Video games, esports, gaming industry, and interactive entertainment
In indie game Firewatch, Campo Santo made a deliberate choice: a pine cone on a desk falls to the floor when dropped, but a picture frame returns to its original spot. It's a choice that reflects the game's entire design philosophy.
James Callahan 
Yu Suzuki's legendary action-adventure series is getting a major polish in Q4 2026, expanding to new platforms and introducing quality-of-life improvements that respect player choice.
Zara Mitchell 
Europe's gaming regulator is overhauling age ratings to flag loot boxes and battle passes, but the North American ESRB says integrated ratings could confuse parents.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Testing shows 8GB graphics cards remain sufficient for 2026 gaming, but 16GB versions deliver significantly faster performance in real-world conditions due to how modern game engines use memory.
Tom Whitfield 
Hoarder starts as a relaxing cleaning simulator but conceals a second game entirely. The project comes from a co-creator of cult horror title Darkwood.
Oliver Pemberton 
A new video game captures the anxiety of competing for H-1B work visas. Built on real immigrant stories, it shows how luck, bureaucracy and policy changes shape lives and careers.
Sophia Vargas 
A community-developed tool has achieved what AMD has not: enabling advanced FSR 4 upscaling on older Radeon graphics cards without requiring modified drivers, raising questions about AMD's product strategy.
Priya Narayanan 
Fortnite's next major collaboration adds three iconic Game of Thrones characters to the battle royale as Chapter 7 Season 2 begins, marking the franchise's first appearance in the game.
Megan Torres 
Fortnite creators can now build their own Star Wars experiences using the Unreal Editor, following Disney's massive 2024 investment in Epic Games.
Jake Nguyen 
Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding 2: On the Beach launches across critical acclaim and spirited debate about whether smoothing the edges of his original vision ultimately strengthens or weakens the experience.
Zara Mitchell 
Former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan's new studio Kintsugiyama is opening a limited alpha test for The Legend of California, an action-survival FPS set during a mythical Gold Rush era. Sign-ups begin immediately.
Tom Whitfield 
A new medieval strategy game built by former Mount & Blade modders has landed a publishing deal with Hooded Horse, bringing grounded physics-based combat to 13th-century Germany.
James Callahan 
A new action game from ProbablyMonsters puts visceral hand-to-hand combat at the centre of a personal revenge story during WWII, drawing inspiration from grindhouse cinema and stealth-action titles.
Zara Mitchell 
Sony Interactive Entertainment is phasing out the PlayStation Network and PSN branding by September 2026, signalling a strategic shift away from 'network' terminology toward broader digital services.
Jake Nguyen 
Without the Game Link Cable, Pokémon would never have existed. The story of how an overlooked Nintendo peripheral sparked gaming's most profitable franchise reveals the power of genuine connection.
Jake Nguyen 
Nintendo has released version 1.0.2 for Pokemon Pokopia, fixing several quest progression bugs that were leaving players stuck in this massively successful life sim.
Oliver Pemberton 
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developers have confirmed they won't designate either of the game's two endings as canonical, maintaining ambiguity even as they work on expanding the universe.
Aisha Khoury 
The lead writer of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had never planned to write for games. Her journey from private equity to award-winning narrative design reveals how fresh perspectives transform creative work.
Oliver Pemberton 
A decade after Nintendo's legal takedown, Pokémon Uranium remains alive through fan effort, with ongoing updates, active trading communities, and seasonal events proving one game cannot simply be erased.
Sophia Vargas 
Embark Studios' production director reveals how Arc Raiders evolved from a traditional shooter into an exploration-focused adventure, selling over 14 million copies worldwide.
Zara Mitchell