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Nintendo Switch's Excellent Gold Points Scheme Is Being Discontinued
18.2.2025
Nintendo has announced, with no explanation as to why, that it will be discontinuing Nintendo Gold Points on March 24. The scheme, where points were awarded when buying both physical and digital editions of games, could then be redeemed for discounts. But, ahead of the (still unknown) launch of...
Epic Has No Plans To Stop Giving Away Free Games After Giving Away $2,229 Worth In 2024
14.2.2025
Every month you can go on the Epic Games Store and snag a usually pretty decent game for absolutely free. It’s not clear if this largesse is meaningfully moving the needle in the company’s battle to establish itself as a competitor to Steam, but it’s certainly a nice bonus. And after giving away...
Obsidian Has Quietly Become Xbox's Secret Weapon
14.2.2025
In 2022, Obsidian Entertainment was the only first-party Xbox studio to ship a new game, Pentiment. And in 2025, the Microsoft-owned studio has already launched one big RPG, Avowed, and is set to release a second one, The Outer Worlds 2, later in the year. If it wasn’t clear before, it is now:...
How To Beat The Nephilim Mini-Game In Indiana Jones And The Great Circle
7.2.2025
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is full of all kinds of puzzles, exploration, pulp adventure and fascists who need to feel the sweet fist of justice. But while you won’t find the last one in the Nephilim temple in Siam, you will find a fun mini-game, one that can be a little confusing at first....
Nintendo Patent Confirms Switch 2 Joy-Con's Most Innovative Feature
6.2.2025
Fans have been speculating about PC gaming mouse-like functionality for the Switch 2 ever since optical sensors appeared in leaks last month. Nintendo then teased the feature in the new Switch’s reveal trailer shortly after. Now the potential game-changer has been all but officially announced...
Game Pass Gets Madden NFL 25 In Time For The Super Bowl As More Xbox Games Head To PS5
4.2.2025
Are you prepared to watch the Eagles snatch defeat from the jaws of victory this weekend? I am not, but destiny may have other plans. Either way, Philadelphia will be a mess. Schools are already opening late the day after the Super Bowl, a perfect time to relive the glory of Saquon Barkley somehow...
Fallout: New Vegas Writer Is Back At Obsidian But Not To Work On A Sequel
31.1.2025
The creative design lead and lead writer of 2010's Fallout: New Vegashas returned to the studio that made it. John Gonzalez announced he’s rejoined Obsidian Entertainment as creative director, just as the Xbox studio prepares for its biggest year yet with the launch of fantasy RPG Avowed and...
The Console Wars Are Over And Nobody Really Won
31.1.2025
For decades, a war has been raging online and in stores. A fight between massive corporations trying to sell you plastic boxes that play games and their weirdly dedicated supporters. The fight was always silly, but very real and expensive, involving massive companies spending hundreds of millions...
Hardcore Xbox Fans Are Struggling To Process Forza On PS5
31.1.2025
On January 30, Microsoft nonchalantly announced that later this year open-world racing sim Forza Horizon 5 would make the leap to PlayStation 5. That might not mean much to some, but for Xbox’s biggest fans, it marks the beginning of the end of an era that truthfully wrapped up years ago. Read more
One Of 2025's Biggest RPGs Gets A Movie Deal Before It's Even Released
31.1.2025
Where recently it was the case that every newly published comic was immediately optioned for a new Netflix or Amazon movie or TV show, Hollywood appears to have now shifted its obsessive focus onto video games. What were once the barrel-bottom residue of the movie world, video game adaptations have...
Open-World Racer Forza Horizon 5 Is The Next Big Xbox Exclusive Coming To PS5
30.1.2025
PlayStation 5 players are about to get access to another hit Xbox exclusive. Multiplayer racing hit Forza Horizon 5 will come to Sony’s platform four years after it was first released. It’s the latest Xbox Game Studios release to make the jump as Microsoft transitions to being one of the biggest...
2025 Is Shaping Up To Be A Massive Year For Xbox Game Pass Releases
23.1.2025
While Xbox Game Pass rarely goes a month without getting at least something new that’s worth checking out, it’s certainly had its dry spells in recent years. The back half of January, however, has quietly revealed a surprising number of cool new games hitting the Netflix-like subscription service...
Everything We Saw At The January Xbox Developer Direct
23.1.2025
It’s January, and that means Xbox held another one of its annual Developer Direct showcases to talk about some games coming to Xbox Series X/S and Windows. We knew a few games that would be featured, including Doom: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight, but Microsoft had also teased a surprise...
Doom: The Dark Ages Launches In May And Looks Awesome (And Massive)
23.1.2025
As announced during Xbox’s latest Developer Direct, Doom: The Dark Ages, the next main installment in the demon killin’ franchise, is launching on May 15 for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC. Read more
EA Is Killing Off Origin, But Also Your 32-Bit Gaming Collection
21.1.2025
EA’s Origin app has always topped the charts of things no one wants to have, alongside venereal diseases. It’s finally being closed down forever, but sadly it’s not a clean, liberating break that will simply make everyone’s lives much easier—rather, it’s being fully replaced by the EA app, which...
How To Play The Hidden Game In Your Xbox App
14.1.2025
The free Xbox app is a great way to manage Game Pass, check out what your friends on Xbox Live are doing, and even earn some Microsoft reward points, too. But did you also know that inside the app is a free puzzle game that is fun to play and can earn you credits toward your next Xbox purchase?...
Nintendo Is Reportedly Just Days Away From Announcing The Switch 2
13.1.2025
We finally made it folks: The Switch 2 reveal is just days away. At least that’s what insiders are now claiming. It’s about time. Read more
UK to put ‘AI into the veins’ of the country under Prime Minister’s plan
13.1.2025
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the country will adopt a plan including all 50 recommendations made by the government's research agency
UK to put ‘AI into the veins’ of the country under prime minister’s plan
13.1.2025
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the country will adopt a plan that includes all 50 recommendations made by the government's research agency
UK to put ‘AI into the veins’ of the country under prime minister’s plan
13.1.2025
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the country will adopt a plan that includes all 50 recommendations made by the government's research agency