Issue #342

NEWS Link to heading

PUBG has genAI team mates now capable of “intelligent decision-making”, and I must remind you that Krafton are working on bots for the military

Doom soundtrack composer Bobby Prince dies aged 81

The videogame market is as big as ever, with PC leading growth—global games revenue surpassed the $200 billion mark in 2025

CD Projekt boss “knows for a fact” a surge of games made purely with generative AI are coming, but doubts “whether this is really the path to follow”

Ubisoft Co-Founder Dies In Plane Crash

Ultima’s creator Richard Garriott is planning to win back the rights to his legendary RPG from EA with an 50-year-old copyright quirk

Guild Wars is Getting a Digital CCG, Mistborn, With Dynamic, Multi-Move Mechanics

Valve announces Steam Machine price, pre-orders and release date

Xbox Is Working On A Dozen Movies And TV Shows, Including Sea Of Thieves

Valve Is Making It Easier To Build Your Own Steam Machine

AMD’s FSR Upscaling 4.1 Comes To Older GPUs, Steam Machine And Xbox ROG Ally Support On The Way

Japan: Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions get price hike on 1st July

EA: AI is delivering “faster prototyping” and a “real rise in creativity” in its studios

Hideo Kojima says his pitch for OD sounded “crazy” to every publisher except Xbox

Valve admits Steam Machine is “more expensive” than it hoped

GTA 6 Will Cost $80, $100 For Ultimate Edition

Sony is reportedly enforcing “stricter guidelines” against so-called “shovelware” PlayStation games

Sony Confirms ‘Significant’ Bungie Layoffs Include ‘Most of the Destiny Team and Some Marathon Team Members’, as Bungie Admits ‘Destiny 2 Fell Short of Expectations’

Microsoft is raising the price of Xbox consoles by $100-$150

The 25 best Steam Summer Sale discounts worth splurging on

Haunted Chocolatier is “taking a long time,” admits Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe – but going “over every last detail” is just what it takes “to make a game I’m satisfied with”

REVIEWS Link to heading

FEATURES Link to heading

Clarifying Amazon role in the game business — it’s not a retreat | Jeff Gattis interview

Gungrave G.O.R.E. Blood Heat Looks to Refine a Solid Action-Game Foundation | IGN Preview

As AI costs rise, there’s little evidence of major utility in game development | Opinion

After losing over 30 pounds exercising in VR for six months, I can say it’s worth the effort (and sweaty faceplates)

The Witcher 4 should take inspiration from the second game, not the third

Gundam: Rogue Orbit Interview: A Gundam Game with a Focus on How it Feels to be the Pilot

The U.S. game industry will hit a cyclical downturn in 2027 despite GTA VI launch | PwC analysis and interview

Steam Machine: the big tech questions answered

INTERVIEW: ILL Team Reveals Why This Game is Just So Damn Brutal

How a 12 year wait made Alien Isolation 2 a better sequel

Life at the Speed of Play — a memoir of a game industry pioneer | Mark Pincus interview

Star Wars: Galactic Racer – The First Preview

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Finally Lets You Swing Back | IGN Preview

The history of brilliantly terrible World Cup video games

Man, It’s Going To Get So Much Worse Before It Gets Better

Wardogs interview: this is a game for ‘dad gamers’

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

Steam Machine price announced: $1049/1039€ for the base model

What was the most memorable last 15 min of a game?

VIDEOS Link to heading

Why Are Games Taking FOREVER TO MAKE?

25 Minutes of Gameplay - The Last of Us 2 Multiplayer Mod

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Gameplay (PC Ultra Settings)

Unhinged | Official Game Trailer | Netflix

BIOHAZARD RE1 SPENCER MANSION TOUR // EPISODE 02 // UNREAL ENGINE 5 // 4K ULTRA HD

Steam Machine: Official Overview

FUNNY Link to heading

Why hide if you can do this

Unboxing GTA6 be like…