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Valve issues warning to Steam Machine and Steam Controller customers to "expect fake messages" after its European hardware partner is hacked

Sherif Saed — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:25:20 +0000

Valve has notified Steam Machine and Steam Controller customers in Europe about a data breach. The company's servers are safe, but those of one of its hardware partners are sadly not.

The Division Resurgence, the free-to-play mobile off-shoot, is now on Steam and players are confused and a little miffed

Sherif Saed — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:41:23 +0000

The Division Resurgence is a name you may have forgotten. In the sea of announced-then-cancelled off-shoots based on Ubisoft's biggest franchises, Resurgence was one of the few to actually make it to release.

"I'm sure you're going to watch it because everyone is" - GTA 6 premiering on Netflix represents Rockstar "trying new things", says Take-Two boss

Robert Purchese — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:22:30 +0000

One of the most surprising things about Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer tease last week was word that it will premiere on subscription-based service Netflix - a move I can't ever remember another game company doing.

You can now check if you've been selected for The Duskbloods network test - here's how

Sherif Saed — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:33:03 +0000

The Duskbloods, the next game from Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne creator FromSoftware, is hosting its first-ever public test later this month. The network test, as the developer calls it, was always intended to be limited, meaning not everyone who signed up will get to play.

Blizzard is Microsoft's "top performing" studio, thanks largely to Diablo 4 and Overwatch

Connor Makar — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:07:11 +0000

While the Xbox division reels as a result of wide-ranging restructuring, that will leave thousands of people without a job, and some studios drastically reduced in size - one Xbox studio appears to be doing exceptionally well. That studio is Blizzard Entertainment.

Xbox now requires Australians to prove their age to access games rated 18+, though "games you already own won't be affected"

Sherif Saed — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:27:25 +0000

Xbox is now asking users in Australia to verify their age before they're able to purchase games rated at 18+ on the Xbox Store on Xbox consoles, as well as the Microsoft Store on PC.

You can now stream PS Plus games to Steam Deck without owning a PS5 - and without buying a PS Portal

Vikki Blake — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:16:25 +0000

A new cloud-streaming app that lets players stream PlayStation games to their Steam Deck and Steam Machine without a PS5 has just opened a playtest.

Steam reportedly refunds Battlefield 6 player with 470 hours logged after EA quietly pulled Rush mode from Quickplay

Vikki Blake — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:28:46 +0000

A Battlefield 6 player "upset" at the removal of the popular Rush mode claims to have secured a full refund from Steam despite having clocked up 470 hours.

New Lies of P documentary teases next game "is going to be really fun and emotionally moving"

Vikki Blake — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:42:18 +0000

One of the teams behind Neowiz's Souls-like Lies of P has released a short documentary detailing how they kept "testing and refining" the game before its release, as well as offering a little insight into its hardcore "games by gamers" culture.

Peak gets its final major update and a "new secret for you to discover" next week

Vikki Blake — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:07:48 +0000

Aggro Crab has confirmed its co-op climbing game, Peak, will get its final major update on 11th August.

Acclaimed photography puzzler sequel Toem 2 gets a release date

Vikki Blake — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:33:59 +0000

Toem 2 will release on Nintendo Switch 1 and 2, PC, and PS5 on 29th September, 2026.

Revisiting the original No Man's Sky, 10 years on - and why it was always good in its own way

Matt Wales — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000

"Commencing Atlus suit initialisation system", crackles a synthesised female voice from out of my TV screen. "Life support systems activated", she continues. And eventually, "User initialisation sequence complete". It's a start-up sequence I've heard countless times over the last decade, but today things are a little bit different. As No Man's Sky celebrates its 10th anniversary, I've slung myself back through a wormhole of sorts - one powered by a dusty PS4 wrenched from a box in the attic and an original disc copy of the game procured for £8.

Extraction shooter BR1 Infinite is paying players for every in-game kill, drawing concerns about gambling and cheating

Vikki Blake — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:56:11 +0000

New extraction shooter, BR1 Infinite, is reportedly bringing new meaning to the term "pay to play" by paying players for each in-game kill.

