They endure everything from subtle jabs to full-on death threats, but these women are not deterred from pursuing their passion for professional gaming.

Among those involved in David Pokora's so-called Xbox Underground, one would become an informant, one would become a fugitive, and one would end up dead.

During PAX East we had an opportunity to catch up with Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro (wearing his Emil mask from the game) and composer Keichi Okabe. The conversation revolved around the success of the game and its fans, as well as the work that has gone into the soundtrack.

Speaking today at the Reboot Develop conference in Croatia, Rockfish Games' co-founder Michael Schade criticised the way agencies assign influencers to promote their clients' games. When marketing its 3D sci-fi shooter Everspace, Schade and his team reportedly paid up to €5,000 an hour for one professional streamer who was "shit at playing the game." That's according to Shacknews and VG24/7, which report Schade as saying "only three or five" of the 20 YouTubers and influencers who were paid to play Everspace worked out.

Arguably, one of the great things about owning a PS4 is the ever-growing choice of one-of-a-kind games that you could get for it. From DriveClub to Yakuza Kiwami and everything in between, the sheer sort of exceptional titles on PS4 is matched most effective by their quality. So whether or not you’ve simply discovered your self in possession of a shiny new PS4, or, if you’ve had one for a while and certainly want to keep updated on all of the exclusives available for the console, we’ve were given a complete list of the best PS4 exclusives.

The 2016 release of ElDewrito 0.5 was accompanied by word that it would be the last major release of the Halo Online-enabling mod from the original development team. That may have slowed work on the project but it hasn't gone away, and today the current mod team announced that version 0.6 will be out April 20.

We’ve identified a few mistakes that Tinseltown keeps making. Play through our game and try to avoid these pitfalls.

Nintendo has always championed local multiplayer experiences, whether it be with link cables for its handheld Game Boy systems or the easy wireless connectivity of the 3DS, and if a new patent application is any indication, the company could be working on a new type of screen that could revolutionize local multiplayer gaming all over again.

Following Skies of Fury DX release, it looks like we have another flight game from Toronto - this time in the form of Sky Rogue from indie developer Kenny Backus. "Sky Rogue is a fwooshy rogue-lite action flight simulator! Blow things up over land, sea, and air, on an infinite number of procedurally-generated islands. Choose one of a diverse set of aeros and kit it out with a dizzying array of weaponry. Go toe-to-toe with enemy aces or assault giant flying aircraft carriers, but watch out for volleys of missiles; when you die, you're dead."

The 2018 UEFA Champions League final in Kyiv will mark the end of a very successful and fruitful 10-year partnership between Konami and the UEFA Champions League. The UEFA Champions League offered the perfect media and activation platform for Konami and has been a key feature within its world-renowned Pro Evolution Soccer video game.

Julian Turner, a collector of retro video games, went to a market earlier this month and bought some old NES games. When he got home, he discovered that he’d got more than he paid for: two of the cartridges were packed with illegal drugs.

It has been nearly three years since Microsoft announced plans to make older Xbox games playable on Xbox One, and if there’s one area in which the company has pulled ahead of its competition in the console wars, it’s in backward compatibility. You can’t play your PSOne, PS2, or PS3 discs on a PlayStation 4, and the Nintendo Switch doesn’t even have a disc drive, but Microsoft has slowly been adding Xbox One support for older games in the Xbox library since 2015...

Famed high-score gamer Billy Mitchell, best known for his leading role in “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters” documentary, was officially stripped of his “Donkey Kong”…

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age producer Hokuto Okamoto discussed more about the troubled Switch version of the RPG during an interview with GameSpot at PAX East 2018 in Boston. “It’s true that the Nintendo Switch version is under development at this moment in time,” Okamoto told GameSpot. “Specifically with regards to the development, this game was developed on the Unreal Engine, but the version for Unreal Engine needs to be updated, I suppose, in order to support Switch. In that sense, the development is still expected to take a very long time. It’s still a long ways out.”

Mario floats about like a confused jellyfish.

A lot has happened since Hi-Rez Studios announced Battlegrounds, a battle royale mode for hero-shooter Paladins, in January. A month and some player testing later, the developer decided to rename the mode and split it off as a separate game, called Paladins Realm Royale. That involved some "aggressive changes" that halted testing for a while. Now it's back, and Hi-Rez is inviting players to a closed alpha.

At this year’s PAX East, Square Enix brought NieR: Automata director Yoko Taro, producer Yosuke Saito, and composer Keiichi Okabe for a panel celebrating the game’s one-year anniversary. During the panel the staff discussed the soundtrack, Yoko Taro’s mysterious helmet snacks, and various other topics. Of note though is a comment from producer Saito...

This has been shown in a new study conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Charité University Medicine St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus. The positive effects of video gaming may also prove relevant in therapeutic interventions targeting psychiatric disorders.

