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For Doom Composer Mick Gordon, Every Soundtrack Is Waiting To Be Discovered
There’s no shortage of video game soundtracks that you can boot up and enjoy these days, but few can compare to Mick Gordon’s work on 2016’s Doom and 2020’s Doom Eternal. Each soundtrack has a raw, unflinching sound that perfectly encapsulates the rip-and-tear gameplay with its heavy beats and unrelenting ferocity, and Gordon even built a…
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Guillermo Del Toro Begged For An Easier Dead Cells, And The Game’s Devs Answered His Call
Whether you’re a veteran gamer or not, it’s okay to admit that Motion Twin’s 2018 roguelike-metroidvania Dead Cells is kinda hard. So much so that, eight years later, acclaimed filmmaker and avid gamer Guillermo del Toro has implored the studio to make it a little more forgiving for “the elderly players.” Well, Motion Twin heard…
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Two Unreleased Virtual Boy Games Are Coming To Nintendo Switch Online
Three decades ago, Nintendo discontinued its Virtual Boy console after it failed to catch on. But now, two of the unreleased Virtual Boy titles are set to make their debut on Nintendo Switch Online. Nintendo has announced that D-Hopper and Zero Racers will be available on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass on August 4.…
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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Everything To Know
From its unique mechanics to its interesting roster of characters, here’s everything to know about Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls. Source
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Here Is Xbox CEO’s Plan To Turn Things Around
While Microsoft itself just set a record for the biggest single-day market cap swing in history, the company’s Xbox division is struggling. How will new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma turn things around? In a memo to staff obtained by The Verge, Sharma shared the top Xbox priorities for the current fiscal year and beyond. These…
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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 Jank Footy, and if you’re a fighting game fan, you can also grab Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. Officially out next week, physical copies of the game have managed to break their street date, and naturally, there…
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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 release, the developer has already dropped an update that made one of the game’s best classes even better. Launched on July 30, this new update makes some important balance adjustments to the newest class, the…
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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 distance of Grand Theft Auto 6. The theories revolve around an apparent pattern of Nintendo’s Amiibo releases, and it’s hard to blame anyone for buying into them. Per Kotaku, fans claim to have spotted a…
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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 out with a host of events and Pokemon debuts over the next few weeks, including the arrival of some big new monsters like Gigantamax Rillaboom and Mega Starmie. On top of that, players have a…
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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 a stylish alternative to the weapons found in most FPS games, while its atmosphere remains unmatched. It delivers spooky vibes without becoming outright terrifying. It’s a game I constantly recommend, and right now, you could…
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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 from those tariffs being refunded. As part of the company’s latest earnings report, it noted an increase in operating income can be attributed in part to tariff refunds–refunds it seems unlikely to pass onto consumers…
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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 about as soulless as you might expect. The video, which looks to be completely AI generated, features protagonist Evie singing an “original” song titled “Wanna be in Love” as she explores the dystopian cyberpunk city…
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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 Blizzard’s popular MMORPG into a proper pencil-and paper-experience this November. D&D: World of Warcraft is bringing a lot to the table, with everything a dungeon master might potentially need to create an Azeroth campaign. For…
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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 & Dragons setting where the entire world had been turned into a hostile desert wasteland by exploitative sorcerer-kings and a bunch of sinewy warriors with psychic powers and an aversion to pants had to slaughter…
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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 videogame RPG. And yet Wizards of the Coast seems intent on making games that don’t use that framework. Last year the publisher announced Invoke, one of its internal videogame studios, was making Warlock, a third-person…
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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 storefront. With the company having launched its own mobile store, it has also started a second free games program on iOS and Android devices, kicking things off with a curated library of titles and weekly…
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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 have a multiplayer mode, too. While more details on multiplayer are being saved for later, Microsoft did confirm that an open beta for the multiplayer element is coming this August. Here’s everything we know. Gears…
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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 find at a price that can’t be beat. Every Thursday at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET, Epic offers at least one free PC game (and sometimes even as many as two or three).…
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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, and publisher Bethesda Softworks is celebrating 40 years in the industry with a brand-new logo. The company unveiled the new design today, which has a very cyberpunk-inspired look to it with its choice of font, colors,…
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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, but you can start playing it up to a month early by winning yourself an early-access code. Starting July 30, Dead by Daylight content creators will stream the new Chorus of Sin chapter on Twitch,…
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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 games, and hackers haven’t wasted any time ruining the nostalgia. Players are reporting that Black Ops 2 is currently not safe from a specific hacker or possibly group of hackers, who are resetting player accounts…
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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 be well aware how some customers are a bit… odd. That’s the vibe that Rideshare Stimulator–no, that is not a typo, and the game title is stylized as Rideshare “Stimulator” for some reason, but we’re…
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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 investors’ group led by the Saudi Arabian government. As revealed in today’s SEC filing, “all regulatory approvals required to complete the Merger have been obtained. Electronic Arts currently expects the Merger to close on or…
