While Microsoft itself just set a record for the biggest single-day market cap swing in history, the company’s Xbox division…
Read More
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls’ Biggest Secrets Are Already Online
August is shaping up to be a fun month with the release of games like Beast of Reincarnation and Pro…
Read More
Mistfall Hunter’s Best Class Just Got Even Better
Developer Bellring Games’ extraction brawler Mistfall Hunter is finally out after a handful of betas, and following its July 29…
Read More
Here’s Why People Think The Ocarina Of Time Remake Will Launch A Week Before GTA 6
Suspicions are arising among Legend of Zelda fans that the Ocarina of Time remake will launch in mid-November–just within spitting…
Read More
Pokemon Go August 2026 Events: Raid Bosses, Spotlight Hours, Pokemon Debuts, And More
August has arrived, marking the final month of Pokemon Go’s Forever Forward season. The mobile game is closing the season…
Read More
Here’s A Chance To Get Ghostwire: Tokyo And Two Other Games For $5
Ghostwire: Tokyo is great, and there are few games like it available right now. The first-person Ether Weaving serves as…
Read More
Unsurprisingly, It’s PlayStation, Not You, Benefiting From Tariff Refunds
US tariffs may have forced Sony to increase the prices of its PlayStation hardware, but the company is now benefiting…
Read More
If You Were Excited About Stellar Blade: Blood Rain, Here’s An AI-Slop Music Video To Fix That
Stellar Blade: Blood Rain is being promoted with an AI-slop music video created by developer Shift Up, and it’s all…
Read More
World Of Warcraft Is Coming To D&D, And Will Let You Grind Renown Just Like The MMO
World of Warcraft is getting the Dungeons & Dragons treatment, with the iconic tabletop roleplaying game set to translate developer…
Read More
Dark Sun, D&D's most heavy metal setting, will be back in 2027
Look, it was the 1990s. Everybody was super into two things: edginess, and caring deeply about the environment. A Dungeons…
Read More
The voice of Lady D and Orin the Red will be back for the next D&D videogame
Baldur’s Gate 3 proved that the rules of Dungeons & Dragons, with some tweaks, make a brilliant framework for a…
Read More
Here’s This Week’s Free Game From The Epic Games Store On Mobile
For the last couple of years, the Epic Games Store has given away free games every week through its PC…
Read More
Gears Of War: E-Day Open Beta: Start Dates And How To Get In Early
Gears Of War: E-Day’s big showing at the Xbox Games Showcase was primarily focused on single-player, but the game will…
Read More
This Week’s Epic Games Store Freebie Looks Like A Disney-Inspired Adventure
The Epic Games Store continues to give away a free game each week, and this week’s offering is another nice…
Read More
Bethesda’s New Logo Looks Like It Actually Belongs To A Video Game Company
This year marks several big video game anniversaries, from the 25th anniversary of Halo to the Super NES turning 35,…
Read More
Dead By Daylight Is Giving Out Free Codes For Its Next Chapter
Dead by Daylight’s next chapter, Chorus of Sin, is a “community-driven” event that kicks off at the end of August,…
Read More
CoD: Black Ops 2 Port Is Plagued By A Hacker Resetting Accounts
The first two Call of Duty: Black Ops games recently launched on PS5 and PS4 as ports of the original…
Read More
Rideshare “Stimulator” Is Basically An Uber Simulator With Weirder Passengers
The gig economy comes for us all in the end, and if you’ve ever worked a few Uber shifts, you’ll…
Read More
EA Says Saudi Takeover Deal Is Set To Close Next Week
Electronic Arts will become a private company again very soon, with the gaming giant set to be acquired by an…
Read More
Diablo 4 Will Finally Let You Play The Same Character Each Season
Diablo 4 Season 15 will receive a new character Rebirth feature–one that will allow players to convert Eternal Realm characters…
Read More
Exclusive: Disney Insists That Cursed Kingdom Hearts Art Was Not AI-Generated
Last month’s Nintendo Direct was full of all types of treats for Kingdom Hearts fans, including the announcement that native…
Read More
Diablo 4 Season 15 Is Adding Stone Of Jordan And Other Iconic Items From Diablo’s Past
