It's been so long since dino-survival sequel Ark 2 was unveiled, its preposterous Vin Diesel-starring CGI trailer almost feels like a dream. But developer Studio Wildcard remains adamant it's still happening, and it's paving the way for its arrival with a brand-new Ark: Survival Ascended expansion, Ark: Lost Colony, launching on 16th December.

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Oscar-winning animator and director Alberto Mielgo has hit back at accusations his cinematic short for Bungie's Marathon is AI-generated, insisting the production is "not AI", and was in fact the result of "155 incredible people and hell of hours, days, [and] months" of time.

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Usually, I'd start one of these retrospective things with a wiggly line transition to the past for a bit of the old nostalgia-tickling scene-setting. The trouble is, my one overriding memory of Skies of Arcadia is so powerful I can barely remember anything else about the game at all. I can't, for instance, recall where I was when I played it, or even when; and I'm certainly not going to be able to tell you what it was about in anything but the broadest strokes without a trip to Wikipedia. What I do know, though, is Sega's beloved RPG - set in a vibrant world of swashbuckling skybound pirates - was brilliant. And I can say this with absolute certainty.

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Yes Valve's new Steam Machine looks neat, and yes I'll almost certainly end up mulling over a purchase as my already creaking GPU continues ageing itself into irrelevancy, but - sorry Steam Frame, sorry Switch 2 - it's certainly not the gaming hardware I'm most excited about this year. Instead - and I realise countless eyebrows are about to shoot up in unison as I say what I'm going to say - the megaton news for me is that a new Steam controller is on the way.

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PokéPark Kanto, Japan's first-ever "permanent outdoor Pokémon attraction", will officially open its doors to visitors of Tokyo's Yomiuriland amusement park on 5th February 2026, with ticket applications starting soon.

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As The Witcher 4 continues its journey toward its massively anticipated release, it's been confirmed some key Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 development talent has made the jump to CD Projekt and Ciri's new adventure.

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Sony has whipped up its list of the most downloaded PlayStation Store titles for the month of October, and it turns out Japanese layers are really digging the adventures of Atsu in Ghost of Yōtei. Sucker Punch's epic samurai sequel is top of the PlayStation 5 download list in Japan, but it's relegated to second place in the west, where Battlefield 6 reigns supreme.

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When it comes to video games, I'm what you might call a one-and-done kind of guy. With a few rare exceptions (hi FromSoftware, and only then if five years have passed since my last playthrough), I never really feel the urge for a replay, no matter how fun I had the first time around. So it probably won't come as much of a surprise to hear the idea of New Game Plus - where you're pretty much compelled to dive back in straight away if you don't want to lose all that vital muscle memory - has never really appealed. Why do it again, when I could be doing something new? But finally it's happened; my forty year no-New-Game-Plus streak has been broken - all thanks to the clever narrative machinations of the excellent Silent Hill f.

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Hello and a happy new week to you all! If you don't know the drill already, this is the Weekly Digest, in which we recap the highlights you might have missed over the last seven busy days on Eurogamer - now shifted to Monday morning to give you something to peruse while your brain slowly cranks back into working gear after the weekend. This time around, Chris wonders if there's any danger GTA 6 might feel old hat by the time it eventually arrives following its latest delay; Ed investigates the billion dollar live-service question; Tom ponders Microsoft's rubbish new Xbox Game Pass advert; Alex revisits Lionhead's slighty forgotten classic The Movies as it turns 20, and a whole lot more. For the week's full recap, read on!

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Yes, I'm a Disney nerd. Or at least a Disney theme park nerd - ever since I was a nipper I've found the whole Imagineering thing, the way technology meets creativity to make magic, just endlessly fascinating. I also like video games! So you can imagine why Fortnite's new Disneyland Game Rush mode - pitched as a sort of interactive 70th anniversary celebration of the park and its most iconic attractions - immediately appealed. But after diving in for a few hours this week, hoping to come away buoyed by some Disney magic, I've once again found myself wondering who exactly the mega-machine of Fortnite, with its bafflingly conceived corporate collaborations, is for.

