Remember That Viral Halo X Portal First-person Shooter Splitgate? Well I've Got Some Good News, As You Can Finally Sign

Remember that viral Halo x Portal first-person shooter Splitgate? Well I’ve got some good news, as you can finally sign-up to playtest its sequel Now you’re thinking with portals! Splitgate lovers, it’s almost your time once more, as the upcoming sequel to the viral shooter is accepting playtest sign-ups. Every once in a while a shooter will rock up and take off even though it seemingly came out of nowhere. Back in 2021, that was Splitgate with its indefinite beta, though it wasn’t entirely from nowhere as the game had been in early access for a couple of years prior....

January 14, 2026 · 2 min · 290 words · Linda Musser

Remember That Viral, Nightmarish Horror Game About Traversing Japan's Subway Stations? Well, The Studio Behind Godzilla Is Working On A Film Adaptation

Remember that viral, nightmarish horror game about traversing Japan’s subway stations? Well, the studio behind Godzilla is working on a film adaptation Colour me intrigued! Image credit:Kotake Create The Exit 8 , a liminal space horror game about trying to find your way out of a Japanese subway station, is getting a movie. When it comes to video game adaptations, really anything is on the table these days, and that includes even the shortest of horror games....

January 14, 2026 · 2 min · 364 words · Bruce Blass

Remnant 2 Has Sold Over 1 Million Units In A Week, And More Than Doubled Its Player Count

Remnant 2 has sold over 1 million units in a week, and more than doubled its player count Remnant 2 has successfully built upon its predecessor and established a new franchise. If you’ve been keeping up with the (admittedly quiet) release season of the past few weeks, you’ll no doubt have seen all the talk about Remnant 2 . From the game’s critical acclaim to its meteoric rise on Steam’s charts - it all felt a bit sudden....

January 14, 2026 · 2 min · 404 words · David Rosenbeck

Resident Evil 2 Hip Pouch Locations

Resident Evil 2 Hip Pouch Locations - Increase Inventory in Resident Evil 2 There’s a lot that you can miss in Resident Evil 2 if you’re not looking carefully enough, and one of these things is hip pouches. In our Resident Evil 2 hip pouches guide , we’ll be taking you through a complete list of all the various Resident Evil 2 hip pouch locations throughout the game, so you can track them all down as easily as possible....

January 14, 2026 · 8 min · 1551 words · Belinda Amore

Resident Evil 4 Remake Sets Concurrent Franchise Record On Steam

Resident Evil 4 Remake sets concurrent franchise record on Steam It’s doing rather well. Resident Evil 4 Remake is out today, and even with most people still at work, it is already doing well on Steam. According to SteamDB, Resident Evil 4 Remake has 140,240 concurrent users as of press time, and we expect the number to grow over the weekend. Compared to other Resident Evil games on Steam, the remake has set a new concurrent record compared to the previous holder Resident Evil Village with 106,631 users at its peak....

January 14, 2026 · 4 min · 707 words · Kim Smith

Rip Ps5 Playstation Plus Collection, Which Introduced Me To One Of My Favourite Games

RIP PS5 PlayStation Plus Collection, which introduced me to one of my favourite games The Last Guardian, Bloodborne, God of War, Ratchet & Clank, Uncharted 4, Infamous: Second Son, Days Gone – the PS+ Collection really was the best of Sony’s exclusive library. “So there’s this stat in Bloodborne called Insight,” I’d tell anyone that would listen. “It governs the amount of inhuman knowledge you’ve gleaned from the world as you slaughter unnatural abominations....

January 14, 2026 · 5 min · 1025 words · Sam Clement

Roblox Data Leak Exposes Almost 4,000 Employees' Personal Information

Roblox data leak exposes almost 4,000 employees’ personal information - company says sorry The information was posted on a forum and quickly taken down, but not before the internet caught wind. Image credit:VG247 / Roblox Corporation A data leak has impacted the Roblox Corporation, resulting in nearly 4,000 employees having their personal details leaked online. For some, this includes names, addresses, date of birth and IPs. This was spotted and highlighted today by Troy Hunt , creator of Have I Been Pwned, a website that allows you to see if your personal information has been released online....

January 14, 2026 · 2 min · 358 words · Benjamin Aldrich

Rockstar Confirms Gta 6 Trailer Is Coming Early December

Rockstar confirms GTA 6 trailer is coming early December Yup, it’s happened. Image credit:VG247/Rockstar Games Rockstar Games has finally confirmed that a GTA 6 trailer is coming in December, so you can all stop asking about it. This news follows a recent report which claimed that the publisher could reveal the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series as early as this week, before releasing a trailer in December. As it turns out, the announcement has come today, with Rockstar having elected to put it out via a Twitter post attributed to co-founder and president Sam Houser....

January 14, 2026 · 2 min · 365 words · Danielle Shears

Silent Hill 2 Labyrinth Guide

Silent Hill 2 Labyrinth guide A maze of corridors infested with rot and God knows what else, here’s how to navigate Silent Hill 2’s Labyrinth. Image credit:Bloober Team/VG247 If you thought Silent Hill 2 ’s Toluca Prison was bad, you’ve got your work cut out for you when it comes to the Labyrinth . This place doesn’t have a map to begin with. It’s one that James eventually, somehow, has to sketch up for himself, meaning it’s easy to get lost in the maze of hallways that the area consists of....

January 14, 2026 · 14 min · 2881 words · Warren Lessard

Silver And Blood Tier List: Full Character Roster Ranked

Silver and Blood Tier List: Full Character Roster Ranked Embrace the most powerful SSR characters with this Silver and Blood tier list! Image credit:Moonton With a roster spanning more than 50 vampiric, magical and armor-clad Vassals, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the huge variety of anime-styled dark fantasy characters on offer in Silver and Blood. But as with any gacha collect-a-thon, you need to know who you’re rolling for, who’s worth investing your limited resources into, and which pulls should really get your blood pumping....

