Успех будут измерять тем, получилось ли у Valve решить давний вопрос создания удобного ПК-устройства для гостиной.

Большая часть того, о чём мы рассказали сегодня, находилась в работе годами.

Мы традиционно молчали до тех пор, пока эти проекты не будут готовы к показу.

Препродакшен — более долгий процесс, чем обычно кажется людям, и существует много переменных по нашим играм, сериалам и прочему.

Кое что новое — более тесная работа с командами Obsidian и Zenimax Online Studios.

Мы воодушевлены тем, что можем начать говорить о том, чем занимались, и ценим вашу поддержку.

«Одиссея» Кристофера Нолана собрала 17,6 миллиона долларов на предпоказах в США — это лучший показатель 2026 годаПервые зрители с Rotten Tomatoes оказались в восторге от картины.

Недавно я осознала, что мне требуется притормозить и пересмотреть взятые на себя обязательства.

После тщательных размышлений я поняла, что необходимо взять время на отдых и должным образом оценить своё ментальное и физическое здоровье.

С такими мыслями я приняла трудное, но необходимое решение отойти от работы над проектом, когда он переходит на следующий этап производства.

Прошлые части достигли этой отметки значительно быстрее.

Ивент, вдохновлённый режимом «Захват авианосца» из BF4, стартует 18 августа.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 тоже радует своего издателя.

Студию могут покинуть до 32 сотрудников.

Он пока не раскрывает, чем займётся дальше.

Честно говоря, некоторое время назад я размышлял над тем, как я могу покинуть свою должность, но не над тем, когда это произойдёт.

Сейчас я об этом не думаю.

Я вижу результат нашей работы, он мне нравится.

Мне нравится работать с коллегами.

В индустрии есть люди и старше меня, и они продолжают создавать интересные продукты.

Ремейк Black Flag получил апдейт, исправляющий проблему с воспроизведением катсцен в 30 fps на ПКВ будущем разработчики добавят режим «Новая игра+».

Лента получилась выдающейся с визуальной и технической точки зрения, однако ей не хватило эмоциональной составляющей.

Bethesda объявила о работе над Fallout 5, а также ремастерами Fallout 3 и New VegasА Obsidian действительно занимается новым спин-оффом франшизы.

Bethesda объявила о работе над Fallout 5, а также ремастерами Fallout 3 и New Vegas

Босс inXile Entertainment Брайан Фарго (Brian Fargo) заверил — в грядущей RPG Clockwork Revolution вам не будут действовать на нервы.

В социальной сети X Фарго признался, что и сам терпеть не может болтливых NPC.

Автоматон-помощница Прентис будет напоминать о себе редко и к месту, утверждает руководитель.

Брайан Фарго , основатель inXile EntertainmentВ комментариях к посту разработчик добавил, что его гейм-дизайнерская философия сформировалась ещё в 1980-х.

XBOX и inXile пока что не раскрыли список запланированных локализаций.

Гейм-директор Marathon Джо Циглер (Joe Ziegler) объявил, что эта пятница станет для него последним днём в Bungie.

Хочу от всего сердца поблагодарить всех вас за то, что поддерживали меня и Marathon в нашей амбициозной миссии — перенести на ваши экраны мрачный и пугающий мир космического выживания.

Эта миссия продолжится и порадует вас новинками и сюрпризами — ждите новостей о том, что́ готовит для вас эта команда!

Мне было приятно следить за историями, которые вы создавали, и за тем, как изобретательно вы находили способы убивать роботов и друг друга.

Джо Циглер , экс-гейм-директор MarathonMarathon доступна на ПК (Steam), PlayStation 5 и Xbox Series.

Любителям сюжетно-ориентированных ролевых игр следует обратить внимание на специальную акцию в Steam — вплоть до 23 июля все желающие могут бесплатно забрать The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante от российских студий Sever и Schisma Games.

Напомним, The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante является текстовой RPG, события которой разворачиваются на страницах дневника обречённого господина Бранте.

За время прохождения в зависимости от принятых решений формируется не только лишь судьба Бранте, но и его личность — от стойкого аристократа до мятежника или религиозного фанатика.

Проложите собственный путь через годы борьбы, честолюбия, жертв и страданий в этой сюжетной ролевой игре, где ваши поступки …

Авторы Disco Elysium уже давно не работают в ZA/UM, однако это не мешает главам студии проводить всё новые сокращения.

Их работа оказала значительное влияние и оставила свой след как в ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies, так и в студии в целом.

Это изменение повлияет на облик студии, но не на её цель.

ZA/UMZERO PARADES вышла под конец мая и собрала в целом положительные отзывы несмотря на весь негатив в сторону руководства ZA/UM и продолжающуюся драму вокруг авторских прав на Disco Elysium.

ZERO PARADES пока доступна только на ПК (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store), но до конца года разработчики планируют релиз на PlayStation 5.

Независимая студия Polyarc выпустила Moss: The Forgotten Relic — объединённый ремейк пазл-приключений Moss и Moss: Book II.

Оригинальные игры были эксклюзивами VR, а в ремейке разработчики переделали весь контент под более привычные платформы.

В Moss: The Forgotten Relic игрокам предстоит провести отважную мышку Куилл по страницам волшебной книги сказок, где её ждут разнообразные испытания и головоломки.

Из особенностей ремейка разработчики выделили:Весь оригинальный контент, включая DLC;Повышенную производительность;Улучшенный визуальный ряд и камеру;Новые катсцены;Функцию пропуска боёв.

Moss: The Forgotten Relic доступна на ПК (Steam), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch и Nintend…

Game of Thrones: War for Westeros — стратегия в реальном времени, основанная на вселенной «Песни льда и пламени».

Изначально релиз был запланирован на 2026 год, но в студии PlaySide посчитали, что проекту требуется больше времени — теперь игра увидит свет только в начале 2027-го.

Мы по-прежнему твёрдо намерены сделать стратегию в реальном времени по миру Вестероса — такую, что устроит и фанатов RTS, и поклонников «Игры престолов».

В War for Westeros команда делает ставку на отзывчивость, поведение юнитов и физику ударов.

Game of Thrones: War for Westeros готовится для ПК (Steam).

Напомним, события GRAFT развернутся в стенах умирающего космического корабля-ковчега, где протагонист пытается попросту спастись.

В сюжете GRAFT исследуется парадокс корабля Тесея — «Можно ли считать корабль тем же, если все его части были со временем заменены?».

Дело в том, что каждая конечность хранит в себе отпечаток предыдущего владельца, будь то характерные повадки или даже целые воспоминания.

Решать только вам.

Останется ли в вас после спасения хоть что-то своего?

Йо-хо-хо и больше 3 миллионов копий — такой теперь тираж у Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced, похвалились в Ubisoft.

Разработчики поблагодарили всех играющих в Black Flag Resynced и напомнили, что готовят режим «Новая игра +».

Вчера же проект получил патч, в котором устранили баг, из-за которого кат-сцены проигрывались в 30 fps, решили проблемы с сохранением и загрузкой, повысили производительность и стабильность и так далее.

Погрузиться в пиратскую жизнь в Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced можно на ПК (Steam, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect), PlayStation 5 и Xbox Series.

С оценками у ремейка всё в порядке — 84 балла на Metacritic и 77 % положительных отзывов от пользователей в ма…

XBOX с id Software и их бывшие сотрудники продолжают участвовать в информационном «перетягивании каната».

Пока экс-работники говорят, что после увольнений в студии почти не осталось спецов по id Tech, представители организации опровергают эти заявления.

Вот ещё одно усилие со стороны id Software: соглава студии и гейм-директор Хьюго Мартин (Hugo Martin) уверяет, что сложившаяся ситуация не так страшна, как может показаться.

Если опираться на юридические документы, из техасского офиса id Software уволили 136 человек — примерно три четверти от прежнего состава.

В настоящее время, если верить СМИ, в id Software приступили к разработке новой части DOOM.

О датах релиза пока говорить рановато, но мы можем подтвердить, что работаем над ремастерами как Fallout 3, так и Fallout: New Vegas.

THE ELDER SCROLLS И НЕ ТОЛЬКОЭтот фундамент простирается не только на наши команды, но и на технологии, инструменты и системы, которые будут обеспечивать работу следующего поколения RPG от Bethesda.

Тем временем многие игроки продолжают исследовать Skyrim и спустя 15 лет с релиза, и мы понимаем, что ожидание продолжения затянулось.

ДАЛЬНЕЙШИЙ ПУТЬВ Bethesda Game Studios мы строим будущее для Fallout, The Elder Scrolls и Starfield.

Мы инвестируем в наши технологии, сближаем команды, поддерживаем наши текущие игры, расширяем горизонты развлечений и разрабатывае…

Ранний концепт 007 First Light предполагал, что Бонд не будет одиночкой, и игра сохранит чувство товарищества с другими агентами.

Сначала Бонд по сути «ребёнок», который «отправляется в весёлые приключения, путешествует по миру и играет в секретного агента».

А потом происходит определённый сюжетный поворот, и герой осознаёт более суровую реальность.

Кроме того, изначально для 007 First Light задумывали более серьёзный тон, так как разработка застала конец бондианы с Дэниелом Крейгом.

Но в итоге IOI смогла найти «своего» Бонда.

Обложка: скриншот игры Lies of PМрачный экшен Lies of P готовится к релизу на Nintendo Switch 2.

Порт выйдет 6 августа, а пока можно взглянуть на его первый геймплей.

Ролик, которым поделился портал All Out Gaming, демонстрирует игровой процесс в двух режимах — в портативном и в док-станции.

Настройки графики везде установлены на «Производительность».

А Neowiz тем временем подготовила свежий трейлер Lies of P: Complete Edition — именно в таком издании игра и доберётся до Switch 2.

Call of Duty: Black Ops и Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 уже как неделю доступны на PlayStation 5 и PlayStation 4.

И за это время они привлекли более 7 млн игроков.

Аудиторию частично раскрыл новый виджет на PlayStation 5, доступный в бета-тесте.

Согласно ему, количество игроков Black Ops 2 за неделю в США достигло 5,25 миллиона, а первой Black Ops — 1,96 миллиона.

Опять же, речь только о PS5 и о конкретном регионе.

Такая щедрость привела к тому, что онлайн MindsEye в Steam показал лучший результат впервые с релиза в июне 2025 года — 244 игрока одновременно.

Build a Rocket Boy устроила для MindsEye акцию с бесплатной игрой в Steam .

Примите участие в гонках, режимах на выживание с волнами врагов и опробуйте созданные сообществом миссии — каждая со своей системой начисления очков и таблицами лидеров».

Сюжетный экшен MindsEye бывшего продюсера Rockstar и серии GTA Лесли Бензиса доступен на PC, PS5 и Xbox Series, и это худшая игра 2025 года на Metacritic.

После провала MindsEye и сокращений Build A Rocket Boy обвинили в ужасных условиях труда.

Создатели Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game представили геймплейный трейлер Захира.

Фанатам вселенной персонаж знаком по мультсериалу «Легенда о Корре», где он выступал в роли главного антагониста третьего сезона.

В Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Захир использует в бою магию воздуха и жестокие физические атаки.

А за его поддержку отвечают герои из ордена Красного лотоса.

Подробный обзор Захира представят 20 июля — вместе с первыми превью Озая, Аанга в состоянии Аватара и Кошмарной вариации Корры.

Дженнифер Инглиш (Шэдоухарт в Baldurʼs Gate 3 и Маэль в Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) не будет озвучивать главную героиню Tides of Annihilation.

Актриса отказалась от участия в проекте «по состоянию здоровья».

В настоящее время идёт запись для демо, которую представят на gamescom 2026.

В Eclipse Glow Games отметили, что замену удалось найти «благодаря поддержке и рекомендациям Инглиш и других членов актёрского состава».

Личность «невероятно талантливой актрисы» пока не раскрывают, но её «недавняя работа в игровой индустрии произвела сильное впечатление как на Дженнифер, так и на команду Tides of Annihilation».

Геймдиректор Marathon (2026) Джо Зиглер объявил о своём уходе из Bungie.

Его место занимает Дел Чейф III, помощник руководителя.

Зиглер (к слову, бывший руководитель Valorant) получил должность в 2024 году.

А до него геймдиректором шутера был Кристофер Барретт — его уволили после многочисленных обвинений в неподобающем поведении.

Вся ситуация вылилась в судебный иск, который только недавно урегулировали.

Создатели Battlefield 6 следом за геймплейным трейлером четвёртого сезона выпустили новый ролик.

На этот раз видео предлагает не только оценить игровой процесс, но и послушать самих разработчиков.

Четвёртый сезон шутера начнётся 21 июля и привнесёт с собой карту Tsuru Reef.

Это будет крупнейшее поле битвы в Battlefield 6.

Оно позволит сражаться как в небесах, так и на земле и на воде — в том числе с помощью нового оружия и нового транспорта.

Продажи Assassinʼs Creed Black Flag Resynced превысили 3 миллиона копий.

При этом отметку в 2 миллиона копий игра покорила уже через сутки после выхода.

Темпы продаж ожидаемо замедлились, и на достижение очередного миллиона потребовалась ещё неделя.

А заодно напомнили о планах добавить в Assassinʼs Creed Black Flag Resynced режим «Новая игра+».

Вчера, напомним, Ubisoft исправилf баги с графикой и FPS в катсценах на PC.

Bethesda опубликовала обращение к игрокам, рассказав о планах по развитию своих серий и успехах текущих проектов.

Собираем самое интересное:В этом году не будет трансляции в честь «дня Fallout» — но в 2027 году Bethesda обещает кое-что особенное в честь 30-летия серии.

Также Bethesda усиливает сотрудничество команд компании: ZeniMax Online Studios будет теснее работать с Bethesda Game Studios над серией The Elder Scrolls, продолжая создавать новый контент для The Elder Scrolls Online.

Bethesda добавляет, что сотрудники компании трудятся над The Elder Scrolls VI (и Fallout 5) — используя движок Creation Engine 3.

В компании довольны тем, как выглядит TES 6, и играют в неё каждый день.

Шутер Gallipoli о противостоянии Британской и Османской империй должен был выйти ещё в мае.

Но релиз перенесли на лето — и вот теперь разработчики назвали дату выхода, 20 августа.

Новая часть серии о Первой мировой будет доступна на PS5, Xbox Series и PC.

Объявление даты релиза сопроводили свежим небольшим трейлером.

В коротком ролике авторы показали, что прислушались к отзывам игроков и улучшили геймплей и визуал шутера.

