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The Best E-Ink Tablets to Improve Your Reading and Productivity
E-Ink tablets are a great productivity device for any dedicated note-taker. After testing them out, these are the ones I'd recommend.
04/09/2025
Stardew Valley Creator ConcernedApe has a Cameo Role in Hollow Knight: Silksong
Stardew Valley creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has a cameo in Team Cherry’s new mega hit indie game, Hollow Knight: Silksong.
04/09/2025
South Park: One Small Change Has Worked Wonders in Season 27
South Park is in rare form with Season 27, and it's all thanks to one small but all-important change.
04/09/2025
Street Fighter: Full Cast, New Release Date and Distributor Revealed for New Live-Action Movie
Legendary has announced the full cast for their upcoming live-action Street Fighter movie, which will be released by Paramount Pictures on October 16, 2026.
04/09/2025
We Build the LEGO Emerald City Wall Art, a Delightful Build Ahead of Wicked: For Good
We build the lovely LEGO Emerald City Wall Art, which you can actually hang on your wall when you're done.
04/09/2025
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft to End With Season 2
Hot on the heels of the news that Prime Video’s live-action Tomb Raider series starring Sophie Turner begins filming next year comes word that Netflix’s animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is coming to an end.
04/09/2025
Firaxis Lays Off Employees, Despite Publisher Claiming Civilization 7 Sales Are 'Consistent With Expectations'
Civilization VII developer Firaxis has laid off an unknown number of individuals today, despite the insistance of Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick that the game's sales are consistent with expectations.
04/09/2025
The Best Streaming Services for Watching NFL Games Live in 2025
It's surprisingly complicated
04/09/2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong Shoots Up Steam's Most-Played Games Chart Hours After Launch, With Huge Concurrent Player Numbers as Storefront Issues Ease
Hollow Knight: Silksong is already a huge hit on Steam despite causing Valve’s storefront to crash, posting massive concurrent player numbers.
04/09/2025
Lady Gaga's Wednesday Music Video Caught Up in Viral Creepy AI Doll Accusation
We now live in an era where we can’t always trust our eyes — and that has led none other than Lady Gaga to come under fire for potential AI usage in her latest music video for “The Dead Dance,” her new song for the Netflix show Wednesday.
04/09/2025
Hell is Us Review
An action-adventure game that pushes you to really pay attention to the world around you.
04/09/2025
Tron: Ares - The 5 Coolest Things We Saw On Set
Tron: Ares is poised to make good on the open ending of 2010’s Tron: Legacy with a plot focused on programs from the digital world making their way into the real world. Back in 2023, Disney invited IGN to visit the set of Tron: Ares to share a wealth of details about what a modern Tron movie looks like, and how it attempts to establish an identity (disc) of its very own.
04/09/2025
These Are the 10 Best Books to Look Out for in September 2025
Looking for a new read in September 2025? We've got you covered with expert recommendations across fantasy, crime, mystery, romance, and so much more.
04/09/2025
WWE 2K25 and Destiny 2: Legacy Collection Lead September’s Humble Choice Lineup
September’s Humble Choice lineup has been revealed, featuring WWE 2K25, Destiny 2: Legacy Collection, and six more titles to add to your PC library. It even comes with one month of IGN Plus for free.
04/09/2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Out Now — but It's So Popular It's Crashing Storefronts Including Steam
Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now, but the huge rush to buy and download the game has caused some storefronts to crash, including Steam.
04/09/2025
Ghost of Yotei PS5 Console and DualSense Preorders Are Now Live
Everything you need to know to preorder the Ghost of Yotei-themed PS5 console bundles, DualSense controllers, and console covers.
04/09/2025
The Best Deals Today: 007 First Light Preorders, LEGO WALL-E & EVE, and More
As of Sept. 4, you can preorder 007 First Light on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2, and PC. Plus, score deals on LEGO WALL-E & EVE ($69.96), a EUKI Air Duster ($39.99), and a RUNBOX RFID Wallet ($8.98).
04/09/2025
The atrocities of Hell Is Us make me wonder if 'real-world' Soulslikes have a future
Content warning for discussion of mass killings, sexual assault and sectarian hatred. Very early on in Hell Is Us, you come to a village that might as well be titled "War Crimes Theme Park". Read more
04/09/2025
Stock Up on $499 Worth of LEGO Games for $15 With Humble’s LEGO Worlds Collide Bundle
Humble's LEGO Worlds Collide Bundle is offering 17 LEGO games, a $499 value, that you can get for as low as $15.
04/09/2025
After 1,693 Days of Videos, the Superfan Behind YouTube Channel Daily Silksong News Can Finally Rest
After 1,693 days of videos, the Hollow Knight superfan behind the YouTube channel Daily Silksong News tells IGN he can finally rest.
04/09/2025
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Patch 10 Goes Live — and This Is the Big One, With Playable Helbrute, Power Axe Weapon, Chaos Spawn Enemy, and a Lot More
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has its long-awaited Update 10.0. Check out the patch notes to find out what's new to the game.
04/09/2025
LEGO Death Star Officially Announced With a Price of $1,000
This massive sci-fi weapon of mass destruction will set you back $1,000.
04/09/2025
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 3 Review
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 3 Review: Los Dos Amigos, Daryl and Carol, take their Eurotrip to Spain for some serious "buttin' into other folks business."
04/09/2025
Alien: Earth Provides Sympathy for the Villain by Turning Him Into Ripley
Alien: Earth's villainous Morrow shares some similarities with the franchise's ultimate hero... Sigourney Weaver's Ripley.
04/09/2025
Magic's Lord of the Rings Commander Decks Are Finally Back in Stock at Amazon, and Some Are Even Discounted
Save on Magic: The Gathering's Lord of the Rings Commander Decks before they're gone again, with discounts on two of them.
04/09/2025
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Review
Review: For better and worse, we've got more Demon Slayer in theaters - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle.
04/09/2025
South Park Sees Crazed Kids Doing Things With Labubus They Really Shouldn't and Satan's Relationship With Trump Take a Shocking Twist in New Episode
South Park has continued its assault on Donald Trump in its latest episode, ending on a shock development for the U.S. president’s relationship with Satan.
04/09/2025
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reboot 'Not Just Revisiting the Past' But Will Honor Show's Original DNA, Sarah Michelle Gellar Says
Buffy the Vampire Slayer herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar, has said that the series' upcoming reboot will be more than just a means to revisit the past, while emphasizing that the fresh project will still honor the original show.
04/09/2025
Aussie Streaming Guide: The Best TV & Movies for September 2025
Nothing but the finest content to binge stream. All the best TV series, movies, comedy specials, docos, and more!
04/09/2025
AU Deals: Rare Wins on Nintendo Exclusives and a Month Dedicated to Discounted Logitech Essentials
When the discounts are this sharp, it feels less like spending and more like investing in future fun.
03/09/2025
The Lokithor J400 Cordless Car Jump Starter Drops to Under $35 at Amazon (Over 60% Off)
An essential part of car's emergency kit.
03/09/2025
PS5 Headsets Just Got Better for PC Gamers Thanks to PlayStation Link Software Update
The PlayStation Link driver has been a long time coming for PC gamers with the Pulse Elite or Pulse Explore, which now allows customization and gives a better user experience.
03/09/2025
The eBay 30th Anniversary Sale Has Huge Discounts on Bose Outlet Headphones, Soundbars, and Speakers
These are the best discounts I've seen on Bose products so far this year.
03/09/2025
Alienware Has the Lowest Price I've Ever Seen for an RTX 5070 Ti Prebuilt Gaming PC
Pick up an Alienware Aurora RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC for as low as $1499.99.
03/09/2025
Paramount+ Just Announced a Massive Discount for New and Returning Subscribers
50% off the annual plan of your choosing.
03/09/2025
Save Over $700 Off the Lenovo Legion 5 Gaming PC with AMD X3D CPU and RTX 5070 Ti GPU
Play any game in 4K at 60fps and beyond for well under $2K.
03/09/2025
Get a Cordless Rechargeable Electric Air Duster for Your PC for Just $25 After Amazon Coupon
Say goodbye to buying compressed air canisters in bulk.
03/09/2025
Man of Tomorrow: What Do We Know About the Plot and Villain of James Gunn's Superman Sequel?
With James Gunn confirmed to be directing Man of Tomorrow, here's what we know so far about this hotly anticipated Superman follow-up movie.
03/09/2025
The LEGO Batman: The Animated Series Gotham City 4,210-Brick Set Is on Sale for the First Time
The biggest and best LEGO x DC collab ever.
03/09/2025
Netflix’s Wednesday, Season 2, Part 2 Review
Review: Netflix's Wednesday Season 2, Part 2 is still trying to balance too many elements, lacking the focus of the best supernatural/school-based shows -- even as Jenna Ortega and Emma Myers are delivering stand-out performances.
03/09/2025
This Warhammer 40K Tyranid MTG Card Spiked 350% in Value Thanks to Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog has given one Warhammer 40K Tyranid card fresh appeal, and you can get the pair for under $10 right now.
03/09/2025
007 First Light: Here’s What Comes in Each Edition
Everything you need to know to preorder 007 First Light, the upcoming game about James Bond's origins, including what comes in each edition, how much it costs, and more.
03/09/2025
007 First Light Release Date Confirmed During Sony State of Play
007 First Light has set a release date of March 27, 2026, as part of an extensive look at gameplay during a Sony State of Play deep dive.
03/09/2025
007 First Light is the Hitman and Uncharted Hybrid I Wanted it to Be
All of the biggest story and gameplay details on James Bond’s next adventure, 007 First Light.
03/09/2025
007 First Light Officially Casts Its James Bond, and It's Exactly Who You Thought It Was
When it comes to casting, arguably no role in the world garners more attention than that of James Bond. Connery, Brosnan, Craig, each of us has our favourite version of the iconic British spy. Now, following a period of (now confirmed to be successful) internet sleuth work, we have a new face to add to the canon: Patrick Gibson.
03/09/2025
'It Was Fairly Small, It Did Feel Significant' — How the Death of the Queen Forced IO to Tweak 007 First Light
A short time into developing 007 First Light, something happened that meant parts of James Bond’s next adventure needed to be rewritten. No, it wasn’t anything going down internally at the studio that led to such a change, but something entirely more global: the death of Queen Elizabeth II of England.
03/09/2025
'That Was Definitely Tough, Right?' — CEO of MindsEye Publisher IOI Responds to Disastrous Launch
The CEO of MindsEye publisher IOI has responded to its disastrous launch, admitting: "that was definitely tough, right?"
03/09/2025
Best Buy Drops $250 Off the Bambu X1C Combo CoreXY 3D Printer with AMS Module
Ships immediately from a domestic warehouse for as early as next day arrival.
03/09/2025
We Build the LEGO Wicked: Glinda & Elphaba Bookends That Defy Gravity for Books
A surprisingly delightful blend of fun and function.
03/09/2025
007 First Light State of Play September 2025: Everything Announced
The 007 First Light State of Play is just moments away from giving players a nice, long look at how developer IO Interactive will bring the next James Bond video game to life.
03/09/2025
Marvel Rivals Season 4 Trailer Reveals PS4 Release Date as NetEase Teases New Heroes Daredevil and Angela
NetEase has released the first trailer for Marvel Rivals Season 4: Heart of the Dragon, revealing a first official look at Daredevil and Angela as well as a release date for the new PS4 port.
03/09/2025
Game of Thrones, X-Men Star Sophie Turner Confirmed to Play Lara Croft in Amazon's Tomb Raider Series
Amazon’s Tomb Raider series will start shooting in 2026, with Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner confirmed to play Lara Croft.
03/09/2025
Disney Lorcana’s New Fabled Set Launches This Week – Here’s How (and What) to Buy
Fabled is finally here, and it introduces new product types and easy ways to get fresh foils. Here's all you need to know.
03/09/2025
James Gunn Announces His Superman Follow-Up, Man of Tomorrow, With Teaser Image From Jim Lee
James Gunn has announced his Superman follow up, Man of Tomorrow.
03/09/2025
Nioh 3: Exclusive Takeda Shingen Boss Reveal Gameplay – IGN First
Nioh 3 is our IGN First "cover story" for September! We'll have exclusive coverage all month long, starting with this exclusive Takeda Shingen boss fight gameplay.
03/09/2025
The Conjuring: Last Rites Review
The Conjuring: Last Rites Review: A satisfying finale, or has this series Warren out its welcome?
03/09/2025
Save $400 Off the Ultra Thin Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge Unlocked Smartphone, Down to the Lowest Price Ever
Get Samsung's newest high-end Galaxy phone for just $699.99.
03/09/2025
The Alienware Aurora RTX 5080 Gaming PC Drops to its Lowest Price Even After the Labor Day Sale Is Over
This is one of the few times I've seen any RTX 5080 prebuilt sell for under $2,000
03/09/2025
The Best Deals Today: Pokémon TCG Phantasmal Flames Preorders Are About to Drop
As of Sept. 3, Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution — Phantasmal Flames preorders are expected to go live soon at Best Buy, Target, and TCGPlayer. The set launches Nov. 14 with Mega Charizard X ex leading the lineup.
03/09/2025
3 New Breaker Series Xbox Wireless Controllers Are Up for Preorder
Heart Breaker, Ice Breaker, and Storm Breaker, to be precise.
03/09/2025
The Office Spinoff Show The Paper Renewed for Season 2 Ahead of Season 1 Premiere
No need to stop the presses — the new The Office spinoff series The Paper is taking TV by storm. In fact, the series has already been renewed for Season 2.
03/09/2025
New Spider-Man Action Figure in the S.H.Figuarts Gamerverse Collection Is Up for Preorder
A new S.H.Figuarts Gamerverse action figure of Spider-Man is now available to preorder for $98.42. It's set to be released on May 1, 2026.
03/09/2025
Cronos: The New Dawn Review
Cronos: The New Dawn presents an intriguing mystery to unravel and a creepy sci-fi hellscape to explore, but its run-of-the-mill combat system prevents it from stepping out of the shadows cast by survival-horror heavyweights like Dead Space and Resident Evil 4 that clearly inspired it.
03/09/2025
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone's Season 05 Reloaded Update Is Light on Goofy Cosmetics, Heavy on Nuketown Mannequin Skins
Call of Duty players have noticed something a little different with the Warzone and Black Ops 6 mid-season Season 05 Reloaded update: a lack of goofy cosmetics. A sign of things to come, perhaps?
03/09/2025
Forsaken 64 is the Surprise Next N64 Game Coming to Nintendo Switch Online via the Mature App
Forsaken 64 is the surprise next N64 game coming to the Nintendo 64 – Nintendo Classics: Mature app for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members.
03/09/2025
Destination D23 2025: The Biggest Reveals From the Disney, Disney Parks, Pixar, Star Wars, and Marvel Event
From the Walt Disney Studios Showcase to Walt Disney being added to Disney World's Carousel of Progress to a detailed look at the inspirations behind Magic Kingdom's Villains-themed land and much more, here are all the biggest moments from Disney's Destination D23.
01/09/2025
Save Over 50% off the Bose Smart Ultra Dolby Atmos Soundbar During the eBay Labor Day Sale
Bose's best soundbar normally costs $1,000, but you can get it for under $500.
01/09/2025
Alienware Area-51 Gaming Laptops Are on Sale for Labor Day, Including an RTX 5090 for $3299
If you're in the market for the absolute best gaming laptop around.
01/09/2025
Save an Extra 20% off the eBay Labor Day Sale With This Coupon Code (Works on Bose, Dyson, LG, and More)
eBay's last big sale of the year before Black Friday.
01/09/2025
The Powerful Alienware Area-51 RTX 5090 Gaming PC Drops to the Lowest Price Ever for Labor Day
Starting at $4,399.99 with an Intel Core Ultra 7 265K CPU, 32GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD.
01/09/2025
The Biggest Magic: The Gathering Crashers and Climbers This Week - September 1
These are biggest Magic: The Gathering cards to keep an eye on this week, with big synergies for landfall decks.
01/09/2025
George Lucas 'Told Off' The Thursday Murder Club Star Celia Imrie For Wearing Lipstick While Filming Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, As Actress Admits She Didn't Have a Clue About the Movie's Plot
British acting legend Celie Imrie, star of The Thursday Murder Club, has recalled the time she cameoed as a Naboo fighter pilot in Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, and got told off by George Lucas for wearing lipstick.
01/09/2025
Battlefield 6 Has Deliberately Avoided Adding Ray-Tracing — Here's Why
Battlefield 6 doesn't have ray-tracing, and its developer has said there are no plans to add the feature down the line.
01/09/2025
The Sonos Labor Day Sale Drops Prices on the Rarely Discounted Arc Ultra Soundbar and Era 300 Speaker
Other noteworthy deals include the Sonos Ace headphones and Move 2 portable speaker.
01/09/2025
The Secretlab Labor Day Sale Discounts the Titan Evo Nanogen Chair for the First Time
The Secretlab Titan Evo lineup is our favorite gaming chairs of 2025.
01/09/2025
The Walmart Labor Day Sale Has Fantastic Deals on Prebuilt Gaming PCs for Every Budget
Pick up a brand new gaming PC for as low as $899.
01/09/2025
Kojima Set to Offer Glimpse at 'Future Projects' During Event Celebrating 10 Years of Independence From Konami
Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima has announced plans to celebrate the 10th anniversary of establishing his own studio, Kojima Productions, with an event in Tokyo later this month.
01/09/2025
The Asus Prime GeForce RTX 5070 Graphics Card Is Priced Below MSRP During the Amazon Labor Day Sale
This is the first time I've seen an RTX 5070 graphics card priced below $550.
01/09/2025
The eBay Labor Day Sale Has the Best Deal I've Seen on the 2025 LG Evo C5 4K OLED TV
Get a brand new, fully warrantied 65" model for under $1,300 ($200 less than other retailers)
01/09/2025
Cyberpunk 2077 Issues Odd Tease, Leaving Fans Confused What it All Means — And Suddenly Debating Canon
Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt has issued a bizarre in-universe tease — with a date set for September 4, later this week. The message has since prompted an array of fan theories — and debates over the franchise's canon.
01/09/2025
The Alienware Labor Day Sale Is Live: All of the Best Deals on Gaming Laptops, PCs, and Monitors
The last big Alienware sale before Black Friday.
01/09/2025
Deals For Today: Pokémon TCG Price Watch Plus Funko Pop! Sale and Preorders
As of September 1, TCGPlayer has Elite Trainer Boxes starting at $75, and Amazon has Pokémon Funko Pops as low as $4.31. Preorders for Turtwig, Ninetales, and Absol are also live.
01/09/2025
This MTG Commander Bundle Is Down to Its Cheapest Price Yet at Amazon, and Is Perfect for You and a Friend
Aetherdrift's Commander Decks are included in this bundle, and you can get it for the cheapest price it's ever been right now.
01/09/2025
If You Want the Biggest LEGO Pokémon Set, You'd Better Start Saving Now — Leak Suggests It'll Retail for a Whopping $650
It looks like one of LEGO's huge — and hugely anticipated — Pokémon sets will be one of the company's most expensive ever, retailing for around $650.
01/09/2025
Assassin’s Creed Shadows for PS5 Has Dropped Back to Its Lowest Price in Labor Day Sales
Assassin’s Creed Shadows for PS5 is currently on sale for $49.99 at Amazon, 29% off its list price of $69.99 and a return to its lowest price yet.
01/09/2025
Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Preorder Guide: Where to Buy Before Prices Get Out of Hand
Find Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution preorders for ETBs, Booster Boxes, Bundles, and Blisters at Best Buy, Walmart, and TCGplayer
01/09/2025
PlayStation State of Play Announced Featuring 30 Minutes of Hitman Developer's James Bond Game 007 First Light
Sony has announced a PlayStation State of Play broadcast for this week, featuring James Bond game 007 First Light from Hitman developer IO Interactive.
01/09/2025
DC's Compact Comics Are an Incredible Value. These Are the Ones You Need
DC's Compact Comics line is a huge hit with budget-minded superhero fans, but which ones are most worth buying?
01/09/2025
Harry Potter Reunion 'Never Going to Happen' Now, Director Says, Amid Cast Divide From JK Rowling
Director Chris Columbus has ruled out any chance of Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson reuniting as their characters in the future, due to the "political stuff" dividing them from franchise creator JK Rowling.
01/09/2025
Battlefield 6's Battle Royale Footage Has Leaked — Here's What It Shows Us
A nine-minute slice of Battlefield 6's battle royale mode has leaked online, showcasing previously unknown details.
01/09/2025
Samsung Cuts Prices on Galaxy 3 Buds in Labor Day Sales, Save 58% on the True AI Earphones
Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 drop to their lowest price yet at Woot’s Labor Day sale, just $74.99, $100 off the regular $174.99
01/09/2025
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Finale Season Was 'A Negotiation', With a Movie Option Also Discussed, Star Says
Various options for the future of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds have been discussed, including the possibility of a two-hour movie.
01/09/2025
Sony's Live-Service Ambitions Take Another Blow As Fairgames' Creative Director Leaves Haven Studios Mid-Development
The fate of PlayStation's upcoming live-service game Fairgames is once again under scrutiny as its creative director, Daniel Drapeau, has confirmed he has left Haven Studios to join Warner Bros. Games Montreal.
01/09/2025
Harry Potter Movie Star to Reprise Role in HBO TV Series
Warwick Davis, star of the original Harry Potter movies, will once again play Professor Filius Flitwick in HBO's upcoming Harry Potter TV series.
01/09/2025
Avengers: Doomsday Leak Leaves Fans Worried That Endgame's Happy Ending Will Be Swiftly Undone
Marvel set photos have left fans thinking that a key part of Avengers: Endgame's finale will be swiftly undone, as Doctor Doom's multiversal reign of terror begins in Avengers: Doomsday.
01/09/2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong's Price and Global Launch Timing Have Been Revealed
While there's been a lot of rumors over the last few days, developer Team Cherry has now confirmed the final pricing and launch timing for the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong.
01/09/2025
AU Deals: Today's Cheapest Ways to Level Up Your Games Collection – Limited-Time Savings Inside!
There’s nothing like a good sale to remind me that my wallet fears September more than tax season. Every platform is putting up tempting discounts and some of the titles are impossible to ignore.
01/09/2025
Disneyland Paris' World of Frozen to Open in Spring 2026 Alongside Walt Disney Studios Park Becoming Disney Adventure World - Destination D23
Disneyland Paris' World of Frozen will officially open in Spring 2026 alongside the official transformation of Walt Disney Studios Park into Disney Adventure World.
31/08/2025
Hexed is Walt Disney Animation Studios' Fall 2026 Film and It's All About a Secret World of Magic
Hexed is Walt Disney Animation Studios' fall 2026 film and is focused on an "awkward teenage boy and his Type - A mom, who discover that what makes him unusual, might just be magical powers that will turn their lives and a secret world of magic, upside down."
31/08/2025
Everything Coming to Disney+ in September
From the live-action Lilo & Stitch to The Simpsons.
31/08/2025
Walt Disney World's Villains-Themed Land to Utilize 'Conjured Architecture,' Inspirations Revealed at Destination D23
Walt Disney Imagineering stopped by Destination D23 to reveal new details about the upcoming Villains-themed land, including that the team created the term 'Conjured Architecture' to describe how they are utilizing "the magical, fluid, and organic appearance of both the animated villains and the Art Nouveau style of construction" to build this new space.
31/08/2025
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026 Dates Revealed, Will Once Again Take Place in Anaheim, California
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event will officially return to Anaheim, California, from August 14 through 16 in 2026, and it will once again be a celebration and look forward of all things Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, and more.
30/08/2025
Walt Disney Audio-Animatronics Figure Is Headed to Disney World’s Carousel of Progress
Following Walt Disney – A Magical Life at Disneyland, Walt Disney is getting another Audio-Animatronics figure at Disney World’s Carousel of Progress at Magic Kingdom.
30/08/2025
Everything Coming to HBO Max in September 2025
Friendship, Warfare, and a new season of Rick and Morty.
30/08/2025
Severance Season 3 Cast and Characters: Who's Confirmed to Return and Who’s New?
Severance Season 2 has ended, which means the unbearable wait for Season 3 has begun. To help with the wait, we've begun gathering all the cast and characters we know and hope will be returning for the next set of episodes.
30/08/2025
Destination D23: Walt Disney Studios Showcase - Everything Announced (Updating Live!)
Destination D23 has arrived and we're at the Walt Disney Studios Showcase. This panel is all about giving us a sneak peek at the future of Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and so much more, and we'll be updating this article with all the big updates!
30/08/2025
Destination D23 2025: Walt Disney Studios Showcase - Everything Announced
Destination D23 2025 has arrived, and a weekend's worth of panels has been kicked off by the Walt Disney Studios Showcase. It was filled with surprises and reveals, including Toy Story 5's intro with an army of High-Tech Buzz Lightyears, the reveal of Walt Disney Animation Studios' Hexed, a clip of Din Djarin that evoked Darth Vader's iconic scene from Rogue One, and much more.
30/08/2025
The Blood of Dawnwalker Interview: Killing Time and Major NPCs in Ex-CDPR Devs' New RPG
The Blood of Dawnwalker's creative director explains just how its 30-day clock works, why you can skip major quests, and how ignoring your vampire hunger can lead to major, bloody consequences.
30/08/2025
The Studio Exec Who Broke Marvel Into the Big Time Has Passed Away
Universal Exec Frank Price, who recently passed away at age 95, made the deal with Stan Lee and Marvel that brought characters like The Hulk, Captain America, and Doctor Strange to live-action for the first time.
30/08/2025
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 30-31)
Are you Helldiving or Reloading?In the run up to our final one in August, multiple big games have dropped including some fresh Xbox Game Pass additions - so there's plenty to be going at over the next few days.Here's what we're playing over at PX HQ this weekend:Read the full article on purexbox.com
30/08/2025
Amazon discounted this monitor, then raised the price again - but it's still a great deal
UK gamers, I’ve failed you. In the hours between me spotting that this 32-inch Samsung Odyssey monitor was reduced by £300, Amazon has put the price up by £100. Read more
30/08/2025
Hands-On With Kaiju No. 8 The Game
How does Akatsuki Games’ adaptation of the blockbuster manga play?
30/08/2025
The Lenovo Legion 5 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming PC Drops to $1,821 During the Lenovo Labor Day Sale
4K gaming at 60fps and beyond for well under $2K.