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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 into seasonal ones. Usually, it goes the opposite way. Characters at the end of a season are automatically converted into non-seasonal Eternal Realm ones, where they typically languish in neglect until they need to be…
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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 versions of the entire Kingdom Hearts trilogy will be coming to Switch 2 via the release of The Kingdom Hearts Collection [I-III]. Unfortunately, players did not respond well to the trilogy’s key art, which Square…
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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, including powerful rings like Stone of Jordan and Ring of Royal Grandeur. The currently ongoing Season 14 hasn’t exactly been Diablo 4’s best season, but Blizzard is looking to give players an early preview of…
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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 the Meltagun, Bolt Pistol, and more. Games Workshop’s grimdark Warhammer 40K universe is the next crossover coming to developer Arrowhead Studios’ popular shooter on August 12 in the form of a Legendary Warbond, joining the…
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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 Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) is “here to stay,” and the team has dropped a new roadmap to prove that more content is still coming to the popular MMORPG. In a July 30 news post on…
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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 by killing its production of PlayStation discs in January 2028. Everyone has thoughts about the company’s decision, including Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi, who said he’s trying to make a physical edition of…
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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 Evil and Street Fighter films are on the way. While we’ve seen plenty of director Zach Cregger’s spin on the survival-horror series, Street Fighter has been mostly radio silent since its last trailer dropped–until today,…
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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 a massive $1.7 billion decline in revenue last quarter. At the same time, Microsoft reported that profits had increased substantially during the same April to June period, reaching $35.8 billion in profit thanks to its…
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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 compared to Borderlands 2, the third mainline entry refined the gunplay and added to the series’ signature chaos. Borderlands 4 builds on all of that. The story and its themes are treated with more maturity…
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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 out the new trailer for the upcoming film. Once again featuring the familiar quartet of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillian, and Jack Black as the film series’ video game avatars–who have somehow escaped into…
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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: Campaign Evolved. Console gamers are able to use a classic Halo feature that the PC port seemingly lacks: split-screen co-op. However, a new PC mod restores access to this missing feature. A Halo: Campaign Evolved…
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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 what’s happening to unsuspecting low-level players in the game’s Stonetalon Mountains zone. The recent patch 1.15.9 introduced various quality-of-life updates to WoW Classic, including improvements to raid frames, nameplates, and even the introduction of the…
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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 documents to the public. In the meantime, EA’s latest financial disclosure has revealed that CEO Andrew Wilson received a massive $30 million increase in his compensation this year, and he wasn’t the only EA executive…
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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. Shrek is popping up all over the place this year to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 2001 film that won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The Brawlhalla x Shrek event…
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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 Piece TCG, the next big IP stepping into the scene is Naruto, the fan-favorite series that helped popularize anime throughout the 2000s. Naruto Card Game launches in Summer 2027, and ahead of its arrival, more…
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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 an absurd degree. Installing a mod isn’t always straightforward, and the more it remixes a game, the greater the chance of that title crashing, burning, and frustrating the user on the other end. Nexus Mods,…
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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. Studio head Tim Schafer said the San Francisco-based studio laid off 23 people this week, which, according to reporter Jason Schreier, amounted to about 25% of the developer’s total headcount. “As a small, tightly knit…
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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 unannounced details about upcoming games before, recently said he expects to see “a fair bit” of GTA 6 in August. He went on to push back against the narrative that just because Rockstar has not…
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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 on console, you’ll now have free PC versions of them to play. Available right now, 13 games in total will be available for free through the Ubisoft Connect app on PC after you link your…
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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 Evolved, you can celebrate the legend’s keen fashion sense with some slick cosmetics. While the game puts a modern twist on the classic Mjolnir Mark V armor, you’re not locked to that specific assault armor,…
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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 to date. The studio has produced a few cult-classics over the years like Stories Untold and Observation, but with its Silent Hill spin-off, the team has described being handed the keys to Konami’s premier survival-horror…
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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, and in the case of Silent Hill Townfall, game director Jon McKellan has an ambitious goal for the Scottish psychological-horror. According to McKellan, the team at Screen Burn is looking to give players just the…
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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 only with its Scottish setting, but also with its first-person perspective. While this gameplay style is unusual for Silent Hill (we still remember you, PT), it turns out there was really no debate about whether…
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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 remake offering a spectacular reimagining of one of the series’ most beloved entries while titles like Silent Hill f and Townfall propel the series forward and seek to redefine what a Silent Hill game can…
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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 data centers leaking toxic pollutants into neighboring communities, or the years-long parade of business leaders insisting the technology will replace humans in “most, if not all” professional fields, the AI industry has an excellent record…