Скины Ядовитого Плюща и Харли Квинн из летнего события Fortnite вызвали горячие споры в сети.

Новинки называют слишком уж откровенными и неподобающими, учитывая целевую аудиторию игры.

Как оказалось, облики «Курортная Харли» и «Вечнозелёный Плющ» имеют возрастное ограничение.

Они могут использоваться только в режимах, предназначенных для лиц старше 13 лет.

В прошлом возрастное ограничение получали облики вроде Венома или Ксеноморфа из «Чужого».

Игровые журналисты ознакомились с Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, проведя в ней первые три часа.

И в сети уже появились предварительные обзоры с впечатлениями.

Согласно им, Belmontʼs Curse, похоже, «готова соответствовать чрезвычайно высоким стандартам, которые установили её предшественницы», и имеет все шансы стать достойным возвращением классической франшизы.

Но некоторые мелкие «вопросы» к разработчикам тоже возникли.

Журналисту IGN в целом понравилось всё: «великолепные графика и анимация», «увлекательные и динамичные бои» с разнообразным оружием, исследование мира с «должным удовлетворением», а также не слишком сложные боссы на раннем этапе прохождения.

Платформер Moss: The Forgotten Relic о приключениях маленькой и любознательной мыши вышло на PS5, Xbox, Switch и PC.

И разработчики отметили это событие выпуском релизного трейлера, показывающего геймплей со сражениями и решением головоломок.

Новинка, объединившая и улучшившая VR-игры Moss и Moss: Book II, ранее понравилась критикам.

А теперь своё слово сказали игроки.

Пусть отзывов о Moss: The Forgotten Relic в Steam и немного (менее 40 на момент выхода новости) — игра понравилась 94% пользователей.

Российская студия Klukva Games выпустила на PC своё первое творение — ролевую тактику Dead Weight.

В этом рогалике игрокам предстоит выбрать одного из четырёх небесных пиратов, управлять собственным летающим кораблём, исследуя опасные острова и сражаясь с Древними Богами — разумеется, в пошаговых битвах.

И попутно развивать своего персонажа, становясь всё сильнее.

Новинка пришлась по душе игрокам, которые сформировали «очень положительный» рейтинг Dead Weight в Steam.

Тепло оценил рогалик и автор «Игромании».

A24 предложила создателю «Закулисья реальности» контракт на $65 млн — СМИКейна Парсонса также пытаются переманить конкуренты из других голливудских студий.

Тодд Говард анонсировал сразу четыре новых (относительно) Fallout. И пока все радуются, мы задаемся одним вопросом - а почему его не увольняют?Тодд Говард навалил / Анонс Fallout 5, ремастер Fallout 3 и Fallout NV, Fallout от ObsidianYoutube: https://youtu.be/WrZR2qWwEqAVK Video: https://vkvideo.ru/video-192534154_456248698Rutube: https://rutube.ru/video/fbffcf7f530a086ef3814cc08730a227

Стартовала работа над сценарием второго сезона «Фонарей» — инсайдерДо премьеры первого сезона «Фонарей» остаётся ровно месяц, но DC Studios и HBO, похоже, уже работают на опережение.

«Пацаны» обошли Fallout и «Дом Дракона»: объявлены телевизионные номинанты Critics Choice Super AwardsЗа главные жанровые награды поборются супергерои, мутанты, ксеноморфы, драконы и обитатели постапокалиптических пустошей.

Адам Драйвер может сыграть Мистера Синистера, а не Магнето — инсайдер признал ошибкуИнформаторы продолжают делиться подробностями о будущем перезапуске «Людей Икс».

«Доктор Кто» вернётся с новой творческой командой — BBC запустила конкурсЗакрывать франшизу с шестидесятилетней историей BBC не планирует.

Авторы Monument Valley обвинили Apple и Google в бездействии по продвижению мобильных игрРанее Ustwo Games объявила о переходе на стратегию «ПК в первую очередь».

What is Zeus' Law? In Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, the filmmaker uses the gods -- like Zendaya's Athena -- to set up the crux of the film's mystery.

Christopher Nolan has said fans won’t see his next movie for “at least” three years, after directing The Odyssey pushed him to his limits.

English actress Jennifer English is stepping away from her role as the protagonist in Eclipse Glow Games’ Tides of Annihilation due to health issues.

Colman Domingo is in talks to co-write a live-action movie focused on Princess and the Frog protagonist Tiana Rogers alongside playwright and director Robert O’Hara.

From his first film Following to his newest release The Odyssey, we rank the Christopher Nolan movies in order of worst to best.

A great prebuilt system for 1080p and 1440p gaming.

Path of Titans players are going viral for their touching in-game tribute to Sam Neill after news of the actor’s death wracked the Jurassic Park community.

Insomniac Games attempted to drum up excitement when it published a new cinematic trailer for Marvel's Wolverine yesterday, but it didn't take long for it to flood with negative comments from fans who haven't forgiven Sony after it announced plans to cease production of physical discs for PlayStation games.

A Red Bull athlete has broken a world record while recreating the iconic haystack jump from Assassin’s Creed.

These are refurbished units that are indistinguishable from new and include a 2 year warranty.

Ubisoft has confirmed plans to bring New Game Plus to Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced as its remake crosses 3 million copies sold.

What are we all playing this weekend?

This weekend is the eye of the wedding storm, a brief reprieve before heading up to Sheffield next week for further nuptials.

EdwinAfter spending last week at Tennocon, getting up close and personal with Warframe and Soulframe, this weekend Edwin is doing the same with his bedframe.

JeremyMore Black Flag Resynced awaits me this weekend.

You know, he did that thing, at the job, with the uniform…And you, reader dear, what are you playing this weekend…?

Cue a big blog post announcing that Fallout 5's in preproduction alongside the studio's main focus, The Elder Scrolls 6, with both being assembled on a version of the Creation engine put together following Starfield's launch.

Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas remasters have also been confirmed to be on the way, though with no concrete release dates as of yet.

The Elder Scrolls VI is our primary development focus today, with the majority of our team currently working on the next chapter of the franchise."

Meanwhile, in a dedicated Fallout section, Bethesda confirmed Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas remasters are in the works, alongside the "new Fallout project" they're collaborating with New …

The stakes in new DLC Suzerain Stories: The Neutral Lens are significantly smaller.

You are just a journalist, Ilias Moris, the anchor on international news program The Neutral Lens.

Image credit: Torpor GamesOn the question of changing the world, in a more game-y sense, The Neutral Lens won't be considered 'canon'.

The Neutral Lens won't use your save file's timeline, but that doesn't mean you won't report on some of those large events.

The Neutral Lens programme has a tight budget, but you can choose where to establish foreign correspondents.

Answering concerns that The Sims team may face pressure to reduce support for diversity following the Saudi Arabian-backed buyout of EA, senior character artist Jess Hyland says she's not "heard anything" about such a mandate and, if one were introduced, she "would fight it tooth and nail."

Another concern of the buyout, however, is whether EA's new owners would push for cultural change within the company.

A position and set of values some significant Sims players worry is at odds with the developer's potential new owners.

Following the buyout announcement last September, several major Sims creators left the EA Creator Network.

I understand and share Darrah's concern, and that of The Sims' …

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union and their Canadian offshoot CWA Canada have filed unfair labour practice complaints against Microsoft, accusing the company of having mishandled the recent mass layoffs at Xbox.

As reported by Game Developer, the unions' change filed via the US National Labour Relations Board (NRLB) alleges that Microsoft failed to provide information to the CWA and engaged in bad faith bargaining.

"Basically the employer can not arbitrarily change working conditions while it is engaged in negotiating with the union.

"We reached out to the union to begin effects bargaining and are committed to that process," they continued.

The CWA held rallies outside the o…

While reports about Microsoft's mass layoffs have painted a devastating picture, the company and affected studios like Doom developers Id Software have been publicly trying to reassure players that the cuts aren't the end of the world.

Doom: The Dark Ages director Hugo Martin has stuck to that line while acknowledging the layoffs during on official livestream of the game's Revelations DLC, which came out the same week 136 Id workers were shown the door.

"We’re the size we were when we made Doom 2016 and id Tech is very much alive and well.

You have to understand we have id Tech engineers both in Frankfurt and at MachineGames.

So, we are really here to just play the game now and celebrate th…

It's called Remote Control, and in it you most titularly remote control human proxies to explore a derelict spaceship and figure out what went wrong on it.

Remote Control plays out in an odd but brain-engaging way.

As you set out on a mission aboard The Pelican, that aforementioned spaceship, you must first pick your human proxy.

Upon starting a mission your human proxy is plonked somewhere on the shift and then it turns into something of a dungeon crawler crossed with The Typing of the Dead.

Remote Control doesn't have an exact release date just yet, but it's planned for an autumn release this year.

What I have always been is someone who likes platformers, however, even when they're all about that thing they call the beautiful game.

And in the case of Kick, it seems that sidescrolling ball dribbling is actually quite delightful.

In Kick, you play as your average teenage boy who's on his way to school, a football in front of him at all times.

It's a pretty dance too, everything's light and bright and colourful, with some animations that tickled me too.

Kick doesn't have an exact release date just yet, but it is slated for release in November.

Marathon's already announced mid-season 2 update is set to arrive next week, bringing with it the shooter's first proper, albeit experimental, PvE mode, Vault Breaker.

As detailed in said blog post, Vault Breaker is something of a roguelite.

On your runs you'll pick up Vault Data, a new currency where you can upgrade a unique sponsored kit in various ways.

This is done in a new Vault Breaker armory, but you can also use this currency to buy items and gear outside of the mode.

Manage cookie settingsAll of this sounds grand, the only problem is that Vault Breaker is only running from July 21st, when the mid-season update arrives, until August 4th.

Outside of the entirety of the ocean, the thing that probably scares me most about the things the world produces are natural disasters.

You're telling me that sometimes the wind gets so fast it can pick up a dang cow?

The devs have previously framed the game as one akin to survival horror, said tornado acting as the evil critter/beastie/figure hunting you down.

The whole goal is exploring the aforementioned city to find all of the prerequisite parts needed to repair your van so you can escape before the tornado gets too intense.

If any of this tickles your fancy, you can pick up the game on Steam now.

As strange as it might sound, there truly might be no better piece of writing to turn into an anime girl roguelike than Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.

It's the original self-insert fic after all (arguably, anyway), so why shouldn't Hell Maiden put its own little spin on it?

For those that haven't heard of it yet, Hell Maiden is technically a sort of sequel to the original Divine Comedy.

Given that it is an early access release, you should keep your expectations in check for now.

At launch it only has the first two circles of hell, four poets of limbo, and two bosses and one mid-boss.

Promising new medieval vampire role-playing game The Blood of Dawnwalker will be, hallelujah, released on a good old fashioned disc.

The game's director, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, told me this in an interview recently, smiling and stating simply that: "Yes, it is coming to the disc."

The Blood of Dawnwalker disc, however, will contain the full game.

"The full game data is on disc," publisher Bandai Namco clarified for me today, "with a day-one patch recommended."

The Blood of Dawnwalker is due 3rd September, and I played four hours of it recently and was enormously encouraged by it.

Unhinged Developer: Night School StudioNight School Studio Publisher: NetflixNetflix Platform: NetflixNetflix Availability: Streaming now with subscriptionIt's night, the wind howls, and we're outside looking in.

Then comes a noise from the living room, and it's here Night School begins to tighten the screws.

Image credit: Night School Studio/NetflixFrom the outside at least, Netflix's video game strategy has often felt like desperate, directionless flailing.

But if Unhinged is any indication, Night School could, if given more opportunities, be Netflix's secret weapon.

Obviously, I understand why - in this age of subscriptions and yucky retention metrics - Netflix's games strategy has lande…

IO Interactive once considered making 007 First Light more of an ensemble piece than it turned out to be.

Manage cookie settings 007 First Light.Watch on YouTubeBut 007 First Light does not see this approach through.

I don't see James Bond as someone who goes through wide, dramatic arcs.

What's next for IO's James Bond, we don't yet know.

But there's the added complication of Amazon now owning the James Bond franchise and wanting to be involved with whatever happens next.

18th JulyHello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing.

He takes great joy out of my suffering, and this time around he has done a truly terrific job.

I remember playing Bioshock Infinite when I was... 13?

-ConnorThe Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, PCI played Morrowind many, many, many years ago, but always bounced off quite early on.

-Taps007 First Light, PS5I thought Chris had written "The Elder Scrolls 6" there.

Since it was announced at the beginning of June, God of War Laufey has been receiving an unexpected amount of negative criticism.

And a lot of the commentary about the game - of which we've only seen one trailer so far - revolves around the actress playing the eponymous character Laufey in it: Deborah Ann Woll, who reprises the role from God of War (2018).

In a new interview, Woll says she's "totally unbothered" by the anguish surrounding the upcoming new PS5 exclusive - because she knows "it's great".

God of War Laufey currently goes without a release date, but it looks like we can expect to see it in 2027.

In the mean time, we can look forward to the upcoming God of War TV series, which o…

Battlefield 6's upcoming Season 4 continues to look like one of its most exciting seasons yet.

And that Top Gun collaboration will involve more than skins and cosmetics, which is beyond what many people expected.

The pair are the game's first two-seater jets, making Battlefield 6 the first game in the series since Battlefield 2 to include them.

What's more, BF4's Carrier Assault mode has been reborn as Carrier Strike.

Interestingly, Carrier Strike is a limited-time mode, set in the crossover universe and featuring characters and voice-overs from the films.

Bethesda Game Studios has moved to calm concerns about The Elder Scrolls 6 following recent Xbox cuts, telling players that, "The next chapter is on the way.

Reports surfaced after last week's Xbox cuts stating that "key" people from The Elder Scrolls 6 team had been laid off and that morale at the studio had plummeted.

This is despite Microsoft positioning its restructuring as a way to reorganise the Xbox division around its strongest brands - The Elder Scrolls being one of them.

"By aligning more directly across the franchise, we can create even better experiences for players," Bethesda Game Studios said.

The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced eight years ago, long before Starfield had even co…

Bethesda has confirmed that its spacefaring sci-fi RPG Starfield will continue to be supported by the developer, even after suffering layoffs and has refocused on core franchises like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout.

This comes from a staggering blog post from Bethesda Game Studios, which addresses the future of all of its different RPG series.

Starfield gets its own dedicated section, titled "Starfield Continues", Bethesda revealed the game has been played by over 17m players for nearly a billion hours.

According to reports, Bethesda lost key staff, morale was hit hard, and even the developer's highly anticipated Elder Scrolls 6 was impacted.

