Writer and executive producer Craig Mazin doesn't want to change The Last of Us for HBO. He wants to "expand" and "enhance" the game's story.

A white Xbox Series X controller appears to have leaked online. An image of the white controller appeared on Reddit over the weekend, before the poster deleted their account and the image. Identified only as “Wolfy_Wizzardo,” the Reddit user claimed to have snapped the photo at a party in Washington state hosted by the child of a Microsoft employee. Before the account deletion, the Reddit account had been commenting and posting about topics in Seattle, Washington for months.

Besides developing video games, Konami has long making arcade, pachinko, and other amusement hardware. Now, add gaming PCs to that list. The PC gaming brand is called Arespear and features the tagline, “Advanced revolution of esports.” The name is from Greek mythology, combining “Ares” with the word “spear.” Currently there are three entries in the line up: the Arespear C700+ for 338,800 yen ($3,228), Arespear C700 for 316,800 yen ($3,018), and the Arespear C300 for 184,800 yen ($1,760.94).

Toshihiro Nagoshi, Sega’s executive director of the Yakuza games, has many good things to say about Ghost of Tsushima. Ghost of Tsushima is a worldwide hit, and it has been well received in Japan. In a recent Sega livestream (via Hachima), Nagoshi was asked about his thoughts regarding the game’s success.

After yesterday's Xbox Games Showcase and the myriad CGI trailers, it's beginning to feel like the PlayStation 5 is the true next generation console.

Virtual reality allows us to delve into amazing digital universes. To offer a complete experience, apart from the glasses to be able to visualize the environment, the platforms also have controls that transmit the position of the hands. However, accurate finger tracking is not an easy task, and this type of device still has a lot of room for improvement. A team of researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have created a bracelet that can track the position of the hands and fingers very precisely, and then transmit it to virtual reality systems.

An Irish retailer has revealed that Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode will be free-to-play and support up to 120fps. Smyths Toys Superstores briefly posted details (Google Cache) about Halo Infinite multiplayer on a promotional page this week before quickly removing them once the internet discovered the references.

Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo all want different things from the next generation -- is it really a war if everyone wins?

Playground Games' Fable game will be reportedly an MMO set in Lionhead's fantasy universe, and not a direct sequel to the original trilogy. The rumour derives from French journalist @CronoTK on Twitter, who accurately predicted the entire Xbox Games Showcase lineup ahead of the stream yesterday, and thus has form for leaking unverified information on upcoming Xbox Series X games.

Just before the first COVID-19 lockdown started in Melbourne, I ran out and bought an Xbox – “for the kids,” you understand. I’d never had a games console, and I am certainly not the target demographic for Rockstar Games’ work: massive open-world behemoths like the infamous Grand Theft Auto series and 2010’s Red Dead Redemption. So while I knew of the hype around the prequel Red Dead Redemption 2, I was utterly unprepared for the emotional impact it would have on me – and what curious solace I’d find in its evocation of time and loss.

Ghost of Tsushima has been a sales success for SIE Japan and the stock is facing a shortage, as per an official statement from SIE Japan. Ghost of Tsushima pre-sales data in Japan had suggested that the game could be on the verge of becoming the best-selling first-party game in Japan and this is turning out to be the case so far. As per an official tweet by PlayStation Japan, Ghost of Tsushima has exceeded sales expectations and the publisher is working to get more copies out in retail stores.

We’re now just two days away from the actual reveal of Halo Infinite. We’ve had hints, we’ve had teasers, we’ve had interviews, but we’re still short on any of the real meat: gameplay, details, anything, really. Halo Infinite is the centerpiece of Microsoft MSFT +1.1%’s show on July 23, by far the most important title for the launch of the Xbox Series X and, you could argue, the linchpin of Microsoft’s ambitious gaming strategy for the next decade or so.

Source code for classic games including Yoshi’s Island said to have leaked online…

You can only buy one and three month subscriptions

Analysis of 28 global studies dating back to 2008 found a minuscule positive correlation

Review aggregate website Metacritic has implemented a 36-hour delay to its user-written video game reviews "to ensure [its] gamers have time to play games before writing their reviews".

Video gamers are finding the experience of playing less enjoyable than ever, with more than half saying the inclusion of social or political stories was the biggest reason for this, new research suggests. A survey of more than 2,000 gamers found that just over a fifth (21%) said they felt games were now less enjoyable, with 54% naming the increased integration of political or social narratives as the thing they disliked most.

Project Athia, the June-announced “thrilling other-worldly adventure” from Luminous Productions for PlayStation 5 and PC, is an open-world style game, according to Square Enix president and…

Half a year on from Death Stranding‘s initial release on PlayStation 4, I still find myself revisiting it. Moments from cutscenes, bits of the lore, although most commonly some of the amazing tracks from the score by Low Roar.

With the launch of the Xbox Series X this holiday — Microsoft’s fourth major console launch over two decades — Xbox head Phil Spencer and his team are taking a very different approach to ushering in a new generation of game devices. Unlike the more traditional hard breaks between previous Xbox generations, where customers bought a new console and a rash of new games to play on it, Microsoft’s next generational jump will be soft.