Hit action-rhythm game Dead As Disco launched into Steam Early Access earlier this year, and beat-focused battlers everywhere have been rightfully stoked since. The addictive dance-brawler, which task...

CD PROJEKT RED released its long-awaited The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered yesterday, and the folkloric franchise expansion is already reaching record heights. New figures from Steam data aggregat...

Feel that chill in the air? (I know it’s 80°, just humor me) Halloween is on the horizon, and Insider Gaming is ushering in October with its first-ever 28 Games Later: A Horror Showcase. The new event...

ShantyTown, Kinephantom Games' and Silk Softworks' offbeat city-building game released earlier this year, is getting a comprehensive new content update that brings quality-of-life improvements, all-ne...

Big-budget blockbusters aren't the only bangers on Steam's new and upcoming release lists! Right now, a TON of unmissable new indies are featured as part of Game Devs of Color Expo 2026, and players c...

“What a week, huh?”“Lemon, it’s Wednesday.” Nine months into 2026, and I’m exhausted, with a wallet stretched thin to match my patience. But instead of diving into a book or starting a new TV show to ...

Cast your votes for the 44th Annual Golden Joystick Awards now! Voting is live until Friday, October 23, 2026.

I'm no hardcore collector, but there's something special about ripping open a pack of trading cards. Science might not allow us to bottle that feeling, but Rip It! Card Collector, the tactile new card...

Advertisements have long appeared on XBOX dashboards, but parent company Microsoft has patented a new in-game ad system that implements advertisements in a brand-new — and comparatively invasive — way...

World's Edge, the XBOX Game Studios subsidiary behind the popular Age of Empires and Age of Mythology franchises, is facing massive layoffs after parent company Microsoft said yesterday it would push ...

Popular messaging platform Discord is reintroducing age verification for all users, the brand announced on Tuesday. In a new Policy & Safety memo titled "Safer for Teens, Same Discord for Adults," Dis...

Microsoft's XBOX subsidiary is terminating 268 employees and shuffling major studios as part of the company's latest "reset" strategy. XBOX Chief Content Officer Matt Booty confirmed the brand's inter...

Nominees for this year's Central & Eastern European Game Awards (CEEGA), the region's biggest industry awards program, were announced on Monday. The potential winners, all from 16 Central and Eastern ...

Leaders at video game studio Bungie announced on Monday that the studio is bringing back previously vaulted Destiny 2 campaigns, raids, and more. Bungie studio head Poria Torken and project head Josh ...

Deified, the inventive turn-based RPG from indie studio Unexpected and Goblinz Publishing, is now out in 1.0! The tactical, hand-drawn title launched in Steam Early Access in April, after making a spl...

Union workers at Candy Crush studio King will reportedly strike next week after brand leadership objected to a collective bargaining agreement (CBA). King management's decision follows employees' repe...

Haunting early 2000s-inspired horror game lily's world XD is out now on PC via Steam, ready to dish out a heavy dose of nostalgic novelty and existential dread just ahead of spooky season. In lily's w...

Rockstar Games and Atlantic Records announced Grand Theft Auto: The Album, a 34-track record featuring totally new songs from some of the world's most prominent, well-known, and in some cases, controv...

Tokyo Game Show 2026 has officially begun, and Capcom kicked things off with some brand-new updates, exciting deep dives into upcoming releases, new gameplay footage, and more. Beyond the new reveals,...

Woodo, the charming new diorama adventure from Daedalic Entertainment and developer Tiny Monks Tales, is out now on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. The game's develo...

PowerWash Simulator 2 studio FuturLab and global toy brand Mattel have joined forces to announce the PowerWash Simulator 2 Barbie Pack, a premium — and very, very pink — DLC pack that brings the world...

It has begun. Valve opened the official waitlist for its unreleased Steam Frame VR headset on Monday, an opportunity antsy fans have waited for since the hardware was first announced in November 2025....