At the tail end of the post, Starfield is present…

As for the Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, well - they're finally officially real!

In fact, we have a major Fallout 76 expansion planned for next year: Raven Rock, a prequel story to Fallout 3.

While we’re not announcing any dates today, we have been working on remasters for both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.

Fallout Shelter continues to be the most popular way to experience Fallout on the go, with more than 250 million players.

An unscripted Fallout Shelter television project is also in the works with our partners at Amazon Studios and Kilter Films.

However, a recent message from Sabre Interactive's new chief business officer might offer a new hope (sorry).

"That includes Space Marine, [John] Wick, hopefully KOTOR Remake, and a few unannounced titles," Allison wrote.

If you aren't aware what has actually happened to the KOTOR Remake, it's a real doozy.

So maybe this is a real turning point for those desperate for a new version of the classic Star Wars RPG.

Or maybe this is just flavouring the tragic saga that is the KOTOR Remake… Time will tell.

According to data shared by Newzoo (via VGC), players spent approximately $180m on digital pre-orders across the US and European markets during the last week of June.

"That kicks off the strongest pre-order campaign ever recorded," notes Newzoo.

As a result, Newzoo estimates GTA 6 will bring in an eye-watering $4.5bn in its first week, selling through around 51m units.

"Contrary to social media reports, GTA 6 has not done a billion dollars in pre-orders 21 weeks out," notes the Newzoo analysis.

"Run that figure through the plausible band of preorder curves, and GTA VI is on track to book between $3.25 billion and $5.2 billion in week-one launch revenue.

A cinematic trailer has been released for Insomniac Game's upcoming mutant action romp: Marvel's Wolverine.

If you sort the comments by top, you have to scroll by literally dozens of similar posts before you find something not tied to the physical games outrage.

On one hand, the continued anger coming from Sony fans is understandable.

On the other hand, you've really got to feel for Insomniac Games here, and any other developers caught in the crossfire.

One has to wonder though, how big an impact will this public backlash have against the games Sony is championing?

Doom and Quake creator id Software insists it hasn't been "nerfed into the ground and gutted" by Xbox, despite reports to the contrary.

"We're the size we were when we made Doom 2016, and id Tech is very much alive and well.

"You have to understand we have id Tech engineers both in Frankfurt and at MachineGames - we collaborate quite a bit.

The sarcophagus he's referring to is the one at the beginning of Doom 2016, which the Doom Slayer is lying on and 'wakes up' on.

The Doom livestream was recorded in honour of the recent Revelations expansion, which was released last week for Doom: The Dark Ages.

Amazon's upcoming God of War TV show has hit a major obstacle after Kratos actor Ryan Hurst suffered a serious injury on set.

With production schedules not able to accommodate a delay into 2027, the decision to recast Hurst was made.

Hurst also reportedly trained hard for the role, packing on 40lbs of muscle to better resemble the beefy god of war.

Interestingly enough, another Amazon series production was delayed due to its lead actor suffering an injury.

The live-action God of War series started filming only a few months ago, and was deep into production up until this incident.

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Ниже — доля сотрудников в возрасте до 30 лет в конкретных компаниях:Com2uS: в 2023 году — 26,1%, в 2025 году — 20,9%;Wemade: в 2023 году — 22,1%, в 2025 году — 19,1%;KRAFTON: в 2023 году — 19%, в 2025 году — 16,8%;Kakao Games: в 2023 году — 21%, в 2025 году — 14,1%;Netmarble: в 2023 году — 20,1%, в 2025 году — 13%;Neowiz: в 2023 году — 19,7%, в 2025 году — 10,5%;NCSOFT: в 2023 году — 13,2%, в 2025 году — 7,8%.

В то же время почти во всех упомянутых выше компаниях подросла доля сотрудников старше 50 лет — в среднем до 5-6%.

Связано ли происходящее с возможным уменьшением найма начинающих специалистов или с чем-то еще — в материале СhosunBiz не уточняется, но издание отметило другую любопытну…

Компания Scopely провела структурные перестановки в команде, занимающейся развитием Stumble Guys — party-игры в духе Fall Guys.

Stumble GuysКак объяснила Scopely, она пошла на такие меры после анализа показателей Stumble Guys.

В рамках реорганизации пришлось расстаться с рядом сотрудников, но компания надеется, что в конечном счете перестановки хорошо отразятся на игре.

Scopely добавила, часть пострадавших сотрудников она перевела на другие проекты, а остальным пообещала помочь с поисками новой работы.

Над Stumble Guys трудится финская студия Kitka Games.

Вместо традиционного подведения итогов полугодия мы подготовили большой отчет о состоянии жанров в Steam.

основные жанры (Top-Level или Super-Genre) — экшены, приключения, RPG, стратегии и т.д.

;жанры в широком смысле, которые вытекают из верхнеуровневых (просто Genre) — платформеры, визуальные новеллы, JRPG, глобальные стратегии и т.д.

Именно так мы и поступали, когда исследовали отдельные ниши и выпускали по ним бенчмарки: RTS, айдлеры, adult-проекты, пошаговые стратегии и т.д.

Прежде чем перейти к результатам и выводам, немного данных о рынке Steam в целом по итогам полугодия:

По словам активистов, Microsoft перед увольнениями в XBOX должна была связаться с профсоюзами в дочерних студиях и провести переговоры, но она так не сделала.

Представители Microsoft в комментарии СМИ заявили, что в действительности переговоры с профсоюзами активно идут.

Отметим, что ранее несколько уже бывших сотрудников XBOX в интервью с Game Developer тоже пожаловались на бардак при проведении увольнений.

Утверждается, что многие работники не смогли попасть на созвоны и в итоге были вынуждены узнавать нужную информацию окольным путем.

Всего Microsoft в рамках реструктуризации XBOX намерена расстаться с 3 200 сотрудниками: из них половину сократили сейчас, а еще половину уволят в течение …

30 июня 2026-го у PulluP Entertainment завершился первый квартал текущего финансового года.

Его результатами компания поделилась в свежем отчете.

Компания Roblox продолжает внедрять искусственный интеллект в свою одноименную платформу.

Она анонсировала инструмент под названием Build, способный генерировать прототипы игр на основе их описания.

Как утверждает компания, пользователям достаточно подготовить промт, после чего Build создаст игровые локации, персонажей, звуковые дорожки, геймплейные механики и другие необходимые элементы для прототипа.

При желании в дальнейшем все это можно доработать вручную, сделав уже полноценную игру, и опубликовать в Roblox.

Сейчас Roblox помимо Build работает над рядом ИИ-агентов — для тестирования игр, для аналитики и для проведения экспериментов по повышению вовлеченности, удержания пользователей и …

Он пояснил, что добавление рекламы в игры открывает большие возможности для монетизации, но если ее не планировать с самого начала, то потом интеграция будет выглядеть не слишком органичной.

«В случае если изначально проектировать игру, подразумевая наличие рекламы и взаимодействия с брендами, все становится гораздо проще.

Менеджер признал, что в одни игры встраивать рекламу проще, чем в другие.

Например, ее легко представить в спортивных тайтлах, потому что в реальной жизни спортивные состязания так или иначе полны рекламного контента.

Также Дао напомнил, что в прошлом месяце EA запустила рекламную платформу EA Advertising, позволяющую брендам рекламироваться в ее играх.

Выручка греческого рынка азартных игр в 2025 году достигла 3,07 млрд евро, следует из отчета гемблинг-регулятора страны.

По сравнению с 2024 годом выручка от iGaming в Греции увеличилась на 10,5%.

Отдельно регулятор посчитал объем поступлений в бюджет Греции от гемблинг-рынка.

По итогам прошлого года он составил 1,17 млрд евро, что на 11,2% больше в годовом выражении.

Онлайн-операторы обеспечили 736,94 млн евро таких поступлений, государственная лотерея OPAP — 326,66 млн евро, казино — 61,76 млн евро, а остальные гослотереи — 42,6 млн евро.

На взятие миллионной отметки у кооперативного симулятора экипажа самолета ушло два дня с момента анонса.

Она еще не приступала к маркетинговой кампании для Dear Passengers, в том числе не платила никаким стримерам, поэтому такая популярность игры стала приятным сюрпризом и для самих разработчиков.

В результате к утру 17 июля Dear Passengers поднялась на 24 место в топе самых ожидаемых игр в Steam, опередив PUBG: Black Budget, State of Decay 3, Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy и тысячи других проектов.

Пока остается вопросом, сколько вишлистов Dear Passengers в итоге конвертируются в продажи, но в любом случае игра уже заручилась большим вниманием.

Релиз Dear Passengers по плану должен состоять…

Сейчас Hela: of Mice & Magic занимает 70 место в топе самых ожидаемых проектов в Steam, располагаясь между ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs и KYORA.

Зато компании сообщили, что Hela: of Mice & Magic в целом завирусилась в сети и ролики по игре накопили свыше 140 млн органических просмотров.

«Мы невероятно благодарны игрокам со всего мира за поддержку, которую получает Hela: of Mice & Magic.

Hela: of Mice & Magic — это кооперативная 3D-адвенчура с элементами платформера.

Релиз Hela: of Mice & Magic состоится в четвертом квартале 2026-го на ПК, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series и Nintendo Switch 2.

GTA VIНапомним, предзаказы GTA VI открылись 25 июня.

Учитывая географию аудитории GTA V, аналитики предположили, что по всему миру доходы новой части с предзаказов за этот срок превысили 260 млн долларов.

Ни одна другая игра прежде не достигала подобных значений, причем предзаказы GTA VI — а вместе с ними и выручка — продолжают расти.

В Newzoo прогнозируют, что по итогам релизной недели GTA VI продастся тиражом как минимум в 37 млн копий и заработает 3,25 млрд долларов.

Ни Rockstar Games, ни ее материнская компания Take-Two Interactive пока не делились цифрами по GTA VI.

А в топе по текущей активности добавлений в вишлисты она и вовсе заняла первое место.

Как признаются разработчики, они не ожидали, что Dear Passengers вызовет настолько большой ажиотаж.

Мы создавали Dear Passengers как игроки — для игроков, и, если честно, до сих пор пытаемся осознать, что вообще произошло.

В Dear Passengers предстоит играть за экипаж пассажирского самолета, принадлежащего «худшей в мире авиакомпании».

Точная дата релиза Dear Passengers неизвестна, но ожидается, что игра выйдет до конца 2026-го.

9 июля в Москве состоялась бизнес-конференция для разработчиков и издателей «Игровая Индустрия» .

ОтзывыМинувшая сессия «Игровой Индустрии» стала уже седьмой по счету, а именно в Москве она прошла в третий раз.

Дмитрий Алешин Сооснователь и директор по развитию бизнеса LootНе помню, какая по счету для меня это уже «Игровая Индустрия», но каждый раз это не просто конференция, а встреча друзей.

Среди движков лидировал Unity с долей в 61%, второе место досталось Unreal Engine 4 и 5 с долей в 20%.

Она повествует о молодом астрономе, который поймал странный сигнал из космоса с обратным отсчетом и теперь пытается разобраться в происходящем.

Российский магазин приложений RuStore больше не будет принадлежать VK.

В анонсе соглашения VK обошлась без подробностей, поэтому неизвестно, ни в какую сумму она оценила стор, ни когда примерно должна завершиться сделка.

Также в последних отчетах VK рапортовала о стабильном росте выручки RuStore, но ее размер не раскрывала.

В середине июля Евросоюз внес VK в санкционный список, а немногим ранее из App Store были удалены принадлежащие компании приложения.

Не исключено, что продажа RuStore связана с этими событиями, но VK не стала ничего пояснять.

Как сообщают аналитики, больше всего денег традиционно досталось Tencent — она одна за январь-июнь 2026-го получила с IAP свыше 5 млрд долларов.

Scopely — 1,53 млрд долларов (-8%);4.

Microsoft — 1,36 млрд долларов (-7%);5.

Playrix — 1,18 млрд долларов (-1%);7.

Microfun — 1,06 млрд долларов (+30%);8.

This week's forecast from S&P Global Market Intelligence gives us a bit of a starting point for thinking about those long term effects.

Focused solely on the console market, it predicts overall sales slumping to around 27 million units next year, down from highs of over 45 million in the first half of this decade.

"What this forecast comes down to is 25 to 30 million 'missing' console sales over the course of five years"Even so, let's accept the optimistic forecast for the sake of argument.

What this forecast comes down to is, effectively, somewhere in the region of 25 to 30 million "missing" console sales over the course of five years.

Wherever the blame lies, the outcome is the same: the …

Todd Howard, executive producer and game director at Bethesda Game Studios, has published a note outlining the company's plans over the coming years, including Fallout 5 and The Elder Scrolls 6, as well as remasters of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, and a Fallout Shelter TV show.

In terms of the plans for Fallout, Howard said the franchise was one of the studio's biggest priorities, noting that Fallout 4 has now sold more than 35 million copies.

"ZeniMax Online Studios will partner closely with Bethesda Game Studios on The Elder Scrolls franchise, while continuing to deliver incredible new experiences for The Elder Scrolls Online."

"Across Bethesda Game Studios, we're building for the fu…

22% of UK games industry workers have experienced job loss in the last three years, including redundancies, studio closures, and the end of fixed-term contracts.

This data comes from UKIE, which has released the third edition of its industry census, now called the UK Games Industry Workforce Demographics Survey.

Professor Mark Taylor designed, conducted, and authored the survey, which is based on responses from 1,610 UK games industry professionals collected between November 2025 and January 2026.

The UK games workforce is predominantly White at 88%, with White British representation increasing in more senior roles.

33% of the UK games workforce identifies as LGBTQIA+, significantly higher …

Gamecity Hamburg has announced that its second round of funding for prototypes will open this September.

The committee also includes Dennis Schoubye (Head of Gamecity Hamburg), Nina Müller (VP of Publishing & Development Services, Goodgame Studios) and Valentina Birke (Director of Indie Arena Booth/Super Crowd Entertainment).

"With this year's second round of funding, we're helping developers launch game projects in Hamburg," said Schoubye.

In May, Gamecity Hamburg announced the recipients of its first round of funding.

Pipapo Games, Chasmic Drop Studios, and Bird Outside Studios previously participated in Gamecity Hamburg's Lift Incubator.

There's a collective realisation that we can no longer go back to the old ways of doing things, and that instead the UK industry has to find ways to adapt to the new normal.

More generally, it feels like the UK industry is done with hand-wringing and is determined to save itself.

Germany announced in January that it would fund its games industry to the tune of €125 million in 2026.

