#video-games

#video-games

Over the past 24 months, Ubisoft has undertaken company-wide actions to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs. We are committed to supporting all impacted team members during this transition with resources, including comprehensive severance packages and additional career assistance.

I feel I'm finally getting established enough that we can make a Mistborn game happen. ... This is at Step One only, but it's an encouraging One.

A common response to negative reviews, no matter the subject, goes something like this: 'Well, what would you do to fix this?' Normally, I would answer this with some kind of rude joke about how the purpose of criticism is not to tell you how to fix your sink, or capitalism. I leave that work to the YouTubers. But this time, I'll make an exception. I will tell you what I am doing to fix all this. The answer is: Nothing.

The story presented the Federationa fictional alliance of South American countries whose capital was Caracasas a military superpower that becomes the main enemy of the United States. At the time, this narrative choice sparked considerable controversy in Venezuela, where the newly elected president, Nicolas Maduro, considered that the game was associating his country with a global military threat and symbolically positioning it as an antagonist.

The Lego Group is set to host its very first press conference at CES 2026 but exactly what it plans to unveil is still under wraps. The iconic toy brick maker has offered no clues about what's on the agenda, leaving speculation wide open, from new video games to Formula 1 race cars. Here's how you can watch Lego's presentation at CES, along with what we think the company could reveal.

Three generations have grown up with video games since home consoles with swappable game cartridges were first released in the mid-1970s. These systems brought versions of popular arcade games, such as Space Invaders and Pac-Man, into people's living rooms. At about the same time, tabletop fantasy role-playing games, such as Dungeons & Dragons, made their appearance. This fantasy genre would also lead to the development of card-based games, such as Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon.

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What I think is kind of baked into doing an origin story for a character like James Bond, is that everyone knows the character and who he's going to become,

All of them. All the parts? Yeah. It's hard to separate parts. We all just want it to be a good game. My official role is consultant, so anytime they show me anything, I'll give them my honest opinion and try to improve it as much as I can. I'm just dabbling in all of it. Mostly, obviously, I did most of the writing.

I'd been in full production mode every single day from the very start of each project to the very end, for 20 years. I stayed so long because I loved the games. It was a real privilege to be there, but it was probably the right time to leave. I turned 45 just after Red Dead 2 came out. I thought, well, it's probably a good time to try working on some other stuff.

Ah, the '80s - a time when blowing into Nintendo cartridges like it was a life-saving ritual was a regular occurrence, Saturday mornings belonged to cartoons, and the biggest flex was having the perfect Trapper Keeper. If you ever got frustrated trying to solve a Rubik's Cube or begged your parents for a neon Lisa Frank folder, this one's for you. Take the poll below and tell us just how deep your '80s kid cred really goes!

Bluey embodies the talent, heart and character of Australia's creative industries. But unfortunately, until now, the beloved franchise's video games had a track record spottier than her friend Chloe the dalmatian. Some parents treated Budge Studios' 2023 mobile game Bluey: Let's Play! with caution, with its $9.99 monthly subscription and persistent adverts for Budge's other licensed games. Later that same year, Artax Games' Bluey: The Videogame was widely criticised on release for its barely two-hour run time, technical problems and $60 price tag.

Gamers, this is our Oscars. While, unfortunately, the 2025 Game Awards has nothing to do with the Movie Fantasy League, it is still a welcome addition to awards season as a whole. Everyone needs a video game break! Just because the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles was all about video games, it doesn't mean Hollywood wasn't in attendance. JJ Abrams, Gabriel Luna, and Jeffrey Wright were some of the stars presenting and accepting awards, and of course, Miss Piggy is going to more than flirt with host Geoff Keighley as she teased her later appearance in the show. Where's Kermit?!

Clair Obscur, the first game from small studio Sandfall Interactive, tells the story of a group of characters battling seemingly impossible odds in a post-apocalyptic universe with a distinctively French visual style. It has been nominated in a record number of categories and will square up against heavyweights like Death Stranding 2 from industry legend Hideo Kojima of Metal Gear Solid fame, or Nintendo's Donkey Kong Bananza starring the eponymous gorilla.

King of Meat developer Glowmade will layoff "around a dozen people" early next year, according to a new report from Insider Gaming. These "voluntary redundancies" come just two months after the multiplayer party game hit Steam and after it reportedly failed to hit an ambitious 100,000 concurrent player target. King of Meat peaked at just 320 people on PC instead.

