As if the gaming industry wasn't going through enough already, one of the studios behind the beloved Life Is Strange series, Deck Nine Games, issued today's latest round of layoffs. The studio's announcement was issued on the heels of others today, like PlayStation, and yesterday with developer Supermassive. According to an announcement from...

The Sims 4's classic HUD layout has been updated with a new feature in the form of a cart icon. Rather than going through the hassle of closing your game to browse the shop, this mechanic allows you to get exclusive packs in-game during your usual Sims binge season. A cart icon can be found near the upper-right corner, near all the traditional...

Fans of found-footage frights will soon be able to dig into a new video game take on the Paranormal Activity film series. By "soon" we mean 2026, which is when the "all-new interactive game experience" from the devs behind The Mortuary Assistant is set to launch. The Paranormal Activity: Found Footage game has DarkStone Digital (The Mortuary...

After 13 long years, Remedy's Alan Wake finally received a sequel, and it has been a success, managing to sell a million units by December 2023. Unlike its predecessor, Alan Wake 2 is a survival horror title with a mind-bending narrative and settings that are downright psychedelic at times. The creators of the game answered questions from...

Skilled-based matchmaking has been an ongoing topic of conversation in the Call of Duty community for a while. For obvious reasons, it's a necessity that prevents lower-skilled players from quitting or just having an awful experience. However, it also makes playing any style of Call of Duty, other than "sweaty," downright impossible for more...

If you haven't played Black Mesa, the unofficial (yet wholly endorsed by Valve) remake of Half-Life, it's definitely worth checking out. For those of us who have played – and enjoyed – it, the team responsible for it is teasing a new game that's currently in the pipeline. A video uploaded to YouTube by developer Crowbar Collective (thanks,...