Get a "new look" at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation at Gamescom's Opening Night Live

Vikki Blake — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:09:42 +0000

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, the final chapter in the Remake trilogy, is set to feature in this year's Gamescom Opening Night Live.

Konami investigating Silent Hill 2 Performance Mode issues after latest PS5 patch

Vikki Blake — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:20:31 +0000

Konami has confirmed it's investigating new Performance Mode problems on PS5 and PS5 Pro after last week's Patch 1.07 for the Silent Hill 2 remake introduced a host of new issues.

Newly discovered Demon's Souls prototype footage reveals a scrapped first-person mode

Vikki Blake — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:45:14 +0000

Newly unearthed footage from a 2007 developer presentation has revealed that Demon's Souls once had an option to play in first-person.

Club Soko is cartoonishly dark and splattered with beer - and it's a wonderful puzzler, too

Christian Donlan — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:20:57 +0000

Sokoban games are those puzzlers that are all about pushing blocks around. They're spatial challenges at their most fiendish. I gather that the original Sokoban took place in a warehouse, and you were shifting crates back and forth. The latest iteration I've played is set in a nightclub, and that turns out to be a truly inspired choice of location.

Stalker 2 is finally letting us explore the Chornobyl Power Plant

Vikki Blake — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:01:21 +0000

GSC Game World has released a new deep dive video to showcase its upcoming Stalker 2 DLC, Cost of Hope.

What we've been playing - "I've wanted to go to demon school for a while"

Robert Purchese — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Connor decides on Star Lord; Bertie goes to demon school, and Kelsey goes for a big walk.

Take-Two boss "not in the least" concerned bad press around Rockstar's employment tribunal will affect GTA 6 launch

Robert Purchese — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:22:27 +0000

Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick, who heads the company Rockstar belongs to, has said he's "not in the least" concerned that bad press over alleged union-busting will affect the launch of Grand Theft Auto 6.

The late Sam Neill will reportedly feature in The Legend of Zelda film, making it very probably the actor's final on-screen role

Robert Purchese — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:48:41 +0000

There's been a flurry of news related to castings in the upcoming live-action Legend of Zelda film, including the name of the actor who's landed the antagonist's role of Ganondorf - but also that recently departed actor Sam Neill will apparently star in the film.

Indie game publisher Devolver Digital wants to go private

Connor Makar — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:36:16 +0000

Indie game publisher Devolver Digital is looking to return to private ownership, after a rough few years as a publicly-traded company.

We'll all be streaming our games in about "three years", says Take-Two boss, raising some post-release questions about GTA 6

Dom Peppiatt — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:35:00 +0000

In Take-Two's latest financial report, CEO Strauss Zelnick makes some bold statements about the future of the games industry. As the industry reels from Sony's controversial decision to stop manufacturing physical disc-based games,and to pivot to an 'all-digital future', Zelnick reckons we won't only embrace digital games in the future but stream our games, too.

As GTA 6 publisher Take-Two revises its 2027 net bookings up to $8.2bn, Strauss Zelnick confirms its sales are "well over 90% digital"

Dom Peppiatt — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:33:56 +0000

Take-Two's latest financials are in, and they come with a few surprises. First off, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has confirmed that the publisher's sales are mostly digital, in response to Sony's controversial decision to stop manufacturing physical disc-based games. "Our business is well over 90% digitally distributed," he said during the call (thanks, Jason Schreier). "It's already a digital business."

Gears of War: E-Day multiplayer beta blows past series' records on Steam

Connor Makar — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:10:07 +0000

Gears of War E-Day has only just rolled out the first stage of its open beta, and already the series' records have been shattered on Steam.

Sony appears to be putting labels on PS5 console boxes to warn people it's ending disc production

Dom Peppiatt — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:00 +0000

In case it was ever in doubt, it seems Sony is not backing down from its controversial decision to stop manufacturing physical disc-based games. It appears a notice is being shipped with new PS5 consoles that have disc drives to warn users that, as announced, PlayStation will cease to support physical media at the beginning of 2028.

Doom creator id Software used Taiwanese pirates to help distribute the game, John Romero reveals

Robert Purchese — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:44 +0000

John Romero, the legendarily long-haired co-founder of id Software and father of game series Quake and Doom, has recounted a tale about when id Software worked with Taiwanese pirates to spread Doom.