Diablo 4’s next season will see the return of some of the most iconic items from throughout the franchise’s history,…
Read More
Helldivers 2’s Long-Awaited Warhammer 40K Warbond Brings Grimdark New Weapons, Though Not The Most Iconic
Helldivers 2 players will soon be able to dish out death to Super Earth enemies with Warhammer 40K weapons like…
Read More
After Layoffs, New Elder Scrolls Online Content Is Delayed But Still Coming
Despite losing a staggering amount of staff in a recent layoff, developer ZeniMax Online Studios (ZOS) has reiterated that The…
Read More
FF7 Revelation Director Really Wants You To Have A Physical Edition For The Game
The biggest topic in the games industry right now is the debate around physical media, with Sony kickstarting the conversation…
Read More
The New Street Fighter Movie Teaser Brings Blanka’s Electric Attacks To Life
It’s a good time to be a fan of video game movies based on Capcom’s IP, as both live-action Resident…
Read More
Xbox Was Microsoft’s Biggest Weak Spot Last Quarter
The last couple of months have been grim for Xbox, and to add to its woes, Microsoft’s gaming division experienced…
Read More
Borderlands 4 Is At Its Lowest Price, But Only For One More Day
For all of Borderlands 3’s issues, that familiar looter-shooter gameplay remained as brilliant as ever. While the narrative lacked, especially…
Read More
Jumanji: Open World Trailer Embraces Respawns, Boss Fights, And Everything Else That Makes Games Fun
Jumanji is rolling the dice for one last adventure, and ahead of its release later this year, you can check…
Read More
Halo: Campaign Evolved On PC Has A Hidden Feature You Need A Mod To Access
This week, PlayStation 5 players were able to join their Xbox and PC counterparts for the first time in Halo:…
Read More
WoW Classic Hardcore Players Are Being Terrorized By Hidden Underground Enemies
World of Warcraft Classic’s Hardcore servers are hard enough without having to worry about ambushes from underground, but that’s exactly…
Read More
EA CEO Got A Huge Pay Increase While Company Laid Off Devs
When Saudi Arabia’s leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts is finalized, the newly private company won’t have to release any financial…
Read More
Shrek Comes To Ubisoft’s Popular Fighting Game
After Shrek was added to a popular soccer game, everyone’s favorite green ogre is now in Ubisoft’s fighting game Brawlhalla.…
Read More
Naruto Card Game First Look: Rules, Gameplay, And Cards Explained
Trading card games are bigger than ever, and anime studios have taken notice. Following the launch of the popular One…
Read More
Nexus Mods Wants To Replace Modding Frustration With One-Click Simplicity
One of the best–and worst–things about PC gaming is the support for mods, allowing users to customize their games to…
Read More
Double Fine Cuts 25% Of Staff After Separating From Microsoft
After regaining its independence from Microsoft, the veteran, esteemed game developer Double Fine has enacted a sweeping round of layoffs.…
Read More
New GTA 6 Info Coming Soon, It Seems
According to a reputable insider, new information about Rockstar’s GTA 6 could arrive very soon. NateTheHate, who has accurately reported…
Read More
Xbox Players Can Now Claim Free PC Versions Of These Ubisoft Games
Xbox has announced that it has expanded its partnership with Ubisoft, and if you own certain games from the publisher…
Read More
Halo: Campaign Evolved Codes For Free Armor Sets
The last 25 years have seen Master Chief dressed to impress with his Mjolnir armor sets, and for Halo: Campaign…
Read More
Silent Hill: Townfall Devs Were Given The Freedom To Make Their Own Kind Of Horror
Glasgow-based developer Screen Burn has been around for over a decade, and Silent Hill: Townfall is the studio’s highest-profile game…
Read More
Silent Hill: Townfall Dev Wants Players To Discuss Its Story Mysteries For Decades
One way to gauge the success of a game is by looking at how much talk it generates after launch,…
Read More
Here’s Why Silent Hill: Townfall Is A First-Person Game
Silent Hill: Townfall makes some big changes from the usual Silent Hill experience that fans have come to expect, not…
Read More
Konami Wants You To Know How Serious It Is About Silent Hill
