Xbox confirms Series X will release in November but Halo has been delayed
Infinite will now release in 2021
The EU says it’s ‘aware’ of Xbox’s criticism of Apple blocking Game Pass
Microsoft and Facebook both criticised the App Store's policies this month
Microsoft document signals it’s ‘continuing to invest in new games studios’
SEC filing suggests Xbox Game Studios could yet expand further
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The Steam Game Festival returns in October
Digital event will again feature demos of unreleased games
Mediatonic would ‘love to release Fall Guys on other platforms’ in the future
But current focus is on PS4 and PC versions as first update adds new level
Only owners of Control’s £30 Ultimate Edition will get a free next-gen upgrade
Remedy confirms current owners are not included in upgrade promotion
Video games can help improve young people’s literacy, research suggests
Study also finds games helped children’s mental wellbeing during lockdown
The EU says it’s ‘aware’ of Xbox’s criticism of Apple blocking Game Pass
Microsoft and Facebook both criticised the App Store's policies this month
PS5’s DualSense controller could have 50% more battery capacity than DualShock 4
Unverified images point to 1560mA battery for Sony's next-gen controller
Capcom has joined the list of publishers ‘monitoring’ next-gen price increases
Take-Two recently set pricing at $70/£65, while others say they're monitoring industry trends
Capcom indicates it’s not surprised by Resident Evil 3’s sales decline
The remake has so far sold significantly lower than its predecessors
Microsoft document signals it’s ‘continuing to invest in new games studios’
SEC filing suggests Xbox Game Studios could yet expand further
Xbox Series X’s latest leak could point to a November 6 release date
Controller warranty and retail embargo point to potential console launch date
Shroud has returned to Twitch following an alleged ‘$10m’ Mixer payoff
Streamer returns to platform he left a year ago
Xbox confirms Series X will release in November but Halo has been delayed
Infinite will now release in 2021
New Modern Warfare and Warzone patches include weapon tuning and bug fixes
First patch available now, with a second one in development
Last of Us 2 is adding Grounded difficulty, Permadeath mode and a host of modifiers this week
Mirror World, Bullet Speed Mode, Infinite Crafting, One Shot kills and more
Hyper Scape Season 1 launches for consoles and PC
Ubisoft’s battle royale “built from the ground up to support content creators”
BioShock 4 will take place in ‘a new and fantastical world’, job listing suggests
Series looks set to move beyond Rapture and Columbia
Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty is coming to Nintendo Switch in October
2014 remake to release in physical and digital
Reviews
Review: Paper Mario: The Origami King
The series' latest light-RPG adventure has standout moments and familiar missteps
Review: Ghost of Tsushima has atmosphere and sharp combat, but too much filler
Sucker Punch’s Kurosawa homage forges its own identity, but is weighed down by the genre’s more perfunctory tropes
Review: Deadly Premonition 2 is a buggy mess, but fans will still love it
Swery’s sequel is just as absurdly compelling as the original
Review: The Last of Us 2 is Naughty Dog’s greatest game
The California studio shows off with a mesmerising, yet brutal sequel
Review: Disintegration is a decent stab at a new kind of sci-fi shooter
But Halo co-creator's FPS/RTS hybrid doesn’t quite stick the landing
Features & Interviews
Microsoft's Games Showcase was the strangest Xbox show yet
Microsoft delivered an event in which the new and shiny seemed less important than the familiar and established
Interview: 343 explains how it’s ‘rebooting’ Halo with Infinite
AI, cross-gen, weapons and more discussed
Interview: Paper Mario's development team lays it all out
Nintendo and Intelligent Systems discuss the making of The Origami King and the challenge of reinventing a decades-old series
Interview: Splash Damage partners with Google to launch new IP Outcasters
CEO Richard Jolly and product lead Lily Zhu discuss the studio's latest multiplayer game
Video: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the ultimate Viking fantasy
Drink, fight and love in Ubisoft's latest historic open-world game