New Xbox boss Asha Sharma is reportedly speeding up development on new The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Halo games as she prepares to hit the “reset” button on Microsoft’s gaming business. Now, Fallout fans are wondering what this means for new games in the post-apocalyptic franchise, while one former Fallout developer has cautioned against pumping out more big new Fallout games faster.
The…
Fragmentary Order: How the Creator of Escape From Tarkov Plans to Make the Most Realistic Sci-Fi Game Ever
July 2, 2026
Escape from Tarkov is the original first-person extraction shooter. While previous games had modes that extraction shooter fans would now find familiar, there can be no argument that the unashamedly hardcore Escape from Tarkov introduced the extraction mechanic to the wider…
Quantic Dream has insisted Star Wars Eclipse is on course despite studio layoffs and claims from striking staff that it could be canceled.
Last month, Quantic Dream canceled its live service game, Spellcasters Chronicles, just three months after its early access launch. The…
After Baldur’s Gate 3’s enormous success, Baldur’s Gate 4 feels like an inevitability. That’s how the entertainment industry normally works: if a product everyone loves makes hundreds of millions of dollars, it’s guaranteed a sequel. But I’m not sure that established thinking works when it comes to Baldur’s Gate 4.
First off, Larian itself moved on from Dungeons & Dragons to make…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a multiplayer game in possession of a passionate fanbase must be in want of a single-player game. So it is, and so it was, and so, I think, it ever will be. Enter Splatoon Raiders, a single-player (well, mostly…we’ll get there)…
Bloodborne running on PS5 at 120 FPS and super high resolution is finally a reality, but it has come from the work of a modder, not an official update or remaster from Sony.
The tech experts at Digital Foundry have confirmed a modder called Christina has developed a series…
Rockstar has just revealed the cover artwork for GTA 6, and announced that pre-orders for the long-awaited blockbuster will finally begin on June 25.
The game’s artwork was revealed this morning in a brief 30-second teaser video that’s now live on Rockstar’s YouTube channel, or you can watch it right below. To be clear, this is not the game’s next trailer — we’re still waiting for that…
Amid Concern Over Xbox Studio 'Bloodbath,' New Report Says Developers Are Being 'Punished Today for Following Orders'
June 19, 2026
A new report suggests Xbox layoffs will likely result in a “bloodbath” of job losses and studio closures, leaving developers “punished” simply for following Microsoft’s orders.
Word of Xbox staff redundancies and development studio shutdowns is now rife, following…
Microsoft Insists It Won’t Flip Flop on Exclusives as Fans Say They're Finding It Hard to Trust Xbox
June 18, 2026
Microsoft has insisted it will not “reverse course” on its recently announced plan to return to exclusive Xbox games, but fans say they are finding it hard to trust what the company says.
The trust issues stem from Microsoft’s announcement of Senua, the next game in…
Fans are celebrating the final update for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which they say finally fixes plot holes and gives the game a proper ending, as Ubisoft admits some elements of the base game missed the mark.
Black Tides, a set of new missions added for free yesterday, serves as the final story chapter for Shadows, Ubisoft’s feudal Japan-set game that launched last year to a mostly positive…
