Issue #333

NEWS Link to heading

FalleN Is Retiring This Year After A Legendary 20+ Year CS Career

BAFTA Game Awards 2026 Winners

Stop Killing Games delivers ‘absolutely incredible’ hearing in European Parliament: ‘There was no [parliament member] that wasn’t responding positively’

World of Warcraft private server Stormforge is shutting down as Blizzard builds pressure on fan alternatives

World of Warcraft rogue server TurtleWoW has announced its sunset following court agreement

‘I Didn’t Listen to Him’: Ex PlayStation Boss Shu Yoshida on Why Jim Ryan ‘Fired’ Him

Coming to Xbox Game Pass: Kiln, Aphelion, Final Fantasy V, and More

PS Plus Extra, Premium April 2026 Games Rolling Out Now

PlayStation’s age-gating restrictions are coming to UK consoles

Roblox is finally cracking down on illicit games as security continues to tighten

The Last Of Us Star Troy Baker Wants To Start His Own Game Studio, But He Won’t Rush It

Game Pass Gets Price Drop, New Call Of Duty Games No Longer Included

Despite microtransaction woes at launch, MMO sequel Aion 2 will go global this year

US hardware sales rose 69% in March 2026 following strong Switch 2 performance | US Monthly Charts

Xbox CEO Says Idea of a Mobile Store is “Not Dead”

Vampire Survivors developer Poncle is ramping things up, working on 15 projects and opening studios in Italy and Japan

Epic’s free PC game this week is a must-play Metroidvania

Elon Musk’s aerospace and AI company reportedly plans to make its own GPUs, though I doubt you’ll one day be enjoying a SpaceX graphics card in your rig

Ubisoft reveals Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced remaster

We Are Xbox - Microsoft Games Division New Direction

After 23 years, CCP is about to do the unthinkable: add a non-PvP zone to EVE Online

REVIEWS Link to heading

Pokémon Champions

Vampire Crawlers

HyperX Cloud Flight 2

Tides of Tomorrow

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred

Titanium Court

Masters of Albion early access

Windrose Early Access

Saros

FEATURES Link to heading

I found out the hard way that Linux is not a dad-friendly gaming OS, and maybe neither is the PC

RPGFan Games of the Year 2025: Overall Awards

How to buy a used graphics card: spotting scams and dodging duds in the memory shortage crisis

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book Preview: It’s More for Kids Than for You and That’s OK

Xbox taking Call of Duty off Game Pass is actually a win for everyone

Perfect Ten: Warframe is the most mobile gacha cash grab game that isn’t any of those things

Hands-Off Preview: Palia’s New Expansion Promises A Big Map, Big Horses, and Big Ambitions

The Bafta games awards showed me again that honouring art over commerce is a win for all

Orbitals preview: anime co-op game features ‘a lot of the same design’ as It Takes Two

How Strixhaven, Magic’s answer to Harry Potter, happened

Peter Molyneux has made a proper game again rather than a monetization experiment, and I really hope he finishes it

Hands-On With Hell Let Loose: Vietnam: Tell the Spartans We Won

‘Opening the hidden door within us’: how Exit 8 took a simple game to purgatory

Pragmata’s Hugh is the anti-Kratos

15 Years Later, Games Still Can’t Nail What Portal 2 Perfected

“You need a crystal ball really to predict any of this stuff” - an indie game health check with Hotline Miami and Enter the Gungeon’s Devolver Digital

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

What “Game A meets Game B” combination should be made?

What’s the pettiest gripe you have about an all-time great game?

VIDEOS Link to heading

Forza Horizon 6 - Tokyo City | Biome Showcase

Resident Evil Code Veronica Remake Claire Redfield in Unreal Engine 5 | Gameplay 4k

Forza Horizon 6 - 35 Minutes Of 4K Gameplay!!

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book: 15 Minutes of Gameplay

RUINER 2 - Official Gameplay Trailer

007 First Light – Rules of Spycraft

Embers of the Uncrowned - Cinematic Announce Trailer

Saros - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book – Overview trailer (Nintendo Switch 2)

Street Fighter 6 - Ingrid Gameplay Trailer

Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred | Opening Cinematic

Mistfall Hunter - Solemn Needles Reveal Trailer

Splatoon Raiders launches July 23rd! (Nintendo Switch 2)

FUNNY Link to heading

Guys I unlocked Lunatic difficulty and it’s tougher than I thought.

If you all scream, i’m screaming too

DEV / DESIGN Link to heading

Gamescom Dev 2026 announces first speakers and sessions

Weak job security risks an industry brain drain | Opinion