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls suffers from widespread PC issues at launch

Connor Makar — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:35:35 +0000

Marvel Tokonn: Fighting Souls finally released, and while console players appear to be having a decent time with the 4v4 tag fighting game, PC players are reporting significant technical issues ranging from stuttering to netcode issues.

Surprise! The original Quake gets a free expansion on all platforms to celebrate its 30th birthday

Robert Purchese — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:28:09 +0000

QuakeCon's opening ceremony came with a delightful surprise yesterday: the announcement and release of a brand new, free expansion for the original Quake game. This is for all platforms (barring Epic Games Store and Gog) that Quake has been released on - PC, Xbox, PlayStation and Switch. The screams of jubilation in the audience watching the event were loud.

EA CEO Andrew Wilson's 2026 pay may have been much larger than previously thought

Connor Makar — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:12:44 +0000

Earlier this month EA CEO Andrew Wilson's 2026 fiscal year pay package drew a lot of attention, due to how large it was, frankly. Well, it turns out he may have actually taken home more money than previously thought.

"There's a huge amount to be learned" - how the pioneering years of gaming are being preserved for a new generation in a corner of south London

Matt Wales — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Wander the winding track to London's Kingston University over the next week and you'll find a little pocket of gaming history awaiting there. The Archive of Retro Computing (ARC) is free to explore and features over 65 retro personal computers and gaming consoles, some familiar and others considerably less so. It's an exhibit stretching from the mid-70s and the advent of video game cartridges to significantly more modern gaming consoles, charting the history of personal computing across an incredibly rich three decades.

How many fun little references has Arc System Works snuck into Deadpool's move list in Marvel Tokon? Too many to count, it seems

Connor Makar — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:58:32 +0000

Marvel Tokon is out at last, and players are diving in and messing around with the full cast of playable characters. However, one of these fighters is truly - and perhaps fittingly - unique among the cast.

More playable species might be coming to Guild Wars 3 later down the line, according to latest developer blog post

Connor Makar — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:16:58 +0000

A new blog post by ArenaNet has kicked up the conversation around playable races in Guild Wars 3. It features some interesting insight into the four available at launch - and hints that additional species could be added later down the line.

Baldur's Gate 3 third anniversary stats reveal most killed NPCs, most used weapons, and Dark Urge players aren't the most murderous playing the game

Robert Purchese — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:47:39 +0000

It's been three years since Baldur's Gate 3 was released, so developer Larian has data-dived to recover some illuminating statistics. Such as: non-Dark Urge players being surprisingly murderous.

A new PS5 firmware beta update is here, and it's good news for PS5 Pro owners

Sherif Saed — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:07:34 +0000

A new PlayStation 5 firmware beta has arrived for anyone who's part of Sony's beta programme. The platform holder emailed those who signed up to notify them that a new update is available for testing.

A generous demo, a big expansion, and "pricing measures": What Capcom is doing to get Monster Hunter Wilds' sales to "surpass" Monster Hunter World

Dom Peppiatt — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:28:16 +0000

Last year's Monster Hunter Wilds still represents a major focus for Capcom, its latest financial report has revealed. The game, which had a slower launch than the publisher would have liked due to on-going performance issues and a delayed endgame, has not been a massive success for Capcom - even 2021's Monster Hunter Rise outsold it at the end of last year.

Pokémon Pokopia's free 2.0 update is here, and it's making a splash with new underwater features and improvements

Connor Makar — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:39:01 +0000

Pokémon Pokopia's 2.0 major update is here, allowing players to venture deep below the waves to meet new Poké-pals and mess around with a variety of new features.

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 1&2 PS4 and PS5 ports sold more than 11 million copies in under a month

Sherif Saed — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:20:42 +0000

According to new estimates, Call of Duty's recent Black Ops 1 and 2 PlayStation ports have sold incredibly well in such a short while. According to estimates from Alinea Analytics, the two games combined sold 11.2 million units across PS4 and PS5 since their release in mid-July.

