Cuba’s next indie game is powered by fear, family, and the sun It is, perhaps, the perfect time in Cuba to make a horror game. Intertwined oil shortages and an economic crisis…

Cuba’s next indie game is powered by fear, family, and the sun

Crimson Desert Hands-on on a Handheld Crimson Desert is the sort of glee-generating, open-world graphical powerhouse that clearly isn’t designed to be played on a handheld PC.…

Crimson Desert Hands-on on a Handheld

Luckily for game developer Josuhe Pagliery, the rolling blackouts in Cuba line up with his family time each day.

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Crimson Desert Hands-on on a Handheld A gleeful ramble through a world packed with almost too much to see and do

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Voice actors discuss what it takes to bring a grand adventure like Crimson Desert to life We speak to the cast of Crimson Desert and other acclaimed voice actors about how the job has changed over the decades, and how a good performance helps bring games to life.

"Kliff has a sort of gruff cynicism as a default, but as we moved through recording, we embraced the chances to see other parts of his personality too…he is capable of great emotion and not just aggression or ferocity."

The Resident Evil Requiem secrets hidden inside a steel briefcase A blacklight, lighter, and a Cherub key

The Resident Evil Requiem secrets hidden inside a steel briefcase

Resident Evil Requiem producer Masato Kumazawa discusses how the game pays homage to both the horror and the action of the series’ past He provides insight into the game’s dual protagonist format and how it honors the history of the series

“The Resident Evil series has always offered the fear of survival horror, and the exhilaration and catharsis that comes from overcoming that fear.”

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Check out the Epic Games News week in review and let us know what you think.

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Epic Games Store 2025 Year in Review Third Party Game Spending Up 57%!

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A tumultuous time in the game industry is underscored by ICE at GDC fears The annual State of the Game Industry report details a year of struggle

Organizers are in “discussions with the mayor’s office … about the safety, security, and overall experience of attendees.”

Top 20 video game sites in 2025!

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Toxic Commando: Fusing blood, mud, and John Carpenter It started with a spark of an idea: What if you mashed up an off-road trucking simulator with the dread of a lurking evil? Then came the prototyping and mud. Finally, John Carpenter signed on,

It started with a spark of an idea: What if you mashed up an off-road trucking simulator with the dread…

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Toxic Commando: Fusing blood, mud, and John Carpenter How John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando went from streamer’s odd aside to full-blown Carpenter horror adventure

How a streamer’s odd aside turned into a full-blown John Carpenter horror adventure.

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Enshortification and the death of (social?) media I remain befuddled about the current state of SEO and the shift to GEO. For those of you blissfully unaware, SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, or the way Google (and other search engines) force

I remain befuddled about the current state of SEO and the shift to GEO. For those of you blissfully unaware,…

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Phantom Blade Zero wishlists topped 1M.

Read our exclusive deep dive into the making of the game to discover what all the hype is about.

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Seven Crazy Gaming Presents (for yourself) We are teetering on the tail end of the holidays, but I thought it would still be fun to send out a list of some of the cooler things I’ve been playing around with over

We are teetering on the tail end of the holidays, but I thought it would still be fun to send…

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Sci-fi, dino-taming survival game ARK 2 eyes a 2028 release with a little or a lot of Vin DIesel Fans of the sci-fi, dino-taming survival game ARK: Survival Ascended will get their first taste of the long-anticipated sequel—ARK 2—in a major update hitting near the end of 2027. ARK 2, Jeremy Stieglitz, co-founder of developer Studio

Fans of the sci-fi, dino-taming survival game ARK: Survival Ascended will get their first taste of the long-anticipated sequel—ARK 2—in a major…

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Seven Crazy Gaming Presents (for yourself) Not all gifts have to be for someone else

You can turn a cheap Casio into a game watch or the LEGO Game Boy into a functioning handheld. Here's a list of fun stuff you might want to pick up for yourself or others this holiday.

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Sci-fi, dino-taming survival game ARK 2 eyes a 2028 release with a little or a lot of Vin DIesel Space ships, Dinos, and Vampires

We chat with one of the creators of dino-taming sci-fi survival game ARK about the next two years of content and why he thinks 2028 is when ARK 2 will arrive.

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Phantom Blade Zero wowed with its new trailer last night. Now read our deep dive with the studio about its appoach to combat inspired by Chinese wuxia films.

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BAFTA reveals longlist of the best 64 games of 2025 Longlisted games will now progress to Round Two voting to decide the nominations, to be announced on 12 March 2026

Here are the 64 best video games of the year, according to BAFTA.

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How Super Meat Boy 3D brings the ultra-hard indie platforming classic to a new dimension We speak with developer Sluggerfly's Dominik Plassmann and Christian Patorra about reinventing the indie classic.

"There was a big shift in the industry basically, because before Super Meat Boy, indie games just weren't really a thing."

Hideo Kojima to headline new GDC Festival of Gaming Restarting from Zero: A Message to Creators Considering Independence

The GDC keynote talks are back!

They put the cozy in cozy. But how?

The Rise of Cozy Games From Stardew Valley to Animal Crossing and the COVID boom, we spoke with developers, players, and a video game-focused psychologist on the rise of chill games.

What makes a cozy game cozy, and why do so many people love playing them? @davetach.bsky.social spoke to @drkowert.bsky.social and a bunch of devs to get the answers.

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Metal Gear Solid’s Naked Snake hits Delta Force on January 1 Metal Gear Solid 3’s Naked Snake—voiced by the character’s original actor David Hayter—arrives in Delta Force on Jan. 1 as a new appearance option for the game’s stealth-assault character Nox. The Metal Gear Solid collaboration with the free-to-play shooter

Metal Gear Solid 3’s Naked Snake—voiced by the character’s original actor David Hayter—arrives in Delta Force on Jan. 1 as a new…

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The Atari Gamestation Go feels like a system built for fans In an era when handheld gaming systems are growing increasingly bland—an army of glossy black rectangles framed with a familiar array of buttons and thumbsticks—My Arcade decided to do something very different: Embrace the potential

In an era when handheld gaming systems are growing increasingly bland—an army of glossy black rectangles framed with a familiar…

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Atari Gamestation Go

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Lessons Learned From the Rise of a New Take on Monster Hunter and Its Sudden Collapse Dauntless was, it seems, ultimately too successful to succeed. Launched in 2019 to a rabid fanbase clamouring for another take on the fantasy-hunting genre created by Capcom with Monster Hunter, Dauntless came out of the

Dauntless was, it seems, ultimately too successful to succeed. Launched in 2019 to a rabid fanbase clamouring for another take…

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