NetEase is reportedly pulling back on its international game investments. The Chinese megacorp's backtrack commenced at the end of last year when it cut jobs and/or "paused" productions at Worlds Untold, Jar of Sparks, and Liquid Sword, but now Game File repor
21st February Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing this week. This week, Tom O chickens out of the Dead Space Remake because it made his baby gate scary, which is an odd thing to t
Marvels Rivals, which has been a huge success for publisher NetEase since its launch last year, reportedly almost didn't make it to release. It's claimed the company considered cancelling the project because its CEO objected to paying Disney for use of its cha
"We still haven't quite managed to form a bridgehead yet," says Jullian Gollop, creator of the original X-COM (before Firaxis went and remade it as XCOM (no hyphen) in 2012). He and I are beating back waves of brain-in-a-jar aliens in co-op in his new game, Ch
Julian Gollop, creator of the original X-COM game - known as UFO: Enemy Unknown here in the UK, and followed up by Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown later on - has told Eurogamer that he would be quite happy to return to the series in some form. Also, that he's fin
Netflix has joined the Sifu film project, adapting Sloclap's kung-fu roguelike for the big screen. The project was first revealed in 2022, with Story Kitchen producing - that's the company behind other video game adaptations like the Sonic the Hedgehog films,
The Pokémon Company has won "substantial" damages after a long-running battle against a Chinese mobile rip-off, following years of legal wrangling. While the final amount has not been made public, The Pokémon Company previously said it was owed $72m (£57m) by
Former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida has admitted porting PlayStation-exclusive games to PC is "almost like printing money", and provides an opportunity to invest in further games. In an interview with Sacred Symbols+ (via Push Square), Yoshida revealed he w
Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin has reiterated there's "some talk" about an Elden Ring film, though his involvement will likely be limited due to being "a few years behind" on his latest book. The author provided lore and worldbuilding for FromSoftwar
Cosy Hobbit life sim Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game has been delayed once again, this time until 29th July. It's the second hold-up for the game after an earlier delay announced last year. Back in September 2024, developer Wētā Workshop said it e