We're getting an "extended look" at Grand Theft Auto 6 on 27th August

Connor Makar — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:13:50 +0000

Rockstar Games and Take Two have announced that an "extended look" trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 will premiere first on Netflix on Thursday, the 27th August, at 3pm ET (8pm BST).

Capcom shrugs off PlayStation's all-digital future, suggests shrinking physical market will not have a "significant impact" on its operations

Dom Peppiatt — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:31:23 +0000

Capcom has revealed that "approximately 90 percent of [its] unit sales are digital," in its latest quarterly earnings report, noting the Japanese publisher "does not anticipate a significant impact" on its operations as PlayStation gets ready to kill off physical media by 2028.

Roblox's string of bad luck persists as player numbers continue to plummet and the company's stock price with it

Sherif Saed — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:03:05 +0000

Roblox has published earnings for its second financial quarter, revealing a significant decline almost across the board. The company's disappointing quarter caused its stock price to drop by more than a quarter - nearly 27 percent - since the announcement on 31st July.

Getting Ill: Understanding the grossest horror game in development and how it takes more than a few cues from Valve's seminal shooter Half-Life 2

Robert Purchese — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:08:12 +0000

Ill's been an attention-hogger ever since its Summer Game Fest 2025 reveal. It is, quite possibly, the grossest game in development. Startlingly lifelike trailers have given us a queasy glimpse at a fleshy world of bloated humanoid monsters we can shoot great, ragged chunks out of. Gore splatters, wounds geyser with blood, and skin hangs limply where it used to have something to attach to. Ill's is a world of grimacing nightmares, and there's a level of detail here we usually only see in the most expensive video game productions, or in something dedicated to disgust - like Scorn.

Halo Studios hit by layoffs after release of Halo: Campaign Evolved

Connor Makar — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:08:08 +0000

UPDATE 4.30PM 7TH AUGUST: Eurogamer understands that recent job cuts at Halo Studios purely affect contract workers, rather than full-time employees.

Minecraft finally has a Switch 2 release date, but there may be bad news for Switch 1 owners

Sherif Saed — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:57:15 +0000

Minecraft on Switch 2 is a port that just makes sense. Everyone, including developer Mojang, agrees. On Wednesday, the developer officially confirmed a 27th October release date for the Switch 2 version.

Diablo 4 may finally arrive on Switch 2 next month as a code-in-the-box physical version, according to reliable leaker

Sherif Saed — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:15:22 +0000

We have yet another sign that Diablo 4 is on its way to Nintendo Switch 2. A new report from Dealabs' billbil-kun, a leaker with a solid history of industry leaks, has indicated that we're closer than ever to the game's release on the hybrid console.

Gears of War: E-Day's upcoming weekend beta suddenly gets PvP due to fan demand

Connor Makar — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:30:40 +0000

The Gears of War E-Day open beta is kicking off soon, and just as players were ready to hop into a good few days of Horde, The Coalition has announced that PvP versus will also be present in the test, albeit for a limited time.

"We take your feedback to heart" - Game Freak promises to improve Beast of Reincarnation following a divisive launch

Sherif Saed — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:46:32 +0000

Beast of Reincarnation is out but hasn't quite made the splash you might expect from Game Freak's first original project in years. The long-time Pokémon developer isn't moving on, however, and is promising to deliver a series of updates to improve the game.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla director makes sudden return to Ubisoft, and will lead the series moving forward

Connor Makar — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:29:33 +0000

The director of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Black Flag, and Origins has returned to Ubisoft to lead development on future Assassin's Creed games.

Diablo 4 players have long wanted to bring their Eternal characters into the Seasonal realm, and now they're getting their wish, sort of

Sherif Saed — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:40:20 +0000

Blizzard is introducing a long asked-for feature in Diablo 4 in the game's next update, which is already on the Public Test Realm for testing. The feature is called Rebirth and it finally allows you to use characters from the Eternal realm for Seasonal content.

