Games

Strange Scaffold’s hit couldn’t have been made without a little help from their friends—and a late night joke that took on a life of its own. Here’s the oral history of the summer’s clickiest game.

In a report shared exclusively with WIRED, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism says it found more than a dozen user-generated games on Fortnite that featured antisemitism and political violence.

A boxing tournament in Spain didn’t need the Fresh Prince’s help to become the most popular stream in the platform’s history.

Big video game makers like Epic Games and EA have gone through substantial layoffs in the past year. Amid the turmoil, many indie studios are getting shut down completely, threatening a dearth of new ideas.

Square Enix’s latest installment in the Final Fantasy VII reboot trilogy raises the stakes with huge open-world maps, more side-quests—and of course, chocobo.