Filling that funding gap for prototypes remains one of the biggest challenges facing the UK industry.

That prototype funding will have to come from somewhere for UK developers to continue to produce innovative new games.

Pre-orders for GTA 6 began on June 24, with the game set to launch at $79.99 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S as a digital-only release.

Newzoo forecasts that sales of Rockstar's highly anticipated title could reach $3.3 billion to $5.2 billion by the end of its launch week in November.

The data firm suggests GTA 6 will follow a typical sequel pre-order curve, with pre-orders representing 5.8% of cumulative total sales.

Newzoo predicts GTA 6 is on track to reach $4.5 billion in sales by launch week, selling approximately 51 million units at its average price.

"Contrary to social media reports, GTA 6 has not done a billion dollars in pre-orders 21 weeks out," said Newzoo management cons…

Romy Halfweeg is Business Development Manager at web gaming platform Poki.

When the web isn't rightThe web isn't going to be the right home for every studio.

| Image credit: Mind CandyGen Alpha leads web adoption because browser games appeal to that demographic's preference for short-form, instant access entertainment.

The games that work on webIt's therefore encouraging that the technology is ready to support web games made by all sizes and backgrounds of developers.

Then, if your game performs well, expand it through ongoing updates to grow to a bigger web game over time.

Games London has announced that the London Games Festival will move to a central venue in 2027.

The full London Games Festival programme will run from April 12 to April 19, 2027.

We look forward to showing what a modern, creative and curated spin on a major international games showcase looks like in this iconic venue."

Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries Justine Simons added: "London is one of the world's leading cities for games makers, and the London Games Festival has played a major role in that success.

Earlier this year, London Games Festival hosted 30 events across the city, attracting over 100,000 visitors from 61 countries.

But not everything Blackbird has worked on is public, such is the often secretive nature of co-development contracts.

And then there's another person that'll say, 'Oh, if I work on that, my kids will think I'm Gandalf, and that's the best thing I could ever work on'.

So I think you have to invest the time into talking with individual people and see who's excited about it.

Blackbird worked on the Terran Armada DLC for Starfield | Image credit: Bethesda SoftworksBut it's not as simple as just doing everything the client asks.

When cancellations do happen, McGuire says Blackbird can usually find homes for the developers on another project within a couple of months.

The Develop:Star Awards 2026 were held last night, where Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continued its success by winning three awards.

Sandfall Interactive's title was recognised for Best Game, Best Narrative, and Best Audio.

Frontier Developments was named Best Studio after launching Jurassic World Evolution 3, while Landfall and Aggro Crab's Peak received Best Original IP.

Sony Interactive Entertainment received the Publishing Star award, and Sucker Punch Productions' Ghost of Yōtei won Best Visual Art.

No Man's Sky took home the inaugural Best Ongoing Game award, and FuturLab's PowerWash Simulator was recognised for Best Mobile Game.

Mobile game Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem will be shut down on October 15, 2026.

Developed by Aquiris Game Studio and published by Scopely in 2018, the game will be removed from app stores on August 23.

We don’t take that lightly, and it’s with real sadness that we say goodbye to this wonderful community."

Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem joins a growing list of mobile games scheduled for shutdown.

No reason was provided, and there will be no offline version, unlike Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp after its 2024 shutdown.

Leadership at ZeniMax Online Studios were caught up in last week's Xbox layoffs, including studio head Joseph Burba.

The letter states that former head of business operations Josh Henderson will succeed Burba as studio head, working with game director Nick Giacomini.

Additional senior positions at ZSO were impacted, including studio operations director, studio audio director, studio art manager, vice president and controller, and vice president of global sales and business development.

Game File noted it could not confirm that all these roles were from ZeniMax Online Studios, as the list of affected positions also includes Bethesda Game Studios and its central publishing office.

In total, 2…

GamesIndustry.biz contacted a range of external development studios – including Airship, CodeDev, Code Wizards, Huey Games, Lab42, Pipeworks, Redcatpig, Sumo Digital, Tanglewood Games, and Third Kind Games – to ask what they think.

Should you work on your own games as an external development studio?

"We put our clients and our external development work first.

But even though relatively risk-free external development is Huey Games' main priority, Hewson acknowledges that creating original games provides useful experience.

"We completely understand that studios are four different forms: pure game studios, service providers to game studios, game studios who are doing work-for-hire/exdev tempor…

Now, after well over a decade of porting and updating Minecraft, 4J is having a stab at making its own Minecraft-style game: Reforj.

After years trying to get Minecraft to work on all sorts of devices, the team had a few ideas about what their own, homegrown game engine might look like.

"The design team set about coming up with pitches based on different types, different genres, different audiences, very different games," says Gomez.

The broadest one was what became Reforj: a survival crafting game in the vein of Hytale or Minecraft.

"I mean, my background is I've done a ton of writing for different games before, so I am a story guy, I'm a narrative guy."

Glen Schofield has announced his retirement after a 35-year career in the industry.

"The past couple of decades have been some of the greatest times in video games," Schofield said in a video posted to LinkedIn.

"Some of the best games have come out over these times, [from] some of the greatest talent in the world I've been able to work with.

I had a front row seat to one of the greatest creative explosions in history."

"This is an amazing industry, with so many talented people, and I know times are tough right now, but the future is really, really bright.

Whether you’re running a Switch on the go, playing Xbox in another room, or extending your gaming laptop setup, a secondary display changes everything.

In other words, sharp images regardless if you’re gaming on the Switch, connecting a PS5 or extending your PC setup for extra workspace.

Plug it into your console and you’re good in an instant for big-screen console gaming in a hotel room.

You’re able to game in landscape orientation for hardcore gaming, switch it up into portrait orientation for livestream conversations, coding sessions, or reading files.

It’s the type of display that transitions from gaming into productivity and does so without losing anything.

EcoFlow’s best‑selling Delta 2 hits a record‑low $429 on Amazon as the brand clears stock after launching the Delta 3.

EcoFlow built its reputation on one device: the Delta 2.

It became the go‑to power station for campers and anyone who needed quick and reliable energy without the fumes or noise of a gas generator.

See at AmazonSimilar Performance Than Delta 3Although the Delta 3 has some improvements, the Delta 2 still meets the same sweet spot in terms of power, speed, and reliability all at a significantly lower price.

With a 1024Wh capacity and peak output of 1800W, the station can power most household devices, tools, or entertainment equipment.

Here’s my ranking of the toughest battles in Final Fantasy Tactics and some tips for how to beat them.

Fovoham WindflatsWhy it’s hard: Any fight against a character with Holy Knight abilities is bullshit, and the game throws this one at you super early.

What to do about it: This is the one battle I’ve never tried to beat without cheese.

Final Fantasy Tactics loves these little duels but they completely subvert the normal strategies the game usually incentivizes.

What to do about it: Not to sound like a broken record but you can try to break Wiegraf’s sword.

Well, a big ol’ Yakuza franchise sale, happening now on Steam, might help you finally check out this popular series.

And (almost) all of those games are currently on sale on Steam as part of a big Yakuza franchise sale that ends on October 23.

The other odd duck here is Yakuza 3 Remastered, which isn’t on sale despite being included in the sales event page.

Perhaps Sega made a mistake, and it will be marked down to $11 like most of the other Yakuza games in the sale.

Here are all the games currently on sale as part of the ongoing Yakuza/Like A Dragon sales event:

A major revelation for Pokémon fans is tucked in a corner of Lumiose CityI’m very early in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, but I just found something in Lumiose City I had to tell somebody about, or I might explode.

That’s what nearly happened to me, but luckily, I did stumble upon the Lumiose Museum in the northeast corner of the city.

If you’ve played Pokémon Legends: Arceus, you’re gonna want to stop by this place and check out one of this museum’s exhibits.

Arceus players will know that Hisui is the previous name of the Sinnoh region from Diamond and Pearl, and the historical setting of the last Legends game.

So one way or another, history has not forgotten them and what they accomplis…

And while many are excited to hop in and start catching pocket monsters, many fans aren’t happy with Z-A‘s small and boring map, which lacks the environmental variety found in past Pokémon games.

This location first appeared in 2013’s Pokémon X and Y. In those games, Lumiose City was just one of many locations included in the large open world.

However, in Z-A, Lumiose City is essentially the entire playspace, and that’s proving to be a disappointing fact for some players.

However, Z-A’s map isn’t just small, it also lacks visual variety.

At least if you buy the game on Switch, it mostly looks the same as the Switch 2 version.

Players have tested this on Pokémon they’ve found in the overworld, and it seems like, unless you defeat it in battle, Shiny Pokémon don’t despawn.ÂI found a Shiny Magikarp.

Enjoy pic.twitter.com/tA42rUM9iv — SBCoop (@SBCoop89) October 15, 2025LZA has special behavior to keep shiny Pokémon from despawning!

The game stashes up to 10 shiny Pokémon and keeps them from despawning if you leave the area.

Missing out on a Shiny can feel devastating, and fucking it up may lead to viral moments, but would you rather have a funny story or a Shiny Pokémon in your collection?

Now, if a Shiny Pokémon spawns nearby, you’ll hear a short jingle to signal to you that it’s somewhere in your vic…

Schofield’s last big game was 2022’s Dead Space-like The Callisto Protocol.

But the last time Schofield went to the publisher to talk Dead Space, it wasn’t interested.

“I went to [EA] recently and they’re like no, we’re not interested anymore,” Schofield told IGN.

“I said, ‘I can get back the leadership team.’ I need the models from [Dead Space remake developer] EA Motive, and I can save you 30 to 40 million dollars on the idea that I have.

'”But now that EA is set to be bought up by Saudi Arabia, assuming the United States government doesn’t get involved and block the deal, Schofield thinks there’s a chance for Dead Space 4 to happen, or at least for the franchise to be sold off and …

Treating yourself to a brand new pair of Beats earbuds costs less than $100 now.

One of our favorite in-ear options, the Beats Studio Buds, is back on sale.

See at AmazonTwo Listening Modes, Both Equally GreatThis pair gets you two listening modes: Active Noise Canceling mode and Transparency mode.

These also play nicely with both Apple and Android devices, so compatibility won’t be an issue, even though Beats is owned by Apple.

All things considered, the Beat Studio Buds can be a great investment for anyone looking for better sound, different listening modes, and a solid battery life.

The massively discounted bundle goes toward supporting charityThe Destiny 2 2025 Charity Bundle is almost too good to pass up.

At the same time, the bundle includes every paid piece of content for the game, including the upcoming Star Wars Renegades expansion, for half the price of a new game.

That’s infected the rest of the loot shooter with changes to the grind, gear, and progression that make the entire game a drag right now.

The Star Wars-themed expansion is teasing some interesting ideas and new modes.

So if nothing else, consider the charity bundle a super cheap ticket to witness the rebirth of Destiny 2.

Space Marine 2 will let you play multiplayer as much as you want for a limited timeWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is getting a free demo for anyone who hasn’t already played one of the best shooters of 2025.

The free demo will be available from October 16-20 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S and until October 23 on PC via Steam.

Space Marine 2 is a sequel to the cult-favorite Xbox 360-era third-person shooter that delivers an old-school emphasis on meat and potatoes gunplay but with the impressive visuals of a modern blockbuster.

If you choose to take the plunge, Space Marine 2 is currently half-off on console ($35) and 55 percent off on PC ($30).

But don’t forget, you’ll need a Game P…

Save 37% on two of the Govee pro gaming light bars over at Amazon for a limited time.

Specifically, these pro gaming light bars come in a two-pack and have been discounted by 37%.

Each pro gaming light bar has three sides of illumination to cast colored light all across your gaming desk and room.

See at AmazonControl your Govee pro gaming lights bars via the smart companion app on your phone.

These Govee pro gaming light bars can be just the decor your PC gaming desktop needs.

Not only is it still, allegedly, developing a Star Wars game, but the studio known for single-player story-focused games is now also working on a competitive multiplayer game called Spellcasters.

Quantic Dream has had quite the odd last few years, perhaps driving its desire for radical change.

Then, for one final surreal twist, Quantic Dream won part of this case but without ever disproving the allegations.

But what about Star Wars: Eclipse?

And that’s also, we are led to believe, still making Star Wars: Eclipse.

SanDisk’s SSD hits a record‑low price for ultra‑fast, durable storage on the go.

Speed, reliability, and toughness: that’s what really matters when you’re juggling files between your laptop or camera.

The SanDisk 2TB Extreme portable SSD checks all those boxes while hitting its lowest price ever on Amazon.

Right now, it’s down to $149 from $209 which is the cheapest it’s ever been for this storage powerhouse.

On top of the existing 29% discount, it’s probably the lowest price-to-performance ratio available from SanDisk in years.

Your laptop shouldn’t slow you down, whether you’re using it for work or studies.

Thankfully, grabbing a new machine right now doesn’t break the bank, as Amazon just dropped the 16-inch Dell touchscreen laptop to $1,000, a massive 62% off its original price.

And as if that wasn’t enough, you’re also getting a 4-in-1 accessory bundle worth almost $400 thrown in for absolutely free with your purchase.

Windows 11 Pro comes pre-installed as part of the accessory bundle, meaning you will have instant access to a bunch of productivity and security features right out of the box.

You’re saving a whopping 62%, plus getting a free accessory bundle of all the essentials that make it easier…

London Games Festival will expand a number of its core events for 2027 with a move to the Business Design Centre as its central venue next year.

The full London Games Festival will run across Monday 12 April to Monday 19 April in 2027; activity at the Business Design Centre will take place on Thursday 15 April through to Saturday 17 April.

Other events from organiser Games London, including its Ensemble exhibition and Screen Play conference, will still take place at other venues.

London Games Festival is delivered by Games London, an initiative from Film London, the capital’s screen industries agency.

Justine Simons OBE, Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries, said: “London is…

The winners of the Develop:Star Awards 2026, hosted at the Brighton Dome during Develop:Brighton, have been revealed.

The Develop:Star Awards saw winners crowned in 18 categories before this year’s Develop:Star Award recipient, Monument Valley-creator ustwo games, was celebrated for its contributions to the video game industry.

Big winners on the night include Frontier Developments, which took home Best Studio following a banner year in which the company released Jurassic World Evolution 3.

Elsewhere Sandfall Interactive and Kepler Interactive continued their winning run with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, winning Best Game, Best Narrative and Best Audio.

The Develop:Star Awards will return n…

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Riot Games has revealed the full details for League of Legends Classic, the biggest update for the game in over a decade, ahead of its launch on Wednesday, July 29.

