capcom Icon Shinji Mikami Partnering with Stellar Blade Dev?
"There are some calls that need to be answered".Earlier today, Stellar Blade dev Shift Up created a new company social media account and immediately posted a message: “There are some calls that need to be answered.”The caption was attached to a video of CEO Kim Hyung-Tae dramatically answering…
Feature: 10 New Xbox Indie Games That Should Be On Your Radar In April 2026
Including many coming to Game Pass!A new month is about to kick off, and looking at the list of games coming to Xbox in April 2026, it's actually quite ridiculous how many great-looking indies are on the way over the next few weeks!Many of them are on Xbox Game Pass, too. The likes of Hades 2,…