I think a lot about going back and doing things over – making a few choices differently to see how things end up. But then I think about the butterfly effect that would have, and how it could potentially make things worse. After the 10 hours I’ve spent with the new Backyard Baseball so far, I’m now sure it would be a bad idea. This series reboot from developer Mega Cat Studios retains the nostalgic charm of those classic kids sports games, but the rest of it falls victim to its own progress. The simplicity of pitching, hitting, and fielding has been needlessly refreshed; in its place is an optimized version, like a grown-up going back in time to perfect his younger self. The result might be one that passes the eye test, but it’s...
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id Software has issued a statement following layoffs at Xbox that saw roughly half the staff at the legendary first-person shooter studio lose their jobs.
On Wednesday, a WARN notice filed in Texas reported by Game Developer confirmed that 96 workers had been laid off in Richardson, Texas, home of id Software, with a further 40 remote roles cut. The cuts were part of new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma’s “reset” of Microsoft’s gaming business, which began with 1,600 staff losing their jobs on Monday. Another 1,600 will be let go during the rest of the current financial year. Four Xbox studios are already out the door, with another hot on their heels.
Some have expressed concern that id Software would be unable to lead development on any new...
Cyberpunk 2077 is having a moment, with impressive player numbers on Steam fueled by a recent sale, hype for upcoming Netflix anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 and its collaboration with Wuthering Waves. And while Cyberpunk 2077 is a known quantity at this point, and CD Projekt has told fans not to expect any more DLC, fans are calling on the developer to change its mind and release more DLC — just like The Witcher 3 is getting.
Earlier this month, CD Projekt confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 had sold an incredible 40 million copies since its December 2020 launch, up 5 million from November 2025. It's received one expansion so far, 2023's Phantom Liberty starring Idris Elba.
In May, CD Projekt insisted it had “no plans” for further Cyberpunk...
Few missions in GTA’s history would make such a big and noticeable change to the geography of the host city as Bomb Da Base Act II, which goes some way to explaining why all 45 seconds of this short, sharp, Tin Can Alley sniper mission remains so memorable.
By today’s standards it’s extraordinarily simple: in a world where there are entire games built around the sophisticated premise of telescopic sharpshooting, GTA 3’s 45-second dalliance with the idea hardly seems like anything to write home about. But make no mistake: with GTA 3, Rockstar invented the modern video game, and with Bomb da Base Act II, GTA reinvented itself.
Bomb Da Base proved to be a tantalising early glimpse at the ever more complex, Bruckheimer-worthy setpieces...
Palworld players have spotted that developer Pocketpair has altered several Pal designs for the 1.0 launch, leaving some saying they now look less like the Pokémon they had resembled.
Pocketpair published detailed patch notes for Palworld's 1.0 version earlier this week listing hundreds of additions, changes and improvements. However, these patch notes do not discuss the changes to several Pal designs, leaving players to instead discover the updated looks for themselves.
With Palworld 1.0 now out in the wild, players are doing just that — and have remarked on the alterations to Verdash, Robinquill, Fengallop, and Grintale, which previously displayed more distinct similarities to more familiar Pokémon species Cinderace, Decidueye...
Stardew Valley is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and on top of the new content coming to the game in the 1.7 update, we now know that we’ll be getting a new Stardew-themed book. From the same publisher that brought us the delightful Stardew Valley cookbook, The Official Stardew Valley Crochet Book will help you craft your own Junimos, Slimes, and even Lucky Purple Shorts.
The book will include 45 total projects accompanied by new illustrations and plenty of tips from Pelican Town residents. A hardcover and eBook edition are scheduled to be released on January 26, 2027, and both versions are already available to preorder from pretty much anywhere you can buy books.
Stardew Valley Is Getting an Official Crochet Book
While...
If the recent sad news of Sony ending physical disc production for new games releasing on PlayStation in 2028 has you looking to stock up on physical games now, Amazon has plenty of deals worth checking out. At the moment, the retailer even has a little discount on Crimson Desert for both PS5 and Xbox Series X, with the former down to $56.04 (20% off its list price) and the latter down to $59.84 (15% off).
These may not be huge discounts, but according to price tracker camelcamelcamel, this is the lowest price point so far for both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X copies at the retailer. There's no telling how long they'll stay at these prices, either, so now is a great time to grab them before the price kicks back up.
While initial...
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has faced a stormy start on Steam, where the $60 game's collection of optional extras totals $85.
Despite positive reviews from critics, fans left scathing feedback on the game's Steam store page regarding the array of $10 cosmetic packs available on day one, in addition to a $5 map pack add-on.
