District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp has joined developer Gunzilla Games as its chief visionary officer, a long-term role that will see him work on the studio’s unrevealed multiplayer shooter with narrative elements. Speaking to IGN, Blomkamp explained that his directorial skills will be used to guide the game …

Double Fine was a big acquisition for Microsoft back in 2019, as the studio headed by Tim Schafer had been responsible for well-received but not always financially successful games such as Brutal Legend and several remasters of classic LucasArts games. Now part of Microsoft’s lineup of first-party studios, not much …

While it’s not as attractive as a land-speed record set in Black Rock Desert, Japan’s latest benchmark when it comes to internet speed is much more impressive. Smashing the 178 terabits per second benchmark it set last year when it worked with UK engineers, the new internet speed record now …

In a Bloomberg report last week, analysts claimed that the new $350 OLED model of the Nintendo Switch cost Nintendo only $10 more to produce. Nintendo has now publicly denied those claims and said that the original report was incorrect. “A news report on July 15, 2021(JST) claimed that the …

Backwards compatibility has been a key factor in Microsoft’s gaming strategy, as its current generation of Xbox Series X|S consoles are compatible with a wide range of original Xbox and Xbox 360 games, as well as the entire Xbox One library. Some other companies have a very different approach to …

Shoe scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could engineer Jurassic Park sneakers, that they never bothered to check if they should create them. That tinkering has resulted in a collaboration between Reebok and Amblin Entertainment that celebrates the 1993 film by proving that life finds a way to don …

Valve’s Steam Deck handheld is built around the idea of your personal library of PC games being playable on the go, but there is a caveat to the system: Some of the most popular games on Steam won’t be playable on it. According to ProtonDB via PC Gamer, games such …

Developers of an auto-aim cheat tool have ceased work on the software and removed it from their website “at the request of Activision Publishing,” as reported by Ars Technica. User Vision added that they “will no longer be developing or providing access to software that could be used to exploit …

Rainbow Six Siege’s new game mode is live, and if you’ve ever wanted to prove just how good your aim is, then Ubisoft’s squad-based shooter Headshot may be what you’re looking for. As the title says, only a well-aimed round to the head will take down an opponent, as body …

Video game film adaptations can be tricky to do right, but when a project manages to combine an original spin on the source material with the right cast, and a decent budget, magic usually happens. This year’s Mortal Kombat is one such example of a video game movie getting the …