Firaxis Lays Off Employees, Despite Publisher Claiming Civilization 7 Sales Are ‘Consistent With Expectations’
Civilization VII developer Firaxis has laid off an unknown number of individuals today, despite the insistance of Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick that the game's sales are consistent with expectations.Today, a number of Firaxis employees announced across social media that they had been let go, including members of production, narrative, and ...
Hollow Knight: Silksong Shoots Up Steam’s Most-Played Games Chart Hours After Launch, With Huge Concurrent Player Numbers as Storefront Issues Ease
Hollow Knight: Silksong is already a huge hit on Steam despite causing Valve’s storefront to crash, posting massive concurrent player numbers.At the time of this article’s publication, and as those storefront problems ease, Silksong was on a huge 453,993 concurrent players on Steam, making it the third most-played game on ...
Put your neighbours under surveillance in automation horror game Beyond The Doors
"Horror" and "automation" are concepts I'm used to seeing together in fiery/weepy essays about late capitalism. I'm less used to seeing them together in videogame marketing blurbs. Horror, in an automation-based game? Why, games with automation are supposed to deliver the finest and most methodical of chemical highs. They are ...
Nintendo Download: 4th September (North America)
Cronos! NBA! Daemon X Machina!The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region - it's not just Silksong and the usual slop, you know! As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment ...
ID@Xbox Indie Selects Demo Fest Is Heading Your Way Next Week
September 4, 2025 ID@Xbox Indie Selects Demo Fest Is Heading Your Way Next Week Exciting news – Indie Selects is bringing you a monster new Demo Fest next week. From September 9-30, players on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One can dive ...
Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake: how Square Enix rebuilt two classic games for a new generation
Dragon Quest is one of the most acclaimed and influential series in gaming. If you’ve ever played a Japanese (or Japanese-inspired) RPG, it probably owes a debt to this amazing franchise. And it all started with Dragon Quest I and Dragon Quest II. These games captivated players by sending them ...
Star Trucker’s anniversary update adds wheel and joystick support to the space lorry sim, plus speed cameras
Star Trucker, Raw Fury's answer to what Euro Truck Simulator might look like in the year 3000, is now a year old, and has celebrated that fact with an update that finally lets you whip out your wheel and pedals. Ever since I gave it a go with a controller ...
Silksong has murdered Steam
Well, who could have seen this coming: Hollow Knight: Silksong has taken Steam offline, or at least, laid waste to large swathes of it. Within seconds of its release this afternoon, Team Cherry’s Hollow Knight sequel brought Valve's servers to a halt, cue endlessly loading pages when trying to access ...
WWE 2K25 and Destiny 2: Legacy Collection Lead September’s Humble Choice Lineup
For those looking to add some games to their PC library as the chilly fall weather starts to roll in, September's Humble Choice lineup has officially been announced. This includes a wide variety of games, including WWE 2K25, Destiny 2: Legacy Collection, The Plucky Squire, and five others you can ...
Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on Steam – our review is on the way
Hollow Knight: Silksong has officially buzzed across the thin red line between "entirely hypothetical object of mass hysteria" and "existing videogame that you can play on your PC". Team Cherry's new metroidvania is live now on Steam and GOG. You can actually buy it with your actual money. Should you ...