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In a wide-ranging interview conducted following this week's GTA 6 delay, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has admitted Borderlands 4's sales were "softer" than expected - blaming the dip on "challenges" with the heavily criticised PC release that Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford previously insisted had "few real issues", despite significant performance complaints.

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As part to today's big Pokémon blow-out, Nintendo has confirmed Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Mega Dimension DLC is launching for Switch and Switch 2 on 10th December. Additionally, a new side-mission is available today.

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Paradox Interactive? Here's a bloody paradox for you! I love the idea of grand strategy games, perhaps more than I can possibly convey. I've spent countless hours poring over screenshots of Europa Universalis 4, Crusader Kings 3, and Victoria 3, mesmerised by those evocative maps and enigmatic numbers. Where some might see drab undulations and a spreadsheet UI, I see tantalising potential; the chance to bend history to my whims with an iron fist, a clean codpiece, and twinkle in my eye. And yet - and yet - when it comes to actually playing the things, no matter how determined my resolve, I'm pretty much guaranteed to nod off within ten minutes of starting the tutorial.

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It's hard to believe Planet Zoo - still the best of developer Frontier's modern-day management sims - is six years old. But six it is, and today's birthday celebrations have brought major news, confirming a sequel is on the way.

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I might not be massively into Fortnite these days, but if there's one thing guaranteed to pique my interest in anything, it's a Disney Haunted Mansion crossover. So as someone who's been obsessed with the now five-and-a-half-decade-old theme park attraction since the age of three, it looks like a reinstall is on the cards. Epic has announced a "playful" new Fortnite experience celebrating Disneyland's 70th anniversary is launching 6th November.

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Just weeks after Japan rejected Nintendo's initial efforts to patent a variety of Pokémon-style monster capture and throwing mechanics - a patent that might prove critical in the company's ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Palworld - the US has taken the "rare" step of re-examining a previously granted Pokémon patent, believing it could be invalid.

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Dispatch, the acclaimed superhero workplace comedy from a group of former Telltale Games veterans, has sold over 1m copies in just 10 day - an impressive feat considering even the big players in the episodic narrative adventure genre have struggled to make much of an impact in recent years.

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Keanu Reeves has made no secret of wanting to return to the world of Cyberpunk following his role as Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077 - even though that could be a little tricky given events. However, series creator Mike Pondsmith is on the case, saying he's figured out "ways" to make it happen.

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Original Saints Row design director Chris Stockman has revealed he wants to revive the open-world crime series following the poorly recieved 2022 reboot, and claims publisher Embracer Group has reached out to hear more.

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Why, hello there! Perhaps you're here for another helping of conveniently digestible reading material to peruse over your weekend cornflakes? In that case, pull up a chair and settle in as we head for darker corners. This week, Eurogamer has been celebrating the spooky season with an informal gathering of horrors, from 19th century detective yarns to truly shocking revelations (that'll be Tom again).

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Turnips! Everywhere! As far as the eye can see! Well, not quite, but The Séance of Blake Manor certainly has a lot of them. This might seem like a strange place to start when talking about developer Spooky Doorway's brilliant new supernatural detective mystery, but it actually says quite a lot about what makes it so good. Here, a fun historical footnote - that jack-o'-lanterns were originally carved from turnips - is turned into a feature, as glowering turnip faces leer from shadowy corners and sit in ghoulish formation along the sweep of an imposing staircase. In the grand scheme of things, a minor detail - but it's also one that lends this spooky deductive yarn an air of historical authenticity that sells its supernatural premise so much harder.

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Amid Nintendo's ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Palworld, the company's initial efforts to patent a variety of Pokémon-style monster capture and throwing mechanics in Japan have been rejected.

