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Activision Blizzard is currently facing serious ongoing allegations of harassment and mistreatment of marginalized workers. To learn more, please visit our timeline as well as our in-depth report on the subject.Call of Duty is ramping up its anti-cheat effort in a big way when its...

Since its inception, Xbox Game Pass skeptics have wondered whether Microsoft's popular subscription program is too good to be true. With Xbox generally reluctant to share hard numbers, observers have speculated that the service is being treated as a loss leader in order to build up as many...

Xbox creator Seamus Blackley joins us for a special episode commemorating the 20th anniversary of Xbox. He shares stories from the early days of building the Xbox at Microsoft, discusses what he thinks of Xbox and the gaming industry now, and much more!Subscribe on any of your favorite...

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has discussed his regret around the original announcement of Halo Infinite as an Xbox Series X/S launch game, saying that his team should have been honest with itself about whether the game was ready to show off and release.Speaking to British GQ, Spencer looked back...

FromSoftware will let players try out Elden Ring for the first time in a series of closed network tests starting on November 12. Codes for the tests are making their way to people now, but some are already scalping their access codes on eBay for hundreds of dollars.As always, scalpers will...

The Gunk – a third-person sci-fi adventure with shades of Luigi's Mansion and Super Mario Sunshine – will come to Xbox and PC on December 16. The game will also launch into Xbox Game Pass.The release date was announced during today's Thunderful World event. Set on an alien world covered in...

Our Xbox crew spends a ton of time digging into the just-released masterpiece that is Forza Horizon 5, including why we love it, and we feel like it's finally getting its due as a series after all these years. Plus: we're less enthusiastic about Call of Duty: Vanguard, huge games like Diablo 4...

Sega recently filed new trademarks for a number of its franchises including one for a game called Sonic Frontiers, which may well be the name for Sonic's mysterious 2022 entry.As reported by Gematsu, the video games publisher filed a number of new trademarks last month, including a move to...

Game delays have become even more prevalent in 2021 — and it's not just because of COVID. With the pandemic (and other factors) still affecting how studios operate for the foreseeable future, that trend will likely continue throughout the year.To track the pandemic’s continued impact on game...

Konami has delayed the 1.0.0 update for eFootball from November 10 until Spring 2022 – effectively pushing back the launch of the full version of the game.Announced on the eFootball website, the developer says that it "concluded that more time is needed to deliver the product in the quality...

Note: This review covers the Zombies mode of Call of Duty: Vanguard. For our thoughts on the other two modes, check out our Call of Duty: Vanguard Single-Player Campaign review and our Call of Duty Vanguard Multiplayer review in progress.Call of Duty’s Zombies mode has circled around the axis...

Note: This review covers the single-player campaign of Call of Duty: Vanguard. For our thoughts on the other two modes, check our our Call of Duty: Vanguard Multiplayer review in progress and our Call of Duty: Vanguard Zombies review in progress.Call of Duty: Vanguard’s campaign starts off on...

After months and months of waiting, further complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Spider-Man is finally coming to Marvel's Avengers on November 30, exclusively for PlayStation players.Spider-Man is releasing as part of the Spider-Man: With Great Power Hero Event in Marvel's Avengers, which...

FromSoftware has released 15 minutes of new gameplay footage from Elden Ring, the studio's highly anticipated next game.The new gameplay can currently be watched over on YouTube and Twitch.The gameplay is comprised of multiple segments, each looking at Elden Ring's many fundamentals. While...

Sony is reportedly investing in Devolver Digital, the indie publisher behind the likes of Hotline Miami, Inscryption, and Death’s Door.According to a report from GamesIndustry.biz, Sony is set to make a 5% investment in the company. This follows the announcement that Devolver Digital has been...

FromSoftware has announced that 15 minutes of Elden Ring gameplay will be showcased tomorrow, November 4.The announcement was made on the Elden Ring Twitter page, with no details offered beyond a time: 3pm CET / 7am PDT. It will be available to view on Bandai Namco US' Twitch channel, as well...

Battlefield 2042 will be getting a 10-hour trial for members of EA Play, starting on November 12. This will also include Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members on consoles, alongside members of Game Pass PC, and EA Play Pro on PC.The game had a fairly interesting open beta, sparking a lot of debate...

Is id Software moving onto Quake after Doom? Job postings suggest that might be the case, and we discuss what we'd like to see out of what would be Xbox's next major exclusive first-person shooter. Plus: Miranda and Ryan tell you about their visit to 343 Industries to play Halo Infinite, Sega...

Activision Blizzard is currently facing serious ongoing allegations of harassment and mistreatment of marginalized workers. To learn more, please visit our timeline as well as our in-depth report on the subject.Blizzard is in the process of launching a player-led Community Council for World of...

New World, Amazon Game Studio’s first MMORPG, had a successful launch but the honeymoon period may be coming to an end as players are discovering some ridiculous bugs. Including one where players can inject HTML code directly into the game’s general chat and crash the game for unsuspecting...