Far from being annoyed that people are focusing on how different the new James Bond game 007: First Light is from the Hitman games which preceded it, developer IO Interactive is actually "really happy" people are starting to appreciate the differences. Read more

Nintendo shocked the games industry last night with a sudden reveal of a new Star Fox game, a remake of Star Fox 64, coming exclusively to Switch 2. This surprise announcement comes off the back of Nintendo investors reportedly voicing concerns that the Switch 2 is "deeply unprofitable" due to the ongoing components crisis, resulting in a push for a price bump. Read more

We already know Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is going to be full of Easter eggs from across the series' 80+ year history, but I did not appreciate just how deep the developers over at TT Games were going to go. Read more

UPDATE 6pm: Microsoft's promised Xbox Game Dev Update showcase is now available for viewing, featuring roughly 85 minutes of - as its name suggests - developer-focused Xbox news, including the company's introduction to its next-gen console Project Helix, as presented at this year's GDC. Read more

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic might be the most exciting new Star Wars game on the horizon, and while we're not expecting it any time soon - though director Casey Hudson has promised it'll be out before 2030 - it appears newly founded developer Arcanaut Studios is bulking up fast. Read more

Star Fox (Physical Edition) $60 | Releases June 25 Preorder at Amazon ($50) View at other stores Preorder at Best Buy Preorder at Walmart ($50) Preorder at GameStop Star Fox (Digital Edition) $50 | Releases June 25 Preorder at Amazon After nearly a decade, Nintendo's Star Fox series is making a big comeback next month on Switch 2. Preorders are now live for Star Fox--a remake of the classic N64 game Star Fox 64--and it'll be available either as a $60 physical edition or a $50 digital version. It looks like Amazon and Walmart will have the best deal, as they're price-matching the physical editi

What're ya buyin'? As soon as you read or hear those words, you know exactly who I am talking about. It's the catchphrase spoken by Resident Evil 4's mysterious Merchant, who Leon can get weapons and upgrades from as he battles his way through the Las Plagas-riddled villagers. Read more

Next to nothing is known about the next BioShock game - which has been in development since at least 2019 - but developer Cloud Chamber is apparently still hard at work on it, and last summer's creative reshuffle led to former Diablo boss and Irrational Games veteran Rod Fergusson taking over as new studio head. Now, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has expressed both disappointment - and hope - when asked about the project. Read more

After three years, multiple expansions, and constant effort from bemused bovine believers, Diablo 4 players have seemingly completed the game's secret cow level. Read more

After a bit of a delay, Shovel Knight developer Yacht Club Games has announced its new - and "final" - release date for Mina the Hollower. Read more

At this evening's Xbox Presents, which was dedicated entirely to Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's Stranger Than Heaven, we finally learned when the anticipated action-RPG will launch. At the end of a 30-minute presentation diving into the game's story, combat systems, and characters, the developers revealed the title will be launching 'this winter'. Read more

At this evening's (or morning's, depending on how you look at things) Xbox Presents, we got a very in-depth look at Ryu Ga Gotoku's upcoming title, Stranger Than Heaven. The game, which takes place in five different eras of modern Japanese history - that's 1915, 1929, 1943, 1951 and 1965 - will follow the lifelong friendship of a pair of protagonists and examine how that friendship holds up in the rapidly changing context of the country's vast and complicated 20th Century. Read more

After his unexpected and much-discussed debut in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Fox 'Star Fox' McCloud also gets to appear in his own brand new Switch 2 game. Announced tonight during a very unexpected Nintendo Direct, we got our first look at the title, which is simply called Star Fox. It is based on the Nintendo 64 title, Star Fox 64, but with completely overhauled visuals and new character designs, too. Plenty of new cutscenes have been added, specifically in the form of pre-mission briefings to give us more context about the characters and the world. Read more

Despite the usual friction with a demanding core player base and recent layoffs, Battlefield 6 is trucking along fine and in a much better spot than Battlefield 2042 was at the same time during its life cycle. Next week, it's time for Season 3, and its gameplay trailer doubles down on BF4-era nostalgia. Read more