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Four years after its last major update, Nintendo has announced it's reviving Animal Crossing: New Horizons early next year with a new Switch 2 Edition, a major content update for all players - including a new on-island Resort Hotel - and a special Lego collaboration. Additionally, it's bringing back the ability to play classic Nintendo titles in-game (a feature long-time fans have been hoping to see return for decades), but only for Switch Online subscribers.

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Amid reports Amazon has 'gutted' its video games division as part of 14,000 company wide job cuts earlier this week, one former developer has suggested its Lord of the Rings MMO has also been cancelled.

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Take-Two Interactive boss Strauss Zelnick has returned to the subject of AI, this time suggesting the controversial technology could never create anything like GTA 6 because "no creativity... can exist by definition in any AI model."

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Permit me to take you on a journey back to 1994. As I've mentioned before, it was the year my parents finally relented (after a whole lot of nagging about how vitally important Microsoft Encarta would undoubtedly be to my future career prospects) and the benevolent PC gods squatted upon our household to birth a 486 DX2/66 into the world. But of course it was never about Encarta. Within days, I'd developed an insatiable hunger for PC gaming mags, poring back and forth through increasingly dog-eared pages as a hitherto unimagined world of digital wonder presented itself. LucasArts' Sam & Max: Hit the Road was my inaugural purchase, slowly ballooning to include the likes of Theme Park, The 7th Guest, and Myst. But one game I never quite got around to playing was Simon the Sorcerer.

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Following Amazon's decision to cuts 14,000 jobs, a new report has claimed the company is "gutting" its video games division as part of the move.

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Stop Destroying Videogames - the European campaign inspired by the Stop Killing Games movement - says it's "confident" its petition will progress to the legislative phase now that 15 EU countries have successfully verified almost half of its 1.4m signatures between them.

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Just like that, the season of haunts is upon us once more. And what better way to get into the spirit of things - to whip yourself into a frenzy of ghoulish delights - than with a spot of spooky gaming, spent safely snuggled beneath thick winter blankets as the cold autumn nights close in? Sure, you could switch on a movie or stick a pumpkin on your head, but neither's quite the same as immersing yourself in a carefully crafted, deliciously malevolent digital world - lights off, sound cranked up, and a sallow face watching you unseen through the window.

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And here we are again; seven days older, seven days wiser, and if you were silly enough to watch that VHS tape, seven days to die. That means we're back with another Weekly Digest - in which we recap some of the highlights you might have missed over this busy week on Eurogamer. This time around, Tom was surprised how much he enjoyed Ninja Gaiden 4 despite being officially rubbish at video games; Connor dipped his toes into Arc Raiders and made some new friends (nothing to do with his toes); I embarked on a journey of relentless squirting for my PowerWash Simulator 2 review, and Bertie had a chat with DayZ creator Dean Hall about his successes and studio struggles. There's plenty more too, so for the full recap read on!

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Just when you thought the games news might be slowing as the year trundles toward its end, along comes the Galaxy Showcase with another sizeable helping of announcements, trailers, premieres, shadow drops, and more.

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Is there a sound more beautiful than the ding of a squirt well-squirted and a job well done? A baby's laugh, you might counter, or the chittering chorus of a brand-new day. But as someone who's put a good 92.7 hours into the original PowerWash Simulator, I feel confident saying that ding, and the Pavlovian pleasure it instills, is indeed the most glorious sound of all. And with the advent of PowerWash Simulator 2, it's time to do it - and ding it - once more.

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It's been a big old year for No Man's Sky, but developer Hello Games isn't done yet. Today brings space wreck salvaging and more to the exploratory space sim as part of its new Breach update.

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EA is shutting down The Sims Mobile after seven years, with servers going offline - and all content becoming unplayable - on 20th January next year.

