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• Assassin's Creed Odyssey's final DLC Judgment of Atlantis brings the series' long-running meta-story to center stage

  Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s final piece of DLC, Judgment of Atlantis, launches July 16, and Ubisoft’s new gameplay trailer previews the new weapons, abilities, and locations you’ll interact with on your final bout through Ancient Greece.

• Same-sex relationships confirmed for Fire Emblem: Three Houses

  Fire Emblem: Three Houses will feature same-sex relationships, Nintendo of America revealed.

• Gods and Monsters is Assassin's Creed Odyssey on steroids

  Developer Ubisoft took some creative liberties with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Although the team tried to depict Ancient Greece with as much historical accuracy as possible, there’s still a Medusa, a Minotaur, and other mythical creatures hiding in the map’s farthest reaches. Gods and Monsters, then, is what happens when a team of folks who spent […]

• Gears of War 5 and future Gears games will drop depictions of smoking as a result of anti-tobacco campaign

  The Gears of War series has historically squeezed just about every drop of mature content it can out of its M-rating, but in response to a recent anti-tobacco campaign, developer The Coalition has decided that smoking depictions will no longer be part of its vision for the series.

• Release dates: every game confirmed for 2019

  2019 has officially kicked off and there’s plenty to get excited about.

• Factorio dev applies for G2A's tenfold chargeback compensation offer

  Wube, the developer of Factorio, is actually testing G2A’s promise to pay developers ten-times lost revenue on chargebacks.

• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice mod adds easy mode

  The Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice community provides once again.

• X-Men, Fantastic Four, Marvel Knights confirmed for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 DLC

  Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, which is out this week, has already revealed its hand as far as add-on content.

• Monster Hunter World is getting Nvidia DLSS support this week

  Nvidia has confirmed that Monster Hunter World is the latest game to join the list of DLSS-supported games.

• Apex Legends: Respawn outlines anti-cheat plans following increasing reports of cheaters

  Since the start of Apex Legends’ second season, the number of cheaters has seemingly risen.

• The Division 2 creative director wants to know if you're interested in a single-player spin-off

  Can the world of The Division support a story-based off-shoot?

• The Sims 4 is getting a new look, a personality quiz for Sim-building, and more

  Five years after launch, The Sims 4 is getting a huge update – so big that they’re changing the box art.

• Greedfall's release date trailer prepares us for some wild combat

  Greedfall gets a release date in this trailer – and it looks pretty good to boot.

• The Dota Underlords 'Proto Pass' is a prototype battle pass, and it's live now

  Dota Underlords, the pioneer of auto chess, is testing out a battle pass.

• Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled will improve load times on Switch using boost mode

  Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled’s long Switch load times will be addressed in the next update.

• Ubisoft is continuing its controversial relationship with HitRecord for Watch Dogs Legion

  Ubisoft wants fans to contribute to the Watch Dogs Legion soundtrack – but there’s a catch.

• PUBG: here's an inside look at how the team combats cheaters and hackers

  The team behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is working hard to remove cheats and hacks from their game.

• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne will be a bit easier if you mastered the base game, but will push challenge in endgame

  Monster Hunter World: Iceborne needs to scale a bit for experts and folks who just saw the credits, but the developers are confident that they can satisfy everyone.

• Five years after being announced, the Space Invaders movie has a writer

  Space Invaders, the 1978 arcade game with no real plot, is getting a film treatment.