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This open-world game where you're a 13th-century Mongolian horse courier immediately proved more hardcore than anything Death Stranding 2 could offer
By Ali Jones published
Preview Preview | Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori is the hardest open-world game you'll play this year

The design of Asus' previous controller made no sense, and the updated version revealed at Gamescom proves it
By Duncan Robertson published
News Asus has ditched the gimmicky screen and rubbish back buttons of its Xbox controller in favor of TMR goodness with the Raikiri 2, revealed at Gamescom.

A full-size Amiga 1200 remake is hiding out at Gamescom, and it could solve my retro microcomputer woes
By Phil Hayton published
News Retro Games Ltd just announced its full-size Amiga 1200 remake at Gamescom, and the A1200 could be an affordable way to authentically revisit the microcomputer.

Forza Horizon 6's Japan open world seems likelier than ever as a car import company mistakenly sheds some light on the Xbox sequel
By Kaan Serin published
News On the horizon?

Metroid Prime 4 has been rated by the ESRB, sparking hopes Nintendo is announcing a release date soon
By Scott McCrae published
News It's taken longer than Silksong

Gamescom Day 1 live coverage – all the news, interviews, and previews as they happen
By Iain Harris last updated
LIVE From Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 to Hollow Knight Silksong, we're on the floor in Germany to go hands-on with all the most exciting upcoming games

Gearbox's Randy Pitchford says Borderlands "ushered in a whole new genre" of looter shooters, and imitators get it wrong when they "twist it too far," unlike Gearbox: "We tend to commit to the bit"
By Jordan Gerblick published
News "Borderlands is the borderland between a role-playing game and a shooter"

Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says the game industry once expected a genre experiment like Borderlands to "die," but it actually became "one of the leading video game franchises in the world": "It's kind of humbling"
By Dustin Bailey published
News "We are always exploring the boundaries"

"RTS will not be the big genre again," Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 lead predicts, but it can still be a big niche: "RTS won't kick shooters from the top of the food chain anytime soon, but that's fine, right?"
By Austin Wood published
News RTS and Warhammer still have big followings, so "let's make a great game for both of these communities"
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