You’ve been asking for this for years, and honestly, a lot of us at Riot have missed that early League feeling too.

We want League Classic to scratch that itch while still bringing something new to the table.

Whether you’ve been here since the beginning or you’re coming back after years away, we want this to feel like home.”

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After nine years of public relations service at Bethesda Softworks, Jonnie Bryant today moves to team17 to join the independent publisher’s expanding marketing team as Communications Director.

Jonnie brings a wealth of experience to this new position having previously worked at Vivendi Universal, Take 2 Interactive, Blizzard Entertainment, Jagex, The Pokémon International Company and Bethesda Softworks – where he departs his most recent role as Global PR Director.

While set to immediately engage with media relationships for Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, WARDOGS and Silver Pines – all scheduled…

Saber Interactive, the global video game studio behind acclaimed, best-selling titles such as Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, SnowRunner, and World War Z, is thrilled to announce the addition of Steve Allison as its new Chief Business Officer.

Allison joins Saber with over 30 years of executive experience in the games industry.

He has most recently served as Vice President at Epic Games, where he led the formation and launch of the Epic Games Store and Epic’s third-party publishing.

Allison will join Saber as a leading member of the executive team, managing publishing, marketing and other revenue opportunities.

“Steve Allison has done more to shape and modernize the game industry than any…

Tencent has announced “Worlds of Play: The Game Art Exhibition,” a first-of-its-kind global art exhibition co-hosted with leading game studios from around the world, set to take place during gamescom 2026.

Showcasing 40 iconic game titles through gallery-worthy artworks and immersive installations — some making their global debut — the exhibition celebrates the artistry and cultural significance of game creation.

“Worlds of Play” will be open to media, influencers, and the public from August 27 to 29 at WASSERMANNHALLE, Cologne, Germany.

Spanning five immersive zones, the exhibition brings together an extraordinary lineup of game IPs from both Tencent’s in-house studios and partner studios …

KRAFTON, Inc. has announced that MIMESIS, a four-player co-op horror title from KRAFTON’s creative studio ReLU Games, has surpassed two million cumulative copies sold worldwide.

Last month’s major update added further content to the game’s Early Access run, helping drive the new sales record.

MIMESIS passed one million copies sold worldwide within 50 days of its Early Access launch last October, and crossed the two million mark following last month’s update.

Major Content UpdateLast month’s update improved the creature’s behaviour and reworked the game’s progression and difficulty, driving the latest sales spike.

“We’ll keep building on that momentum as MIMESIS grows.”MIMESIS is available i…

[Event news] Screen Burn to sponsor the Development Impact Award at the MCV/DEVELOP Women in Games AwardsShare FacebookTwitterLinkedInScreen Burn Interactive has been announced as the sponsor of the Development Impact Award at the forthcoming Women in Games Awards.

Jon McKellan, CEO & Director at Screen Burn Interactive, said:“Supporting the Women in Games Awards for us is about recognising the people who are helping shape a stronger future for our industry.

The window for nominations will close on August 3rd, at which point a finalists list will be decided upon.

Sponsors for this year’s event include Screen Burn Interactive, Alan Boswell Group, CCP Games, and EA Playdemic.

Games Aid are th…

Innovecs Games will be at Develop:Brighton 2026, with Nader Alikhani, VP of Innovecs Games, joining this year’s speaker lineup in Brighton.

Nader will present “PARTy Composition: Building Balanced Art Teams In An Unbalanced Industry” on Wednesday, 15 July, from 2:00 to 2:45 pm in Room 2 as part of the Art track.

The session starts from a simple point: every game needs art, but not every game needs the same mix of artists at the same moment.

The thread running through it is practical: which art problems need solving now, which ones can wait, and what a balanced art team actually looks like when resources are limited.

Nader brings more than 22 years of experience across game development in ar…

FORMATGG: The Ultimate Gaming Social, Europe’s largest games industry social event, is officially returning to Liverpool on Friday, October 2nd, 2026, with its biggest and most ambitious Liverpool edition to date, taking place at BOXPARK Liverpool.

And it will be making its way to the heart of Liverpool this October.

( https://format.gg/ )FORMAT: After Hours, the official after party event of FORMAT: The Ultimate Gaming Social, in which 150–300 attendees, ranging from gamers, game studios, and community leaders, for a continuation of celebrating FORMAT uniting the global games industry together through business networking.

The FORMAT Group team has announced the official launch dates for FO…

Atari has announced that Andreas Deptolla has been appointed President, Atari Europe, a new position reporting to Wade Rosen, Atari chairman and CEO.

In this role, Deptolla will oversee Atari’s growing European presence, including development studios in the UK and Sweden, and business operations in Germany.

“Since joining Atari in 2023, Andreas has established himself as a valued and influential leader, contributing to the company´s revitalization,” said Wade Rosen, Chairman and CEO of Atari.

Based in Munster, Germany Andreas established and oversees the company’s IT, computer engineering, reporting and analytics capabilities, which have given the company a data-driven edge in the highly co…

Global demand for gaming gift cards and vouchers continues to accelerate as players increasingly use them to manage spending across digital entertainment.

Razer Gold, PlayStation Network, and Steam remained among the most popular gaming gift cards during the first half of 2026.

Digital gift cards have become an increasingly popular way to store and spend value, offering greater flexibility across console networks, digital storefronts, and subscription services.

Beyond gift cards, G2A.COM‘s marketplace data indicates continued growth across digital gaming.

As blockbuster releases and peak shopping periods approach, we expect gaming gift cards to play an even bigger role in how consumers mana…

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInTaking place next week, between 14 – 16 July, we can’t wait to bring the game dev community together to mark our 20th anniversary.

Whether you’re a seasoned studio leader, an aspiring indie developer, or you’re new to our amazing industry, Develop:Brighton offers something for everyone.

To maximise on the networking opportunity at Develop:Brighton, we offer a networking tool – Meet@Develop – which all registered visitors can use to contact each other and set up meetings to connect with fellow industry guests.

10 independently developed games have been shortlisted by a panel of industry experts based on the games’ innovation & originality.

Each year, there’s an a…

Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInFenris Creations has been announced as the sponsor of the Rising Star category at this year’s Women in Games Awards event.

George Kelion, Fenris Creations’ Communications Director, said:“Fenris Creations is delighted to support the Women in Games Awards again this year as sponsor of the Rising Star category.

Events like this play an important role in celebrating the talent, creativity and achievements of women across the games industry, while helping to spotlight the next generation of leaders, makers and innovators.

We’re proud to support an award that recognises emerging talent and helps encourage a more visible, inclusive and inspiring future for games.”You c…

The National Videogame Museum is turning its gallery over to players and fans in a unique exhibition that puts personal videogame stories, memories and collections centre stage.

‘Together We Play’ launches on 18th July and celebrates the communities, collections, friendships, and spaces created through a shared love of videogames.

The ‘Your Videogame Stories’ mural celebrates player stories and memories, collected from hundreds of conversations with players and fans across the UK.

Featured items include a Guinness World Record collection of Tomb Raider videogames and highlights from the Mario Museum, a vast personal collection of Mario games and Nintendo memorabilia.

National Videogame Muse…

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The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 might overwhelm smartphones due to its higher power requirements when running taxing workloads, but give it sufficient breathing room, complemented with proper cooling, and it’ll produce results that you wouldn’t believe possible.

In the latest comparison, Qualcomm’s latest and greatest SoC proves it can effortlessly take on AMD’s Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme and deliver equivalent framerates in games while utilizing nearly half the power and half the internal space.

After looking at these results, you’d be convinced that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro can secure a spot in gaming handhelds, but there are other lurking problems, with performance being the least worrisom…

AMD Medusa Point "Zen 6" CPUs are making some decent progress, and if we go by the latest benchmark numbers, these are faster than we expected.

10-Core amd Medusa Point Engineering Sample Delivers 3,329 Points in Single and 16,555 Points At 5.4 GHz in Multi-Core Geekbench TestsLooks like we underestimated the Medusa Point a bit.

Nearly 10 days ago, we posted the first-ever benchmarks for a 10-core/20-thread Medusa Point APU, which appeared on Geekbench.

We took one of the average scores for the Ryzen AI 9 365 chip, ensuring the comparison remains fair.

It also looks like we finally have a taste of Medusa Point "Zen 6" clock speeds which are operating at 300 MHz higher than the fastest Strix…

OpenAI's head of strategic futures responds to Kimi K3's ascendancy by theorizing that an open-weight-model-dominant world is equivalent to "full AI communism"As we explained in a recent post, Moonshot has just unveiled its brand-new, open-source Kimi K3 model, which spans 2.8 trillion parameters, and is designed specifically for frontier-scale intelligence.

While Moonshot likely distilled the model's foundations from Anthropic's Claude, the Kimi K3 does sport a novel KV cache-related architecture, called Kimi Delta Attention or KDA.

This is the pattern that then emerges:Assistant 1 (KDA): Keeps a quick summary note.

Assistant 2 (KDA): Keeps a quick summary note.

In my fairly limited use, i…

CONTROL Resonant is Remedy Entertainment's sequel to 2019's critically acclaimed Control, and it arrives as one of the most dramatic pivots in the studio's history.

The game entered full production in February 2025 and was publicly unveiled as CONTROL Resonant at The Game Awards on December 11, 2025.

Alan Wake 2 launched in October 2023, so when CONTROL Resonant debuts on September 24, 2026, it will have been less than three years since their last game.

CONTROL Resonant supports Xbox Play Anywhere, allowing players who buy it on Xbox consoles or the Windows Store to share progress and purchases across both platforms.

Players control Dylan Faden, the younger brother of Control's protagonist …

PNY Lists GeForce RTX 5070 OC Triple Fan Card for Just $579, The Lowest it has Gone in the Last 90 DaysIt's incredibly difficult to find a GPU at MSRP due to the ongoing DRAM shortages, which have affected the PC hardware market significantly.

NVIDIA's RTX 5070, its most popular RTX 50 graphics card in the mid-range segment, has been selling for nearly $650-$700 for months now.

Fortunately, when searching for some good RTX 5070 deals on various stores, we came across this listing on Amazon, which is offering the GPU at the lowest price compared to other major retailers.

For just $579, PNY is offering the GeForce RTX 5070 OC Triple Fan card, which is an OC GPU, featuring a triple-fan design …

Fortunately, the RTX Spark manages to retain some dignity in the single-core benchmark.

Now, thanks to TechPowerUp Forums user “Fouquin,” we learn how the RTX Spark performs in Cinebench 2026.

The single-core and multi-core scores were 540 and 5,771, respectively, indicating that the RTX Spark performs on par with the likes of the M3 Max in single-threaded workloads, but SoCs like the M4 Max outpace it considerably in the multi-threaded category, being 35.6 percent faster than the RTX Spark.

Additional details reveal that while the Surface Laptop Ultra is designed to run the chipset between 80W and 95W, there are some limitations.

In any case, we’ll learn more about these results when the f…

In short, Micron has chosen to enter a supply chain where there will be smaller financial rewards as opposed to maintaining shipments for AI customers.

DigiTimes reports that Micron’s key customers in the automotive sector include Qualcomm, Visteon, Harmon, and others, which are all crucial component suppliers.

Could Micron’s involvement in the automotive sector help relieve some pressure from the ongoing lawsuit?

Similarly, Micron's immersion in the automotive supply chain to prevent layoffs in the U.S. could be viewed as another ace up its sleeve to get the Trump Administration to become a barrier to the lawsuit.

His expertise lies in the intricate hardware supply chain, covering developm…

The former CEO, who currently has a close relationship with quantum computing company PsiQuantum, also believes that quantum computing can reshape a host of industries before the end of this decade.

Gelsinger added:"You know, when we were at the height of our strength on CPUs at Intel, we sort of scoffed at his machines.

Quantum Computing Advances Are Just Around The Corner, Believes The Former ExecutiveThe big debate surrounding Intel is its ability to compete with Taiwan's TSMC.

Finally, Gelsinger, who currently has a close relationship with PsiQuantum, believes that advances in quantum computing are just around the corner.

You know we know how to build qubits, we know how to error correc…

The company is reportedly using cut-down GB205 GPU dies for some of its new RTX 5060 GPUs.

MSI Quietly Launches Several New GeForce RTX 5060 GPUs With the GB205 Die Under the "V1" FamilyMSI isn't done with its RTX 50 series and is now adding new NVIDIA GPUs to its arsenal.

This V1 naming convention indicates a crucial difference between the new RTX 5060 GPUs and the existing ones.

As identified by @unikoshardware, these RTX 5060 cards utilize the GB205 GPU die, which is responsible for powering the GeForce RTX 5070.

Apart from that, there doesn't seem to be any difference between the MSI RTX 5060 non-V1 and V1 cards.

Why a Chair Matters in a Serious PC SetupA well-designed ergonomic chair does more than provide a place to sit.

Designed for modern digital professionals, gamers, and creators, the chair combines adaptive support systems, dynamic adjustments, and ergonomic features to create a more complete workstation experience.

One of the main features of Sihoo Doro C300 Pro V2 ergonomic chair is the DynaCore System for Full-Body Adaptive Support.

Self-Adaptive Dynamic Lumbar Support 2.0Lower-back support is one of the biggest differences between a standard office chair.

Built for Modern Digital LifestylesA good ergonomic chair expert understands that comfort is not only about soft seating.

Moonshot's Kimi K3 AI model has suddenly taken the world by storm, jumping to the apex spot in Arena's front-end code rankings seemingly out of the blue.

Neoclouds: The Kimi K3 ScareKimi K3 caused a large scare in the AI trade as this Chinese open source model matched frontier models on benchmarks.

If your training process is markedly efficient, it should reflect in your model's inference costs.

pic.twitter.com/fiGAPdbJrP — Denise Wu (@denisewu) July 17, 2026As for the proverbial smoking gun, Kimi K3 was caught identifying itself as "Claude, an AI assistant made by Anthropic" in at least one conversation.

But the available anecdotal evidence appears to be in sync with the thesis that Moonsh…

Following the recent layoffs and rumors of a new Fallout game in development at Obsidian, Bethesda Game Studios has now shared a lengthy message outlining the entire studio's roadmap for the coming years.

The biggest takeaway is that the studio is doubling down on all its franchises, though with a particular focus on Fallout and The Elder Scrolls.

First and foremost, Bethesda confirmed the partnership with Obsidian on a new Fallout game.

Of course, The Elder Scrolls VI remains a high priority, too, as the primary development project for Bethesda Game Studios at the moment.

The message didn't say it outright, but it certainly sounds like they're going to help on The Elder Scrolls VI.

