(Image credit: Rockstar Games) Officials with Miami-Dade County have held talks with Rockstar about using facilities and landmarks in the county to promote the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6, according to a recent report by The Miamian, saying it could represent "a unique opportunity to generate…
The Blood of Dawnwalker is out in the wild, and players worldwide are falling in love with it. It has performed remarkably well in the review stakes (including in my comprehensive review), and it’s blowing up as one of the year’s top breakout games. The studio behind it, Rebel Wolves, hasn’t made…
(Image credit: White House) The White House, the epicenter of power in the most powerful nation in human history, has rolled out a new online arcade on its website. And yes, it is every bit as racist, repugnant, and creatively bankrupt as you'd expect. We'll set aside the question of "why?" for now…
Official Tetris pages have responded after the Trump administration launched a clone video game called 'Build the Wall.' The Tetris Company joined the backlash after Donald Trump's White House published its Arcade.Gov website today. Amongst a line of games on offer, which includes a Flappy Bird…
Among the many updates, announcements, and reveals dropped during Sony’s September State of Play was news that publisher/developer Pearl Abyss would be expanding its already massive open-world action-adventure Crimson Desert with a content-packed DLC. Dubbed Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown,…
Despite Sony’s double State of Play this week being a little bit of a dud — though did you catch the hard-as-hell new Resident Evil clip at the very beginning? — the trailer-sphere nonetheless kept chugging along as it always does. We got a new look at Street Fighter and a bunch more trailers ahead…
Ahead of BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard has started teasing the announcement of a new entry in the StarCraft series. Since being introduced in 1998, StarCraft has likely gone on to become the most influential and popular RTS franchise in history. Despite this, Blizzard has done very little with StarCraft…
A forgotten PS1 game has just received an official re-release, courtesy of Japanese developer Hamster and its Console Archives series. The game in question hails from 1997 and was originally a PS1 exclusive at launch. The following year, though, it came to the Sega Saturn. Then, in 2008, it came to…
After observing a hands-off presentation at Summer Game Fest, I had a couple of issues with Crazy Taxi: World Tour. The controversial use of AI during the game’s development was obviously a factor, but SEGA has since confirmed that nothing seen in the game was made with AI. Regardless of whether…
Six years ago, Marvel fans finally received the kind of superhero game they had wanted for years: a large-scale action experience built around some of the most recognizable characters in comics. It promised an original story, cooperative play, regular content updates, and the chance to step into…
CD Projekt Red’s upcoming remake of the original The Witcher just had its release date pushed further down the road. All the way back in 2022, CD Projekt revealed that it was in the process of remaking the first installment in The Witcher series for modern platforms. The project, which was being…
Rockstar Games has published a heavily censored version of the Grand Theft Auto 6 extended look reveal for China. As shared by @videotech on X/Twitter, the studio behind the game that is convincing publishers to steer clear of November published its 27-minute gameplay reveal on Chinese social media…
Bungie has confirmed it is "exploring options" to sublease 210,984 square feet of its massive headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, saying the move reflects its continued focus on a "digital first" model. Following major layoffs across Bungie’s team in June, the studio has made the decision to put…
GOG has announced the removal of two PC games from its storefront. At the moment of writing, one of these games is leaving within the hour, while the other is set to depart on Sunday, September 6. Thankfully, neither PC game is of particular consequence, but any GOG user whoever had interest in…
What’s going on with Virtual Basement’s The Wrestling Code? Announced in 2021, the independent wrestling game has gone quiet on social media regarding updates. After being rapid to announce wrestler signings and show in-engine slices, things have been slow going. The only recent news has been…
Earlier this year, Sony Interactive Entertainment dropped one of the biggest bombshells the gaming space has seen… Well, potentially ever. You might remember it; the corporation revealed that, as of January 2028, it will cease production of PlayStation discs for any new releases, moving into an…
Here’s a good deal for any Xbox Series X|S owner who hasn’t preordered Grand Theft Auto 6 yet. Today only, by taking advantage of an Xbox gift card deal at Newegg, you can effectively knock $10 off the price of GTA 6. How does it work, you ask? Newegg is offering $5 off $50 Xbox gift cards if you…
Few canceled games have maintained the same level of fascination as Scalebound. Announced by Microsoft and PlatinumGames as an ambitious Xbox One and Windows 10 action game, it promised enormous battles, an open world, and a partnership between player and dragon like few games have attempted in the…
If you’re looking for a new release to enjoy this weekend that doesn’t set you back quite as much as new AAAs The Blood of Dawnwalker and Onimusha: Way of the Sword, you might find what you’re looking for in Isle of Reveries. Developed by the indie team desertcucco, this charming action-adventure…
Nvidia's DLSS 5 neural rendering tech officially debuted yesterday in NBA 2K27, and it's only supported on current-generation RTX 5000 graphics cards. But it seems like that'll change over time. On Nvidia's forums, an employee claimed that the company will be expanding DLSS 5 support to RTX 40…
Everyone has a price. Maybe it's $100, maybe it's $1,000, maybe it's for someone to see your innate value as a human being, or maybe it's $1,000,000. Popular streamer TimTheTatman recently revealed what it would take to get him to go back to Arc Raiders, and spoilers, it's not the third option.…
Back in 2009, Ars wrote about what was being reported as a leaked trailer for the then-upcoming Left 4 Dead 2, saying the footage “looks like it’s straight from a high-gloss action movie.” Today, we need to offer an important update to this crucial, 17-year-old story: The trailer “leak” was…
"15-42 hours" and 110 monster types is, what 2.62 new monsters an hour minimum? Withering Rooms was an unexpectedly devious and absorbing slice of dollhouse action-RPG horror. As such, I've been looking forward to Withering Realms, the standalone sort-of-sequel, which launches in early access…
Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya has a message for Xbox CEO Asha Sharma: When she's ready to make Scalebound, he'll be waiting. The action-game mastermind and Clovers studio head spoke about his desire to return to his canceled dragon IP during a recent interview with VGC. It's been a little more…