American indie game developer-publisher tinyBuild kicked off 15th anniversary celebrations on Monday with its latest tinyBuild Connect broadcast and an impressive Steam sale. tinyBuild Connect, the brand's annual event dedicated to indie game debuts, world premieres, and other announcements, brought the heat this year. During Monday's tinyBuild Connect 2026 showcase, the label shared new trailers

Capcom is opening its very first branded pop-up shop in the United States this weekend. The Capcom Store Pop-Up will make its debut this Saturday, September 19, with its public grand opening in Little...

Pedestrians beware — the anime-inspired driving game, Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?!, has officially launched on Nintendo Switch 2 handhelds. Truck-kun first released on PC via Steam ...

A brand-new StarCraft game is in development at Blizzard Entertainment. The brand announced the latest entry in its long-running StarCraft franchise — technically the third in the series — at BlizzCon...

Video game demos don't come inside cereal boxes or as DVD menu Easter eggs anymore, but contemporary gamers have access to a frankly incomprehensible number of free playable demos on Steam. Whether pa...

PlayStation parent company Sony reportedly pulled out of prominent video game designer Hideo Kojima's PHYSINT project because of internal profitability and financial concerns, a new report from Bloomb...

French video game publisher Ubisoft revealed plans to eliminate the need for Ubisoft Connect, the brand's clunky storefront-slash-launcher that boots when players open any owned Ubisoft title in Steam...

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Time to trade your swim-swim time for symphony time. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the award-winning role-playing game from French studio Sandfall Interactive and publisher Kepler Interactive, is bring...

HEY, LISTEN! Nintendo held a special The Legend of Zelda-focused Direct showcase on Tuesday to celebrate the iconic video game series' 40th anniversary. Nintendo first announced the packed presentatio...

New sales estimates from Capcom reveal the long-running 'Onimusha' series has sold about 10 million units since its introduction in 2001.

On Sunday, independent video game studio Akupara Games celebrated its tenth anniversary with its inaugural Akupara Direct, a livestreamed showcase featuring a ton of world premieres, release date anno...

Ready to turn the first page of a brand-new storybook adventure? Japanese video game developer-publisher NIS America has announced The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster, an all-new, hand-drawn...

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In a new message on X (formerly Twitter), gamescom says the 'great deal of criticism' it has received regarding game developers' hardware theft is 'justified.'

On Friday morning, Nintendo utilized its Nintendo Today! smart-device app to alert fans of an upcoming Direct presentation dedicated to celebrating four decades of its The Legend of Zelda franchise. A...

Cozy up, gamers, because indie game developer 5 Lives Studios has launched its most ambitious update yet for Cozy Caravan, the adorable open-world traveling merchant adventure released earlier this ye...

During Sony's PlayStation State of Play presentation on Thursday, CAPCOM shared a brand-new trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, a massive content expansion coming to PlayStation 5, XBOX Seri...

PUNCH IT, BABY! On Thursday, NASCAR and iRacing Studios released a new developer diary trailer for NASCAR 26, the latest franchise entry heading to PC via Steam, PS5, and XBOX Series X|S later this mo...

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Last week, Rockstar Games joined forces with global streaming titan Netflix to share the latest and longest look at Grand Theft Auto 6 we've seen yet. Despite a six-hour platform exclusivity period be...

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Indie game studio Strange Scaffold (Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?!) announced on Tuesday that its critically acclaimed vigilante FPS, I Am Your Beast, will come to Nintendo Switch and...

Indie game developer-publisher Causeway Studios announced that an all-new mystery, The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham, will be featured as part of the PAX Rising Showcase at PAX West 2026 in Seattle, ...

On Monday, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced the return of its State of Play and State of Play Japan broadcasts. Event confirmation came from PlayStation.Blog Japan's Sachie Kobari, who s...

On Friday, indie game studio poncle launched the latest expansion for its hit action roguelike, Vampire Survivors, introducing a slew of all-new weapons and characters for users playing on PC, console...