January 2022
Raven Software strike continues as staff report no response from Activision management
What happens to gaming in 2022? Analysts offer their predictions
Dead by Daylight devs to remove Leatherface survivor masks feature
Ken Levine accused of berating employees, mismanagement
Playground Games co-founder Gavin Raeburn departs
Looking ahead at UK games regulation in 2022
Ghost of Tsushima has sold 8m units worldwide
PlayStation VR2 has 4K display, eye-tracking and headset feedback
Activision files lawsuit against cheat provider
Four of Steam's best-selling games of 2021 were new releases
Around 14,000 studios in China shut down amid ongoing licensing freeze
Nintendo reveals top-selling indie games of 2021
EA memorializes John Madden
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot sells 4.5m units
Resident Evil Village and It Takes Two among winners at 2021 Steam Awards
Unpacking foley design in video games
Apple is first company to reach $3 trillion market cap
Samsung unveils smart TV gaming hub
Inferno puts a button on the X-Men’s most riveting era in decades
Jonathan Hickman’s final issue brings closure, but not a conclusion
Netflix’s movie Hilda and the Mountain King answers the series’ biggest mysteries
The animated film deftly captures what makes the show great
PSVR2’s best feature might be the pressure it puts on Sony to fund more VR games
In some ways, the existence of the headset matters more than the headset itself
Riot changed what it meant to be a League of Legends fan in 2021
League of Legends is so much more than League of Legends
Drinkbox’s wacky RPG Nobody Saves the World coming to Xbox Game Pass
Launching Jan. 18 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC
Black swords have deep meaning in Demon Slayer and anime beyond
The blades say everything about the ones who wield them
Amazon Prime Gaming has nine free PC games in January, including Jedi: Fallen Order
A few big hitters and indie curiosities Amazon Prime members have nine more free-with-their-subscription PC games to claim this month,...
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Fortnite gets some Power Leveling this weekend
Epic is boosting XP and giving out a pickaxe to make up for December’s login issues If you had some...
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What it’s like to finally start playing Final Fantasy XIV after everyone else
Even with long queues and miles of content ahead, it’s already been quite a journey Every day over the holidays,...
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IKEA’s knockoff game titles have me in stitches
You’re telling me I can’t play Grand Theft Meatballs? Have you ever gone shopping and stumbled across that perfect piece of...
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Momotype is a cute way to loosen your grip on reality
Parent. Momo still wants to play I’ve started this new year in a fog of depression. A common problem, I...
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An estimated 14,000 Chinese dev studios have closed since licensing ‘freeze’
Game licensing ‘freeze’ set to continue in 2022 The past two years have seen China’s government impose stricter and stricter...
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Drinkbox’s Nobody Saves the World arrives later this month
It’s also a day-one launch on Xbox Game Pass The latest game from Drinkbox Studios has a release date, and...
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Jonathan Holmes’ favorite games of 2021
Bad year, great games Hey kids! I hope you had a fun and frisky 2021. I guess it’s possible that...
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Xbox’s collab with OPI nail polish comes with Halo and Forza skins
Get the acetone ready This is one of those collaborations I wouldn’t have seen coming a few years ago, but...
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Rainbow Six Extraction is coming to Xbox and PC Game Pass at launch
Ubisoft+ is also coming to the Xbox in the future One of the year’s first big releases will be launching...
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Musou still sells: Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity ships four million
Including digital too Koei Tecmo has a pretty sweet deal going on with all their Musou/Warriors collaborations. They basically just...
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Ghost of Tsushima has smashed eight million sales
Director’s Cut encourages fresh sales spike During its CES 2022 conference, Sony noted that Sucker Punch’s excellent samurai adventure Ghost...
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