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Phew! It barely feels like seven days have passed since last time, but here we are again with another Weekly Digest - in which we recap some of the highlights you might have missed over this past week on Eurogamer. And what a busy one it's been! Connor's been over in Paris for Evo France, reporting from the long-running fighting tournament's inaugural European event; Jim on the video team has been delving into the decade-long (and counting) development of the promising Elder Scrolls total conversion mod Skyblivion; Tom has had his hands all over the ROG Xbox Ally X, and we've had a load of reviews, from the surprisingly peppy Pokémon Legends: Z-A to Double Fine's sublime Keeper. For this week's full recap, read on!

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Part of me thinks I should tell you what happens a couple of hours into Keeper. And then how it continues to evolve, again and again, from there. These are such big, magical moments in Psychonauts developer Double Fine's latest adventure - a mesmerising trek through a mysterious world, with, perhaps, a touch of thatgamecompany's seminal Journey in its DNA - that slapping five stars on it without delving deeper almost feels like I'm doing my job wrong. But to hell with that. Instead, I'm going to do my best to preserve at least some of Keeper's secrets, so you might get to enjoy its remarkable sense of goggle-eyed wonder unsullied too.

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Nintendo has addressed recent server breach claims made by hacking group Crimson Collective, insisting no "development or business information" has been leaked from its servers, and that it's so far found no evidence any personal information has been compromised.

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It's still a little hard to believe Silksong is a thing that exists and is finally here - but here it most definitely is, and developer Team Cherry continues to finesse the experience, with its fourth patch now officially in public beta.

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Halloween season is well and truly upon us, and there's plenty of spookiness to be found in Sony newly unveiled October additions to its PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium catalogue, including developer Bloober's stellar Silent Hill 2 remake and the slightly less stellar remake of Until Dawn.

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Well that was certainly a week! As we might have mentioned previously - and hopefully it's not too gauche to say it again - we're pretty proud of our recently renewed focus on original reporting and features at Eurogamer, and it's getting to the point where we're struggling to give everything space to shine.

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I came late enough to the original Yooka-Laylee that, by the time I was acquainting myself with its titular lizard and bat protagonists, it felt like its more egregious launch issues - its much-criticised camera for one - had already been ironed out. I enjoyed it enough that I wasn't wholly convinced Yooka-Replaylee - a “remastered and enhanced” version of Playtonic's 2017 collectathon throwback - could do enough to warrant a return. But after a couple hours tootling around its overhauled worlds, I'm happy to be back, even if it does feel like some of its deliberate old-school charm has been lost along the way.

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There's a moment around Little Nightmares 3's midpoint when, following a tepid first half so safe it often feels like a tribute act, new series developer Supermassive finally seems to hit its stride. Slowly the hum of a mysterious subterranean void gives way to rain-lashed walkways as our diminutive protagonists brave the exterior of some vast, heaving machine. Then the reveal of the grand Carnevale, its sprawl of big top tents and twinkling lights, its parade of grotesque fairground thrill seekers, all perfectly framed. Little Nightmares 3's often slavish adherence to the past means it's burdened with far too much frustrating legacy faff, but even so, it's hard not to get lost in the spectacle of it all.

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In this, the year of unmitigated bullshit, a bit of a jolly holiday away from it all's probably what most of us could do with. So consider it fortuitous timing, then, that The Sims 4's latest expansion, Adventure Awaits, provides exactly that. Unfortunately, like holidays often do, it also comes with a bunch of screaming children. Boo.

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"Just think of it like a video game!", Consume Me's increasingly put-upon protagonist Jenny tells herself early on as she prepares to take the dieting plunge. The final year of school is approaching, adult life is looming, and if that wasn't enough, the words of her overbearing mother - how will she ever get a boyfriend if she doesn't lose some weight? - are lodged in her brain. It'd be enough to overwhelm anyone, let alone a teenager still trying to find her place in the world.

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With Call of Duty: Blacks Ops 7's 14th November release date looming and its early access beta just days away, Activision has aired a big old Call of Duty Next showcase, featuring - amid the enthusiastic shouting and endless "official partner" promotion - a heap of multiplayer news and gameplay, including a look at Warzone's new Resurgence map, and more.