Marvel Rivals' next update drastically reduces the game's install size on PC and console

Dom Peppiatt — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:28:58 +0000

In a world afflicted with ever-increasing storage and RAM costs, it's nice to see a game make a serious effort to reduce its footprint on your SSD. Cue Marvel Rivals. On PS5 and Xbox, you will see an install-size reduction of roughly 15GB - down from 73GB - whilst the PC version reduces by a whopping 40GB. This means we're getting a reduction of roughly 20 percent on consoles, whereas on PC the file size will shrink by over 57 percent.

A PC cooling company shows Sony and Nintendo how it's done, as it pledges to pass US tariff refunds onto customers

Sherif Saed — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:16:50 +0000

Arctic, a well-known manufacturer of PC air and water coolers, has made a commitment to use the tariff refunds it received from the US government to lower the price of its products. This is notable because it's in stark contrast to the approach Nintendo has opted for, believing it has no obligation to pass these refunds onto consumers.

There are a few gooduns in August's Xbox Game Pass line-up, including a surprisingly sexy, and funny, furniture dating sim

Robert Purchese — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:49:40 +0000

A beleaguered Xbox has revealed the next batch of games coming to the Game Pass subscription during the first few weeks of August, and there are a few eye-catching additions among them.

"Mass layoffs" expected at EA, as $55bn buyout by Saudi Arabia's PIF and Donald Trump's son-in-law officially goes through

Connor Makar — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:06:53 +0000

The months-long process of Electronic Art's acquisition finally came to a close late last night.

Resident Evil Veronica remake already proving popular for Capcom, as wishlists reach an impressive milestone

Sherif Saed — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:31:45 +0000

Capcom announced that Resident Evil Veronica - a remake of Code: Veronica - has achieved an impressive milestone well before it's even out. The game has topped 2 million wishlists across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox and Switch 2.

Sick of rage quitters? This indie dev has created a very funny answer to those inclined to tilt (and turn)

Connor Makar — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:24:36 +0000

It's no secret that rage quitting is one of the most frustrating aspects of online gaming. Thankfully, one indie game developer is currently hard at work on a fun idea that could soften the blow of sudden disconnects.

You can try the newly-launched Switch 2 port of Final Fantasy 14 for free, right now, if you have a spare 117GB

Dom Peppiatt — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:46:04 +0000

Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy 14? Well, today the oft-memed Final Fantasy online title has arrived on Switch 2, marking a very quick turnaround between the announcement of the port at the end of June and its actual release date.

The developer behind Fifa World Cup - which launched less than two months ago - has laid off 85% of its staff

Connor Makar — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:23:57 +0000

A vast number of developers at Refractor Games, the development team responsible for Fifa World Cup: Launch Edition, have been laid off. In total, roughly 85 percent of developers at the studio have lost their jobs.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced patch makes the very important change of letting you hide Edward's blowpipe

Sherif Saed — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:15:18 +0000

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is getting a new patch with a sizeable list of changes. Update 1.0.6 arrives later today across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Download sizes vary widely; as small as 1.8GB on Steam or as large as a chonky 15.2GB on Xbox.

Rumours of an unannounced Elder Scrolls game are bogus, sadly

Connor Makar — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:06:15 +0000

Rumours of an unannounced Elder Scrolls game being in development at Bethesda have been debunked, after a LinkedIn page was misinterpreted by enthusiasts.

Don't be alarmed if you get an 'account banned' message in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on PS4 or PS5, you may not actually be banned

Sherif Saed — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:52:36 +0000

The recently released Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 PlayStation 4 and 5 ports continue to get new updates, which is great news for the millions who caused the game to shoot up PlayStation's most-played charts.

Guardians of the Galaxy's Dave Bautista could take over Kratos role in God of War live-action show, report claims

Robert Purchese — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:38:50 +0000

Dave Bautista, the burly Hollywood actor best known for portraying Drax the Destroyer in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy films, is reportedly in talks to take over the role of Kratos in the God of War live-action series.

Xbox's FanFest world tour is still going ahead, for some reason, even after Microsoft fired the guy who created it

Robert Purchese — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:39:50 +0000

Well, this isn't a good idea after laying off thousands of people: a global Xbox FanFest tour. Yet apparently it's still going ahead, even after Microsoft fired the person who pitched and created the show in said layoffs. Face, meet palm.

