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LEGO has announced it’s setting up its own video game development studio and will be bringing the production of LEGO titles in-house. Previously, the company has employed external teams like TT Games and Studio Gobo to make its brick-based games, but now the process will be handled internally. Via The Guardian, the Danish firm is increasing “investment in online play including building its own development team” as it attempts to create more of a “hybrid” experience between physical and digital toys. While no details concerning what LEGO games are in development, the investment is said to be a “multi-year journey”,…

Image: XboxXbox’s new strategy has it releasing more games on more platforms, but there are still certain steps new players must follow if they want to join in on the fun. One of them happens to be mandatory Microsoft account logins. We’ve seen this with Sea Of Thieves and now sure enough, it’s come up with Forza Horizon 5, due out on PlayStation 5 this April. Although this probably shouldn’t catch too many players off guard at this point, as highlighted by our friends at Push Square, one detail in the official FAQ has raised questions about the preservation of…

Playdead, the studio behind indie hits Limbo and Inside, has demanded compensation and reimbursement from studio co-founder Dino Patti on claims of copyright infringement — an act that Patti describes as “bullying” from fellow co-founder Arnt Jensen (thanks for the heads up, Game Developer). The pair split shortly after Inside’s release in 2016, with Patti leaving to form Somerville studio Jumpship and, this week, the feud between the two has gone public. In a recent LinkedIn post, Patti claims that he has “repeatedly” received “legal love letters” from Playdead in the nine years since his departure. The latest of which,…

 Taito’s is bringing its HD remasters of the LaserDisc titles Ninja Hayate & Time Gal to Steam next month on April 10th. Both games were previously included in the remastered Taito LD Game Collection, which was released exclusively in Japan last year for Nintendo Switch, where they appeared alongside Space Battleship Yamato (better known as Star Blazers in the West). Now, though, it appears that they are set to get a worldwide release via Steam, with this new release featuring a choice of languages including English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and simplified Chinese. In case you’re unaware of what LaserDisc games are, they were essentially a genre that was popular…

Highlights Apple’s operating systems, iOS, macOS, and iPadOS, will see an extensive redesign that will trigger a bold move from the VisionOS software of the Vision Pro headset, according to a report on Bloomberg. This shake-up is going live at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June 2025, presumably to be Apple’s biggest interface walk in years. Codenamed ‘Luck’ and ‘Cheer’ With the codename “Luck” for iOS 19 and iPadOS 19 and “Cheer” for macOS 16, the main idea is to create one aesthetic and functional experience with Apple across all devices, with each operating system putting its own spin into…

Flat2VR has announced Postal 2 VR, a VR remake of the original classic, for Meta Quest, PlayStation VR2, and Steam VR.Here is the official announcement as provided by Flat2VR, and as announced at the 2025 VR Games Showcase.Announcement:It’s Time to Go POSTAL You wake up in a trailer that smells like warm beer and bad decisions. Your loyal dog, Champ, stares at you, wondering if today’s the day you finally get your act together. You’ve got a week’s worth of errands to run—buy some milk, return an overdue library book, maybe score Gary Coleman’s autograph. But this is Paradise, where even…

NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference, also known as GTC, is coming up next week. The event is happening March 17-21 in San Jose, but you can also follow along with all the big developments here at Engadget. We’ll have a liveblog for the keynote with CEO Jensen Huang on March 18 at 1PM ET/10AM PT, which is when most of the big news will drop. His speech will also be livestreamed for free.It’s a safe bet that you’ll hear a whole lot about artificial intelligence during the week, but with all the changes in the computing landscape over the past 12…

San Diego Studio’s ridiculously successful baseball series is not one you may associate with narrative, but for two years now MLB The Show has played host to some of the best storytelling on PlayStation. The Negro Leagues, a playable documentary mode anchored by the infectiously enthusiastic Bob Kendrick, will return for a third season in MLB The Show 25, once again digging into the backgrounds of some of baseball’s lesser-known superstars. Presented with beautiful artwork, archive photography, and custom presentation, this is an enormously underrated mode that we can’t wait to continue in the new game. The first storylines will focus on James…

Last month, we heard that GTA 6 publisher Take-Two believes Rockstar’s upcoming epic will help sell Xbox consoles later this year – and now a new Windows Central piece with the help of analyst Rhys Elliot goes into how Microsoft should be looking to take advantage of this with Xbox Series S. The MIDiA Research rep. talked about Microsoft’s plummeting console sales as of late, and how that despite Sony effectively ‘winning’ the generation with PS5, Xbox could use GTA 6 as “a last hurrah for its Series X|S generation, thanks to the low price of the Series S.” “Like…

We’ve swept and bolstered this list of great Switch games on the cheaper end of the spectrum. We’ve also added the lowest-ever sale price to each entry, in case you’d rather wishlist ’em and wait for a bargain.Nintendo Switch’s huge library can be overwhelming, with quite literally hundreds of incredible options on eShop. There’s always something to tempt you amongst the good, the bad, and the ugly, whether there’s one of those enormous sales on or not.In this guide, we’ve rounded up the best cheap Switch games that cost less than $20/£20. Every single one below scored an ‘Excellent’ 9/10…