Issue #273

NEWS Link to heading

“It’s modding on steroids” Skyblivion project lead talks progress towards a 2025 release, those official Oblivion remake rumours, and if Fallout: London offers any lessons

Nintendo’s Alarmo has broken out of its cage and is now available at Best Buy

Former Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies dev says MMOs have “been in a rut for a long time” after World of Warcraft’s popularity narrowed down “a much more diverse genre”

Marvel Rivals Says Popular Third-Party PC Plugin Is ‘Cheating Software’ And Bans It

Netflix must have liked Amazon’s Sifu episode of Secret Level, as it’s acquired the rights to the film adaptation of the stylish brawler, bringing a writer aboard with it

More than a dozen NetEase studios are reportedly at risk, including Nagoshi, Quantic Dream and Grasshopper

RTX 5000 series now also has manufacturing issues, continuing Nvidia’s shoddy streak

Was making the PS5 Pro so expensive a mistake? It’s probably still too early to tell, but the pace of sales have apparently fallen behind the PS4 Pro’s

23 year-old Dungeons & Dragons RPG Neverwinter Nights just got a new, official expansion that continues its original story in a ’love letter’ to the game and its community

Balatro wins formal appeal to reclassify poker game as PEGI 12

Microsoft CEO Says Company Will Train New AI On A “Catalog Of Games”

Surprise, Balatro’s on Xbox Game Pass Now

Free-to-play Monster Hunter-like Dauntless is shutting down following mass studio layoffs

Activision admits Call of Duty includes generative AI

Bad news Xbox fans, Fable has been delayed to 2026

BREAKING: Warner Bros. Games Cancels Wonder Woman, Shuts Down Multiple Studios

8BitDo just launched its new Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller - and it’s leaving Hall effect thumbsticks in the dust

PlayStation Plus Free Games For March 2025 Include Dragon Age: The Veilguard And More

This App Is On A Mission To Recommend You The Perfect Game

Pokemon Presents February 2025: Everything Announced

Elite Dangerous plans four more ships, an update for squadrons, and a new feature in 2025 roadmap

Twitch Is Making Big Changes To Its Monetization Policies In 2025

EA releases source code for Command & Conquer to modders

REVIEWS Link to heading

Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection Review

Monster Hunter Wilds

Warriors: Abyss

Alien: Rogue Incursion

Two Point Museum

Asus ROG Destrier Core

FEATURES Link to heading

50 years of game history, as told through 60 games

The remarkable banter of Cory Barlog and Neil Druckmann on the creative process

Avowed could have been Obsidian’s Redfall, with a Destiny plus Skyrim co-op multiplayer vision scrapped early in a grueling 6-year development

Monster Hunter Wilds is so streamlined, it may have lost its soul

Mecha Break: The Final Preview

Delta Force Devs Discuss the Creation of Its New Campaign, Black Hawk Down

The Best Family Board Games to Play in 2025

Inside Hazelight at the climax of Split Fiction’s development, you can see how the seeds of a Game of the Year are sown

Fragpunk is like every shooter, everywhere, all at once - and could be Netease’s next Marvel Rivals (if the dev plays its cards right)

11 standouts from Steam Next Fest’s thousands of free game demos

Netflix’s games were once its best-kept secret – where did it all go wrong?

Once Human Interview – Seasonal System, Future Content, PvE and PvP Balance, and More

Monster Hunter Wilds Interview – Designing the Game to Welcome Newcomers

How Monster Hunter Took Over the World

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

Video Game reviews have lost their usefulness

Which was the first game you broke 1000+ hours of gameplay?

VIDEOS Link to heading

Gothic Remake - 22 Minutes of 4K Demo Gameplay

SKYBLIVION Live Gameplay Demo and Q&A [Liking The Stream Is Appreciated]

Monster Hunter Wilds - The Wilds Are Calling - Live Action Trailer | IGN Fan Fest 2025

The Lonesome Guild | Reveal Trailer

Fellowship | Official Trailer

Deliberately Burning In My QD-OLED Monitor - One Year Update

Dark Deity 2 | Official Trailer

The Witcher 4 – Cinematic Reveal Trailer – Behind the scenes

La Quimera - Announcement Trailer

Terminator 2D No Fate | Official Announce Trailer

Anno 117: Pax Romana - Official Overview Trailer | IGN Fan Fest 2025

Prologue: Go Wayback! Trailer

Fable: Pre-Alpha Gameplay

FUNNY Link to heading

The developers are really letting their feelings out with this one

Truly reprehensible behaviour

DEV / DESIGN Link to heading

How Kepler Interactive balances artistic vision with gaming innovation