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The Slime has come. Over the weekend, Square Enix announced a collaboration with Google which will see a generative AI-powered "companion" added to Dragon Quest X. As highlighted in an article by news outlet Sankei Shimbun (thanks, NintendoEverything), Google's Gemini will be integrated into the Japan-only MMORPG and power a conversational companion known as "Chatty Slimey". A beta test is planned for this new feature, which devs say is focused on newcomers to the 13-year-old online game who may...

From the devs of the excellent Duskers, Below the Crown is a glorious mix of chess blended with a dungeon crawler and the full release has been announced

If you're looking to up your game in the next Arc Raiders expedition, you need to prepare for it - but what do you need to know?

The Fallout Chicago demo promises a Windy City-themed expansion for New Vegas, adding new factions, player homes, and side quests galore.

Last year's monster-catching RPG Digimon Story: Time Stranger is getting itself a big expansion next year, and there's more news for Digimon fanatics as well.

Microsoft has locked in its second games showcase of the year. A Xbox Partner Preview stream will take place on March 26 at 1PM ET. It'll be available on the Xbox YouTube and Twitch channels. There'll be dedicated Twitch and YouTube streams with ASL interpretation, another featuring British Sign Language and one with audio descriptions in English on the main Xbox YouTube channel.  The YouTube stream will be in 4K at 60fps (other channels are limited to 1080p) and have subtitle support for nearly...

One missed from the other week is The 7th Guest Remake got announced, bringing the classic haunted mansion adventure into modern times

No cube this time, though.

Diablo-ish Minecraft spin-off Minecraft Dungeons has a sequel, and said sequel's coming out at some point in 2026. What's it about? Well, Mojang say, "all was well until it wasn't". Wait, lads, that's pretty much the setup for every sequel and arguably story humanity's ever produced. Aye, Mojang say, but the mild-mannered villagers are on fire, so you'd better get your diamond sword polished.

One of the most interesting smaller survival games coming out soon is Oceaneers, that blends colony building with island hopping adventuring

Retro Rewind's nostalgic video rental store sim gameplay has struck a chord with thousands of players, and the developer has revealed what's coming next, too.

Urgh! What's happening? The air feels dreadfully recycled all of a sudden. Food dissatisfies, music grates, punchlines flop like stunned seagulls - everything seems somehow overfamiliar. We have entered a Lull. There are few Big Games out this week - little in the way of Big Sequels or New IPs From Triple-A Veterans or other projects that make you say "oh! That one" - and the Maw is making up the shortfall by siphoning novelty from the building blocks of reality itself. To the pumps, colleagues,...

Apple is working on "the biggest set of iPhone revamps in the product's history," according to the latest word from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Specifically, he is referring to the long-rumored foldable iPhone, as well as an ambitious 20th-anniversary iPhone with a truly "edge-to-edge" design. In an in-depth profile of Apple's hardware engineering chief John Ternus, who is widely considered to be the leading candidate to become Apple's next CEO whenever Tim Cook steps down, Gurman said Ternus is "o...

The next Xbox Partner Preview showcase is set for this week, bringing new announcements for games like Stranger Than Heaven, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, and more.

Pearl Abyss's open-world RPG hit the Steam charts with a peak of just under 250k players, behind Slay the Spire 2 and Resident Evil Requiem

Apple considered launching a HomePod with a camera and additional sensors years before the upcoming "HomePad" device, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. In a detailed profile of Apple's hardware engineering chief John Ternus, Gurman revealed that Apple considered adding a camera and a more advanced array of sensors to the original ‌HomePod‌, which was announced in 2017. Ternus apparently believed that the additional capabilities would push up development costs and decided to cancel the features as...

Where did the astrophage come from? What happened to Earth? The novel has some answers for movie fans.

Fans have pored over a new Dragon’s Dogma 2 image, and believe that it might hint at a new expansion set in the northern mountains.

The highly anticipated sequel to Minecraft Dungeons is on the way this year. Additionally, Minecraft World will open in 2027.

Arrow Lake's redemption is here at last.

The dark horse of Arrow Lake: Ultra 7 class performance for an Ultra 3 class price tag.

Capcom says that while it's considering using generative AI for efficiency during production, it won't be including gen AI assets in its games.

Marathon has concluded its first weekend of Cryo Archive, thrusting its player base (and all their good gear) into a challenging new map to explore and conquer. With new activities comes new feedback, and Marathon's game director has acknowledged a few key requests that are up for discussion internally.

Packed with 24 cores and boasting a huge inter-die clock speed boost, the 270K Plus puts Intel back on the gaming CPU map in a big way.

Enter the world of survival horror. 22nd March 2026 marked the 30th anniversary of the Japanese launch of Resident Evil — or Biohazard — on PlayStation. To celebrate, we'll be publishing various articles this week focused on Capcom's quintessential survival horror series.30 years is a pretty long time for any game series. But while many — including the likes of Mario, Zelda, and Final Fantasy — make the onboarding process easy with largely self-contained entries, Resident Evil is a different bea...

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Apple last week hiked the prices of external hard drives sold through its online store and retail locations, as noted by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman said that Apple updated the pricing on several external drive offerings recently, and the increases are steep. For example, a SanDisk 4TB solid-state external drive that previously sold for around $500 now costs $1,200, while a 1TB model has jumped from $120 to $360. The price hikes are said to be indir...

The people crave looking after cats.

This could make Nova Lake a platform really worth investing in.

Here are all of the new Bee Garden codes that you can redeem for free fountains, spins, and charms.

Push the right slabs to open the gate.

"Getting games running smoothly is always a partnership between developers and hardware makers."

While the Tiny Takeover game drop update hasn't released yet, Mojang are already announcing the next big update to Minecraft called Chaos Cubed

Now this is a game I can sip my tea to.

Arc System Works and Executive Director Daisuke Ishiwatari are known for fighting games, and their upcoming game, Damon and Baby, is a huge shift. It’s an action-adventure game that’s defined by an overhead viewpoint, twin-stick shooter mechanics, a lighthearted, cartoonish art style, and a wry, satirical wit — a departure from series like Guilty Gear...