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One of the benefits of working in the media is that I sometimes get to discover products I would otherwise never make the effort to try out. Before now, standing desks had never interested me. I previously glanced upon those stood spread-legged in front of their workPCs with the same nervous suspicion as a Labrador attempting to watch a YouTube video. I did not understand them or their appeal, but after a month with Secret Lab’s Magnus Pro desk, I’m converted....

Image credit: Doc_Dark YouTube Several notable Xbox influencers have publicly withdrawn their support for the brand, following media reports claiming that first-party Xbox games could soon start appearing on PlayStation. Over the weekend, it was claimed that multiple majorXboxexclusives includingStarfield,Hi-Fi Rushand Indiana Jonescould be released on PS5, as part of a significant strategy shift fromMicrosoft‘s gaming division. On Monday, it was claimed that Microsoft is evenconsidering bringing the Gears of War franchise to PlayStation....

Next week’s free Epic Games Store title has seemingly been revealed ahead of its official announcement. Writing onDealabs, ever-reliable dataminer billbil-kun claimedMarvel’s Midnight Sunswill be free to download fromEpic’sPCmarketplace from June 6-13. The super hero tactical RPG, which was developed byFiraxis Gamesand published by2K, was critically acclaimedbut underperformed commerciallyfollowing its release in December 2022. Rather than revealing upcoming giveaways a week in advance like it normally does,Epic is currently giving away “mystery” gamesover the course of theEpic Games StoreMega Sale....

Microsoft has revealed a few more Xbox Series X details, including support for audio ray tracing. Jason Ronald, the partner director of program managementXbox, discussedXbox Series X’s hardware-accelerated DirectX ray tracing during apodcastwithMicrosoft’s Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb. “Ray tracing has always really been the Holy Grail in computer graphics,” he said. “The techniques of ray tracing have been around for many, many years but we’ve never actually had the power to do this in real time....

Microsoft has said it expects to sign more deals to bring Xbox games to third-party platforms. On Tuesday, the company announced it hadagreed a 10-year deal with Boosteroidthat will seeXboxPC gamesbeing made available to the independent cloud gaming provider. Crucially, the deal will include Call of Duty, should regulators approveMicrosoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition ofActivision Blizzard. Last month, Microsoft also strucka 10-year partnership with Nvidiato bring its Xbox PC games to cloud gaming service GeForce Now, including Call of Duty....

Activision has released the patch notes for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 2. Launching on all platforms at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm GMT, the update introduces a range of new content across multiplayer, Zombies and battle royale. On the multiplayer front, Season 2 will addthree brand-new 6v6 mapsat launch, plus a remastered one (Das Haus) mid-season. It will also include a new War map, another Zombies story mission, the return of Resurgence map Fortune’s Keep inWarzone,and a Walking Dead crossover....

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, a new game from Naughty Dog, has been announced. Announced on stage atThe Game Awards, the game’s first trailer, shows off early footage from the game, which wasn’t given a release date. The game features a sci-fi setting and the trailer includes a Porsche spaceship. The game’s soundtrack is being composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. “Intergalactic stars our newest protagonist, Jordan A. Mun, a dangerous bounty hunter who ends up stranded on Sempiria – a distant planet whose communication with the outside universe went dark hundreds of years ago,” reads ablogfor the game....

Nearly five years into its life, PlayStation 5 sales remain neck-and-neck with its predecessor, PlayStation 4. In its latest results covering the three months ending July 10, 2025,Sonysaid it sold some 2.8 millionPlayStation 5consoles, for a total of 18.5 million for the fiscal year (down from 20.8 million). That means PS5 has now sold 77.8 million units total since its launch in November 2020 – just over one million units behind wherePlayStation 4was at the same period of its lifecycle....

A former Sony Japan Studio producer who worked on Bloodborne and Demon’s Souls has co-founded a new studio in Tokyo. Sirius Studio is a subsidiary of the Osaka-based Gz Group, but while Gz is mainly focused on VR and AR games Sirius will also be working on larger games for consoles andPC. The studio will be run by president Tomohiro Suzuki and executive vice president / executive producer Hideki Irie (who was formerly an executive producer atSega), but it’s the appointment of Teruyuki Toriyama that may resonate most with players....

Nintendo used Wednesday’s Indie World showcase to announce a host of games coming to Switch. Highlights of the presentation included The House of the Dead Remake, Oxenfree II: Lost Signals and OlliOlli World, all of which are releasing forNintendo’s console in 2021. Several titles shown on Wednesday, including Polytron’s Fez, hitSwitchtoday, while others including OlliOlli World are coming to multiple platforms. A full list of the games announced during the presentation (which you can rewatch above) follows, along with a selection of trailers:...

Nintendo has explained how Mario Kart Tour’s gacha-like Pipe mechanic works and revealed the appearance rates for all characters, karts and gliders. The Pipe is a gacha-style mechanic which unlocks random content every time it’s “launched”. Rubies are required to use the Pipe, which can be earned by completing races or via microtransactions. UPDATE:This article has been updated to reflect theHalloween tourupdate. VGC’s Nintendo Features: History of Mario Kart|Best Wii Games|Best N64 Games|Best GameCube Games|Switch classic games|How to buy Switch games from different regions|Super Nintendo World Stamps guide|Super Nintendo World Keys guide|Pokémon Go free codes...

Nintendo has added the ability to cancel digital game pre-orders on the Nintendo eShop for the first time. From today, users will be able to cancel pre-orders made on theNintendo Switch’s digital store up to seven days prior to the pre-purchased game’s release date. The cancellation can be made via the Shop Menu within users’NintendoAccount settings on Nintendo Switch. Payment will now be deducted from users’ accounts seven days before the pre-ordered game’s release date, instead of at the time of purchase as was previously the case....

Developers who were originally involved in the making of Metroid Prime have criticised this month’s remaster for omitting them from its credits. Zoid Kirsch, who was a senior gameplay engineer on Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2 on the GameCube, tweeted his disappointment that the original staff aren’t listed in the credits ofMetroid Prime Remastered,which was released last week. Rather than listing everyone who worked on the original game, Remastered’s credits simply include a single screen that says: “Based on the work of Metroid Prime originalNintendo GameCubeand Wii Version development staff....