Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's open beta is set for next month, and will offer a chance to take on the fearsome new slaying slab mode

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, this year's Activision shooter about military markspeople (who occasionally look like Beavis and Butt-Head) sliding around with SMGs and shouting 10-4 after checking their corners, is set for pre-release beta testing in August. There are two playtests currently on the calendar, though th...

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Nintendo Won't Pass Tariff Refunds Onto Customers Despite Class Action Lawsuit

Nintendo was one of countless companies that raised the price of its products in 2025 due to the tariffs imposed on other countries by the US. Now Nintendo is potentially getting a refund on some of the costs it endured due to those tariffs; customers want some of their money to be refunded, too. Nintendo will not be d...

What sense can we make of the madness at id Software?

In a grim week for the games industry where Microsoft laid off 1,600 people (with 1,600 further job cuts hanging over the heads of Xbox employees) one decision stood out as especially egregious. Id Software, developer of Doom and Quake, was forced to lay off 136 people – more than half of its workforce. Read more

"Built for that world doesn't mean built to require it": Unity reveal their next game engine while walking a careful line around generative AI

Unity have announced Unity 7, the latest incarnation of their game creation platform. In a pleasant shock for people who've been keeping up with Unity's doings these past couple of years, it doesn't appear to ruin anything. Aside from more routine promises of "speedier workflows" and tastier graffix, the company are pr...

A 74-Year-Old Gamer Just Completed Elden Ring’s Hardest Test

I'm not sure if you've heard: Elden Ring and its DLC Shadow of the Erdtree are hard games. They're not quite on the level of, say, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, given the freedom they present, but they're made by FromSoftware, so there is always going to be a challenge.

LG monitors are now reportedly sneaking adware onto your PC

LG is facing fresh backlash from users due to its monitors reportedly installing adware without asking users for permission to do so first. People who were using various models from LG's UltraGear monitor line have recently claimed that they are finding an extra 'LG Monitor App Installer' showing up on their PCs, which...

Super Mario World Yoshi Lego Set On Sale Ahead Of Its Imminent Retirement

Lego has been working with Nintendo since 2020 and has created countless great Mario sets. However, its very best one, the Super Mario World set that puts Nintendo’s leading man on Yoshi’s back, is about to disappear forever, so this might be your very last chance to buy it.

Despite outrage at Sony's shift towards a discless future, only seven PlayStation games have managed more than 100,000 physical sales in the US this year

Sony's planned shift away from producing physical discs for PlayStation might be unpopular, but new sales data has highlighted the stark business reality behind it. Read more

I Visited Jack in the Box HQ to Make (and Eat) the New Philly Cheesesteak

Anyone in San Diego will tell you that you can’t go too far without seeing a Jack in the Box fast food restaurant. It’s been a staple of my fast food rotation for decades, offering a mix of familiar staples like the Jumbo Jack and Curly Fries alongside unexpected, but still delicious items like tacos and French toast s...