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Forza Horizon 5 has raced to the top of review aggregator charts, making it the highest-rated new game of the year so far. At the time of writing,XboxGame Studios’ open-world racer is the highest rated 2021 releaseon OpenCriticwith an average rating of 92. In joint second place are four new games each with scores of 89: Bustafellows (PQube), Swarm (Greensky),Psychonauts 2(Xbox) andIt Takes Two(EA). On Metacritic, meanwhile, the game hasan average score of 91[UPDATE:It’s now 92] and is the sixth highest-rated game on the site for this year....

Image:Reddit Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto says he’s “really sad” to see Bungie’s former office building demolished this month. Bungieoccupied the Kirkland, WA office between 2005 and 2010, leaving behind newHalostudio343 Industries(it would also relocate in 2016) following its split with former ownerMicrosoft. The old headquarters was where Bungie shipped its final Halo titles – Halo 3, ODST and Reach – and formulated its plans forDestiny, but it has now been reduced to rubble following redevelopment in the area....

Closed and open beta tests for sci-fi shooter Disintegration are set to take place in the coming weeks, publisher Private Division has announced. Playersfor the closed technical beta, which will run from January 28 to 29 onPS4,Xbox OneandPCviaSteam. An open beta will then follow from January 31 to February 1. The FPS fromHaloco-creatorMarcus Lehto’s latest studio,V1 Interactive, was officially revealed byTake-Twopublishing labelPrivate Divisionin August 2019. Disintegration takes place around 150 years in the futureand centres on piloting hovering, weaponised vehicles called gravcycles, while simultaneously commanding up to four AI-controlled ground soldiers....

This article was originally published on July 31, 2025 and shared again for Christmas 2019. Video games can be an expensive hobby. The pastime gets particularly pricey, however, when the video games in question are ‘retro’: especially for collectors who regularly eye up the more elusive games. Sometimes a game is so scarce that its value rockets to an absurd level: it’s these games that separate your common-or-garden collectors from the die-hard maniacs who have to own absolutely everything, no matter the cost....

Guerrilla Games has detailed Horizon Forbidden West’s accessibility features ahead of next week’s release. In aPlayStation Blogpost, principal designer Brian Roberts outlined the work the studio has done to make the game an experience that as many people as possible can play. In terms of general accessibility settings, the game enables subtitles by default. It includes an “encyclopedia” of useful information players can easily refer to and a separate tutorials section....

The Hydreigon and Dragapult Spotlight Tera Raid is live in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet this weekend, giving players the chance to catch the powerful dragon-type Pokemon. Hydreigon and Dragapult will appear in 4-star and 5-star raids from Friday, January 6th until Sunday, January 7th. Hydreigon will only appear in raids inPokemonScarlet and Dragapult will only appear in raids in Pokemon Violet. However, if you’re a Pokemon Scarlet player, you may join Dragapult raids if invited by a Pokemon Violet player and vice-versa....

Id Software intends to “lead” in ray tracing technology, similarly to how it has done with other fields in the past, according to executive producer Marty Stratton. Real-time ray tracing is a headline feature of many high-end PC graphics cards, allowing for realistic reflections similar to that seen in CGI movies. Currently only a small number ofPC gamessupport the feature and very high spec systems are required to use it....

It’s rare for a game from a triple-A publisher to wear its inspiration so boldly on its sleeve. When homage works, it serves to pay tribute to that which came before it, but also implement what the industry has learned in the time since. When it’s done poorly, it makes the player wish they were playing the inspiration, rather than the cover version. The later is true forImmortals Fenyx Rising....

This story was updated on March 16 and April 1 with additional departures (Ben Diamond, Lauren Garcia, Ryan Duffin) Xbox’s The Initiative studio has seen a “fast and furious” wave of senior departures in the past 12 months, VGC has learned. As much as half of the core development team known to be working on the upcomingPerfect Darkreboot quit the company during the last year, or around 36 people, analysis of employee LinkedIn profiles has revealed....

Microsoft has revealed the latest wave of titles coming to Game Pass for console, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming. They include five day one releases. In addition to the previously confirmed Lonely Mountain: Snow Riders, which is out now, they are Sniper Elite: Resistance, Eternal Strands, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap and Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector. Titles leaving Game Pass this month include Anuchard, Broforce Forever and Darkest Dungeon, while the first new game confirmed for February isFar Cry New Dawn....

Veteran Metal Gear Solid producer and Kojima Productions founding member Ken-Ichiro Imaizumi has joined Tencent Europe. Tencent’s European operation is based in Amsterdam and is tasked with identifying investment opportunities in the region, as well as expanding its WeChat messaging service. As reported by VGC,the Kojima Productions veteran left the company last year, ending a near-20-year association with studio. As corporate director, Imaizumi oversaw all production onDeath Stranding. During the studio’s previous incarnation atKonami, he worked on every Metal Gear Solid title since 2001’s Sons of Liberty....

Mario Kart Tour is estimated to have been downloaded over 20 million times across iOS and Android devices within 24 hours of launching on Wednesday. It’s by farNintendo’s most successful mobile title in terms of day one installs, registering almost triple as many downloads as Super Mario Run did on itsiOS-only launch day, according to data fromSensor Tower. The free-to-start racing game is Nintendo’s third highest earning mobile game in terms of day one player spending, grossing approximately $1 million in its first 24 hours – less than Super Mario Run and the current record holder Fire Emblem Heroes ($4....

Super Mario Bros. Wonder producer Takashi Tezuka has called the game’s proximity to Sega’s own side-scrolling revival, Sonic Superstars, “an interesting coincidence”. The two classic platforming giants are set to go head-to-head for the first time in decades this month, withSega’s game releasing on October 17 and Mario Bros. Wonder days later on October 20. Speaking in the latest issue ofGame Informer, which isavailable to purchase now, series producer Tezuka – who’s worked on every Mario game since the 1985 original – said he welcomed more side-scrolling games coming to market and that he wants “as many people as possible” to play them....