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Last week, RTS, co-owner of Evo, the biggest fighting game tournament in the world, announced it had been acquired by the Saudi Arabian city of Qiddiya. While far from the sole event of note across the genre, Evo remains a symbol of sorts for the fighting game community. Of all the tournaments, it is Evo that is held in the highest regard. Now, that community must choose between its long-lasting values and the bag.

A sequel to Final Fantasy Tactics could be on the cards if the forthcoming remake sells well, its director has teased.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle studio MachineGames may right now have its focus on the whip-wielding professor, but it hasn't forgotten its Wolfenstein heritage. In fact, in the words of studio head Jerk Gustafsson, the team would like to work on a New Colossus sequel.

Bethesda has hidden a secret message in a social media post ostensibly marking Starfield's second anniversary.

Square Enix director Tetsuya Nomura still doesn't have any specific Kingdom Hearts 4 news for us just yet, but he wants you to know that the teams are making "great progress" on both the Kingdom Hearts sequel and Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3.

Epic Games has sped up repercussions for Fortnite players who used V-Bucks and refunded them through an exploit on Xbox, essentially getting the in-game currency for free.

Back in 1993, a little-known game called Doom came out. It wasn't the first game to offer shooting in first-person, but it did popularise the genre. The games that followed became known as Doom-clones (often because they used the same engine), and it wasn't until the likes of GoldenEye, Half-Life, Halo, and more developed the genre further in the late 90s that the more neutral term first-person shooter was more widely used.

Amazon's God of War TV series will commence filming in March 2026.

82 per cent of Hollow Knight: Silksong's Steam reviews may be positive, but it seems the adoration hasn't been universal, with hundreds of Chinese-speaking players slamming Team Cherry for issues with the sequel's translations.

Life is Strange is the latest video game confirmed to be getting a TV adaptation.

From next week, anyone who pre-ordered their Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Premium Edition via the PlayStation Store will be refunded.

"There was a big thing where Sony didn't like the game when we released it," Until Dawn creative director Will Byles recalls. "They really hated it in fact, and pulled all the marketing. It was really frustrating."

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing. This week, predictably, we've been playing Hollow Knight Silksong. How could we not? It's an historic event in video games. It broke various gaming stores. But that's not all we've been playing, I promise.

Roblox is investing heavily in AI to assist users with game development, while also increasing the amount of money they can earn.

Silksong is real. It's finally here. I've played about seven hours of it already. Whether it's exploring the first few screens of the world and happening upon Bone Bottom or plucking away at the first real test of a fight against Lace, the game uses the same formula as Hollow Knight and wields it to equally incredible effect.

While Silksong may be dominating the headlines, yesterday also saw the release of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's DLC, known as The Order of Giants. The developer has released an update for the base game across platforms which along with enabling compatibility for the DLC, also adds a new action experience difficulty, among other bits and pieces.

Silksong has finally emerged from its chrysalis after many years of metamorphosis!

MindsEye has today received its fourth update since release, as developer Build A Rocket Boy attempts to turn around the game's fortunes.

The games industry has been wracked by layoffs in the last few years, but over half of all layoffs have been in California, with North America overall the worst hit region.

The Nothing Headphone (1) has been one of the most talked-about products of 2025, in typical Nothing fashion due to their avant-garde design, and the fact that the Carl Pei-founded brand delved into the world of wireless noise-cancelling headphones - a very crowded market to say the least.

Look down. That's my early tip for Hollow Knight: Silksong, which I've been playing for an evening and a morning by this point. On a high ledge? Above a promising gap? Look down. Chances are the developers have put something just within visible range to guide you a little.

Many of us have a few things to say about the Nintendo Switch 2's controversial game key cards, which don't actually contain game data, and instead trigger a download from the Nintendo eShop when they are popped into the device. However, developer Rob Bantin, who is an audio architect on Ubisoft's game engine Snowdrop, has revealed why the studio opted for key cards when it came to Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2.

Devolver Digital co-founder Nigel Lowrie believes that Grand Theft Auto 6 could potentially be the first "AAAAA game".

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater surpassed a million sales across all platforms by its first day on sale.

Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone has voiced a character or two in Hollow Knight Silksong.

Firaxis is the latest developer to be subject to layoffs.

Hollow Knight: Silksong hasn't even been out 24 hours, and already speedrunners are pulling the game apart in search of tricks and techniques to shave off precious seconds from future playthroughs. Already, they've made some key discoveries.

After Hollow Knight: Silksong released across multiple platforms yesterday, the game - which has a DRM-free version, and also comes with a rather low retail price attached to it - was quickly cracked.

Hollow Knight: Silksong has already surpassed half a million concurrent players on Steam mere hours after its launch.

It's not over yet. Hollow Knight Silksong launched around the world yesterday afternoon and brought gaming storefronts to a standstill. It's out. We're playing it. And now we've had an evening with it, what do we think? And what do you think? Let's see what the game's impact has been.