30/08/2025
Mortal Kombat II Movie Delayed, Will Release Next Summer
Fans will have to wait a little bit longer to catch the sequel.
29/08/2025
The Best TVs for Dorms and Small Rooms in 2025
There's always space for a good TV in your dorm room.
29/08/2025
Save Up to $800 Off Alienware Area-51 Gaming Laptops During the Dell Labor Day Sale
If you're in the market for the absolute best gaming laptop around.
29/08/2025
The eBay Labor Day Sale Starts Now: Extra 20% Off Coupon Works on Bose, Dyson, LG, Sony, and More
All products sold by official authorized resellers, or the manufacturers themselves.
29/08/2025
The Powerful Legion 7 RTX 5090 Gaming PC Drops to its Lowest Price Ever During the Lenovo Labor Day Sale
Lenovo's most powerful gaming PC is $400 less than its previous lowest price.
29/08/2025
We Build the LEGO Baratie Floating Restaurant from 'One Piece'
We build the biggest new LEGO One Piece set from the live-action Netflix show.
29/08/2025
13 'Quirky Classic' Games From The 1980s Are Heading To Xbox In Attic Archive
You'll see tomorrow on Pure Xbox that next week's list of Xbox releases is absolutely stacked with titles, and there are some really interesting ones in the bunch - we already highlighted Bad Cheese here on the website earlier today.Another new release that's caught our eye is Attic Archive, which is a compilation of 13 "quirky classic" games from the 1980s that span the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum platforms.Read the full article on purexbox.com
29/08/2025
Check Out These Fantastic Legion Gaming Laptop Deals During the Lenovo Labor Day Sale
Combine with stackable coupon codes for even bigger savings.
29/08/2025
Konami Asked Every Single Model From Metal Gear Solid 3's Sexy Posters to Send Them Recent Photos So They Could Update the Graphics for the Remake 20 Years Later
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater developers at Konami have revealed how they updated MGS3's sexy model posters for the remake.
29/08/2025
Yooka-Replaylee Hits Xbox In October 2025, And It's Discounted If You Own The Original
"The definitive remastered and enhanced version".It's been announced today by Playtonic Games that the "definitive remastered and enhanced version" of Yooka-Laylee will launch for Xbox and other platforms on October 9th, 2025.This version of the 2017 platformer features improved visuals and performance, new challenges, a new collectible currency, a new world map, revised controls and new camera controls, and even a new orchestral score!
29/08/2025
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Already Has Essential Mods That Improve PC Performance, Fix Graphics, and Let You Play as Hideo Kojima
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater only launched this week, but modders have already been busy tweaking and improving the game. Here's a very early days roundup.
29/08/2025
Yes, That’s LoL Star Faker in the New Stray Kids K-Pop Video
Esports titan makes a cameo in Karma
29/08/2025
Sony Pictures CEO Says Apple TV's Hollywood Satire The Studio Is 'Horses—T' Besides a 'Kernel' of Truth
Apple TV+ hit Hollywood satire The Studio has received plaudits for its authenticity, but one industry executive has now clapped back on that sentiment, calling the show “horses—t” besides a "kernel" of truth.
29/08/2025
Reacher Star Alan Ritchson Reveals 'Words Have Been Exchanged About Batman,' but It Sounds Like He Won't Play the Caped Crusader in the DCU
Reacher star Alan Ritchson is one of the most popular Batman fan-castings there is, but the huge star has suggested he won’t play the Caped Crusader in the DCU, despite having spoken about a role with James Gunn.
29/08/2025
75% of Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition Nintendo Switch 2 Sales Were Physical, CD Projekt Reveals
75% of Cyberpunk 2077's Nintendo Switch 2 sales were physical, CD Projekt has confirmed.
29/08/2025
Ridley Scott Says Gladiator 3 'In the Process Right Now,' Open to a Third Alien Prequel
Legendary Hollywood director Ridley Scott has said Gladiator 3 is "in the process right now," and that he’s open to doing another Alien prequel if he has a good enough idea.
29/08/2025
Dexter: Resurrection Finale Leaks Online — and Fans Are Trying to Avoid Spoilers at All Costs
Dexter fans, beware: there are spoilers afoot — and it seems as though Paramount is not going to take any action to release the Dexter: Resurrection finale early to keep fans from being spoiled.
29/08/2025
5 PC Games on Sale for Under $10 I Highly Recommend Playing Over Labor Day Weekend
Some of my favorite games of all time.
29/08/2025
NBA 2K26 Early Access Begins Today, Set To Dominate The Xbox Charts For Yet Another Year
The full release is next week.it's not technically NBA 2K26 day if we're counting the official release date of September 5th, but early access begins today for the more expensive versions.Simply put, if you buy either the Superstar Edition (£89.99 / $99.99) or Leave No Doubt Edition (£129.99 / $149.99) of NBA 2K26 on the Xbox Store, you'll be able to start playing in just a couple of hours' time.
29/08/2025
'That Really Sucks' — Battlefield 6 Developer DICE Knows Anti-Cheat Measures Like Secure Boot Mean Some PC Gamers Just Won't Be Able to Play the Game
Battlefield 6 developer DICE knows anti-cheat measures like Secure Boot mean some PC gamers just won't be able to play the game, but insists they're a necessary evil.
29/08/2025
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater's First Hotfix Is Out Now — Check Out the Patch Notes
Konami has deployed a patch to address multiple reports of issues occurring in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. Ver. 1.1.2. — which is now live across all platforms — deploys a number of fixes and improvements, addressing various scenarios where players could inadvertently cause their systems to crash. Check out the patch notes.
29/08/2025
Epic CEO Suggests Unreal Engine 5 Issues Are Due To Developers Optimising Too Late
"We are preparing two major solutions to address this issue".Ever since the release of Unreal Engine 5 in 2022, there's been a suggestion that it struggles to run on certain platforms and types of PCs, particularly when it comes to lower-spec devices that seemingly can't handle it as effectively.Speaking in a recent roundtable interview in South Korea though (thanks, This Is Game and VGC), Epic CEO Tim Sweeney suggested that developers are optimising too late in the process for Unreal Engine 5, meaning that they're building their games for high-end hardware and then struggling to scale it for lower-spec devices later in the process.
29/08/2025
Spidey Gets Married, The Infinity Gauntlet and Other Essential Marvel Moments: Part 9
Let's look back at the end of the Marvel Universe’s third decade - these are the essential Marvel moments of 1987-1991.
29/08/2025
PlayStation 6 Handheld Rumors Are Ramping Up, This Time With Claims It’s Dockable
We’re nearly five years into the current console lifecycle — for Microsoft and Sony that is — and so it is perhaps inevitable that credible rumors around what both companies have up their sleeves in terms of hardware are ramping up. This latest rumor, which deals with an alleged PlayStation 6 handheld console, includes some interesting detail that, if it has a basis in reality, could suggest the Nintendo Switch 2 has a competitor on its hands.
29/08/2025
Lost Soul Aside Dev Acknowledges Performance Issues, Assures Players It is 'Actively Working on Optimizations'
The PC and PS5 console-exclusive Lost Soul Aside only released today, August 29, but it's already sitting on a 'Mixed' Steam review score from 300+ players, many of whom have reported issues with performance and optimization.
29/08/2025
Genshin Impact Studio Has An All New Honkai Adventure On the Way — Honkai: Nexus Anima
HoYoverse — the team behind Genshin Impact — has unveiled a brand-new Honkai game: Honkai: Nexus Anima.
29/08/2025
Delaying Space Marine 2 Was 'The Smartest Thing We Ever Did' — Saber Reflects on the Biggest Warhammer 40,000 Game of All Time After a Year of DLC and Looks to the Future
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is a breakout hit for developer Saber Interactive, selling over 7 million copies in less than a year. As the game approaches its first anniversary, and with the hotly anticipated Patch 10 imminent, development chief Tim Willits has a lot to be happy about. In this interview with IGN, he talks the past, present, and future of Space Marine.
29/08/2025
Battlefield 6 Closed Beta to Start Testing Server Browser and 'Player-Owned' Servers
A server browser will be available in Battlefield 6 via Battlefield Portal, developer DICE has announced. Here's a first look.
29/08/2025
Over 450 Diablo developers vote to unionise, because "passion can’t protect us from job instability"
A group of more than 450 Diablo developers have voted to form a union at Blizzard, under the banner of the Communications Workers of America (CWA).According to a CWA press release, the new union is made up of game developers, artists, designers, engineers, and support staff across the Diablo series, and has already been formally recognised by Blizzard parent company Microsoft.These workers join the over 500 World of Warcraft and almost 200 Overwatch devs who each formed their own unions earlier this year.
29/08/2025
400 People at This Massive Support Studio Worked on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered — but You Probably Don't Know They Exist
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Cyberpunk 2077, and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater are just a few of the many games that were and continue to be supported by Virtuos, one of the largest independent video game companies in the world. Still, the average gamer probably doesn’t know Virtuos exists.
29/08/2025
The Sony WH-1000XM5 Noise Canceling Headphone Drops to a New Price Low for Labor Day
The best noise canceling headphones under $250.
28/08/2025
Diablo Developers Vote to Unionize at Blizzard
A group of over 450 developers on the game Diablo at Blizzard have voted in favor of unionization with Communications Workers of America (CWA).
28/08/2025
Amazon Has Tons of New PS5 Games on Sale Ahead of Labor Day Weekend
Amazon has first-time discounts on some of the latest PS5 games, while the PlayStation Store has launched its own sale on digital editions.
28/08/2025
Save 50% off the Baseus 140W 4-Port USB-C Charger, Now Just $39.99 (Can Fast Charge a 16" MacBook Pro)
The official Apple 140W charger with only a single port costs $99.
28/08/2025
Elden Ring: Nightreign's Rumored Ultra-hard Difficulty Mode Confirmed for September
Elden Ring: Nightreign's previously-rumored ultra-hard difficulty mode is real and official, according to Bandai Namco, and it's coming to the game on September 11.
28/08/2025
The eBay Labor Day Sale Has the Best Deals on LG Evo C5 4K OLED TVs So Far This Year
Get a brand new, fully warrantied 65" model for under $1,300 with free delivery.
28/08/2025
Walmart’s Labor Day 2025 Sale: We Found the 10 Best Deals
We sifted through Walmart's 2025 Labor Day sale to find the top 10 must-have items.
28/08/2025
Marvel Introduces the Unbreakable X-Men During Age of Revelation
Marvel's flagship Uncanny X-Men series is transforming into Unbreakable X-Men. Here's what to expect as Age of Revelation sweeps across the Marvel Universe.
28/08/2025
Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away at Walt Disney World Is the Nighttime Parade I've Always Been Waiting For
Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away at Walt Disney World is the nighttime parade I've always been waiting for, as it celebrates the films and stories we cherish so much while also reminding us of the power of wishing upon a star and that dreams can come true.
28/08/2025
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P Weighs in on Mods After Popular Custom Character Sharing Mod Shuts Down
Final Fantasy 14's community is once again in a tizzy about the use of mods in game, to the point where the game's producer and director, Naoki Yoshida (Yoshi-P), has weighed in.
28/08/2025
Why It’s Fine if Not Every Superhero Movie Makes a Billion Dollars
You know, Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps both failed to hit a billion dollars at the box office. And that's totally OK!
28/08/2025
Viking Moon Is the Vikings vs. Werewolves Epic You Didn't Know You Needed
Who got Vikings in our werewolf story? Check out our exclusive preview of Viking Moon to see how these two great tastes work great together.
28/08/2025
Save Over 50% off the Bose Smart Ultra Soundbar with Dolby Atmos During the eBay Labor Day Sale
Bose's best soundbar normally costs $1,000, but you can get it for under $500.
28/08/2025
Back to the Future Trilogy Gets 40th Anniversary 4K Limited-Edition Steelbooks
Another 4K collection of the Back to the Future trilogy is set to release to celebrate the series' 40th anniversary.
28/08/2025
Every New Mega Pokémon Announced for Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Pokémon Legends: Z-A will add a fresh batch of superpowered creatures to the franchise's Mega Pokédex — here's every one revealed so far.
28/08/2025
Want a Piece of Horror History? You Can Now Bid on Memorabilia From Guillermo del Toro's Personal Collection
Horror maestro Guillermo del Toro is something of a legend, and his equally legendary horror memorabilia collection is practically fabled itself. During the tragic Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year, the iconic director almost lost many of his prized possessions but was able to salvage his collection — and now, he’s putting tons of those incredible horror collectables up for auction.
28/08/2025
Black Myth: Wukong Analysis Shows Completely Different Visuals On Xbox Compared To PS5
While that rings true in terms of performance, Digital Foundry has now taken a deeper look at the game's visuals - and there are some bizarre results in here compared to the existing PS5 console version.The DF team has analysed all of this in the video up above, and the game's visual differences are immediately apparent.Black Myth: Wukong looks completely different on Xbox compared to PS5 in certain modes - and that's apparently because the Series X|S version omits Unreal Engine 5's 'Lumen' lighting tech in those modes, for some unknown reason.
28/08/2025
The 2025 Pokémon TCG Holiday Calendar Is Stacked With Booster Packs
This year's Pokémon TCG Holiday Calendar is a solid deal as well as a fun festive activity for any Poké-fan.
28/08/2025
The Alienware Labor Day Sale Is Live Now: Save up to $850 off Gaming Laptops and PCs
Includes deals on Alienware's flagship Area-51 gaming rigs.
28/08/2025
First Look at Ryan Gosling in Star Wars: Starfighter, Simon Bird and Amy Adams Join the Cast
Lucasfilm has announced the cast for Star Wars: Starfighter and released a first-look image showing Ryan Gosling’s character.
28/08/2025
Elden Ring Nightreign's evil Deep Of Night mode gets a release date, but some people are already playing it
Elden Ring Nightreign will get a new rock-hard Expedition mode called Deep of Night on 11th September.It's variable because Deep of Night gets statistically harder, the more you win, with a difficulty rating or "depth" that fluctuates based on wins and losses.There are new special Depth Relics, exclusive to this mode, which sadistically bundle together additional buffs and debuffs.
28/08/2025
GOG Adds New Xbox Login Feature Ahead Of ROG Xbox Ally Launch
We've heard Team Xbox talk quite a bit about the desire to support multiple storefronts via the Xbox PC app, especially when it comes to the upcoming ROG Xbox Ally handheld, and this new GOG feature is yet another example of that.GOG, if you don't know, is just another distribution platform where you can buy PC games, with the big focus of this one being on DRM-free titles.It's a popular place for PC owners to pick up some bargains, and it's just added the ability to log into your GOG account through Xbox, meaning you're just "one click away" from buying games on there.
28/08/2025
Coffee convos, demonic detectives, and cow life simming are part of a pro-Palestine charity bundle coming to Itch.io
A bundle of games aiming to raise money to aid the United Nations' Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in their efforts to help Palestinian refugees is set to go on sale via Itch.io next week.Organised by Junch and the South East Asian Games for Good initiative, the bundle's dubbed Play for Peace - Games for Palestine.It's taken over 10 months to come together.
28/08/2025
The Biggest Pokémon Card Crashers And Climbers This Week - August 28
Crown Zenith cards are on the move: Giratina VSTAR climbs, while Leafeon and Suicune drop. See the latest Pokémon TCG market trends for August 2025
28/08/2025
Space Marine 2's new Techmarine class, Helbrute mode and other update plans detailed in Year 2 video
Developers Saber Interactive are supposed to be working on Space Marine 3, but you wouldn't know that from all the Stuff they've jammed into the previous game's year 2 content schedule.There's a major Anniversary patch due on 4th September, just in time for Silksong.Five more patches are coming over 2025 and 2026, plus nine DLC packs via season pass.
28/08/2025
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Year 2 Roadmap Reveals Content Plan for Patch 10 Right Up to 2026's Patch 15, Including New Weapons, a New Class, and Much More
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 publisher Focus Entertainment has lifted the lid on the game’s second year of DLC, confirming patches 10 all the way up to 15.
28/08/2025
Following Xbox's Perfect Dark Cancellation, Crystal Dynamics Suffers More 2025 Layoffs
"This decision was not made lightly".Back in March, prior to Perfect Dark being cancelled by Microsoft, one of its dev teams Crystal Dynamics suffered several layoffs - and now that the Xbox cancellation has settled in, the studio has laid off even more people here in 2025.Posting out to LinkedIn this week, Crystal Dynamics says that due to "evolving business conditions", it has made the "very difficult decision to part ways with a number of our talented colleagues".
28/08/2025
War of the Worlds Producer Insists There Isn't Any Product Placement in the Widely Panned Reboot: 'We Never Intended for Amazon to Release the Movie'
Prime Video’s new screenlife take on War of the Worlds was widely panned upon its release — and has even faced accusations of blatant product placement for Amazon. But producer Patrick Aiello has insisted there isn’t any product placement, and there never was intended to be any, especially not directly related to Amazon.
28/08/2025
Atomfall's second expansion, The Red Strain, unleashes its crimson tendrils next month
It's dubbed The Red Strain, and looks to star a not-Robobrain who's connected to a bunch of crimson plantlife filling the Cumberland quarantine zone.This second DLC follows Wicked Isle, the first Atomfall expansion that you got automatically if you plumped for the deluxe edition of the radioactive pasty survivathon.Read more
28/08/2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sequel or DLC confirmed: it's only "one of the stories that we want to tell"
You know what, I'm going to bare all: I've still yet to play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 beyond the hour or so I played at a preview event, during which I approximately deemed it "a pretty tidy slice of RPG with some cheeky QTEs on the side", but certainly not the diamond-plated GOTY candidate described by Nic in his review.As is my rotten nature, my desire to see what all the fuss is about is proportionately lower for knowing that they're going to make a sequel - or at least, some rather substantial-sounding DLC.Read more
28/08/2025
Xbox Newcomers Are Thanking Veteran Helldivers 2 Players for Helping Them Out — and Player Numbers Are Seeing a Massive Boost as a Result
In one of the more wholesome video game stories of the year, veteran Helldivers 2 players who’ve seen and done it all on PC and PlayStation 5 are helping out Xbox newcomers, with player numbers hitting new heights as a result.
28/08/2025
Expedition 33 Dev Says More Games Are Coming In The 'Clair Obscur' Franchise
"Clair Obscur is the franchise name...".One of the biggest Game Pass surprises this year so far has been Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - we expected big things from this one but Sandfall Interactive's turn-based RPG blew us away back in April!Talking with YouTuber MrMattyPlays (via Eurogamer), Sandfall's Guillaume Broche reassured us that Expedition 33 is "not the end" for the series, and that 'Clair Obscur' is the franchise itself - a franchise that will be expanded on in the future.
28/08/2025
"A culture of intimidation, retaliation and oppression": How Microsoft’s Gaza stance fuelled an industry-spanning boycott
Every October, Microsoft host an Employee Giving campaign for charities chosen by staff, with the company matching any funds they raise.During last October’s Giving month, a group of Microsoft workers organised a vigil for Palestinians killed by the Israeli military during the current invasion of Gaza, stumping up donations for organisations such as the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, while paying tribute to fellow tech workers who’ve lost their lives in the war.Read more
28/08/2025
Which Is Best, Home Alone or Home Alone 2? Chris Columbus, the Director of Both Films, Delivers His Verdict
It is one of the most enduring debates in all movie fandom: which is best, Home Alone or Home Alone 2? For years fans have gone back and forth, with some favoring Home Alone’s more grounded slapstick comedy, others opting for the sequel’s more over-the-top violence. Now, Chris Columbus, who directed both comedy masterpieces, has issued his verdict.
28/08/2025
Here's A Look At The Performance For Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater On Xbox
Out today!Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is officially out now on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, but as you may have heard with the PS5 version, it doesn't run perfectly smoothly on console by any means.YouTuber Destin did some testing of the Xbox version earlier in the week, and found that it's basically suffering from the same issues as PS5 - most notably quite a lot of frame rate drops in the 60FPS performance mode.
28/08/2025
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 Is Missing Gabriel Angelos Because He's 'A Little Bit Overpowered'
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 will not feature previous Blood Angels Chapter Master, Gabriel Angelos, as developer King Art Games wants to use heroes with a more "normal" power level.
28/08/2025
The Big Dawn of War 4 Interview: How a New Developer Took On Warhammer 40,000's Flagship RTS, Why It Returns to Kronus, and Why Chaos Isn't Here… Yet
IGN talks to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4's creative director about the pitch that won over Games Workshop, returning to the planet Kronus, and why Chaos isn't in the faction roster.
28/08/2025
The Last of Us Star Bella Ramsey Tells Season 2 Haters They Don't Have to Watch Season 3: 'If You Hate It That Much, the Game Exists'
Bella Ramsey has issued a short, sharp message to the louder critics of The Last of Us Season 2, insisting those who hate it can play the video game upon which it is based instead of watching Season 3.
28/08/2025
Judas Preview Details 'Villainy' Feature As Studio Drops New BioShock-Like Gameplay Clips
Key art also revealed.More than a year ago now, we got our deepest look at Judas yet; the next game from famous BioShock creator Ken Levine.The studio has pretty much gone dark since then, but Levine has re-emerged this week with the first of a series of 'dev logs' planned for the upcoming Xbox title - and he's brought some sweet in-game goodies to this first entry.
28/08/2025
Bioshock successor Judas emerges from hiding as Ken Levine explains how you'll choose the game's final villain
Just me then, and also the protagonist of Ken Levine's Judas, whose main foe you'll get to dictate the identity of through your actions in the game.It happens via a villainy system, which Levine and the crew at Ghost Story Games discuss in the first ever Judas dev log they've just put out.This looks to the first sign of more regular updates in the offing.
28/08/2025
Popular PC Survival Game 'UBOAT' Has Just Shadow Dropped On Xbox
While we did include it in our "games coming to Xbox next week" roundup this past weekend, UBOAT's Xbox release date was only announced last Friday, so we're deciding to call this one a "shadow drop" for consoles!For those who haven't come across it before, UBOAT is a "survival sandbox with crew management mechanics", serving as a simulator of a submarine from the World War 2 era.It's got "Very Positive" reviews on Steam based on over 10,000 user reviews, and a press release tell us that it's already sold over 1 million copies on PC.
28/08/2025
Civilization 7 is getting an even "harsher" Age transition option, as Firaxis roll out new sticky settings
For those just joining us, when you move between Ages in Firaxis's latest historical map-painter, it's sort of like starting over.You're asked to pick a new Civilisation, appropriate to the Age, and your units will be reshuffled, downgraded and, in some cases, deleted like rabid dogs.The game also runs a broom over the geography, rearranging all the resources.
28/08/2025
James Gunn Rules Out Marvel Star Chris Pratt for Batman, but It Sounds Like He's Going to Get His Guardians of the Galaxy Pal Into the DCU Eventually
Chris Pratt is in a lot of things, but don’t expect him to play Batman in the DC Universe. James Gunn has ruled his Guardians of the Galaxy pal out of the iconic role, but it sounds like he's keen to find a place for him in the DCU.
28/08/2025
Tomb Raider developers Crystal Dynamics lay off more staff, say the series' future is "unaffected"
The studio say that the future of the Tomb Raider series won't be affected by this latest taking away of folks' livelihoods.The news comes not too long after the Perfect Dark reboot Crystal Dynamics were working alongside The Initiative was cancelled amid Microsoft's mass cuts in July.The Initiative were shut down as part of that culling.
28/08/2025
Xbox Highlights Six Of The Best Indie Releases This Month (August 2025)
'Ready or Not' headlines a big month for indies.Everything from realistic shooters to serene puzzlers have graced Xbox in recent weeks, and Microsoft has picked out its top six indie titles for this past month in its latest 'Selects' roundup.So, here's what's made the Xbox Indie Selects lineup for August 2025, along with details on each title from Xbox Wire:Read the full article on purexbox.com
28/08/2025
Gen V Star Always Hoped Marie Would End Up Killing The Boys Supervillain Homelander Because 'He's Such a Royal Ass' — and She Might Be Powerful Enough to Do It
The actor who plays Gen V’s Marie has revealed she always hoped the writers would have her character kill The Boys supervillain Homelander — and according to its showrunner, she might just be powerful enough to do it.
28/08/2025
Resident Evil: Requiem director says it has a third person mode because Resi 7 was just too good at spooks
Horror developers: that is the wrong way around.Regardless, the latter point has been raised by Resident Evil: Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi himself, who told GamesRadar+ that part of the reasoning for giving the upcoming sequel a choice of first and third person modes was that the solely FPP Resident Evil 7 – which Nakanishi also directed – maybe worked a little too well at enabling scares.Read more
28/08/2025
Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (August 28-31)
Free with Xbox Game Pass.Welcome to your Xbox Free Play Days roundup for this week!As we approach the final weekend of August, Microsoft has put out a five-game FPD lineup this weekend - including the likes of EA College Football 26 and Rust: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S.
28/08/2025
The Thursday Murder Club Director Chris Columbus Says He Was 'Fired' From Fox's Original Fantastic Four Movie After Saying Concept Art 'Should Feel More Like Jack Kirby'
The Thursday Murder Club director Chris Columbus has said he was fired from 20th Century Fox’s original Fantastic Four movie after suggesting concept art should feel more like the Silver Age of Marvel.
28/08/2025
No Man's Sky Players Share Fix For 'Black Screen' Issue Following Voyagers Update
Just a quick No Man's Sky update for you this morning!If you downloaded the massive new Voyagers update on Xbox (or any other platform) yesterday, you may have noticed that it booted into a black screen and nothing else - lots of players have been reporting a problem like this so far.Read the full article on purexbox.com
28/08/2025
AU Deals: Mario Kart World Drifts to a New Low, With Steep Cuts on Space Marine 2, RoboCop, Lego and More
I’ve been rifling through the latest discounts, and today seems fairly McChockers with heavy hitters across all platforms.
28/08/2025
Save 47% off the SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless Gaming Headset During the Best Buy Labor Day Sale
The only gaming headset under $200 with hot-swappable batteries.
28/08/2025
Screamer Hands-On Preview
This twin-stick arcade racer from the makers of Hot Wheels Unleashed boasts some surprising complexity beneath the surface.
27/08/2025
The $10 Joyroom Apple Watch Charger Has an Internal 2,500mAh Battery for Charging Your Watch on the Go
It's also a third of the price of the official - but basic - Apple Watch charger.
27/08/2025
The Alienware Area-51 RTX 5090 Gaming PC Drops to the Lowest Price Ever for Labor Day
Starting at $4,399.99 with an Intel Core Ultra 7 265K CPU, 32GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD.
