The Xbox Game Pass price cut is working, Asha Sharma reportedly tells staff, but "we will not solve this in one moment or one launch"

Microsoft's recent decision to cut the price of Xbox Game Pass seems to have done what it was designed to do and increase Game Pass subscriber activity. Read more

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Devs Used YouTube To Help Recreate North Korea

Yesterday, Infinity Ward and Activision announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. The game "drops players into trench warfare in Korea, close-quarters combat in New York, high-octane chases through Paris, SAS night raids in Mumbai, and city-wide assaults to reclaim occupied territory," as a war erupts in Korea.

Blizzard just dropped a game-changing Starcraft 2 update, a decade after its last expansion

I can't quite believe I'm writing this, but a new Starcraft 2 update has just fundamentally changed the game at its core. It's been more than ten years since Legacy of the Void wrapped up the main campaign, and while Blizzard has continued to sporadically support the RTS game with small tweaks to its co-op mode, it has...

Best Starting Class In Romestead

Romestead's starting professions set the tone for your first few hours, granting a small skill boost and a handful of starting items to help you get on your feet. If you're worried about locking yourself into the wrong choice, don't be — in the long run, every profession's advantages fade quickly.

The Handheld Gaming Boom Accidentally Priced Itself Out Of Being Handheld

Handheld gaming experienced an unprecedented boom with the launch of the Steam Deck in 2022. Gamers were suddenly looking at new ways to play some of their favorite games on the go and at home, with very little sacrifice beyond the initial cost of entry.

Tim Sweeney takes swipes at Valve for Steam Deck price hike, blames it on the 'component parts supply chain for megayachts'

The once budget handheld gaming PC, the Steam Deck, recently received an astronomical price hike, with Valve citing "global logistical challenges" (otherwise known as the global memory crisis) for this decision. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney soon weighed in on the matter, drawing attention to Gabe Newell's $500 million superyac...

Overwatch's general manager has ignited player hopes for an animated series after revealing that he 'would not rule out' other narrative experiences in the future

Overwatch fans have been dreaming of an official animated TV series for as long as I can remember. Sure there's plenty of stellar animated shorts, but with a narrative this good, fans want to appreciate it all in one cohesive project. But so far that's all it's been: A dream. Especially after word got out that Blizzard...

Plantation Simulator Removes Itself From Steam

Earlier this month, an overtly racist game about whipping black slaves on a colonial homestead launched on Steam called Plantation Simulator, and despite pushback from critics and players alike, Valve remained silent. Then, last week, developer FzzyBzzy released an update that swapped all the black slaves for white wom...

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Stop Killing Games-backed bill that'd bar publishers from switching off game servers without thinking of players passes California State Assembly vote

A Californian bill backed by the Stop Killing Games campaign, which would see publishers shutting down servers for online games forced to provide full refunds or a version of the game players can keep on playing independently of said servers as part of the process, has hopped another hurdle. It's passed a full vote in...