
Forza Horizon's Creator Left Over Xbox's Fear of Change
Gavin Raeburn founded Playground Games and created Forza Horizon. He left because Xbox wouldn't let him change it, and now he's building a rival studio to prove them wrong.
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Gavin Raeburn founded Playground Games and created Forza Horizon. He left because Xbox wouldn't let him change it, and now he's building a rival studio to prove them wrong.

San Diego Studio's first mobile MLB The Show ditches traditional lineups for a Momentum-driven deck-building system, and it launched globally yesterday as a free-to-play title.

Strauss Zelnick insists Red Dead Online has been "immensely successful," but 85 million copies sold doesn't answer the question fans are actually asking.

One AI drivatar in Forza Horizon 6 has become the game's unofficial villain, ramming players off roads, winning drag races in a Peel P50, and uniting millions of players against a common enemy.

Rage:MP, one of the biggest unofficial GTA Online multiplayer platforms, is shutting down after Take-Two issued a cease and desist. Server owners have until August 31 to migrate to Rockstar-owned FiveM.

An Xbox Game Studios title is the marquee offering on PlayStation's own subscription service this June, and that barely raises eyebrows anymore.

Storm Point is back in rotation and a requeue bug is squashed in today's small but tidy Apex Legends update.

Clayton Warren allegedly tried a rock first, then upgraded to a battery-powered chainsaw to break into a Pokémon card shop in Lake Park, Florida. He left behind blood, his license plate, and one of the most incompetent heist stories of the year.

CD Projekt Red's Blood and Wine anniversary stream arrives May 28, and the timing has fans convinced a long-rumored third DLC is finally getting announced.
A small but tidy bug fix patch lands for Overwatch 2 Legacy today, clearing up store issues, Junker Queen stat errors, and a missing Nano Boost VFX.

Twelve new villains including Deathstroke, Deadshot, King Shark, and Captain Boomerang appear to be heading to LEGO Batman as part of a Suicide Squad-themed DLC pack.

The first gameplay footage of Metal Gear Solid 4 running outside of PS3 confirms the licensed content survived and the loading screens didn't.

Wargaming's free-to-play hero shooter spin-off World of Tanks: HEAT is live across PC, PS5, and Xbox, but its Steam user reviews have already cratered to Mostly Negative.

The Slasher arrives in Dead by Daylight's 10.0.0 PTB with invisibility, throwable spikes, and a Jump Scare ability that teleports him to pallets and windows.

Marathon's latest patch tidies up loot UI, fixes Rook getting stuck inside shipping containers, and addresses a Cryo Archive exploit that let Crews sneak into the airlock after the Compiler engaged.

A light patch, but Replay sharing with friends is a useful addition, plus two new Skirmish maps and Masters London Pick'Ems are live.

Dune: Awakening's latest hotfix tackles character transfer errors, two client crashes, and a combat bug where stacked attractor fields stopped dealing damage.
Brighter Shores gets a small but targeted patch today, fixing some annoying bounty bugs and tidying up rubblebug behaviour.

Corrupted Blood gets a meaningful rework, Sanguine Coil is pulled back, and a long-standing pistol dodge bug is finally dead.

South Korea's Game Rating and Administration Committee has rated an unannounced LEGO Skylines from Paradox Interactive, almost certainly spoiling a Summer Game Fest surprise.

A developer portfolio has surfaced revealing Media Molecule's next project involves open-world content, forage design, and POIs. It's a dramatic shift for a studio known for creative tools and platformers.

Wargaming just launched World of Tanks: HEAT, a free-to-play hero shooter spin-off with Agents, abilities, and a completely new engine. It's live now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

RuneScape's latest update lays the groundwork for the Player Avatar refresh with rendering improvements, plus long-awaited boss drop rate clarity.

ARC Raiders' Store Update 1.30.0 adjusts Expedition Vault pricing to push more trading, adds two Leviathan colour variants, and acknowledges ongoing Xbox crashes and PC FPS issues.