Issue #296

NEWS Link to heading

Nintendo Switch 2 Sales Hit Nearly 6 Million Units In Its First Month

The Sims 5 is “not a good idea”, EA boss says

Titan Quest 2 Shadowdropped Into Early Access During THQ Showcase

Here’s Everything That Was Revealed At The THQ Nordic Showcase 2025

Fortnite x Halo has been revealed

Old School Runescape casually surpasses all-time player peak on a sleepy Sunday

Evo 2025: All the news, reveals, and trailers from the event

Mastercard insists it has not “required restrictions of any” game on Steam or itch.io, but Valve claims otherwise

Microsoft Announces Xbox Game Pass August 2025 Wave 1 Lineup

A new AMD Ryzen CPU socket is reportedly coming, first details just leaked

The tide is turning - over 40% of Steam users now have AMD CPUs, according to the latest Hardware Survey

Larian Reflects On Two Years Of Baldur’s Gate 3, Shares Infographic That Shows Even More Player Stats Since Launch

Game discovery app Ludocene launches

Video Game History Foundation expands its preservation efforts by making “one of the first American” games magazines available for free

Sony’s PlayStation 5 has sold 80.3 million units as it closes on in on fifth anniversary

Everything Revealed At Nintendo Indie World Showcase 2025

“We Answer To Nobody But You, The Audience” - Digital Foundry Is Now Fully Independent

Amazon Prime Members Get These 12 Free Games In August

Sony CFO Admits Its Live Service Plans are ‘Not Entirely Going Smoothly’

Microsoft cancels Xbox exclusive Contraband after 4 years of development

REVIEWS Link to heading

Tales of the Shire

Asus TUF A14 (2025)

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

Stormgate

Grounded 2 - Early Access

Mafia: The Old Country

FEATURES Link to heading

Warframe of Mind: How Warframe could really improve onboarding from a story perspective

The Industry’s Rush to $80 Video Games Has Stalled — For Now

The big Invincible VS interview—Inspirations, roster, development, and more

Hooked in three seconds: The science behind high-performing mobile game ads

Is Roblox Safe? A Parent’s Guide To Roblox Safety Policies

Mafia: The Old Country Interview – Game Design, New Protagonist, World, and More

Interview: The Overwatch 2 Team On Bringing Nerf Guns Into The Game

At 14,354 hours played and 944,143 fish caught, I think this World of Warcraft player might be the best fisherman in MMO history: “We’re all just pressing buttons… I just choose to press mine to fish”

All-star lineup: Aphelion, a game made in collaboration with the European Space Agency

Xbox Is An Increasingly Unstable Platform For Anyone To Invest In

Please make the USA the villain in the next Call of Duty or Battlefield game

Perfect Ten: Failed MMOs that could’ve succeeded with better timing

Ninja Gaiden 4 - The Final Preview

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

Censorship never stops at porn - slope is getting slippery

What’s a game that you were excited to play, but you just couldn’t get into it.

VIDEOS Link to heading

Here are 12 minutes of new gameplay from Silent Hill f

Battlefield 6 Could Be The Successor To Battlefield 3 & 4 The Series Needs | Hands-On Impressions

New VIRTUA FIGHTER Project | Combat Gameplay First Look - Training Stage

National Awakening | Announcement Trailer | Victoria 3

Cronos: The New Dawn - Salvage the Past - Release Date Trailer

What Really Happened to Anthem? (Part 1 2011 - 2017)

CONCIERGE GAMEPLAY TRAILER

Mafia: The Old Country - “Family Takes Sacrifice” Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

FUNNY Link to heading

When you have to justify your purchase

Neck problems

DEV / DESIGN Link to heading

How much should you charge for your game?