Microsoft and Sony are often considered direct rivals in the game space, competing for players through new consoles and exclusive games. Brand loyalty and “console wars” for some players dictates whether they’ll grab a PlayStation or Xbox. Extreme fans have even escalated their affinity for one over the other into harassment. But Microsoft’s real threat isn’t Sony, Nintendo, or any other company, says Microsoft’s head of gaming Phil Spencer.

Instead of being driven by a twisted sense of vengeance, protagonist Ichiban, a washed-up gangster in his 40s, seeks answers. He’s a welcome antidote

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Unexpected indie success stories grab people's attention, but more often than not, games are released without anyone noticing.

I moved house last year, and while packing everything away my wife and I made a simple rule: if anything was still in its box 12 months later, we would get rid of it, because that meant we never used it and didn’t need it. Last month, I sold my Xbox One.

The Super Famicom this week celebrates its 30th anniversary and you know what that means, right? The F-Zero series is now also 30 years old. The first game was released in Japan on 21st November 1990 and followed with a North American release in 1991 and a European release in 1992.

In a bizarre, unsettling, and oftentimes downright frightening year, video games became a port of refuge for many—be they longtime gamers, old-school veterans picking the controller back up after a break, or first-timers looking for a novel way to safely have fun or connect with friends during pandemic lockdowns. It’s a small blessing, then, that it was also a banner year for excellent games to play.

Quest and achievement harvesting has never been easier, but it changes how you play.

Study suggests video games can help mental health.

Gamers who played titles for longer reported feeling happier than those who did not.

Some people have run into an issue where the Xbox Series X turns off when attempting to load certain games. The issue appears to affect some games more than others, including Call of Duty Warzone.

Mike Pondsmith created Cyberpunk in 1988. Now it’s the inspiration for a highly anticipated video game—and an unlikely oracle.

Video games like CD Projekt Red’s forthcoming Cyberpunk 2077 are increasingly made under grueling working conditions — a particular irony for a game adopting the cyberpunk genre which, at its best, critiques the dystopian power abuses that so starkly characterize our world.

Don’t believe the hoaxes.

That's 135GB less than the Xbox Series X

While concurrent player numbers may have been dropping, as expected after a bombastic launch month, Fall Guys is doing very well on the whole, according to Q3 2020 sales figures supplied through Unity's Q3 financial results. Under the point "Biggest Q3 gaming blockbusters powered by Unity", the statement reveals that Fall Guys has shifted ten million copies since release on Steam alone, three million up from the figure announced by publisher Devolver Digital three weeks after release.

Oxford University has produced some interesting information regarding the link between video games and the player’s wellbeing. The study used industry data on playtime of the following video games: Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The results of the study are uplifting.

To mock the Communist regime, Czechoslovak kids made illicit video games supporting protests.

Developers at CD Projekt Red are highlighting unacceptable harassment.

Sierra was one of the biggest game publishers of the 90s. Then they got an offer that was way too good to be true, but too good to decline.