Over the past few years, we’ve seen a major revival of the Silent Hill franchise, with 2024’s Silent Hill 2…
Read More
AI companies are anonymously buying and destroying millions of books through middleman services to avoid headlines about AI companies buying and destroying millions of books
AI isn’t doing great on the PR front. Whether it’s the exponentially increasing electricity consumption amidst worsening climate change, the…
Read More
Speaking of Matt Damon, there's a new survival game out this week on Steam where you're stranded on Mars and have to grow potatoes to survive
Not only is Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey blowing up the box office, but it’s also blowing up the career of…
Read More
GTA Online in-game gambling is now blocked in Australia
Australian GTA Online players are reporting they’ve been blocked from in-game gambling features, meaning they can no longer play blackjack,…
Read More
Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40,000 project at Amazon announces involvement of popular horror director, reminding everyone it still exists
In 2024, Games Workshop’s plan for a line of movies and TV shows in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, with Henry…
Read More
Long-Awaited Co-Op Zombie Game Is Finally Arriving Next Month
Though No More Room In Hell 2 has been playable via Steam and Epic’s early-access programs for a while now,…
Read More
All Phasmophobia Unique Ghost Abilities: A Cheat Sheet To Hidden Behaviors
In Phasmophobia, ghosts can typically be identified by gathering their three official pieces of evidence, but these aren’t always available.…
Read More
A Mission Worthy of Master Chief
Watch the biggest moments from Xbox’s Halo experience at the Fandom Party at San Diego Comic-Con, celebrating the legacy (and…
Read More
Capcom Is Having A Great Year, And It Has Franchises New And Old To Thank
We’re just over halfway through the year, but it’s one that has already been incredibly fruitful for Capcom thanks to…
Read More
BioWare Lost The Knowledge Needed To Remaster Dragon Age, Former Producer Says
Remasters are good business for video game companies, but don’t expect to see BioWare’s Dragon Age games getting the same…
Read More
If You Loved The Odyssey, Play These Games Next
Whether Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation brought you here or you’re just a lifelong fan of Greek mythology, there’s no denying…
Read More
A Chance To Get Behind The Wheel Of Crazy Taxi: World Tour Is Coming Soon
Those itching to take Crazy Taxi: World Tour for a test drive can now sign up for their chance, as…
Read More
Ad 21+
The -196 Vodka Seltzer booth was a safe space for all gaming obsessed fans confessions It’s okay we’ve all been…
Read More
GTA Online Players In Australia Can No Longer Gamble With Fake Money
Grand Theft Auto Online players in Australia are no longer able to gamble in the game’s Diamond Casino, after Rockstar…
Read More
A Cyberpunk Spin-Off Brawler Might Be Happening At WayForward – Report
As CD Projekt Red continues working on Cyberpunk 2, the company could have a spin-off title to tide over fans…
Read More
PlayStation Plus Free Games For August 2026 Revealed
PlayStation has revealed this month’s batch of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers. All PS Plus members will be able…
Read More
Live-Action Zelda Movie Actor Was Too Young To Play Breath Of The Wild When It Released
Ideally, the people involved with adapting a celebrated media franchise should be quite familiar with said franchise. But the actor…
Read More
Final Fantasy 14 On Switch 2 Is A Sobering Reminder That Storage Isn’t Cheap
One of the biggest MMOs of all time, Final Fantasy 14, is coming to Switch 2 next month, and you’re…
Read More
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Swings Into A Brand New Day
Spider-Man: Brand New Day officially swings into theaters this week, and to celebrate the return of the webhead, Marvel’s Spider-Man…
Read More
Microsoft’s Chaotic Server Outage Was Down To A Single Service Failure
This week got off to a rocky start for Xbox, as a server outage saw players across the world unable…
Read More
God Of War Laufey – Gameplay, Release Date, And Everything We Know So Far
