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Baldur’s Gate 3 developer celebrates second anniversary with obscure stats, and the revelation over 250k of us opted to see Withers’ “Big Naturals”

AuthorAugust 4, 20250

Baldur’s Gate 3 has just turned two, which doesn’t make any sense because there is no way that I am two years older than I was when it first came out, so I think Larian is lying. But even so, the studio has released a few surprising stats about its critically acclaimed party-based RPG to […]

Lyrical Media launches new indie publisher, Lyrical Games, helmed by Private Division alumni

AuthorAugust 4, 20250

Independent production company Lyrical Media has launched Lyrical Games, a new, privately funded indie games publisher helmed by Blake Rochkind, former head of business development at Private Division. The new publisher has “significant private funding” and is primarily focused on the triple-i space, aiming to support “imaginative and high-caliber games that live between the extremes […]

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Raven Software workers celebrate win following three-year battle for Microsoft union contract

AuthorAugust 4, 20250

Workers at Raven Software, the Activision subsidiary known for its contribution to the Call of Duty series, have ratified their first union contract with Microsoft, three years after unionisation efforts began. Unionisation efforts within Raven Software started in January 2022, following strike action protesting the firing of 12 members of the developer’s QA team. Eventually, […]

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Valve refutes Mastercard’s denial it has not pressured game platforms over NSFW content

AuthorAugust 4, 20250

Valve has disputed Mastercard’s claims that it had not raised concerns over NSFW adult content on Steam. On August 1, Mastercard released a statement “clarifying recent headlines on gaming content” – in other words, to address claims that Mastercard is among the payment processors putting pressure on gaming platforms, such as Steam and itch.io, to […]

It’s been a rough year for Rare but at least Xbox is celebrating its 40th anniversary with… a licensed controller

AuthorAugust 4, 20250

As Rare – known for the likes of Sea of Thieves, Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country – gets ready to celebrate its 40th anniversary, a third-party licensed controller themed around the developer’s legacy has leaked online. The controller itself has been built by gaming peripherals manufacturer 8BitDo, and officially licensed with Rare and Xbox. It […]

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls’ PS5 closed beta is happening soon and you can sign up right now

AuthorAugust 4, 20250

There’s great news if you’ve been looking forward to smacking Captain America in the face. Guilty Gear developer Arc System Works has announced PlayStation 5 closed beta dates for its upcoming superhero tag team fighter Marvel T&omacr;kon: Fighting Souls. Announced back in June, Marvel T&omacr;kon is bringing 4v4 superhero battling to PS5 and […]

If you don’t like Nintendo’s controversial game key-cards, you can now let the company know directly

AuthorAugust 4, 20250

Nintendo is running a survey to find out how its community feels about physical and digital games. The survey itself begins by asking participants which consoles they have in their homes, with the likes of Xbox and PlayStation also featured, before moving on to Nintendo specific questions. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. […]

Take-Two overhauling new BioShock following failed internal review, says new report

AuthorAugust 4, 20250

According to a new report, Take-Two Interactive is overhauling parts of the upcoming BioShock and has reshuffled its leadership team following a failed internal review by publisher 2K Games. As reported by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier on August 1, “people familiar with the situation” claim the next entry in the BioShock series “recently failed a review […]

Metroid Prime 4 still launching this year says Nintendo as delay speculation intensifies

AuthorAugust 4, 20250

Amid rumours of a potential delay for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Nintendo has reiterated the extremely long-awaited new entry in its beloved sci-fi series is still due to launch this year. Metroid Prime 4 was originally revealed to be in development all the way back in 2017, but Nintendo announced it would be […]

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

AuthorAugust 4, 20250

Ivan Razmakhov, head of creative production at mobile marketing firm AdQuantum, discusses the science behind mobile advertising. Attention is the main currency in today’s world – the precious resource everyone is fighting for. Every second counts, and in the case of the mobile industry, adverts have three seconds to pull the user into your app, […]

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