Below, we examine how it carried the torch of the classic films to create the best new piece of Indy fiction in decades. Indiana Jones is one of the most revered blockbuster stories of the 1980s. Spielberg and Lucas' work on the original trilogy stands alongside Jaws and Star Wars as timeless classics that are worth revisiting regularly. The more recent entries--the Crystal Skull and the Dial of Destiny--do little to live up to the standard that the first three set.

It's the first Friday of December, which means we're one step closer to the Winter holidays - whatever and however you celebrate, something tells me video games are involved, along with some relaxation, good food, great friends and family, and maybe some more video games. As the year begins to wind down, our backlogs are looking a bit more manageable and I wager I'll look at mine, download multiple games, and touch roughly none of them this month.

On 25 November, award-winning Italian developer Santa Ragione, responsible for acclaimed titles such as MirrorMoon EP and Saturnalia, revealed that its latest project, Horses, had been banned from Steam - the largest digital store for PC games. A week later, another popular storefront, Epic Games Store, also pulled Horses, right before its 2 December launch date. The game was also briefly removed from the Humble Store, but was reinstated a day later.

Marvel Cosmic Invasion, the comic company's new homage to its classic beat 'em up video games of the past, features the surprising inclusion of a lesser-known queer character. A 90-second trailer dropped alongside the game itself on Monday (1 December), offering fans a frantic first look at what's in store for gamers. Developed by Tribute Games, Marvel Cosmic Invasion sees 15 Marvel superheroes traverse a plethora of locations from the comics as they attempt to thwart an oncoming invasion by the interdimensional insectoid Annihilus.

Every year when we look back at all the games that dropped, trends reveal themselves. For 2025, you might boil it down to a year of innovation. Yes, there were many big, anticipated games that overdelivered. But, from Donkey Kong Bonanza to Death Stranding 2, no two looked alike. The further you go, the more creativity you see. From a co-op storytelling game like no other in Split Fiction to the mysterious and completely unique puzzlers in Blue Prince .

A report from Adobe Analytics said video games and consoles are expected to be among the "key drivers of holiday spending" this year in the US, with seven products overall singled out. Ranked in no particular order, the top seven most sought-after gaming items for Holiday 2025 are: Nintendo Switch 2 PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X Donkey Kong Bananza Madden NFL 26 NBA 2K26 Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

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The Berlin Apartment, a novel new video game, is initially set in 2020. The German capital was in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and few people walked the streets and cafes and restaurants were closed. The game, created by the Berlin-based indie video game studio Blue Backpack, begins with second-grader Dilara as she accompanies her father, Malik, to work since schools are closed.

I pounced on the Nintendo Switch 2 when it came out earlier this year because I wanted something that felt familiar while living abroad. I've been a digital nomad for nearly ten years and currently live in Bangkok, Thailand, nearly 8,500 miles away from my six children and two grandchildren. The Switch 2 lets me play the latest games with my kids, which I love to do, even when the time change makes schedules wonky.

Even when a video game is inspired by an existing sci-fi movie or book series, as is the case with the Star Wars franchise, a popular game like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic can bring new life to beloved series and illuminate new sides to well-loved sci-fi worlds. Just look at 2025! Whether it's navigating the intricate fraction politics of The Outer Worlds 2 or the isolated desolation of space in Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector,

Countless other reviews have said exactly the same thing: Ghost of Yotei is a safe sequel. It's just more Ghost of Tsushima. It's such a rote, generic piece of analysis, isn't it? Pah. I pity those fools who lack my ability to write...er, good. And yet...well, it's completely true. Ghost of Yotei really is a safe sequel, and it really is just more of the same, albeit improved in almost every way.

A quick primer for the uninitiated: Warhammer 40K imagines humanity far in the future, and one where mankind's interstellar empire is held together by duct-tape and sheer willpower, is ruled by a corpse emperor, and is besieged on all sides by terrifying aliens and ancient gods intent on destroying the universe. As the tabletop sourcebook from which Warhammer 40K derives declares, to be a human in this universe is to "live in the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable."

Some bad news, folks, as the amazing Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock is going to be delisted on all platforms on November 15. If you want it put simpler, you won't be able to buy the game or any of its DLC after November 15, so if you want a chance to play this amazing strategy game, now is the time to do it. It's on Steam for £33, the PS Store for £25 and Xbox for £24. I'm hopeful that publisher Slitherine might put the game on sale to celebrate it's final days.

"Grand Theft Auto VI will now release on Thursday, November 19, 2026," the studio said on its website. "We are sorry for adding additional time to what we realize has been a long wait, but these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve. "We want to thank you again for your patience and support. While the wait is a little longer, we are incredibly excited for players to experience."

"It really makes me sick seeing Halo co-opted like this."