Obsidian's Honey, I Shrunk the Kids-style survival adventure Grounded is coming to Xbox One and Steam Early Access on July 28, 2020, the studio announced today during an at-home edition of Inside Xbox. As a miniaturized kid in a killer bac...

It's been a while! Microsoft is prepping another episode of its Inside Xbox news show, and the date is set: the stream will start at 2:00 p.m. Pacific on April 7, 2020, via YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer. If you're inclined to wonder if we'll ...

Everyone has been forced to move away from physical events for the foreseeable future, as conventions are canceled and the public is encouraged to abstain from sizable gatherings. There's not really any sort of hope on the horizon, as we're...

IGN recently caught up with Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who confirmed that at this time, they don't see a delay for the Xbox Series X hardware despite the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hitting their pipelines. But after chatting about ...

Things are constantly in flux right now. Some countries are just now in the throes of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, and others are starting to flatten the spread of it. But if things continue as they are right now, Microsoft boss Phi...

Publisher Microsoft and developer Rare have just announced the PC edition of Sea of Thieves will be weighing anchor on the Steam platform soon, having previously been available exclusively on the Microsoft Store.While no details have been r...

The Sonic the Hedgehog movie is out digitally following a stint in theaters, where it beat the coronavirus  drought and managed to score $306 million at the box office, well over its estimated $80-95 million budget with plenty of ...

Games with Gold is back in April, with a fairly well-rounded set of offerings: two RPG-based titles and two offbeat racers. The former category is easily the big-name here, as Fable Anniversary is a remaster of a first-party game: one ...

Bleeding Edge is now out on PC and Xbox One, and the meta is very early yet. We're here to help. Here are three of the strongest characters in Bleeding Edge that are great to pick up and play immediately so you get off on the righ...

[Update: The Phantasy Star Online 2 perk is now live!] I feel like I'm spinning way too many plates to even consider stepping into The Surge 2, but its inclusion in Xbox Game Pass this week is clawing away at my brain. I just passed th...

I can't believe that it's nearly here. I've been waiting literal years for Phantasy Star Online 2 to come west, and in the meantime I managed to play the fan-translated client and even test out the PS4 version at TGS in Japan years bac...

Microsoft is pulling the curtain back even further on the Xbox Series X, in this extreme cold war that is the next generational reveal. As of now, we do not have full launch and pricing info for the Xbox Series X or the PS5, which have been...

The cliched "games are art" discussion is bound to cause eye-rolling in 2020, but Ori and the Blind Forest feels like one of those examples that's just unanimously celebrated. Much like a well-animated Don Bluth film, Ori still ho...

Well, look who's chewing on my neck all of a sudden: It's State of Decay 2, a game released back in 2018. Like a freak you didn't behead all the way, it's back up and at 'em, ready to crack your head open and feast on the goo inside. With s...

Yesterday we received the inevitable news that The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) was cancelling E3 2020 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In the aftermath of the announcement, several publishers have reportedly started loo...

Ori and the Will of the Wisps does things a bit differently when it comes to combat. Unlike the original, the incredibly cute and formidable Ori will not dispatch enemies by way of mashing the attack button and throwing out short-ranged lit...

The final Bleed Edge closed beta is running from Friday, March 13 to Monday, March 16. Like before, Nina Theory is letting in Xbox Game Pass subscribers and players who pre-order the PvP brawler. With only a few more weeks to go before laun...

We're only a few days into March 2020 and I'm already feeling a renewed sense of energy. The video game release calendar is stacked, and once it gets going soon, it's not going to let up for quite some time. There's a lot to play! Especiall...

The Game Developers Conference is going to be missing a lot of the biggest game developers. In a little more than two weeks, GDC will kick off in San Francisco without attendance from PlayStation, Oculus, Facebook, Electronic Arts, PUBG Cor...

That's...a lot of colons! Games with Gold is getting silly and melancholy next month, as the four new games run the full gamut of emotions. On the former side you have Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero and Sonic Generations, and on the latter th...

After nearly seven years, the Xbox One is finally getting a function users have clamored for since launch: disc-ejecting with a controller. By simply highlighting the disc in the main menu of the Xbox One, you'll soon have the ability to ej...

The next generation of gaming is nearly here. For some, that means excitement, launch parties, and endless gaming marathons. For others, it's a serious case of FOMO as they roll their eyes at the prospect of spending over $1000 on two new c...

For a second, I didn't believe that the below video really was a Minecraft creation, but it all becomes clear. So here's the thing: it looks like they're just showing footage of Metroid Fusion. But at 0:30, the camera pulls back and yo...

Ninja Theory has its work cut out for it with Bleeding Edge, a hopeful new four-on-four brawler, and I'm worried, but I also can't quite shake my curiosity. If you have room in your life for another competitive multiplayer game, a humble he...

We've heard a little bit about both the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X, but neither Sony nor Microsoft has revealed plans for next-gen pricing. That isn't much of a surprise. It's still a bit early for those kind of details. However, r...