None of these types of content are unusual for an Assassin's Creed game, though the sheer number available at launch, as well as their pricing, has drawn ire. So much so, that Ubisoft has now seen fit to respond — to remind players that such add-ons are not vital.
"Come on Ubisoft you just couldn't hold yourself huh?!" wrote one player. "Releasing a 70 euro game and on the DAY of the release you slap us...
Activision’s ports of the much-loved Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 immediately raised eyebrows for their price, but they’ve come under fire for their disappointing graphics performance, too.
The tech experts at Digital Foundry have taken a look at the port of the original 2010 Black Ops to PlayStation, and had a few choice words to say about the work Activision put into it. Chief among their complaints is the fact the Black Ops port runs at 1080p, not 4K, despite being a 16-year-old game that began life on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Not only that, there’s no anti-aliasing.
DF also criticized the frame-rate, which is limited to 60Hz even on PS5. “A 1080p60 presentation would be potentially...
Actor Peter Serafinowicz has revealed how a chance encounter with fellow Dark Souls superfan Alex Garland led to him landing a role in the upcoming Elden Ring movie.
Serafinowicz, who is best known as the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, for playing Pete in Shaun of the Dead, Garthan Saal in Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Sommelier in John Wick: Chapter 2, picked Dark Souls as one of his Five Brilliant Things in an interview with British comedian Russell Howard.
Serafinowicz spoke passionately of his love for Dark Souls in the interview, explaining in great detail how its infamous difficulty makes it one of the most rewarding video games ever created. “Once that clicks, it's like, oh my god, this is...
Before Palworld’s Early Access debut in 2024, I remember eagerly wanting to review the completely unhinged-looking “Pokemon with guns” game, mostly as a joke. Hilariously, the joke was on me when it not only became one of the biggest games of the year, but also one of my all-time favorite survival games. With its 1.0 update now finally at-hand over two years later, I was quite excited to jump back into this strange, sometimes-oddly-dark creature collector. Though I’m only a dozen hours into a fresh playthrough of the 1.0 version, so far it has improved in all the ways I hoped it would after sinking so much time into its earliest incarnation. Most of the technical rough edges have been smoothed over, progression has been smartly...
Dead by Daylight, Control, and McDonald's Are Helping Advertise Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
For whatever reason, a bunch of video game companies are helping advertise Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced.
The social accounts for Control, Dead by Daylight, and various gaming hardware companies such as SteelSeries have had their accounts taken over by marketing for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. The long-awaited remaster/remake of the beloved Assassin's Creed game dropped today and, to apparently help spread the word, all of these accounts posted about the game. Epic Game Store also rebranded its socials by changing its profile picture and banner to feature Black Flag-themed imagery. McDonald's even chimed in as well.
The various accounts made posts claiming to have been "boarded" while throwing up the game's signature...
John Carmack has responded to the significant layoffs at Doom developer id Software, expressing sadness but not “anger or outrage.”
On Wednesday, a WARN notice filed in Texas reported by Game Developer confirmed that 96 workers had been laid off in Richardson, Texas, home of id Software, with a further 40 remote roles cut. Reports indicate 50% of staff have lost their jobs.
The cuts come as part of new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma’s “reset” of Microsoft’s gaming business, which began with 1,600 staff losing their jobs on Monday. Another 1,600 will be let go during the rest of the current financial year. Four Xbox studios are already out the door, with another hot on their heels.
Carmack, who co-founded id Software in 1991 alongside John...
Dell is offering an especially rare deal on an Alienware 16X Aurora gaming laptop that's loaded with a generous amount of memory and storage, especially considering today's outrageous RAM and SSD prices. This particular model features a GeForce RTX 5070 GPU, 64GB of RAM, and a 4TB SSD for just $2,479.99 with free shipping. That's $2,500 (50%) off MSRP and beats the lowest price I last saw for this exact same config by over $500. The 16X Aurora is Alienware's best selling premium laptop featuring an aluminum body, high quality display, and current generation processor and graphics.
$2,500 Off This Loaded Alienware 16X Aurora Gaming Laptop
Includes 64GB of RAM and a 4TB SSD
The 16X Aurora is the best Alienware laptop for most gamers...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 are now available on PS4 and PS5, but they won't come cheap.
Both of the original Black Ops games have been released digitally on PS4 and PS5 for $40 each. That means if you want both games, they'll cost $80... and if you want all of the DLC, that's also going to cost you. Both games offer a separate season pass, priced at $29.99 a piece. So, if you want the complete experience, you will have to pay a whopping $140 for games that came out a decade and a half ago, something fans had been fearing for the last few weeks.
