Valve aren’t putting any exclusives on the Steam Machine because they see “the whole PC catalog as our ‘launch exclusive'”
The Steam Machine is going to sit in an odd place when it arrives. It’s technically a PC, but shaped and presented like a console, which is obviously the whole…
Fallout 5 is in preproduction alongside The Elder Scrolls 6’s development, while Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas remasters are on the way, Bethesda confirm
Following Microsoft’s mass layoffs, Bethesda have clearly been told to be a bit more active in communicating exactly what they’ve got in the works. Cue a big blog post announcing…
Unions accuse Microsoft of having “unlawfully fired people” in unfair labor practice complaints filed over Xbox layoffs
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union and their Canadian offshoot CWA Canada have filed unfair labour practice complaints against Microsoft, accusing the company of having mishandled the recent mass…
“Id Tech is there, the Doom team is here”: Doom: The Dark Ages director pushes back against idea studio have been “nerfed into the ground” by Xbox layoffs
While reports about Microsoft’s mass layoffs have painted a devastating picture, the company and affected studios like Doom developers Id Software have been publicly trying to reassure players that the…
Marathon’s experimental PvE roguelite mode is, bafflingly, only around for two weeks when it drops next week
Marathon’s already announced mid-season 2 update is set to arrive next week, bringing with it the shooter’s first proper, albeit experimental, PvE mode, Vault Breaker. A new blog post has…
Roguelike bullet heaven Divine Comedy but with anime girls Hell Maiden is out today in early access
As strange as it might sound, there truly might be no better piece of writing to turn into an anime girl roguelike than Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. It’s the original…
Thief Gold with updated graphics and integrated modern controller support is the latest addition to GOG’s preservation program, ahead of Nightdive’s full remaster
GOG, famed revampers of classic PC games, have done just that to the Gold edition of beloved purse-snatching stealth romp Thief: The Dark Project. Through the storefront’s preservation program, the…
As GTA 6’s PC portless launch looms, ex-Rockstar producer says prioritising consoles first is primarily about being “better off starting with the constraints”
The wait for GTA 6 on PC lasting past this November’s been a foregone conclusion for a while now, but if you’re interested in a bit of developer perspective as…
“We’ve seen how close you can get”: How studio closures pushed Suzerain’s maker to create two new DLCs and a turn-based strategy spinoff
“For the longest time, we went one by one,” Ata Sergey Nowak, co-founder of Torpor Games, the studio behind strategy game Suzerain, tells me, explaining the four year gap between…
“There are no benefits to being owned by Microsoft”: Xbox owners accused of cultivating a “disposable worker mentality” in damning report on layoffs
A fresh report has shed light on what played out behind the scenes last week as Microsoft laid off around 1600 people and parted ways with a number of studios.…