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Ten seconds into Hotel Barcelona, you're watching an aerial shot tracking a car through the mountains, The Shining-style; a couple of minutes later, a gas station attendant is giving you an ominous warning about the campsite up ahead where a young baseball player drowned. Even the bar you eventually visit has nicked its décor wholesale from the Overlook Hotel. If nothing else, Deadly Premonition developer Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro's latest oddball endeavour - an action-roguelike created in collaboration with No More Heroes' Goichi "Suda51" Suda - is an endearing love letter to horror movies, even amid the jank.

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Well here we are again! Sony's returned with another PlayStation State of Play showcase, this one of an autumnal hue, meaning a fresh parade of announcements for things you'll be playing on your PS5 soon, soonish, and decidedly less soon.

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I didn't much like the original Dying Light, which came as a bit of a surprise given how entertaining the whole thing sounded on paper. Extreme violence and undead slaughter? Check! Ludicrous gravity defying parkour action? Here! Spooky night-time bits against powerful foes designed to properly ramp up the tension? You got it! A winning formula by any measure; it's just a shame it was all buried in a package that felt so joyless.

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I knew Town to City had ensnared me in its nefarious trap the moment it told me I could customise individual window boxes. Yes, this early access city builder is one of those games, seemingly aimed specifically at weirdos like me whose idea of bliss is hours spent in a serene reverie of fastidious path-laying and flower-planting, all in the name of aesthetic perfection. And if you count yourself in that number, Town to City might just be the ideal retreat as the cold autumnal nights draw in.

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Look Outside starts as it means to go on, hinting at a choice and then standing back smirking. The room's dark; strange light leaks through closed curtains, and a beady eye poking through a crack in the wall urges you to peek out the window. You don't have to do it; it's not a formal decision point as such, just a gently presented possibility - and you can practically hear developer Francis Coulombe cackling as your curiosity wins out and all your innards explode through your eye holes.

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Little Nightmares 3 has a demo! And if you were worried a new developer might mean big changes for the well-received horror series, this generous playable jaunt through ancient corners suggests - for better or worse - there's nothing to fear.

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Even without the cloying darkness and lumbering monsters, you get the impression Crow Country would be a pretty awful day out, what with its cramped thoroughfares and tatty décor, its frazzled animatronics and the kind of browning water features you can practically smell through the screen. It's certainly no Disneyland that's for sure, but there's no arguing this delightfully grim Atlanta theme park is a perfect horror setting.

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Going into No, I'm not a Human, I think I was expecting a quirky horror curio about identifying monsters in people-suits, which it sort of is - for a while. But slowly, it slips on a new face, and by the time things wrapped up several hours later in a smog of suffocating hopelessness and a smear of blood and bone, I was genuinely a little shellshocked by it all.

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Stop Destroying Videogames - the European campaign inspired by the Stop Killing Games movement - has shared a progress update as EU countries continue verifying petition signatures, saying it's preparing for the next stage, which will include "countering misinformation and industry lobbying".

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Hello and welcome to the first in an almost certainly occasional series of features we're tentatively calling The Big Question, in which, having failed to reach a decisive position on something we've enjoyed chattering about in the office this week, we present it to you, the EG community, for further interrogation.

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It's Mario birthday! The moustachioed maestro is 40 this weekend, and Nintendo is in a celebratory mood. Its latest Direct showcase was chock full of Mario stuff - from re-releases to a brand-new tennis game - but things didn't stop there. We also get a release date for Metroid Prime 4, a glimpse of a new Fire Emblem, and more. For the full rundown of everything revealed, read on.

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As part of it latest Direct showcase, Nintendo has had a bit of a Mario moment to celebrate the iconic plumber's 40th anniversary. Alongside other bits of moustache-adjacent news we got a very first look at the second Mario movie, officially titled The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

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Three years after Netflix announced it was turning Irrational Games' acclaimed underwater shooter BioShock into a live-action film, its producer has suggested its still some way off, confirming that work continues on its script.

