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Unity announced the layoff of 265 employees from its partnership with Weta Digital as the services agreement comes to an end. The layoffs will affect roles that support Weta FX's use of Unity tools.

Capcom has officially announced the launch date of Dragon's Dogma 2 to be March 22, 2024. The RE Engine-developed RPG by Hideaki Itsuno is incoming to fans just two years after its initial reveal.

Blackbird Interactive has released the PC hardware system requirements for its long-awaited space-based RTS sequel Homeworld 3. PCs will need much higher specs to run the game with ray-tracing effects

CD Projekt RED is ramping up the development of the next The Witcher trilogy. Almost half the studio is currently working on the highly-anticipated project, which will be powered by Unreal Engine 5.

Colossal Order has revealed an early access program for Cities: Skylines II's upcoming editor for assets and maps. A major update is also planned for December containing performance boosts and fixes.

After weeks of rumors, Bungie has officially announced a release date delay in the next Destiny 2 expansion pack, The Final Shape. The date was pushed back from February 27 to June 4, 2024.

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has confirmed it will "restructure our gaming business" and could lay off hundreds of its workers in that division as a result of those changes.

Valve updated its long-running Counter-Strike 1.6 game with a new patch earlier this week. However, that patch also put in code for a very early prototype of its zombie shooter Left 4 Dead.

In the latest video dev diary for the upcoming grand strategy game Ara: History Untold, Oxide Games co-founder Dan Baker offers a lot of details about the game's proprietary Nitrous Engine.

The official Tekken 8 website has been updated with its PC hardware requirements, and it shows the game will need 100GB of storage, making it the latest such game to use that much drive space.

The next entry in the Call of Duty franchise will take players to the Gulf War according to a new report. The upcoming Black Ops title has reportedly been in development for four years.

Blizzard is letting people play their action-RPG Diablo IV for free on Steam through November 28. You can play the game up through level 20, and if you like it there's also a 40 percent discount.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has been delayed to the second half of 2024 to allow for more development time. A release date will be announced in December along with the launch of Rogue Trader.

The 2023 Steam Autumn Sale has officially begun. PC gamers can now check out discounts for thousands of games, DLC, and more for the next seven days. The Steam Awards nominations have also started.

Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition is coming out on December 5th according to CD PROJEKT RED. It will include the Phantom Liberty expansion and all the other updates as well as digital goodies.

Developer Studio Wildcard has finally confirmed that the Unreal Engine 5-based survival game Ark: Survival Ascended will launch for the r Xbox Series X|S consoles today. The PS5 version is delayed

Warner Bros. and Rocksteady are about to kick off a closed alpha test of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League later this month, and anyone can sign up for a chance to play the cooperative title.

Bethesda has pushed out a new update to Starfield. Following a stint in beta on Steam, it brings NVIDIA DLSS and a shortcut to ingest food alongside bug fixes and performance boosts.

Sony's DualShock and DualSense controllers have received official support on Steam. Just like for Xbox controllers, PlayStation controller players can now see what games have partial or full support.

Cities Skylines II developer Colossal Order has revealed its main priorities towards patching the current PC version of its city management sim game, before it can start adding new content.

PlayStation 5 players can soon jump into a native version of The Last of Us Part II. The remaster touts enhanced visuals, a rogue-like mode, a free play guitar mode, developer commentary, and more.

Valve is celebrating Half-Life turning 25 with a major update to the classic title. Widescreen support, updated graphics settings, restored content, and more are included. It's also free on Steam.

Cloud Imperium Games has kicked off a two-week-long Free Fly session for its in-development, crowd-funded space RPG Star Citizen. Dozens of ships, vehicles, and equipment are available to tryout too.

Larian has announced a new Deluxe Edition for its hit RPG Baldur's Gate 3. It will include playable physical disk copies of the game for the Xbox Series S and X consoles and the PlayStation 5 console

Arkane Studios has pushed out a new update for Redfall. This release has a new UV-powered sniper rifle to find, as well as a whole lot of fixes, balance changes, and optimizations.

Microsoft Xbox Game Pass Core and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can play F1 23, Deceive Inc., and Stray Blade for free from now until Sunday, November 19 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time.

Developer Rare is launching the new Skull of Siren Song world event for its pirate-themed action game Sea of Thieves. It pits multiple pirate crews against each other to find a prize.

The two free games that are available to download and keep for the next week from the Epic Games Store are the post-apocalypse game Surviving the Aftermath and the fantasy RPG Earthlock.

Two Point Studios' latest light-hearted management game, Two Point Campus, now has a bundle offering the base game plus the three expansions: Space Academy, School Spirits, and Medical School.

Xbox fans will finally get an answer to when will Baldur's Gate 3 come to their platforms at The Game Awards showcase early next month. The title is releasing sometime in December.

Rocksteady Games has posted the first of its Insider videos covering its upcoming DC Comics action game Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, delving deeper into the game's storyline.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt RED is opening up the game for the modders soon. Almost the same toolset it used to develop the game, REDengine 3, will be offered to PC players.

Digital Bros, the parent company of game publisher 505 Games, announced plans to lay off 30 percent of its workforce, saying it will now "prioritize high-quality and long-standing successful titles."

Microsoft is adding three more games to Xbox Game Pass variants in the next couple of weeks as part of the second wave of titles. Three Battlefield games are leaving the services soon though.

Nvidia is aiming to deliver smoother performance with its DLSS 3 frame generation tech in Starfield and Call of Duty Modern Warfare III in its latest driver update. Many bug fixes are here too.

Grounded is now available to play for free for the next few days, until Thursday, November 16 at 1 p.m. Eastern time, so you can try out the new 1.3 update with the Playgrounds modding feature.

Larian Studios sounds like it may announce the long-awaited release dates for the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X editions of its hit RPG Baldur's Gate 3, along with word on a physical media version.