27/08/2025
HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2 Mini Review – Our Favorite Compact Gaming Mouse
The HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2 Mini brings stellar performance, feel, and value, simply making it one of the best compact wireless gaming mice you can buy.
27/08/2025
The eBay Labor Day Sale Has Huge Discounts on Bose Outlet Headphones, Soundbars, and Speakers
These are the best discounts I've seen on Bose products so far this year.
27/08/2025
This Anker power bank is ideal for your Steam Deck or ROG Ally, and there's 30% off at Amazon right now
Taking your Steam Deck on the go this Summer?You’ll probably know all too well just how quickly the battery drains, and while we’ve seen recent deals on some sizeable options like the AOHI Future Starship, this one is a bit more compact.Read more
27/08/2025
Alienware's Aurora R16 with an RTX 5070 Ti is reduced, and it comes with Battlefield 6
If you’re looking for a discount on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti PC, discounts are popping up all over the place. Read more
27/08/2025
Best Buy’s Labor Day Sale Is Live With New Deals on Tech and Games
Best Buy's Labor Day 2025 sale is now live.
27/08/2025
The Secretlab Labor Day Sale Discounts the Titan Evo Nanogen Chair and Recliner Add-on for the First Time
The Secretlab Titan Evo lineup is our favorite gaming chairs of 2025.
27/08/2025
Starfield Dev Teases New DLC, Free Updates And 'Features Players Have Been Asking For'
Plenty of content in the works.We've got official confirmation that a bunch more Starfield content is in the works!This was revealed as part of a new Bethesda Game Studios Developer Spotlight earlier today, in which lead creative producer Tim Lamb hinted at various content coming to the game in the future.
27/08/2025
Crystal Dynamics Lays Off More Following Perfect Dark Cancelation
Crystal Dynamics has laid off an unknown number of workers following the cancelation of Perfect Dark by Microsoft.
27/08/2025
We Build the LEGO Fortnite Mecha Team Leader, a Wildly Impressive Set
We build LEGO Fortnite Mecha Team Leader, a big, impressive, and wildly creative set.
27/08/2025
Every Mario Kart LEGO Set Currently Available
A rundown of what's available in terms of LEGO Mario Kart sets.
27/08/2025
The Walmart Labor Day Sale Has the Best Deals I've Seen on Prebuilt Gaming PCs So Far
Four excellent gaming rigs from budget to best.
27/08/2025
Black Ops 7's Game Pass Upgrade Is Already One Of The Top Sellers On The Xbox Store
It's not even out until November!We've just been having a browse of the "Top Paid" Xbox charts today, and while a lot of the stuff in there is performing pretty much as expected, we were slightly surprised to see Black Ops 7's Vault Edition Upgrade in the list already.Basically, this is the Xbox Game Pass upgrade for people who want to play Black Ops 7 on the service, but also get all the benefits of the Vault Edition.
27/08/2025
Ken Levine's Judas Reemerges With Dev Log Highlighting New System That Lets Your Choices Decide the Story's Villain
Ghost Story Games must have sensed that we were becoming antsy about Judas, so the studio has dropped the first of seemingly multiple Dev Logs today, with this one talking about the game's complex, Shadow of Mordor-like "Villainy" system.
27/08/2025
How Does Return to Silent Hill Connect to the Other Movies?
How does Return to Silent Hill connect to the other movies? What games is this movie adapting? Here's everything you need to know.
27/08/2025
Following Datamine Leak, Bethesda Confirms Starfield Space Gameplay Revamp ‘To Make the Travels There More Rewarding’
Starfield developer Bethesda has finally teased some of the upcoming changes coming to the game, confirming improvements to space gameplay “to make the travels there more rewarding.”
27/08/2025
The Allpowers R600 299Wh LiFePO4 Power Station Drops to Just $134.60, More Features Than Ecoflow
600W AC outlets with pure sine wave inverter, 100W USB Type-C ports, smart functionality, and more.
27/08/2025
Turok: Origins Dev Reveals Xbox Performance Targets, Admits 60FPS Is Too Difficult For Series S
It'll be 60FPS on the Series X though.This game was first revealed back in December of last year, and we've been extremely intrigued by it ever since - it's also since become available to wishlist on the Xbox Store if you're interested.Anyway, we don't have a date yet for this, nor do we have any real idea of when it'll be coming out, but one of the game's developers has actually been talking about its Xbox performance targets as part of Gamescom 2025 this month.
27/08/2025
The creator of Dread Delusion is making a turn-based JRPG set in another Morrowindy fantasy world
Dread Delusion developers Lovely Hellplace and their sinister backers at DreadXP have announced Entropy - a turn-based party RPG inspired by classic Japanese RPGs, which retains Dread Delusion’s fungal pixel aesthetics.Like Final Fantasy 9, it starts with a theatre show. Read more
27/08/2025
Somebody has turned a daft English cheese rolling festival into an even dafter free Steam game
Cheese Rolling is a multiplayer ragdoll game inspired by the ancient Gloucestershire, England pastime of racing a hunk of dairy down a hill.The hill in question is Cooper's Hill at Brockworth, and the ceremony apparently dates back to at least 1826 - providing you trust the account of that year's Gloucester town crier - which makes the sport of cheese rolling at least 47 years older than Rock Paper Shotgun.The cheese in question is usually Double Gloucester - scandalously, they resorted to a foam replica in 2013 - and is given a strict one-second headstart.
27/08/2025
Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod recreates the original Baldur's Gate's Candlekeep and prologue
Return to Candlekeep, as you might have gleaned from the title, aims to recreate the prologue of the original Baldur's Gate, by taking you to a certain library fortress.After all, daunting tasks as such things might be, a good number of the BG3 custom campaigns being put together with the Moonglasses toolkit have opted to try their hand at taking players to revamped versions of locations from the previous two games.Read more
27/08/2025
Save 50% Off the Popular AstroAI S8 Pro Cordless Car Jump Starter (Now Just $29.99)
An essential part of your car's emergency kit.
27/08/2025
Onn microSD Express Card Review: You Get What You Pay for (And It’s Fine)
We review Walmart's in-house and budget-friendly option for Switch 2 storage upgrades.
27/08/2025
Xbox Insiders On Cheaper Game Pass Tiers Can Now Stream More Cloud Games And Access PC Versions of (Some of) the Games They Own
Microsoft is beta testing more cloud games and PC crossplay for Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers.
27/08/2025
Marvel Star Karen Gillan Says She's Still Getting Weird 'Flak' for Her Skimpy Jumanji Costume Despite It Being a Clear Joke About Sexualized Outfits for Female Video Game Characters
Marvel star Karen Gillan has opened up about the “flak” she’s still receiving for the skimpy outfits her character Ruby Roundhouse wore in the Jumanji reboot films — which it seems a lot of fans may have missed the irony on.
27/08/2025
Sony Announces PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for September 2025
Sony has announced the PlayStation Plus monthly lineup of games for September 2025, which includes a Xbox-published game and a hugely popular farming title.
27/08/2025
Former Black Panther Developers Join Wizards of the Coast for New Game Project
A group of individuals who formerly worked at the now-shuttered Cliffhanger Games on its canceled Black Panther game have been picked up by Wizards of the Coast for a new project.
27/08/2025
These Funko Pop! Alien: Earth Figures Are Adorably Terrifying
Funko's new line of Alien: Earth Pop! figures are as adorable as they are terrifying, Check them out for yourself.
27/08/2025
Xbox Cloud Gaming Is Coming To More Game Pass Members, Along With Some PC Titles
Specifically for Core and Standard subscribers.It's been revealed that both tiers will soon be getting the ability to access Xbox Cloud Gaming, with the official Xbox Wire blog explaining today that "cloud playable games included with subscription" along with "select cloud playable games own" will be part of it.Read the full article on purexbox.com
27/08/2025
Dragon’s Dogma 2 director Hideaki Itsuno Intentionally Designed it 'Not Like a Nintendo One,' But For 'A Certain Type of Audience'
Dragon’s Dogma 2 director Hideaki Itsuno says he is "very proud" of the highly anticipated sequel even though the game may not have suited "a certain type of audience."
27/08/2025
'Part of Me Was Like, What's the Point?' Harry Potter Movie Director Unsure Why There Needs to Be a TV Remake, After Seeing Suspiciously Similar Set Photos
Harry Potter director Chris Columbus, who helmed the series' first two films, has shared his reaction to recent set photos of the franchise's upcoming TV reboot — and in particular, images of new Hagrid actor Nick Frost in "the exact same costume".
27/08/2025
Deals For Today: Grab an RTX 5080 for MSRP With A Free Copy Of Borderlands 4
As of Aug. 27, the Asus RTX 5080 is back at MSRP for $999.99 on Amazon, Alienware gaming PCs come with a free Battlefield 6 ahead of its Oct. 10 release, and the Pokémon TCG Surging Sparks Booster Bundle is $35.99 at TCGPlayer ($12 off Amazon’s price).
27/08/2025
Vaults are open, flames are thrown and ghouls are sick, as Doom mod Fallout: Bakersfield shows off more shootering
The Doom modder behind Fallout: Bakersfield, which recreates the city of Necropolis from the original Fallout as the backdrop to irradiated boomer shooting, has followed up their first trailer in ages with some more footage of the mod in action.Alexander 'Red888guns' Berezin, the modder in question, caught most of us off guard last month, when he whipped out that trailer for a GZDoom WAD plenty had assumed wouldn't ever see the light of day.He's definitely working hard to show it off now, though.
27/08/2025
No Man's Sky Gets Massive 'Voyagers' Update, Out Now On Xbox Game Pass
We've got a new update for No Man's Sky!This one's called the Voyagers update, and it's described as perhaps the biggest update of 2025 - available to everyone who owns the game or can access it via Xbox Game Pass.The idea behind Voyagers is to let you build a fully-custom starship, allowing you to "select and arrange every section of hull, every wing and peripheral, every internal corridor and bunk bed".
27/08/2025
Hellraiser: Revival is Resident Evil For Sickos
Hellraiser: Revival is disgustingly violent and shockingly sexy, but maybe I'm into it.
27/08/2025
The Big Resident Evil Requiem Interview: Why the Game's Monster Got Supersized, Why it's Probably Not Lisa Trevor, and a Tease for Areas Beyond Raccoon City — Just Don't Talk About Leon
Last week in Cologne, Capcom's nerve-jangling Resident Evil Requiem demo was one of the highlights of the Gamescom 2025 show floor — but plenty of questions remain. Here, IGN sits down with director Koshi Nakanishi and producer Masato Kumazawa for some answers.
27/08/2025
Whether Leon's in the Game or Not, Resident Evil Requiem Is More Than Just a 'Backwards Looking' Nostalgia Fest, Capcom Says — and It Wasn't Originally Planned as a 30th Anniversary Release at All
Regardless of what's been said about the game to date, Resident Evil: Requiem's director and producer want you to know that the title — scheduled for release in 2026, the series' 30th anniversary year — has more going on than a simple focus on nostalgia.
27/08/2025
Konami blame Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater crash bugs on cranky crocs
Curiously, two of the major crashing issues involve crocodiles.Did a crocodile work on this game?There seems to be some underlying reptilian resentment at work, which I guess is to be expected from a game called Snake Eater.
27/08/2025
IGN Deals Is Giving Away A Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle
In honor of the 34th anniversary of Mario Kart, which was released in Japan on August 27, 1991, IGN Deals is giving away a Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World Bundle to one lucky winner! Here's how to enter.
27/08/2025
The 10 Best Stealth Games
From sneaky heists all the way up to precision assassin sims, these are the 10 best stealth games.
27/08/2025
You Can Play Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds For Free On Xbox This Weekend
It's getting an Open Network Test.Well, you can try it out for yourself this weekend, with the free Open Network Test for the game going live on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this Friday.Specifically, these are the times for the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Open Network Test:Read the full article on purexbox.com
27/08/2025
Microsoft 'Investigating' Crashing And Missing Pre-Orders As Gears of War: Reloaded Slumps to 'Mixed' Rating on Steam
Microsoft has said it is "aware" of crashing issues with the newly released Gears of War: Reloaded on Steam and confirmed it is "investigating" amid a 'mixed' user review rating.
27/08/2025
At a largely humourless Gamescom, train kickflipper Denshattack was a golden streak of joy
Silent Hill f?Hardly out to make jokes.Now there’s a big, daft bundle of laughs, a half-racing, half-score attack trickster that both rattled and rejuvenated my expo-ravaged bones upon playing its demo in the Gamescom Indie Arena.
27/08/2025
Wednesday Season 2 Fails to Hit the Record-Breaking Numbers of Season 1... So Far
It seemed as though Season 2 of Wednesday was bound to be the same smash hit that Season 1 was. After all, the show is beloved by its huge fanbase, who highly anticipated the second season in the nearly three years it took Netflix to make it. But it turns out that Season 2 is simply not seeing anywhere close to the success that Season 1 had.
27/08/2025
Sisu: Road to Revenge: Exclusive Red Band Trailer for 'Crazy' Action Sequel
The Finnish action film Sisu became an online sensation back in 2023 thanks to its relentless, over-the-top action sequences and its “imagine John Wick killing Nazis in World War II” premise. Now, "the man who refuses to die" is back in Sisu: Road to Revenge and IGN has your exclusive first look at the film’s red band trailer, which promises even more insane wall-to-wall action next time around.
27/08/2025
10 Xbox Games Are Shutting Down Their Servers In September & October 2025
As we head into a new month, we usually bring you an update on all the Xbox games shutting down their servers, and we're actually combining both September and October 2025 for this particular update.Well, there's seemingly one server closure planned for September right now, but we don't want you to miss out on hearing about it, while October has so many that it's probably a good idea to get advance notice on all of them!Read the full article on purexbox.com
27/08/2025
No Man’s Sky Voyagers Update Adds Corvette Ship Class, Multiplayer Crew, and Tech That Will Be Shared With Hello Games’ Light No Fire
No Man’s Sky is expanding once again, this time with the free Voyagers update. Interestingly, developer Hello Games said the tech introduced with this update will be shared with its next game, Light No Fire.
27/08/2025
Nintendo Switch 2 Has Sold 2 Million Units in the U.S., 75% Ahead of the Switch 1's Pace
The Nintendo Switch 2's second month on the market was another explosive one, at least in the U.S., where it surpassed 2 million units sold life-to-date, putting it 75% ahead of the unit sales pace set by the Nintendo Switch 1.
27/08/2025
No Man's Sky's Voyagers update adds in big custom ships crewed by you and your mates
Well, the latest in No Man's Sky's endless string of free updates has you covered.It's called Voyagers, and adds in custom multi-person ships dubbed corvettes.Read more
27/08/2025
The Outer Worlds 2’s First Hour Has Layers and Layers of Role-Playing Opportunities
We've played the first hour of The Outer Worlds 2, and its many opportunities and alternative pathways suggest another rich and flexible RPG from the experts at Obsidian.
27/08/2025
After Raising Over $1 Billion From Players, Star Citizen Dev Chris Roberts Hopes Squadron 42's 2026 Launch Will Be 'Almost as Big an Event' as GTA 6
Chris Roberts, the chief developer of Star Citizen, has made a bold claim about next year’s single-player spinoff, Squadron 42, comparing it to the launch of behemoth Grand Theft Auto 6.
27/08/2025
Call Of Duty Team Responds To Feedback That They've 'Drifted From What Made CoD Unique'
Big changes are afoot for Black Ops 7.Throughout the past year of Call of Duty content, we've seen complaints from some parts of the community about the more outlandish elements being added to the game(s) - the recent Beavis and Butt-Head crossover being one of them.And, speaking in an August 2025 Community Update this week, the CoD team addressed this feedback, stating that they're taking it seriously and implementing a series of changes to Black Ops 7 in order to find a better balance.
27/08/2025
Atari Snaps Up 5 Dormant Ubisoft Franchises, Says It Will Re-Release Them On New Platforms
Atari has acquired five chiefly dormant franchises from developer/publisher Ubisoft: Child of Eden, Cold Fear, Grow Home, Grow Up, and I Am Alive.
27/08/2025
Alien: Earth Episode 4 Is a Litmus Test for Whether You Should Keep Watching the Show or Not
Is it time to head to the escape pod, or stick your face just a little further over the alien egg? Let's dig in on Alien: Earth Episode 4's big revelation.
27/08/2025
Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World Review
This add-on offers some appetizing new levels, but left me hungry for something meteor.
27/08/2025
Elden Ring Superfan Alex Garland Put Together a 160-Page Draft Script – With 40 Extra Pages of Images – to Convince Hidetaka Miyazaki to Let Him Direct the Movie
It sounds like Elden Ring movie director Alex Garland went the extra mile to convince FromSoftware chief Hidetaka Miyazaki to give his seal of approval to the adaptation.
27/08/2025
Microsoft staff perform sit-in protest in company president's office over Israeli military ties
A group of current and former Microsoft employees have staged a sit-in protest in the office of company president Brad Smith over the use of Azure and generative AI technologies by the Israeli military during their on-going bombardment of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.Read more
27/08/2025
Digital Foundry Praises Gears Reloaded On Xbox, But Points Out Glitch With The 120FPS Mode
"This is still an excellent package".Digital Foundry has been taking a look at the new releases of Gears of War: Reloaded across Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PS5, PS5 Pro and PC, and the results are pretty much what you'd expect - it's excellent for all of them.Visuals are great, performance is really smooth for the most part, and even the Xbox Series S version is praised multiple times in the video analysis you see up above.
27/08/2025
Yes, Another Clair Obscur Game Is Coming — 'Expedition 33 is One of the Stories That We Want to Tell in This Franchise,' Teases Director
Good news, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 fans! Clair Obscur is not just the shortened name for developer Sandfall Interactive's blockbuster RPG — it's also the name for an entire franchise.
27/08/2025
With the Inquisition Watching, Tight-Lipped Saber Chief Won't Say Much About Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3, but He Has Revealed Games Workshop Is Offering Up 'Some Ideas That Are Amazing'
At gamescom 2025, IGN interviewed Saber Interactive development chief Tim Willits and asked him some sneaky Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 questions. Here's what he had to say.
27/08/2025
Five Ubisoft Games Acquired By Atari, All Set To Be Re-Released On Xbox
“We’re excited to reintroduce these titles".Out of the blue, Atari has announced that it's acquired the rights to five Ubisoft games this week, and they're all set to be re-released with the intent of expanding their reach, meaning we're very likely going to see new Xbox releases for them!The five games are as follows:Read the full article on purexbox.com
27/08/2025
'It Almost Destroyed Me': Game of Thrones Teen Star Issues Warning to New Harry Potter Actors Over Fame and Social Media
Sophie Turner, who began playing Sansa Stark on HBO's Game of Thrones aged just 13, has offered some words of warning for the network's young actors set to star in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series.
27/08/2025
Return to Silent Hill's First Cinematic Trailer Has Completely Divided the Community
The first cinematic teaser for the upcoming Silent Hill 2 adaptation, Return to Silent Hill, dropped yesterday, and once again, the community is divided by what they've seen.
27/08/2025
Helldivers 2's Player Count Spikes Massively Following Xbox Series X|S Release
"Xbox divers have brought the desperately needed reinforcements".There's been a lot of curiosity surrounding the Helldivers 2 release on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S over the past few weeks, and that seems to have translated to great sales in its first 24 hours on Microsoft's platform.Helldivers fans have been pointing out how the game's player count has spiked massively during that time, reaching over 300,000 active players at once - something that's been praised by much of the game's community.
27/08/2025
Amid Backlash to Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Locking Clans Behind DLC, Paradox Says It's 'Making Adjustments Ahead of Launch'
The backlash to Paradox’s decision to lock two clans behind DLC for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 appears to have prompted a rethink.
27/08/2025
Paradox are "making adjustments" to Bloodlines 2's day-one vampire clan DLC plans, following backlash
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 publisher Paradox look like they might be sticking a stake in their rather unpopular plans to sell two of the game's vampire clans as paid day-one DLC.I say "might be" because nothing specific's been committed to yet, beyond some nebulous making of "adjustments ahead of launch" in response to fan feedback on the gating-off of Lasombra and Toreador bloodsuckers.The only ways to get the clans were to buy that pack on top of the base game, or splash out £74.99/€89.99/$89.99 for the premium edition.
27/08/2025
After Super Mario Bros. Movie's Success, Nintendo Makes Clear It's Committed to Film Production With a Newly-Restructured Entertainment Division, Named Nintendo Stars
Nintendo has restructured and rebranded a division that is now dedicated to developing films featuring the company's characters, such as Mario and Zelda.
27/08/2025
Amid Battlefield 6's Commitment to 'Gritty Realism,' Activision Makes Shock Call of Duty Change for Black Ops 7: 'We Hear the Feedback'
It sounds like all change for Call of Duty with the release of Black Ops 7, amid pressure from Battlefield 6 and its commitment to “gritty realism.”
27/08/2025
Save 50% Off the Jusuox Cordless Tire Inflator and Air Compressor, Now Just $15
Every car absolutely needs a tire inflator as part of an emergency kit.
27/08/2025
AU Deals: Colossal Discounts on Current and Classic Games Worth Their Weight in Rupees
There’s no shortage of deals tempting my wallet this week, and I’m leaning into the ones that feel like old mates I can’t quite leave behind.
27/08/2025
Alien: Earth Episode 4 Review
Episode 4 of Alien: Earth pumps the brakes with a contemplative pace that asks “what if we did all of this wrong?” Here's our review.
27/08/2025
The Sonos Labor Day Sale Drops Prices on the Rarely Discounted Arc Ultra Soundbar and Era 300 Speaker
Other noteworthy deals include the Sonos Ace headphones and Move 2 portable speaker.
26/08/2025
Corsair Xeneon Edge Review
The Corsair Xeneon Edge feels like a next-gen Stream Deck and should only get better with time. Though it still needs more widgets, if given the chance, it seems destined to become the control center of your PC.
26/08/2025
Return to Silent Hill: Teaser Trailer Revealed for Third Movie Based on Konami Game Franchise
The first teaser trailer for Return to Silent Hill was released today. Christophe Gans, who directed 2006's Silent Hill, is back behind the camera for the sequel, which is based on Konami's Silent Hill 2.
26/08/2025
The WD Black SN7100 4TB SSD Drops to Just $210 on Amazon: Works Great in Your PS5 and Gaming PC
It's currently the fastest 4TB SSD at its price point.
26/08/2025
The Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming PC Starts at $1,699.99 During the Intel Gamer Days Sale
Get Battlefield 6 for free with purchase.
26/08/2025
Save $900 on this RTX 5090 prebuilt PC, with big savings on an RTX 5080 version too
Look, I’m in the UK, so I’m not entirely sure what Labor Day is all about.I do know it’s on September 1 (cheers, Google) but the key thing to know is that PC gamers can save a bunch of money through deals like those offered by iBuyPower already.Read more
26/08/2025
The RTX 5080 is down to its MSRP and comes with Borderlands 4, if that's what you're into
We recently opined that the days of paying over the odds for an NVIDIA 50-series might be over soon, but now you can get an ASUS RTX 5080 for MSRP. Read more
26/08/2025
KPop Demon Hunters Is the Most Popular Netflix Movie Ever
KPop Demon Hunters is officially the most popular film on Netflix...ever.
26/08/2025
Get an Alienware GeForce RTX 5080 Gaming PC for Just $1,960 at Dell Outlet
Big discounts on like new RTX 4090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Ti gaming PCs with 1 year warranty.
26/08/2025
The Anycubic Kobra 3 3D Printer and Ace Pro Multi-Color Module Drops to Just $225 With Coupon
This is the best deal I've seen on a 3D printer with multi-color capabilities.
26/08/2025
The Wolverine Marvel Legends Premium Mask Is Up for Preorder
With this 1:1 scale Marvel's Legends mask, you can dress like Wolverine from Deadpool & Wolverine.
26/08/2025
Helldivers 2 Has No Xbox Reviews Yet, So Here's What The Players Are Saying So Far
The good news is that Helldivers 2 is out now for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, but the bad news is that it's launched with zero reviews from any of the major outlets on the World Wide Web.That suggests the review codes weren't distributed ahead of time (we got ours when the game launched earlier today), meaning we'll have to turn to the early adopters to get their initial feedback on how the Xbox version is faring so far.Read the full article on purexbox.com
26/08/2025
King of the Hill Is Reportedly Getting Another Season Coming Next Year
The King of the Hill has reclaimed his throne, with the revival Season 14 bringing in 4.4 million viewers in its first week and garnering positive critical reception, including from us. And a second season has already been recorded and is in the chamber for next year.
26/08/2025
The Best Gaming PC Deal Under $1,000: The iBuypower RTX 5060 Prebuilt Drops to Just $899
Get Battlefield 6 for free with your purchase
26/08/2025
Target Has a Bunch of New LEGO Star Wars Deals Ahead of Labor Day Weekend
Find your next build for the long weekend.
26/08/2025
EA's Skate Reboot Is Officially Releasing For Free On Xbox This September
But it'll be in early access to start with.Yes, EA's long-awaited Skate reboot will officially launch as a free-to-play game for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (along with various other platforms) on September 16th - but it's starting in early access.Read the full article on purexbox.com
26/08/2025
Wily FPS modders remake the original Quake from memory alone - imagine if triple-A remasters worked this way
A Quake modding group have just polished off a game jam in which they challenged themselves to recreate every singleplayer map in id Software's 1996 FPS from memory alone.That is, they were forbidden from replaying the original game before they started.As Slipseer user iLike80sRock puts it, "if somehow id1 was wiped off of all computers in the world, do we collectively remember the maps well enough to recreate them?"
26/08/2025
Skate Finally Names an Early Access Release Date, and You Can Play For Free in Under a Month
EA's long-awaited Skate reboot finally has an early access release date, and the good news is you'll be able to play it for free in less than a month.
26/08/2025
Deals for Today: MTG Price Watch Reveals Discounted Preorders, Booster Boxes And Commander Decks
As of August 26, Magic: The Gathering sealed products are on sale, with Spider-Man Play Booster Boxes at $209.70 on Amazon, Final Fantasy Commander Deck Bundles at $184.99, and up to 39% savings on sets like Modern Horizons 3 and Commander Masters.