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When developer and Itch Queer Games Bundle co-founder Taylor McCue awoke one morning in late July it was to panic online. Overnight and without warning, indie-focused storefront itch.io had indiscriminately de-indexed all titles tagged as NSFW from its browse and search pages, regardless of content or nature. Suddenly, thousands of games were far harder to discover on the platform, and less easily accessible to paying customers.

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Summer might be coming to an end, but The Sims 4 isn't quite done holidaying yet. Its new getaway themed Adventure Awaits expansion arrives for all platforms on 2nd October, and ahead of its release EA has shared a first gameplay trailer, providing a better idea of what's in store.

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"There was a big thing where Sony didn't like the game when we released it," Until Dawn creative director Will Byles recalls. "They really hated it in fact, and pulled all the marketing. It was really frustrating."

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As part of Sony's big Bond-themed PlayStation State of Play, developer IO Interactive has revealed 007: First Light will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC on 27th March next year. Additionally, the studio has unveiled a collector's edition with a price tag likely to leave you at least slightly shaken if not completely stirred.

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We've all heard the No Man's Sky story by now: controversial launch followed by, as commenters often put it, the greatest redemption arc in the history of gaming. Somewhat remarkably, developer Hello Games' exploratory space sim has now received almost forty major updates since its launch in 2016, all helping No Man's Sky turn its initial "Overwhelmingly Negative" rating into "Very Positive" on Steam. But earlier this week, shortly after the arrival of its Voyagers update, No Man's Sky hit another incredible milestone, reaching its highest Steam player count since its launch nine years ago.

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Space can be a lonely place, what with it being - as a wise man once famously put it - so vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big and all. Which is where No Man's Sky new Voyagers update comes in. Now, those long treks across the infinite expanse needn't be quite so lonely thanks to the introduction of multi-crew space ships you can build, pilot, and stroll around with friends.

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Our pal the Prince of Persia has been through a lot since his seminal debut in 1989, his form ever-shifting like, well, the sands of time. But throughout it all, from his eye-popping rotoscoped origins to his leap into the third dimension, and then, over the last few years, back into the side-on world again, there's one thing that's consistently defined the series' core: movement. Sure, old Prince was positively plodding compared to his later incarnations, but a sense of unparalleled fluidity has stayed true. I say all this, because The Rogue Prince of Persia, which has just had its 1.0 release on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, PlayStation Plus, and Game Pass after a year in Steam early access, still manages to feel like part of the series' nearly four-decade legacy, despite yet another reimagining of its form.

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If I had to make a list of the things in life I have absolutely no interest in, trucks would be pretty near the top. And yet, I am obsessed with developer SCS Software's Truck Simulator series of games. And so, following the news both American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2 are at long last making their way to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, I'm here to convince you their soothing expanses of endless virtual highway might also be for you, even if you don't know your backhaul from your bill of lading.

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If you've been reading Eurogamer for any length of time there's a good chance you've already seen me harp on about the shamefully overlooked Rusty Lake series. It's a wonderfully macabre thing; strange, haunting, often unexpectedly disturbing, but also brilliantly accessible, and cheap as chips too. I love it, and will never stop telling people about it in a bid to share that love, so here I am again now that new game Servant of the Lake has been revealed.

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John Carpenter's Halloween is the latest horror movie classic to get the multiplayer treatment, and it's coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC sometime in 2026.

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El Presidentes assemble! Tropico 7 - the latest entry in Kalypso Media's Caribbean-set city building sim - is official and heading to Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PC, and Game Pass next year.

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At this point, it's almost tradition that Gamescom Opening Night Live draws to a close with a collective sigh. Again I send my prayers to the stars that the OmniGeoff may one day concede - and this goes for the equally interminable likes of Summer Game Fest and The Game Awards - that shorter, more focused is always better. Imagine the sustained enthusiasm you could generate without all that flaccid, glassy eyed filler! And so in that spirit of relative brevity, here's a quick list of some of the slighty under-the-radar announcements from this year's show (and pre-show) that managed to get us quite excited.