Larian Studios is, for now, the Divinity: Original Sin studio. Its last two games, both Kickstarted and publisher-free, are the biggest successes the studio has ever seen. The Belgian developer didn’t go from obscurity to success, however, and it has been designing notable RPGs and strategy games, within and without the Divinity universe, for over two decades.

Fallout: New California is an ambitious standalone prequel campaign mod for Fallout: New Vegas. We first caught wind of its existence in 2013—then known as Fallout: Project Brazil—despite it first being planned for Fallout 3. Now, after nine years of development, the project has entered its beta phase.

It may have just been his phrasing, or it may have been some deliberately chosen words, but Bethesda’s Pete Hines might have teased a DOOM 2 announcement for E3 2018. In an interview from PAX East with DualShockers, Hines was asked Bethesda’s somewhat shallow latter half of 2018. Hines’ response seemed to go unnoticed for what it may have been, but it certainly seems like he may have been teasing DOOM 2.

Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developer IO Interactive have announced a worldwide publishing and distribution deal for the Hitman franchise. As part of this deal, Warner Bros. will publish Hitman: Definitive Edition for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, which will launch in retail stores on May 18. Here is an overview of the game, via Warner Bros...

The January-announced Disgaea: Hour of Darkness remake is called Disgaea Refine and will launch for PlayStation 4 and Switch on July 26 in Japan, the latest issue of Dengeki PlayStation reveals. A 9,200 yen limited edition including an original soundtrack, daily desktop calendar, and special-make box will also be released.

It’s killing Candy Crush, Clash of Clans and Pokemon Go. Just wait until it gets to Android...

For years now, gaming companies like Riot, Blizzard, and Twitch have been fighting online abuse and harassment in their own ways, to mixed results. Now they’re trying something different: Working together.

Surviving Mars has a lot of interface annoyances and other small issues, but its blend of optimism and dread makes a compelling foundation for a city/colony builder.

Back in 2010, it seemed like the book was as good as closed on the God of War franchise. Not due to quality issues (that year’s God of War III and Ghost of Sparta were critically acclaimed), but because it seemed that there was no place else to go. Kratos’ quest for revenge had led him on a rampage through the pantheon of Greek gods and culminated with the death of his father Zeus. We had performed hundreds of QTEs, killed dozens of gods in the grisliest of manners, and heard plenty of angry Kratos screams. We were done.

The list of upcoming PS VR Games in 2018 now numbers in the dozens and it continues to grow. There's horror, action and adventure, as well as a great RPG title incoming - all in glorious VR! Check out 5 more confirmed games here.

Developers can access a wealth of richly detailed Paragon characters and environment assets for use in Unreal Engine 4 projects, no strings attached.

Today Microsoft announced that Rare’s newest game Sea of Thieves has passed two million players on Xbox One and PC. On top of this achievement, the shared-world adventure title is now the fastest-selling first party new IP of this generation. According to Microsoft’s own Aaron Greenberg, this specific achievement does not include copies distributed with Game Pass, which makes sense since those aren’t exactly “sales.”

Invitations to the mobile version of Fortnite, which includes the Battle Royale game mode, began trickling out just a few weeks ago. Now the free-to-play title is available to anyone with a compatible iOS device. Developer Epic Games made the announcement this morning on the game’s official Twitter feed. The game requires an internet connection and iOS 11. It is only compatible with the iPhone SE, 6S, 7, 8 and X, and with the iPad Mini 4, Air 2, 2017 and Pro models. An Android version is in the works.

Nintendo Co. is teaming up with San Francisco-based Scrum Ventures to scout startups working on new ways to play or use the Japanese company’s hit gaming console, the Switch. The program, run by Scrum, will look for startups, teams within larger companies or university researchers developing new tools to improve the Nintendo Switch platform, including components, sensors, chips or other add-ons, the venture capital firm said. Scrum and Nintendo will provide developers with assistance to bring products to the market. Neither company plans to invest directly in the startups.

God of War returns with a fresh vision for the series, powered by brand new technology from one of the best developers in the business. Santa Monica Studio has always been known for pushing the technological envelope and this new game is no exception. However, more than that, it's clear that the studio has been granted the budget and time to fully realise its ambitious vision - key ingredients in delivering a quality product.

Over the last year, Oculus’ public hardware ambitions have mostly centered around their upcoming standalone headsets (Oculus Go and Santa Cruz), with little to say about what’s next for the company’s PC VR headset, the Rift.

After many months of researching, Twin Galaxies administration has determined the dispute made by Jeremy Young (@xelnia) to be accepted. Alongside this, all of Billy Mitchell's scores have been removed from Twin Galaxies leaderboards. When a dispute for one of the most prolific players out there hits, it’s hard not to take notice. Sure these sort of things come up as players try to prove their run on any particular game as legitimate, but when a longstanding score on...