Marathon patch notes for its latest update have been released, and include a drastic reduction in grenade stack sizes, in a move to downplay the prevalence of grenade spam in the game. Read more

GTA 6 parent company Take-Two is estimated to have spent between $1bn and $1.5bn on Rockstar's upcoming game. Read more

Halo Infinite's road has been full of ups and downs, but in the end, enough players stuck around to warrant four years of active post-launch development. No more content updates were set to arrive after November 2025, yet the latest multiplayer Halo has just received a new patch which adds a PvE mode. Read more

Over the past few months, I have developed a taste for cryptic crosswords. Different to normal crosswords, these puzzles revolve around clues that are self-contained miniature riddles, of sorts, that prioritise wordplay and brain-teasing, rather than just giving you a direct definition to figure out. The problem is, I'm not very good at them. Understanding them is like understanding a different language, and until recently, I didn't know how to go about beginning to comprehend it. But now I do. My daily morning routine consists of making my coffee and opening up the fantastic Minute Cryptic ap

British comedian Matt Berry is voicing Bane in TT Games' upcoming release, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, and it sounds like he will be bringing an especially mischievous twist to the iconic DC villain. Read more

While 2023's Mortal Kombat 1 didn't impress critics and fans as much as the other modern entries in the series, it still proved highly successful for developer NetherRealm Studios and publisher Warner Bros. Games, with "8 million units sold and kounting". It's no surprise then to hear confirmation a new entry is in the works. Read more

The two Paranormasight games, The Seven Mysteries of Honjo and The Mermaid's Curse, are among the most celebrated horror visual novels in recent years. Though it might be shocking to many, Square Enix is behind their development and publishing, and now their main creative is thanking indies for their success. Read more

No, you weren't being silly. Pirate survival game Windrose really was making your SSD work way too hard. Read more

Protect the egg? Why not. Except the egg is a football, and this particular football is a playful and punishing presence. Keep the football alive - a football can die now? - and you'll get a great reward of some kind. Let the football perish and you'll have to forfeit more than you might be expecting. No wonder, really, that this singular opportunity for football ownership comes with a payment up-front. You're paid in advance for the privilege and terror of looking after that football. And remember: the football itself is probably an egg. What to do? Read more

Xbox's newly-appointed head Asha Sharma is sunsetting the company's Copilot initiative, which was once envisioned as an AI-driven "personal gaming sidekick", designed to offer real-time advice in games such as Minecraft. Read more

MindsEye's dismal launch - and the chaos surrounding its production and release - continues to be one of the games industry's most intriguing sagas in recent memory. The bad news seems far from over, though, as reports suggest around 170 employees have been laid off in the past week. Read more

Xbox's new CEO Asha Sharma has announced a major shake-up to the upper management of Microsoft's gaming division, bringing in several new staff into leadership roles. Many of them have come from AI-focused roles. Read more

Moon's haunted. We're living on the remains of a long-dead mausoleum, built to honour the bones of this city's previous avatars, clinging on to the hope that the moon won't eradicate every last bit of us. This particular moon belongs to the planet Amber, and our city is named for the deep subterranean spire that defines our core. Amberspire does not belong on the moon, but in this universe, it is locked in eternal war with the four horsemen of ecological warfare: rust, fog, water, and grass. Read more

A certain controller was released earlier this week, and within what felt like no time at all, it was totally out of stock. Yes, I am talking about the Steam Controller. It was there, and then just like that, it was gone, having been snapped up by eager patrons faster than you can say full steam ahead. Read more

I don't know how else to tell you this so I'm just going to come out and say it: the todgers in Conan Exiles have been updated, and they're bigger than they've ever been. There, you're welcome; games journalism at its finest. Read more

Resident Evil Requiem protagonist Grace Ashcroft seemed to be an instant hit with series fans following the game's launch back in February; so much so that when Nvidia unveiled an AI-powered DLSS 5 makeover for the character just a few weeks later, the pushback was strong and swift. And speaking to Eurogamer in the aftermath of that controversy, Requiem game director Koshi Nakanishi has said he sees the passionate response as positive, suggesting it means the development team got Grace's original design "right". Read more