Next Week on Xbox: New Games for December 15 to 19
December 12, 2025 Next Week on Xbox: New Games for December 15 to 19 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox on PC, ...
Id Software devs form “wall-to-wall” union, with 165 workers at Doom studio the latest to vote in favour
Doom and Quake studio id Software are now home to a "wall-to-wall" union according to the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The organisation have announced that a group of 165 id workers have just voted to unionise, adding to the ranks of the 300 ZeniMax quality assurance staff who unionised ...
Doom, Quake Developers Form Wall-to-wall Union at id Software
165 workers at id Software, the studio behind the Doom and Quake franchises, have elected to unionize with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in yet another wall-to-wall developer union within Microsoft.The new union encompasses developers, artists, programmers, and other disciplines, and has been formally recognized by Microsoft in accordance ...
Go on then, break 4:Loop’s roguelike-ish mechanics with teleporting berry mischief, says Left 4 Dead creator
I have to say, it does tickle me that pretty much anyone involved with Left 4 Dead just seem to still want to make Left 4 Dead. The Anacrusis and Back 4 Blood both were made by folks who worked on the original co-op shooter, and now the original lead ...
‘Shipping a Major Franchise Like Clockwork Every Year Is a Really Difficult Task’ — Microsoft Responds to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s Disappointing Launch
Clearly, all is not well in the world of Call of Duty. Black Ops 7 appears to have struggled for players and sales relatively speaking amid tough competition from the likes of EA’s Battlefield 6 and Embark Studios’ Arc Raiders, and coming out just a year after Black Ops 6 ...
Deltarune Chapters 3 + 4 is a virtual Dip Dab, and its contrast of zingy humour and bitter story was delicious
Deltarune's third and fourth chapters dropping simultaneously this year was my Silksong. Granted, I haven’t been waiting quite as long as the Hollow Knight sickos. Toby Fox only kept me hanging four years for the latest slice of his episodic Undertale successor. Still, that’s before I’d started freelancing for IGN, ...
CRKD Announces The ‘Nitro Deck 2’, Compatible With Switch And Switch 2
Shipping Spring 2026.We've had mixed opinions on the CRKD Nitro Deck for the Switch, but now the company has come out swinging with a brand new iteration – and it's compatible with both Switch and Switch 2.The Nitro Deck 2 starts shipping in Spring 2026 and looks to be a ...
After a rough reveal, Deus Ex Remastered gets an indefinite delay with existing preorders refunded
When Deus Ex Remastered was revealed back in September, it quickly became apparent how Simply Not Great this thing looked. There was way too strong of a "we have to make this thing look new and modern and well lit" vibe to it that did not go down very well ...
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 devs detail future factions, and when you can expect official modding tools
The future is here! Or, I guess it's around 40,000 years away, but that's still more or less here for the Total War series, which'll be tackling a futuristic setting for the first time in last night's reveal of a Warhammer 40,000 spin-off reveal. It's got most of what you'd ...
Review: Terminator 2D: NO FATE (Switch) – A Simplistic Yet Fascinating 16-Bit Love Letter
Hasta la vista, LJN.Are you old enough to remember being a kid and seeing a NES, Super Nintendo, or Mega Drive game of a licensed movie, and having your imagination run wild as to all the playable scenarios potentially contained within? If the answer is 'yes', then you’re equally likely ...