26/08/2025
Roundup: Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Gears Of War: Reloaded
As the Xbox series makes its PS5 debut.Gears of War: Reloaded is out now across Xbox, PC and PS5 platforms - as Marcus Fenix and co. make their big return on even more platforms than ever.Well, we're here to round up some of the initial reviews for Gears Reloaded, to see how others are getting on with the brand-new remaster.
26/08/2025
New Mega Pokémon Gets Surprise Anime Appearance, Months Before Debut in Pokémon Legends: Z-A
One of the new Mega Pokémon set to appear in the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Z-A has made its anime debut, months in advance of the game's launch.
26/08/2025
Silent Hill f loves combat so much, it feels like it's fighting itself
Prior to getting a big, fat, four-hour demo with it at Gamescom, I was worried that banging on about Silent Hill f’s newfound enthusiasm for monster fighting – with all its parries, zippy dodges, and slow-mo focus meters – would be doing a disservice to its bolder, more 'interesting' series departures, like the new 1960s setting or its deep embrace of homegrown Japanese culture and myths.Combat is as deeply ingrained within Silent Hill f as guilty moping was to Silent Hill 2, and from what I’ve played, doesn’t work nearly as well.Read more
26/08/2025
Final Fantasy Boss Says 'There's No Real Need' For Next-Gen Consoles Like A Series X Successor
"People are happy with the Xbox Series X...".Speaking in a new interview (via our friends at Push Square), Final Fantasy 14 boss Naoki Yoshida was asked about whether Square Enix's Final Fantasy MMO would end up on next-gen consoles when they arrive.Yoshida said "we would work on those platforms" if they launched, before going on to add that they "feel that there's no real need to make new hardware" right now.
26/08/2025
Here's a Steam demo for Lumines Arise, the latest toe-tapping head exploder from the Tetris Effect devs
Tetris Effect developers Enhance have released a new demo for their forthcoming Lumines Arise on Steam, alongside news that the spacey rhythm attack game will launch on November 11th.Lumines Arise, meanwhile, sees you arranging blocks into 2X2 scoreable combinations, which are removed from the playing field by a horizontally sweeping Time Line.Read more
26/08/2025
South Park Off Air Again Tomorrow, as Report Explains Why Weekly Release Schedule is Currently Off the Table
South Park will once again skip airing a new episode this week, as a report has suggested the show's recent bi-weekly release schedule will remain in place for the rest of the season.
26/08/2025
Review: Gears Of War: Reloaded - An Xbox Classic That Flourishes On Modern Hardware
A near-perfect active reload.Yep, the first Gears of War returns in a shiny new package for Xbox Series X|S, with Gears Reloaded largely based on 2015's Gears of War: Ultimate Edition.On hopping back into the Gears 1 campaign for the first time here in Reloaded, what's immediately apparent is how much the lighting has improved even since the 2015 remaster.
26/08/2025
Out very soon, Helldivers 2's giant Terminid caving update is a feast of nods to Aliens and Dune, plus dragons
According to multiple geographers interviewed by RPS, caves are located underground.The same geographers also allege that caves are dark.Helldivers 2 Into the Unjust launches 2nd September, and why read the rest of this evidently stupid news piece when you can just watch this seven minute "deep dive" (comedy whoopee cushion sound effect)?
26/08/2025
Hogwarts Legacy Drops To Lowest Price Ever Alongside New 'Best Rated' Xbox Sale
Lots of great stuff on offer this week.It's Tuesday, so we've obviously got a new batch of Xbox deals on the Microsoft Store, and we're specifically looking at two major new promotions today - one called "Back to Hogwarts" and another for "Best Rated" Xbox games.The Best Rated one is decent for sure, but mainly populated with games that often go on sale, while the Back to Hogwarts one is limited to just a handful of titles, but does include Hogwarts Legacy at its lowest price ever on the Xbox Store (£11.99 / $11.99 for the Xbox One version, £12.99 / $13.99 for the Xbox Series X|S version).
26/08/2025
You'll Soon Be Able To See 'Personalised' Ads On Your Xbox Dashboard
A new option from Microsoft.As shared by The Verge's Tom Warren, some Xbox users are starting to see new options pop up giving them a choice between standard dashboard ads and 'personalised' dashboard ads.If users opt into the personalised option, they should see "tailored" ads based on gaming data - with "games and DLC just for you" showing up on the dashboard rather than generic adverts.
26/08/2025
Nintendo Reportedly 'Almost Discouraging' Switch 2 Development as Studios Told to Launch Games on Switch 1 and Rely on Backwards Compatibility Instead
A fresh report has detailed the difficulties faced by some developers keen to launch games for Switch 2 — but who remain unable to do so due to a lack of Nintendo support.
26/08/2025
Microsoft Is Adding Free Gamerpics To Celebrate Gears Of War: Reloaded's Xbox Release
Pick your favourite Gears hero, or villain.Gears of War: Reloaded launches in just a few hours here, and ahead of its nearby Game Pass release, Microsoft is dropping a bunch of free Gears gamerpics on Xbox consoles.We've got the series' classic Crimson Omen logo as an option, alongside a bunch of COG heroes, and the original game's infamous villain - General RAAM.
26/08/2025
Three Years Later, Pokémon Go Is Finally Unlocking Mythical Creature Keldeo for All — but Those Who Previously Paid $8 for One Won't Get Another
The next season of Pokémon Go will include the long-awaited return of Mythical unicorn Keldeo — though players who paid $7.99 to own the creature during its original release will not be given a second, IGN has been told.
26/08/2025
Pirates of the Caribbean LEGO Set Announced
LEGO and Disney are teaming up to release Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship, based on The Pirates of the Caribbean seires.
26/08/2025
Razer Blade 14 (2025) Review
The Razer Blade 14 (2025) is the latest version of Razer’s compact powerhouse. Battery life could still be better, but it’s hard not to love.
26/08/2025
Helldivers 2 Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Series S
We never thought we'd be providing you with a Helldivers 2 comparison on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, but here we are!The game has launched on both consoles today, and we have some first-look footage of how they stack up.This is once again courtesy of Fuzion Xbox Testing on YouTube, which has a ridiculous track record of sharing these early performance and visual tests within just a few hours of the games becoming available - seriously quick work!
26/08/2025
Star Wars Actor Ewan McGregor Wants Disney to Make Andor Season 3, and Cast Him as Obi-Wan Kenobi in It
Ewan McGregor has petitioned Disney for a third season of Andor, so his character Obi-Wan Kenobi can appear within it.
26/08/2025
Indie Dev Frustrated Over Hollow Knight: Silksong Reveal, Delays New Game Because Of It
Last week finally brought us the long-awaited release date of Hollow Knight: Silksong (on Xbox Game Pass, no less) as part of Gamescom 2025, and the big surprise was that it's not far away at all - we'll literally be playing it next week!That's obviously not great news for indie developers who have a game scheduled for release around the same time though, and Demonschool is one that got caught up in that - a new tactics RPG that was planned for September 3rd.Read the full article on purexbox.com
26/08/2025
Roblox Hits Fresh Player Record, Towering Over Steam and Fortnite, Amid 'War' Between its Two Most Popular Games, Grow a Garden and Steal a Brainrot
Roblox player numbers have hit a fresh high, amid a weekend event that saw the platform's two biggest games go to "war" to see which could attract the most players.
26/08/2025
Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance Is One Of The Highest-Rated Xbox Games Of 2025
We've got over 30 games launching on Xbox this week, but a lot of the attention has understandably been focused on two in particular - Gears of War: Reloaded and Helldivers 2.As a result, you might have glossed over the fact that Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is releasing on August 29th, but we're here to tell you it might end up being the highest-rated Xbox launch of the next few days!Read the full article on purexbox.com
26/08/2025
Gears Of War: Reloaded Gets A Day One Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Filled with "crucial stability and bug fixes".Gears of War: Reloaded officially releases in a few hours' time, and before we get there, The Coalition has unveiled a big "day one" update featuring some all-important fixes and adjustments to kick things off.These are apparently pretty "crucial" to the experience, and there are even some quality-of-life improvements in the mix - such as a greater level of optimisation for handheld devices (probably with the ROG Xbox Ally in mind!).
26/08/2025
After Fallout Success, Amazon Sets Mass Effect Series Filming Date — Though It's Unclear if It'll Be a Canon Adaptation of the Trilogy
Amazon plans to film its Mass Effect TV series at the end of 2026, according to a new update on the project's production plans.
26/08/2025
Nintendo Direct Reportedly Set for September, as Metroid Prime 4 Release Date and Mario 40th Anniversary Speculation Mounts
A fresh Nintendo Direct broadcast will air in September, according to a new report.
26/08/2025
This week in PC games: a MGS3 remake, new Blumhouse horror and some freshly peeled spaceships
Mark has theoretically been "on holiday" since last Wednesday, returning tomorrow, but that's another piece of disinfo - he's actually stranded somewhere in the Cretaceous period.James, meanwhile, has come down with a case of the Schrödingers, neither away at Gamescom nor back at his desk.As for this week's new PC games - here you are.
26/08/2025
Ninja Gaiden 4 Developers Assure Newcomers That the Tools Are Available to Train Themselves to Get Better at the Game
IGN interviews Team Ninja and PlatinumGames at gamescom 2025 to talk all things Ninja Gaiden 4.
26/08/2025
Star Trek Infection Looks Like a Deep Space Nine Survival Horror VR Spin-Off Where You Play as a Vulcan With Mutant Powers
There's a brand new Star Trek video game for VR headsets in the works, which describes itself as the franchise's "first narrative survival" experience.
26/08/2025
The iBuypower Labor Day Sale Kicks Off Early: The Best Deals on Prebuilt Gaming PCs
From budget RTX 5060 gaming rigs to top-of-the-line RTX 5090 powerhouses.
26/08/2025
The Samsung Odyssey G5 just fell below $300, but we reckon it'll drop further
No sooner had I hit publish on a lovely (and very cheap) deal for an Acer monitor, than I spotted the Samsung Odyssey G5 Ultrawide had seen a discount of its own. Read more
26/08/2025
The iBuypower RTX 5070 Gaming PC Drops to Just $1,099 at Walmart (The Best PC Deal Under $1,400)
Get Battlefield 6 for free with your purchase.
25/08/2025
The Amyet V9-G60 1,000W Electric Bike Drops to Under $500 (Compares to Bikes Twice the Cost)
An outstanding price for an entry level bike with a 32mph top speed and up to 70 mile range.
25/08/2025
Hideo Kojima 'Already Wrote the Concept' for Death Stranding 3, But Isn't Making It Right Now
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, the sequel to Hideo Kojima's 2019 hit Death Stranding, was well-received at launch earlier this year, and fans might be hoping for an eventual third game. But for right now, Kojima isn't planning to make Death Stranding 3...even though he already has a concept written.
25/08/2025
Get the Asus GeForce RTX 5080 Graphics Card With No Markup and a Free Copy of Borderlands 4
You no longer have to overpay for an Nvidia graphics card.
25/08/2025
The Alienware Intel Gamers Day Sale Has Big Discounts on Select Gaming PCs, Laptops, and Monitors
Get Battlefield 6 for free with purchase of any Intel-based gaming PC.
25/08/2025
PlayStation Boss Says Company Now Does 'Much More Rigorous and More Frequent Testing' After Concord's Failure
After a high-profile failure in Concord and a high-profile success in Astro Bot last year, PlayStation is looking to adjust its strategy to incorporate fewer live service games, more big franchises, and stricter oversight of its owned studios.
25/08/2025
Get the PNY GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Graphics Card With No Markup and a Free Copy of Borderlands 4
The RTX 5070 Ti is a great GPU for gaming in glorious 4K.
25/08/2025
Amazon Has the Best Pokémon Backpack Bundle Deal Ahead of Labor Day Weekend
Just in time for back-to-school season.
25/08/2025
Get an Import Model PlayStation 5 Slim Console for Just $378.50 Shipped at AliExpress
Sony recently raised the retail price of the PS5 Slim Digital Edition console to $500.
25/08/2025
The Best Power Bank Deal for Nintendo Switch: This $11 Power Bank Will Double Your Play Time
It can charge your Switch, Switch 2, or Steam Deck at their maximum rate.
25/08/2025
The Amazon Labor Day Sale for 2025 Is Live With Early Deals Ahead of the Weekend
The savings have arrived early this year.
25/08/2025
The Biggest Magic: The Gathering Crashers and Climbers This Week - August 25
These are biggest Magic: The Gathering cards to keep an eye on this week, as Avatar synergies start to climb.
25/08/2025
The Seagate Expansion 26TB External Hard Drive Drops to 249.99 During the Best Buy Labor Day Sale
This is the only hard drive priced under $10 per TB.
25/08/2025
This Acer Nitro gaming monitor is still just over $100 at Amazon and we wonder if they've forgotten to update it
The school year is a-coming, and as a result, there are some great offers to be had on PCs and other gaming hardware that’s ideal for newcomers looking for some graphical grunt for creative projects during the day and something that’ll let them ‘click heads’ at night. Read more
25/08/2025
Talking Point: Are You Looking Forward To This Week's Big Xbox X PlayStation Crossover?
Tomorrow, August 26th, these companies are set to launch two of their biggest games on each other's platforms - in what looks to be a real sign of the future.Microsoft is bringing one of its most flagship IP to PS5 in the form of Gears of War: Reloaded, while Sony is launching its mega-hit Helldivers 2 on Xbox Series X|S;the first PlayStation-published game ever on Xbox.
25/08/2025
Two Huge Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (August 26-28)
Ready for a big week on XGP?Today, we're gathering up this week's upcoming Game Pass arrivals - with the end of August 2025 delivering two absolutely massive titles into the library, including a new first-party release from Microsoft.Without further ado, here's your pair of Xbox Game Pass additions for this week (August 26-28):Read the full article on purexbox.com
25/08/2025
Guide: Gears Of War Reloaded: Release Date, Release Times & Download Size On Xbox Game Pass
Gears of War: Reloaded marks Delta Squad's return to Xbox after a good few years out of the spotlight - landing day one on Game Pass this week.With classic Gears multiplayer making up a good chunk of the experience, fans will want to know exactly when they can hop in and play - and likely how much storage space the game will take up on your console in the coming months.So, we've gathered up a bunch of essential information about Gears Reloaded, including the release date, exact release times, Xbox Series X file size and more.
25/08/2025
High On Life 2's Xbox Game Pass Launch Will Include 'More Than Five' Extra Games
All emulated in-game.Speaking with IGN, Squanch Games creative officer/art director Mikey Spano says that "more than five" retro games will be emulated and playable within High on Life 2, including infamous NES title Bible Adventures.Spano also says that "some surprising B+ tier movies" will be packed into the game as well.
25/08/2025
Forza Horizon 6 Will Apparently Be Revealed At Tokyo Game Show As Japan Rumours Circulate
Are we finally heading to Japan in FH6?Last week, you may have seen chatter about Forza Horizon 6 being set in Japan, following news of the region's Kei Cars being scanned into the game.We covered the news here at Pure Xbox but were somewhat wary of giving it too much weight - but some fresh information from Windows Central is making us really believe that FH6 will be set in Japan next year.
25/08/2025
Ubisoft Announces Surprise Free DLC For Assassin's Creed Mirage On Xbox Game Pass
A new location & story chapter!Later in 2025, AC Mirage will be expanding with a new story chapter and missions set in 9th century AlUla, Saudi Arabia.The update will also bring gameplay improvements to the base game, alongside a new location, all for free.
25/08/2025
It's a bank holiday here, please talk amongst yourselves
It's a free and simple territory control game from hobbyist dev snow-kiss, in which you switch your tiles between rock, paper or scissors to claim those of opponents.I'm not sure the idea has serious legs, but I like how it thickens when you have more than two participants and a more elaborate board setup.Read more
25/08/2025
The Sunday Papers
I wore too-tight shoes during a house move a few months ago, and now if I walk for too long I get pain under my third and fourth toes.Fortunately, I don't read with my feet.Here are some internet worderings that caught my attention this week.
24/08/2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong is faster, prettier, and harder, yet still feels like a safe sequel
No pre-release review codes?It’s a little quicker, a little more dynamic, and to these fingers, a little more difficult than the first Hollow Knight.But it entirely preserves that tight-as-a-drum feel of the original’s sword swishing, and deploys it against insectoid baddies that challenge and frustrate in practically identical ways.
23/08/2025
Talking Point: Has This Week's ROG Xbox Ally News Sold You On The New Handheld?
This week, a lot of that information has become more concrete — official pricing aside — as the teams show off the device during Gamescom 2025.So, have these new details and impressions on the ROG Xbox Ally convinced you that this is the device for you?Generally speaking, folks seem rather impressed by both the Ally and the Ally X, as user feedback starts to pour in from the show floor.
23/08/2025
Guide: Helldivers 2: Release Date, Release Times & Crossplay Details On Xbox
Helldivers 2 is making its Xbox debut this month, with the former PlayStation exclusive now aiming to spread democracy onto Xbox Series X and S as well.But, when exactly can you play Sony's first ever PlayStation-published game on Xbox?Down below are details on the game's launch date, launch timings, cross-play details, preload information and more - this is your complete guide to Helldivers 2 on Xbox!
23/08/2025
Feature: These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (August 25-29)
Including two big Game Pass titles!We've got a stacked list of new releases on Xbox over the next few days, including the likes of Helldivers 2, Gears of War: Reloaded, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, NBA 2K25's early access period for the premium editions, and so much more!Here's what's coming to Xbox next week:Read the full article on purexbox.com
23/08/2025
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 23-24)
A Gamescom shadow drop, perhaps?Welcome to another weekend on Xbox!It's a bank holiday one over here in the UK, which means a fair few of us will get an extra day of gaming.
23/08/2025
What are we all playing this weekend?
Last week, I wrote: "Another week has fallen into the Maw. Theoretically, that means we're now one week closer to the release of Silksong. As if such words mean anything to any of us anymore." Does this make me omniscient? Read more
23/08/2025
This Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro has a scary name but a sizeable discount at Amazon
Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but why do product names in gaming sound so aggressive? Why can’t we get the Razer SoftKitty V3 Pro? Ah well. Read more
22/08/2025
Poll: With 'Reloaded' On The Horizon, How Many Times Have You Completed Gears Of War 1?
The campaign, that is.Gears of War: Reloaded is finally almost here!The new remaster of the original Gears will be with us on August 26th (next Tuesday), and we're curious to find out whether you'll be playing through the campaign for the first time ever, the second or third time ever, or perhaps even the tenth time, twentieth time, thirtieth time...
22/08/2025
There's a new Platinum game hidden in the Metal Gear Solid 3 remake that's actually a remake of a rework of a Zone of the Enders 3 prototype
Did you know that the original Metal Gear Solid 3 on PS2 had a reworked Zone of the Enders 3 prototype hidden in it?The secret minigame in question is "Guy Savage", a barebones hack-and-slasher featuring hook swords, bestial transformations and zombie coppers.It's framed as a dream of Naked Snake's - triggered by a combination of torture and an unhelpful reference to Dracula from radio contact Para-Medic during a codec conversation before saving.
22/08/2025
Reclaim some desk space with a big discount on a heavy-duty monitor mount, perfect for Ultrawide screens
If you’re anything like me, you’ll know Ultrawide monitors are amazing.Whether it’s extra real estate for work or extra immersion while gaming, there’s one downside - the monitor mount situation.Read more
22/08/2025
Opinion: Delta Force Is Solid On Xbox, But Another Upcoming FPS Runs Rings Around It
So, free-to-play shooter Delta Force has been out on console for a few days now - and while I haven't put enough time into it yet for a full Xbox review, I just want to get this out there in the here and now.Both of these are large-scale military FPS games that are ultimately targeting a very similar audience;one that I believe is going to be better served by EA in this case.
22/08/2025
Shovel Game combines Minecraft, Mozart and hell
Mozart is probably the least interesting thing about Shovel Game, actually.It's a shortform first-person oddity with Minecraft-style destructible voxels (yes I know Minecraft doesn't really use voxels) and a touch of AHL_5am.The idea is to tunnel through "a sequence of strange and unfamiliar spaces".
22/08/2025
Syberia Remastered Delivers Huge Overhaul On Xbox Series X|S In November 2025
Update: Release date revealed!The team at Microids has announced that Syberia — the early 2000s point-and-click adventure classic — is getting a full remake this year - with Syberia Remastered headed to Xbox Series X and S later in 2025.Another one of those releases that straddles the line between remake and remaster, this new version of Syberia is a "faithful and stunning overhaul" where "every environment has been carefully rebuilt" to match modern standards and launch on modern consoles.
22/08/2025
Silksong will get DLC and "some of the plans for that stuff are kind of ambitious as well"
Hollow Knight: Silksong began life as a DLC expansion, but then developers Team Cherry decided the concept was "too large and too unique", and upgraded it into a full game.We now have a Silksong release date - it's just two weeks away - so in theory, the nightmare is over.Except, oh dear - Team Cherry are planning post-launch content for Silksong, and they're already calling it "ambitious".
22/08/2025
Bunnyhop elsewhere, streamers: EA are making Battlefield 6 more strategic, less run-and-gun following the beta
The Battlefield 6 beta is officially a Thing That Happened, and now comes the terrible ordeal of Learning From The Experience.Here is what developers DICE, Criterion, Motive and Ripple Effect have learned from the experience: you are all playing the game far too much like Call Of Duty.Doing headshots in midair?
22/08/2025
The New LEGO Batman Looks Like A Spiritual Successor To The Arkham Games
Here's 31 minutes of gameplay footage.LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight was one of the big announcements at Gamescom Opening Night Live earlier this week, and a new video featuring 30 minutes of footage gives us a closer look at what to expect from it.You can watch this above, and the big takeaway that most people are leaving in the comments is that it's a spiritual successor to the Arkham games.
22/08/2025
Double Fine’s Tim Schafer Rules Out More Sequels for Now, So You Can Forget About Brütal Legend 2 and Psychonauts 3
Double Fine is poised to release a brand new game called Keeper in October, but what comes after that? According to development chief Tim Schafer, he’s working on multiple projects at the Microsoft-owned studio, none of which are sequels.
22/08/2025
How purple skin and a Spanish phone number almost sank The Rogue Prince of Persia
The Rogue Prince of Persia celebrated its 1.0 release yesterday with a remarkably honest behind-the-scenes video from developers Evil Empire, detailing the ups and downs of a year-long Early Access period, including the decision to completely overhaul the game's art style and redesign its purple-skinned protagonist. Read more
22/08/2025
Roundup: Here's What People Are Saying About The ROG Xbox Ally At Gamescom 2025
The latest hands-on impressions.The ROG Xbox Ally has been the star of the show from an Xbox perspective at Gamescom 2025, and people have been getting hands-on with it for the first time over the past few days - with lots of previews cropping up on the web.Read the full article on purexbox.com
22/08/2025
Ranking the DC Live-Action Shows
Human Targets, Swamp Things, and Supermen: Who will top our ranked list of DC live-action shows?
22/08/2025
Stardew Valley Creator ConcernedApe Doesn't Ask for Money for Collabs, Insists He Only Does It With Games He's a Fan Of, or Because He 'Genuinely Thought Players Would Like It'
Stardew Valley developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has revealed he doesn't ask for any compensation when his fan-favorite farm sim collabs with other franchises, saying he only does them because "[he] was a fan of the other games, or because [he] genuinely thought players would like it."
22/08/2025
Doctor Who Will Continue 'With or Without Disney,' BBC Insists, As Wait For Renewal Drags On
Doctor Who will live on "with or without Disney," the BBC has now said, as the wait for the show's renewal continues.
22/08/2025
Battlefield 6 Dev DICE Confirms Big Changes Coming to Player Movement, 'Especially Horizontal Speed'
DICE has outlined what it's learned — and what it's changing — following the open beta test for Battlefield 6.
22/08/2025
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Includes Remake of Fan-Favorite Secret Mode From Original PS2 Version — and Bayonetta Developer PlatinumGames Worked on It
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater contains a secret mode developed by PlatinumGames, the studio behind the likes of Bayonetta and Nier: Automata.
22/08/2025
Roundup: Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
Coming to Xbox next week!In case you'd forgotten, we've got a remake of Metal Gear Solid 3 releasing on Xbox next week!Yes, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will be with us on August 28th, and the first reviews for the game have begun dropping across the web today, so we thought we'd round them up and see what the initial verdict is.
22/08/2025
Devil May Cry: The Animated Series Drops a Season 2 Teaser And Confirms 2026 Release
Stop everything — there's a new Devil May Cry: The Animated Series teaser.
22/08/2025
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Campaign Does Not Have Difficulty Options, Treyarch Explains Why
For as long as Call of Duty campaigns have existed, so has the option to play them at whichever difficulty suits you best. Whether recruit, normal, hardened, or veteran, long-term COD players know their level. But this year’s entry, Black Ops 7, won’t let you pick. Developer Treyarch tells IGN why.
22/08/2025
The first hours of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 uncloak a slick action game, but a limited RPG
It isn’t, and they aren’t.Instead, it’s called Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, a name packed with some of the weightiest words in RPGdom.Three hours and change into Bloodlines 2, I’ve determined that I’d quite enjoy a Dishonored with more story branching, actually.
22/08/2025
Extraction Shooter Escape From Tarkov Finally Has a 1.0 Release Date, 8 Years After Initial Launch
Eight years after its initial launch, first-person extraction shooter Escape from Tarkov finally has a version 1.0 release date. Check out the latest patch notes.
22/08/2025
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Review
Between its old-school stealth-action gameplay and engaging spy-thriller story, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater largely succeeds as a faithful, visually impressive remake of the 2004 classic.
22/08/2025
The $1499 iBuyPower Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming PC Will Run Battlefield 6 With 4K Ultra Settings at 60fps
You don't need to spend over $2,000 to play the newest games in glorious 4K.
22/08/2025
The Sony WH-1000XM5 Noise Canceling Headphone Is Less Expensive Today Than on Amazon Prime Day
The best noise canceling headphones under $300.
22/08/2025
Peacemaker: Season 2: How James Gunn's DCU Addresses That Season 1 Justice League Cameo
How exactly does Peacemaker: Season 2 address that DCEU Justice League cameo in the final episode of Peacemaker: Season 1? Is there some multiverse realignment given that Season 2’s storyline involves a parallel dimension? The answer, so far, is nope.
22/08/2025
The JBL Cinema SB510 Soundbar Has a Dedicated Center Channel and Built-In Sub All for Just $80
An entire home theater system packed into a soundbar.