Today we present another ITX motherboard for AMD AM5 processors, and I can already share that there will be more in this tiny form factor in the coming months. The MSI MPG X870I EDGE TI EVO, on which we focus right now, isn't the latest model, but it's still the best MSI ITX motherboard for AMD processors, and since its release, it has seen multiple BIOS improvements. Since we didn't have a chance to review this motherboard earlier and it's definitely worth it, we will correct it today. ITX motherboards are mostly designed for gamers and enthusiasts, and this one is no different. The MPG X870I EDGE TI EVO is equipped with the latest controllers and designed for overclocking. I will tell you…

Since all memory products are expensive, more users are seeking a balanced solution that delivers high performance while remaining wallet-friendly. ADATA released the MARS 970 PLUS M.2 SSDs a while ago, which promise to be optimal for gamers and fit the budget.

There are only a few AM5 motherboards worth mentioning in the mini-ITX form factor. Since it's not often we see one on Overclockers, today we present the Gigabyte X870I AORUS PRO ICE. It's not the latest, but it's still quite a new model and definitely worth highlighting. The tested version is 1.1, so a few things have already been improved, including support for higher RAM frequencies. All those details count a lot for overclockers and enthusiasts. Especially those who love the ITX-size motherboards should find something interesting in our article.

The X870I AORUS PRO ICE supports the latest components, such as high-speed DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0, USB4, high-end audio and WiFi 7. The list of …

Gigabyte is the first motherboard brand to introduce a fresh, eye-catching design featuring wood-like elements. The tested AERO X3D WOOD motherboard includes not only the new design, but also multiple features available in all the latest motherboard series marked as X3D. It means we can expect great hardware compatibility and performance improvements for the latest processors, including some help from AI.

Like the recently reviewed X3D ELITE motherboard, the X3D WOOD supports the latest components, including high-speed DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0, USB 4, and Wi-Fi 7. The AERO X3D WOOD offers something above that, but you have to read our review to find out what I'm talking about.

We rarely get to review Colorful's products, but they're always unique and interesting. This time, we received the latest overclocking-series motherboard for AMD Ryzen processors: the iGame X870E VULCAN OC V14. The motherboard is optimized for the latest AMD Ryzen 9000 processors from the X3D series and high-frequency DDR5 memory. It's also packed with gaming and overclocking features, which we cover in our review.

Gigabyte keeps refreshing its AM5 motherboards with X3D models optimized for the latest Ryzen processors. One of the new models is the X870E AORUS ELITE X3D ICE, which will be tested today. Since it's the ICE version, the motherboard is entirely white, making it a perfect fit for bright-themed computers. Besides its aesthetics, it offers all the high-end gaming and overclocking features, improved by AI, so it should satisfy a wide range of users.

The X870E AORUS ELITE X3D ICE supports the latest components, such as high-speed DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0, USB4, and WiFi 7. The list of exciting features is longer, but we won't tell you everything in the introduction.

Recently, we could see the MAG X870E GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI, while today, a higher model from the refreshed MAX series - MPG X870E CARBON MAX WIFI. The new CARBON motherboard is designed for demanding users and promises to be the best option for gamers, delivering multiple unique features, premium components, and original aesthetics.

The new MAX motherboards bring an improved experience to the already successful AM5 motherboard series. In our review, we check what we can expect of the MPG X870E CARBON MAX WIFI and share our experience based on multiple tests and games.

MSI provided us with one of the latest AMD Ryzen motherboard models for review, which is more interesting than it seems. The motherboard is from the refreshed MAX line, so we can be sure it's a mature design with multiple improvements.

The MAG X870E GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI not only has a long name, but it's a budget-friendly model based on the currently highest AMD chipset. In short, we get more for less. In this article, I will assess whether the new MSI motherboard is suitable for gamers and other demanding users.

Recently, we reviewed the XPG LANCER RGB memory kit at 6400MT/s; this time, we take a closer look at the lower-frequency version of the same series, rated at 6000MT/s and featuring a tight EXPO profile. The presented memory kit promises great results with AMD Ryzen processors, which we will test with one of the most popular gaming processors: the Ryzen 7 9800X3D.

Today's review presents the ADATA XPG LANCER RGB memory, which is already well-known among gamers and overclockers. However, the tested memory kit is rated at 6400 MT/s and uses a dual-rank design, making it perfect for the most popular AMD Ryzen processors with stronger memory controllers. As expected, it's equipped with EXPO memory profiles compatible with the latest AMD chipsets.

Our next stop was down the hall at ADATA, which shared several cool items, including enterprise storage solutions under the Trusta bran,d including AI scaling software, cool new Novajey RGB DIMMs, the Cyborg power supply with the new GPU Power Guard technooogy, and the Levante View Pro 360 AIO, among other items... even two chairs (Nimbus and Nimbus Plus).

Our first stop was at the Venetian to meet with MSI. Inside the ballroom, a wide variety of products was on display. MSI Claw 8+ Glacier Blue edition, Raider 16 Max Gaming laptop, new Wifi 7 mesh system, Spatium M571 DLP SSD, among a slew of other items.

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Forever Skies Deluxe Edition – July 24Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / XBOX Play AnywhereForever Skies is a first-person post-apocalyptic survival game.

Play it solo or in coop and return to Earth, ravaged by an ecological disaster.

Craft tools, and scavenge resources to survive.

Face dangers on the surface and hunt for viruses to cure a mysterious illness.

Pre-order now and get exclusive early access to the game 72 hours early!

I’m Julia Wolbach, and I’m catching some rays while I tell you about this summer’s content update for our ongoing survival horror title Outbreak: Shades of Horror.

The free update is now available on XBOX Series X|S and XBOX Play Anywhere (XPA).

Summer Fun in Cypress RidgeThe heat is on in Cypress Ridge, and the undead are dressed to sweat!

Cross-Platform Progress and Online Co-Op Through XBOX Play AnywhereOutbreak: Shades of Horror recently received a major update to enable XBOX Play Anywhere across console, PC, cloud, and handheld.

The Nightmare Never EndsThe immersive world of Outbreak: Shades of Horror continues to expand, so prepare yourself for more game-crossovers and seasonal events…

That very question became the foundation of Retrace the Light, and starting today, I am thrilled to announce that you can finally experience it on XBOX Series X|S.

A World Shaped by Memory and ObsessionRetrace the Light is a combat-led 2.5D top-down action-adventure RPG set in a futuristic world guided by Primus, a supreme AI.

Rethinking Puzzles Through “Light Trails”The “Light Trail”system is the defining feature of Retrace the Light, and it’s what I am most excited for XBOX players to try.

[Movement] ➔ Leaves a Light Trail ➔ Instantly Retrace ➔ Outsmart the EnemyTheLight Trail allows you to experiment and create your own solutions.

For instance, when facing an unreachable platform or a ti…

From chaotic city streets and anime battles to wild sports showdowns, charming zoos, and theatrical action, this week’s Free Play Days lineup has something for every kind of player!

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 is also free for all XBOX members to try during Free Play Days (XBOX Game Pass Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential membership not required).

DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 8436 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $19.99 $4.99 Get it now PC Game Pass Xbox Game Pass Free Trial Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2Optimized for XBOX Series X|S, Smart Delivery, XBOX Play AnywhereGo Super Saiyan this weekend with Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2!

Don’t miss out on these exciting Free Play Days for XBOX Gam…

Summary The full 1.0 release of MAVRIX arrives today, including a brand new head-to-head multiplayer mode.

Compete directly against multiple riders on racetracks and slopestyle trails, with race commentary from legendary Red Bull commentator Rob Warner.

Trails are split into racetracks where the fastest time wins, and slopestyle trails on which riders are scored for stomping big tricks.

In Slopestyle head-to-head, the trial is split up into sectors and the player that wins the most sectors is crowned champion.

It truly captures to essence of mountain biking and it’s bound to be a hit for new MAVRIX players too.

Summary Explore all of the new changes coming to Smalland 2: Lost Realms, the follow-up to Smalland: Survive the Wilds.

Today, I’m excited to announce Smalland 2: Lost Realms, which will launch later this year on XBOX Series X|S.

Keep reading to learn about some of the changes between Smalland 1 and Smalland 2, as well as a glimpse into two new key mechanics.

Meet the FeyfolkThe realms of Smalland 2 are populated with whimsical creatures, each with their own communities, settlements and goals.

You can play Smalland 2: Lost Realms on XBOX Series X|S later this year.

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Summary Wrap House Simulator is coming to XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One and XBOX PC on July 17.

Build and manage your own fast-food business by preparing wraps, upgrading your kitchen, and serving customers.

On July 17, you’ll get the chance to find out with the arrival of Wrap House Simulator!

If you enjoy playing with friends, Wrap House Simulator also features online co-op for up to four players.

Jump behind the counter, build your dream wrap shop, and experience the fast-paced fun for yourself when Wrap House Simulator arrives on XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One and XBOX PC on July 17.

Learn more about the influences and challenges behind the practicalities of using a train to do skateboarding tricks.

is out today on XBOX Series XIS, XBOX PC and via XBOX Game Pass.

When we were first pitching Denshattack!, and even when people hear about it today, it’s the core concept that really surprises them.

That’s what takes the initial bizarre appeal of a train doing tricks to another level, offering deep and satisfying gameplay too.

launches today for XBOX Series X|S, XBOX PC and day one via XBOX Game Pass.

On July 14, fans of the unique simulation game Turmoil can finally dig down deeper than ever.

Because that’s when the Deeper Underground DLC will arrive on XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One, and the Microsoft Store.

These offer a new twist on the trusted Turmoil gameplay.

Similarly, Deeper Underground had us humming Jamiroquai’s big late 90s hit.

But in the meantime Deeper Underground should more than quench our strategy sim thirst!

Continue your journey on Xbox Series X|S and transfer both GTAV Story Mode progress and GTA Online characters and progression to Xbox Series X|S with a one-time migration.

Experience GTA Online, a dynamic and ever-evolving online universe for up to 30 players, where you can rise from street-level hustler to become a kingpin of your own criminal empire.

Xbox Series X|S players can enjoy new high-performance vehicle upgrades and improvements like the Career Builder as well as all GTA Online gameplay upgrades, expansions, and content released since launch, ready to enjoy solo or with friends.

GTA Online for Xbox Series X|S also features all-new enhancements, including: • EXCLUSIVE NEW CONTENT …

At XBOX and The Coalition, our goal for Gears of War: E-Day is simple: deliver the most visceral and technically ambitious Gears of War to date — whether you prefer to play on a console or on PC.

As the exclusive PC partner of Gears of War: E-Day, NVIDIA is collaborating closely with XBOX and The Coalition to enhance the game’s PC experience through deep integration with GeForce RTX technologies, performance optimization, and launch support.

Broad OptimizationGears of War: E-Day is optimized for both performance and fidelity across a wide range of hardware.

Follow Gears of War on X, Instagram, and Facebook, or join the official Gears of War Discord.

* Built from the ground up in Unreal Engi…

Space Dragons, available today on XBOX, is a shoot ’em up that goes beyond fast-paced action, immersing you in a universe filled with references and hidden details.

For example, a concrete way we created a balanced structure to maintain tension in Space Dragons was through a carefully designed difficulty curve.

Avoid Common MistakesThe builds and playstyles vary enormously thanks to the five playable characters, each with their own unique abilities.

In essence, Space Dragons is both a tribute to genre classics such as Galaga and Phoenix, while drawing strong inspiration from Aero Fighters.

Ultimately, Space Dragons is a journey where both newcomers and veterans alike will discover a vast un…

Like thisThe sun shines on this week’s sharesLast week, we asked you to share shots of the sun from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog.

Here are this week’s highlights:raphxander_ shares Arjun facing the eclipsed sun in Sarosjobolts_ shares Atsu watching the sun set from a cliffside in Ghost of Yōteihoneysinghzzz shares Aloy raising a hand up towards the sun in Horizon Forbidden WestMur4dQ shares the sun hiding behind a mountain in Sea of Starspavesoint shares the sun’s rays shining in the background in Infinity NikkiCaptainGG_R shares an orange-drenched sky during sunset in The Witcher 3: Wild HuntSearch #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’…

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse has just been announced, and Evil Empire, the team developing this action adventure for the past four years, is having a nervous watch party.

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The MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls Open Beta is nearly here, and we can’t wait for players to jump into the action.

No registration is required: simply download the Open Beta from your platform store and start playing.

Pre-downloads will be available two hours before the Open Beta goes live, so you can be ready to play as soon as the servers open.

Practice timeNew to MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls?

If you played during last year’s Closed Betas, you’ll notice that MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls has continued to evolve.

Welcome to Pro Jank Footy, launching August 12 on PlayStation 5.

Play VideoI’m David Ashby, Creative Director for Pro Jank Footy, a love letter to Aussie Rules Footy, retro sports games of the 90s, and our cultural irreverence.

This is how we put the jank in Pro Jank Footy.

Get ready to have a ballThere are multiple game modes in Pro Jank Footy.

We can’t wait for the PlayStation community to share a slice of Australia when Pro Jank Footy comes to PS5 on August 12.

Like thisHi, I’m Emil Esov from Saber Interactive, and we are excited to have Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival coming to PlayStation 5 on October 8, 2026!

Your Hellraiser: Revival experience will come from the perspective of Aidan Lynch, our story’s protagonist.

This is where one of the groups of enemies that you’ll face in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival come in… the members of the Scarlet Church.

You might be exactly the type of person who will enjoy exploring that which Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival has to offer.

We’ll find out on October 8 when Hellraiser: Revival launches both digitally and on physical media.

Like thisArknights: Endfield will support upgraded PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) on PlayStation 5 Pro as part of the Version 1.4 update.

Designed to take advantage of the latest PS5 Pro enhancements, the upgraded PSSR delivers sharper image quality, improved temporal stability, and smoother performance as you explore Endfield’s expansive sci-fi world.

Sharper character detailWith the upgraded PSSR enabled on PS5 Pro, character outfits and material textures appear noticeably sharper.

Greater clarity for Endfield’s stylized worldArknights: Endfield’s stylized environments also benefit from the upgraded PSSR.

The upgraded PSSR will be available as part of the Arknights: Endfield…

Introducing Kill BlockDeploy to the West Bridge Training Facility in Kill Block, a new dynamic combat space where sightlines, pathways, and cover objects shift between matches, forcing Operators to adapt in real time.

Launching with both 3v3 Gunfight and the all new 10v10 Gunfight mode, Kill Block will offer over 500 possible configurations.