Kratos has been the face of the God of War franchise for decades, but next year, the story is shifting…
Read More
Alienware 34 AW3426DW review
Can it really be well over four years since Alienware rolled out the AW3423DW, the first mainstream OLED gaming monitor?…
Read More
'Easily the dumbest thing I've ever built': Guy puts spikes and taser on Steam Deck to stop family from using it
Have you ever been sick of your family using your electronics without asking, and thought ‘boy, I should put spikes…
Read More
Vatican scrambles to patch 'phishing goldmine' app promoted by the Pope: 'Prayer infrastructure on the framework you learn in week 2 of a Node.js bootcamp'
On January 20, 2019, Pope Francis delivered his weekly Angelus to St Peter’s Square from a window in the Vatican’s…
Read More
The Pokémon Company is turning to facial recognition scans to help combat scalpers
Nintendo has announced the rollout of a facial recognition system and new entry and purchase rules for its Pokémon stores…
Read More
Blade and Magik lead as Marvel Tōkon's most popular characters during its beta
The Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls beta has been and gone, and while I’m not usually a fighting game person, oh…
Read More
Framework 13 Pro review
The moment you touch the new Framework 13 Pro laptop you know it’s different to what’s come before. Despite the…
Read More
This cat-themed PC case has the best power button I've ever seen
I’ve been watching Colorfire’s cat-themed Meow product line with much interest over the years. While I’ve already got a kitty-eared…
Read More
Cyan releases teaser for the first new Myst game in 20 years, then breaks the news that it's not actually being made
Myst was a massive success: Not only was it the best-selling PC videogame of all time for years, it helped…
Read More
'Wtf is going on': Indie dev discovers their neglected Steam game is powering an Undertale multiplayer mod following its freak 1700% jump in player activity
A few months ago, indie developer RetroSpecter noticed something unusual about Crashphalt, their first completed game that launched on Steam…
Read More
Cringe '90s stoner icons Jay and Silent Bob are getting a cosy farming sim, but wait for it: you farm weed
Jay and Silent Bob first appeared in the 1994 grunge film Clerks as eccentric weed dealers. Jay was the sweary,…
Read More
After leaving Epic Games last month, its former 'Unreal evangelist' is now building his own game engine
In June, Sjoerd De Jong—an Unreal Engine modder and map creator turned full-time specialist at Epic Games—announced that he was…
Read More
Zach Cregger may have made the best Resident Evil movie yet, but a faction of fans aren't happy about it
I’m in such a bubble of positivity for Barbarian and Weapons director Zach Cregger’s upcoming Resident Evil movie (out September…
Read More
13 Ubisoft games go free on PC if you own them on Xbox
Do you own Ubisoft games on your Xbox console but wish you could play them on your PC—but not so…
Read More
EA is 'a hedge fund with a videogame hobby,' former Dragon Age boss says, and that's why he reckons the series is probably dead and buried
Electronic Arts’ big RPG series Dragon Age did not get a happy ending. The most recent game in the series,…
Read More
Meccha Chameleon Players Are Getting Malware From User-Made Maps
Meccha Chameleon–a multiplayer prop-hunt game that’s been blowing up on Steam lately–seems to have hit its first real road bump…
Read More
Best Loadouts In Call Of Duty: Warzone For BO7 Season 5
Season 5 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is live in Warzone. The big update brings new guns in…
Read More
Best Loadouts In Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 Season 5 Multiplayer
Call of Duty Season 5 is live in Black Ops 7, bringing more guns and new attachments to the game.…
Read More
Beast of Reincarnation – Everything to Know
Game Freak, the legendary studio behind the Pokemon series, is making its foray into the action RPG genre by blending…
Read More
The Best Way To Remake More Final Fantasy Games Is Staring Square Enix In The Face
With the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy reaching its conclusion next year, franchise fans are already asking which game will…
Read More
