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Sea of Stars, the next game from the creators of The Messenger, is heading to PlayStation consoles in addition to Switch and PC.

Horror deck-builder Inscryption is heading to PlayStation with some exclusive features.

It's a big day for 2023 video game convention news. That's right, Blizzard has said it is looking to bring back its BlizzCon event in 2023.

Halo veteran and former Bungie director Paul Bertone has joined 343 Industries as studio technical design director.

Following a Covid-enforced absence, E3 is looking to make a proper in-person comeback at the Los Angeles Convention Center in the second week of June 2023, and ReedPop is going to be helping with its return, bringing expertise from running the likes of PAX, EGX, New York Comic Con and Star Wars Celebration for its first public outing since 2019.

The Portal games are genuine classics - brilliant, inventive first-person puzzle games that combine an inventive gameplay mechanic, mind-bending designs and witty storytelling to create a truly special experience. However, the fact is that these games have essentially been absent from the console space since their original releases in 2007 and 2011 respectively. Aside from enhanced backwards compatibility support on Xbox, we've seen nothing new from either game since the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 era. The good news is that this changed spectacularly last week with the release of Portal: The Companion Collection.

Nintendo and Lego are partnering again, this time on a large Bowser set.

New details from the recent playtest for Skate 4 have leaked online.

Final Fantasy 7 fans were on cloud nine after the recent 25th anniversary showcase. Not only did Square Enix reveal the second part of the Remake trilogy - named Rebirth - but it also announced a remaster of the PSP spin-off Crisis Core.

I'm a bit baffled by Xenoblade Chronicles 3. What's set to be a climax for a trilogy that started off so spectacularly with the 2010 original - and following on from the stuttering start of creator Tetsuya Takahashi's infamously stunted Xenosaga series - this JRPG epic has an awfully slow start all of its own. The dozen hour mark is fast creeping up and the training wheels remain firmly in place, while perhaps more frustratingly so too are embargo restrictions that mean I can't tell you much about the really interesting stuff.

Staff at Activision Blizzard are planning a walkout next month, in light of the "recent attacks on the civil liberties of [its] employees".

Mike Ybarra, the head of Blizzard, has spoken out about the controversial microtransactions found in Diablo Immortal.

Films from Studio Canal purchased through the PlayStation store will be completely removed in Austria and Germany.

PlayStation 5 users, we now have another update. This one, with the ever-catchy title of Version: 22.01-05.50.00, went live today.

Final Fantasy 14's Balmung server is being protected by a barricade of catgirls.

For those that recall the 2003 E3 demo for Halo 2 - yes, the Earthcity one that everyone loved at the time but that never made its way into the final game - I have good news for you. 343 Industries has teamed up with some modders, and as a result, almost two decades later we will soon be able to actually play that demo again.

Microsoft has said it will attend Gamescom 2022, which returns in-person to Cologne in August for the first time in three years.

Iconic Elden Ring player Let Me Solo Her has received a congratulatory sword from the game's publisher.

After months of downtime, the Wii Shop Channel and the DSi Shop are back available to access.

In just two weeks since relaunching as a free-to-play game, Fall Guys has seen an incredible 50 million players flocking to its colourful and chaotic shores. You could say, we've fallen hard for it (thank you, I'm here all week).

Final Fantasy 14 has had an absolute stonker of a year. 2021 saw the release of its latest Expansion, Endwalker, and an extraordinary increase in players, making it the most profitable game in the Final Fantasy series' history. It's quietened down a little (and only a little), but with over eight-years worth of updates and millions of players to its name, FF14 is now, unsurprisingly, one of the biggest games on the planet.

Ubisoft has announced Tom Clancy's The Division Resurgence, a new free-to-play entry in its looter shooter series for smartphones due for a full launch in 2023.

Open-world game Biomutant will get new PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions on 6th September.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a UK based regulator, will cast its scrutinous eyes over Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard in the coming months.

Forspoken, Square Enix's forthcoming action-RPG for PS5 and PC, has been delayed into 2023 as a "strategic decision".

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has investigated complaints regarding adverts that appeared in the free-to-play Scrabble Go app.

Nintendo has announced a limited edition Splatoon 3 Switch OLED console.

Sony has finally confirmed the release date for God of War Ragnarök - and it's Wednesday, 9th November for both PlayStation 4 and PS5.

A new update for Horizon Forbidden West will add Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) and High Refresh Rate (HFR) support to the PlayStation 5 version of the game.

One of my great childhood milestones was learning the level-select cheat for Sonic 2. It transformed the game from a left-to-right narrative of mounting industrial peril into an album of killer vibes. No longer would I have to sweat through Chemical Plant Zone before tasting the glories of Casino Night. No longer would I have to brave all three acts of Metropolis before taking in the view from Sky Fortress. Instead, I could put together my own playlist, dive into zones as the mood took me, and grapple a little with the effects of running order on my experience of the game. Would Chemical Plant seem quite so dreadful if it wasn't the second level, a Mach-3 kick in the teeth after the Californian sunlight of Emerald Hill?