January 14, 2026 · 7 min · 1361 words · Shanon Bennett

Smart Zoi: How To Enable Inzoi's Advanced Character Ai (and Whether You Should)

Smart Zoi: How to enable inZOI’s advanced character AI (and whether you should) inZOI’s Smart Zoi system can help make your game feel more alive, but is still highly experimental and resource-intensive. Image credit:VG247 / inZOI Studio / Krafton Smart Zoi is one of the experimental features available in brand-new life sim inZOI from the time of its early access launch. Separate from the game’s autonomy system, Smart Zoi can nevertheless be seen as an extension of the sliding scale of autonomous behaviour typically seen in life sims....

January 14, 2026 · 5 min · 865 words · Erica Lopez

Sony Has Reportedly Decided To Skip Gamescom This Year

Sony has reportedly decided to skip gamescom this year No official PlayStation presence. It’s reported that Sony has decided to skip gamescom this year. This is according to German publication GamesMarkt (via VGC ), which states that PlayStation will not be on the show floor. Here’s another look at the 2023 PlayStation Showcase since itmaybe the only big showcase Sony does this year.Watch on YouTube The last gamescom Sony attended was in 2019 before COVID-19 swept the globe....

January 14, 2026 · 1 min · 166 words · Arthur Degregorio

Spaceballs Is Coming Back To Parody Star Wars And More Almost 40 Years On With A Josh Gad Led Sequel

Spaceballs is coming back to parody Star Wars and more almost 40 years on with a Josh Gad led sequel The writers of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Detective Pikachu are penning the screenplay. Image credit:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Great news, people in their late 30s and older, a new Spaceballs is in development, and it’s even got Mel Brooks involved. In terms of the rest of the crew, Josh Greenbaum is attached to direct, who’s previously directed episodes of New Girl and Fresh Off the Boat....

January 14, 2026 · 2 min · 245 words · Gilda Loera

Stardew Valley 1.6 Update To Bring New Festivals, 8

Stardew Valley 1.6 update to bring new festivals, 8-player multiplayer, and more A sneak peek at what’s to come. Fans of farming simulator Stardew Valley will be pleased to know extra details for update 1.6 have been shared by developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone. According to Barone, update 1.6 will feature a major new festival, two mini-festivals, and new late-game content expanding on each skill area. Update 1.5 was the last major content release for Stardew Valley....

January 14, 2026 · 2 min · 318 words · Esther Borders

Starfield Best Background: Which Is The Best To Start With?

Starfield best background: Which is the best to start with? There are a lot of choices you need to make fairly early on in Starfield – here’s why your background is important. Image credit:VG247 When you’re rushing around the galaxy trying to sniff out adventure in Starfield , you’re going to want to lean on you past a little bit in order to make the most of your skillset. Whether you’re a sci-fi street rat with a chip on your shoulder and something to choose, or a former master of the culinary arts, jetting around the uncharted universe is mostly forward-looking – but there are elements of your past that you’ll come to rely on....

January 14, 2026 · 9 min · 1809 words · Dorothy Murray

Starfield Mod Actually Makes Space Travel Possible

Starfield mod actually makes space travel possible Ostensibly a game about space exploration, Starfield doesn’t actually let you… travel in space. One of the many underwhelming things about Starfield is that its version of space travel boils down watching cutscenes to transition to space/surface or to travel between planets. It’s basically a collection of loading screens that never stop reminding you that you’re loading between different levels, and not actually travelling in space....

January 14, 2026 · 3 min · 453 words · Maria Evans

Starfield's Starmap Is More Useful Than You Think

Starfield’s starmap is more useful than you think A subtle bit of design makes the difference. You might not have realised it, but there’s a subtle design element in Starfield ’s starmap that makes navigating the game’s universe a smidge easier. Starfield has an absolutely massive number of planets to explore; more than 1000 , in fact. But using the game’s starmap isn’t necessarily the easiest thing in the world, unless you know exactly what it’s telling you....

January 14, 2026 · 2 min · 379 words · John Sim

Steam's Major Desktop Update Lets You Watch Shrek While Gaming, If You Want To

Steam’s major desktop update lets you watch Shrek while gaming, if you want to The new Steam client update is a landmark new release for what it brings today, and what it allows Valve to do across platforms in the future. After several weeks in testing, Valve has officially rolled out a significant new update to the Steam desktop client. It brings the look more in line with the UI of the Steam Deck, and updates Big Picture mode to also follow the same aesthetics....

January 14, 2026 · 3 min · 470 words · James Jenkins

Street Fighter 6's Rashid Looks To Change Up The Game In A Serious Way

Street fighter 6’s Rashid looks to change up the game in a serious way High-flying Rashid is coming soon to Street Fighter 6, so be prepared! Image credit:VG247 / CAPCOM It looks like Street Fighter 6 is going to be flipped on its head very soon, courtesy of Rashid. Having just got his official character guide video released online, we can now see clear as day just how rancid Rashid’s selection of attacks and specials is....

January 14, 2026 · 2 min · 423 words · Haydee Vizzi

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Finally Reveals Its True Self

Although it comes from the makers of the Batman Arkham series, Suicide Squad looks nothing like the studio’s past work. There it is: your first proper look at Suicide Squad gameplay. Rocksteady revealed that Suicide Squad is mainly a co-op shooter, although there are certain legacy brawler elements in there, this looks to be more of a take on Destiny. The game can be played solo, but it’s apparent that it’s meant to be enjoyed with friends....

January 14, 2026 · 2 min · 329 words · Kathleen Martinez