Most of these sections are brand-new while others are inspired by iconic locations from the Modern Warfare series such as Crash, Storage Town, Shoot House, and others.

Luckily, with Modern Warfare 4’s refined and fluid movement mechanics, improved player agency, and tactical decision-making, there are countless ways to approach the field, no matter its …

All these titles and more are available in July’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup*.

As a reminder, we’re exploring new ways to deliver PlayStation Plus Game Catalog titles in select markets.

PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | Game CatalogView and download imageDownload the image close CloseAvatar: Frontiers of Pandora | PS5Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a first-person, action-adventure game set in the open world of the never-before-seen Western Frontier of Pandora.

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Pre-registration for Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble is now open worldwide on the App Store and Google Play.

What is Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble?

Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble is a free-to-play multiplayer hero shooter that brings the iconic franchise to mobile, developed by Oh Bibi in collaboration with PlayStation Studios and Insomniac Games.

At launch, Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble features six distinct game modes, giving players plenty of ways to jump into the action.

We drew inspiration from the music of the early games to capture that dynamic, nostalgic Ratchet & Clank tone we wanted for Ranger Rumble.

Like thisTomorrow, Moss: The Forgotten Relic arrives on PlayStation 5.

Either way, we’re incredibly excited to finally share our handcrafted adventure, Moss: The Forgotten Relic with everyone.

Moss: The Forgotten Relic is a reimagined collection that brings Moss, Moss: Book II, and the Twilight Garden expansion together into one handcrafted fantasy adventure for PlayStation 5, without the requirement of a VR headset.

Moss: A Forgotten Relic features enhanced visuals, modernized presentation, and newly crafted cinematic camera systems designed to bring players even closer to the emotion, scale, and atmosphere of this world.

Moss: The Forgotten Relic launches July 16 on PlayStation 5, and can…

Like thisPlayStation Store’s Summer Sale begins tomorrow, Wednesday July 15.

For a limited time*, save up to 75% across multiple PS5, PS4, PS VR2 games, add-ons and more.

The full list of PlayStation Store offers will be revealed when the sale begins – visit the PlayStation Store page here once the sale is live to browse available games and discover the next gaming adventure to embark on.

Sale ends on August 12 at 23:59 PDT/BST/JST.

Check PlayStation Store for details of individual deals.

Making its PlayStation debut with style, Halo: Campaign Evolved is the ideal introduction to iconic super soldier Master Chief.

Not to mention the four-player online co-op, two-player couch co-op, and more.

Set in the plagued post-apocalyptic ruins of Japan during 4026, blighted outcast Emma and somewhat disturbing canine Koo are humanity’s remaining hope.

The game will also be available as part of the PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup at launch.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – October 23Play VideoThe iconic shooter slides a new era into its crosshairs, with its campaign mode set across the Korean Peninsula in a war between North and South Korea.

The machines rage on in Season 05, and the next major update delivers new Maps, Limited Time Modes, Weapons, Events, and more across Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty: Warzone, launching Thursday, July 23.

Beat the round, pick your upgrade, and earn rewards for reaching milestones in this roguelite twist on Zombies.

Resurgence Ranked Play: Rank up and earn rewards in a new season of Ranked Play: Resurgence.

Spectre headlines the latest Battle Pass, bringing the cold precision of a free-agent assassin into the fight.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty: Warzone is available on PS5 & PS4.

This was an effort to translate the classic visual objective tracking from games to a guide that was purely based on sound.

This was an effort to translate the classic visual objective tracking from games to a guide that was purely based on sound.

Art direction and world buildingIn Coloratura the sound design is a main part of the visual design in a way.

The world is built through a rich sound landscape that embraces the player and allows them to triangulate their position at any point.

Traditional game design rules and processes, originally created for visual games, didn’t really work for Coloratura.

Like thisPlayers zoom in on their favorite characters.

Last week, we asked you share portraits from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog.

Want to be featured in the next Share of the Week?

THEME: SunSUBMIT BY: 11:59 PM PT on July 15, 2026Next week, share moments in the sun from the game of your choice.

Use #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured.

It's often touted as the best of the Bethesda-era Fallouts, or the best Fallout ever, which feels like a fair assessment.

It's Obsidian's best CRPG, hands down, but it sold poorly.

(Image credit: Obsidian Entertainment)Instead, Obsidian said, it was a fantasy take on The Outer Worlds.

It's certainly what led to Avowed, but it sure seems like The Outer Worlds is a product of the studio's growing doubts.

Obsidian knows how to make a good Fallout, Josh Sawyer knows how to make a good Fallout.

Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer's very own MMO column.

One prevailing bit of industry wisdom about MMOs is the idea that they're a little grey in the beard—and so are their players, too.

There's also the point that most popular MMOs themselves are old—World of Warcraft's past its 20th year, FF14 is past its 10th.

Newer games, like Amazon's New World, don't last long.

I myself have been playing MMOs since middle school—and while I did indeed beg my parents for a World of Warcraft subscription back in vanilla, I was playing RuneScape and bragging about my Granite Maul long before that.

Latest Videos From Watch full video here:Here are the toughest choices we've ever made in PC games.

The Walking Dead is the poster child for difficult choices in videogames, and Clementine is the poster child for children in videogames.

[Witcher 3] The Whispering Hillock - Choices - Consequences (SPOILERS) - YouTube Watch OnThe Witcher 3: Wild HuntKill or free the tree spirit?

Fight, fight, intractable moral quandary, fight, fight.

Harold's a recurring character across the early Fallout games, an irascible mutant you meet in the first Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout 3.

Survival games are obsessed with the grind.

This feels like a magic trick, because in most survival games leaving your base is irresponsible at best.

That feels surprisingly rare in modern survival games.

Palworld recognises that the reason most people pick up an open-world survival game isn't because they dream of optimising a production chain.

No, it's that the most exciting part has never been the chores—it's everything waiting just beyond the edge of your base.

I had completely forgotten that Valve is working on an update for Team Fortress 2's cooperative Mann vs. Machine mode, though my defence, it's been a long time since we last heard about it.

"We wanted to give everyone an update on the update we already gave on the update we're working on, and here it is: We're still working on the MvM update."

Valve elaborated that "it's taking a lot longer to sort through the new content and changes that we'd originally planned, but we promise we're making progress.

At the time, Valve admitted it didn't "have a release date for the update yet" but it would be "going through the submissions and working on it".

This includes the launch of the Steam Machine a…

Naturally, then, I fell under the spell of glass mouse pads for a while.

Cloth pads collect dust and dirt that can't just be wiped away, and the fibres change over time.

A Wallhack SP-005 glass mouse pad.

(Image credit: Future)I've even tried a glass mouse pad that's designed to offer a bit more control: the Wallhack CR-005.

There is one thing that using glass pads has given me which I will continue to use, however: the gamer sleeve.

2K has paired up with Humble for a 2026 'Megahits' bundle that offers 15 games for $15.

I'd quibble with that title slightly, but there are numerous must-haves for your Steam library in this bundle, plus one of my personal all-time favourite shooters.

But let's start with the three headline games, which are Risk of Rain 2, Borderlands 3, and Mafia 2.

Risk of Rain 2 is the one game from this bundle that I haven't personally played.

Latest Videos From Watch full video here:The best games in this bundle, though, are XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Homeworld: Remastered Collection, and Bioshock Infinite.

Earlier this month, research showed that memory prices are predicted to rise sharply between now and 2027, with no reductions expected until 2028.

Valve also provided some insight into how the memory crises affected the Steam Machine's launch.

(Image credit: Future)Valve didn't go into detail about how many Steam Machines have been produced or sold up to this point.

"We suspect that the Steam Machine is a really good way to solve a very real problem that people have," Aldehayyat said.

The company also discussed why it opted against launching an exclusive game for the Steam Machine.

It's reconfirmed that Fallout 5 is in development even though it's still years away from Reclamation Day.

Say what you will about Fallout 76, it certainly has a vibe in chasing the Appalachian geography, folklore, and history.

Somewhere up north like Montana would allow for some really striking scenery just like West Virginia did for Fallout 76.

Way back in 2021, Todd Howard said Bethesda has a "one-pager" on Fallout 5 and what it wants to do.

Fallout 5 has likely been some excited scribbles on a whiteboard for most of the five years since then, honestly.

That's why our latest monthly winner of PC Gamer Clips is yet another great Crimson Desert video—and that's why the person who sent us that clip just won $500 in Amazon gift cards.

If this is the first you're hearing about PC Gamer Clips, it's a snap: just record yourself playing a PC game, send us the clip, and each month we'll pick our favorite and award its creator a $500 prize.

Visit our PC Gamer Clips page to find the submission form and prize restrictions (you need to be a US or UK citizen to be eligible).

That's not the only Crimson Desert clip we've received.

Just visit PC Gamer Clips to watch all the great videos our readers have sent in so far.

(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios)I know it's impertinent of me to question those most devoted to their civic duty of delivering shareholder value, but I mean, can you blame me?

Last month, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO and president Hideaki Nishino said the publisher wants to "continue to take on" live-service projects.

Its new chief strategist, Matthew Ball, is a true believer in the metaverse and the co-founder of a "UGC game studio."

Cost-cutting has been the primary economic activity of the games industry for years.

Just making good games isn't an exponential growth opportunity—and those are the only growth opportunities we're meant to care about.

Two months after the release of Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, the followup to its stunning detective RPG Disco Elysium, Studio ZA/UM says the game hasn't sold as well as needed, and as a result it's laying off employees.

"While Zero Parades: For Dead Spies was released to critical acclaim, its commercial performance has not enabled us to sustain a studio of our current size," ZA/UM wrote in a message shared on social media.

"We have served redundancy or at-risk notices impacting up to 32 of our colleagues across all departments at ZA/UM Studio.

Their work has made a lasting difference and left its mark on Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, and the studio has a whole."

Some also shared speculatio…

Pokémon, Mario Kart and more top the list.We've just passed the halfway mark of 2026, and Nintendo has now shared its best-selling eShop games for the Switch 1 & 2 in Japan.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

A Roomfinder with a Viewfinder.We are back, back, back with another edition of What Are You Playing!It was another rather quiet one in the land of Nintendo this time, with the biggest stories feeling a far cry away from the stacked months prior. Square Enix announced new Switch 2 versions for Octopath Traveler 1 & 2 (without any upgrade path, natch), Hot Topic revealed a stunning new range of Pikmin merch, and FromSoft finally announced that The Duskbloods' network tests will kick off next month. Oh yes, we also shared our first impressions of the catchily-titled Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Returning this September.Square Enix's role-playing game Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age is making its way across to the Switch 2 this September, and more details are beginning to surface.According to the latest update, the Nintendo eShop page for the title now has the estimated game file size listed as 23.4 GB. In comparison, the original Switch version has a file size of 14 GB.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

"Coming soon".Following the recent reveal of a Stardew Valley crochet book, the popular farming and social sim is now getting a collab with the long-running trading card series Magic: The Gathering.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Available now.Aspyr has released a new patch for Rise of the Tomb Raider on Switch 2, targeting performance issues, crashes, glitches, and more.It's available now, so you can go ahead and upgrade to version 1.0.2 as soon as you're able. In the meantime, if you're on the fence, then why not check out our full review on Nintendo Life. We awarded Rise of the Tomb Raider an 8/10 and praised it for well-paced narrative, satisfying tombs, and sense of exploration:Read the full article on nintendolife.com

War... war changes when remastered for modern consoles.After much speculation, Bethesda has finally confirmed that it has been working on remasters for both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.This comes via a new 'Note from Bethesda Game Studios' post on its official website, in which it states that Fallout is "one of our biggest priorities today". It confirms that pre-production on Fallout 5 is now ongoing alongside full production for The Elder Scrolls VI, while also quietly announcing the two remasters.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Players' choice.With the Northern Hemisphere's summer months producing a slightly lighter news cycle on the Nintendo front, we at NL Towers have been getting hot and sweaty with the latest first-party-published release, Fitness Boxing 3 - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. Yes, yes, don't worry, gamers — Splatoon's coming next week, and Sony and Microsoft have been generously keeping the first-party news feeds flowing in the meantime.If you've somehow missed the wider industry news this month, Sony announced that PlayStation games will be digital-only from 2028. This felt like the worst gaming news of the summer until Xbox boss Asha Sharma handed someone her beer and rattled through Microsoft's lat…

Rock on.Stage Tour, the new rhythm game from Guitar Hero and DJ Hero veterans, has been confirmed for the Switch 2.Launching toward the end of 2026, Stage Tour will support guitar controllers along with microphones and drums, replicating the golden era of rhythm games for new audiences. Granted, we think it might have a bit of an uphill battle on its hands with a bunch of free options on the market right now, including Fortnite Festival, but we've got our fingers crossed that it'll be a good one.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Stone culd classic.Culdcept has been around since the days of the Sega Saturn, but the odds are pretty good that you’ve never heard of it, let alone played it. Not all of the handful of titles released have left Japan’s shores, and of those that did, sales were low and reviews mixed. It’s the kind of game that either really clicks with you or feels too confusing or arcane to understand and stick with.After the last release, Culdcept Revolt, came out a decade ago on the 3DS, the franchise is now being dusted off and soft-rebooted with Culdcept Begins. Offering a somewhat simplified and newcomer-friendly take on the notoriously complicated board game, it does a fantastic job of showcasing why…

Alucards on the table.Konami revealed earlier this week that Castlevania: Belmont's Curse would launch on the Switch on the same day as other platforms, extinguishing any fears of a potential delay. So mark 15th October 2026 in your diaries, folks, because it sounds like it's going to be a banger.Yes, a handful of outlets have gone live with their first previews of Belmont's Curse, and it seems developer Evil Empire (Dead Cells) has got a pretty good handle on what makes a good 2D Castlevania game. Granted, we're not expecting Symphony of the Night levels of genius here, but if it comes close, then it'll be more than worth the wait.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

It requires a "Battery Replacement Kit".Earlier this month, Nintendo officially confirmed it would release hardware revisions in Europe featuring replaceable batteries.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

As he dismisses concerns about physical game sales.Despite its $56 billion offer being rejected, GameStop still intends to purchase the online marketplace eBay.If you're curious to know how exactly video games slot into the overall business plan for this combined entity, it's apparently not a concern for the company's CEO, Ryan Cohen.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Update: It's now arriving a little earlier than expected.:At the Summer Games Fest this year, Mattel and Milestone lifted the lid on a brand new open-world Hot Wheels game.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Featuring more than eight hours of music!Nintendo Music has delivered a huge update this week, adding the Donkey Kong Bananza Switch 2 soundtrack.This latest update for the Switch Online app comes loaded with a whopping 229 tracks, with a runtime of 8 hours and 36 minutes. Nintendo further notes how this features "tracks for all of the Bananza transformations" and suggests activating the "spoiler block" if you haven't completed the game yet.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

In the case of this week's Epic Games Store freebie, The Ouroboros King, it didn't so much, not least because it introduces so many of its own rules.

