Take Care of My Heifer

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Connor is expertly trolled by his friend and shares a controversial take on a game some people will love; Chris revisits an all-timer while remembering a time when it didn't seem so; and Bertie ruins a game for himself. Read more

In a grim week for the games industry where Microsoft laid off 1,600 people (with 1,600 further job cuts hanging over the heads of Xbox employees) one decision stood out as especially egregious. Id Software, developer of Doom and Quake, was forced to lay off 136 people – more than half of its workforce. Read more

Meccha Chameleon's community maps had an exploit that let hackers take over players' PCs via a Remote Access Trojan virus.

Paramount Pictures and Activision have confirmed the upcoming Call of Duty movie will take place in its long-running Modern Warfare universe.