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This year’s GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit, returning to the Royal Institution on October 1, will have a new focus on People and Workplaces, with a series of sessions featuring, and speaking to, both HR professionals and business leaders on what the modern games workplace needs to be in a time of ongoing turmoil in the industry….

A problem that games have, I find, is that it’s quite hard for them to inspire a sense of wonder. The kind of thing that old movies, before CGI, that would make you think, “how did they do that?” But games are all CGI, spiritually anyway, so it’s a bit harder for the craft itself…

I've been thinking about buying a good 4K Blu-ray player for a while now. Here at IGN we regularly cover new 4K movie releases, and I myself have started my own modest collection. As I was browsing Labor Day sales this week looking for a discount, I was unpleasantly surprised by what I found. I…

In 2020, Microsoft announced that Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions would include unlimited access to its new Xbox Cloud Gaming service (then still known as Project xCloud). Now, that kind of streaming buffet service is coming to an end, as Microsoft announced strict new limits on how much streaming is included in its various Game Pass subscriptions….

2025 was a major year for new 360 cameras. Insta360 maintained its dominance with the X5 (since upgraded with the X6), DJI entered the picture with the Osmo 360, and GoPro finally upgraded its original Max after years of delays with the Max 2. In our in-depth review, we said GoPro’s 8K second-gen model was…

Here are hints and the answers for today’s NYT Strands puzzle No. 915 for Friday, Sept. 4. Source link

“We leaked our trailer,” admits Left 4 Dead 2 project lead and Valve veteran Chet Faliszek in a new YouTube video. “I think we can’t get in trouble for that now, it’s like 20 years ago,” he then says, with an air of mild nervousness about him. In his YouTube confessional, Faliszek explains that the…

On episode 2 of Polygon’s news show Point It Out!, Patches and Simone do a state of the union for the games industry in 2026. Source link

Let me paint you a picture. It’s the second day of Gamescom 2026, everyone is hot and sweaty, the schedule is rapidly deteriorating as previews run late, interviewees go over their allotted times, and dashing from booth to booth adds minutes onto every single journey. I get to the Square Enix booth, only to find…

Rockstar’s next GTA game for the PS5 and Xbox is only a few months away, and the team is dramatically shaking up the formula. This week we’re talking about carjacking and how it changes nearly every aspect of Grand Theft Auto as we know it. Source link

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says the industry is going through its biggest crash since the 1980s in the latest issue of Edge magazine. Read more Source link

You like putting a bunch of mice on a boat, don’t you? Of course you do, it’s always enjoyable seeing semi-anthropomorphic mice do human things! Now that we’re on the same page, this is a good time to let you know that the new update for Whiskerwood, a city-builder where the cities are filled with…

Netflix is cooking up a live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV show based on the tabletop RPG’s gothic-horror campaign, Ravenloft, and its vampire villain, Darklord Strahd von Zarovich. The spooky series is penned as an origin story that dives into the events that turned Zarovitch into the vicious vampire count we all know and love today….

Another massive Garmin sale is underway at Amazon for Labor Day, offering yet another chance to score big savings on many of the manufacturer’s top smartwatches. Several of these models are considered the best running, fitness, and outdoor wearables, according to our expert testers, so I’ve hand-picked the eight top deals that you need to…

Here are hints and the answer for today’s NYT Wordle puzzle for Sept. 4, 2026. Source link

Xbox Cloud Gaming, once a vaunted lure for the Microsoft ecosystem, will soon cap players to 5-to-15 hours of base playtime per month based on the tier of their Xbox Game Pass membership. In a blog post, Microsoft outlines substantial changes coming to its cloud gaming service. “Today, eligible Game Pass subscribers can stream without…

It’s the first Thursday of September, which means it’s the best day of the month for Rust players — force wipe. This force wipe update has been titled “Breach and Clear,” as it’s all about breaking obstacles and destroying lootable structures. Over a hundred minor updates have been made to improve the overall state of…

Two limited Edition Grand Theft Auto 6 PS5 Dualsense controllers were just revealed during the Sony State of Play livestream. Read more Source link

Do you want to increase your character’s maximum health in The Blood of Dawnwalker? Survival is of the utmost importance, especially since you’ll be fighting against battalions of soldiers, hordes of undead, and cadres of vampiric hostiles. Thankfully, there’s a legendary herb that grants a one-time boon. In This Article The Hedgehog Herb and Razkovniche…

Sony and Microsoft have filed motions to dismiss class action lawsuits accusing them of not passing on tariff refunds to consumers. Read more Source link

The opening minutes of Onimusha: Way of the Sword are glorious, in the sense that they’re utterly shambolic. Wandering ronin Musashi wakes up under a bridge, belts a wrong-footingly British “WOT?!” at some starving urchins eyeing up his rice ball, then proceeds to be chased around a muddy village by what feels like two thousand…

