No one gets more frustrated by a website outage at the blog than me, but at least I save money when the site is offline! I’m not, for example, Sony or Microsoft with empires to run.
There are already more female-led computer games in 2021 than in all of 2020
Research shows that only 12% of next-gen platform games feature a female protagonist.
In lockdown Britain, younger gamers are falling in love with computer RPGs
Men are more likely to call themselves a gamer than women, but more women actually play computer games.
$7.5 billion gaming deal: Microsoft buys ZeniMax Media
Microsoft today announced a $7.5 billion cash deal to buy ZeniMax Media, the owners Bethesda Softworks and makers of The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom and Dishonored.
Microsoft is bringing Fable back to the Xbox
Fable, which might be a reboot rather than Fable 4, will be available for the Xbox Series X and Windows 10 machines.
Watch the console battle unfold in this line graph race
Watch the consoles battle each other for the top slot.
An Xbox One controller fit for giants or your living room?
This Xbox controller is 26″ deep, 36″ wide and 25.5″ high and it doesn’t work. Okay, it’s a table!
4 times as powerful: Xbox Project Scarlett
This might be the last significant tech upgrade in the console war if some pundits are right.
Microsoft has built a dungeon crawler out of Minecraft: Minecraft Dungeons
Up to four players can go adventuring together in Minecraft Dungeons. Why? To save the village. This feels like a D&D dungeon crawl in the truest sense though there’s no official word as to whether the quest begins in a tavern.
10 screenshots from the gorgeous Ori and the Will of the Wisps
In Ori and the Will of the Wisps, you will encounter puzzles and towering enemies as you progress through an emotional and story-driven adventure.