Microsoft is working on making Xbox 360 games playable on PC, leaked document reveals

Sherif Saed — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:23:47 +0000

Microsoft is planning to bring Xbox 360 games to PC. That's according to a leaked document viewed by The Verge. The document, which the company recently sent to developers, reportedly says they will be able to bring their Xbox 360 games to PC.

Stellar Blade: Blood Rain's AI music video should be viewed with "understanding in mind", says studio boss

Dom Peppiatt — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:47:17 +0000

The CEO of Stellar Blade developer, Shift Up, has taken to social media to respond to players criticising the release of an AI-generated music video promoting a sequel to the company's breakout hit, Blood Rain.

PlayStation and Xbox's most played games are, once again, exactly what you expect them to be

Sherif Saed — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:40:04 +0000

The list of games that get played the most on PlayStation and Xbox is nearly identical across the two console platforms, and the games themselves are either long-running live service titles or annualised sports games. This has been the case for years, and analyst Mat Piscatella recently reminded everyone that no real change has occurred.

Beast of Reincarnation review

Matt Wales — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Game Freak borrows liberally from the genre's biggest hits. And while it's messy and muddled, it's salvaged by exhilarating combat and traversal, and a surprising amount of soul.

Indie game bundle saving buyers over $1,000 in support of laid off developers has raised over $100,000 in three days

Connor Makar — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:01:39 +0000

An indie game bundle aimed at helping laid off video game developers has raised over $100,000 in a matter of days.

Big Walk review

Chris Schilling — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000

"Chris, I think you're muted. Your nose has gone small."

Square Enix responds to Kingdom Hearts Collection AI controversy two months after players called it out

Dom Peppiatt — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:05:00 +0000

Kingdom Hearts publisher and developer, Square Enix, has denied claims that it used AI-generated content to promote the yet-to-be-released Kingdom Hearts Collection 1-3. Fans first accused the company of using AI back in early June, and now - some two months after the initial accusations - Square Enix has responded.

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls shows early signs of popularity, soaring up tournament entry leaderboards

Connor Makar — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:03:33 +0000

Marvel Tokon will be released unto the world by the terrible trio of Marvel, Sony, and Arc System Works later this week. While only the most talented of fortune tellers can say for sure how popular it will be, early indicators from fighting game tournament registration numbers paint a positive picture.

Memory chip maker Samsung says the component shortage will continue to get worse in 2027, while earning a pretty penny from it

Sherif Saed — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:33:01 +0000

Samsung, one of the largest manufacturers of memory and storage in the world, has delivered bad news for anyone hoping the global component shortages will ease up soon. Samsung, which is responsible for about a third of the global memory supply, revealed in an earnings call that it expects the crisis to continue getting worse into next year.

Yet another price rise: AMD will reportedly raise its graphics card and memory prices alongside Nvidia

Robert Purchese — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:36:39 +0000

Hot on the heels of Nvidia reportedly raising the price of its graphics cards and memory units comes word that rival component manufacturer AMD will do the same.

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen director casually announces a Hard Mode is in the works

Sherif Saed — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:59:11 +0000

The Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen reveal has easily been one of the most surprising of the year so far. Aside from everything new coming to the game with the upcoming expansion, Capcom has also been updating the core experience in several key ways.

Palworld Online is a new MMORPG coming to iOS and Android later this year

Connor Makar — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:58:10 +0000

With Palworld taking the world by storm (again), it turns out there's yet another major surprise tied to the creature-collecting survival game coming sooner than you'd expect. Palworld Online - an MMORPG - is coming to mobile later this year.

As hype builds for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Remake and Rebirth continue to sell well

Vikki Blake — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:43:09 +0000

Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth have been selling "several times better" than expected in the wake of Revelation's Summer Game Fest 2026 reveal.

Control Resonant's story will take around 30 hours, Remedy says, with completionists looking at 50-hour runs

Vikki Blake — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:03:59 +0000

Remedy has confirmed roughly how long Control Resonant will take to finish, along with fresh details on how its combat has evolved from the original game.

