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Lego's previously rumoured Pac-Man arcade machine model is the real deal.

What is the essence of Final Fantasy? It's a question that has frequently come to mind during the preview period for Final Fantasy 16, due out next month.

There's plenty of iconic music in the Final Fantasy series, but perhaps no jingle is as memorable as the battle fanfare.

Alan Wake's voice actor has said we should expect to see Remedy's long-awaited sequel this October. Just in time for some Hallowe'en thrills, and perhaps even some spills.

Last week, Sony announced it'll be jumping the E3 season gun with a PlayStation Showcase this Wednesday.

PlayStation head Jim Ryan believes Sony's current strategy of releasing games on PC several years after their console launch is working well, and fans find the extra wait for a PC port "acceptable".

A new item duplication glitch has been discovered in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and it's pretty simple to pull off.

Nintendo's blockbuster fighting game franchise Super Smash Bros. isn't a good fit for online play, its creator Masahiro Sakurai has said.

NetherRealm CCO Ed Boon has explained why the recently announced Mortal Kombat 1 has that name.

A Highland Song is the new game from Inkle, the acclaimed storyteller responsible for Heaven's Vault, 80 Days, Overboard!, Pendragon and the Sorcery! adaptations. And for this adventure, the genre has changed again. It's still a narrative game at heart but it's wrapped in a platforming shell. You play a young lady called Moira who yearns to see the sea and so runs away from home and into - and over - the Scottish Highlands in pursuit of it. You control her running and jumping and climbing, and at points, do so in time to folk music that sporadically bursts from the game.

Remember when we confirmed the devastating news that no, you cannot pet the dog in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? Well, it seems like some pooch-loving players are determined to prove otherwise.

Blizzard is celebrating one whole year of Diablo Immortal with a Diablo 4-themed crossover.

Your wish has been granted. A Plague Tale: Requiem released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S in late 2022 - a true next generation project with a huge leap in visual quality over the original 2019 game. A game that pushed developer Asobo Studio's in-house engine with vastly higher quality materials, lighting, and scene detail - even boosting the number of rats from 5,000 to a tidal wave of 300,000. It remains a real showcase for newer consoles, but for many, the discourse online was side-tracked by the fact it ran at just 30 frames per second on PS5 and Series X. Or, at 40fps if you happened to run the game with a 120Hz display connected. Still, it's 30fps for a majority of people and crucially a step back from the original game's 60fps performance when played on these consoles.

A screenshot and its filename has ignited rumours that Bloodborne: The Old Hunters Edition is fully playable on PC.

Nightdive Studios has dropped a first-look teaser to get you excited for System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition.

You have got to love a video game developer that gives players the option to play its games in both flatscreen and VR. It's an admirable design choice that I hope becomes way more commonplace and, despite the fact that Humanity's VR mode is little more than an optional novelty, its inclusion is still hugely appreciated by the VR community.

Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has confirmed that whilst "enthusiastic" about the emergence of AI technology, he doesn't think "advances in AI will make it easier to create hits".

Elden Ring has won the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing.

Brace yourself, Spartans – Infection mode is finally coming to Halo Infinite.

Metal Gear is my favourite series of all time - in any medium. The games seamlessly blend comedy, melodrama and filmic elements while still pushing gameplay to the forefront, unlike many other film-like games. I would consider myself to be an unabashed fan of Hideo Kojima's work. Even the unfinished Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Death Stranding - a game about parcel delivery - I adore, and consider to be two of the most interesting games made in the last decade. The former has a bottomless dedication to player expression, while the latter is one of the most bizarre and idiosyncratic blockbusters ever released for a multitude of reasons - and in an era where blockbusters were playing it safer than ever.

A studio has posted a warning to fellow indie developers after it was unable to claim its own username on Discord.

Dying Light developer Techland plans to "ramp" things up in the zombie game's next update, hinting that a new "even scarier" night-time experience will make players "sh*t their pants".

Gran Turismo 7 producer Kaz Yamauchi has dropped a teaser for the next three cars coming to PlayStation's exclusive racer.

It's here - and as manufacturer Asus promised - sooner than expected. The Asus ROG Ally arrives just over a year since Steam Deck added a new dimension to PC gaming: portability. Not longer the domain of the bedroom or office, it's now possible to play your library of games anywhere and not just your legacy titles either, but the latest triple-A epics... to a certain degree. The Steam Deck struggles with the latest, most demanding games but the Asus ROG Ally doesn't just offer up the hardware spec improvements we've love to see added to Deck - but adds anything up to 71 percent in gaming performance. So what's the catch?

The Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund a new rogue-lite board game inspired by Dead Cells hit its target within 13 minutes, raising almost £400,000 more than its £29,764 target.

Pokémon has apologised for putting "the cart before the Mudsdale" and walked back an announcement that had confirmed Pokémon Home version 3.0.0. – which connect the latest Pokémon games to the service – would be available from 24th May 2023.

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is now Japan's seventh biggest game launch of all time.

This piece contains spoilers for the approach to the first dungeon in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Crypt of the NecroDancer studio Brace Yourself Games has confirmed it has laid off half its staff.

I wonder sometimes whether BioWare will ever do another trilogy of games again, because the more time that passes, the more I appreciate what an ambitious idea that was, with Mass Effect. Three games that would tell one story and that you could carry one hero all the way through - that's not just bold, that's borderline outrageous, especially when you consider all the choices and consequences typically in one of the studio's games. And it's only now, really, when I see no one else attempting to do the same thing - not to that degree, anyway - I realise how special it was.