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Phil Spencer recently shared his thoughts on the potential move away from physical consoles in the games industry, and it doesn’t sound like the Xbox boss sees that shift happening overnight. Spencer was talking to Insomniac Games boss Ted Price on the Game Maker’s Notebook podcast (opens in new tab) …

Larian Studios revealed a roughly-one-hour stream of the highly-anticipated Baldur’s Gate 3 (opens in new tab), complete with a stunning opening cinematic, character creation, and plenty of gameplay. The footage is highly-entertaining, seeing Larian CEO Swen Vincke almost consecutively fall victim to the pitfalls of a turn-based tabletop game like …

The Wonderful 101: Remastered is coming to Steam, PS4, and Nintendo Switch May 19 in North America and May 22 in Europe. The colorful, fast, and frenetic Wonderful 101 first landed on Wii U in 2013, attracting a cult following in the years since. Looking back, I can understand why …

A new Animal Crossing: New Horizons (opens in new tab) commercial speaks the international language of being too busy to hang out IRL, but still making it happen in-game. We’ve been spoiled for new details recently, between our Animal Crossing: New Horizons hands-on (opens in new tab) and 25 things …

Hideo Kojima is set to receive the BAFTA Fellowship Award in April, with the lofty award putting him in the same ranks of games industry leaders such as Shigeru Miyamoto and Gabe Newell. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced today its plans to give Kojima its highest …

The opening cinematic for Baldur’s Gate 3 (opens in new tab) was revealed on Thursday, and it’s nothing short of exhilarating. Simply on a technical level, the cinematography is on another level, but the real stars of the show are the dragons, which are beautifully detailed and wonderfully horrifying. Whether …

PlayStation Germany (opens in new tab) is teasing an announcement for later today on Twitter, but it’s probably not what you’re hoping for.  “You know what we’re going to tell you today, don’t you?”, reads the translated tweet, instantly bringing to mind the idea of more PS5 (opens in new …

Metro developer 4A Games briefly discussed its ambitions for next-gen graphics in a recent interview with Digital Foundry (opens in new tab), and after the visual splendor of Metro Exodus (opens in new tab), any graphics tease from 4A Games is mighty tantalizing.  “We are fully into ray tracing, dropping …

Last year, EA canceled an unannounced Star Wars project that was once envisioned as a Battlefront spinoff. Though EA never revealed the game was in development nor has it announced the subsequent cancellation, the news comes from Kotaku’s (opens in new tab) always reliable Jason Schreier who spoke with six …

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (opens in new tab) will feature 383 villagers from the series who could potentially come to live on your deserted island.   The massive number comes from real estate and holiday industry mogul Tom Nook himself, who took to Twitter to reveal that he’s busy sending …