Nate Purkeypile, who worked at Bethesda on Skyrim, the latest parts of Fallout, and Starfield, has released his own project — The Axis Unseen. This fantasy «heavy-metal horror» lets players take on the role of a hunter tracking ancient monsters.

BioWare is a studio whose contribution to the gaming industry is hard to overestimate. Founded in 1995 in Edmonton, Canada by Raymond Alexander Muzyka, Gregory Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip, BioWare quickly established itself as a developer of games with deep role-playing elements and gripping stories. However, in recent years, the studio has been unlucky. Having made several questionable decisions and lost almost its entire fan base, the BioWare of 2024 has one foot in the grave. The upcoming Dragon Age: The Veilguard should save the developers from oblivion, but very strange news and rumors appear around the game, which makes one doubt its success. In this article, we will follow the entire path of BioWare in the computer games industry, its fantastic rise and no less spectacular fall, and also analyze who is to blame for the fact that some of the most talented developers of our time are in such a difficult situation.

NVIDIA has released a fresh version of the GeForce Game Ready Driver. It additionally optimizes the video card for the main October novelties, including Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Alan Wake 2: The Lake House.

Sony and Zotac have prepared an unexpected surprise for the premiere of the movie «Venom: Last Dance» — a GeForce RTX 4070 Super gaming graphics card featuring the symbiote. The alien creature adorns both the front and back of the accelerator.

A large-scale mod called Reign of Nether has been released for Minecraft, transforming the 3D sandbox into a full-fledged strategy game. As one player put it, «we had Starcraft, we had Warcraft, now its finally time for Minecraft.»

This year, Battlestate Games studio went to Tokyo Game Show so that fans from Japan could not only look at Escape from Tarkov and Tarkov Arena, but also touch them. And they also showed the bustling updates in detail. The interview, conducted by our editor — Rodion Ilin — at this significant event with Dmitry Ogorodnikov, the head of the PR department of Battlestate Games, reveals what the studio showed.

The Price of Neutrality, the official expansion for the first Witcher game, has unexpectedly received a fan-made remaster. A modder named Lisu used the REDkit tools to port the DLC into The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Journalist Stephen Totilo has reported that Netflix has closed its AAA studio, Team Blue, which existed for only two years.

Spider-Man star Tom Holland has landed the lead role in Christopher Nolan's next film, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

Airship Syndicate, the developers behind Darksiders Genesis, have announced the full release (version 1.0) of their open-world RPG action game Wayfinder. Previously available in early access, the game received 52% positive reviews.

Poncle studio has released a trailer with the exact release date for the Ode to Castlevania expansion for the popular roguelike Vampire Survivors. This DLC will introduce over 40 new weapons, more than 20 new characters, over 30 new tracks, and the largest map ever released for the game.

Recently, Steam Deck designer Lawrence Yang answered a question in an interview about whether Valve plans to release a new model of the console in the near future. For reference, the original version was released in February 2022, and the OLED version in November 2023.

20th Century Studios has unexpectedly announced the release of Alien: Romulus on VHS tapes. This event is timed to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the franchise, which began in 1979.

The old-school game Speedollama has been released on PC and consoles. It is a pixelated platformer with shooter elements reminiscent of 80s and 90s projects. The game draws inspiration from titles like Metal Slug, Turrican, Broforce, Mercenary Kings, and Pizza Tower.

This year, Steam has set a new record for the number of games released. The number of titles launched has already surpassed 14,567 projects. With more than two months remaining until the end of the year, this number is expected to grow even further.

The indie horror game Subterranauts, reminiscent of Lethal Company, only in a post-apocalyptic setting, has been released in early access on Steam. The game is on sale for 25% off until October 28th.

Terminator: Dark Fate — Resistance, a real-time tactics game based on Terminator, will receive an expansion called We are Legion. The DLC page with a trailer and screenshots has already appeared on Steam.

Worshippers of Cthulhu has been released on PC in early access. It is a city-building sandbox in which the player needs to become the head of a cult, build their own settlement and ultimately revive an ancient deity.

The Wild West refers to the central and western lands of the United States from the mid-19th century to the early 1920s. In this article, we will tell you how this phenomenon developed in America and how reliable westerns are from the point of view of real history.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is set to release on October 31, but players will be able to read journalists' opinions three days prior. According to Tom Henderson, reviews from international outlets will be published on the 28th.