Story of Seasons mobile game cancelled as Marvelous cuts six-year Tencent partnership

Vikki Blake — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:36:57 +0000

Marvelous has confirmed it's ending its partnership with Tencent, and cancelling a Story of Seasons mobile game that had been in the works since 2019.

Silent Hill: Townfall's dev team wrecked old TVs with magnets to make its in-game gadget feel real

Vikki Blake — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:50:59 +0000

Silent Hill: Townfall studio Screen Burn used broken TVs and magnets to make its in-game gadget, the CRTV, feel analogue as well as look it.

Xbox UK and Europe console price hikes revealed - and it's even worse than we expected

Vikki Blake — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:54:44 +0000

Xbox has finally revealed the price hikes recently rolled out across its hardware, and Xbox consoles in the UK are now between 34 and 49 percent more expensive than they were last month.

What we've been playing - "The dev team all moved to Hawaii to make this one, and you can tell"

Chris Tapsell — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Hello, pinch, punch and all that, and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Marie goes thrifting, Connor discovers the virtues of oxcarts, Dom goes back to an all-time favourite, and Kelsey gets cosy with... nautical horror? Sounds about right.

Star Wars, Metal Gear, and Halo composer Kazuma Jinnouchi confirmed as lead composer for Guild Wars 3

Connor Makar — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:42:38 +0000

ArenaNet has revealed the lead composer for its upcoming MMORPG Guild Wars 3. Kazuma Jinnouchi, known for his work on Star Wars, Metal Gear, and post-Bungie Halo games, is collaborating on the soundtrack.

EA Sports FC 26 may have almost 10 million daily active users, a far larger player count than public data may have you believe

Connor Makar — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:45:01 +0000

It seems like EA Sports FC 26 has a staggering number of daily active users, according to one content creator who claims to have heard first-hand about its popularity from a developer.

Surprise! After getting over 500,000 downloads on Steam, there's a Mortal Shell 2 beta live right now on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S

Dom Peppiatt — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:07:10 +0000

Are you excited for Mortal Shell 2? The game, which is proving so popular ahead of release it recently sold out of its physical Revered Edition on PS5, has just announced a surprise beta - allowing players to dive in and check out its deconstructed soulslike mechanics for themselves.

The Elder Scrolls Online developer posts extensive roadmap and reiterates that the game is "here to stay", in spite of sweeping Xbox layoffs

Dom Peppiatt — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:47:25 +0000

ZeniMax Online Studios, the developer behind hit MMO The Elder Scrolls Online, has reiterated that its online RPG is "here to stay" after doubts about the title's future were raised in the wake of the big Xbox 'reset' overseen by Asha Sharma.

As Total War: Warhammer 40,000 and Dawn of War 4 show off more gameplay, 40K fans have become locked in a fierce debate: are the lasgun lasers the wrong colour?

Connor Makar — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:03:04 +0000

The universe of Warhammer 40,000 is rich and full of countless little details, all of great importance to the passionate community that's grown around the franchise. It's these people, spurred on by new gameplay footage from Total War: Warhammer 40,000 and Dawn of War 4, who are now fiercely debating the colour of lasers.

Could Switch 2's The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake be squaring up for a GTA 6 head-to-head? Newly sighted amiibo suggest a potential November release

Matt Wales — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:42:19 +0000

It looks like Nintendo could be priming its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for a November release - just ahead of GTA 6's highly anticipated arrival - if speculation around a pair of newly sighted amiibo is to be believed.

As the memory crisis worsens, PlayStation promises it has secured enough RAM to meet its PS5 sales (until early 2027, at least)

Dom Peppiatt — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:06:04 +0000

Just yesterday, we heard that Nvidia GPUs are to see yet another price hike of up to 30 percent, as the hunger for generative AI hardware worsens the component crisis and sky-rocketing costs for computing hardware continues. PlayStation, however, has promised it has stockpiled enough memory to weather the storm - at least for now.

Shift-Up promotes Stellar Blade 2 with AI-generated KPop music video featuring the game's main character

Connor Makar — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:59:42 +0000

Stellar Blade: Bloodrain developer Shift-Up has promoted its upcoming action game with seemingly fully generative AI KPop music video.

