Editor's Picks
Edge of Memories Is Still Coming Out, Even Though the Studio That Made It Doesn't Exist Anymore
Midgar Studio, the French developer behind Edge of Eternity and the upcoming Edge of Memories, was liquidated by a French court on July 20, and the game is still scheduled to release later this year anyway.
Geralt's Voice Actor Says AI Is "Robbing" Him, and He's Not the Only One Saying It
Doug Cockle, who's voiced Geralt of Rivia since the first Witcher game, says AI voice cloning is costing him actual income, and he's one of several video game voice actors saying some version of the same thing this year.
Meccha Chameleon Just Crossed 20 Million Copies Sold
Meccha Chameleon just crossed 20 million copies sold, two months after launch, and it's still pulling in a bigger daily crowd than most games ever will.
Helldivers 2 Joins PS Plus Extra Today, and the Rest of August's Lineup Comes With a Catch
Helldivers 2 lands on PS Plus Extra today, August 12, but the bigger wave of additions landing August 25 isn't actually available everywhere.
Rideshare "Stimulator's" Former Lead Writer Says She Was Replaced by ChatGPT
Stella Sacco found out Saber Interactive's new driving game had been announced the same way everyone else did, and she was its lead writer for most of a year.
Sony's Marvel's Wolverine PS5 Looks Great. You Might Not Need to Buy the Whole Thing.
Sony just revealed the full Marvel's Wolverine PS5 lineup, and the bundle isn't actually the only way in if you already own a console.
EA Sports FC 27's Open-World Mode The Grounds Leaks in Beta Footage
Beta footage of EA Sports FC 27's new open-world hub, The Grounds, surfaced online days after EA showed it off officially.
Battlefield 6 Rush Removal Gets a Player a 470-Hour Steam Refund
EA pulled Rush from Battlefield 6 matchmaking without a patch note, and Steam reportedly refunded one account 470 hours later anyway.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite's Cloud Version Is Gone From Switch, and Nintendo Isn't Offering Refunds
Aliens: Fireteam Elite just became the latest cloud-only Switch game to get switched off, and anyone who bought it is stuck without a refund.
China Rules That Gaming Account Use Rights Can Be Inherited
A Beijing court has ruled that the right to use a gaming account, not the account itself, can be inherited after death.
A Starfield Developer Just Said the 1,000 Planets Was the Wrong Call
A developer who spent years working on Starfield says he would have built the game's planets completely differently, and the reason he gives lines up with exactly what players have been complaining about since launch.
Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Is Becoming a Real Restaurant in 2027
American Dream Mall and Scott Cawthon's ScottGames just confirmed a permanent, real-life Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is opening in New Jersey in 2027, and this time it's not a seasonal haunted house.
id Software's Chris Hays Says Xbox "Fundamentally" Doesn't Understand Art
A 16-year id Software veteran spent a recent podcast appearance explaining exactly why he thinks Microsoft doesn't understand the business it just gutted, and Doom's own director publicly disagrees with him.
A Missing Underscore in a Skyrim-Inspired Username Put an Innocent Man in Prison for 18 Months
Brandon Klayme served 18 months in a Canadian prison because investigators requested the wrong Kik username by one underscore, and Nova Scotia's Attorney General is now asking how that happened.
Zelnick Calls GTA 6's $80 Price an "Incredible Bargain." Read the Fine Print.
Strauss Zelnick spent part of Take-Two's August 7 earnings call defending GTA 6's $80 price tag, and landed on calling it an incredible bargain.
Rockstar Isn't Ready to Talk About GTA Online Yet, and It Shows
Jason Schreier says Rockstar and Take-Two aren't planning to talk about GTA Online anytime soon, and he's careful to say that's not a leak, just an observation anyone paying attention to the marketing could make.
ByteDance Quit Gaming in 2023. It's Back, and AI Is the Whole Pitch.
ByteDance walked away from the video game business almost three years ago and sold off its last hit specifically to fund an AI push. Now it's back with a game whose entire pitch is how much generative AI is packed into it.
PlayStation Leads US Console Use, but Its Own Sales Numbers Are Falling
PlayStation tops a new survey of US console use with 46%, the same year its own shipment numbers took a sharp drop.
Zelnick Won't Talk About Sony's Disc Decision. He Just Made the Same Argument.
Take-Two's CEO spent Friday's earnings call declining to comment on Sony killing PlayStation discs, then explained why GTA 6 isn't getting one, using almost exactly the same logic.
That $1.39 Billion GTA VI Number Isn't What You Think
Take-Two's headline quarter is getting reported like it's a GTA VI preorder haul. It's actually the entire company's total, and GTA VI was only open for preorders five days of it.