Nearly 1900 Blizzard Entertainment workers have just voted to ratify their first union contract with parent company Microsoft after over two years of bargaining, gaining new protections on issues such as generative AI, crediting, remote work, and layoffs while simultaneously consolidating Blizzard’s many smaller unions into three larger bargaining units.…

GTA 6 is giving players a new way to shape protagonists Jason and Lucia beyond simply deciding how much destruction they cause thanks to the “Criminal Profile” system. Rockstar Games is introducing a Criminal Profile system that tracks how each character approaches crime, although it is not designed to work…

A massive Steam leak has revealed hundreds of achievements for upcoming games, including highly anticipated titles like Kingdom Hearts 4, Persona 6, and Fable. On the website Exophase–which tracks achievements for games on Steam, Epic Games Store, and more–the achievement lists for numerous in-development games were uploaded to it and made public. It…

Guys, guys, guys. The official Japanese website for the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake has some bonus stuff on it that we didn’t see in the Direct this morning. It’s got some nice character art, and some gameplay clips. And, and it has the first 15 seconds or so…

A new Pokemon release officially brings back Rillaboom, Cinderace, and Inteleon from Pokemon Sword and Shield. The Pokemon franchise is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and while there have been and will still be various new releases until 2027, many fans are waiting for the big launch of Pokemon…

Performance issues are a constant worry for video games, especially when it comes to PC titles. As individual PC specs vary wildly, troubleshooting can often feel unnecessarily awkward and obtuse—doubly so if you’re a layman. It’s also often a lot more logical to simply blame a game’s poor optimization or…