Codemasters has announced that it has secured the official World Rally Championship (WRC) licence, allowing the British developer to create games based on the off-road racing sport. Currently owned by Bigben Interactive, Codemasters will be...

Azur Lane has had a rather rapid rise to the upper echelons of gacha gaming. Once, it was derided as a Chinese "clone" of the Japan-exclusive Kantai Collection. Now, less than a year after its official English release, Azur Lane i...

Today's contest features some old-school gaming in Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King! I was a Genesis kid growing up, which means I got to experience the superior version of the classic Aladdin platformer. It also means I was ...

Remember that Jumanji video game that was announced a few months back? No? I don't blame you, especially since it was announced well after The Rock-led reboot/remake/sequel released. While it is likely being made to coincide with the upcom...

Stranger Things 3: The Game is a note-for-note retelling of Stranger Things season three, released day and date with the popular Netflix series. If you haven't seen it, Stranger Things (the show) draws influence from sev...

Developer Funcom is working with Legendary Studios to develop a new open-world, multiplayer title based on the Dune series. Set to enter pre-production sometime this year, the game is the first in a line of multiple Dune projects that Funco...

[Update: It seems that Jurassic Park: The Game and all previous seasons of The Walking Dead have been removed from Steam. You will still retain access if you've already purchased them.] According to a report from GameDaily, Telltale Games i...

Insomniac’s Spider-Man is quickly becoming one of my favorite games of 2018 because it’s Insomniac’s Spider-Man. It’s not simply another game with Spider-Man’s face on it, nor is it just another superhero game;...

Spider-Man will be joining the ranks of God of War and Horizon: Zero Dawn as it will be getting a post-launch "New Game Plus" mode. While this isn't an exact confirmation, a fan asked developer Insomniac Games on Twitter about the feature a...

WB Interactive, Traveler's Tales and The LEGO Group announced today that a remastered compilation of all the LEGO Harry Potter titles is coming to Xbox One and Switch next month. Having already released on PS4 two years ago, the package wil...

For those unaware, earlier in the month, Rockstar announced that a number of licensed songs within Grand Theft Auto IV's radio stations were going to be removed in a new update, due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring. Well,...

[Update: Rockstar has confirmed the removal of a large portion of the soundtrack, mainly affecting Vladiostok FM. The official word: "Due to music licensing restrictions, we are required to remove certain songs from the in-game soundtrack ...

THQ Nordic has been steadily reviving games from the expansive THQ catalog, from De Blob to Titan Quest to Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy. Today, the company announced plans to re-release a bunch of old licensed titles based on Nickelodeon pro...

When giving gifts at Christmas, it is the thought that counts. Especially in the time of trophies and achievements, unwrapping a mediocre game from a well-meaning great-aunt who asked the nice shop assistant for recommendations is not a big...

The fourth issue of the digital fan made comic, Half-Life: A Place in the West, will be hitting Steam tomorrow (November 29). You'll be able to unlock the issue at 8 am PST/ 11 am EST and it will feature 30 brand new panels to further expan...

It seems like the merc with a mouth just can't sit still for too long. High Moon Studio's Deadpool has come and gone from Steam so many times that hearing about another delisting is hardly surprising. Licenses expire and Activision has neve...

Australia is known for a lot of things; deadly animals, intense heat, Crocodile Dundee, AC/DC and extreme censorship laws. That last bit has ruined a bunch of game releases in the land down under (just ask our resident Aussie, Dennis). Thro...

It may not be the most significant trend in gaming history, but the last few years have been pretty good if you're the type of gamer to try out the occasional licensed title. Unlike some of the drek from generations of budget tie-ins past, ...

Way back in '93 or '94, I saw a pirated version of Reservoir Dogs and fell in love. My mum, not knowing what it was about, bought me a legit copy for my birthday and I screened it for my friends at the party. Needless to say, they were unim...

Much like how Marvel loves to tease things we already know, WB Games has thrown up a teaser trailer for the upcoming Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 on the game's Facebook page today. There isn't a whole lot to gather from the 16-second clip, bu...

The easiest time to ignore licensed games is when they're released in step with whatever (typically bad) movie or children's cartoon they're based on. Even when they're based on a good one. Did you know there's a John Wick game? Do you care...

In the digital era of games, not everything lasts forever. As crazy as it may sound, sometimes licenses for cars, music, or product placements end up rendering a game unsellable after a certain date. It looks like that has come to pass for ...

Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization might be the best Sword Art Online game yet.  Then again, we might not be talking about all that much. This is, after all, just the third major Sword Art Online game (fifth, counting ...

IGN has been doing a weekly reveal for WWE 2K17's roster and this week marks the final entry. We now know every wrestler that will be stepping in the square ring and the arenas where they will be brawling. The character roster includes a st...

You hear the first "good jooobbb" at :30 and what was once a weird, branded* cash-in with a Candy Crush color scheme and, well, a Candy Crush everything -- when did this come out? 2009! -- becomes a little less comfortable. *Because of reg...