Assassin's Creed Shadows' final update adds one last story mission and a wearable Black Flag Resynced advert

Mostly decent open-world ninja sim Assassin’s Creed Shadows is getting its last big update today, as Ubisoft begin the process of shooing players away from the year-old RPG and towards the gleaming, nipple-adding newness of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced. The Shadows patch even includes an unlockable...

Autonomous ErgoChair Ultra 2 review

If the thought of buying an office chair from an AI-focused company is giving you pause for concern, then let me allay those fears now. The Autonomous ErgoChair Ultra 2 is a good chair that's well-built, comfortable, and genuinely fine to use for a full day of work, followed by a night of gaming. It's not perfect, and...

Baldur's Gate 3 Was Pitched By Beamdog In 2016

Baldur's Gate fans were left waiting years for a sequel. The first two games launched in 1998 and 2000 respectively, and were made by BioWare, long before it would be best known for Dragon Age and Mass Effect.

Destiny 2 comes full circle as players honour the tradition of pushing bosses to their deaths—this time by becoming a porcupine and smacking them with a void football

Destiny 2's sun is setting, and it's perhaps fitting that one of the oldest traditions of the franchise—that is, pushing bosses to their doom—is happening once again. Except this time, they're becoming porcupines holding void light footballs which smacks bosses so hard they fall to their deaths.🚨 SOLO 1-min Pantheon F...

Aphelion and Life is Strange developer Don't Nod in trouble as it struggles to secure funding for its next project

Don't Nod, the French studio behind Life is Strange 1 & 2, Lost Records, Jusant, and more recently Aphelion, could soon run out of money. The developer and publisher revealed in a new financial report that its cash reserves may be depleted by November. Read more

One Piece: 9 Strongest Unconfirmed Grade Weapons, Ranked

In the One Piece franchise, many of the most powerful characters owe their strength to proficiency with an armament of some kind, which usually takes the form of a sword. Due to their skill with these weapons and mastery of Haki, these characters are often remembered as powerful figures who were unparalleled in One Pie...

Psychonauts dev Double Fine responds to reports that Microsoft is shutting down the studio amid Xbox cuts

Double Fine Productions, the creator of games like Psychonauts and Kiln, is reportedly one of three studios earmarked for closure by Microsoft as it looks to cut costs in its Xbox business. While no official announcements have been made just yet, Double Fine's BlueSky account reacted to the reports, giving us a look in...

Social media is awful but the UK under-16 ban won't solve anything: 'Instead of punishing children, the government needs to target the source'

Following in the footsteps of our friends in Australia, the British government is getting ready to ban under-16s from accessing social media—specifically Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X and Facebook. The ban is expected to be enforced by spring 2027. "Social media is making children unhappy, it’s making it easi...

Xbox Game Pass Adds New Day-One Game About Turning Trash Into Treasure

Xbox Game Pass subscribers have another day-one release to check out, this time in the form of Stormcloud Games’ 3D action platformer Junkster. Microsoft’s subscription service continues to add a steady stream of new titles across Xbox consoles, PC, cloud, and handheld devices, with members gaining access to everything...

Sonic Statue Containing The Hedgehog's "DNA" Officially Reveald By Sega

Sonic turns 35 this year, and Sega has been doing some pretty odd stuff to mark the occasion, which, to be fair, is pretty in keeping with the Sonic brand. However, creating a statue and claiming it contains the real-life DNA of the world's most famous hedgehog is a new level of Sonic-weird that even I'm not familiar w...

38-0 is the second amateur-made football drafting game to break into the UK App Store top ten

  The craze for football drafting games has now produced two amateur-made App Store hits. 38-0 is a football drafting game made in days by a hobbyist that has entered the top end of the UK App Store games charts – just like 38-0-0. Creator Josh Pavey told us that with no marketing or PR support the game has passed...

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