Nier: Automata creators deny characters "were problematic overseas" and blame mistranslated subtitle for censorship rumours

Nier miss.

Fallout Shelter has been downloaded over 230 million times in 10 years

Vault of the earth.

Sony quietly removes PC sale restrictions in dozens of countries for four huge PlayStation games

Games returned to sale include God of War Ragnarök, The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, and yes... Helldivers 2.

2025's Summer Game Fest is its biggest to date, with viewer numbers up 89% on last year's show

Between YouTube, Twitch, and X/Twitter, the livestream topped 50m views collectively.

Feature | What we've been playing - lessons in communication and, um, trash-talking

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Feature | With Borderlands 4 nearly here, a community of archivists are racing to revive a dead Borderlands MMO

Ones and Zer0s.

Review | The Alters review

Me, myself and I.

Digital Foundry | Cyberpunk 2077 on Switch 2: a cutting-edge game translates well to Nintendo's console hybrid

The base game runs well but Phantom Liberty can struggle.

Sony will "continue to add more value to PS Plus", says company president, but it may come with price changes too

Money talks.

Control multiplayer spin-off FBC: Firebreak has two major updates planned for this year

Spreadsheet the word.

Sony remains committed to "diverse and resilient" live service games, including forthcoming Marathon and Fairgames, despite high profile failures

Live and let live.

MindsEye crashes caused by a memory leak, developer says, as it remains committed to ensuring all players have a great experience

UPDATE: First hotfix live.

Deals | Microsoft currently isn’t offering physical pre-orders of Gears of War: Reloaded on Xbox, just PS5

Only those on PlayStation can own a physical copy of the game, at least for now.