After years of 'extensive reverse engineering', you can play a janky Mirror's Edge prototype in all its glory It belongs in a museum. PC Gamer · Apr 8
Volkswagen Denies It's Abandoning Three-Cylinder Engines The Volkswagen Group is preparing to pull the plug on Audi’s inline-five engine in Europe due to stricter emissions regulations. Still, rumors of another engine’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. While some reports claim the smallest powertrain offered by the automotive conglomerate is living on borrowed time, the three-cylinder engine… Motor1 · Apr 8
Battlefield 6 audio team says they 'constantly polish what we think needs polishing' The Battlefield 6 audio team has discussed its work with the game's live service support. TechRadar · Apr 6
All FC 26 Trophy Titans Team 2 players and release countdown The second batch in the making. Destructoid · Apr 6
Amazon TV head allegedly orders Mass Effect show rewrite to make it 'more appealing to non-gamers' I should go. PC Gamer · Apr 4
This game concept artist explores fantastical ideas in historical settings Felix Riaño paints cowboys and aliens. Creative Bloq · Apr 4
Ten years ago Acer debuted its awesomely ridiculous $10K gaming laptop – how well does it hold up in 2026? Two Nvidia GTX 1080 GPUs, a 21-inch screen, and a $10K price tag - the Acer Predator 21X was a ridiculous device 10 years ago, and I fired it up to see how it fares today. TechRadar · Apr 3
Cyber attack hits IT system for Northern Ireland schools The Education Authority said it could not yet confirm whether personal data had been compromised. Evening Standard · Apr 3
A contributor to GameStop's long-forgotten Steam competitor explains why he thinks Valve came out on top: 'What Steam did better than anybody else was to create a community' In hindsight, who would have guessed that Valve would win against the likes of Microsoft, EA, or Ubisoft? PC Gamer · Apr 2
French consumer advocacy group sues Ubisoft for taking The Crew offline, almost two years since Stop Killing Games first protested it It has the chance to singlehandedly improve consumer rights across the board. Destructoid · Apr 2
FC 26 Ultimate Team login error – Unable to connect error cause and potential fix (April 2) Not again EA. Destructoid · Apr 2
Ex-StarCraft and Warcraft veterans' new RTS is losing online features as server partner is sold to an AI company, and devs don't know when or if they'll be restored "We hope to restore online play in a future patch," says Stormgate dev Frost Giant Studios GamesRadar · Apr 1
Oracle believed to have cut 10,000 positions across multiple divisions as mass layoffs begin to fuel AI investments — company is reportedly reducing headcount to fund data centers Oracle reportedly cut over 10,000 positions based on reports from various employees. The move comes after the company has spent billions of dollars on AI infrastructure, with some saying that it will be in the red until 2030 after all this spending. Tom’s Hardware · Apr 1
Thousands of environmental breaches by water companies uncovered in record checks IN FULL The Independent UK · Mar 31
The Independent UK · Mar 30 Water companies accused of more than 3,000 environmental rule breaches The Environment Agency completed more than 10,000 checks of water company assets in the past year
Tom’s Guide · Mar 29 I've always wanted a PlayStation Portal but with a bigger screen so I tried this mobile controller — and it turned my iPad into a gaming powerhouse Has my search for an iPad controller finally come to an end? I tested the Razer Kishi V3 Pro XL which is excellent, and I don't want to travel without it now.
PC Gamer · Mar 28 Were PC gamers right to take against Syndicate's FPS reboot? Only one man with an ancient disc copy can find out Imagine a world with ever-so-slightly fewer cyberpunk games. Welcome to 2012.
GamesRadar · Mar 27 Star Wars Zero Company exists because late Call of Duty co-creator Vince Zampella wanted to know about an XCOM veteran's dream game: "Do you think you can make a Star Wars game with this?" "I'm thinking, 'This is insane, right? Like, this is crazy. It's Star Wars.'"
GamesRadar · Mar 27 Doom co-creator John Romero is "not going to stop making games" despite the state of the industry because "there's too much cool stuff to make" John and Brenda Romero are in for the long haul
GamesRadar · Mar 27 New inZOI patch dubbed the "GTA 6 update" by eager fans, adding everything from cozy flower shops to car theft to the Sims 4 competitor "GTA comes to inZOI before GTA 6"
Dot Esports · Mar 27 Battlefield 6 reportedly tapped into AI tools throughout development Sped up work from days to hours.
PC Gamer · Mar 27 'Realtime-with-pause is not dead,' says lead designer of promising turn-based game Star Wars Zero Company Which is why I'm looming over the genre's coffin with a stake and hammer.
PC Gamer · Mar 26 Star Wars Zero Company: Everything we know about the XCOM-inspired Clone Wars game Bit Reactor's debut is a complicated and exciting beast of a tactics game.
PC Gamer · Mar 26 Star Wars Zero Company is more than just 'Star Wars XCOM'—it feels like Mass Effect but with turn-based tactics and permadeath This Clone Wars tactics game from former XCOM devs may end up 2026's biggest surprise.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 26 Sewage released into England’s rivers and seas nearly 300,000 times last year Campaigners criticise frequent use of storm overflows when parts of the country were in drought for months