With this year’s Awesome Games Done Quick and its impressive Elden Ring sax attacks officially over, preparations are well underway for Games Done Quick’s Frost Fatales charity speedrunning event and organisers have now revealed its full schedule in the run up to March. Read more

   Microsoft has reportedly made another round of layoffs, this time affecting a small number of employees spanning its security, experiences and devices, sales, and gaming divisions. Read more

   Hideki Kamiya has called out shitty leakers in the wake of Nintendo’s Switch reveal, stating they should be cursed . Read more

   Sony Pictures has released the first full trailer for its Until Dawn horror film. Read more

   Nintendo has reportedly set itself up with a supply chain network which will ultimately allow the company to sell in excess of m Switch units during the console’s first year on the market. Read more

   My first thought on seeing Switch was probably a lot like yours. Mumble mumble, continuity, familiarity mumble mumble. You were probably a lot more coherent than me, and my apologies for that. Read more

   Nintendo has finally lifted the lid on Switch and... well, it looks an awful lot like the Switch. But there are subtle differences, a few obvious new additions, and still some intriguing questions about the new hardware to be answered. Read more

   Guys, it is here. After what feels like days and days and daaaaays of page refreshes and thumb twiddling, Nintendo has finally lifted the lid perhaps not fully but some way off its much anticipated Switch successor. Read more

   As part of its highly anticipated and heavily leaked first look at Switch, Nintendo has shared another date for the calendar; the company has confirmed it’ll be sharing more information on its new console on nd April this year. Read more

   Nintendo’s just announced Switch will be available to play in London on April th to th. Read more

   Nintendo has finally revealed its forthcoming Switch console with gameplay of a new Mario Kart game. Read more

   After months of waiting and numerous social media posts about Donkey Kong, Nintendo has finally unveiled its highly anticipated Switch successor, now officially known as Switch . Let’s a go Read more

   Former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida has discussed why the company’s PS Vita handheld didn’t sell well, stating Sony didn’t have the resources to split between two platforms but originally it had similar capabilities to Nintendo’s Switch. Read more

   The Switch eShop is slow, outdated, stuffed with shovelware and needs a drastic overhaul in time for Switch . But if you don’t want to wait, there’s good news today Read more

   The recent deluge of Switch details will have left Nintendo really mad and prompted time consuming investigations into where information has leaked from. Read more

   It has been many years since we last heard anything about a new Bloodborne game, despite there clearly being demand for one. And I am not just talking about a brand new game under the Bloodborne banner. There hasn’t even been word of a remaster, despite several other PlayStation games such as The...

   Not to brag but I have a beanbag now. I bought it last week. What a treat to sink down into with a mobile game, and what an extra treat when that game is Skate City. Skate City is a lovely, deeply dreamy skating game built for touchscreens. Over on Apple Arcade it’s just had a new instalment, Skate...

   Just weeks after publicly releasing the Liberty City Preservation Project an ambitious mod adding a playable version of Grand Theft Auto ’s map to GTA its developers have confirmed the project is being taken down following conversations with Rockstar Games. Read more

   As Call of Duty: Black Ops readies for the release of Season on th January, developer Treyarch has shared initial details of Zombies mode’s next map, The Tomb which plunges players deep beneath the earth, down into ancient catacombs. Read more

   Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is the latest in a series of comebacks for DK, bringing the original Wii era adventure back for the Nintendo Switch as the platform sails into the sunset. It’s an interesting project too, as Nintendo handed the reigns to Forever Entertainment, who then rebuilt the...