22/08/2025
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch: New Trailer, Poster and Voice Cast Revealed
Netflix revealed the teaser trailer and more voice cast members for its upcoming animated series Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch at Anime NYC on Thursday. Liev Schreiber voices Sam Fisher.
22/08/2025
Chainsaw Man Short to Play Exclusively at Halloween Horror Nights
This year’s Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood will feature Chainsaw Man: The Chaos, an original anime horror short based on the hit Japanese manga and anime series.
21/08/2025
Disney World Showcase Reveals New Details About Zootopia: Better Zoogether!, Rock 'n' Roll Coaster Starring The Muppets, and More
Disney invited us to Disney World to learn more about what it has in store for the rest of 2025 and 2026, and we've gathered all the big reveals from the showcase right here, including Zootopia: Better Zoogether!'s opening date, the "new magic" headed to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, a new look at Rock 'n' Roll Coaster Starring The Muppets, and the improvements headed to Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin.
21/08/2025
The $26 Iniu 20,000mAh Power Bank Allows You to Simultaneously Charge and Play Any Gaming Handheld
It's also the ideal battery capacity for more power hungry handhelds like the Asus ROG Ally and Legion Go.
21/08/2025
Everything You Need to Know About ESPN's New Streaming Service
There's a new ESPN streaming service in town.
21/08/2025
The Paper to Premiere All 10 Episodes at Once as Peacock Switches to Binge Model
The Office spinoff The Paper is switching up its premiere plans and will now debut all 10 episodes of Season 1 at once.
21/08/2025
Pete Parsons Is Leaving Bungie
Bungie CEO Pete Parsons is departing the company after 23 years and nearly 10 as CEO. He is succeeded by Justin Truman, currently chief development officer and fellow Bungie veteran.
21/08/2025
Save 40% Off the Fanttik T1 Max Cordless Soldering Iron Kit: An Essential Tool for Tinkering Hobbyists
Comes with almost eeverything you need to get started.
21/08/2025
Sony Sells Ownership Stake in Evo to Nodwin Gaming
Sony has sold its ownership stake in fighting game competitive event Evo to Indian gaming and events company Nodwin Gaming, leaving Nodwin and RTS as joint owners.
21/08/2025
Peacemaker Season 2 Premieres Tonight - Here's When You Can Watch the First Episode
Peacemaker is returning to HBO Max for Season 2. Here's when you can expect new episodes.
21/08/2025
Overwatch 2 Trailer Teases Persona 5 Crossover for Season 18
Blizzard Entertainment is bringing Atlus’ Persona 5 to Overwatch 2 Season 18.
21/08/2025
DC Head James Gunn Teases New Future for WB Games With 'Some Bigger Things' Now 'in Early Stages'
DC Studios co-CEO and Superman Director James Gunn says big things are in store for Warner Bros. Games, but it’s going to take a while to see them come to fruition.
21/08/2025
The Biggest Pokémon Card Crashers And Climbers This Week - August 21
Pokémon TCG prices are shifting fast. See which Shrouded Fable and Stellar Crown cards are crashing or climbing as of August 21—plus why buying singles beats sealed.
21/08/2025
The 'Great NVIDIA Price Gouge of 2025' could be nearing an end as Amazon starts selling 50-series GPUs for close to MSRP
NVIDIA’s 50-series GPUs had a strange old rollout.From missing cores to marked-up prices, there’s also some disappointment about the push to use AI to push things further, rather than good, old-fashioned power.Read more
21/08/2025
Subnautica 2 studio Unknown Worlds are now suing their former execs for stealing docs and sharing them with the press
Time for your weekly helping of legal Subnaughtiness.Subnautica developers Unknown Worlds are suing recently departed director Charlie Cleveland, CEO Ted Gill, and studio co-founder Max McGuire for, amongst other things, stealing a bunch of game design files shortly before they were fired. Read more
21/08/2025
The Best Pixel 10 Cases to Pixelsnap to Your Phone
Google just launched four ultra-high-end Pixel phones, and you're going to want to protect them. Here's the best Pixel 10 cases.
21/08/2025
This Acemagic Micro PC Is Smaller Than a Mac Mini, Better for Gaming, and Less Expensive
It's a powerhouse in the world of micro-sized PCs.
21/08/2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong Looks to be Significantly Bigger Than the Original Hollow Knight
Today, we got our first real, new, meaty trailer for Hollow Knight: Silksong in several years. Fans are already unpacking details from the trailer, including pointing out that it looks like the base game of Silksong might be bigger than the base game of Hollow Knight.
21/08/2025
Deals For Today: Pokémon TCG ETBs Are Up To 25% Cheaper Than Amazon At TCGPlayer
As of August 21, TCGPlayer has top Pokémon TCG Elite Trainer Boxes for up to 25% less than Amazon, including Black Bolt at $84 and White Flare at $80.95. Plus, snag a buy-one-get-one Baseus 10-in-1 charging station and other great daily deals.
21/08/2025
Hollow Knight Reaches 15 Million Copies Sold
As Team Cherry finally, truly nails down a release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong, the studio has confirmed the original game has managed to reach 15 million copies sold.
21/08/2025
Three Xbox Game Pass Titles Revealed During Second Gamescom Broadcast
Including a big launch date reveal.Today's second Xbox Gamescom stream has treated us to new reveals for three Xbox Game Pass titles in total, including some brand-new announcements alongside release date updates for already-announced titles.One of those updates is of course, Hollow Knight: Silksong, which finally has a confirmed Xbox Game Pass launch date.
21/08/2025
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Really Does Have Just 7 Playable Characters — and It's Dividing Fan Opinion
In a shake-up for TT Games' LEGO series, the newly-announced LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight features just a handful of playable heroes, even if many more DC Comics characters will appear in the game as enemies or NPCs — something that is prompting fan debate.
21/08/2025
Roundup: All The Big Reveals From Xbox's Second Gamescom 2025 Livestream
Another packed event!The second of two Xbox livestreams from Gamescom 2025 has just finished, and just like yesterday (although not quite on the same scale) it was a busy event featuring plenty of actual announcements alongside various deep dives.<related ids="186906">Read the full article on purexbox.com
21/08/2025
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Has Two Clans Locked Behind DLC Because of 'Business'
The decision to lock two of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2’s six clans behind a DLC add-on pack is a “business” informed choice, publisher Paradox has said.
21/08/2025
GameStop Offering $50 Trade-In Bonus to Help Offset New PS5 Price Increases, But Only for a Few Days
The cost of the PS5 is increasing, but GameStop is willing to help with the price hike – if you’re fast.
21/08/2025
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Final Lineup Confirmed, Includes Version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 That Has Not Been Playable Anywhere Since 1997
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection now has its final lineup of games and confirmation of a number of new features. Check out the full game list.
21/08/2025
Team Cherry Says It Has Plans for More Silksong Content for Months and Years to Come
The wait for Hollow Knight: Silksong is almost over, with Team Cherry announcing today that the game will finally release on September 4, 2025. But Hollow Knight lovers won't be done obsessing over Silksong news even then, because Team Cherry is apparently working on even more Silksong content.
21/08/2025
How Absolute Batman Reinvents Bane For a New Universe
The Absolute Batman team have conjured up a haunting new origin story for Bane, along with a startling transformation for Batman himself. Find out all the gory, spoiler-filled details.
21/08/2025
Fanta Is Releasing a New Chucky-Themed Soda and You Can Already Buy It on Amazon
Chucky's Punch arrives just in time for spooky season.
21/08/2025
The Dark Queen Of Mortholme review
There's a beautiful, wordless moment about ten minutes in to The Dark Queen Of Mortholme.As the titular queen, you've just casually mace-flattened the same plucky interloper for the Nth time, then snapped their corpse out of existence in a wreath of electric purple fire with all the ceremony of clearing toast crumbs from a bench.Read more
21/08/2025
Herdling review
Switzerland-based Okomotive are here to escape from dystopia once again.Okomotive's latest game Herdling flips the poles of the metaphor somewhat, even as it shifts to 3D movement: rather than a bestial machine, you’re driving a herd of intriguingly robotic "Calicorn" beasts to a promised land beyond the peaks.Read more
21/08/2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong finally gets a release date, and you've only got to wait a little bit skonger
Yes, you, with all your annoying memes and your endless Reddit posts, you finally made Team Cherry announce a release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong.It was all down to you - YOU - and your valiant efforts.A round of applause, everyone, for the insufferable dweeb over here who won't shut the fuck up about sad bugs.
21/08/2025
You No Longer Have to Overpay for a GeForce RTX 5080 Graphics Card: Get an Asus Model for $999.99
It's finally at the price it should have been in the first place.
21/08/2025
Forza Fans Speculate Horizon 6 Location With Japanese Kei Cars Confirmed
With Phil Spencer confirming that a new Forza game is coming to Xbox next year, all eyes are on a potential Forza Horizon 6 gracing our screens within the next year or so - and now, fans reckon that they've sussed out where exactly the game will be set.Basically, Australian car import company 'Cult & Classic' posted on Instagram recently (shared on Reddit), mentioning that they were "working on the next installment" of the Forza Horizon series.In that post, the company revealed that it was scanning the digital versions of 'Kei Cars' for the next FH game;
21/08/2025
Amazon has SSD deals coming out of its metaphorical ears today, with 1TB drives as low as $90
Look, given the choice between buying storage and a shiny new game, we’re always more likely to go for the latter, but buying SSDs is getting much easier with prices dropping. Read more
21/08/2025
Hasbro's Marvel Legends Maximum Series Deadpool Is the Ultimate Wade Wilson Figure
Hasbro has just revealed the Marvel Legends Maximum Series Deadpool figure, but is it truly the Deadpool collectible to rule them all? See and judge for yourself.
21/08/2025
Where To Buy Magic: The Gathering x Spider-Man Cards Ahead Of Next Month's Launch
Magic: The Gathering's hotly-anticipated Spider-Man set arrives in a few weeks, and it's packed with options for collectors and players alike.
21/08/2025
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory LEGO Set Announced
A new LEGO Ideas set based on Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is coming out in September.
21/08/2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Finally Heading To Xbox Game Pass This September
Well, it's finally happened, folks - Hollow: Knight Silksong has an official release date.The long-awaited sequel to indie hit Hollow Knight launches on September 4th, 2025 - and remember, it'll be available day one on Xbox Game Pass.Developer Team Cherry has just announced this to the world via its new Release Date Trailer, which has of course been shared up above for your viewing pleasure.
21/08/2025
At Long Last, Hollow Knight: Silksong Has a Release Date
Team Cherry has finally announced a release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong, letting fans on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC know exactly when they can pick up the long awaited sequel.
21/08/2025
Report: ROG Xbox Ally Pre-Orders Now Expected To Begin In Late September
Unless Microsoft changes the date again.Yesterday, we were expecting Xbox to reveal the release date, price and pre-order details for the ROG Xbox Ally handheld, but we only ended up getting one of those things - the release date, which is October 16th.A leaker by the name of "billbil-kun" did reveal some potential US prices for the device earlier in the day though, and now they've taken to the website Dealabs to share what's going on with the pre-orders.
21/08/2025
Avengers: Doomsday Actor Alan Cumming Says He Filmed His Scenes 'In Isolation' Using Green Screen and Often Didn't Know Who He Was Supposed to Be Acting With
X-Men and The Traitors star Alan Cumming has revealed more about his time recently filming Avengers: Doomsday, and said he spent the shoot alone.
21/08/2025
These Certified Refurbished PS5 Deals Are a Good Way to Avoid the Price Hike
While Sony is raising prices on new PS5 consoles, PS Direct is selling certified refurbished units for $150 below MSRP.
21/08/2025
'Halloween: The Game' Is The Next Xbox Frightfest From Horror Masters Illfonic
"An immersive stealth-based horror game".In life, some things change, while some things stay the same - and one thing that's remained consistent in recent years is developer Illfonic's ability to pick up a famous horror IP and turn it into a video game.Next up on that list is Halloween: The Game, as iconic antagonist Mike Myers is the next killer to be tackled by the studio.
21/08/2025
Pokémon Legends Z-A Reveals Another New Mega Pokémon
Pokémon has just announced an all new Mega Pokémon species set to debut in the upcoming Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 game Pokémon Legends Z-A.
21/08/2025
Forza Horizon 6 Location Leaked by Car Import Company, Fans Believe
Fans believe they've worked out the setting of Forza Horizon 6, based on a teasing social media post from a car import company connected to the game.
21/08/2025
Live: Watch Xbox At Gamescom 2025 (Day Two) Here
The second of two livestreams this week.Today marks the second of two livestreams being hosted by Xbox as part of Gamescom 2025, with day two set to bring us closer looks at the likes of Ninja Gaiden 4, High on Life 2, The Outer Worlds 2 and others."We’re back for Day 2 of our broadcasts live from the show floor of the Xbox booth at gamescom 2025, and the lineup is just as stacked as Day 1!
21/08/2025
ASUS Unveils The ROG Raikiri II Xbox Wireless Controller
"Meet our very first Xbox-certified wireless controller".A few days ago, ASUS teased another "extraordinary reveal" for Gamescom 2025 that seemed to be for a new Xbox controller, and that's now been revealed in the form of the ASUS ROG Raikiri 2 Xbox Wireless Controller.Details are somewhat limited on this for now, with no official price or release date just yet, but there's at least a big list of features for it on the official ROG website.
21/08/2025
Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (August 21-24)
All free with Xbox Game Pass.Welcome to another round of Free Play Days from Microsoft! This week, we have three Xbox titles playable for free over the next few days - all based around gaming icon Pac-Man.Here's the full Free Play Days selection this weekend:Read the full article on purexbox.com
21/08/2025
Sold Out Final Fantasy MTG Collector Booster Boxes Are Now Selling for Almost $1400
Collector Boosters and Collector's Edition Commander Decks from Magic: The Gathering's Final Fantasy are still available, but only on the secondary market.
21/08/2025
Xbox Studio Double Fine Is Working On Multiple Games, All New IP
Xbox first-party studio Double Fine is well-known for its near-endless creativity — as evidenced by the team's walking-lighthouse-starring Keeper — and it sounds as though Microsoft is allowing them to be as creative as possible; with multiple new IP in the works.Yep, studio head Tim Schafer has talked about this during Gamescom 2025.The veteran developer was present to talk about Keeper of course, but he couldn't help teasing what else is going on at the studio right now.
21/08/2025
Daedalic reveal story-driven Star Trek: Voyager strategy game in which you can betray everything Janeway ever stood for
Daedalic have announced Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown, a "story-based survival strategy game" adaptation of the loneliest of the classic Treks.It's got a cutaway dollhouse spaceship and a HUD made up to resemble a Star Trek bridge display.Also, Ensign Harry Kim is here!
21/08/2025
Best Buy Lists Prices For ROG Xbox Ally Before Quickly Removing Them
This week has been hectic for ROG Xbox Ally news!Yesterday, prior to the Xbox Gamescom 2025 broadcast, a reliable leaker shared the US prices for both ROG Xbox Ally handhelds, but then Microsoft chose not to announce them.Well, the company says "the macro-economic climate is challenging" right now and more time is needed to figure out a final price, but it seems that leak was correct - as Best Buy listed the same prices for a few hours yesterday.
21/08/2025
The Chinese Room defend Bloodlines 2's paywalled vampire clans: "we have been expanding it from where we originally planned to land it"
You really have to hand it to the publishers of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.The long-awaited RPG got a new trailer and what may actually prove to be the final release date at Gamescom Opening Night Live this week.Ours is forthcoming.
21/08/2025
Black Widow Star Ray Winstone Got So Frustrated With Marvel's Demands for Reshoots He Asked to Be 'Recast' Instead, Before Being Reminded He Was Under Contract
Black Widow star Ray Winstone has spoken of his frustration with Marvel's demands for movie reshoots, despite the film's director apparently being happy with his performance.
21/08/2025
gamescom 2025: All the Biggest Reveals So Far
gamescom 2025 is fully underway and there have already been a ton of huge reveals that have given a glimpse at the future of video games. We've already had Opening Night Live and a full day of previews and interviews and news, and we've decided to gather all the biggest moments right here to ensure you don't miss a thing.
21/08/2025
AU Deals: Massive Gamescom Inspired Price Slashes Across All Platforms Today
This idle Thursday's crop had me dusting off wishlists, rediscovering old gems, and even contemplating LEGO shelf space I simply do not have.
21/08/2025
This Baseus Charging Station Adds Three USB Ports and Three AC Outlets for Only $12
You can never have too many charging ports and outlets.
20/08/2025
Asus ROG Pelta Gaming Headset Review – An Easy Mid-Range Recommendation
The Asus ROG Pelta is a versatile wireless gaming headset with little to complain about and plenty to enjoy like solid audio, comfort, and connectivity options.
20/08/2025
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Adds Severance Star Tramell Tillman to Its Cast
Severance star Tramell Tillman will reportedly make his MCU debut in Spider-Man: Brand New Day in an unnamed role.
20/08/2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong Demo at Gamescom 2025 Is a Shinier, Silkier Version of the Same Demo From E3 2019
There's been lots of excitement over the presence of a Hollow Knight: Silksong game demo on the show floor at Gamescom this year. But Silksong fans hoping for new content in this demo might be a little disappointed, because the Gamescom demo is the same demo from six years ago at E3 2019, but shinier.
20/08/2025
The Rare Lenovo Legion 7 RTX 5090 Gaming PC Is in Stock (And on Sale) at Lenovo Direct
Lenovo's most powerful gaming PC is only available at Lenovo direct.
20/08/2025
Google Announces the Pixel 10 Lineup, With More AI and Magnetic Charging
Google has officially announced the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro and Pro XL, and a truly dustproof foldable, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold phone. Unsurprisingly, the announcement was all about AI features, including the ability to turn your photos into videos, built right into the phone, all presented during Made by Google today.
20/08/2025
Halloween Revealed by Friday the 13th: The Game Developer — IGN Interviews IllFonic on the Single-Player Story Mode, Working With John Carpenter, and More
Halloween revealed by Friday the 13th: The Game Developer. Check out IGN's interview with IllFonic on the single-player story mode, working with John Carpenter, and more.
20/08/2025
Anno 117: Pax Romana – The Final Preview
Nonetheless, there is one clear evolution here over previous Anno games. Anno 1800 and the futuristic Anno 2205 treated your colonies as secondary concerns—settlements whose purpose was to support your primary metropolis. In Anno 117, building settlements in Latium and Albion will be equally involved.
20/08/2025
Roundup: All The Xbox Reveals From The Future Games Show At Gamescom 2025
You can definitely tell it's Gamescom 2025 week right now, with multiple showcases and broadcasts taking place at the moment - and the latest one has just finished in the form of the Future Games Show.This was a stacked event full of big reveals for the likes of Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, Euro Truck Simulator 2 and others, and plenty of these games have been announced for Xbox - so settle in for a long list of announcements!Read the full article on purexbox.com
20/08/2025
Triangle Strategy Shadow Drops for PS5 and Xbox With Limited-Time Discount
Square Enix just shadow dropped Triangle Strategy for PS5 and Xbox Series X | S, with a discount for anyone who picks up a copy in the next two weeks.
20/08/2025
Spider-Verse Filmmakers Lord and Miller Are Making an Archie Comics Movie
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the famous filmmaking pair known for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, and the Spider-Verse films, are about to tackle a new, unexpected project. They're making a film based on Archie comics.
20/08/2025
This Radeon RX 9070 XT is under $1,500 at Walmart right now - a $400 saving
If you’re looking for a solid PC build but don’t want to spend a fortune, you could do a lot worse than this iBuyPower option at Walmart. Read more
20/08/2025
Get a Cordless Rechargeable Electric Air Duster for Your PC for Just $25 After Amazon Coupon
Say goodbye to buying compressed air canisters in bulk.
20/08/2025
The Best Deals Today: Ridiculously Cheap Portable Chargers For Phones And Cars
As of August 20, Amazon has dropped the Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy Commander Deck bundle to $189.99 (29% off), alongside big savings on the TMNT Trilogy Blu-ray, Bookoo Jump Starter, Apple 20W USB-C Charger, tomtoc Switch 2 Case, EUKI Air Duster, and the INIU Portable Charger.
20/08/2025
Paramount Is Streaming Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning on YouTube But It's All in Morse Code
Paramount is currently streaming Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning on its YouTube channel…in Morse Code.
20/08/2025
Amazon Has the Best Google Pixel 10 Deals When You Preorder the New Phones
New Pixel phones are releasing on August 28.
20/08/2025
High on Life 2 Release Date Reveals Delay to February 2026
Squanch Games has announced a release date for High on Life 2 that will see its first-person shooter comedy sequel launch February 13, 2026.
20/08/2025
Infinity Nikki Is Getting a Stardew Valley Collab in September, But Not Everyone Is Happy About It
Infinity Nikki is getting some sort of crossover collaboration with Stardew Valley beginning September 1, and there are already some surprisingly mixed reactions coming from the community in the wake of the announcement thanks to five months of community frustration directed at Infinity Nikki's developer, Infold.
20/08/2025
IGN x gamescom 2025 Humble Bundle Announced With Homeworld 3, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, and More
IGN is partnering with gamescom to present a brand-new Humble Bundle that, for at least $18, will get you a collection of seven games worth $214, including Homeworld 3, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, and more. Furthermore, your purchase will go a long way in helping DonorsChoose, a charity that helps teachers get the supplies they need to help their students succeed.
20/08/2025
In Full Bloom isn't just about being a planet-devouring Sarlacc's babysitter, it's my brain on games showcase
This is In Full Bloom, a game that scores the full 10/10 in the wonderfully ironic naming category.Set in a greyscale universe sucked free of all hope and colour, it tasks you with accomplishing an impossible task.You've got to keep the infernal child of constant consumption happy by tossing an unending stream of junk into its mouth.
20/08/2025
Get a Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller (Import Model) at a Discounted Price From AliExpress
Nintendo recently raised the retail price from $85 to $90.
20/08/2025
You can build 136 million different houses in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's new DLC, if you really must
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's forthcoming Legacy of the Forge expansion introduces a new home customisation system, as part of a story about restoring a legendary burnt-down blacksmith's joint where your dad once worked as an apprentice.Out September 9th, the expansion takes Henry of Skalitz back to Kuttenberg to climb the ranks of the blacksmith guild, with unique armour and weapon blueprints.Expect "quirky" requests from clients, but above all, expect a nagging sense of failure, because the aforesaid customisation system "supports over 136 million combinations", and always, always at the back of your mind, the creeping suspicion that yours is the very worst.
20/08/2025
Five Xbox Game Pass Titles Revealed During First Gamescom Broadcast
With one arriving today!Today's first Xbox Gamescom broadcast has treated us to new reveals for five Xbox Game Pass titles in total, including one that's shadow dropping on the service today in the form of The Rogue Prince of Persia from Ubisoft.<related ids="186837">Read the full article on purexbox.com
20/08/2025
Microsoft lock in a release date for their ROG Xbox Ally handhelds, but no price yet because macroeconomics
Xbox's handhelds have a confirmed release date, and yes, it's the one that leaked.As for how much the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X will cost you, Microsoft aren't sharing a price yet, because there are some macroeconomics to take into account, don't you know.Read more
20/08/2025
High On Life 2 Gets February 2026 Release Date, And Here's 42 Minutes Of Gameplay
We've got a little update on High on Life 2 to share for you - it's not coming out in Winter 2025 anymore.Instead, it's been announced that High on Life 2's release date is now February 13th, 2026, and it'll still be available day one on Xbox Game Pass as planned.Various press have been playing it at Gamescom today as well.
20/08/2025
South Park Season 27 Episode 3 Trailer Sees Towelie Return for a Trip to Washington D.C.
It looks like South Park is bringing back Towelie to take another jab at President Donald Trump as Season 27 of the Comedy Central show rolls on.
20/08/2025
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 – First Impressions From a Series Veteran
I certainly wasn't expecting a new Dawn of War any time soon, much less from a studio other than Relic. But from the bit of it I've played, it seems like King Art Games understands the assignment. As a Dawn of War 2 fan, I miss the emphasis on cover and move-and-fire tactics. But Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 has nevertheless made a big first impression.
20/08/2025
Today Is the Last Day to Buy a New PS5 Before Prices Increase
All models of PS5 are getting a price increase, starting August 21. This may be your last chance in a long time to get one at today's prices.
20/08/2025
Roundup: All The Big Reveals From Xbox's First Gamescom 2025 Livestream
The first of two Xbox livestreams from Gamescom 2025 has just finished, and it was a busy event as expected - featuring some big new announcements alongside deeper looks at loads of already-announced Xbox titles.Of course, the biggest highlight was arguably the release date and extra details for the ROG Xbox Ally, but we also got treated to shadow drops for Triangle Strategy and The Rogue Prince of Persia, with the latter on Game Pass as well!Read the full article on purexbox.com
20/08/2025
Dawn of War 4 is a "modern interpretation" of Dawn of War 1 with some cool Adeptus Mechanicus, er, mechanics
If the creators of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War 4 get their way, the grim darkness of the far future is actually going to be a lot like that halycon summer I spent back in 2010, playing through the first Dawn Of War for the very first time.In a new interview following last night's announcement, KING Art Games co-founder Jan Theysen has described Relic's original real-time strategy game as the new sequel's "guiding star" - specifically for its grander battles and greater emphasis on base-building versus the second game's more focussed, borderline action-RPG campaign and the third game's MOBA-inflected, something-for-everyone approach. Read more
20/08/2025
Hollow Knight Interactive Map is Now Available
IGN's Hollow Knight interactive map includes locations for Grubs, Benches, Stag Stations, Charms, and more.
20/08/2025
Peak Sells 10 Million Copies
Indie climbing hit Peak has officially sold 10 million copies according to Aliena Analytics analyst Rhys Elliott and Gamescom Opening Night Live host Geoff Keighley.
20/08/2025
The Beefier ROG Xbox Ally X Is Set To Get More Powerful Over Time
Thanks to AI and other enhancements.As part of today's lengthy Xbox Wire blog about the launch of ROG Xbox Ally this October, one section of the post goes into detail on how "Enhanced Play" for the Ally X is "coming soon".That enhancement arrives in the form of hardware-level AI upscaling - or as Microsoft is calling it, "a powerful neural processing unit":Read the full article on purexbox.com
20/08/2025
The Last of Us Season 3 'Will Be Longer' Than Season 2, Showrunner Confirms
The Last of Us Season 3 will be longer than Season 2 when it eventually premieres on HBO, according to showrunner and series co-creator Craig Mazin.