Since revealing his new relationship with Hollywood, Brandon Sanderson's weekly podcast has become increasingly focused on movie and book adaptations. This week, he and his co-host Dan Wells dove into the topic of the Project Hail Mary movie, and Sanderson makes a compelling case for reading Andy Weir's book. "They left out a lot of…

If we’re being honest, Amazon could have picked absolutely anybody to host the new season of The Grand Tour on Prime Video. From a random but established presenter who is trying something off-brand to a complete unknown fresh from a internship — you name it, they could have had the job. But for two of…

Wordle in 1 is included in a group of bonus puzzles that will arrive every Wednesday. Source link

Stephen King has shouted out an upcoming horror movie… and it isn’t based on one of his novels. “There’s a movie coming on Shudder in October called The Cycle,” King wrote on Twitter. “I don’t usually pump up horror movies (unless they are mine, haha), but this is special. Put it on your calendar.” The…

The Mists are apparently rolling into Netflix. Source link

A Lego replica of the original Playstation was just revealed at the Sony State of Play, and it’ll be available to order starting next month. Read more Source link

Gundam Rogue Orbit is a break from tradition for Bandai Namco, as new entries in the franchise typically debut as an anime series first, then as a line of collectible model kits. But this Gundam is arriving first as a video game–one that was shown in more detail today during the September PlayStation State of…

Now that Gamescom is firmly behind us, the GamesIndustry.biz team is busy judging the entries for this year’s Best Places To Work Awards. Entries have closed for our headline awards, which are judged based on anonymous employee feedback – but we have extended the deadline for nominations for our Special Awards, which reward excellence in…

It’s The Blood of Dawnwalker release day! The debut game of Rebel Wolves and the first new game from director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz since The Witcher 3. A day of what should be celebrations for many, I’m sure, instead a day of “oh, huh, this isn’t running so well on PC, is it?” This is fairly…

Takashi Iizuka, a key figure in Sega’s Sonic Franchise, told IGN’s Jeffrey Vega about the unique difficulty the company faced in giving the Blue Blur a playable skin in Fortnite. While Shadow is somewhat famous for being an edgy, pistol-toting anti-hero, Sonic is a totally different character. The yang to Shadow’s yin, Sonic is an…

A Japanese laptop maker has come up with an innovative stand It folds out from underneath the notebook to give the device some clearance off the surface below This improves cooling the processor by up to 3C / 5.4F, the maker claims, and it could be a trick that other manufacturers adopt A PC maker…

Here are hints and the answer for today’s NYT Wordle puzzle for Sept. 3, 2026. Source link

The Blood of Dawnwalker launched just yesterday, rising the ranks of Steam with its “Mostly Positive” reviews – but the big new vampire RPG headed by CD Projekt Red veterans hasn’t arrived without its fair share of amusing chaos. Sure, there are the PC optimization issues which Rebel Wolves is currently addressing – but those…

In early September 2026, Sony announced it was adopting a new harassment policy in Japan prohibiting its customers from exhibiting specific types of behavior. If PlayStation fans broke its rules, Sony said it reserved the right to work with law enforcement, or to seek legal action against the offending parties. For many, the policies came…

We already knew that Final Fantasy 7 Revelation was going to launch sometime in ‘spring 2027‘, but today director Naoki Hamaguchi took to Sony’s State of Play livestream to inform us all that the game has a locked-in release date: 8th April, 2027. It’ll launch worldwide, and on all platforms – that’s PS5, Nintendo Switch…

After its liberation from Microsoft’s ownership, the newly independent Double Fine Productions has been quite busy. At the September 2026 State of Play, PlayStation revealed that Double Fine’s surreal adventure Keeper is shadow-dropping on PS5, and the studio added that the acclaimed game is getting some intriguing updates. Along with the surprise PS5 release, Keeper…

Apple is facing a £2 billion class action lawsuit over the implementation of its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework. Read more Source link

Creative Assembly have themselves a particular constraint when making Alien: Isolation 2. The sequel to their 2014 horror title would only reference their first game and the original 1979 Ridley Scott Alien film. It ignores all the other films that came after. That includes James Cameron’s Aliens, the immediate sequel to Scott’s film, which, like…

Key Preview Takeaways: This might be the prettiest HD-2D game yet. Visions are a fun gameplay mechanic that get fan-favorite characters from previous Final Fantasy games involved. The soundtrack is on point based on what I’ve heard so far. About two minutes into my demo, Final Fantasy Resonance hit me with a word that I’ve…

Google Pics lets you generate and precisely edit images using simple text prompts It will be integrated directly into Google Docs, Slides and Drive Pics is rolling out to Google AI Pro, Ultra and eligible Workspace customers Google has started rolling out Pics, a new AI-powered image creation and editing tool that looks like the…

