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Portal: Prelude RTX is an impressive showcase of Nvidia's RTX Remix technology, which takes what was once a Source mod for Portal and gives it visual features and technology that rival and even surpass high-end triple AAA releases. It is truly spectacular - and hopefully one of many path-traced remasters to come in the future as the RTX Remix modding tools approach release.

An artist has recreated locations from Horizon Forbidden West in Dreams.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has commented on Microsoft's takeover bid of Activision Blizzard, stating it validates Ubisoft's decision to expand into mobile gaming.

Are you eagerly anticipating Glorbo's introduction in World of Warcraft? No, you're not? Why is that?

These are the latest iteration of Sennheiser's long-running HD 660 line of open-back reference headphones, the brand-new HD 660S2. They're a bit of a set of 'grail headphones', especially given their cost, which I should probably get out of the way now - it's £499 in the UK or $600 in the US. For most mere mortals, it's an incredible price, but then again, their reputation precedes them.

For English speakers, Ash Ketchum's journey with Pikachu in the Pokémon anime will come to an end in September.

For those among you who, like me, are quite partial to a video game movie adaptation, I have good news.

Sony, along with developer Insomniac Games, has revealed new hardware to celebrate the upcoming launch of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.

Insomniac Games released a new trailer for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 last night.

The Premier League has signed a new multi-year partnership extension with EA Sports FC, as a lead partner and official licensee.

Ubisoft's Q1 results are in and net sales are down nine percent year-on-year, but there are still 10 games set to launch in the remainder of this fiscal year.

Square Enix has commented on the sales of Final Fantasy 16, claiming they have been "extremely strong".

Hello! Our game of the week is Pikmin 4 - how could we pick anything else? Tom gave this genial strategy-puzzler our first 5-star review. I can't wait to play it.

Dating and relationship mechanics have become almost expected in visual novels and modern RPGs, but it's when other genres dip their toes into it that my interest is highest, like the weird melding of horror and anime waifus in Doki Doki Literature Club, or the roguelike combat paired with romance in Hades. So when I saw Lakeburg Legacies' cosy setting and inclusive roster of characters had a focus on playing matchmaker and using that love to manage a village, I was hopeful for a more intimate experience in a genre usually pretty detached from its pawn-like citizens.

Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time: arcade royalty, sunny rainy days, and a beautiful new starship.

The Epic Game Store's weekly freebies continue, this time pummelling the price of The Elder Scrolls Online and acclaimed puzzler Murder by Numbers down to an affordable zero pence.

US antitrust agency the Federal Trade Commission is reportedly preparing to pause its upcoming in-house trial focussing on Microsoft's proposed $69bn USD acquisition of Activision Blizzard, potentially paving the way for settlement talks between the various parties.

Following a first look back in May, Sony Pictures Entertainment has shared a second trailer offering another glimpse at its Neill Blomkamp directed Gran Turismo movie - which is almost upon us, launching in cinemas next month.

Routes, the latest new feature to join Pokémon Go, will begin rolling out today and introduce the Legendary Pokémon Zygarde.

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin is no longer coming to Steam, as the team behind it is "abandoning" its efforts.

Here are some compliments regarding Roto Force that may initially sound like backhanded compliments, but are actually just about the highest compliments I can give. First one. Roto Force is a twin-stick shooter that does not feel like a twin-stick shooter. It feels new and weird and - at first - rather claustrophobic. Rather than being given a whole arena to gad around in, you get the arena but are stuck to its inside walls. So you can do loops, left or right, aiming at spawning horrors that bubble within, but they get most of the freedom. This may seem unfair - all that space for the baddies, yet it's out of bounds for you. Not so. You can also use a trigger to dash across this space, aiming a straight line from one part of the wall to another. This is so quick it feels almost like teleportation. It's great and there's loads of nuance to how it works.

El Paso, Elsewhere, the latest game from developer Strange Scaffold, now has a release date in September for PC and Xbox.

One of my favourite moments in Sea of Thieves' new Monkey Island collaboration comes right near the start of the first episode; as you sail through the familiar pea green soup of the Sea of the Damned, approaching a distant, dimly lit island, a transformation occurs. Suddenly, the familiar Monkey Island theme begins to stir in a rumbling of steel drums, the fog parts in unison with a dramatic colour palette shift, and there it is, in a sheer blast of giddying nostalgia: the unmistakable moonlit heft of Mêlée Island, sprawled beneath searing purple skies.

Pokémon Sleep players with access to the game's £50 Pokémon Go Plus+ peripheral are pretending to sleep in order to quickly speed towards Pokémon Go rewards.

A little under a year since its debut, Bandai Namco Online's Gundam Evolution has been announced as shutting down.

Patrick's Parabox, the indie recursive puzzle game, will launch on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 next week on 26th July.

"Is my voice out there in the modding and voice-changing community? Yes. Do I have any control over what my voice can be used for? Not at the moment."

CD Projekt has released a new patch for The Witcher 3 across all platforms, adding some of the recent content updates to the Nintendo Switch version.

Activision Blizzard has laid off around 50 staff from its esports division.

Baldur's Gate 3 recently made headlines when it was reported the game would have 17,000 ending variations. It's a claim that comes from an interview with one of the game's lead writers by YouTuber Fextralife, and related specifically to the differences which might flavour the more general core paths to the game's ending.