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New Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 dev won't say exactly what happened in the 10 years since Helldivers 2 boss bought it at Paradox, just that "we basically started again": "The two games are not alike"
News Perpetually undead
Space Marine 2 dev Saber announces single-player Hellraiser game with actor Doug Bradley returning as legendarily horny demon Pinhead for the first time in nearly 20 years: "Ripped straight from the bowels of oblivion"
News "We look forward to opening up the gates of hell"
I Know What You Did Last Summer director says this whole thing could have been avoided "if men went to therapy," because "if you have the right tools, that pain is maybe not then turned into a murder spree"
News What's good for the soul is perhaps bad for horror movie franchises
Tired Microsoft employees say layoffs impacting 9,000 people could've been avoided by reducing spending on AI instead: "I can't believe how deep the cuts run"
News You would think it's a no-brainer
"Boy, that game sucked": Notorious Dead Island 2 delay lasted nearly a decade partly because its original developer ignored "horrific" player feedback, says former Deep Silver lead
News So, that's bad
Resident Evil fans are convinced Leon Kennedy's sharper jawline at age 27 compared to 21 is a powerful example of how trauma ages a person, and now I'm insecure about being 26
News Am I… old?
The best Amazon Prime Day gaming deals 2025: all the biggest offers still available
Deals Amazon Prime Day gaming deals are nearly here, these are the biggest offers from across the web right now.
Last-chance Prime Day Asus ROG Ally deals 2025: The biggest savings still available
Deals Here are all the best Prime Day Asus ROG Ally deals and accessory discounts
Last-chance Prime Day Steam Deck deals 2025: The biggest sales still happening
Deals I'm already seeing plenty of accessories for the gaming handheld with nice discounts.
Reducing the "burden" of open-world games, Ghost of Yotei replaces Ghost of Tsushima’s journal menu with a "wolf pack" of important characters that meet you under the stars: "The game comes to you"
News That's convenient
Former Square Enix exec says the developer "has spent two decades slowly moving away from being a content business" after accidentally predicting the rise of AI: "But the sun set on their opportunity to transition"
News "In the meantime, we just made content"
GTA 6 rumor suggests GTA Online server player capacity could double, even triple, and it's making me want to lock my doors and stockpile guns like I'm in a doomsday bunker
News Good grief
Subnautica 2 reportedly delayed to 2026 "against the wishes" of devs and ousted leaders who stood to receive a $250 million bonus from publisher Krafton if it came out this year
News It seemed bound to happen
"What happened with Microsoft was clear": Former Square Enix exec says Game Pass, "a service with barely any growth," didn't cause layoffs – competition with AI did
News "Get on board, or perish"
"SILKSONG IS IMMORTAL AND SO ARE WE": Desperate for answers, Hollow Knight Silksong fans are ritualistically banning mods in savage sacrifice to their fickle god Team Cherry
News "We made the choice, there's no alternative"
I hope you're ready for round 2, because Elden Ring Nightreign is bringing back 3 weeks of mega-bosses – except this time they come in pairs for more varied pain: "F*** my life"
News Ow, ow, ow, ow
Former Microsoft exec says if Xbox hadn't shelled out $1.15 billion to fix its infamous red ring of death, "I'm not sure the Xbox brand would be around today"
News Peter Moore did what he had to do
I hope you're not squeamish, because Elden Ring Nightreign lets you find and loot your own corpse to steal back your best gear on your next run: "I couldn't have even imagined that was possible"
News Just a little desecration is OK
EU publisher group addresses Stop Killing Games movement in early double down: killing online games "must be an option," and this proposal would make them "prohibitively expensive to create"
News Video Games Europe's board include executives from EA, Microsoft, and Warner Bros.
Horse girl gacha gamers are so obsessed with pink racer Haru Urara that the farm that owns the real-life horse she's based on, who never won a single race, had to respond
News Umamusume: Pretty Derby is pro-loser
The best new game I've played all year is a 30-minute demo where I just climbed rocks and ate chocolate bars – and I still care about it more than Borderlands 4 and GTA 6 combined
Hands-on Summer Preview 2025 | Cairn is improbably good
This insomnia simulator has Outlast enemies, Alan Wake dream sequences, and "evil" music by a Nine Inch Nails guitarist, and I already need to watch about 50 lore videos on it
Hands-on Summer Preview 2025 | Just thinking about Sleep Awake makes me tired