Here are hints and the answers for today’s NYT Strands puzzle for Sept. 3, 2026. Source link

Sony has officially revealed a Lego PlayStation set, recreating the original console in surprisingly interactive detail. Shown off during the latest State of Play stream, this kit is made up of nearly 2,000 pieces and is a near 1:1 replica of the system that kicked it all off in 1994. It isn’t just a display…

During Thursday morning’s State of Play, Sony announced that PlayStation 5 hardware would soon welcome the addition of a Grand Theft Auto 6-themed DualSense controller. Source link

During today’s State of Play showcase, Ghost of Yotei developer Sucker Punch brought a first-look trailer at Most Wanted. This is the roguelike mode the studio announced alongside the Complete Edition earlier in August. Read more Source link

During today’s State of Play, 4A Games revealed new PS5 Pro footage of Metro 2039 and finally confirmed the game’s release date. The game will be out on February 4, 2027. That means it’ll kick off a busy month of new video game releases, as its launch precedes the likes of Fable, Persona 4 Revival,…

Often when a studio is dropped by a major publisher, it leaves them in dire straits. The story is all too common and often ends in layoffs or outright closure. Read more Source link

CD Projekt Red and Fool’s Theory might have used Gamescom to make clear that they’ve got a Witcher thing in the pipeline for this year and the next two, but they’ve also had to put one of their previously cat-eyed projects on hold for the time being. The remake of the first Witcher game is…

It’s State of Play time, and IGN will be reporting live on all the gameplay reveals, trailers, and announcements as they happen right here in our live blog. The action kicks off on September 3 starting at 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm UK / 3pm CEST / 10pm JST. Sony has two State…

California lawmakers have approved a plug-in solar bill All that’s required now is the Governor’s signature These kits could save you up to $450 a year on electricity Adding plug-in solar power to your home’s energy mix is about to become legal in California: lawmakers in the state have now passed a bill approving the…

Here are hints and the answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzle for Sept. 3, 2026. Source link

Gamers in the US are being taken back to the PS2 era as the Japanese and European box art of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is way better than the US release. While everything is pretty standardized nowadays, video game box art used to vary a ton depending on which region you were in. Crash Bandicoot was…

“One step forward, two steps back” seems the best way to describe Wizards of the Coast’s approach to Secret Lair, Magic: The Gathering‘s limited-run product line. Just one day after the Secret Lair director praised the Hatsune Miku Commander deck drop, which was released with a print-to-demand window, the Chaos Vault drop for The Zeta…

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced could be the next big 2026 release to come to Switch 2. That’s according to a retail listing, which suggests the game is set to arrive on Nintendo’s console later this month. Read more Source link

Are you getting frustrated due to Volk’s Buried Past quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker? There’s a certain old fella who claims to be a comrade of Coen’s father, one who had been with him on numerous adventures in a previous life. But he gives you so many chores that seem like a waste of…

Aggro Crab, known for Peak and Another Crab’s Treasure, has launched a publishing label to support “intense, stylised games with an attitude.” Read more Source link

Why the rush, The Blood of Dawnwalker? Your protagonist Coen’s family have only been kidnapped by a vampiric dictator who’s slowly draining them of blood. Let the kid take his sweet time in finding a way to deliver them from the castle dungeon. After all, he’s got a tonne of bandits he could be killing…

The Witcher and Cyberpunk developer CD Projekt Red is staffing up for its unannounced 'Project Hadar', as that team is currently over 30 people strong with plans "to hire more, up to 50 developers by the end of this year," CD Projekt Red vice president of investor relations Karolina Gnas said on the company latest…

Sam Altman does not like smart glasses. Speaking on the Sources Podcast, the OpenAI CEO said he finds it “very uncomfortable talking to people with a camera and a light” and confirmed that he does not wear smart glasses himself. That is a surprisingly firm position considering where the technology industry appears to be heading…

The Boulies MagVida has an absolutely unique way to keep your tech and cables tidy. Source link

The Blood of Dawnwalker is finally here, and in just 11 hours or so, it’s managed to rack up nearly 2,000 Steam reviews and a “Mostly Positive” rating. It only launched yesterday evening (or night, if you’re overseas like me), but a good few of us stayed up to see what Rebel Wolves, the studio…

More than 60 years since their release, all three movies in Clint Eastwood’s “The Man with No Name Trilogy” remain classics. 1964’s A Fistful of Dollars, 1965’s For a Few Dollars More, and 1996’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly are all Italian-made films by director Sergio Leone set in the American West, hence…