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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 one of the lesser-known actors in the film… lemme quickly check IMDB for his name… ah, here it is: Matt Damon. Just kidding, Matt Damon is in everything, everywhere, every movie, all the time. You…
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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, roulette or three card poker in the Diamond Casino, among other mini-games. Users attempting to access these mini-games are now hit with a “this feature is not available for you” notification. Following widespread reports of…
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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 Cavill on board as both star and executive producer, resulted in a deal with Amazon Studios. In case you’d forgotten about it, or started to have doubts it was going anywhere, Games Workshop made sure…
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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, the 1.0 build is finally on the way, and it’ll coincide with the game’s launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. All of this arrives on August 11. The first-person zombie game is played on…
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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. On higher difficulty levels, ghosts leave behind fewer–or even no– evidence to gather. Fortunately, each of Phasmophobia’s 30 ghosts has unique hidden abilities, behaviors, and characteristics that you can use to determine the spooky spectre…
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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 future!) of one of gaming’s most iconic franchises. Source
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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 its two marquee releases in 2026. Resident Evil Requiem, the ninth installment in the enduring series, has been both a critical and commercial success, with this latest quarter being no different. Requiem has sold over…
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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 treatment in the future–or possibly, ever. That’s according to Dragon Age series producer Mark Darrah, who says that the original trilogy of games likely won’t be remastered due to BioWare losing too much institutional knowledge.…
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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 the timeless pull of The Odyssey. After all, precious few works of literature can claim to be as resonate as the nearly 3,000-year-old text, which explores longing, endurance, hubris, fate, and the human condition with…
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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 developer Sega has announced a multiplayer closed network test. Crazy Taxi: World Tour’s closed network test will run September 11-13 in the US. Those interested will need to sign up on the game’s website by…
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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 Games appears to have blocked access in the wake of the Australian government’s crackdown on online gambling. Australian players began to report the change on Reddit (via Vice), as they were no longer able to…
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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 in the meantime. MP1st reports that a former WayForward employee’s portfolio revealed information on a game project codenamed Gemini that relates to the Netflix series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. The status of the Cyberpunk spin-off game at…
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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 to claim a trio of freebies starting August 4: Big Walk, Dying Light 2, and Signalis. If you haven’t claimed July’s PlayStation Plus free games yet, make sure to do so before next Tuesday. A…
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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 bringing Link to life in the upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda movie has a pretty good excuse for not experiencing a top-rated game of the series–at least when it launched. Speaking to GamesRadar, Benjamin…
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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 going to want to clear a lot of space to install the game. According to the Switch eShop listing for the game, Final Fantasy 14 will take up 117.2GB of available storage capacity, gobbling up…
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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 2 on PS5 is getting a few upgrades. While developer Insomniac had previously revealed that the game would be updated with a new costume based on the threads worn by Spider-Man actor Tom Holland, players…
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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 to sign in, make purchases, or access their games for several hours. Those issues have since been fixed, and in a candid post online, Xbox Chief Technology Officer Scott Van Vliet spoke about what exactly…
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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 from the Greek god-killer to his wife, Faye. God of War Laufey is the first game in the franchise to not feature Kratos as the protagonist, but beyond that, the game looks like it could…
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Alienware 34 AW3426DW review
Can it really be well over four years since Alienware rolled out the AW3423DW, the first mainstream OLED gaming monitor? The AW3423DW wasn’t perfect, but by many important gaming metrics, it absolutely monstered every LCD-based display. That model, of course, was a 34-inch ultrawide and now Alienware has released its most significant update yet for…
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'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 and a taser on this thing’? If the answer is yes, then you’re like Redditor ConroyyJenkinss (presumably no relation to Leroy), who has done just that. Taking to the Steam Deck subreddit, they recently announced…
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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 Apostolic Palace. In it, he enjoined the faithful to join him on the Church’s then-new Click To Pray app—helpfully modelled by a nearby priest, wielding a tablet. Hundreds of thousands of people signed up in…
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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 in Japan. It’s not exactly a last-ditch effort, but it’s yet another attempt at combating scalpers which have been plaguing the hobby ever since its inception. “In order to provide a safe and secure shopping…
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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 boy did this new superhero tag fighter have the sauce. It was only marred by the fact that PlayStation Network was down for almost the entire opening day, and its PC performance was terrible at…
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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 bubblegum pink USB Type-C ports I’ve jammed in either side of the machine, this is a serious laptop for serious work. But it’s also still instantly recognisable as one of the company’s eminently upgradeable and…
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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 headset, I’m sure a full feline-themed set-up would help me achieve my final form as a hardware writer. The Meow series’ ME26A PC case may prove the perfect canvas towards realising that dream. In terms…
