Issue #254

NEWS Link to heading

Everything announced at Microsoft’s Xbox Partner Preview

Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered Announced for All Major Platforms

Xbox plans to set up shop on Android devices if court order holds

Steam now warns customers they’re only buying a license when paying for a game

Xbox Cloud Gaming will reportedly let players stream any game in their library from November

Astro Bot Has Reportedly Sold Better Than Every Non-Mario 3D Platformer in Europe in the Last Decade

Pokémon developer Game Freak suffers massive data leak

Dark and Darker Mobile is bringing the gruelling dungeon crawl to the palm of your hand

Rare boss Craig Duncan becomes new head of Xbox Game Studios

Discord’s creator is such a Final Fantasy 11 fan he essentially created the entire platform just to talk to friends while playing the MMO

A new Destiny game set in an alternate timeline is coming to mobile

Coming to Game Pass: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, StarCraft & StarCraft II, and More

Old School RuneScape dev Jagex has a new survival game, and you can sign up now

Atari 50 studio’s Tetris Forever interactive documentary is out in November

Electronic Gaming Monthly Compendium smashes Kickstarter goal on day one

Microsoft pulls £1/$1 Xbox Game Pass trial ahead of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 release

Project 007 Is a ‘Young Bond for Gamers’ and Hopefully the Start of a New Trilogy, IO Interactive Boss Says

Analogue Fully Unveils Its Modernized N64 - Preorders Go Live October 21

Former Sony exec says focusing on high-budget blockbusters is ‘a death sentence’ for the games industry

REVIEWS Link to heading

Europa

WD Black SN770M 1TB

Crucial P310 2 TB

Pico 4 Ultra review

Neva

Super Mario Party Jamboree

MechWarrior 5: Clans

RetroRealms Review

FEATURES Link to heading

Remembering the Nvidia GeForce 256: the first PC gaming GPU turns 25 today

Everything We Know About Ghost of Yotei

Vampyr was underrated - it’s the best vampire RPG we’ve got

Is There a Future for the Video Game Industry?

Having replayed Diablo 2, Diablo 4 is now the series’ best game

It’s been 12 months since Microsoft purchased Activision Blizzard, so what’s changed?

The top 100 PC games

Did You Know? Video Games CAN be Educational!

Mobile Gaming and Instant Gratification: What Today’s Players Expect From Games

PlayStation Should Focus on What They Have Always Excelled At: Blockbuster Single Player Games

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is an open world shooter with the guardrails removed

Stalker 2 Interview: How GSC Game World Came Back From The Brink

Out on the town: How esports events drive cultural and economic impact | Playable Futures

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

What video game ending made you feel like you lost even though you had won.

Games that emotionally devastated you

Online games that respect your time?

VIDEOS Link to heading

Unknown 9: Awakening - Cinematic Launch Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

This event infected MILLIONS of players | Most Epic moments in WoW

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - PC Launch Trailer

Space Marine 2 - Post-Launch Overview

Legacy: Steel & Sorcery Official Gameplay Reveal

NEW EXODUS CINEMATIC — ‘The Mara Yama’ Reveal Trailer

Kong: Survivor Instinct 15 Minutes of Gameplay

Super Mario Party Jamboree — Launch Trailer — Nintendo Switch

FUNNY Link to heading

Ballas

When you enter the wrong room

DEV / DESIGN Link to heading

Indie dev behind one of the best roguelikes of all time releases its source code to the public “in the pursuit of sharing knowledge”

Creating dozens of unique pixel worlds for UFO 50

Sony developers share how machine learning can improve QA