Dark Outlaw Games, the studio founded by former Call of Duty developer Jason Blundell, is shutting down amid bigger cuts to PlayStation overall, according to a report from Jason Schreier.Blundell’s previous studio, Deviation, was partnered with Sony and closed in 2024. As for the wider cuts, around 50 people are…

Portal and Half-Life writer Erik Wolpaw recently appeared on a podcast and said that he and a small team at Valve have been “poking around” at using AI to generate text, audio, and more. The veteran games writer says he’s not worried about AI “taking over creative writing” anytime soon,…

Even after 150 hours in Crimson Desert now, I’m still discovering things I didn’t know were there—sometimes, things I didn’t think were possible. For me, this game stretches the boundaries of what the open-world sandbox is capable of, with more variety, more interactivity, and more possibility in its world than…

Video game companies might finally have a way to stop insiders from spoiling their biggest secrets thanks to new AI watermarking tools. While fans are dying to hear anything about releases like The Elder Scrolls 6, industry execs say these early disclosures often do more harm than good. New reports…

World of Warcraft has been around for 22 years, and a new music video in collaboration with singer Aurora will have players reliving every memory.The song, titled A Place to Call Home, is accompanied by an animated music video crafted by Paris-based animation studio Brunch in partnership with Blizzard. It…

The Ayaneo Next 2 was announced earlier this year as a premium Windows PC gaming handheld with almost no compromises. It could play top-end games at high-end specs while also fitting in your backpack. As a result it was going to cost $2,000. But with skyrocketing component costs amid the…