20/08/2025
Sony Announces PlayStation 5 Price Rises for U.S.
Sony has announced price rises for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Digital Edition and PlayStation 5 Pro that will go into effect within the U.S. tomorrow, August 21.
20/08/2025
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P Says There May Be 'Good News' in the Future About FF14 on Nintendo Switch 2
Have you played the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy 14? What's that, you haven't? You only have Nintendo platforms and nothing else? Well, never fear, because Final Fantasy 14 producer Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida is thinking of you.
20/08/2025
On the eve of Gamescom, Microsoft workers occupy the Xbox company's campus in protest at dealings with the Israeli military
This week, dozens of Microsoft employees occupied the company's east campus in Redmond, Washington in protest against the use of Azure and generative AI technologies by the Israeli military, during their on-going assault on Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Read more
20/08/2025
Here's What The Windows Gaming UI Looks Like On ROG Xbox Ally
A streamlined handheld experience.As part of today's information blowout on the ROG Xbox Ally, we finally have some direct feed footage of the system UI to look over; showcasing Microsoft's streamlined handheld gaming experience on Windows.This is all very reminiscent of the current Xbox PC app, but still, it's good to see it all running smoothly on the ROG Xbox Ally here.
20/08/2025
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Legacy of the Forge DLC Trailer Reveals September Release Date and Henry's New Home
Deep Silver and Warhorse Studios showed up for gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 to announce a release date for the next Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 story DLC, Legacy of the Forge.
20/08/2025
Two of my favorite Logitech keyboards are discounted at Amazon, and you can't go wrong with either
The best gaming keyboards are entirely subjective, but we always have our eyes peeled for deals on our personal favorites. Read more
20/08/2025
Microsoft Explains Why ROG Xbox Ally Price & Pre-Orders Haven't Been Announced Yet
"We need more time to figure the macro-economic impact".Today, Microsoft announced the official release date for the ROG Xbox Ally (it's October 16th), but neglected to mention anything about price or pre-orders, stating that more information on those would be revealed in the coming weeks.Well, speaking to IGN today, Xbox exec Jason Ronald explained that it's difficult to "find the right balance between affordability and price point" in a "challenging" macro-economic climate, and therefore the team needs more time.
20/08/2025
Surprise! The Rogue Prince Of Persia Is Available Today On Xbox Game Pass
An action-platformer roguelite.It's been announced as part of Gamescom 2025 that The Rogue Prince of Persia will be coming to the service over the next few hours.This game first launched back in May of last year (and it's still in early access on Steam), where it has a Very Positive rating as things stand.
20/08/2025
ROG Xbox Ally Games Will Detail 30FPS Vs. 60FPS Frame Rate Targets Upfront
As part of Microsoft's day one Gamescom broadcast, the team has gone into a lot more detail on its ROG Xbox Ally devices, including the software experience we can expect on launch.While that experience will evolve over time as more and more games get tested, the team has announced its 'Handheld Compatibility Program' that will help curate the library - detailing the sorts of frame rates we can expect from each title.Basically, much like Valve's Steam Deck 'Verified' program, Microsoft will let you know if it's tested a certain game on ROG Xbox Ally.
20/08/2025
ROG Xbox Ally Handheld Gets Official October 2025 Release Date
"These mark the next step in how and where you play".We finally have an official release date for the ROG Xbox Ally handheld!It's been announced by Microsoft today that the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X will both launch on October 16th, 2025 in many countries around the world.
20/08/2025
Microsoft Still Can't Say How Much the ROG Xbox Ally X Will Cost Due to "Macro-Economic" Conditions, Despite Announcing Release Date and Availability Details
Microsoft has confirmed release date and availability details for the ROG Xbox Ally X, its upcoming gaming handheld made by Asus, but notably held off on confirming how much the device will cost.
20/08/2025
Xbox Hardware Boss Says 'Who Knows What the Future Entails' Following Report Company Had Sidelined First-Party Handheld Plans
With a release date now announced for Asus' ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X devices, fan attention now turns to Microsoft's own plans to make a handheld Xbox. And today, at Gamescom, we checked in for an update.
20/08/2025
Square Enix's Triangle Strategy Is Shadow Dropping Today On Xbox
It's no longer just a Switch console exclusive!Xbox kicked off its "Day One" broadcast at Gamescom 2025 with the announcement at that Square Enix's Triangle Strategy is launching today on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S!Yes, this former Nintendo Switch console exclusive is finally making its way over to Microsoft's consoles, and it's available with a discount at launch - you're looking at paying £34.99 / $41.99 to play it right now.
20/08/2025
Lego Voyagers' building is better when you – and a friend – are the blocks
Nonetheless, Voyagers still wants you to venture out and roll your way through its plastic wilderness, with some light puzzling, Split Fiction-style cooperative mischief, and building – usually with your own heads as the cornerstones – along the way.Last week, ahead of its Gamescom showing, Mark and I channeled our inner construction materials to try it out.Read more
20/08/2025
LEGO Voyagers Might Already Be My Favorite LEGO Game Ever
Co-op is nothing new to LEGO games, certainly, but LEGO Voyagers removes the “optional” from the co-op, and strips any big-IP license away as well. We’re left with a game that combines puzzles and platforming and puts it in a compelling co-op package.
20/08/2025
Xbox Vet Rod Fergusson Has Been Drafted In To Help Launch BioShock 4
Earlier this month, we heard from Bloomberg that BioShock 4 had hit development troubles over at 2K - and now the master of saving games from the brink has been drafted in to help ship the upcoming sequel.Rod Fergusson — an Xbox veteran who helped launch Gears of War, Bioshock Infinite and Diablo 4, amongst others — is now leading 2K's new BioShock dev Cloud Chamber.In fact, Rod is now Head of the BioShock Franchise as he and the team plot the series' future.
20/08/2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong - We Played It! | gamescom 2025
After a long, long time we finally got our hands on Team Cherry's Hollow Knight: Silksong. Here's what we thought.
20/08/2025
Live: Watch Xbox At Gamescom 2025 (Day One) Here
The first of two livestreams this week.Today marks the first of two livestreams being hosted by Xbox as part of Gamescom 2025, with day one set to bring us closer looks at the likes of Keeper, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Dying Light: The Beast and more.And biggest of all, we're expecting to get more release & price details for the ROG Xbox Ally handheld!
20/08/2025
Civilization 7's latest update has "hit mods harder than usual", but for a good reason
Dubbed 1.2.4, it's delivered the likes of world wonder rebalancing, but has also impacted mods more heavily than your average Civ update.Updates to the polarising 4X strategy sim have settled into a nice monthly cadence following the barrage of changes that followed its launch, when the likes of the user interface had folks ordering improvements like they'd just run across a farmless tile.Read more
20/08/2025
Rumour: Bethesda Is Bringing Another Xbox Game To Switch 2 In 2026
Yesterday evening, we brought you the news that Xbox is porting Indiana Jones and the Great Circle over to Switch 2 in 2026 - and now a well-known leaker has revealed that it's not the only Bethesda game planned for Nintendo's hybrid system next year.According to insider NateTheHate, Bethesda Game Studios' Starfield will also move over to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026.The leaker claims that the team's spacefaring adventure will arrive on Switch 2 next year, along with a much-rumoured PS5 version.
20/08/2025
The Blood of Dawnwalker Offers 2 Very Different RPG Playstyles
So far, The Blood of Dawnwalker captures that feeling of navigating two different worlds as a half-vampire, which is a very compelling premise for a role-playing game.
20/08/2025
Black Myth: Wukong Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Series S
Here's how both Xbox versions stack up.Black Myth: Wukong is officially out now on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and we've been waiting ages to see how it'll perform across the two consoles (in particular the Series S).We already have a good comparison thanks to Fuzion Xbox Testing on YouTube, which has shared some early footage, resolution details and frame rate information about Black Myth: Wukong on both systems.
20/08/2025
Hyperkin Is Going Full-PS5 With Its New 'Competitor' Xbox Controller
Update: We've got a release window and price!As part of CES 2025, Hyperkin has announced a new Xbox controller called "The Competitor" that very much resembles the DualSense.As you can see, this controller drops the left thumbstick down to the bottom of the controller and moves the PS5-style d-pad up to the top, while even the colour scheme is very reminiscent of the PlayStation controller design.
20/08/2025
Love or hate Pragmata's hacking, it’s more than just a minigame
The need to shut down robotic baddies’ defences before giving them the ol’ semi-auto handshake is, it seems, widely enough perceived as a potential dealbreaker that Capcom have recreated it as a browser game.Described in the abstract, it does sound like you can have a little third-person shooting, as a treat, but only after you finish your tile-colouring minigame.After actually playing Pragmata, though, I’m firmly on Team Hacking: besides being rich with upgrade potential, it doesn’t interrupt the action so much as conduct it, specifically to a tempo that feels refreshingly unique by over-the-shoulder standards.
20/08/2025
Onimusha: Way of the Sword Skilfully Sharpens a PS2 Classic for a New Generation | Gamescom 2025
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is shaping up to be a sharp, skilful return for Capcom's long-slumbering series.
20/08/2025
Pragmata Aims to Break the Rules of Third-Person Shooters | gamescom 2025
Pragmata's hack-and-blast spin on traditional shooting is one of Capcom's most interesting ideas in years, but not everything in its latest demo feels quite so smart.
20/08/2025
Resident Evil Requiem Hands-On Preview
Resident Evil Requiem has a new, terrifying foe that more than lives up to the mantle of a Resident Evil stalker.
20/08/2025
BioShock 4 studio Cloud Chamber lay off staff, as ex-Diablo lead Rod Fergusson comes aboard
These cuts come at the same time former Diablo lead Rod Fergusson joins as Cloud Chamber's new studio head, taking up the position recently vacated by Kelley Gilmore.A report from Bloomberg earlier this month revealed that the game had failed an internal progress check.Despite all of this, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has insisted, amid chatting some nonsense about great being the new great, that the game will still make it to release.
20/08/2025
Four More Games Are Now Available With Xbox Game Pass (August 19-20)
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup!With it being Gamescom this week, Microsoft is adding more games to the lineup left, right and centre - and we have four titles to update you on following the Opening Night Live showcase.Here's everything new on Xbox Game Pass for August 19 and August 20:Read the full article on purexbox.com
20/08/2025
Five More Games Are Now Available With Xbox Game Pass (August 19-20)
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup!With it being Gamescom this week, Microsoft is adding more games to the lineup left, right and centre - and we have four titles to update you on following the Opening Night Live showcase.Here's everything new on Xbox Game Pass for August 19 and August 20:Read the full article on purexbox.com
20/08/2025
Leaker Reveals 'Final Prices' For ROG Xbox Ally Handheld In The US
To be formally announced very soon.Ahead of the formal reveal which is expected to take place later today, it's been shared by reliable leaker billbil-kun that the ROG Xbox Ally will cost $549.99 USD and the ROG Xbox Ally X will cost $899.99 USD.Obviously these are two different versions of the Xbox handheld - the cheaper one is meant for 720p gaming at lower graphical settings, while the more expensive one targets a 1080p resolution.
20/08/2025
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 sticks two bloodsucker clans, including the sexy one, behind paid day-one DLC
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 got a full release date during Gamescom Opening Night Live last night, along with a fresh trailer.You see, while the base version of Bloodlines 2 offers four vampire clans with different playstyles for you to get behind the fangs of, Paradox have opted to stick a further two behind paid day-one DLC.Read more
20/08/2025
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes is a fugitive roguelike fleet-builder from the makers of Crying Suns
The game announcement in question was for Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, a new tactical roguelite from the developers of Crying Suns.Published by Dotemu, it gives you quasi-isometric control of the human armada racing to escape the sinister Cylon fleet. Read more
20/08/2025
Project Spectrum Is Looking Extremely Weird and More Than a Little Creepy
The most interesting part of our Project Spectrum demo came when a powerful multi-armed creature suddenly popped out of nowhere and started hunting the players, and it was revealed to be controlled by another human.
20/08/2025
Save Up to $60 Off the Nintendo Switch 2 Console by Getting a Genuine Import Model From AliExpress
Don't miss out on the best - and potentially only - Nintendo Switch 2 deal of the year.
20/08/2025
Alien: Earth Episode 3 Review
Alien: Earth spends maybe one episode too many setting the stakes for the rest of the season, but, man, are they great stakes.
20/08/2025
AU Deals: Big Hits, Bigger Discounts – The PS5, Switch & LEGO Must-Buys of Today
Today's bargains line-up spans inventive indies, glossy blockbusters, and a few experimental oddballs that prove risk-taking still has a place in game development.
20/08/2025
Upset That Alien: Earth Completely Reinvents the Xenomorph's Mythology? Get Over It
After three episodes of Alien: Earth, it's clear the series is ignoring the established history of the Xenomorph. Here's why you shouldn't care.
20/08/2025
One of the Best Nintendo Switch 2 Cases Drops to the Lowest Price Ever on Amazon
The Tomtoc Slim is less expensive than the official Switch case, even though it's a lot nicer.
20/08/2025
Fallout: Season 2 Trailer Ties The Ghoul's Origin Story to Mr. House
While other characters and conflicts are glimpsed in the new trailer for Fallout: Season 2, it’s the literal journey of Walton Goggins’ Cooper Howard, aka The Ghoul, that serves as the teaser’s narrative throughline. In the trailer, The Ghoul’s arrival in New Vegas triggers the backstory of how Coop went to Las Vegas before the war, where he met with the man who he claims was the main cause of the end of the world: Robert House.
20/08/2025
Get a Cordless Car Jump Starter for Under $20 With This Amazon Lighting Deal (Ends Tonight)
An essential part of your car's emergency kit.
19/08/2025
For Today Only, the HP Omen Max RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop Drops to Just $1,420
The most powerful gaming laptop you can find for under $1,500.
19/08/2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Is Now on Digital
The (theoretically) final Mission Impossible movie is now available to watch at home.
19/08/2025
Dante's epic poem La Divina Commedia is getting turned into a videogame again
Enotria: The Last Song developers Jyamma Games are making a new action-RPG inspired by and named after Dante Alighieri’s 14th century epic poem La Divina Commedia, aka the Divine Comedy.Like the poem, it sees you descending through the circles of Hell, each the geological manifestation of a particular Sin.Unlike the poem, it features a set of combat classes, a choice of protagonist genders, a narrative alignment system, procedurally generated extraction dungeons, and customisable weapons and armour.
19/08/2025
The T-Mobile Metro Phone Plan Offers Unlimited Talk, Text, and 5G Data for Just $25 Per Month
New customers only and you need to bring your own eligible phone.
19/08/2025
Game Science reveal Black Myth: Zhong Kui, a new action-RPG that aims to catch Wukong players "off guard"
It casts you as a ghost-hunting god who wanders between hell and Earth.Here's a CG short from Gamescom's Open Night Live 2025, which shows the fearsomely bearded Zhong Kui himself riding an extravagantly sized tiger. Read more
19/08/2025
Fallout season 2 radiates NEW VEGAS with a trailer heavy on stupid sexy House and a December debut date
It premieres on 17th December.If it wasn't clear already, this chain of episodes is set to take us to NEW VEGAS.It says Lucky 38, which is a casino in NEW VEGAS.
19/08/2025
Five Xbox Game Pass Titles Get New Reveals At Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025
Today's Gamescom Opening Night Live event treated us to new reveals for five Xbox Game Pass titles in total, three of which were for a selection of upcoming first-party releases, and two of which were total surprises!The two that we really didn't expect were for the sci-fi horror game ROUTINE, which finally now has a release window of late 2025, and the highly-anticipated sequel Moonlighter 2 - which is launching in early access this October for PC alone (including PC Game Pass), and then coming to console at some point in the future.Read the full article on purexbox.com
19/08/2025
Six Xbox Game Pass Titles Get New Reveals At Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025
Today's Gamescom Opening Night Live event treated us to new reveals for five Xbox Game Pass titles in total, three of which were for a selection of upcoming first-party releases, and two of which were total surprises!The two that we really didn't expect were for the sci-fi horror game ROUTINE, which finally now has a release window of late 2025, and the highly-anticipated sequel Moonlighter 2 - which is launching in early access this October for PC alone (including PC Game Pass), and then coming to console at some point in the future.Read the full article on purexbox.com
19/08/2025
Zero Parades looks to be the new name of ZA/UM's post-Disco Elysium spy cRPG, not that its reveal paraded that around
Well, unless they've got another espionagey cRPG in the works, Project C4 has gotten a new name in a cameo at Gamescom Opening Night Live.It now seemingly goes by Zero Parades.Read more
19/08/2025
Black Myth: Zhong Kui Is In Development, And It's Set To Launch Day One On Xbox
We haven't even had Wukong on Xbox yet!There's a new game in the Black Myth series in development and it's officially called Black Myth: Zhong Kui.The title was revealed as part of the surprise segment at the end of Gamescom Opening Night Live earlier today.
19/08/2025
Capcom Sets Up Resident Evil Requiem Story Ahead Of February 2026 Xbox Launch
Earlier this summer, we got the surprise reveal of Capcom's next RE epic in Resident Evil Requiem - and now the team has detailed a bit more of the game's story ahead of its February 2026 Xbox launch.As part of the team's new Gamescom 2025 trailer, Capcom has showcased more of RE: Requiem's story campaign, including some additional setup on the game's main protagonist;There's also a hint at RE9 gameplay here, with a full reveal on that to come shortly.
19/08/2025
Ghost of Yotei Trailer Confirms Free Legends Multiplayer DLC Coming in 2026
Sony and Sucker Punch Productions have announced Ghost of Yōtei will receive free Legends multiplayer co-op DLC in 2026.
19/08/2025
Black Myth: Wukong Developer Game Science Announces Sequel, Black Myth: Zhong Kui
Black Myth: Wukong developer Game Science has revealed a sequel, Black Myth: Zhong Kui, at Opening Night Live 2025.
19/08/2025
Roundup: All The Xbox Reveals From Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025
Here's a recap.Weren't able to catch the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 event earlier today?Read the full article on purexbox.com
19/08/2025
Resident Evil: Requiem Trailer Shows Fresh Look at Grace Ashcroft's Backstory, But Where's Leon?
Tonight's Gamescom Opening Night Live broadcast has given us a fresh look at Resident Evil: Requiem, but where's fan-favorite Leon S. Kennedy?
19/08/2025
Poll: How Would You Grade Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025?
Give us your verdict.The dust is now beginning to settle on Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025!Read the full article on purexbox.com
19/08/2025
Prime Members can save $150 on an RTX 5070 at Amazon right now
Whatever your thoughts are on NVIDIA’s push towards AI-powered techniques like DLSS 4 instead of focusing on raw power, it’s seemingly here to stay. Read more
19/08/2025
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 - We FINALLY Played It
I didn't really know what to expect from Vampire: The Masquerade -- Bloodlines 2 given the long, shadowed path it took to finally rest in my undead talons. But leading with a well-written and well-voiced mystery story that lets me explore my urban hunting ground with cool movement abilities has me intrigued to say the least. I don't love the combat so far, and the Masquerade system seems a bit too forgiving. But I'm thirsty to spend more time with it.
19/08/2025
Monster Hunter Wilds and Final Fantasy 14 Collaborations Reveal New Content Coming This Fall
Capcom and Square Enix took the stage at gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 to show off a new collaboration that will see Final Fantasy 14 and Monster Hunter Wilds collide.
19/08/2025
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Finally Launches This October
We've got a release date for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2!It's been announced today that the long-awaited sequel will be coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on October 21st, 2025.The date was announced as part of Gamescom Opening Night Live, and was accompanied with a new trailer which you can watch up above.
19/08/2025
World of Warcraft: Midnight Takes Players Back to a Refreshed Quel'Thalas in the Battle Against the Void
At Gamescom Opening Night Live, we just got a look at the opening cinematic for the next World of Warcraft expansion: Midnight. And with it, we got a taste of what to expect at the focal point of the expansion's start: Quel'Thalas, and the Blood Elf city of Silvermoon.
19/08/2025
Xbox Shares First Look At The Outer Worlds 2 Since Its Pricing U-Turn
Still coming in October, now for $70.So, The Outer Worlds 2, huh?Following recent controversy surrounding the game's price (which has now died down thanks to a Microsoft U-turn), the team at Obsidian has landed at Gamescom 2025 with a fresh look at its upcoming RPG.
19/08/2025
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 - Here’s What Comes in Each Edition
Everything you need to know to preorder Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, including what comes in each edition, when it's out, beta info, and more.
19/08/2025
Kirby Air Riders Is Up for Preorder for the Switch 2 (Out November 20)
You can now preorder Kirby Air Riders for Nintendo Switch 2.
19/08/2025
21 Years After the Original, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Finally Has a Release Date
More than two decades after the original cult classic Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, tonight's Gamescom Opening Night Live broadcast has finally given us a release date for its sequel.
19/08/2025
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 finally has a full release date, plus a bloody good new trailer
Today I write: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been given a full release date at tonight's Gamescom Opening Night Live, along with a fresh trailer.To this point, the tale of Bloodlines 2 has been one of fan swearing induced by delays that have been a seriously regular occurence.Originally worked on by Hardsuit Labs, the game's current devs The Chinese Room have said they're going for more of a spiritual successor than straight sequel.
19/08/2025
Silent Hill f gets a fresh trailer featuring more schoolgirl spooks ahead of September release
Schoolgirl spookfest Silent Hill f has gotten a fresh trailer during Gamescom Opening Night Live, ahead of its release in September.In case you're out of the loop, this trip to the quiet mounds is developed by Neobards Entertainment, and sees you take on the role of Shimizu Hinako.Read more
19/08/2025
Silent Hill f Gamescom Trailer Reveals Suzie Yeung as Hinako
Silent Hill f made an appearance at Gamescom Opening Night Live this evening with a brand new trailer, and our first listen at the English actor portraying main character Hinako, Suzie Yeung.
19/08/2025
Monkey Island's Ron Gilbert Is Making a New Roguelike RPG Where the Scrolling Screen Is Trying to Kill You (Again)
Ron Gilbert, the industry luminary behind multiple Monkey Island games and Thimbleweed Park, is working on another project, and it's a little different from his usual fare. It's called Death by Scrolling, and it's a roguelike RPG where you're pursued through Purgatory by a constantly-scrolling screen, and Death herself.
19/08/2025
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando Returns With New-Look Trailer, Hits Xbox In 2026
An infectious co-op shooter.It's been a while since we last heard anything about John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, but it's back today as part of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, and we know it's definitely coming to Xbox in early 2026.It's described as an "infectious co-op shooter" powered by the same engine behind the likes of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 and World War Z: Aftermath, so we've got high hopes for this one when it launches next year!
19/08/2025
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is Xbox's First Nintendo Switch 2 Game
The brilliant Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be Microsoft's first game designed for Switch 2, and it'll launch for Nintendo's new console next year.
19/08/2025
Fallout Season 2 Heads To 'Iconic New Vegas Locations' This December
First off, the video game adaptation's second season begins airing on December 17th, right before the Christmas period.The show is heading to New Vegas;featuring some "iconic locations" and characters from the cult classic Obsidian game.
19/08/2025
Xbox Is Bringing Indiana Jones And The Great Circle To Nintendo Switch 2
The new DLC also has a launch trailer.Ready for some more Indiana Jones and the Great Circle?We've already covered how the "Order of Giants" DLC is on the way in September 2025, and today's Gamescom Opening Night Live event treated us to a new trailer.
19/08/2025
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4 announced, delivers Ork screamy RTSness next year
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4 has been announced during Gamescom Opening Night Live.The Orks are crying out, and it's because Dawn of War 4 is set to release at some point in 2026.The Orks are also crying out in a slightly more thoughtful manner, since the game's coming from German studio King Art Games, rather than original developer Relic.
19/08/2025
Fallout Season 2 Trailer Reveals First-Look at a Deathclaw, Mr. House, and a Release Date
Fallout Season 2 has its debut trailer fresh from Opening Night Live 2025, revealing a first look at the hotly anticipated Amazon TV show and confirming a December 17, 2025 release date.
19/08/2025
LEGO Batman Returns With 'Legacy Of The Dark Knight' For Xbox Series X|S
"Inspired by decades of Batman films".TT Games is back with a brand-new LEGO game coming to Xbox Series X|S next year - as 'Legacy of the Dark Night' evidently focuses on Batman's The Dark Knight trilogy this time around.The above trailer showcases the game in action of course, with the Batmobile taking centre stage alongside some of The Dark Knight trilogy's most iconic villains.
19/08/2025
Lords of the Fallen 2 Gets Official Reveal Trailer, Still on Track for 2026
CI Games has detailed what to expect from Lords of the Fallen 2 during Gamescom's Opening Night Live, and said its sequel has been shaped by community feedback after an initially rocky reception at launch for the original.
19/08/2025
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 Is Finally a Reality — but Its Developer May Surprise You
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 is finally a reality after an announcement at Opening Night Live 2025. We have a debut trailer, snippets of gameplay, a new faction making its series debut, and a surprise developer.
19/08/2025
The Best Deals Today: The Best Deals Today: INIU Portable Charger BOGO, Fallout 4K Sale, and More
As of Aug. 19, snag two INIU 10,000mAh power banks for $19.79 at Amazon, plus discounts on Fallout 4K, Spawn, MTG Aetherdrift, and Pokémon TCG.
19/08/2025
Yep, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 comes out this November, shows off a fresh trailer
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's release date did leak earlier today, as 14th November release has been confirmed at Gamescom Opening Night Live.The FPS also showed off a fresh trailer.Read more
19/08/2025
FromSoftware’s Sekiro Gets the Anime Treatment via Crunchyroll in 2026 — Here’s the Debut Trailer and First-Look Images
FromSoftware’s Sekiro is back from the dead — but rather than getting a sequel, it’s getting an anime adaptation via Crunchyroll in 2026.
19/08/2025
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Announced, Featuring Open World Gotham
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight has been announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live, featuring an open-world version of Gotham you can drive around in the Batmobile.
19/08/2025
Lords Of The Fallen 2 Brings Its Epic Sequel To Xbox In 2026
Today's Gamescom Opening Night Live event has brought us a first look at Lords of the Fallen 2, which will be coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S at some point in 2026.You can check out the debut trailer for the game above.You can actually wishlist it on Xbox right now if you want to as well!
