Investors including Saudi 's PIF are reportedly in "advanced talks" for a $50bn leveraged buyout of EA

Deal could be announced as soon as next week.

Review | Dying Light: The Beast review

More of the slain.

Feature | What we've been playing - potential games of the year, and good, and only good, games

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Modded Borderlands 4 guns are being sold on Ebay, but the sellers aren't making much money

Fleeced market.

The campaign against predatory in-game practices takes a step forward in Brazil, as President Lula bans loot boxes targeted at under-18s

Loot Blocked.

Worried about Black Ops series fatigue? So is Treyarch, as senior developer admits back-to-back Call of Duty releases could impact player interest

"We'd all be dead lying if we said we weren't worried about that."

Forza Horizon 6 will integrate Japanese culture into the "most full" series location so far

Tokyo "biggest city" yet.

Feature | Part-MMO, part-FPS, Eve Vanguard's devs are toying with a fascinating solution for bad in-game behaviour: leverage toxic players' actions for content

"There are specific places with a high propensity for bastardy".

Xbox's new ROG Ally handheld now available to pre-order, but it's pricier than a home console

Out next month.

Borderlands 4 patch adds FOV sliders, somehow both improves and worsens stability at the same time

Get you a game that can do both.

Bowser retires from Nintendo, succeeded by first female president

So long…

There's a new Fire Emblem game out today, with Among Us-style social deduction gameplay, and it's rubbish

But...