If people are getting banned thousands of years for playing Forza Horizon 6 early, what do you think the penalty would be for getting ahold of Grand Theft Auto 6 before launch? Why is Nintendo releasing a new amiibo for a three-year-old Switch 1 game? And will anyone swoop in…

At one point in time, Xbox Game Pass was one of the easiest recommendations in gaming because its value proposition was absurdly simple. Subscribers could pay a relatively low monthly fee, get access to a large library of titles, and play new Xbox first-party games on day one without needing…

If it feels like we’ve been waiting forever for BioShock creator Ken Levine’s next game, Judas, it’s because we have. Episode Two of BioShock Infinite’s Burial at Sea DLC concluded the game’s story on March 25, 2014, and since then, Levine’s continued legacy has been hanging in the balance, stuck…

Metroid Dread developer MercurySteam has announced layoffs at the company, which it is referring to as a “workforce adjustment process.” MercurySteam partnered with Nintendo on Metroid Dread in 2021, and prior to that, released Metroid: Samus Returns on the 3DS in 2017. While the company is an independent studio, it…

Things really aren’t looking good for Gang of Dragon, the Yakuza spiritual successor from former Sega and RGG Studios bigwig Toshihiro Nagoshi’s eponymous Nagoshi Studio. Between reports of publisher NetEase pulling financial backing and the studio’s YouTube channel vanishing-then-reappearing quietly in a seeming “no worries, everything is fine here” moment,…

Outbound was one of the surprise winners of Steam’s February Next Fest, racking up positive endorsements from people who played its demo and recently earning over 1.5 million wishlists on Valve’s storefront. But the full version of the Early Access cozy sim has left some players disappointed, and that was…