Oli Welsh
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Forza Motorsport returns in familiar style — with a few weird choices
Turn 10’s flagship Xbox and PC racing game returns after six years, with an Oct. 10 release date. We preview the Builders Cup’s introductory cars and tracks. → Read More
Official mod support for Starfield is coming next year
Bethesda Game Studios’ Todd Howard says that the Creation Kit for Starfield will provide official mod support and mod access from next year. → Read More
Baldur’s Gate 3 just made the future of Xbox Series S a bit more uncertain
After allowing Larian to drop split-screen co-op from BG3 on Xbox Series S, Microsoft will struggle to control developers who say Series S is holding the console generation back. → Read More
The biggest new movies to watch out for this fall
The best movies to look forward to in the upcoming 2023 movie schedule, like The Marvels, Killers of the Flower Moon, Netflix’s The Killer, and much more. → Read More
Broken Sword dev ‘simply couldn’t afford’ to remake it without using AI
Revolution Software’s point-and-click adventure series is back, and creator Charles Cecil talks AI art, Dan Brown, and occult adventures with Richard Stanley. → Read More
Classic adventure series Broken Sword to return with sixth game and remaster
Revolution Software’s point-and-click games return on PC, console, and mobile, with sixth adventure Parzival’s Stone and new version of Shadow of the Templars. → Read More
The Gran Turismo movie drives a real-life story into gamer cringe territory
Jann Mardenborough parlayed video game skills into a racing career at GT Academy, but the movie version of his story feers off track. In theaters Aug. 25. → Read More
Microsoft has one major hurdle left in its Activision Blizzard deal
A U.S. judge has cleared Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard to go ahead, but the British regulator’s block remains a hurdle. → Read More
Nintendo has saved the Switch’s 2023, but Switch 2 still looms
With Switch 2 due as soon as 2024, Nintendo is having to be creative to prop up its aging but hugely popular console with titles like Super Mario Bros. Wonder. → Read More
Prehistoric Planet 2 trailer shows off new dinos
The mighty Quetzalcoatlus, Earth’s largest ever flying creature, will make its debut in the second season of the series narrated by David Attenborough, premiering on Apple TV Plus May 22 → Read More
The worst Zelda game ever has been remade for Game Boy
One of three awful Legend of Zelda games made by Philips in the early 1990s, featuring a playable Zelda, has been remade in the style of Link’s Awakening, and you can play it in your browser → Read More
Pedro Pascal are Ethan Hawke are queer cowboys in Strange Way of Life
Strange Way of Life, a new Western short film from Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar that premieres at Cannes, stars the two actors as classic cowboy heroes with a passionate past. → Read More
The best puzzle RPG ever is making a comeback
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes is to get Definitive Edition on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC, with a summer release date. The developer is TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge’s Dotemu → Read More
When Tintin entered the Cold War
As a spy thriller, the 1954 comic by the Belgian artist Hergé was far ahead of its time, taking its clean-cut boy reporter hero into the politically ambiguous world of espionage → Read More
UK regulator blocks $68.7B Microsoft-Activision deal
The UK’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, cited fears for the future of cloud gaming, although it had previously softened its stance on the availability of Call of Duty on PlayStation → Read More
Diablo 4 respecs are less flexible than Diablo 3 — for good reason, Blizzard says
Diablo 4’s character build system will fall somewhere between the restricted respec system of Diablo 2 and the complete freedom to remake a character that Diablo 3 granted. → Read More
Amazon’s James Bond game show casts Logan Roy — sorry, Brian Cox — as its M
007’s Road to a Million, from Amazon Prime Video, has cast the actor in a role that sounds very similar to Logan Roy, presiding over the fate of its contestants → Read More
Amazon’s James Bond game show casts Logan Roy — sorry, Brian Cox — as its M
007’s Road to a Million, from Amazon Prime Video, has cast the actor in a role that sounds very similar to Logan Roy, presiding over the fate of its contestants → Read More
Street Fighter 2 finally comes to Nintendo Switch Online — as a Genesis game
Street Fighter 2, the premier retro fighting game, has arrived on what’s arguably the premier retro game subscription service, Nintendo Switch Online. → Read More
Niantic is giving Monster Hunter the Pokémon Go treatment
Pokémon Go developer Niantic is collaborating with Capcom on an augmented reality (AR) version of the popular Monster Hunter RPG series for iOS and Android. → Read More