There is one saving grace, though. If you are a PlayStation Plus subscriber, you get a massive discount. Both games are $20 each and their season passes are $9 each, coming out to a total...
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is off to a strong start on Steam, with around 100,000 concurrent players — more than any other title in the franchise to date.
Ubisoft's ground-up remake of its beloved pirate adventure game currently has launch peak of 99,451 players at the time of writing, making it comfortably the series' best ever launch on Steam.
By comparison, 2025's feudal Japan-set Assassin's Creed Shadows recorded a launch peak of 64,825 players, while the Ancient Greek-set Assassin's Creed Odyssey earned 62,069. Not all Assassin's Creed games have appeared on Steam at launch (the hugely-popular Viking entry Valhalla turned up later), so comparisons aren't entirely straightforward.
Still, no other Assassin's Creed game...
Those cursed (or, indeed, blessed) with the power of a vampire have no shortage of options when it comes to dominating their enemies. There are those fangs, of course, with the power to drain a creature of their life-giving blood. Or those knife-like claws, or the ability to transform into a powerful beast. If you were to count up all the ways – and you can, thanks to The Blood of Dawnwalker’s detailed Vrakhiri skill tree – you’d have 10 different abilities and 20 perks to consider.
But vampirism is just one part of The Blood of Dawnwalker, and just one side of protagonist Coen. Rebel Wolves’ RPG features three different skill trees: witchcraft, swordmastery, and vampirism, each with their own unique collection of active abilities and...
GTA Online's next big update, The Kortz Center Heist, will officially release next week, and fans have already spotted a few Rockstar-related Easter eggs.
Rockstar Games has confirmed that the new GTA Online update will be available starting July 14, and allow players to rob the prestigious Kort Center art museum. Mansion owners will utilize a new art studio as a heist preperation room and undergo a series of setup missions before the big finale. As with any heist, you'll have the option of going loud or quiet, but those who manage to complete the heist without raising suspicions will earn a significant amount of more money.
Players will also be able to keep paintings and put them on display in their mansion. New paintings will be...
If you've ever wanted to operate Disneyland's classic Haunted Mansion ride, this game's for you. Introducing Scream Operator: Haunted House Manager, a game that, as the name suggests, lets you operate, manage, upgrade, and maintain a successful haunted house – all from the control booth of the ride.
Scream Operator is being developed by Japhet Interactive for PC, and it's due out in Q1 2027. It's a 2D, pixel-art, top-down management sim where you'll operate your haunted house from the control booth – triggering pre-shows, dispatching ride vehicles, placing props and animatronics, sorting merchandise, upgrading your tech, paying the bills, and just surviving your shift. Oh, and of course the big goal: scare your guests!
A playable...
Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider doesn't think BioWare's fantasy series will return while owned by publisher EA — though knows what he'd do if a fifth game was ever made.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard launched to mixed reviews in late 2024 following a long and rocky development. The resulting fallout saw BioWare downsized and its remaining staff tasked with pre-production on the next Mass Effect, while much of the leadership behind The Veilguard were moved elsewhere within EA, or shown the door.
With BioWare's sole remit now Mass Effect, the chances of another Dragon Age seem slim — with no chance at all before Mass Effect 5 arrives. (BioWare has made no mention of when that will happen, though IGN understands it is likely still...
We spent some hands-on time with upcoming survival adventure shooter Zeverland, which seems to be equal parts hardcore crafting/collecting and silly zombie-themed romp. In fact, the developers just told us that they will be pivoting away from a free-to-play MMO model and Zeverland will instead be a buy-to-play PvE survival crafting game. The team told us, “It will offer both a solo experience and co-op on private servers, so players can build and survive on their own or together with friends.”
During Zeverland’s second playtest, we got a glimpse at the early game quests, the path to starting our own settlement, and dipped our toes into the deadly city raids, attempting to find valuable plunder while risking transformative zombie...
MindsEye developers who have lost their jobs will protest outside the studio’s office over what they have described as an “all-expenses-paid playtest day.”
The IWGB Game Workers Union (the same union representing the fired GTA 6 developers), said the protest will take place outside Build a Rocket Boy’s Edinburgh, Scotland office this Saturday, July 11, at 11am local time. The union alleged BARB will fly fans into the studio to try out new features for MindsEye this weekend.
The union said it will protest the studio’s decision to fund the event after mass layoffs over the last year, and amid wider disputes between workers and the company over alleged invasive employee surveillance, union blacklisting, and the handling of redundancies...
This week's devastating Xbox layoffs will have a "substantial and cascading effect" on Bethesda's development of The Elder Scrolls 6, multiple staff at the studio have told IGN.
