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Head of PlayStation studios Herman Hulst has revealed that over 20m copies of Horizon Zero Dawn have now been sold across PS4 and PC.

Nintendo made plenty of announcements at its latest Direct about games old and new.

Mario Kart fans have been debating the graphical quality of the new DLC tracks set to be released.

Capcom's unannounced but widely-expected Resident Evil 4 remake will have a spookier tone inspired by the company's original ideas for the game.

Prolific voice actor Nolan North will be voicing Nathan Drake once more when he brings his golden pipes to the upcoming novelisation of the Uncharted movie starring Tom Holland.

"Surreal." That's how Maggie Robertson, the actress behind Resident Evil Village's Lady Dimitrescu, describes the fan reaction to her performance.

A Lord of the Rings themed mod for Total War: Attila has been hit with a copyright notice.

A Russian teenager who allegedly planned to blow up an FSB security service building in Minecraft has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Hit puzzle game Wordle has moved to become part of New York Times, and users have complained this shift has reset their treasured play streaks.

Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser has been sentenced to serve 40 months in prison - so, three years and four months total - for the distribution and sale of piracy-enabling devices.

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: action films, action films through a very different lens, and Animal Crossing over someone's shoulder.

Grounded has now seen 10 million players shrinking themselves down in size and taking on the perils of the backyard.

Copies of everyone's favourite daily puzzle game Wordle are flooding onto phone app stores, including versions which feature in-app purchases, ads, and are not free to download.

An elderly woman who was held hostage in her home has said she was saved by Wordle, after she failed to send her daughter her usual attempt at the daily puzzle.

Twitch has updated its username policy to remove hateful words and curb harassment.

I love this trend of MMOs making you feel really powerful from the beginning. It's so refreshing, and joyful. There's none of this power austerity, none of this 'yes you can be powerful but you'll have to earn it, young one'. Games like Black Desert Online and now Lost Ark just want to be fun right away, and it's great.

Inkle, the studio behind such narrative-focused delights as 80 Days and Heaven's Vault, has formally unveiled its next endeavour, A Highland Song, which comes to Switch and PC "soon".

Microsoft has said it will be watching Activision Blizzard's leadership during its acquisition approval process to ensure the embattled Call of Duty publisher has the "right people" at the top to facilitate positive cultural change.

Last week, Worms developer and indie game publisher Team17 brought the ire of the internet upon itself as bosses attempted to launch a range of collectible Worms NFTs. But while the reveal, swift condemnation and embarrassing backtrack have all now passed, employees at the developer's main Wakefield and Nottingham sites remain stunned. They say the incident reflects a company out of touch with its staff - and which is yet to say sorry to team members left in the internet's firing line.

Never Alone - the acclaimed puzzle-platform adventure inspired by a traditional story told by the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native people - is getting a sequel, and the original game will be making its way to Switch in an all-new bundle on 24th February.

Riot Games has shared an update on its ongoing efforts to combat voice and chat toxicity in its free-to-play shooter Valorant, pledging that harsher, more immediate punishments for abusers - and its previously announced voice recording moderation system - are on the way.

The Nintendo Direct is finished! In case you missed it, here's every game shown during the broadcast alongside their trailers.

For more than a decade, Ubisoft Sofia has busied itself behind the scenes, building bits and pieces of various Ubisoft open worlds. The 250-person team from Bulgaria worked on the Curse of the Pharaohs expansion for Assassin's Creed Origins, and made several areas of the main Assassin's Creed Valhalla campaign (Wessex and Jotunheim).

Salt and Sacrifice, the follow-up to Ska Studios' stupendous 2D Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary, finally has a release date and will be striding forth to PlayStation 4, PS5, and PC on 10th May.

A new Xbox update has added a niche but much-requested change to the console's dashboard: a comma in your Gamerscore total.

PUBG creator Krafton has revealed a new game from Subnautica developer Unknown Worlds, which is currently only known by the code name 'Project M'.

Warner Bros. has announced a new mobile collectible card game in the Harry Potter universe, featuring MMO and RPG elements.

Zynga, maker of Farmville and Words with Friends, plans to expand its team making games centred around the blockchain and NFTs to a studio-sized amount by the end of the year.

Guerilla has detailed what accessibility features will be available for Horizon Forbidden West, including a new custom difficulty setting and co-pilot system.

Sony has updated the store page for Horizon Forbidden West on the PlayStation Store after reports on unclear pricing surfaced last week in a number of publications.