In what is arguably a case of really not-great timing, the open beta test for Capcom’s upcoming dinosaur shooter Exoprimal is now underway. The beta test, which is available on Steam, went live last night and is set to run until 5 pm PDT on March 20.

The Exoprimal open beta will support cross-platform play with a range of maps, modes, and missions, and will give players a chance to try out all 10 armor suits that will be in the game at launch. Capcom said the content included in the beta “is but a portion of the full retail content,” and also reminded everyone that this is actually a test, so technical issues are possible.

“This game is still under development, so we cannot guarantee a stable gameplay experience,” the open beta page warns. “We appreciate your understanding regarding this matter.”

Capcom would also very much like it if Exoprimal beta participants filled out a survey about their experience with the game. To encourage participation (because let’s be h…

Blizzard’s reputation has taken a pummelling over the last few years. In 2021, horrifying descriptions of the company’s toxic workplace culture spilled onto the Internet, after a lawsuit was filed by California’s Department of Fair Employment regarding “unlawful harassment, discrimination, and retaliation”. Following the lawsuit, Blizzard made extensive promises about how they were going to address these problems. In an article published in January 2022, former President Mike Ybarra explained the company had established clear internal guidelines as to appropriate conduct, and had made multiple hires to improve culture leadership, human resources, and equality within the company.

Three years on from the initial fallout, you might be wondering how all that is going. Well, if recent statements made by former Overwatch 2 artist Chris Sayers are anything to go by, the answer is ‘extremely badly.’

On Thursday evening, Sayers took social media to describe a shocking run of even…

Since the massive leak of Xbox’s internal roadmap in September 2023, rumors have circulated about the possibility of a forthcoming Xbox handheld from Microsoft. Lately, some of the blame for those rumors belongs to Phil Spencer himself. In an interview during IGN Live, after evading questions about recent studio closures, Spencer indicated Microsoft is doing something related to “different form factors” for Xbox, continuing his months-long streak of being delicately vague on the subject.

“I think we should have a handheld, too,” Spencer said when asked about the rumored Xbox handheld. “The future for us in hardware is pretty awesome. The work that the team is doing around different form factors, different ways to play, I’m incredibly excited about.” Pressed further about whether an Xbox handheld would—purely hypothetically, mind you—be a cloud-based device or running games locally, Spencer said that “I think being able to play games …