19/08/2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong Shows Up at Gamescom: Opening Night Live With Almost 30 Seconds of New Gameplay, as a Treat
Yes, hello, we're back again with another update on the ongoing saga of "Are we getting a Silksong release date this week?" The answer is, still maybe, but it's not happening at Gamescom Opening Night Live today. Instead, we got almost 30 whole seconds of brand new gameplay, and a reassurance that it is, in fact, coming out this year.
19/08/2025
Black Ops 7 Launches On Xbox Game Pass This November, Free Beta Plans Detailed
Xbox's next Call of Duty title has just kicked off Gamescom Opening Night Live, with Black Ops 7 finally getting a formal release date.The series' upcoming futuristic entry launches on Xbox Game Pass on November 14th - and we have fresh details of a free beta as well.The new title is set in the year 2035, with "the world on the brink of chaos".
19/08/2025
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Dev Responds to Generative AI Backlash: 'Not Replace, but Streamline'
In February 2025, Activision finally admitted to using generative AI for some Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 assets. Now, ahead of the release of Black Ops 7, Treyarch associate creative director, Miles Leslie, has clarified the Call of Duty developer's position.
19/08/2025
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes Aims to Deliver an FTL-Like Roguelike
The action in Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes brings to mind FTL, perhaps the greatest of all space-faring roguelikes. It oscillates between white-knuckle tension when the Cylons demonstrate their incredible force, but much of your time in this game will be oddly dulcet.
19/08/2025
Valor Mortis will see Ghostrunner's creators give Napoleonic era Europe the soulslike treatment in 2026
Valor Mortis, a soulslike set during Napoleon's 19th century conquest of Eastern Europe, has been revealed by Ghostrunner devs One More Level during Gamescom Opening Night Live's preshow.It's set for release in 2026.That's assuming the setting offers enough of a unique feel that Valor Mortis doesn't resemble being trapped on a Fromsoft-imitation Elba.
19/08/2025
The WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD Is One of the Fastest PCIe Gen 4 SSDs, and Now Also One of the Cheapest
Functionally identical to the SN850P, which is officially licensed for the PlayStation 5 console.
19/08/2025
Valor Mortis Announced From Developer of Ghostrunner
Today at Gamescom Opening Night Live's pre-show, the developer of Ghostrunner revealed a new game, Valor Mortis. It's a single-player, first-person soulslike taking place in an alt-history Eastern Europe during a fictionalized version of Napoleon's invasion.
19/08/2025
Denshattack! Might Be a Killer Blend of Tony Hawk and Jet Set Radio
I came out of my session with Denshattack! excited to actually play it myself, and grateful that there are still studios out there that aren’t afraid to go for the gonzo, the weird, the silly, and the ambitious. There are new things under the sun, y’all. All we had to do was find a group of guys crazy enough to say, “Hey, what if a train could do a kickflip?” As it turns out, that answer could be pretty rad.
19/08/2025
Bubsy 3D Is Getting a Sequel, Almost 30 Years Later
So, Bubsy's back. You know, Bubsy, the talking orange bobcat mascot from the 90s? He's back, with a new 3D game developed by indie studio Fabraz and published by Atari. It's called Bubsy 4D, and it's Bubsy's first 3D adventure since 1996's (notoriously not very good) Bubsy 3D.
19/08/2025
gamescom Opening Night Live 2025: Everything Announced (Updating Live)
gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 marks the start of the gaming convention in Cologne, and is always packed full of announcements, trailers and gameplay reveals. It's a lot to keep track of, so we're rounding up all the announcements from gamescom ONL as they happen.
19/08/2025
The Nintendo Switch Joy-Con 2 Controllers Are on Sale For the First Time Ever at AliExpress
Save 17% off a genuine region unlocked import model.
19/08/2025
Live: Watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 Here
Kicking off a busy week of reveals.It's time to kick off Gamescom 2025 with the Gamescom Opening Night Live event, which promises to deliver a packed show featuring the likes of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, The Outer Worlds 2 and plenty of game reveals!"A two hour showcase of what's next in video games with world premieres, new game announcements, and a musical performance from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33."
19/08/2025
Microsoft Announces Xbox Game Pass August 2025 Wave 2 Lineup
Microsoft has announced Wave 2 of the Xbox Game Pass August 2025 lineup, which includes Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Gears of War: Reloaded, Persona 4 Golden, and more.
19/08/2025
Kirby Air Riders Is Letting King Dedede, Meta Knight, Waddle Dee, Others Use Copy Abilities for the First Time
What do you know about Kirby? Well, he's round, he's pink. And he can suck up and eat just about anything, and steal whatever powers that thing has. For over 30 years, no one else in Nintendo's roster has tried to do what Kirby does. Until now.
19/08/2025
Microsoft Explains Target Audiences For ROG Xbox Ally And ROG Xbox Ally X
Two consoles, two different audiences.Speaking on a new episode of the Official Xbox Podcast, next-gen gaming boss at Microsoft Jason Ronald was asked about how the two systems compare.In short, Ronald says that the base machine is aimed at lower-spec 720p gaming, while the Ally X is targeting 1080p playback.
19/08/2025
Helldivers 2 Is Officially Getting Halo: ODST Content, But Its First Legendary Warbond Is Going to Cost You
It’s official: Helldivers 2 is getting a Legendary Warbond featuring weapons and cosmetics from Halo: ODST, and its release date arrives in one week.
19/08/2025
BioShock Studio Cloud Chamber Undergoes Layoffs, Appoints Rod Fergusson New BioShock Head
2K Games is laying off an unknown number of individuals at BioShock studio Cloud Chamber, as it undergoes efforts to "rework" its upcoming new BioShock game.
19/08/2025
Gears Reloaded On PS5 'Thrills' Cliffy B As Series Creator Remains 'Open' To Return
"It doesn't feel strange".To us it still feels a little weird to say that a new Gears of War release is coming to PS5 in a week's time - but clearly, series creator Cliff Bleszinski doesn't feel the same way.Speaking to Eurogamer ahead of the launch of Gears Reloaded, Cliffy B says that he's "thrilled" to see some of his most iconic work being opened up to a whole new audience on PS5 later this month.
19/08/2025
Our favorite microSD card for Steam Deck is almost half off at Amazon today
Storage might not be sexy, but if your Steam Deck (or any number of other handheld systems) doesn’t have a ton of space from the jump, a microSD card is a smart investment. Read more
19/08/2025
Former PS3 Exclusive 'Tales of Xillia' Is Getting Remastered For Xbox Series X|S
As part of the Gamescom 2025 festivities today (and slightly before Opening Night Live), Bandai Namco has announced Tales of Xillia Remastered - coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on October 31st, 2025.This game was originally a PlayStation 3 exclusive that launched back in the early 2010s, and it released to pretty good reviews at the time - the OG version has an average of 78 on Metacritic.Of course, it's not the first entry in the "Tales of" series to release on Xbox by any means - we've seen the likes of Tales of Vesperia and Tales of Arise in the past.
19/08/2025
We Build the LEGO Arcade Machine, an Homage to 1980's Gaming Culture
We build the new LEGO Arcade Machine.
19/08/2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong Developer Teases 'Special Announcement' Later This Week
Team Cherry, the developer of Hollow Knight and Hollow Knight: Silksong, is teasing a "special announcement" of some sort 48 hours from now on August 21 at 7:30 AM.
19/08/2025
These Seven Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (August 19-28)
Your latest batch of new titles.Microsoft has just revealed our latest batch of Xbox Game Pass titles for the second half of August 2025, which includes the previously announced Gears of War: Reloaded, as well as the likes of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Persona 4 Golden!Here's what's coming to Xbox Game Pass from August 19 through August 28:Read the full article on purexbox.com
19/08/2025
Sakurai Says Kirby Air Riders Is 'Basically Mario Kart' in Extremely Smash Bros-style Direct
Today, Masahiro Sakurai hosted a 45-minute Nintendo Direct solely dedicated to his latest project, Kirby Air Riders. And he opened the presentation by invoking another game, admitting that Kirby Air Riders is "basically Mario Kart".
19/08/2025
Houses will eat you and horseguys will help you in new Chinese action-RPG Swords Of Legends
The name "Swords Of Legends" does not exactly cultivate intrigue.File it alongside Legendary Sword, Sword Legends, Legend of Sword, and Sword: Legends under "game titles that would put me to sleep even if I were being steadily electrocuted".Having visited the official site for Swords and watched the Chinese announcement trailer, I have come up with some alternative, vastly superior English titles: 1) My House Is Unaccountably Peckish, 2) Can I Play Football With This Boss's Detachable Head, 3) A Kingdom For My Horsebro, and 4) Did That Mountain Just Sideeye Me.
19/08/2025
TMNT: Battle Nexus Pits the Multiverse's Ninja Turtles Against One Another
Want to see the 1990 Ninja Turtles fight the Mutant Mayhem crew? Then check out our exclusive preview of TMNT: Battle Nexus.
19/08/2025
Delta Force Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Series S
Here's how both Xbox versions stack up.Delta Force officially brought its free-to-play shooter to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S earlier today, and we can now see how it performs on both systems.As usual, this comes courtesy of the excellent Fuzion Xbox Testing on YouTube, which has already provided separate videos for both the Series X and Series S versions of the game, complete with some handy frame rate tests.
19/08/2025
Nintendo Announces Kirby Air Riders Release Date
Nintendo's upcoming Switch 2 exclusive Kirby Air Riders will launch on November 20, 2025.
19/08/2025
Nintendo Announces Kirby Air Riders Release Date and Price
Nintendo's upcoming Switch 2 exclusive Kirby Air Riders will launch on November 20, 2025.
19/08/2025
Xbox & PlayStation Reveal Full List Of Halo Content Coming To Helldivers 2
"It’s dropping in with a magnificently Xbox-themed surprise".Halo: ODST is coming to Helldivers 2 when it launches on Xbox next week, and it's arriving in the form of a Legendary Warbond that's absolutely packed with armour sets, equipment and cosmetics.There's never been a "Legendary Warbond" in Helldivers 2 before, so this is a new tier for the game!
19/08/2025
All Plant Types in Grow a Garden (Beanstalk Event)
Use IGN's guides to help you grow beanstalks for Jack in the latest Grow a Garden update.
19/08/2025
Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct: Everything Announced
The Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct has come to an end after 45 minutes of fresh gameplay details and release date information from director Masahiro Sakurai himself.
19/08/2025
Xbox 'Gamescom 2025' Sale Now Live, 600+ New Discounts Added To Microsoft Store
It's Gamescom 2025 week and it's Tuesday, so we've got a new Xbox sale to mark the occasion!It's not just this sale that's been added to the Microsoft Store either, as there's also a "Keep on Gaming" sale alongside the usual batch of weekly Xbox Game Pass-specific discounts.We're seeing some great games reduced for at least the next seven days here, with some highlights including Alan Wake 2, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Assassin's Creed Shadows and much more!
19/08/2025
Xbox Exec Talks About Three Core Aims For Microsoft's Next Console
"We're designing dedicated hardware...".Alongside the ROG Xbox Ally, we know that Team Green is working with AMD on next-generation Xbox hardware, and Series X|S architect Jason Ronald has been talking on a new podcast about three of Microsoft's core aims for its next console.While the team clearly has big plans relating to PC and Cloud Gaming, console is still a core focus, and Ronald has touched on three major aspects of the next-gen Xbox: compatibility across devices, 'neural rendering' and of course, AI.
19/08/2025
Black Ops 7 release date spotted in the wilds ahead of Call of Duty's latest Gamescom blowout
True to the game's billing as twistiest of duty-shooters, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's release date trailer appears to have leaked ahead of a possible Gamescom Opening Night Live showing tonight.The new FPS will launch on 14th November, close to a month after rival Battlefield 6's release on October 10th.Also, it appears to have jet packs and mechs.
19/08/2025
Xbox Teases Plans To Make Cloud Gaming More 'Affordable' And 'Accessible'
Yesterday's latest episode of the Official Xbox Podcast gave us some insight into what's going on over at Team Xbox right now, and one of the things they talked about was the continued focus on improving Xbox Cloud Gaming.The two guests on the podcast were Xbox platform architects Jason Beaumont and Jason Ronald, both of whom discussed how they're going to keep growing the service and make it more "affordable" and "accessible" along the way.Read the full article on purexbox.com
19/08/2025
Xbox's Latest Series X|S Background Isn't Very Dynamic, But It Does Look Great
And it takes into account tile space!We're officially one week out from the release of Gears of War: Reloaded, and to celebrate its upcoming launch, Microsoft has dropped a themed dynamic background on Xbox Series X|S - although the term 'dynamic' is a bit of stretch here.As you can see in the clip down below, the team has based this off the Gears Reloaded key art, which is a pretty strong base to start from.
19/08/2025
Fallout Season 1's 4K UHD Blu-ray is Discounted at Amazon Today In Anticipation of Season 2
You can save 25% on Fallout Season 1's 4K UHD Blu-ray at Amazon right now.
19/08/2025
Steam now has "language-specific" review scores, which might make identifying certain review bombs easier
Well, Valve reckon Steam didn't have enough two word verdicts on games, so they've introduced a "language-specific" scoring system, which offers separate ratings based on user reviews penned in certain tongues.The goal's to paint a more detailed picture of what folks in different parts of the world think of what they've played, allowing you to see at a glance whether that game you've been putting off adding to your backlog is the bees' knees among Korean-speaking players.That's provided said game meets the threshold of having 2,000 publicly visible reviews in total and at least 200 written in the specific language you're looking for.
19/08/2025
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 livestream: watch all today's announcements here
Gamescom begins today, Tuesday August 19th 2025, with Opening Night Live - the annual livestream showcase of trailers, teasers and release date announcements, in which helpless videogames are dragged on-stage and hacked into 90-second gobbets by Geoff Keighley.You can watch Gamescom Opening Night Live on this very page, care of the below video embed.Prove me wrong, host Kyle Boseman!
19/08/2025
The Marvels Lacked 'Really Solid Script,' Director Says, 'Which is Always Gonna Just Wreak Havoc on the Whole Process'
The Marvels director Nia DaCosta has compared her experience working on the big budget Captain Marvel flop to her time helming the upcoming 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. The big difference, she said, was actually having a "solid script" to work with.
19/08/2025
Skibidi, Broligarchy, and More Words Join Cambridge Dictionary's List of New 2025 Terms
Skibidi, broligarchy, inspo, delulu, and more terms have officially joined the Cambridge Dictionary in its growing list of new 2025 words.
18/08/2025
Dell Outlet Just Restocked Its Alienware Gaming PC Inventory, Including Rare RTX 4090 Systems
Some great deals on RTX 4090 and RTX 5000 series prebuilts with original 1 year Dell warranty.
18/08/2025
The Biggest Magic: The Gathering Crashers and Climbers This Week - August 18
These are biggest Magic: The Gathering cards to keep an eye on this week, as Vivi Ornitier sees another surge.
18/08/2025
The Best Streaming Discounts for Students in 2025
Have a student ID? You can get some streaming services at a reduced price.
18/08/2025
Wizards of the Coast Says 'No Truth' To Rumors That Magic: The Gathering's Spider-Man Crossover Will Only Get One Print Run
Last week, rumors started swirling in some Magic: The Gathering circles that the upcoming Spider-Man set would be limited to just one print run across all of its products, including Play Boosters – but today, Wizards of the Coast unequivocally told IGN that is not the case.
18/08/2025
Spawn 4K Limited-Edition Is Up for Preorder (and On Sale)
You can preorder a new 4K restoration of the 1997 movie Spawn, and it comes with a ton of bonuses.
18/08/2025
Oh Boy, Geoff Keighley Is Teasing Hollow Knight: Silksong for Gamescom Opening Night Live
Uh oh, Geoff Keighley is teasing Hollow Knight: Silksong at Gamescom Opening Night Live. Is it...finally time? Dare we hope?
18/08/2025
The 10 Most Valuable Journey Together Pokémon Cards That I'm Still Chasing In Sealed Boosters
Discover the 10 most valuable Pokémon TCG cards from Journey Together, ranked by each price in terms of market value.
18/08/2025
The Asus Prime Geforce RTX 5080 Graphics Card Is Available at MSRP from Amazon
It's finally at the price it should have been in the first place.
18/08/2025
Assassin's Creed Shadows Is Europe's Best-Selling New Game Of 2025 So Far
Xbox has two titles in the top 20.First off, our headlining news here is that Assassin's Creed Shadows is the best-selling new game of 2025 so far - which should be no real surprise given the size of the IP and its February release time.EA Sports FC 25 came out on top overall.
18/08/2025
This Micro PC is smaller than a Mac Mini, and just $133 right now at Amazon
Look, we know you’re here for the latest PC gaming updates, but that doesn’t mean micro PCs aren’t adorable in their own way. Read more
18/08/2025
The 10 Best Magic: The Gathering Commander Precons You Can Still Find and Use Today
While not all Commander Decks are created equal in Magic: The Gathering, these are some of our favorites that you can still find.
18/08/2025
The Best Power Bank Deal for Nintendo Switch: This $11 Power Bank Will Double Your Play Time
It can also charge your Switch, Switch 2, or Steam Deck at their fastest rate.
18/08/2025
ROG Xbox Ally Accessories Appear Online As Device Lands At Gamescom 2025
Allies for Ally.Earlier today, we learnt of the first game to be 'certified' for ROG Xbox Ally, and now the device's first accessory has been teased by third-party manufacturer Dbrand.Yep, live now on the official Dbrand website, an ROG Xbox Ally X version of the company's 'Killswitch' case has been teased.
18/08/2025
Bob Odenkirk Says More Better Call Saul Would Have to be Set in Prison: 'He's Not Getting Out'
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul alum Bob Odenkirk says he’s open to returning as the infamous Jimmy McGill a.k.a. Saul Goodman, but a lot of pieces would need to fall into place first.
18/08/2025
EA pave over Battlefield 2042's bullet casing-filled potholes with a "road to Battlefield 6"
It's at this point the publishers whip out Battlefield 2042, the much-maligned at release previous entry in the series, like they're yanking a rabbit out of a marine's helmet.He's not Battlefield 2042 anymore, they say, he's the "road to Battlefield 6".A road one can only assume is littered with IEDs and checkpoints where five people are standing around looking mean.
18/08/2025
Get a Brand New Nintendo Switch 2 Console for a Discounted Price With This Rare Deal at Aliexpress
Don't miss out on the best - and potentially only - Nintendo Switch 2 deal of the year.
18/08/2025
The Best Tablets for Students: Our Top Reviewed Picks
If you're getting ready for the classroom, these tablets, e-ink writers, and digital notebooks will serve you well.
18/08/2025
Mafia: The Old Country will get a proper open world mode via game update "in the coming months"
Mafia: The Old Country may have been an offer you could probably refuse, but it did have a lush-looking open world - "clearly designed with care and a sharp eye for capturing the beauty of a fairytale landscape that alternates between serene and rugged," as Mark "Ice Pick" Warren wrote in our review. Read more
18/08/2025
Guide: Black Myth: Wukong Release Date, Release Times & Preload Details On Xbox
Last call for Black Myth: Wukong on Xbox!We've finally reached launch week for this beloved action RPG on Xbox Series X and Series S, and therefore we're breaking down all the key details you need to know as we approach release.Specifically, we're talking the Black Myth: Wukong Xbox release date, release times and preload details (the preload has actually just begun on Xbox), but we've covered plenty of other details about the game on Pure Xbox already as well:Read the full article on purexbox.com
18/08/2025
Street Fighter Movie (Sort Of) Gives Us Our First Peek at Cody Rhodes' Guile
Here it is — our first peek at Cody Rhodes as Street Fighter's Guile.
18/08/2025
Bandai Namco Is Remastering Another Tales Game, and It Sure Looks Like Tales of Xillia
Bandai Namco is teasing another remaster of a game in the Tales series, and it sure looks like it's going to be Tales of Xillia.
18/08/2025
Feature: Seven Xbox-Related Events To Look Out For At Gamescom 2025
A fun few days of showcases.Gamecom 2025 is taking place in Germany, and we've got loads of exciting showcases to look forward to as part of it - including a couple of Xbox broadcasts on Wednesday and Thursday.So, down below, we've picked out the must-see Gamescom 2025 events over the next few days, as well as a couple of intriguing smaller ones that you might not have heard of before.
18/08/2025
Nexon respond to claims they're using AI-generated Tiktok streamers to advertise The First Descendant
South Korean publishers Nexon are investigating a recent bit of TikTok marketing for their free-to-play shooter The First Descendant, after players spotted some ads that feature AI-generated 'human' streamers bigging up the game.Well, we at least have to assume it's following that, as Nexon's statement omits mentioning AI in favour of the wonderfully nebulous phrase "certain irregularities".Read more
18/08/2025
Fly a nuclear corvette in this Cold War-era Star Trek homage from one of my favourite space game devs
I was ready to skip MicroProse's just-announced Deck & Conn, on the grounds of it being far too early in the week for games that consist entirely of dials and rangefinders, but then a scrambled communique from Sin Vega alerted me to the fact that it's the work of Elissa Black, one of the peeps behind Objects In Space, which I think is one of my top five space games.At a glance, Deck & Conn is Objects In Space, but turn-based and minus Objects In Space's slightly distracting 3D background elements.That's to say, it's a testing strategickal simulation that seats you in front of a terrifying retro pixel display, and expects you to trace distress calls, manage your fretful crew, spin up torpedoes and so forth, all without bursting your puny monkey brain.
18/08/2025
Earn Free Battlefield 6 Cosmetics By Playing 2042's Latest Update On Xbox
Lots of us have been having our fun with Battlefield 6 these past few weekends, and with the beta now wrapped up and all eyes on launch, the team has added a bunch of classic content to Battlefield 2042 to tie fans over - including a stone cold classic BF map.That map is the World War 2-themed Iwo Jima, which has been present in Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 1943 and Battlefield V.This fan-favourite level returns "on a reimagined 700x200 map" that "features boat landings, bunkers and trenches" to immerse you in its OG Battlefield roots.
18/08/2025
The Best Deals Today: TMNT 4K Blu-ray Trilogy, Superman Digital, Zelda DVD, and More
As of August 18, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trilogy Limited Edition Blu-ray with new 4K restorations is available, Superman has arrived on Prime Video, and the Legend of Zelda cartoon DVD is on sale. You’ll also find discounts on the INIU 10,000mAh portable charger ($19.79) and ACEMAGIC Vista Mini PC ($199).
18/08/2025
Get On the 'Road to Battlefield 6' With Battlefield 2042's Free Pass
From today (August 18) until October 7 — Battlefield 6's launch day — EA has a "wave of content" planned for Battlefield 2042, including a free new pass "celebrating the legacy of Battlefield," new hardware, and a reimagining of the fan favorite Iwo Jima map.
18/08/2025
Fallout Season 2 First-Look Images Show Walton Goggins' Cooper Howard on the New Vegas Strip in a Flashback
Ahead of its full reveal at Opening Night Live 2025 this week, we have the first images of Fallout Season 2.
18/08/2025
Shemnue 3 To Make Xbox Debut With 'Enhanced' Version For Series X|S
Shenmue 3 is finally coming to Xbox!It's been announced today that the 2019 title will be making its Xbox debut in the form of an "Enhanced" edition that includes loads of improved features compared to the original release.In Shenmue 3 Enhanced, we'll be getting enhanced graphics and performance, a 4K texture uplift, increased NPC density, a classic camera mode, gameplay tweaks, menu enhancements and loads of other impressive benefits.
18/08/2025
Gears Of War: Reloaded Is The First Game To Be ROG Xbox Ally 'Certified'
Oh, and they're kicking the week off with an announcement of the ROG Ally's first 'certified' game.Yep, taking to social media today, ASUS has revealed that Microsoft's upcoming title Gears of War: Reloaded will be 'ROG Xbox Ally certified' when the system comes out.Read the full article on purexbox.com
18/08/2025
Shenmue 3 Enhanced Announced as 'Most Refined Version of Ryo Hazuki's Epic Journey'
Yu Suzuki and publisher ININ Games have announced Shenmue 3 Enhanced at Gamescom 2025. It’s described as “the most refined version of Ryo Hazuki’s epic journey,” and will see the 2019 action adventure release on new platforms with new features and enhanced visuals.
18/08/2025
Nintendo Direct Announced for Tomorrow Focused on Kirby Air Riders
Surprise! A brand new Nintendo Direct focused on Kirby Air Ride will land tomorrow, Tuesday August 19 at 6am Pacific, 9am Eastern, or 2pm UK time.
18/08/2025
Turns Out We've Been Saying This Pokémon's Name Wrong All These Years
How do you pronounce Rayquaza, the legendary dragon Pokémon? No, you're wrong.
18/08/2025
MTG Aetherdrift Finish Line Bundle Scores a Massive Discount on Amazon Today, But It's Selling Out Fast
Amazon has discounted the stylish Magic: The Gathering Aetherdrift Finish Line Bundle at its lowest price yet today, but there's limited time remaining to secure the deal.
18/08/2025
Modders Have Already Patched Out Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Controversial Story Changes
A modder has created a solution for Wuchang: Fallen Feathers PC players unhappy with the recent changes introduced in Patch 1.5.
18/08/2025
Euro Truck Simulator 2 Is Officially Coming To Xbox One & Series X|S
Update: American Truck Simulator as well.Out of nowhere, Euro Truck Simulator 2 has appeared on the Xbox Store today, listed with Xbox One, Series X and Series S as its official platforms, and there's no release date at the time of writing.For those who don't know about it, Euro Truck Simulator 2 is one of the most popular sim games of all time, having a racked up an "Overwhelmingly Positive" rating on Steam based on over 670k user ratings over the past 10+ years.
18/08/2025
WW1: Gallipoli Announced as Next Game in Realistic World War 1 Multiplayer FPS Series
Get your first look at Gallipoli, the next game in the long-running realistic multiplayer WW1 game series that includes Verdun, Tannenberg, and Isonzo. WW1: Gallipoli takes place in the Middle Eastern Front theater of World War I, and you'll play as either Ottoman forces or the British Empire.
18/08/2025
Euro Truck Simulator 2 And American Truck Simulator Are Coming To Xbox
They've both appeared on the Xbox Store.Out of nowhere, Euro Truck Simulator 2 has appeared on the Xbox Store today, listed with Xbox One, Series X and Series S as its official platforms, and there's no release date at the time of writing.For those who don't know about it, Euro Truck Simulator 2 is one of the most popular sim games of all time, having a racked up an "Overwhelmingly Positive" rating on Steam based on over 670k user ratings over the past 10+ years.
