Issue #312

NEWS Link to heading

Fortnite’s next live event has Homer Simpson, K-Pop Demon Hunters, the Megazord, and just about anything else you could imagine

Tactical Extraction Shooter PUBG: Black Budget Announced for PC

Ubisoft’s AI NPC project can now deliver sarcastic GMs, helpful team-mates and hidden lore - and is being playtested now

Blue Prince 2 won’t happen, says creator

Microsoft could be forced into raising the price of Xbox consoles again given global RAM shortage, leaker claims

PIONER, An All-New Post-Apocalyptic MMO, Launches December 16

Steam Machine’s price will be “more in line” with current PC market, Valve says

Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’

Steam’s Best Games Are Getting Cheaper

Saudi Arabia’s investment fund reportedly low on cash and limiting investment, following EA acquisition

Far Cry’s getting a TV series starring It’s Always Sunny’s Rob Mac, with each season designed to mirror a new game

PlayStation 5s Are Currently Cheaper To Buy Than 64GB Of DDR5 RAM

Steam’s first Black Friday sale is really good

Developer Santa Ragione claims it could close after Valve blocked game from Steam

Elon Musk wants Grok AI to challenge League of Legends’ best esports team, and Riot’s founder is interested

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is Likely Bound for PC, According to New ESRB Rating

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup for December 2025 announced

Cyberpunk 2077 has sold a lot more copies than you think - and faster than The Witcher 3

PC RAM Prices Have Soared By Up To 250%

World Of Warcraft’s Midnight Expansion Launches In March 2026

Epic’s Tim Sweeney says it ‘makes no sense’ for game stores to flag when AI has been used in development

Infinity Nikki 2.0 launches with a whole new region, archery skills, and a new theme song by original Wicked actor Idina Menzel

Dan Houser quit Rockstar because he didn’t “have another one of those games in me”; says humans, not AI, will dominate creative endeavours

Nintendo to buy Bandai Namco Studios Singapore

REVIEWS Link to heading

Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10

A.I.L.A

Cricket 26

Sword Of Justice

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Zombies

Escape from Tarkov

Total Chaos

Project Motor Racing

FEATURES Link to heading

The IGN Readers’ Top 25 Nintendo Games of All Time

Pokemon Has Found A New Way To Battle, But It Needs To Evolve Past That

In Kirby Air Riders, expression is more fun than racing

Leadership in gaming is a journey, not a destination | GamesBeat Next

Why Where Winds Meet Is The Surprising Free-to-Play Hit Of 2025

Tavern Keeper’s early access is already a crunchy management sim, a cosy blanket, an interior decor game, and a furniture designer all at once

Moonlighter 2 made me reckon with how ‘cozy’ a shopkeeping roguelite with a heavy helping of Hades can get

Hell Is Us interview: “A thesis on the cycle of violence”

Destiny 2: Renegades Preview - A Premature Celebration

Destiny 2: Renegades Interview - Finding Inspiration Through Star Wars

Subnautica 2 release: Deep diving into everything we know

The biggest video game flops that actually rule

Fortnite wannabe Radical Heights deserved better than a one month lifespan

Could a new generation of dedicated AI chips burst Nvidia’s bubble and do for AI GPUs what ASICs did for crypto mining?

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

Besides the obvious big examples like No Man’s Sky and Cyberpunk 2077, what are some other examples of games that were atrocious at launch but managed to eventually get good?

What’s the funniest game you’ve ever played?

What dead games need a revival?

VIDEOS Link to heading

We ask Valve the big questions around the Steam Machine, Frame & Controller | FPS Podcast #83

The Evolution of ARC Raiders EP1 - Finding ARC Raiders

Octopath Traveler 0 Everything To Know

FUNNY Link to heading

Good samaritan

Making the Pause Music on Goldeneye 007 on N64