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Ghost of Yōtei is almost upon us, and ahead of its 2nd October arrival, developer Sucker Punch has confirmed its highly anticipated sequel is getting its own co-op-focused Legends mode as free post-launch DLC next year.

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After a whole lot of waiting, the second season of Amazon Prime's acclaimed live-action Fallout adaptation finally has an air date. It hits the streaming service on 17th December, and the news is accompanied by a brand-new trailer offering some glimpses of what's in store, including a very familiar moustache.

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Just when the world needs him most, the caped crusader returns - albeit in tiny plastic form. Yes, the Lego Batman series is back in Legacy of the Dark Knight and it's coming to Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Switch 2, and PC next year.

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UPDATE 20/8/2025: 2K Games has confirmed recent reports of layoffs at BioShock 4 developer Cloud Chamber, sharing an internal memo with Eurogamer in which 2K president David Ismailer told staff the publisher would be "reducing the size of the development team" as it looks to "rework certain aspects" of the purportedly troubled project.

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Ahead of Helldivers 2's arrival on Xbox Series X/S next week, Arrowhead Game Studios has revealed a Halo-themed Legendary Warbond - featuring a range of familiar equipment - that's heading to PS5 and PC too.

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It's been a busy couple of week in Nintendo presentation land. First we had that third-party-focused partner showcase, then it was the turn of the indies, leaving everyone to speculate that a proper Direct showcase much surely be on the way. And, well, here we are, sort of. Today's 45-minute Direct is apparently focused exclusively on Switch 2's upcoming Kirby Air Riders - and if that appeals, here's where you'll be able to watch it unfold.

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I don't mind admitting it; this little write-up would have been published much sooner if I hadn't made the silly mistake of firing up Dorfromantik first to give my brain a bit of a refresher. And, honestly, I should have known better. This gem from Toukana Interactive is easily one of my favourite – and I might even go as far as to suggest best – strategic puzzlers from the last five years. It's also one of the most soothingly, hypnotically compelling, so as I prepare to alert you to its new arrival on Xbox and PlayStation, consider yourself warned.

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If the recent unstoppable wave of cosy sims has taught me anything, it's that my life would be infinitely more tolerable if only I dropped everything to start a life of aggressive vegetable upkeep deep in bucolic isolation. Yet despite all this pro-turnip (and weirdly low-key horny) propaganda, the idea's never particularly appealed. Tiny Bookshop, though, might finally have convinced me that the time is right: so farewell all; I'm packing up for a new adventure among musty, attic-abandoned boxes and salt-scented air.

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Civilization 7 didn't get off to a great start when it launched earlier this year, quickly becoming mired in complaints around its controversial gameplay choices, lack of features, and clumsy UI. But while developer Firaxis is still struggling to win over series fans - particularly on Steam, where its user reviews remain "mixed" - Take-Two Interactive boss Strauss Zelnick believes Civilization 7 is still on track to hit its lifetime "value" projections.

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We already knew Hideo Kojima's new Metal Gear-style Physint was still some considerable way off, but the acclaimed designer has now shed some further light on its progress, confirming it's still early enough in development that he's currently working on its "all by myself".

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Nintendo's wading into the baby and toddler market with a new toy, clothing, and "general goods" range it's pulling together under the My Mario banner. And there's even a toddler-friendly stop motion Mario series releasing to accompany the whole thing.

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Bithell Games, the studio behind the acclaimed likes of Thomas Was Alone, John Wick Hex, and Tron: Catalyst, has announced job cuts impacting the "majority" of its full-time employees.

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Retro fans rejoice! Raven Software's legendary (or at the very least, fondly remembered) fantasy FPS twosome Heretic and Hexen have risen from the grave and received the remaster treatment on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC, courtesy of retro specialists Nightdive.