Speaking on condition of anonymity to protect their careers, current and former staff have told me that job losses across Bethesda Game Studios locations have removed more than 50 employees, including "key, high-performing people in the trenches" building the company's long-awaited Skyrim successor. This in turn, they say, has shattered morale, raised the risk of future development crunch, and increased the likelihood that the game's already far-off completion date will be delayed.
Such is the strength of feeling among the tight-knit Bethesda team that, on...
More than two and a half years after Palworld first launched in early access in January 2024, Pocketpair’s creature-collecting survival hit has now reached its full 1.0 release.
A lot has changed since those early days. Palworld has received careful tweaks, major overhauls, new content, fresh systems, and plenty of balancing work, all of which has helped shape the game’s full launch on PC and consoles.
From the full release date to the biggest gameplay changes, PC specifications, and the latest trailer, here’s everything you need to know about Palworld 1.0.
Palworld 1.0 Release Date
Palworld launches into 1.0 on July 10, 2026. The full release is available on PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store, Mac via the Mac App Store...
Bonnie Tyler, the singer behind power ballad Total Eclipse of the Heart and rock epic Holding Out for a Hero, has died aged 75.
A statement posted to Tyler’s official Facebook page says she died “unexpectedly” last night in hospital in Portugal.
“Bonnie's family and team are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpectedly passed away last night in hospital in Portugal as a result of the illness that she was being treated for,” the statement reads. “We will issue a further statement shortly but for now ask for privacy to deal with this tragedy.”
Tyler was rushed to a hospital in Faro, Portugal, where she lived, in May for emergency intestinal surgery, and was placed in an induced coma. Last month, Tyler emerged from the coma but...
Sony has reached a settlement with former developer Christopher Barrett, who it had accused of sexual misconduct. As a result of the settlement, Barrett will be added to the credits of recently released extraction shooter Marathon.
Barrett, who was the original game director of Marathon, was fired after an internal misconduct investigation. Bloomberg reported that Barrett was fired in the spring of 2024 after he was accused by several female employees of inappropriate behavior.
Barrett released a statement at the time saying, "I feel that I have always conducted myself with integrity and been respectful and supportive of my colleagues, many of whom I consider my closest friends. I never understood my communications to be unwanted and...
id Software was reportedly toying with a bunch of ideas for future game projects when Microsoft laid off more than half of the studio.
According to a new report from GamesBeat, 92 of 185 full-time employees were laid off from id Software. This has put a number of projects in question. The report notes that the studio was working on a bunch of projects, and sources aren't sure how they can move forward on them with such a small team.
“I’m not convinced there is a viable way forward,” said one laid-off worker when speaking with GamesBeat. “It feels like a bunch of knee-jerk responses.”
id Software just finished its work on the new Doom: The Dark Ages DLC, known as Revelations, and was looking at what its next full-scale project would...
After just five or so hours with Revelations so far, I already feel confident saying that the new combat elements it brings to the table make the encounters in this DLC the very best Doom: The Dark Ages has to offer. We didn’t get early code for this expansion, so my full review isn’t ready quite yet – I still need to finish up the last third of the campaign and then check out what seems to be a fairly robust endgame. But the new Chain Spear and refreshed mobility of Revelations have it inching ever closer to the stratospheric heights of Doom Eternal, which is already enough for me to confidently tell any fellow Doom heads that Revelations is a must-play.
This DLC’s story picks up right where the main campaign left off, and while you...
Developer Echofall Games has announced Deepward, a high-speed first-person shooter roguelite set in the 1920s that lets you choose three distinct heroes from a roster of six, switching between any of the three of them on the fly during the brutal melee and gun-based action. It's in development for PC and does not yet have a release window. Watch the reveal trailer above.
The setup is described as follows: "What begins in a cursed, god-forsaken place sinks into stranger depths below. Explore gothic interiors, caves, prisons, ritual spaces, and impossible places as the truth buried underneath starts to surface." Meanwhile, your roster of six heroes will each bring unique weapons, abilities, playstyles, and backstories to the table. Death...
Obsidian Entertainment is reportedly pulling the plug on a sequel to Avowed in favor of a new Fallout game.
Bloomberg reports that Obsidian has scrapped plans for Avowed 2 and other unannounced projects to focus on a new Fallout game, led by Josh Sawyer. Sawyer was reportedly working on a different RPG that was structurally similar to Fallout prior to this. He also served as lead designer and project director on Fallout: New Vegas, one of the most beloved games in the franchise. Bethesda, the studio that has overseen the Fallout franchise for nearly two decades, will work with Obsidian on the project.
A small group of staff will continue to work on Avowed 2 with the hopes of reviving the project later down the line. The news comes as...