Future of Giant Bomb website in doubt following prominent staff departures
The brand will undergo a "strategic realignment" according to owner Fandom
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Amazon Prime Gaming’s 23 ‘free’ games for May include Lego Star Wars TCS and another free Xbox game
Amazon Prime subscribers can claim 23 free games this month to keep
Polygon has been sold to Valnet, with the majority of staff laid off
Valnet owns numerous other games media websites
This month’s Apple Arcade games include the latest from 2023 mobile GOTY winner What the Car
What the Clash is one of five new games arriving on the subscription service today
85% of US veterans who played video games on active duty say it helped to escape the stress of military life
A new survey finds that veterans used games to boost morale and strengthen camaraderie
Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles, with games set to hit $80 this year
Series X and Series S are going up by $100 and $80 respectively in the US
The first seven Leisure Suit Larry games are being delisted from Steam
It's been suggested that EA may be involved in the decision
Saber confirms it’s delisting Evil Dead: The Game but says it plans to keep the servers online
The game has been disappearing from various storefronts
Game preservationists say Switch 2 Game-Key Cards are ‘disheartening’ but inevitable
It's also argued that patches and updates mean physical carts become outdated anyway
Microsoft was the top publisher on the PlayStation Store by pre-orders in Q1 2025
Gaming revenue is up for Microsoft year-on-year but hardware revenue is down
Nintendo has changed its eShop charts in an apparent move to hide shovelware
Digital storefronts have done little to stop the large amount of shovelware being released
Top PlatinumGames designer quits studio, starts new game company
Takahisa Taura, who designed Nier Automata and Astral Chain, has officially left
Codemasters pauses iconic rally game development after over 25 years
Codemaster’s WRC partnership has ended
Epic offers olive branch to Apple, offers to bring Fortnite back to iOS, after court ruling
Apple has been ordered to stop charging commission on purchases outside apps