Sony vows to press on with discless plans, saying "digitalization is progressing" across all media despite heavy protest from players

Dom Peppiatt — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:35:24 +0000

Sony has been asked about its decision to kill off physical media in PlayStation's latest earnings call. The company, which announced that it will be ending the production and sale of discs and so on for PlayStation games in early 2028 earlier this month, reaffirmed its stance on the matter, but notes that it understands why people have such strong feelings about the situation.

The $55bn private acquisition of Electronic Arts is expected to go ahead

Connor Makar — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:00:55 +0000

After over a year of tense debate, Electronic Arts has reported it's achieved "all regulatory approvals" for the proposed $55bn private acquisition of the company.

Path of Exile 2 finally has a fix for two of its longest-lasting, and most frustrating, technical problems

Connor Makar — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:48:53 +0000

Path of Exile 2 finally has a fix for two of its longest-lasting and most frustrating technical problems, with director Jonathan Rogers celebrating the occasion by popping open a bottle of champagne.

Halo: Campaign Evolved doesn't have split-screen on PC, but this mod fixes that, if you're willing to look past some quirks

Sherif Saed — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:20:47 +0000

Halo: Campaign Evolved is officially available now across PC and consoles. All versions are nearly identical in their feature sets. Nearly. That's because the PC version does not support split-screen co-op, leaving traditional online co-op as the only way to play with a buddy.

Gears of War: E-Day's new Horde may be the game's most interesting mode, but it left me with more questions than answers

Sherif Saed — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:20:21 +0000

I've been eager to get my hands on Gears of War: E-Day's new Horde mode, Horde Siege, which appears to be a more smartly designed, more engaging iteration. June's Xbox bonanza first look sold me on the campaign, but the iconic mode has long been my favourite non-campaign mode in Gears. And at least so far - looks to be the most revolutionary Horde ever.

Halo: Campaign Evolved's 'death barriers' and ungenerous out-of-bounds restrictions are making the 42 skull grind a real bore

Dom Peppiatt — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:14:42 +0000

Halo: Campaign Evolved is finally out for everyone, after five days of early access for players that pre-ordered its Premium Edition. But as the masses finally get to replaying Master Chief's debut adventure, one thing is starting to become abundantly clear: this isn't your daddy's Halo.

GTA 6 news coming in August, leaker says, as more evidence points to the game's official website getting a backend update

Sherif Saed — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:50:27 +0000

It looks like we're getting some sort of Grand Theft Auto 6 news very soon, according to one insider and some convenient circumstantial evidence. NateTheHate, a reliable industry insider, was asked about the highly-anticipated game as part of a recent Q&A on X.

Nvidia GPUs see yet another price hike of up to 30 percent, as the generative AI hardware crisis worsens

Connor Makar — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:37:28 +0000

The personal computing affordability crisis continues in earnest, as Nvidia has announced yet another price hike for its GPUs.

Assassin's Creed Hexe is at least one year away, insider claims

Sherif Saed — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:26:14 +0000

Assassins's Creed: Codename Hexe is set to follow up Shadows as the next original mainline game in the long-running series. Unfortunately, it looks like we'll be waiting longer still for it to re-appear.

Xbox reports 10 percent drop in revenue across content and services, amid its mass job cuts and studio offload

Connor Makar — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:57:18 +0000

New details from Microsoft reveal that Xbox saw a 10 percent drop in revenue across content and services this last financial quarter, following a massive wave of layoffs and the offloading of development studios.

Square Enix can't confirm a Final Fantasy 7 Revelation physical disc, but at least game director Hamaguchi is pushing for one

Sherif Saed — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:23:32 +0000

The third and final part of the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, is set to arrive in spring 2027. You're not mistaken, that is about a year before the last day Sony will be making physical PlayStation discs, so the game should be okay, right? Well, not quite.

Valve has released the CAD design files for the Steam Machine's exterior, leaving us asking: how long before someone makes a GabeCube skin?

Fran Ruiz — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:45:38 +0000

The Steam Machine has been among us for a few weeks now - albeit with a hefty price tag and limited availability - and knockoffs are already emerging. Meanwhile, Valve is letting users who are especially creative tinker with its exterior... if they can follow the instructions.