Issue #203

NEWS Link to heading

Bobby Kotick Will Remain Activision Blizzard CEO Through End Of 2023 Following Microsoft Acquisition

Mario’s new voice actor has revealed himself

Diablo 4 is Steam Deck verified: Slay demons on the go next week

This indie dev is removing all microtransactions after noting that “player sentiment is trending against” them

Minecraft Live 2023: Everything Announced

Epic Games’ Free Games Program to Continue Beyond 2023

Analogue’s next console plays Nintendo 64 games in 4K

Netflix reportedly looks to license GTA title as it moves into “higher-end” gaming

Epic Games incentivizes developers to release older titles on its digital store

Cities: Skylines 2 performance has “not achieved the benchmark we targeted”, Paradox admits ahead of launch

Roblox’s PlayStation Launch Behind Only Fortnite and Call of Duty According to Circana’s Data

Arcane is officially canon, and from now on League of Legends lore is going to stop contradicting itself all over the place, says Riot

AMD yeets its latest GPU driver in response to Anti-Lag+ causing bans in Counter-Strike 2

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog and Classics for October 2023 Now Available - News

Witcher spin-off Gwent’s final update now here, bringing development to end

REVIEWS Link to heading

Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged

Endless Dungeon

Wizard With A Gun

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Intel Core i9 14900K and Core i5 14600K

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Skull Island: Rise of Kong

Cities Skylines 2

FEATURES Link to heading

Riccitiello’s exit a rare bit of accountability | This Week in Business

The Best PS2 Games Of All Time

Why Have Many of the Online Multiplayer Games of the Past Five Years Failed?

Everything You Wanted To Know About Warcraft Rumble In One Interview

Is ‘Starfield’ Now Xbox’s Flagship Game?

So, Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard. How will this affect the rest of the industry?

MMO trade gone wrong avoids the “literally murder my cousin” ending as one player reclaims 96 million gold heirloom “to hand down to generations”

Peter Molyneux is returning to his roots

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2: The First Preview

Can anyone survive Fortnite as a job?

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

What game pissed you off so much that you uninstalled it immediately?

What game DOESN’T hold your hand?

What are the games you have put hundreds of hours of gameplay and still consider yourself a beginner?

VIDEOS Link to heading

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 - Launch Trailer I PS5 Games

Microcivilization Official Trailer

Gangs of Sherwood |Gameplay Overview

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ - Opening Cinematic

FUNNY Link to heading

This is an actual cutscene from ‘Skull Island: Rise of Kong’ (2023)

“We need a healer!”

DEV / DESIGN Link to heading

Are your game monetisation techniques going to remain legal?