Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it had canceled the Xbox One and PC game Scalebound, which was in development at Bayonetta studio Platinum Games. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer said it was a “difficult” decision to cancel the project, but one that is ultimately “better for Xbox gamers.” Now, Spencer has spoken up again about Scalebound’s…

Xbox boss Phil Spencer answered a lot of fan questions today on Twitter. One of them had to do with the company’s highly anticipated Project Scorpio console. Someone asked if Microsoft would show it off before E3, to which Spencer replied (via DualShockers), “Honestly not sure yet but I know people want this.” Asked for…

Pitch Perfect star Anna Kendrick is reportedly in discussions to play Santa Claus in a new Disney movie. Variety reports that Kendrick could play the iconic character in a film currently titled “Nicole.” The movie, written by Miss Congeniality writer Marc Lawrence, will see Santa’s daughter forced to take on the role of Santa after…

Hollywood veteran Will Smith could star in Tim Burton’s new live-action Dumbo movie. Deadline reports today that the Independence Day and Fresh Prince star is “circling” with Disney to star in the movie, which is an adaption of the 1941 classic. “The studio is moving aggressively toward a production start with a script by Ehren…

Featured in a video released by Ubisoft today, Alain Johannes is the composer on the upcoming Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands. The multi-instrumentalist, known for his involvement with Queens of the Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures, discusses the influences that have led to his composition. Johannes drew inspiration from footage and screenshots from the…

We already know the top-grossing games on Steam in 2016, but which games were played the most? GitHyp, which tracks the service’s most-played games, has published its report for 2016 (via Kotaku), revealing that Valve games were the most popular on the platform and no game released in 2016 cracked the top five. When looking…

Gravity Rush 2, the sequel to 2012’s Gravity Rush, releases next week. We enjoyed the first game here at GameSpot–check out our full Gravity Rush review for more on that–but what about the second entry in the series? Pre-release gameplay and the demo impressed, but until now we didn’t know much about the quality of…

Three real-life surgeons have tried their hand at the Surgeon Simulator video game–and they left a lot to be desired. From the YouTube channel Facts. (via Kotaku) comes the video below in which the surgeons play the game to see if their real-world training carries over to the silly wacky independent game. There are a…

The Weinstein Company has released a red band trailer for its upcoming action-drama Gold, which stars Matthew McConaughey. The movie is based on true events and sees McConaughey’s character traveling to the Indonesian jungle in search of gold. As you’ll see, that is only the start of McConaughey’s adventure, as the story also involves Wall…

January is a quiet time in gaming. Since there tend to be few big releases, we’re able to take our time, carefully contemplate what lies in store for the year ahead, and then craft outrageous and completely unfounded speculation. The predictions gathered from the GameSpot staff below represent our hopes, our hunches, and things that…