You wake up in a crappy flat. Ugh. Time to see what's in the cupboards for breakfast. No cereal. Great. Then, a cacophonous banging at the door. "yOu hAvEn'T fEd mE!" Oh, bollocks. You check your pockets. There's not enough scrap in them to cover your daily rent. Gulp. Bye bye possessions. This, from the sounds of it, is about to become a common experience in Rust, with the survival game's latest update adding in rentable apartments and shops.
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What a throwback.
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The last remaining factory where Sony makes its physical discs is already being repurposed, just days after the company announced it was ceasing physical game production.
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Former PlayStation Worldwide Studios leader and Sony veteran of 32 years, Shawn Layden, has described Sony's surprise decision to end production of game discs as "fairly dramatic". In an interview with me he called it a "spreadsheet" decision, outlined how he didn't think second-hand sales were a deciding factor in it, and explained why Sony had always wrestled with this exact decision in the past.
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Hello! Eurogamer's latest week of features celebrating the intersection of queer culture and gaming concludes today as Caelyn Ellis looks to a future where mainstream games might tell different kinds of lesbian stories. And if you've enjoyed this, our seventh Pride Week, there's plenty more to discover from previous years on our Pride Week hub.
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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is set to finish the story that started all the way back in 2020 with the original Final Fantasy 7 Remake. But that ending may not be as definitive as you might have expected.
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Valve have officially tested Halo: Campaign Evolved ahead of the July 28th release, marking it Steam Deck Verified / SteamOS Compatible
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Director Pierre Coffin talks about returning to direct Minions & Monsters and making it into a movie for film buffs
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Blizzard broke Diablo IV on Linux / SteamOS machines with the Season 14 update, but Valve have now fixed it themselves in Proton Hotfix
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While Valve will not be making and providing their own e-ink display for the Steam Machine, they have opened it up so anyone can now do it
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Tesla has started taking orders for the Model Y Long Wheelbase in the US and Puerto Rico.
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Linux / SteamOS gaming continues to level up with a Proton Experimental update to get more Windows games working well on Steam Deck, Steam Machine and others
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The reboot of Jumanji starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Jack Black are way better than the Robin Williams original
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Circana's Mat Piscatella says "Nintendo is going to be Nintendo". Sony's announcement this week it would end PlayStation disc-based releases by 2028 has unsurprisingly raised questions about the future of physical games media on other console platforms. If you are wondering about Nintendo's position in this space, Circana senior director and video game industry advisor Mat Piscatella (who tracks hardware and software sales data in the US market) shared his thoughts with VGC about what to potenti...
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Earlier this year, three YouTube channels sued Apple, alleging that the company violated the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by unlawfully accessing and scraping millions of copyrighted YouTube videos to train its AI models. In a class action lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in April, the owners of the YouTube channels h3h3Productions, MrShortGame Golf, and Golfholics allege that Apple "deliberately circumvented" YouTube's protection...
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Lucasfilm has released the new trailer for its The Ninth Jedi series, which continues Kara story in a gripping exploration of light and dark.
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Lucasfilm has released the new trailer for its The Ninth Jedi series, which continues Kara story in a gripping exploration of light and dark.
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The retro-anime adventure launches this September. This week, Sony surprised the gaming space when it announced PlayStation's disc-based physical releases would end by 2028. It has ignited all sorts of discussions about the future of physical media in the gaming space, and it's also resulted in some developers taking this opportunity to promote hard copies of their own products and upcoming releases.
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Nearly a year ago, Apple filed a lawsuit against YouTuber Jon Prosser and Michael Ramacciotti over alleged theft of the company's trade secrets. Apple alleged that the duo coordinated to break into former Apple software engineer Ethan Lipnik's development iPhone, in order to access and profit off details about "iOS 19," which ended up being called iOS 26. Prosser is the host of the popular YouTube channel Front Page Tech, and Ramacciotti was his acquaintance. Last year, Prosser shared YouTube vi...
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Placeholders or something more? New information about the third and final part in Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy has potentially surfaced. Listings on the Epic Store (tracked by the third-party tool EpicDB) reference nine separate DLC, a story expansion pass, premium editions of the game and pre-order bonuses:
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Examine these cropped screenshots bit by bit.
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Splashing news. Ahead of the launch of Splatoon Raiders on the Switch 2 later this month, an in-store demo for the game has gone live. If you happen to be located in the US or Canada, and are near a Best Buy, Walmart, Target or GameStop, you'll be able to go hands-on with the new single-player experience before it's even released.
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NetEase went whole hog with Cap's new Marvel Rivals swimsuit skin.
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The post Enter The Pit: XBOX Insiders Can Play Pit of Goblin Today! appeared first on XBOX Wire.
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Pocket is listed in app stores but seemingly unavailable in the US.
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Announced at 2026 Anime Expo, the Avatar: the Last Airbender successor got great news for fans of the recently wrapped season 1
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Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand is coming later this month.
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There's still worldbuilding, and a setting entirely separate from that of Mouthwashing.
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The Season of Death Awakening could've been so much more.
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Here’s what to expect from Mushoku Tensei season 3, which starts airing on July 5th on Crunchyroll.
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Here’s what to expect from Mushuko Tensei season 3, which starts airing on July 5th on Crunchyroll.
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The hosting platform wants sites to have more control over how AI companies use their content.
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"Mouthwashing isn't better if it's eight hours. Probably."
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Crikey, remember Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League? That sure was a mess. It was a public mess too, one where there were seemingly some attempts to save the game, but none that could have shifted it away from its inherent flaws. But for the game's co-director Axel Rydby and associate design director Johnny Armstrong, the behind the scenes events were enough to almost turn them off from the games industry entirely.
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