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BioWare Co-Founder Says EA’s Private Equity Acquisition Was ‘Final Nail In The Coffin’ For The Mass Effect Studio

Greg Zeschuk left the studio after Mass Effect 3, but still weighed in on the company's closure earlier this month following EA's acquisition by private equity

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 28, 2026

Opinion

World Of Warcraft’s Long Awaited Housing Feature Was The Best Thing About This Expansion, So Why Did I Stop Visiting?

You can always come home

By Rebekah Valentine Published October 28, 2026

Games

World Of Warcraft: Forever Had ‘The Largest Beta In Franchise History’

'The craziest numbers I've seen in 17 years'

By Rebekah Valentine Published October 28, 2026

CultureNews

Xbox’s First Report Card Following Its Big ‘Reset’ Looks A Lot Like All The Others

Hardware down

By Rebekah Valentine Published October 28, 2026

CultureFeature

Get Up To Speed On World Of Warcraft: Forever’s Big Launch: Everything You Need To Know

See you at the Crossroads

By Rebekah Valentine Published October 28, 2026

Games

Gorgeous Stardew Valley With Magic Cozy Sim Witchbrook Finally Has A Release Date After 10 Years Of Waiting

Chucklefish is finally ready for players to hop into Witchbrook

By Ash Parrish Published October 28, 2026

OpinionImpressionsIndie of the Week

Athanasia Is System Shock With Dinosaurs, And It Works So Damn Well

Athanasia is an immersive sim with dinos, secret passages, and codes hidden in emails

By John Walker Published October 28, 2026

CultureNews

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 Developer Deletes Layoff Announcement, Then Reposts It Just Two Weeks After Scoring 96 Percent Positive Review Rating On Steam

Auroch Digital deleted its initial layoff announcement

By Ethan Gach Published October 28, 2026

Games

How To Get The Foil Cover Zelda: Ocarina Of Time And Its Impossible-To-Find Special Edition Switch 2 Console

Nintendo's going all out with a special console, Pro Controller, carrying case, and a special-edition foil game box. Good luck getting any of them

By Ash Parrish Published October 28, 2026

Tips & Guides

PlayStation Plus Free Games For November 2026 Include Tomb Raider Classics And A Superb Deckbuilder

And after skipping spooky games for October, a zombie action-adventure arrives ahead of Turkey day

By Ethan Gach Published October 28, 2026

CultureNews

When You Search For This New Switch 2 Indie Game, An ‘Unauthorized’ Knockoff With ‘AI-Generated Assets’ Shows Up, Too

Haunted Paws was just shown off at this morning’s Indie World showcase

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 28, 2026

CultureTechHardware

PS5 Finally Gets Really Cool-Looking Translucent Controllers And Console Covers

The Prism Collection is going on sale in November

By Ethan Gach Published October 28, 2026

CultureNews

Valve Knows Steam Has An AI Slop Problem And Has A ‘Significant Number Of People’ Working On It

However, as usual, the company puts the onus to solve it on the developers who are getting screwed

By John Walker Published October 28, 2026

CultureTwitch

Twitch Streamer Hasan Piker Launches $72.5 Million Lawsuit Again CNN Contributor Scott Jennings For Defamation

Jennings aired an edited video that made it look like Piker was calling for lynchings

By Ethan Gach Published October 28, 2026

CultureNews

Everything We Saw At Nintendo’s October Indie World Showcase

Nintendo held a showcase featuring some of the smaller games coming to the Switch family of systems

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 28, 2026

CultureNews

Umamusume: Pretty Derby Cosplayer Details Brutal Arrest By ICE Agents

Attacked by four agents in New York, Tan was then detained at a facility for the wrong gender

By John Walker Published October 28, 2026

Partners

Wordeex Challenges Your Vocabulary and Your Logic, But Does It for Free

This challenging new word game available in 27 languages on iOS and Android is also playable offline.

Partner Content with Ganko Published October 28, 2026

CultureNews

Report: Mass Effect: Universe Devs Scrubbed Diversity From Demos To Avoid Negative Feedback From EA

EA closed BioWare shortly after being acquired by a consortium that included the Saudi Arabian government

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 28, 2026

CultureNews

Fans Can’t Believe Walmart Canceled Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Switch 2 Pre-Orders The Day Before They Were Meant To Arrive

The retailer seemingly oversold its pre-orders for the special-edition console coinciding with the Ocarina of Time remake

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 28, 2026

CultureNews

Xbox Says It Has To Fix Its Review Code System After Missing Modern Warfare 4 Metacritic Score

The new shooter still barely has any critic reviews on Xbox

By Ethan Gach Published October 28, 2026