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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 usher in the CD-ROM era, opening the door to expansive new technologies and previously unseen levels of fidelity in gaming. In 1993, Myst was nothing short of a revelation. The fortunes of Myst, and developer…
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'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 in 2018: Since their last check-in on the neglected platformer, Crashphalt had suddenly gained over 500 reviews. In its first four years, it had barely managed a dozen. And almost none of those new reviewers…
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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, loquacious, long haired slacker, and Silent Bob was the silent, ruminative long haired slacker. They were cult figures in the ’90s. Most of my teenage friends thought they were very funny, and Clerks is still…
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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 leaving the company after 12 years as its “lead evangelist” for Unreal. In a cryptic departure message, he said the games industry was at a “pivotal point,” and he’s aiming to “work out how to…
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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 18) that I had no idea anyone was upset about it until I looked at the reactions to some of PC Gamer’s coverage. The movie is Resident Evil “in name and nothing else,” one person…
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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 much that you’re willing to pay extra for it? If your answer to that oddly specific question is “yes,” and the games in question are one of a list of 13 titles that we’ll get…
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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, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, failed to meet sales targets, and EA quickly beat feet in the other direction, putting the torch to BioWare on the way out the door. It’s not often that game franchises…
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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 since it launched in early June. As pointed out by a player who goes by Feint, some of the game’s player-made maps are basically just Trojan horses containing malware. One of Feint’s friends had mentioned…
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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 the battle pass and more attachments to unlock, so this is a good time to update your existing loadouts. In this guide, we will recommend some of the best weapon builds for Warzone in Season…
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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. You’ll definitely want to consider updating your loadouts for this new season of Call of Duty. In this guide, we provide you with some recommended weapon builds to try in Season 5 of multiplayer. Black…
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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 real-time and turn-based combat. Here’s everything you need to know about Beast of Reincarnation. Source
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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 be next for a modern-day glow-up. The subject was brought up during the Final Fantasy Fan Festival in Berlin on the weekend, and Final Fantasy 14’s Naoki Yoshida said that some of the most-requested titles…
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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 taking steps to address the problem. As part of its crackdown to create a safe shopping environment, The Pokemon Company is introducing a facial recognition system for adult shoppers and children of a certain age.…
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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 hellscape, you’ll have a great reason to do so. The game’s first expansion, Stalker 2: Cost of Hope, releases in just a few weeks across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Cost of Hope puts…
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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 the globe began reporting issues with the Xbox Network, Xbox identified several issues affecting its online services today. At the time of writing, the following functions are still experiencing “major issues” on the Xbox network: Account and profile…
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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 there is for getting an actually good adaptation, mostly thanks to the fact that Cregger seems like a super fan who actually understands what makes the games so charming. In other words: he knows ball.…
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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 about PC gaming is that modders can come in long after a game has been set aside by its developers, and proceed to clean up all the nagging bugs and imperfections that continue to linger.…
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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 first two Dooms of id’s modern trilogy are generationally great FPS campaigns with unmatched action, memorable guns, and late-game fights that will grind your teeth down to the gums. They successfully reestablished Doom around speed,…
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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 its prototype AI agents—programs with the ability to act independently of specific prompts—breaking containment and hacking another company. That company, Hugging Face, had reportedly neutralized the threat and contacted the FBI before ever being contacted…
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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 the drill. I’ve seen it all before! Give me, I don’t know, a Viking that shoots triple-barreled laser guns out of its dual shields, which also have metal claws, you know? Final Fantasy 14 knows…
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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 guardian Ormund Hightower out in Tumbleton. But, in the latest episode of the Game of Thrones prequel, the situation gets slightly more complicated. Daeron’s uncle Gwayne Hightower comes to Tumbleton after breaking away from Criston…
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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. As a post on Medium from user Feint discussed (via Kotaku), “A couple of my friends reported seeing a command prompt window briefly appear while Steam was downloading a custom workshop map … What I…
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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 2024. But it’s fascinating, to me at least, how many of these things are still being released every week, and how many of them seem to actually reach an audience despite their rudimentary appearance. Last…
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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 of Flash games because they were free had a lot of overlap. Which is why I have fond memories of the hours I lost playing games like The Last Stand and Rebuild 2. I’ve just…
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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 clicked on things until they died and liked it. It had some interesting ideas, like the companion mode that lets you switch between two player-characters, the other controlled by the CPU while you took the…
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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 an em dash somewhere in there, is finally here and it’s selling like whatever the nautical equivalent of hotcakes is. Hardtack, I guess. Not only did it sell 2 million copies in a single day,…