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D&D reveals long-awaited Dark Sun revamp, and it’s an 18+ gore-fest

  • Dark Sun returns to D&D in 2027.
  • Two books will expand rules and setting material.
  • The revival is D&D’s first mature-rated setting.

Wizards of the Coast has announced Dark Sun’s return to Dungeons & Dragons in 2027, reviving the harsh desert world of Athas after a long absence. The announcement matters because it brings back one of D&D’s most distinctive and controversial settings, while signalling a deliberately more adult, violent…

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Open-world D&D game Warlock casts iconic Baldur’s Gate 3 and Resident Evil Village actor as an evil archmage, and after Orin and Lady Dimitrescu I couldn’t be more excited

  • Maggie Robertson joins Warlock as an evil archmage.
  • She previously played Orin and Lady Dimitrescu.
  • The casting raises expectations for the game’s villain.

Open-world D&D game Warlock has cast Maggie Robertson, known for playing Orin in Baldur’s Gate 3 and Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village, as its evil archmage. The announcement gives the project a recognisable voice-performance name and suggests its central antagonist will have a prominent role. Robertson’s previous…

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Apple says gaming slowdown and App Store changes hurt services growth

  • Apple services revenue missed Wall Street expectations.
  • Gaming slowdown and App Store changes weighed on growth.
  • Apple now has over 1.5 billion paid subscriptions.

Apple’s services division fell short of analysts’ revenue expectations despite Apple reporting record hardware sales and more than 1.5 billion paid subscriptions. The miss, alongside weaker results in China, sent its shares down by more than 4% in after-hours trading, highlighting pressure on a business increasingly important to…

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‘The Witcher’ Officially Brings Back Geralt for New 2026 Release

  • Dark Horse will release a complete Witcher comic omnibus in December 2026.
  • It adapts Sapkowski’s The Last Wish short stories.
  • Henry Cavill is not returning to Netflix’s series.

Dark Horse Comics will publish The Witcher: The Last Wish – The Complete Collection HC on 15 December 2026, marking 40 years since Andrzej Sapkowski’s original Witcher short story. The release adapts Sapkowski’s short-story collection in graphic-novel form, offering material described as faithful to the original books rather…

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Xbox CEO says the team has one year to start growing again

  • Xbox has set a deadline of June 2027 to resume growth.
  • The plan follows layoffs and a broad restructuring.
  • Console, major franchises, King and Minecraft are central priorities.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has told staff the business has one year to return to player and revenue growth, following a major restructuring involving thousands of redundancies and the spin-off of four studios. The target, set for the end of fiscal year 2027 in June next year, is…

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$9,000 eBay auction might hold a secret Pokemon game that’s been lost for 20 years

  • A $9,000 eBay listing may contain a lost Pokémon game.
  • The possible discovery dates back around 20 years.
  • Authenticity and significance have yet to be confirmed.

An eBay auction valued at about $9,000 may contain a previously unknown Pokémon game that has been missing for roughly two decades. If verified, the find could be significant for video-game preservation and Pokémon history, as it may reveal an unreleased or obscure project from the franchise’s past.…

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Xbox revenues dipped $1.7 billion last year, but Asha Sharma predicts a ‘return to growth’ by mid-2027

  • Xbox revenue dropped $1.7 billion last year.
  • Microsoft is restructuring its gaming business.
  • Xbox expects growth to resume by mid-2027.

Xbox’s annual revenue fell by $1.7 billion despite efforts to expand the brand through subscriptions, cloud gaming and releases on more platforms. The decline matters because it underlines the challenge facing Microsoft’s gaming business after major investment, while new Xbox chief Asha Sharma says the division should return…

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There’s a timeline where Dark Souls was a PlayStation exclusive, but Sony lost out on the chance because it wouldn’t publish Demon’s Souls in North America

  • Sony reportedly passed on publishing Demon’s Souls in North America.
  • The decision may have cost PlayStation a Dark Souls exclusive.
  • The Souls series later became a major multi-platform success.

Sony declined to publish Demon’s Souls in North America, a decision that reportedly prevented it from securing Dark Souls as a PlayStation exclusive. The episode matters because Demon’s Souls became the foundation for FromSoftware’s highly influential Souls series, while Dark Souls went on to reach players across multiple…

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Godot supports coding in Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform, if you needed another reason to switch game engines

  • Godot now supports Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform in code.
  • The feature demonstrates broad Unicode support.
  • It is mainly a programming novelty.

Godot, the open-source game engine, has added native support for writing code using Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform characters. The unusual feature highlights the engine’s flexibility and its ability to accommodate non-Latin writing systems, although it is chiefly a novelty for most developers. Cuneiform was used in ancient Mesopotamia for languages…

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Has ‘Xbox 360 brown’ nostalgia finally arrived?

  • Brown-and-grey Xbox 360-era visuals may be gaining nostalgic appeal.
  • The style was once criticised for being overly common.
  • Changing tastes are reshaping perceptions of mid-2000s game design.

The article considers whether the drab, brown-and-grey visual style associated with Xbox 360-era games is becoming fashionable again. It suggests that an aesthetic once widely criticised as overused may now be viewed nostalgically, reflecting how tastes can shift as a generation of players looks back on its formative…

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