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I suck at Tekken. Even as someone who considers themselves to be well versed in the fighting game community's language and terminology, I've always found Tekken to be uniquely impenetrable when compared to its contemporaries.

Union membership numbers in the UK have risen significantly, following a tumultuous period in the video game industry (which still continues today).

Developer Teyon has released a major update for RoboCop: Rogue City, adding New Game Plus and more.

PlayStation head of indies Shuhei Yoshida has suggested Palworld could be on its way to PlayStation.

The Pokémon Company's former chief legal officer Don McGowan said he is "surprised" Palworld has "got this far".

UPDATE 23/1/24: It was inevitable - footage of Palworld's in-progress Pokémon mod is being scrubbed from the internet via copyright strikes.

The Embracer-owned studio Piranha Bytes, developer of the Gothic, Risen and Elex games, has acknowledged it's in "a difficult situation" as it faces potential closure.

UPDATE 23/01/24: Capcom has updated Monster Hunter Rise on Steam to ensure Steam Deck compatibility.

UPDATE 23/1/24: The popularity of "Pokémon with guns" game Palworld continues, and has seen another million copies sold over the past 24 hours. For those keeping count, that means 6m copies total have been sold since Palworld launched last Friday for PC and Xbox.

League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced it's laying off 530 employees - roughly 11 percent of its total global workforce - saying it's making the decision as it refocuses on "fewer, high-impact projects to move us toward a more sustainable future."

With a sequel now just months away, developer Ninja Theory has temporarily slashed the price of its acclaimed action-adventure Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice to a mere £2.49 on Steam, meaning you can currently pick up one of 2017's best games for less than the price of an unspecified hypothetical object costing £2.50 or above.

Developer Rocksteady has detailed Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's initial post-launch plans, confirming The Joker will arrive as a playable character in a free content update accompanying the game's first "season".

CD Projekt has confirmed it's "considering" multiplayer elements for its Cyberpunk 2077 sequel during an update on the studio's current development plans - which also included word it's aiming to start the production phase for its next Witcher game this year.

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered released last week, giving players a native-PS5 version of Ellie and Abby's harrowing experiences.

It's been just over a year now since Microsoft delivered its first Developer Direct - and back in the day I called it the "best games show we've seen in years". After its latest episode, I stand by those words and more than that, I also believe it's the perfect way to debut a big new game. I don't think they get much bigger with the hugely promising Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

The day the 3DS and WiiU eShop closed was a bitter one for me. For ages I'd been hovering over the trigger for Ace Attorney 5 and 6 (or Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, to give them their full titles), hoping they'd go on a decent sale, only to miss them altogether when the eShop closed.

Palworld developer PocketPair has said it has "no intention" of being found legally at fault for any similarity between it and any other popular pocket monster franchise.

Wrestling series WWE will make its yearly return in March, publisher 2K has announced.

Palworld is a bit different on Xbox compared to Steam in part because of Microsoft's certification process.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi reckons chocobo smell like horses.

A marketing campaign designed to promote recruitment in the British Army using a custom-made Fortnite map looks to have been taken offline.

Palworld lets players capture NPC humans in a tiny ball - and then sell them on the black market.

Master Chief actor Pablo Schreiber has said he will stake his reputation on Halo's next season being better than the first.

Palworld is now the sixth game to ever hit more than a million concurrent players on Steam.

Xbox owners have once again hit back at Microsoft for "very disappointing" advertisements.

Industry insider Shpeshal Nick believes Final Fantasy 16 is coming to Xbox Series X/S.

Remember the days where you'd hear about an amazing new game, only available in Japan? And when we'd eagerly await news on a North American and European release? I'm trying to channel that kind of excitement into this piece about Ys X: Nordics - the latest entry in Falcom's long running Ys franchise. Put simply, it's one of the most enjoyable game experiences I had in 2023, it is almost certainly heading for the West and I feel compelled to tell you about it.

It's never a good sign when you're promised review code for a game that then never appears. Especially when your subsequent emails chasing it up are ignored, even though you can see multiple content creators on YouTube publishing first impressions pieces about the game before launch.

No, it's not just you – Palworld's co-op servers are down again.

A "life-sized" plush of Psyduck is once again available from the online Japanese Pokèmon store.