However, of the three, The Ouroboros King probably leans closest to its source material, particularly with its art style.

While the other two have a woozy, pixel-art vibe, The Ouroboros King looks much more like Chess.com, with a simple aesthetic.

You don't start with sixteen chess pieces, then decide if you're playing the London System or Queen's Gambit.

To do that, I had The Ouroboros King's tweaked cast of chess pieces to choose from.

Dominate combat within this idle RPG using our Siberium Tier List and Reroll Guide, regardless of your faction.

Updated on July 18th, 2026 - Version: 1.1.2Progress is so much easier when you have a Siberium tier list, and that's exactly what we covered on the following pages.

This tier list has been divided by factions, so it'll be a lot more intuitive creating a meta team.

About the Siberium FactionsYellow <> Purple<> Blue > Cyan > Red > BlueFactions play an important role mainly because of the faction bonus in this idle RPG, which is why this Siberium tier list has been divided this way.

Siberium Tier ListSince you'll find all the heroes divided by factions, if you happen to have some of …

The first step in that direction is following this mo.co tier list, where I ranked all the weapons in the game.

This mo.co tier list will give you a detailed description of each weapon you can equip, and also rank them based on how strong they are.

We have a Silver and Blood tier list if you're eager to dive into a beautiful RPG with gothic and anime influences!

What is the best weapon in mo.co?

However, if you want to shine on your own, this mo.co tier list should give you a clearer idea about the weapons that are considered top-tier.Original article by Cristina Mesesan.

This Pokémon Masters EX tier list is here to serve as a curated list of Sync Pairs that can help you in your journey of becoming the best Pokémon trainer.

They are – Damage Dealer Sync Pairs, Supporter Sync Pairs, and Hybrid Sync Pairs.

They are – Damage Dealer Sync Pairs, Supporter Sync Pairs, and Hybrid Sync Pairs.

For example, an EX-rated potential Sync Pair will always beat a 5-Star potential Sync Pair based on base stats alone.

Let’s get you right to our Pokémon Masters EX tier list!

Notes on DemoliaRole: EnduraThe main feature of Demolia is her health points.

Notes on RouLeccaRole: ReticleRouLecca has poor DPS and can only deal damage using critical attacks, but she can increase her crit rate and damage while attacking.

Notes on ZoyaRole: FuryZoya is the Tier A hero most likely to appear in Tier S in the future.

Zoya also has a lot of health points and has no problem killing enemies in short range.

However, she forgoes health points for such a high attack capability.

So, after a third Onmyoji anniversary, we've decided to help our readers with an Onmyoji tier list!

However, if you really want to know what each Shikigami excels at, this tier list is here to shed some light.

And for those of you who love this kind of content, we have a tier list for Monster Never Cry; it's brimming with interesting monsters!

Now, to bring you all the best characters in Onmyoji, I've placed them all into a very comprehensive tier list!

I've divided all the Shikigami based on their rarity (SP, SSR, SR, and R), and then placed them into a Shikigami tier list.

Updated on July 18th, 2026In our One Punch Man The Strongest tier list, we will rank all the heroes based on their base stats, abilities, and their usage in the different areas.

If you’re looking for more tier lists for games like this one, feel free to check out our RAID: Shadow Legends champion tier list, Arknights tier list, and Dislyte tier list for the best espers.

OPM THE STRONGEST TIER LISTSSR Heroes - The highest rarity of heroes available.

Naturally, the SSR heroes will be at the top of the tier list while the R heroes take their place in the bottom tiers.

Without further ado, click on the big blue button to view our tier list for One Punch Man The Strongest!

This game features a lot of stunning, super-intelligent AI girls of Seven Themes, and we're going to rank them by power on this Starseed tier list.

Updated on July 18th, 2026 - Version: 6.20In your fight against Redshift, you must command a team of beautiful AI girls.

Now, it’s on you to pick only the strongest for your team or else get decimated by Redshift and its minions.

But before that, know that there are other lists that you can use, like this Bump Superbrawl tier list, or our Sword of Convallaria tier list, for example.

We’ve created a Starseed Asnia Trigger tier list that focuses on battlefield performance rather than the stats.

As usual, we’re here to give you a boost and set you up for the journey with some handy redeem codes.

From coins to handy boosters, Hell’s Kitchen codes can help you fill your pantry with some valuable goods.

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That’s why you should bookmark our page and check back for new codes for Hell’s Kitchen every once in a while.

One of our favourite strategy games on mobile got codes!

As such, we have meticulously collected every available Age of Empires Mobile code and explained how to redeem them in this guide.

If you are enjoying the game or need a helping hand, you probably should take a look at our Age of Empires Mobile tier list, as it will give you insights into the current state of the meta.

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Get X-Particles, Mithril Mirrorshards, Coins and other useful gifts by redeeming active Ash Echoes codes listed here.

Here you will find all the current Ash Echoes codes that have been released for the game globally.

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Updated on July 18th, 2026 - Version 1.48.000Do you want a complete Mythic Heroes tier list where you can find all the best characters in the game?

The best characters in Mythic HeroesOur tier list will rank every single hero (so, all of them, from UR to SSR) according to their maximum potential, so you can get a clear idea of where each summon that you can obtain belongs.

We recommend that you invest all of your resources in heroes in tiers S+, S and A+ since these are among the best in the game.

If you want more, take a peek at this Idle Heroes tier list or our Gunfire Reborn tier listOn the other hand, if you don't have anything else, you can safely use them until you can do a few more s…

Updated on July 18th, 2026 - Version: 1.108.7 - Added: MedjedIn our Summoners Greed tier list, we will list all the best monsters currently available according to their usage in the different game modes.

Considering you're probably a fan of the genre, we recommend you take a look at our constantly updated Counter Side tier list, our MHUI tier list and others.

Summoners Greed is a hero collector RPG where you are required to draw/summon more heroes from its gacha system.

Do not worry if your favourite hero is not available in the tier list yet.

New monsters that are released and current monsters that are buffed/nerfed will be taken into account as we strive to continue updating this tier lis…

In today's guide, I've gathered the latest Avatar Legends: Realms Collide codes, so if you want to know how to redeem them and what goodies they provide, this is your cue to scroll down!

We've praised the game a little bit in our Avatar Legends: Realms Collide review ("for better or for worse", to quote my colleague), but personally, I find it quite good.

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How to redeem codes in Avatar Legends: Realms Collide?

For new Avatar Legends: Realms Collide codes and exclusive events, you might want to consider joining the official Discord channel for Avatar Legends: Realms Collide, since the devs o…

Need to know which characters to run in Sword Master Story?

Updated on July 18th, 2026 - Version: 4.212.635 - Added: MetisToday, we'll discuss some of the best characters and give you a completeof all the currently available characters.

Oh, and if you are playing similar games, we also have a Lost Centuria tier list, MCoC tier list and many others, so check them out through the search bar.

Sword Master Story character tier listAdmittedly, this isn't actually a Sword Master Story tier list solely for waifus; instead, it's a tier list that ranks the capabilities of all of the characters.

Just take a look below, and you'll find our full list of the best and worst characters you can collect and…

Following up on a previous report, Xerxes 'Jarvis' Sangco's involvement with Tactical Assault VR is ending after news of his 2020 arrest and subsequent criminal conviction came to light.

Earlier this week, we covered Tactical Assault VR developer HammerFire Interactive losing its publishing agreement with 2080 Games & a working relationship with Ghosts of Tabor developer Combat Waffle Studios.

This followed the VR community being made aware of lead developer Sangco's criminal history.

The Tactical Assault VR project will continue under the leadership of Puddle and Black Canto and without the involvement of a publisher.

However, if Sangco retains the legal rights and ownership to Tactical As…

Incuvo Games announced today that it will be porting Creepy Jar's StarRupture, an open-world exploration game with base building and combat, to Meta Quest 3.

Incuvo dropped the news in a post on X:Happy to share that we will take the newest Creepy Jar’s game, StarRupture to VR!

First, just from watching the trailer, how much of the original game's graphical fidelity will be reduced to get the game running well on a standalone VR headset?

Green Hell's massive open map was severely scaled down for Meta Quest (and later PlayStation VR2), making it a more streamlined, linear experience than the original game.

Visually, the original standalone VR release, built for Meta Quest 2, was a very notic…

The Battlefield-like 32-player VR FPS Forefront just got a major update.

Forefront has just launched a major update which adds a new map, new weapon, and new mechanics to the 32-player Battlefield-style VR first-person shooter.

A New Map - The new map is a desert-based Conquest map called Mojave.

New Mechanics - Following calls from the community, Triangle Factory has added the ability to drag perished players around the battlefield.

In addition, the game has received several PCVR enhancements, including more dynamic foliage and environmental particles added to certain maps.

Hellsplit: Arena, the 2019 VR hack and slash arena combat game, appears to be nearing the end of active development, but not before developer Deep Type Games delivers a sandbox mode for both Steam and Meta Quest and adds mod support to Quest.

Last week, we covered Deep Type Games' new project, Hellsplit: Labyrinth, a dark fantasy roguelike set in the Hellsplit universe.

The ongoing challenges in the global economy have affected countless studios, and unfortunately, Deep Type Games is no exception.

Deep Type continued:First and foremost, we significantly reduced active support of Hellsplit: Arena.

Hellsplit: Arena is available on Steam and Meta Quest.

Lynx, the France-based XR hardware startup, has been acquired by global eyewear conglomerate EssilorLuxottica.

In a public email to backers, Lynx founder and CEO Stan Larroque confirmed the acquisition, which was rumored to have taken place two weeks ago.

While financial details of the acquisition are still under wraps, it seemingly couldn’t have come at a better time.

Founded in 2019 after raising an initial $2 million seed round, the Paris-based startup made a splash with a 2021 Kickstarter campaign for its first-gen R1 standalone headset, raising more than $800,000 from backers.

In 2022, Lynx garnered a $4 million Series A round led by social VR platform developer Somnium Space.

Viking-themed VR rhythm game Ragnarock added two new licensed tracks for free in its latest update, the first new music added to the game since July 2025.

Ragnarock's previous music update was the Viking Music Pack last summer, a paid add-on with five new tracks.

The two new tracks are 2020's 'Strangeland' by Mister Misery and 2006's 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' from Lordi.

Unfortunately, those pieces don't always come together, which means some songs simply can't make their way into Ragnarock.

Hopefully this gives you a better idea of why adding new songs to Ragnarock isn't quite as simple as it may seem!

As part of Sony's larger Summer Games Sale, 200 titles for PlayStation VR and VR2 are discounted starting today.

Starting today and continuing until August 12, PlayStation's Summer Game Sale is offering big discounts on approximately 200 PlayStation VR and VR2 titles and DLC.

Sony's sale follows similar sales from competing VR ecosystems; Meta's Peak Summer Sale and Steam's annual Summer Sale have already begun.

In addition to discounts on individual games, PlayStation is also offering discounts on bundles that combine games and experiences into one purchase.

See the entirety of the PlayStation Summer Sale's VR offerings here.

Though 2026 has continued the broader gaming industry's depressing trend of studio closures and layoffs, there's still plenty of promising VR games releasing in the months ahead.

From blockbuster franchises to ambitious new experiences pushing the medium forward, there's no shortage of exciting games on the horizon.

Here's ten of our most anticipated games coming to headsets in 2026.

The combination of exploration and overnight tower defense-like survival gameplay looks like a great mashup that we're looking forward to playing.

From what we've seen of Adrian's Quest, we're very much reminded of Insomniac Games' Stormland, one of Mike's favorite games.

Although smart phones will soon require user-removable batteries in the EU, the European Commission is moving to exempt wearables, which includes smartwatches, fitness trackers, and smart glasses.

While that’s cleared the way for companies like Meta, Google, Samsung and Apple to release smart glasses in the EU (and likely also AR glasses) materially unchanged, European regulators and lawmakers are increasingly discussing smart glasses’ role in data privacy and surveillance.

Politico notes the European Data Protection Board, which gathers privacy regulators across Europe, has ordered a report into smart glasses, likely to be finalized this summer.

Smart glasses are already raising important …

Golf fans with a Quest headset will be able to compete for a pretty temping grand prize starting July 16th in GOLF+’s next big VR Open.

Golf+ announced it’s partnered with The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A) to bring an official VR Open experience, which is set to let players from around the world to compete on Royal Birkdale in a championship-themed setting inspired by The 154th Open.

Entry into the Grand Prize drawing will be open to all Golf+ players who compete in the VR Open, which means all players that complete each of their VR Open tournament rounds will be entered to win the Grand Prize.

The tournament tuns from July 16th – 22nd, giving players a full week to complete…

GOLF+ VR, in partnership with the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, is bringing an official VR Open to the GOLF+ Tour.

The grand prize winner will receive a trip to St. Andrews in 2027.

Awaiting the winner is a grand prize of a VIP trip for two to 2027's 155th Open, including Open Championship tickets and hospitality.

Entry into the grand prize drawing will be open to all GOLF+ players that compete in the VR Open.

All players who complete each of their VR Open tournament rounds will be entered to win the grand prize.

Xerxes Jarvis Sangco, known online and in the Tactical Assault community as Jarvis, was arrested in Nevada in the summer of 2020.

He continued:That said, do not direct your anger toward the Tactical Assault development team or their families.

At the time of this article, neither Sangco nor Tactical Assault developer HammerFire Interactive has released an official statement.

Editor's note: UploadVR was not aware of this information when Tactical Assault VR was included in our recent UploadVR Summer Showcase game bundle on Humble Bundle.

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Palmer Luckey, the founder of military tech startup Anduril (also the founder of Oculus), quietly teased a pair of unannounced AR glasses that are presumably in development at Anduril.

Despite their incredibly compact appearance, Luckey says they are not merely smart glasses, but are indeed built for full AR capability.

Just days after Snap Inc revealed its latest Specs standalone AR glasses, a photo shared on X showed Anduril founder Palmer Luckey wearing what appeared to be some kind of clip-on attachment to his sunglasses.

Given the incredibly compact size of the glasses, a tethered architecture seems like the only possible explanation.

But making a simple modular add-on to existing glas…