The Chinese government's heavy hand has come down hard on the gaming industry as of late, with the titanic Tencent feeling Beijing's brunt with a crackdown on the local games industry. Now, Tencent is looking to avoid being caught in those crosshairs again, with the implementation of a strict set of rules aimed at streaming across all of its products.

Even though there’s a little more viable competition now, Valve is still the pre-eminent player when it comes to PC game distribution. For a little while Valve tried to break out into more, and dabbled with video distribution too. They're giving up on that though.

Earlier in the month, Square Enix reported a disappointing third financial quarter thanks to Just Cause 4 underperforming, and a slump in their mobile game sales. Further details about the quarter have now been made public, and the developer is reacting to them. In the wake of publishing the transcript for a quarterly teleconference, Square Enix has indicated that it …

Fallout 76 is not a very good game, but there are bits of the game that are endearing, rewarding and even addictive, especially if you like hoarding digital guff. There are people who genuinely love the game, and continue to pour hundreds of hours into combing the wasteland. One of them's been banned just for having lots of ammo.

Fortnite Live was meant to be a celebration of all things related to the blockbuster game, but in the grand tradition of other festivals such as the infamous FyreCon or Rain Furrest, it crashed and burned spectacularly

Every Javelin has an arsenal of tricks up its mechanised sleeves, which when used correctly and in tandem with your other teammates, can help dish out some staggering damage on the more tenacious bullet sponges that inhabit the world around you. So how does it work in Anthem?

Visceral’s Star Wars game is deader than Emperor Palpatine’s love life after he became Darth Scrotum in Revenge of the Sith. Digging an even deeper hole for themselves in the eyes of fans, EA pulled the plug on the game and called it a day. It’s a pity, because this was the game that at least sounded like it would be a delightful antithesis to the lacklustre pair of multiplayer shooters that EA had released over the last couple of years.

Google has been investing an ungodly amount of cash into gaming, and it looks like a reveal is finally on the way for the next phase of Project Stream.