Frontier Developments – the developer behind Planet Coaster and Jurassic World – has announced a partnership with Disney. As part of this collaboration, a new Disney game is in production. Read more Source link

You definitely want to save Coen’s mother in The Blood of Dawnwalker. Esme was once protective of her four children. Unfortunately, due to the plague that ravaged the region and the arrival of the vampire boyars, she has since lost her will to live. She barely eats, causing her to weaken considerably. Now, it’s up…

Frontier Developments has entered into an agreement with Disney to work on a new title based on its portfolio and IP. Read more Source link

Last week, Rockstar Games’ parent company Take-Two were filed subpoenas asking for info from Microsoft and Discord to help uncover the identity of the hacker or hackers behind the ongoing GTA 6 leaks. With clips of the game continuing to hit the net and the potential threat of story spoilers starting to drop soon, it…

Earlier this year, Dell announced the "world's first 39" 5K monitor with RGB stripe tandem OLED technology." You can finally get your hands on one. The new Alienware AW3926QW has just been listed at Dell for $1,099.99 with free delivery (10% less if you have a verified student account). This monitor has potential to be…

Anker has launched the SleepLab and SleepLab Pro speakers It’s also unveiled the Sleep 4 and Sleep 4 Pro earphones These products promise to help you fall asleep more easily Anyone who struggles to fall asleep at night knows the toll it can take on you, from frustration and anxiety over lost sleep to lethargy…

Connections players on Reddit say it was ruff. Source link

CD Projekt Red hasn’t forgotten about its enigmatic new IP Hadar amid all the clamoring over The Witcher 4. The developer confirms during its 2026 earnings conference on September 2 that the covert project originally revealed in 2022 is comfortably in pre-production. “Hadar is still in the concept phase,” CD Projekt Red vice president of…

Over the course of The Gentlemenseason 2, both the billionaire Stanley Johnston (Giancarlo Esposito) and cannabis kingpin Bobby Glass (Ray Winstone) explain that Duke Eddie Horniman (Theo James) must suffer to achieve his full potential. Unfortunately, viewers have to suffer with him as Guy Ritchie tosses aside most of the humor and quirky characters that…

World of Warcraft fans are currently obsessing over colours, as dataminers pull hues from Blizzard’s website that are labelled under a curious “wow 2” tag. This, some believe, could be an indication of a major reveal at next week’s BlizzCon event. Read more Source link

Are you searching for the Sacred Stones in The Blood of Dawnwalker? These objects are part of a quest called A Pilgrimage for Power. Left behind by uriashi in ages long past, it’s up to you to discover the boons that they provide. In This Article A Pilgrimage for Power: Sacred Stone locations Sacred Stone…

US physical software sales fell to $85 million in July, the lowest monthly total since Circana began tracking in 1995. Read more Source link

Clear River Games Development and Limited Run are working on a PC re-release of Terranigma, Quintet’s Super Nintendo Entertainment System action-RPG from 1995. I never played Terranigma, for I was raised according to the Holy Maxim that Sega do what Nintendon’t. I would sooner have flushed my own blast processor down the toilet before I…

Zach Cregger admitted that he was “naive” to think his less-direct approach to adapting Resident Evil would be universally well-received by fans after deliberately choosing to avoid retelling the story exactly as it unfolds in the games. Cregger’s Resident Evil movie follows Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier who gets caught up in the madness…

Sonos just announced two new big pieces of hardware to its lineup: a Sonos Beam Ultra soundbar and some Sonos Ace Ultra headphones. And while they both sound like solid upgrades to the manufacturer’s top-tier audio tech, you’ll have to pay a premium for both products. Luckily, though, as part of this year’s Labor Day…

Here are hints and the answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Sept. 3, 2026. Source link

Hideki Kamiya, one of the big brains behind franchises like Devil May Cry and Bayonetta – as well as the practice of threatening people on Twitter – has a good reason to be worried. Under all the ex-Capcom hero’s bluster, there is a genuine concern for a healthy and well-preserved video game industry, and publishers…

Just a few months afterHollow Knight: Silksong launched, developer Team Cherry announced a DLC expansion called Sea of Sorrows, set to come out sometime in 2026. With only four months left in the year, fans are starting to get antsy. Source link

Nvidia’s hotly debated DLSS 5 tech, which uses generative AI to apply graphical filters to existing games, arrives this week, albeit only in one game. The game is NBA 2K7, and the GeForce drivers for DLSS 5 arrive Thursday night in the US (9pm PDT) and early Friday morning here (5am BST). This is only…

Just when you thought there would be a post-Gamescom break for video game livestreams, Sony dropped notice that the State of Play broadcast was returning with two back-to-back broadcasts. As usual, this will be a new look at upcoming PlayStation 5 games, but beyond that, Sony has revealed only a handful of details. If you’re planning to…