The best new Game Pass game is a mecha farming sim about redemption

The studio's new title is a story-driven game with farming and base-building elements, where you pilot a robot to hunt bounties. The developers are all-in kind of eaters. And thank God they are, ...

Ports-a-plenty, a zen garden creator and other new indie games worth checking out

Thrasher is a very trippy-looking game from developer Puddle and publisher Creature Label. It seems like quite the wild ride ...
GosuGamers

BLAST Slam IV: MOUZ and HEROIC topple Spirit and Aurora to make Top 4

The opening match of the BLAST Slam IV Playoffs was an absolute spectacle. Two-time The International (TI) champions Team ...

Steam expert hails PC gaming "golden age" of rough-but-fun games that devs can make quickly and players love, from Peak to Megabonk: "Steam players want fun first"

For all the contraction and hardship in the games industry, Steam expert, indie dev, and marketing consultant Chris Zukowski reckons we've entered a new "golden age" of indie games and "most ...
Pocket Tactics

Pokémon Go teases the most versatile Dynamax catch in new video

Something big and fluffy is on the way to Pokémon Go soon, and it could change how you approach Max Battles for the ...
Pocket Tactics

Nintendo's best-selling console is about to change, as Switch sales continue to increase

The numbers are in, and the original Nintendo Switch is mere thousands of sales away from becoming the company's best-selling ...
CNET

Free Xbox Cloud Gaming With Ads Could Be an Alternative to Pricier Game Pass

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. A Microsoft official confirmed to The New York Times on Friday that it is conducting ...
HotHardware

15 Titles Tested In Xbox Ally X Full Screen Gaming: Game-Changer?

Along with the new device, the release of the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X also comes with a new full-screen gaming experience based on the revamped Xbox app. The machine boots into this "experience," which ...
Deadline.com

Wolf Games Pacts With NBCUniversal, Raises $9M In Funding

The Dick Wolf-backed generative entertainment firm Wolf Games has raised $9 million in Series A funding and formed a partnership with NBCUniversal. The funding round was led by Main Street Advisors.
Popular Mechanics

This Modern Day Game Boy Is the Best Device I’ve Found for Playing the Old-School Titles

I got a chance to play ModRetro’s Chromatic, a souped-up, backwards-compatible version of the Game Boy Color. The device captured the original luster of the Game Boy while implementing modern ...
PC Gamer

Former God of War exec says the blockbuster games industry needs to steer away from spectacle and focus on what matters: 'if it's not fun, it's not worth the investment'

Gaming Industry Larian publishing chief says mainstream game industry has a 'perverse attachment' to indie studios, because indies still know how to follow their gut Game Development Former Riot exec ...
TweakTown

Report: Generative AI is being heavily used to make new Halo games, including Halo CE Remake

TL;DR: Microsoft is leveraging generative AI extensively in developing two new Halo games launching in 2026: a Halo Combat Evolved remake with modern mechanics and a cross-platform multiplayer live ...