Don’t Stop, Girlypop! is a glittery, Y2K heart attack of a boomer shooter, with a great demo you can try now
In the late '90s, early 2000s, there were two distinct flavours of aesthetics: boomer shooters, and Y2K girlypop vibes (for the sake of this argument we will ignore every other aesthetic that existed at the time). Boomer shooters like Doom and Wolfenstein were bloody, gory, and had a real "video ...
Save on the Magic: The Gathering Fallout Bundle and Get Each Commander Deck for Under $40 at Amazon
Magic: The Gathering has offered Universes Beyond crossovers with other franchises for a few years now, and while some become full sets like Spider-Man and Final Fantasy, others are more squarely focused on Commander.One of these is Fallout, which was particularly popular back in 2024 and offers a fantastic quartet ...
Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s Saudi-Backed Valley of Memory Expansion Looks a Generous Free Side-Quest — Though Not One Many Fans Would Have Asked For
Ask a fan if they want to see more of Assassin's Creed Mirage hero Basim, and you'll likely get a resounding yes in response. One of the most intriguing characters in the franchise's recent history, Basim already ranks among the few of its hooded heroes to appear in multiple games ...
Metal: Hellsinger studio The Outsiders has been shut down as part of Funcom’s recent layoffs
Oh boy. Unfortunately, it's one of those days. You might remember that last week, Dune: Awakening developer Funcom laid off an unspecified number of staff. Yep, that same Dune: Awakening that appeared to be doing pretty well for itself. Go figure! Today, there's more bad news, as it turns out ...
Special Olympics and Xbox Unite for Inclusive Gaming
October 6, 2025 Special Olympics and Xbox Unite for Inclusive Gaming Summary
- Tune in to the Xbox Twitch channel on October 14 at 10am Pacific for the 2025 Gaming for Inclusion Celebrity Showcase.
- Xbox Game Camp hosts 9 Special Olympics athletes for an Immersive Learning Experience featuring studio ...
Ghost of Yōtei Soundtrack Listening Party streams live on Oct 15
Five years ago, Sucker Punch took us to new frontiers on “Tsushima Island”, where we were introduced to Jin Sakai, a samurai struggling between abandoning his code of honor and protecting his home from the first Mongol invasion of Japan. Three hundred years after the events of Ghost of Tsushima, ...
Walmart Is Granting Paid Members Early Access to Pokémon TCG Restocks Today, Here’s What’s Up for Grabs
Grabbing Prismatic Evolutions cards at a good price has felt like a lost cause for Pokémon TCG collectors, but Walmart has confirmed that its upcoming October Deals event will include a significant offer that seems too good to be true.Beginning on 6 October, from 7 PM ET, paid Walmart+ members ...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s lead writer had apparently never played a video game before writing it
There is a belief that appears to crop up within the games industry that to work in it, you must be wholly aware of everything in it. You must live, breathe and die by games! That doesn't always result in interesting games though, sometimes it's actually quite useful to have ...
Alien: Isolation is too long because the Alien is too clever, says former Creative Assembly writer
When Sega and Creative Assembly's Alien: Isolation launched in 2014, I was deputy editor at Official Xbox Magazine. I remember getting the review copy from our contributor Alex "Game Over, Man" Dale, and asking him how long the game was. 35-40 hours, he said. WTF, I said. I can't remember ...
