Google has outdone itself with its latest playable Google Doodle, unveiling a card game that will return every month with new features to unlock. The Doodle is called Rise of the Half Moon, and coincides with October’s half-moon phase, while future iterations will presumably return for half-moon phases in other …

In the week of its release, it’s been revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has an option to pay $20 for personalized spatial audio. The third-party audio tool is built into Black Ops 6’s settings menu, and will also be coming to Warzone with Season 1. A screenshot …

Exodus–the debut title from Wizards of the Coast-owned studio Archetype Entertainment–has released a new trailer showcasing one of the game’s most terrifying enemies, narrated by Matthew McConaughey. McConaughey first revealed his involvement with the project when he announced the title at last year’s The Game Awards, and now we know …

PC specs for the upcoming Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 have been revealed, so PC gamers can check how their rig is going to hold up ahead of the game’s release next February. As expected from a strategy title, the minimum specs are less demanding than your average AAA game, but …

Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto has slowly withdrawn from active game development as the years go by, but The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom may mark a major step in that journey as the first Zelda game without his name in the credits. As picked up by Go Nintendo, Miyamoto …

The ongoing wave of layoffs in the video game industry continues with Hi-Rez Studios, the developer of the Smite games, announcing it will be letting go of an unspecified number of employees. The layoffs come shortly after Hi-Rez released MOBA sequel Smite 2 in paid early access. Via PC Gamer, …

Sony’s plans to augment its game-development process with AI and machine learning is already underway, the company revealed in its 2024 Company Report. In one example cited in the report, Sony used machine learning to augment the subtitling process for certain languages in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Sony has revealed it …

In case you’ve somehow missed it, the internet’s new obsession is Moo Deng, an adorable pygmy hippo calf from the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. After taking over social media, Moo Deng fandom has now hit MMO Final Fantasy 14, where in-game prices for the game’s hippo calf minion …

Kyoto-based indie studio Denkiworks has announced its debut title, Tanuki: Pon’s Summer, as part of Xbox’s Tokyo Game Show broadcast. The cozy adventure game will have players taking on the role of a cute BMX-riding tanuki who also happens to be the mailman for a picturesque Japanese village. The game …

Xbox’s presentation for Tokyo Game Show included a number of Game Pass announcements, headlined by the news that StarCraft: Remastered and StarCraft 2 will be coming to the subscription service later this year. Four games were also newly added to Game Pass today, and more are in line for day-one …