Gaming

16 hrs ago

A group of teenagers looking at their mobile phones.

Social media on trial: Four important cases to watch

Social media firms face thousands of lawsuits, the BBC looks at four which could be significant.

16 hrs ago

1 day ago

YouTube streamer Datto wearing a black shirt and gaming headphones.

'I met my wife playing Destiny 2'

Some of Destiny 2's biggest streamers have reflected on the game as Bungie releases the final content update, with the game now "at the end of the road".

1 day ago

A woman with long brown hair sits an a racing car gaming machine.

Gaming arcade approved for old legal office

Arcade Time Machine would be a "family-friendly" centre of retro and modern games, planners say.

1 day ago

3 days ago

A man in a beige floppy hat and colourful shirt smiles to the camera. He wears glasses and has a black strap dangling around his neck.

'Birdwatching saved me from my gaming addiction'

At his lowest ebb Edward Bartlett was playing video games 20 hours a day. Now he goes birdwatching.

3 days ago

5 days ago

An in-game screenshot of The Crew which shows a blue and white striped rally car racing towards the screen along a concrete river channel, with two police cars and other cars in pursuit.

The gamers taking on the industry to stop it switching off games

Stop Killing Games is challenging the idea publishers can shut down a game without making sure it's still playable.

5 days ago

6 days ago

A detailed space combat scene from EVE Online showing a large, spherical space station or defence platform with protruding cannons and antennae suspended in orbit near a planet. In the foreground, a sleek, armoured spacecraft is being struck and erupting in a bright orange explosion, with fragments and debris scattering outward. Multiple red laser beams streak across the scene from left to right, aimed toward the exploding ship. Surrounding the central action are several other spacecraft of varying sizes, partially silhouetted against a green nebula backdrop filled with stars and drifting clouds of gas. A curved planetary surface is visible along the left edge, while harsh lighting from the explosion and weapon fire highlights metallic textures and creates strong contrast against the darker vacuum of space.

How a virtual space battle lost gamers £400,000

One of the most violent chapters in EVE Online history wiped out an empire that had taken years to build.

6 days ago

3 Jun 2026

A fantasy landscape showing a female warrior stood on a hill on the left. She is wearing full body silver armour and holding a sword, she has long blond hair. In front of her is a misty view of mountains and castles

A talking cube, female God of War & Wolverine among PlayStation announcements

The new instalment of God of War will star Kratos' wife Laufey, but some fans have questioned the call.

3 Jun 2026

30 May 2026

A virtual image of Sheffield town hall, built out of three-dimensional blocks. The virtual image shows a large building surrounded by greenery.

City recreated in Minecraft with help of residents

The co-built virtual world will be presented at DocFest's Alternative Realities Exhibition in June.

30 May 2026

29 May 2026

British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor as Clark, walking through the yellow hallways of the Backrooms, with a shadowy figure in the distance.

Endless creepy yellow corridors, 30bn TikTok views - and now a Hollywood film

YouTuber Kane Parsons' eerie YouTube series has been adapted for a film called Backrooms.

29 May 2026