People Can Fly has reportedly laid off over 30 developers working on an unannounced Square Enix game. In an internal email shared withKotaku,People Can Flydevelopment director Adam Alker said the cuts were being made due to budget limitations and the shrinking scope of the project. A further 20 people working on the game, which is codenamed Project Gemini, have also been reallocated to other projects at the Polish studio, it’s claimed....

Microsoft’s head of gaming has acknowledged Xbox’s disappointing 2022, stating that “we need to have a steady release of great games” going forwards. Delays toBethesda’s much-anticipatedStarfieldandRedfallmeant that last year was relatively light in terms of first-partyXboxtitles, with just five games having been published by Xbox Game Studios, and only one –Obsidian’sPentiment– was an all-new game developed internally. The others were indie-developedAs Dusk Falls, aForza5 expansion, an Age of Empires re-release and Obsidian’sGrounded(which had been in Game Preview for two years)....

PlayStation 5 consoles will beavailable online at UK retailer Gameon Thursday morning. The company didn’t specify what time the consoles will be available, although its recent PS5 restocks have gone live at around 11am BST. Customers who choose Game’s priority insured delivery method will have their orders shipped by October 25, with all other delivery method orders shipped by October 29. UPDATE 10.38am BST:PS5 consoles are now available to purchase via the links below, although you’ll be placed in a queue and there’s no guarantee you’ll be able to secure one as stock is limited....

Upcoming Square Enix game Forspoken has been delayed five months until October. In a Tweet from the officialForspokenTwitter account, the developer Luminous Productions said: “We have made the decision to move the release date of Forspoken to June 25, 2025. Our vision for this exciting new IP is to deliver a game world and hero that gamers across the globe will want to experience for years to come, so getting it right is extremely important to us....

The latest episode of VGC: The Video Game Podcast is out now. This week, VGC’s Jordan Middler and Chris Scullion chat aboutElden Ring‘s difficulty,Mortal Kombat‘s next DLC characters, and more. Plus, in the second half of the show, Jordan and Chris are live from Game On at the National Museum of Scotland. VGC: A Video Games Podcast episodes are available weekly, hosted by VGC’s Jordan Middler, Chris Scullion and Andy Robinson, and broadcaster Pete Donaldson, featuring regular special guests from across the games industry....

The Pokémon Company has issued a statement on the widespread issues faced by fans attempting to pre-order items from the upcoming Destined Rivals trading card game set. On Monday, items from the set, which included the much sought-after Elite Trainer Box, went on sale in regions that have aPokémonCenter online store. However, almost as soon as the items went on sale, fans were met with issues checking out, or with items not appearing for sale at all....

A new trailer for Pokémon Legends Z-A has been revealed, but no release date has been announced. As shown during today’sPokémonPresents stream, the game, which is the second game in the Pokémon Legends spinoff series, will be released later this year. Chikorita, Tepig, and Totodile will serve as the starter Pokémon in the game. The game will feature the same catching mechanics as Pokémon Legends Arceus. AZ and Floette from Pokemon X & Y, will return as an NPC....

PlayStation 5 enjoyed its best sales month of 2022 so far in the UK in April. According toGamesIndustry.biz, sales ofSony’s console were up 59% over March’s total due to a significant increase in stock. However,PS5sales are down 51% year-to-date due to relatively poor supply compared to the first four months of 2021. WhileXbox Series X/S was the top-selling platform in the UK in March, it dropped to third place in April as stock levels fell by 59% month-on-month....

This review was first published on July 08, 2025. It seems responsible to open this review with a clear disclaimer: the game being covered here was never officially released. However, in the past week,GoldenEye’s Xbox remasterhas very much entered the public domain and can be found covered in countless YouTube videos, Twitch streams and social media posts. Perhaps, in an alternate timeline where all the stars had aligned and GoldenEye HD had actually been released, this may have been a legitimate review to accompany it....

Picture a challenging third-person shooter set on a blueish-greyish alien planet, starring a female scientist with few answers as to why she is there and what the state of the world is. She encounters artefacts that inform her of her past, while traversing hostile environments full of enemies that come back to life each time you return(al). If you see gameplay footage ofScars Aboveand get the feeling that you’re watching some early footage ofHousemarque’s incredible roguelike shooterReturnalthen you wouldn’t be alone – not only does Scars Above remind us of the game, it feels like an intentional homage that fails to entirely grasp what made the original so great....

Sega’s in-development Crazy Taxi reboot is a “massively multiplayer driving game”, a new recruitment video has revealed. The new Crazy Taxi is being developed bySega’s Sapporo Studio, which was established in December 2021 and helps with the development of various Sega games. Ina new recruitment videopublished in Japanese, producer Kenji Kanno – who was the director of the original Crazy Taxi game – and other members of the development team share new details on the reboot....

A number of previous cut stages from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 have been partially shared online. TheVideo Game History Foundation(VGHF) has shared some previously unseen content from zones that were cut to ensure the game would be completed in time. The first of these stages, Cyber City Zone (also known at one point as Genocide City Zone), has been partially reconstructed after the VGHF scanned a number of design documents from the collection of Sonic 2 artist Tom Payne, including sprite art and colour palette information....

Sony has announced April 2024’s PlayStation Plus Essential games. April’sPlayStationPlus titles will beImmortals of Aveum(PS5),Minecraft Legends(PS4, PS5) and Skul: The Hero Slayer (PS4). PlayStation Plus members will be able to claim the games from April 2 until May 6. TheOverwatch 2Mega Bundle will also be free to PlayStation Plus members for a limited time. It will include Legendary Beekeeper Sigma, Legendary Art Deco Symmetra, sevenEpicSkins, and five Battle Pass Tier Skips....