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As the thrills of July make way for the spills of August, Amazon has refreshed its Prime Gaming offerings once more, this time bringing 13 titles to subscribers, including Civilization 3.

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ASUS' Xbox-branded ROG Ally - perhaps the closest we'll get to an official Xbox gaming handheld anytime soon, if recent reports are true - launches this October, says a reliable leaker.

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A mere seven days after its third-party-focused partner showcase, Nintendo has given indies a turn, detailing exactly what Switch and Switch 2 players can look forward to in between those bigger-budget releases. And while its latest Indie World Showcase was certainly a brisk affair, it still managed to pack a lot in, so if you missed it live - or simply want a refresher - here's everything featured this time around. And to avoid an overwhelming sense of crushing disappointment, I'm just going to tell you now: there wasn't even a whiff of Silksong.

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Sony's chief financial officer Lin Tao has admitted PlayStation's live-service strategy - which has seen a string of high-profile flops, delays, and cancellations after a bullish start back in 2022 - is "not entirely going smoothly". Tao has also confirmed Destiny developer Bungie's independence is to be reduced as it's folded into PlayStation Studios.

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After celebrating the launch of its digital library earlier this year, the preservation-focused Video Game History Foundation has expanded its publicly available collection with the full run of Computer Entertainer, described as "one of the first American video game magazines".

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You probably already know EA's about to hold a Battlefield 6 open beta so you can check out its multiplayer component ahead of release, and you probably also know EA's holding an open beta early access event so you can get stuck in even earlier. But you might not be aware there's another way to get an early access key if you missed out previously.

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RTA, Japan's biggest charity speedrunning event, has confirmed there'll be no Nintendo games present at this year's show due to Nintendo's strict rules around the use of its products.

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Silksong fans, prepare to ride the rollercoaster of delirious anticipation and potential crushing disappointment once more: Nintendo has announced another indie-focused showcase is happening this week, so could this finally be the day for that release date news?

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As Steam and Itch.io continued to grapple with recent pressure by payment processors to withdraw NSFW games from their platforms, Mastercard has moved to distance itself from the ensuing censorship controversy, insisting it has not "required restrictions of any" game. But Valve says otherwise, pointing to a Mastercard rule saying the company can refuse to process anything it believes 'reflects negatively' on its brand.

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It turns out there's more to Microsoft's 40th birthday celebrations for beloved UK studio Rare than just an ugly controller. Xbox has now outlined its full anniversary plans, which include an Evercade cartridge collection, a four-disc vinyl soundtrack, Sea of Thieves bits, and more.

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There's great news if you've been looking forward to smacking Captain America in the face. Guilty Gear developer Arc System Works has announced PlayStation 5 closed beta dates for its upcoming superhero tag team fighter Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls.

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Amid rumours of a potential delay for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Nintendo has reiterated the extremely long-awaited new entry in its beloved sci-fi series is still due to launch this year.

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Forget eight inches of Shadow the Hedgehog; forget 22 inches of Solid Snake (until you're alone at least), and behold the terrifying majesty of Grounded 2's 10-foot ant plushie/gaming chair hybrid, which Microsoft is currently giving away to promote its upcoming sequel.

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Sony has whipped out its wallet and snapped up precisely 2.5 percent of publisher Bandai Namco as part of a "strategic partnership" that primarily appears to be focused on expanding audiences within the realm of anime and manga.

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Itch.io, the digital distribution platform known for its focus on independent game developers and other artists, has "deindexed" all NSFW content following discussions with payment processors contacted by the same Australian pressure group that recently targeted Steam.

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Fresh Battlefield 6 details have emerged from a reliable leaker ahead of its big trailer reveal tomorrow, including word the latest instalment of EA's beleaguered shooter series is eyeing up an October release date and an €80 price tag on consoles.

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Microsoft has walked back on its previous decision to hike the price of its new first-party Xbox games up to $80 USD this 'holiday season', saying it's sticking to a lower price point "in line with current market conditions".

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