   Stray Kite Studios, the indie developer co founded by BioShock lead designer Paul Hellquist, has unveiled its first original title fantasy themed real time tactics roguelite Wartorn, which is coming to PC early access at some point this spring . Read more

   Sony has announced its January PlayStation Plus line up for those of us on its Extra and Premium tiers. Read more

   Remote Raid Passes are now usable for the first time within Pokémon Go to take part in Shadow Raids, the game’s developer Niantic has announced. Read more

   GOG has joined the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects EFGAMP as it continues to push for game preservation. Read more

   PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida departed the company earlier this week after more than years. Today it’s been announced he’s landed his first ever video game voice role. Read more

   Chinese conglomerate Tencent and Ubisoft’s founding Guillemot family are reportedly considering a new venture using a foundation of Ubisoft assets. Read more

   Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater merch is releasing, even though we still don’t actually have a date for the game itself. Read more

   Nintendo is collaborating with Sea Life UK to tour an interactive, live Animal Crossing: New Horizons experience. Read more

   Donkey Kong Country Returns HD’s credits are missing the original game’s development staff. Read more

   Retro immersive sim Fortune’s Run has had its early access development paused due to its sole developer being sentenced to prison. Read more

   An attorney for Nintendo has discussed the company’s stance on emulation and what it considers to be illegal, according to Japanese law. Read more

   Bears, a recent TikTok video suggested to me, are friend coded. Why is that Honestly, they look so cuddly. We give stuffed fabric versions of them to children and share videos of them waving as we pass by in SUVs. Speaking of SUVs, we know that, like most animals on the planet, bears are having a...

   Rocksteady has released the final piece of content for its beleaguered live service game, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Read more

   NetEase has confirmed Marvel Rivals will receive a new hero every month and a half, but won’t be adding enforced roles. Read more

   This article is intended for viewers up to date with The Traitors UK, though does not reveal the identities of any players who have left the game. Read more

   Following the launch of last year’s well received Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars remaster, developer Revolution Software has teased a similar reforged treatment for the beloved point and click adventure’s sequel, Broken Sword : The Smoking Mirror. Read more

   Somewhat unbelievably, this February marks The Sims series’ th anniversary that’s a whole two and a half decades of yibs , neibs , and mysterious incidents involving suddenly ladder less swimming pools and EA is celebrating the occasion with a whole bunch of activities, including free...

   We already knew Baldur’s Gate players loved mods, thanks to developer Larian’s previous announcements on the matter, but it turns out Baldur’s Gate players really love mods with the studio now revealing over m mods have been downloaded for the acclaimed RPG. And what better way to...

   Sirens of the Deep, Netflix’s latest animated The Witcher movie which is perhaps most notable for the fact it’ll see Doug Cockle reprising his video game role as the gravelly voiced Geralt of Rivia now has a release date, and is streaming from th February. Read more

   Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, the ski based sequel to developer Megagon Industries’ acclaimed biking game Lonely Mountains: Downhill, now has a release date and is launching for Xbox, PC, and Game Pass next Tuesday, st January. Read more

   Frontier has detailed its update roadmap for Planet Coaster, with new features on the way from February until May. Read more

   Sony has released a video for its upcoming Until Dawn film, giving us our first tease at what horrors await those unsuspecting teens. Read more

   It feels strange to be seeing out the twilight months of the Switch with an HD remaster of a Wii game from years ago, but such is the position we find ourselves in with the launch of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. Originally made by the folks at Retro Studios and now remastered by prolific...

   In an alternate timeline, Starfield could have been a much gorier game than the one we actually got. Read more

   Pokémon TCG Pocket players have spotted references to the Game Boy games in the background of many cards. Read more

   The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has today had its soundtrack added to the Nintendo Music app. Read more

   Two new Sony patents have been spotted that would allow players to aim their DualSense like a gun, and use AI to predict player inputs. Read more

   UPDATE : Following Sony’s announcement yesterday, several PlayStation developers have announced their own donations which will support relief efforts in Los Angeles. Read more

   Back in , I brought Dynasty Warriors Vol. for the PSP to Show and Tell at school. Yes, I was that kid. It was a simple enough pitch. Behold, bemused classmates: a hack and slash power fantasy where you dominate rd century Chinese battles, cleaving a hundred soldiers with each swing. There...

   UPDATE : While Arrowhead CCO Johan Pilestedt doesn’t think the developer should be heavily involved in the upcoming Helldivers film adaptation, the studio’s CEO Shams Jorjani does have one idea. Read more