High street video game retailer GameStop has confirmed it is currently in talks with various parties over a possible buyout, hoping to find an answer to ongoing financial woes.The news comes at the end of a turbulent time for the retailer, ...

As predicted, Sony's excellent father/son adventure title God of War is back on top of the UK Charts, in a week that saw some of last year's titles return for one last run at the Brass Ring.E3 week saw Assassin's Creed Origins, Fallout 4 an...

When I talked about the problem with Sony not backing down with cross-play last year with Minecraft (when even Apple and Nintendo were on board), most people laughed it off -- "why would Sony work with their arch rival Microsoft and be...

In news that made me outwardly exclaim "Holy Shit" on reveal, DONTNOD Entertainment's nocturnal RPG Vampyr has debuted at number one in this week's UK Charts.The bloodsucking adventure sees the young Dr. Jonathon Reid forced to take a sligh...

Announced in The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. Interactive and Tencent will work alongside a new division within J.J. Abrams' production company, Bad Robot, to produce video games.Bad Robot Games will partner with the industry giants to ...

Platform exclusive wars have become fucking cat fights. When Sony famously took Microsoft to task on its E3 stage for its now-reversed regressive stance on used games, MS would in turn retort a few years later with double-generation backwar...

Valve doesn't feel as if it has any real responsibility to police the vast majority of the content that gets published on Steam. In the wake of controversy surrounding the removal of erotic visual novels and a new game that simulates a scho...

The Paradox Interactive family just got a little bigger. Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind BattleTech and Shadowrun, is now a subsidiary of Paradox. As announced through a press release on Paradox's site, the Sweden-based publishe...

Another shake-up in the UK Charts this week has seen Electronic Arts' FIFA 18 return to the number one slot again, no doubt amidst all the excitement of the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018 tournament, which kicks off (literally) in Russia this...

The King has been dethroned. After a solid five weeks stood atop the UK Charts, Sony's open-world epic God of War has been usurped by the chin-stroking drama of Quantic Dream's sci-fi soap opera, Detroit: Become Human.Kratos and Boy came un...

Last week, Valve started to send takedown notices to a bunch of publishers of adult visual novels on Steam. The reasons were vague and poorly defined, but it suddenly put a lot of people in jeopardy of losing revenue. Not content to sit aro...

In a move destined for failure, Redbox will soon be allowing rentals of certain movies in 4K Ultra HD. You know, the definition so high that only enthusiasts want it enough to pay near a thousand dollars for a setup? Well, soon enough th...

Nintendo are doing pretty well in the UK Charts right now. While Mario Kart 8 Deluxe continues to dart comfortably around the Top Ten, the Switch re-releases of of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and the debuting Hyrule Warriors: Defin...

[Update 05/19/18 9:55 pm: Huniepop's developer has recently posted a Tweet that they received word from Valve apologizing for the confusion and telling them to disregard previous e-mail about Huniepop's violations. The game is currently und...

Take-Two Interactive had a good fiscal year, and it was mostly led by the publisher's stable of consistently-profitable all-star earners. Grand Theft Auto Online, GTA V, and NBA 2K18 helped increase year-over-year net income from $67.3...

For the most part, this week saw little change in the premier spots of the UK video game charts. Sony's smash-hit God of War, as we all knew it would, continues to hold a lock on the number one slot, followed by Nintendo's Donkey Country Co...

To the average video game consumer, there's a very real disconnect between the biggest blockbusters and the resources it takes to make them. We rarely hear hard figures about operating budgets. We know they're expensive because they look ex...

The FTC reported last month that they had found "Warranty void if removed" stickers, which have been used for an age to prevent consumers tampering with their electrical goods, to actually be a violation of law, specifically the Magnuson-Mo...

It's the season where industry giants announce their End of Fiscal Year results and Capcom are no exception. The developer/publisher released a new presentation where, alongside much chest-puffing over the incredible sales of Monster Hunter...

Cowabunga, dudes! The Switch release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze has jammed into the UK Charts, making an impressive second-place debut. Of course, even the awesome power of Funky Kong wasn't enough to keep Sony's mega-smash God...

Capcom have released their financial report for the fiscal year 2017, which ended March 31. The report shows that, since releasing in January, Monster Hunter: World has shipped 7.9 million copies worldwide.This amazing figure reresents the ...

We've all seen those seals on video game consoles and other devices that claim "Warranty void if removed." They're usually placed on a central join so that it becomes readily obvious if a console of other such unit has been opened up.Well, ...

Nintendo's cardboard creativity project, Labo, launched this week and had a pretty good opening run. The Toy-Con Variety Kit landed straight in at the number three spot of the UK charts, while the Robot Kit debuted at number twenty. It wasn...

Nintendo has announced that their current President and Representative Director, Tatsumi Kimishima, is to retire from his role at the head of the Japanese industry giant on June 28.Kimishima, 68, is the fifth Nintendo President, having step...

Nintendo, in their latest financial report, have proudly announced that the sought-after SNES Classic console has sold a staggering 5.28 million units. We reported back in January that the retro device had just passed the four million mark,...