KEY TAKEAWAYS: No Man’s Sky Goes Full Pokémon as Nintendo’s Patent Dreams Stall Hello Games is at it again. In the new Xeno-Arena update, the studio behind the ultimate redemption story, No Man’s Sky, has introduced a creature-battling system. Players can now capture, train, and pit their procedurally generated alien fauna against each other in …
KEY TAKEAWAYS: It’s fair to say that Netflix’s move into video games has been less than smooth, given its lack of focus and losing several studios, but that hasn’t stopped it from branching out into TV show tie-ins and, now, an app focused on kids. While some child-friendly games already exist under the Netflix Games …
Weekly Roundup: Key Takeaways Lost GTA IV Content Found for $5 Car boots are a common thing in the UK, where anyone can set up a stall and sell whatever they want. It’s at one of these, in Edinborough, that a lucky individual known only as “janmatant” bought an Xbox 360 for the equivalent of …
Shift Up has confirmed the full acquisition of Unbound, the Tokyo-based studio led by Shinji Mikami. The deal includes full ownership and publishing rights, giving Shift Up direct control over the studio’s upcoming projects across console and PC. Shift Up first rose to popularity with Goddess of Victory: Nikke in 2022, before stepping into the …
The Arknights April 2026 update is set to introduce the return of the Icebreaker Games alongside the highly anticipated SilverAsh Alter banner, marking one of the most important content drops of the year so far. With a renewed focus on real-time cooperative gameplay and a limited operator expected to influence the meta, this update is …
Or maybe “AI-sores”, right? ANYWAY. It’s Friday once again, so here’s what video game industry news you need to know if you don’t know what news you need to know. Fortnite Loses Devs, Industry Responds The news has been dominated this week by Epic Games laying-off over 1,000 Fortnite devs, for two reasons: 1. This …
GRIDbeat! is the second original title from Ridiculous Games and part of the starting roster from resurrected publisher Acclaim. It’s a rhythm action game with a neon 90s aesthetic and pounding synthwave score, plus a decent variety of enemies and tricks up its digital sleeve. It’s also punishingly hard. It’s available now on Nintendo Switch …
After nearly a decade of living its best life on PC and mobile, Albion Online is finally making the jump to Xbox Series X and S on April 21. Developer Sandbox Interactive confirmed the long awaited console debut, bringing its sandbox MMORPG to a whole new audience without splitting the player base or watering anything …
Epic Games, the company founded and run by Tim Sweeney that’s behind the Epic Game Store, Unreal Engine, and Fortnite, announced today that it’s laying off over 1,000 staff. Sweeney posted a message on the Epic website citing the “downturn” in Fortnite since last year as being the primary reason. People have been quick to …
A new, irregular, feature with the worst acronym you’ve ever seen in your life, WAMPTA also shirks correct punctuation as it asks, “Why aren’t more people talking about [specific game], implied question mark.” Basically, here’s a game that I’m playing right now that either did well but isn’t being talked about any more, or it …
How was your week? There’s been a good variety of happenings in the industry since Monday, so let’s dive straight in and see what’s what. NVIDIA ACCUSED OF AI SLOP NVIDIA rolling out regular tech updates for games isn’t normally that exciting, as it’s been iterating upon its various DLSS and RTX architecture for a …
Limited Run Games is one of the better-known companies dealing in physical media for new and old games, but it’s arguably drawn more attention over the last year for its production mistakes and treatment of customers. Now, the company has new leadership that promises a “fan-first focus.” Co-founder and former CEO Josh Fairhurst announced last …
Marathon, the new PvPvE shooter from Bungie, released on March 5 on all major platforms and has its work cut out for it to stand out from the rest of the live shooter crowd. One way it’s doing this is via an ARG (alternate reality game), which tasks players with deciphering in-game clues to unlock …
Another Friday the 13th, another round of bad luck in the video game industry. But it’s not all doom and gloom, as you’ll see from this week’s roundup. Nacon Summons Cthulhu Nacon, the French company behind video game peripherals as well as games, started this month off by filing for insolvency. After the company’s majority …
Palmer Luckey, the creator of Oculus VR, now makes AI weapons for the US under his startup, Anduril. However, he’s recently turned his attention back to video games as he’s after around $1 billion in funding so he can funnel it into retro gaming. The funding is for ModRetro, a company Luckey founded in 2024. …
