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Walking around Paris-inspired Lumiose, it's evident that as the city undergoes earth-shattering changes, uncertainty and anxiety permeate the air. Amidst catching 'em all and being the very best, the thematic core of Pokemon Legends: Z-A is a question: How does a city solve its problems?

An update on the Halo Insider website indicates that PlayStation players can join test sessions for future Halo games. It's hardly a surprise, coming after the bombshell news that the Halo: Campaign Evolved remake--and subsequent entries in the series--will be on PlayStation.

Nintendo has finally shown a bit more of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, though apparently by accident. Two 15-second commercials for the Switch 2 were found, both unlisted on the Nintendo of America YouTube channel, and one includes a brief glimpse of a boss fight that we haven't seen before.

A former Bethesda designer has some theories on why Starfield didn't take off the same way the company's other marquee RPG franchises did.

While Pikmin fans might not be getting a new game anytime soon, an upcoming update should give them some reasons to jump back into Pikmin 4.

Despite what you might hear online, Microsoft is indeed working on a next-generation Xbox. While it's far too early for the Xbox team to share anything concrete about this upcoming machine, Xbox President Sarah Bond teased some vague details about what to expect.

Greek mythology has been around for thousands of years and its traditions have inspired artists working in nearly every medium. What brings me joy is that each writer, visual artist, director--or in the case of Hades 2, a team of game developers--can explore a unique vision of the characters and …

Whenever your Pokemon buddies are in need of healing, you can always depend on that friendly Pokemon Center nurse. These NPCs always had identical character models in mainline Pokemon RPGs, but Pokemon Legends: Z-A turns these attendants into visually distinct characters.

The next title from French game developer Quantic Dream isn't what you'd expect. The studio, best known for single-player narrative adventures including Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls, is putting out a multiplayer game called Spellcasters Chronicles, which will debut in a closed beta on Steam before the year ends.

Game developer Hideo Kojima is famous for his unconventional approach to, well, everything he does--but even one of his sillier marketing moves for PS5 title Death Stranding 2: On the Beach didn't immediately hit as intended.

The war-torn sandboxes of any Battlefield multiplayer mode are primed for absurd and physics-defying moments, but an exploit in the newly released Battlefield 6 that lets you bounce off of ladders is in the crosshairs of the game's developers.

The last big content drop for Helldivers 2 added new toys to play with and sandboxes to wreak havoc in, but with persistent player grievances about poor performance, studio Arrowhead is delaying future content updates to tackle these issues.

The creative lead steering the Assassin's Creed franchise for Ubisoft has departed the company. The exit comes not long after the French publisher unveiled its Tencent-backed spin-off division Vantage Studios, which will take charge of development for Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six titles.

Gearbox reveals the first bounty pack and shares details about upcoming endgame content.

Once Battlefield 6 players start digging into user-created Portal content, they'll find that someone already made a familiar map from Battlefield's biggest competitor.

If fast progression is what you're looking for in Battlefield 6, then the PlayStation 5 version might be the one to get when the shooter launches tomorrow.

Nintendo Switch 2 ended its debut summer with record-breaking sales numbers, according to data from research firm Circana. Sharing the firm's monthly sales report for August on Bluesky, Circana executive director Mat Piscatella stated that 2.4 million Switch 2 units were sold in the US during its first three months …

Literal walking simulator Baby Steps is already a punishing affair, but the game has one last trick up its sleeve that might make certain players fume with rage.

Nintendo has fleetingly dropped some bombshell announcements on its Nintendo Today app, but the most recent drop is a real head-scratcher.

While Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is adding wall-jumping to players' repertoire of advanced movement options, developer Treyarch isn't taking a page from its 2015 futuristic title Black Ops 3 by incorporating wall-running or Thrust Jumps for one simple reason: It's too early for that.

A vulnerability found in the Unity game engine has led to studio Obsidian Entertainment taking down five of its games, including the premium edition of its 2025 release Avowed.

The latest Pokemon event at GameStop hasn't gone as many would like, to say the least. The retailer distributed physical cards containing codes for Shiny Koraidon and Shiny Miraidon to be redeemed in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet beginning September 26. But after the well of codes quickly ran dry, GameStop …

Aggro Crab is at it again with another frenetic physics-based cooperative game. After taking the gaming world by storm with Peak, which Aggro Crab co-developed with Landfall, the studio has given a first look at its next title, a four-player forklift co-op game called Crashout Crew. A demo for the …

After working in game development for over four decades, Peter Molyneux is calling it quits after he finishes his god game Masters of Albion--that is, if you take his word for it.

I've come to Sensei Takahashi to learn the way of the yari, but we are sitting on the edge of a cliff facing the ocean, painting sumi-e. Ghost of Yotei gives you plenty of opportunities to take a break from slaying ronin to partake in the East Asian painting style, …

A quartet of titles is leaving Xbox Game Pass in mid-October--most notably two beloved puzzle adventure games. One is Cocoon, which won Best Debut Indie Game at The Game Awards 2023. Created by former Playdead developers, Cocoon puts you in the role of a beetle traveling through different worlds contained …

Fortnite's upcoming Halloween event will have some additional star power behind it, with celebrity singer Doja Cat joining the fray as a boss for Fortnitemares.

If you've held out on buying Rock Band 4 digitally in the past decade, you have less than a week to nab it. The multiplayer party rhythm game from Harmonix will be removed from the PlayStation and Xbox stores this coming Sunday, October 5, almost 10 years to the day …

Xbox's cloud gaming service has reached a milestone, shedding its "beta" label. Along with Xbox Cloud Gaming exiting its beta state, Microsoft also announced that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can experience "enhanced" streaming quality up to 1440p and the "shortest wait times."

Over the past several years, the PIF and its subsidiary Savvy Games Group have invested in or acquired gaming companies from different parts of the world, holding stakes in some of the leading publishers in the industry. The Saudi Arabian government has long been accused of human rights violations, and …