You Might Need A Face Scan To Buy Pokemon Cards Soon, Thanks To Scalpers
Pokemon card scalpers are generally regarded as the worst part of the hobby, and in Japan, The Pokemon Company is…
Read More
Stalker 2’s First Major Expansion Arrives Very Soon
Stalker 2 has been out for nearly two years, and if you’ve been itching to jump back into the post-apocalyptic…
Read More
Xbox Network Is Down Right Now, Microsoft Confirms
It’s not just you; the Xbox network–or parts of it, depending on when you read this–is down. After users across…
Read More
Zach Cregger admits 'I'm not going to be able to improve on Leon' which is why he's using original characters for the upcoming Resident Evil movie
I am actually really excited for Zach Cregger’s upcoming Resident Evil film, I think this may be the best chance…
Read More
Modder restores missing PS2-era visual effects to Metal Gear Solid 2, including 'a ton of things that were literally left marked as BLUEPOINT TO-DO still in the source code'
I’ve said it before and, in all likelihood, will say it again several more times: one of the best things…
Read More
One excellent, unforgettable expansion has fixed Doom: The Dark Ages
I liked Doom: The Dark Ages when it arrived last year, but I really ought to have loved it. The…
Read More
New report alleges it took a week for OpenAI to realize a prototype had gone rogue and hacked another company
A new report from Reuters alleges that it took an alarmingly long time for OpenAI to respond to one of…
Read More
Final Fantasy 14 has finally added the class I'm always asking for: a Viking with two shields, laser cannons, and Wolverine claws
Fantasy RPGs have become too comfortable with delivering the expected gaggle of familiar character concepts. Archers, monks, paladins, you know…
Read More
Daeron Targaryen star says Ormund and Gwayne Hightower are both "parental figures" to his "isolated character" in House of the Dragon season 3
So far in House of the Dragon season 3, young prince Daeron Targaryen has been under the thumb of his…
Read More
Fixes roll out after Meccha Chameleon servers infected with malware, Discord hacked
A vulnerability in Meccha Chameleon, which has already been patched, allowed multiple Steam Workshop maps to distribute malware to players.…
Read More
Steam Week in Review: A torrent of janky retail sims continues to flood Steam, and there's no end in sight
The flood of retail simulators on Steam is nothing new: the trend seemed to land with torrential force in late…
Read More
Yet Another Zombie Defense HD, which is its real name, is free on Steam for a limited time
The era when it seemed like every second game was about zombies and the one where I played a lot…
Read More
If you miss the straightforward action RPGs of the past, try the generous demo for Darkstone Restoration
Before action RPGs relied on seasonal ladders and DLC treadmills there was Darkstone, a 1999 hack and slash where you…
Read More
Ubisoft says the Black Flag remake has exceeded 'annual expectations' in just two weeks, shortly after it laid off a number of the people who made it
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, a game with a title that feels like it ought to have a colon or…
Read More
J.K. Simmons hasn't played Baldur's Gate 3 or any of his games, but he loves Portal 2: 'I could have done the feature film, or the play, or whatever'
In a recent appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, prolific actor J.K. Simmons dove into his relationship with the…
Read More
The new 'backward compatible' Xbox games on PC run on an OG Xbox emulator inside an Xbox 360 emulator, and people have already used it to run other Xbox 360 games
First reported by Tom’s Hardware, it’s come to light that, not only are the four “Backward Compatibility on PC” original…
Read More
One of the best shooters around just got a barely recognizable second episode, and it's only $12
New Blood’s comic book golden age noir detective immersive sim shooter, Fallen Aces, just got a beefy new update: Its…
Read More
Capcom wants to release a Resident Evil every year and sees remakes as the way to make it happen
As part of an interview in the latest issue of GameInformer (spotted via GamesRadar), Capcom producer Masachika Kawata outlined the…
Read More