18/08/2025
Why the skibidi are you adding skibidi to the Cambridge Dictionary? We think it has "staying power", answer word boffins
This is the clarion call of the modern age, the infernal message brought unto our virgin ears by the Skibidi Toilets.After all, the word skibidi has now been added to the Cambridge Dictionary, and this is a reality we've all got to reckon with.Skibidi Toilet, in case you've been living somewhere free from the influence of vertically-framed surrealism, is a long-running series of 3D animations by YouTuber Alexey 'DaFuq!?
18/08/2025
Gimmicks are god in Psycutlery, a delightful free spork-driven platformer from the creator of Psycho Waluigi
I prefer the disconnectedness of Psycutlery, in which you fight using a telekinetic spork, buy things with frogspawn, heal by eating toothpaste, and checkpoint progress by carving blocks of stone into statues of yourself, using the spork.The in-game reasoning for all this is basically "because developer Luke Tarlowe has the imagination of a Picasso and the attention span of a goldfish".Call it refreshingly uninhibited and also, reminiscent of, Decap Attack and Ristar.
18/08/2025
The First Descendant Dev Responds to AI TikTok Advert Backlash
Nexon has acknowledged "irregularities" in a series of TikTok advertisements for The First Descendant after fans accused the company of producing the "low effort" marketing materials via AI.
18/08/2025
Microsoft 'Wraps Up' Xbox Series X|S Era As Hardware Chief Teases What's Next
"As we wrap up this journey...".With ROG Xbox Ally right around the corner, it feels as though Microsoft is moving into a new era with Xbox devices, and fresh comments from a Microsoft hardware chief confirm that Team Green is about ready to move on from Xbox Series X|S.In a lengthy post over on LinkedIn, Partner Head of Design at Xbox Carl Ledbetter reminisced about this generation of Xbox, and how the team built its Series X and S devices to "empower people to play and connect with others".
18/08/2025
Avengers: Doomsday 'Really Healing,' X-Men Star Alan Cumming Says, After 'Terrible Experience' on X2
Avengers: Doomsday star Alan Cumming has contrasted his experience returning to the character of Nightcrawler for Marvel's upcoming blockbuster with the "miserable" time he faced shooting classic X-Men movie X2.
18/08/2025
'You Can't Have a Woman': Dame Helen Mirren Says the Next James Bond 'Has to Be a Guy'
As speculation over who will play the next James Bond intensifies, Dame Helen Mirren has said that whoever ends up being cast in the role, it should be a man.
18/08/2025
After Wuchang: Fallen Feathers' controversial patch 1.5 made key bosses immortal, here's the obligatory rollback mod
For those who aren't keen on the patch's changes, which particularly transforms the challenge you'll face in the game's fourth region, there's now a mod dedicated to undoing them by letting you roll back to a previous version.For a more in-depth view of the changes patch 1.5 made and what they mean for the game, it's well worth reading our Jeremy's story on it from last week.The short version is that a number of big foes associated with the Ming dynasty have been made to fall down in exhaustion when you defeat them, rather than being killed.
18/08/2025
Official PlayStation Website Adds Big Xbox Advertisement For Helldivers 2
We're now just a week away from PlayStation bringing Helldivers 2 to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (that still sounds weird to say), and the Xbox version is even being actively promoted on the PlayStation website right now.This has been spotted by various eagle-eyed Xbox fans over the past 24 hours-or-so - they're basically added a "Buy on Xbox" section to the Helldivers 2 page where you can find out more information and be redirected to the Xbox Store.Read the full article on purexbox.com
18/08/2025
Much Bigger Battlefield 6 Maps Leak Online Following Datamine
I have good news for Battlefield 6 players concerned about the modest sizes of the open beta maps — a new leak suggests at least two more of the as-yet unreleased maps will be bigger than any we've played so far.
18/08/2025
You can save over $100 on this massive and best in class 4TB SSD for your PC right now
We’re always on the lookout for deals on the best SSDs for gaming, and after extolling the virtues of the Samsung 990 Pro earlier this year, the 4TB version is down to its lowest price of 2025 at Amazon. Read more
18/08/2025
This week in PC games: sword surfing, creature collecting and a big old bucket of Gamescom
And a very happy This Week to you.I'm back from break just in time for Gamescom.Of miniature walled villages operated by triple-A publishers, hosting their own local culture of finger food!
18/08/2025
James Gunn's Superman Inches Towards $600M at the Box Office, Unlikely to Surpass Man of Steel's $670M
Superman has inched towards the $600 million mark at the global box office after six weekends in theaters and the home digital release of the DC Universe kickstarter.
18/08/2025
Gandalf and Frodo Somehow Return in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, Ian McKellen Confirms
The Lord of the Rings prequel movie The Hunt for Gollum will include the characters of Gandalf and Frodo, Ian McKellen has confirmed.
18/08/2025
Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late August 2025
Some big titles are on the way out.Microsoft has just announced its latest batch of titles departing Xbox Game Pass, with five games leaving the service at the end of August.The most notable titles in here are the critically acclaimed Sea of Stars, which leaves after two years in the library, and Borderlands 3 - with the 2K shooter on its way out as Gearbox gears up for Borderlands 4.
18/08/2025
PokemonXP Fan Celebration Event Coming to San Francisco
Teased during the 2025 Pokémon World Championships closing ceremonies, PokémonXP will occur alongside the 2026 Pokémon World Championships at the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco.
18/08/2025
Everything Announced at the 2025 Pokémon World Championships
Here’s a round-up of all the important Pokémon announcements revealed at the World Championships you don’t want to miss, including the introduction of a new fan event called PokémonXP.
18/08/2025
Pokémon Champions will Replace Scarlet and Violet at the Pokémon World Championships Next Year
In a Pokémon World Championship Series first, the 2026 and future formats will be using yet-to-be-released Pokémon Champions as the game for VGC competitors instead of a "mainline" game.
18/08/2025
2025 Pokémon Worlds VGC Champion Kevin Han Achieves Historic First
Pokémon World Championships competitor Kevin Han just won the 2025 Video Game Seniors World Champion title in Anaheim, CA, making him the first to win the VGC Pokémon World Championships in both the Junior and Senior age divisions.
18/08/2025
AU Deals: Switch Mario Parties Limbo to New Lows, Dragon's Dogma 2 and FF XVI Price Chopped Severely, and More!
There are weeks where the shelves feel barren, and then there are days like today where my prestigious wishlist cries out with its siren's song of savings.
18/08/2025
Terence Stamp Dies: Superman's General Zod Was 87
Actor Terence Stamp has died at age 87, his family announced Sunday. Stamp may be best known to IGN readers for his roles as General Zod in 1978’s Superman and Superman II and as Supreme Chancellor Valorum in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
17/08/2025
What's on your bookshelf?: The Stanley Parable, The Beginner's Guide, and Wanderstop's Davey Wreden
Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books!That's two weeks in a row now, which I've decided is enough for me to not have to caveat or lampshade the word 'regular', except obviously in this specific instance.We are back 4eva, in the Blakean Infinite sense, which is my favourite reference for making my fecklessness seem profound.
17/08/2025
The Sunday Papers
Sundays are for realising that it's been years since you looked behind your wardrobe.It's Adrian Edmondson.You gently manoueuvre the wardrobe back into place.
17/08/2025
Final Fantasy Dominates The Top-Selling Magic: The Gathering Cards of 2025 So Far
We've rounded up the best-selling cards from every 2025 set of Magic: The Gathering so far, and Final Fantasy tops the list.
16/08/2025
Talking Point: What Are Your Plans For Gamescom 2025?
Next week, Europe's biggest gaming convention arrives in the form of Gamescom 2025 - with this year's show set to be one of the most expansive yet.Dozens of companies are confirmed to be attending the event, with in-person hands-on sessions being joined by plenty of livestream showcases - making this another busy week in the gaming calendar.Cologne's big gaming convention is a public event, with thousands of tickets up for grabs across the multi-day bonanza.
16/08/2025
Guide: Delta Force Release Date, Release Times & Free-To-Play Details On Xbox
Modern day military shooter Delta Force makes its console debut in just a few days here - featuring a story campaign, an extraction mode and a full PvP multiplayer suite on Xbox Series X|S.So, we're going to gather up all of the key details ahead of the game's upcoming Xbox launch - including the release date, exact release times, download size on Xbox and more.Read the full article on purexbox.com
16/08/2025
Feature: These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (August 18-22)
Including two massive new releases!Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for August 18-22!As mentioned in the subheading, we've got two massive new releases next week in the form of Black Myth: Wukong and the free-to-play shooter Delta Force, but there's plenty of other good stuff on the way as well (like Shantae Advance and the game in the thumbnail - Sengoku Dynasty), and there's even another 'day one' Xbox Game Pass title in Herdling.
16/08/2025
The Rarest Magic: The Gathering Cards of All Time, and How Much They're Worth
Magic: The Gathering's history is full of rare, expensive cards, including many super limited prints and the infamous One Ring. Here's the top 10 rarest and most expensive.
16/08/2025
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 16-17)
More Battlefield 6?Welcome to another weekend on Xbox!There's plenty to be going at over the next few days, including another round of the Battlefield 6 Beta - free for all players on the platform.
16/08/2025
What are we all playing this weekend?
Another week has fallen into the Maw. Theoretically, that means we're now one week closer to the release of Silksong. As if such words mean anything to any of us anymore. Here's what we're all playing this weekend instead! Read more
16/08/2025
Save over 30% on this ASUS Gaming Monitor at Amazon, ideal for new PC gamers
If you’re a newcomer to PC gaming (maybe you picked up our Lenovo deal we spotted earlier in the week), you’ll know there are a dizzying number of options for monitors. Read more
16/08/2025
It's still ridiculously expensive, but you can save 15% at on an RTX 5090 at Amazon
Look, the RTX 5090 is the most powerful offering from NVIDIA right now, but it won’t be for everyone. Read more
16/08/2025
James Bond 26 Casting Rumor: Scott Rose-Marsh Has Screen-Tested for Director Denis Villeneuve
The latest 007 casting rumor claims relatively unknown English actor Scott Rose-Marsh recently screen-tested for director Denis Villeneuve to play the title role in the next James Bond movie. If cast the Wolves of War actor would be the first redhead 007.
15/08/2025
Ryan Reynolds Will Appear as Deadpool in Avengers: Doomsday
Ryan Reynolds is set to reprise his role as Deadpool for the next MCU team-up movie, Avengers: Doomsday.
15/08/2025
Disney Invited Us to Germany to See How the Disney Destiny Was Built and How an Incredible Team Is Bringing Our Favorite Heroes & Villains to Life
Disney invited me to Papenburg, Germany, to not only witness the big milestone of the Disney Destiny leaving its dry dock for the first time, but also to learn how cruise ships are made at the legendary Meyer Werft shipyard and get a sneak peek at the future. While I was amazed at the ship itself and everything it will offer guests when it sets sail later this year, it was the incredible people who are bringing this dream to life that will stick with me for a lifetime.
15/08/2025
ASUS Teases Another 'Extraordinary' Xbox Reveal For Gamescom 2025
"From material to a new form of power.".We already know that ASUS and Microsoft will be having a lot more to say about the ROG Xbox Ally handheld as part of the Gamescom festivities next week, but apparently we're also getting another major Xbox reveal from ASUS!This has been teased as part of a short social media video today, and they're literally calling it an "extraordinary" reveal in the YouTube blurb.
15/08/2025
Superman Flies Onto Digital Just Over a Month After Hitting Theaters
James Gunn's Superman is now available to watch online.
15/08/2025
Does HBO Max Have a Free Trial?
There is no free trial for HBO Max, but there is now a way to access its streaming library through an unexpected service.
15/08/2025
Battlefield 6 Multiplayer Review in Progress - Beta Impressions
Early impressions from Battlefield 6's first two beta weekends.
15/08/2025
Superman Director James Gunn Posts Video of His Intense On-Set Debate With David Corenswet
One of the most memorable sequences in the new behind-the-scenes documentary “The Adventures in Making Superman” is an emotional on-set discussion between writer-director James Gunn and lead actor David Corenswet while shooting Superman’s big speech at the end of the DCU movie.
15/08/2025
This $70 Smart Desktop Air Purifier Is an Effective Way to Keep Your Gaming PC Dust-Free
Along with all the other benefits of an air purifier, of course.
15/08/2025
Amazon Is Running a Huge 4K UHD Movie Sale That Drops Prices Up to 60%
Amazon's latest 4K UHD sale drops prices on lots of classic movies by up to 60%.
15/08/2025
Poll: Should The Next Xbox Controller Support AA Batteries Again?
It's been a controversial topic over the years.We've just been looking over some old Pure Xbox content this afternoon from when the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S were first released, and it had totally slipped our minds how the use of AA batteries was a big talking point back then.If we go back to March 2020 - which is when Pure Xbox relaunched after multiple years away - we polled the community on how they felt about the new controller still requiring AA batteries as the default (with rechargeable ones as an option), and the reaction was very mixed - some loved having the choice, while others thought it was terrible.
15/08/2025
The 30 Best Superman Comics and Graphic Novels
The Man of Steel is the most recognizable and iconic superhero of all time. These are the comics that got him there.
15/08/2025
This Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5080 Gaming PC Starts at $2,150, Perfect for Playing Battlefield 6 in 4K
You'd be hard pressed to find a lower price for a RTX 5080 prebuilt system.
15/08/2025
Triangulate Codes (August 2025)
Stay up to date with the latest codes for Triangulate here.
15/08/2025
Scary Movie 6: Marlon Wayans Confirms Anna Faris and Regina Hall Will Return
In today’s best news: the girls are back — and by the girls, I mean Anna Faris and Regina Hall, who are officially returning for Scary Movie 6.
15/08/2025
The PS5-Compatible Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD Drops to the Lowest Price of the Year
Still one of the fastest PCIe 4 solid state drives on the market.
15/08/2025
Talking Point: Will The ROG Xbox Ally Be Your First 'Handheld Gaming PC'?
If you're buying one, that is.With this week's Amazon leak providing our latest look at the ROG Xbox Ally, we're creeping ever closer to this thing potentially dominating the conversation at Gamescom 2025 - at least when it comes to Xbox news.The device is confirmed for both the show floor and Xbox's first livestream broadcast, and ahead of all the news flooding in next week, we want to know if the system may end up becoming your first 'handheld PC' experience.
15/08/2025
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Performance Patch Makes Drastic Changes to Enemies and Story, and Players Aren't Happy
Last month, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers developer Leenzee Games promised fans that the game's performance and optimization issues would be patched out promptly. Now, patch 1.5 does seem to address many of these issues but it also makes sweeping changes to many of the game's enemies, dialogue, and story.
15/08/2025
Scientists Discover 'Deceptively Cute' Prehistoric Species That Looked Like a Pokémon
Scientists have identified a new species of ancient whale with cartoonish bulging eyes that they say would have made it look like a Pokémon.
15/08/2025
Home Alone Director Chris Columbus Insists a Remake Would Be a 'Mistake': 'It Should Be Left Alone'
In the age of reboots and remakes galore, there’s one beloved classic that may not ever see a fresh take: Home Alone. Director Chris Columbus recently spoke out about why he doesn't want Hollywood to remake the 1990 film, especially as it turns 35.
15/08/2025
Peacemaker Season 2 Episodes 1-5 Spoiler-Free Review
James Gunn and John Cena return with more of the same for the second season of Peacemaker and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
15/08/2025
One Of The 'Worst Games Ever' Is Getting Remastered In A Beautiful Collection For Xbox
If you remember Bubsy, there's a good chance Bubsy 3D is the game you're thinking of most - a 1996 PS1 platformer that was very poorly received in some circles, to the point where it's been called one of the worst games of all time.And with that in mind, let us introduce you to Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection!Yes, this collection of Bubsy games is coming to Xbox on September 9th, 2025, and despite what we just said about Bubsy 3D, it seems there's every reason to check this out when it lands in less than a month.
15/08/2025
Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced Gets Surprise DLSS 4 Support on PC With New Drift Week Update
Grand Theft Auto 5 players on PC just got a new update that adds DLSS 4 support, new cards for Grand Theft Auto Online, and more.
15/08/2025
Mafia: The Old Country Dev Confirms Free Ride Mode Is on the Way as Part of a Free Update
Mafia: The Old Country developer Hangar 13 has confirmed Free Ride mode is coming to the game as part of a free update for all players.
15/08/2025
Sengoku Dynasty Brings Its Open World Survival RPG To Xbox Next Week
"Build a life, cultivate your community and start a dynasty".One of the games that we'll be highlighting in tomorrow's "Next Week on Xbox" roundup is Sengoku Dynasty - an open world survival RPG that's been on PC for a while now, and it's making its Xbox Series X and S debut on August 21st.By all accounts, this game is very much like 2021's Medieval Dynasty, and that makes sense considering it's published by the same company (Toplitz Productions), although it's developed by the relatively new studio Superkami Games.
15/08/2025
The Toxic Avenger Unrated Cut's 'Monster Dong' Leaks Online — and Now It's Coming to Theaters
Fans have been waiting years at this point for Macon Blair’s Toxic Avenger reboot film to finally hit theaters — and they’re getting what they deserve in just a couple short weeks. However, it seems as though some leaks, no pun intended, have already hit the internet… and horror editorial outlet Bloody Disgusting has come out and confirmed it, giving fans a real taste of exactly how unrated the cut coming to theaters will be.
15/08/2025
Star Wars Jedi Hero Cal Kestis Set to Appear in New Episodes of Animated Series
Cal Kestis, the hero of EA's Star Wars Jedi video games, will appear in a spin-off TV series — marking his first voiced appearance in another medium.
15/08/2025
Deals For Today: Over 50% Off Marvel and DC McFarlane Action Figures
As of August 13, Best Buy has McFarlane Marvel and DC action figures for over 50% off. Amazon has the Fantom Drives 2TB PS5 SSD for $149.45, the INIU 10000mAh Portable Charger for $19.79, the Nightmare on Elm Street 7-Film Collection for $99.95, and more.
15/08/2025
Designing the Earth of Alien: Earth
The Alien series has never truly visited our home planet before, so the team behind Alien: Earth had to create a whole new world, from the skyline to the technology its people use.
15/08/2025
The Original TMNT Trilogy Is Available to Preorder on 4K and Blu-Ray
The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy is getting released as a 4K and Blu-ray box set.
15/08/2025
Geoff Keighley Confirms 7 Games Set for ONL on Tuesday Alongside Fallout Season 2 and a Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Music Performance
Geoff Keighley has confirmed seven of the games that will be shown during Opening Night Live on Tuesday, but expect plenty more.
15/08/2025
90+ 'Stream Your Own Game' Titles Added To Xbox Cloud Gaming Lineup
Literally two weeks ago now, Microsoft made a bumper update to its Xbox 'Stream Your Own Game' service;adding 100 titles to the collection for early August 2025.Well, that number has now grown by almost the same amount in the middle of the month.
15/08/2025
OFF Review
OFF certainly shows its age as a remaster of the RPG Maker cult-classic from 2008, but it deserves respect as a pioneer in the indie RPG scene.
15/08/2025
Buffy Reboot Set Photos Show the Return of an Iconic Sunnydale Location — Though Not as You Might Expect
Hulu's new Buffy the Vampire Slayer series will pay homage to a classic location from the original show, albeit with something of a humorous twist.
15/08/2025
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Reportedly Set to Skip Nintendo Switch 2 at Launch, Release Date and Price Have Leaked
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's release date, price, and alleged lack of a Nintendo Switch 2 version at launch have all leaked online.
15/08/2025
GameSir's Special Wireless G7 Pro For Xbox Is Now Available To Pre-Order
The standard G7 Pro is wired, but this one is wireless!Earlier this week, we took a closer look at the reviews for GameSir's new G7 Pro controller, while also highlighting that a special wireless version was in the plans for Xbox - as the standard G7 Pro is wired-only for Xbox consoles.<related ids="186435">Read the full article on purexbox.com
15/08/2025
Report: Microsoft Has No Plans To Bring Black Ops 7 To Switch 2 At Launch
According to the ever-reliable billbil-kun, Microsoft's upcoming Call of Duty title won't be releasing on Nintendo's hybrid console - at least for its day one launch.Posting over at Dealabs, the insider claims that Xbox HQ has no plans to drop Black Ops 7 onto Nintendo Switch 2 at launch this year.The report says that "it remains unclear whether Activision plans a future port to the new console", but for now, no Switch 2 version has been uncovered during the site's investigations regarding this year's Call of Duty.
15/08/2025
Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Battle System First Impressions
Pokémon Legends: Z-A didn’t feel like a full action game to me, but kind of more like an MMO, with its casting times, cooldowns, and behind-the-scenes math happening. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but I do hope Legends: Z-A gets challenging enough to make me more intentionally dish out commands and think about switching Pokémon at just the right moment.
15/08/2025
See Why Star Trek: The Last Starship Is the Must-Read Sci-Fi Comic of 2025
See an exclusive preview of Star Trek: The Last Starship #1, the series that resurrects Captain James T. Kirk in a very bleak future.
15/08/2025
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf’s Taylor Kitsch Has a “F**king Great” Relationship with Chris Pratt and Is “Never Playing Tim Riggins Again”
The actor debuts an exclusive look at his new Prime Video series and gives advice to the cast of the FNL reboot.
15/08/2025
Battlefield 6 Knows You Don't Like Rush Mode And Has Already Cut MCOM Timers By 33%
Battlefield 6 publisher EA is making "changes" to Rush mode to "better balance" the gameplay between attacking and defending players.
15/08/2025
Battlefield 6 beta's rush mode gets a balancing tweak with EA monitoring the situation, amid player complaints about battle bigness
EA have made a tweak to the Battlefield 6 open beta's rush, and are keeping tabs on the situation in case it needs more balancing changes.This comes as some FPS folks and Battlefield vets have voiced their displeasure with the version of the mode that's debuted in this second weekend of beta action.Read more
15/08/2025
PSA: The Battlefield 6 Beta Is Back On Xbox, With Even More Content
Yep, Battlefield 6 Beta weekend two is now available on Xbox Series X|S, containing all of the BF6 goodness that was present in last weekend's beta.However, EA and Battlefield Studios have also added an extra map, some new game modes and more - all of which is detailed in the below image.the beta is now open to all Xbox players - no Game Pass sub required!
15/08/2025
Doctor Who Showrunner Says 'I Literally Don't Know' When Asked About Series Future, But Hypes Spin-Off as 'Even Better Than We Thought'
Russell T Davies, the showrunner of Doctor Who, has said he is not a part of ongoing conversations between the BBC and Disney regarding the series' future — but promised its upcoming spin-off series would be "brilliant."
15/08/2025
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers bosses made unkillable in latest patch, seemingly to appease Chinese outcry
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers got its 1.5 Patch this week, bringing multiple quality-of-life improvements to the Soulslike, but also story and boss adjustments which appear to have been made to appease Chinese netizens. Read more
15/08/2025
Bella Ramsey Leads The Cast In New Co-Op Chicken Run Game For Xbox
"Stealth, silliness, and a whole lot of chaos!".Anyone up for playing a new Chicken Run game on Xbox this October?!Well, we're getting one in the form of Chicken Run: Eggstraction, which is a new co-op adventure title that promises to bring us "stealth with a twist" - the twist being that it's made up of silly ways to camouflage yourself, such as hiding in bins, disguising yourself as a traffic cone, or simply "legging it in a full-blown panic".
15/08/2025
Gears Of War: Reloaded Full Achievement List Revealed Ahead Of Xbox Series X|S Launch
We're now less than two weeks out from Gears of War: Reloaded marking the series' return to Xbox later this month - and ahead of the team's August 2025 launch, the game's full achievement list has been revealed.As shared by TrueAchievements, all 56 Gears Reloaded achievements are now available, and there's definitely a sense of déjà vu about them.the 2015 remaster of the same game.
15/08/2025
Waaagh! Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Modder Pushes Definitive Edition to Its Limit by Seeing How Many Ork Boyz It Takes to Crash the Game
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition is out now, and of course modders are already pushing it to its limits. But the way they’re doing it is a lot of fun — and is perhaps the closest we’ll get to seeing a Waaagh! visualized on-screen.
15/08/2025
Snake Star 'Stopped Being a Baby' And Finally Played Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain After Being Replaced by Kiefer Sutherland — 'It's Amazing'
David Hayter — who for many years gave Snake his signature gruff voice — has finally "forgiven" series creator Hideo Kojima for not casting him in 2015's Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain after playing the "amazing" game.
15/08/2025
"Multiple" future Hardspace projects are coming, as Hardspace: Shipbreaker devs Blackbird Interactive take full ownership
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is now owned by developers Blackbird Interactive, with the studio having bought control of the ship-stripping sim from publishers Saber Interactive.They're not having a rest after cracking open that bubbly either, writing that "multiple Hardspace projects" are in development.Blackbird revealed all of this via a Steam post, writing that they've "reached an agreement with Focus Entertainment, our publishing partner, to reacquire full ownership of the Hardspace: Shipbreaker intellectual property".
15/08/2025
Marvel Fans Say Thunderbolts Now 'Just Look Silly' After Disney+ Poster Edits Out Their Guns and Removes One Character Completely
Marvel has made a number of edits to Thunderbolts*/The New Avengers' poster to promote the movie's upcoming Disney+ release — including the odd removal of weapons previously held by Bucky and Yelena, and the deletion of one character completely.
15/08/2025
Mafia: The Old Country Off To 'Strong' Start Across All Platforms, Says New Sales Analysis
It's now been a week since the long-awaited Mafia: The Old Country made its debut on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, as well as PS5 and PC, and a new analysis suggests it's enjoyed a "strong" start in terms of sales so far.This is coming from Video Game Insights (by Sensor Tower), which has revealed that Mafia: The Old Country sold 800,000 units in its first five days on sale, with 48% of those being for PlayStation and around 33% on Steam.If that data is correct, it'd suggest around 20% of sales have been for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S so far.
15/08/2025
Diablo 4 Fans Think Blizzard Has Leaked the Arrival of One of the Most Requested Classes Since the Game Launched
Diablo 4 fans believe Blizzard has leaked the action RPG’s next class via an internal build name.
15/08/2025
Deals: Get 10% Off Xbox Game Pass, Gift Cards And More In Our August 2025 Sale
Live until August 29th!We're offering a 10% discount for everything on our Pure Xbox Store until the end of August 2025, allowing you to get a reduction on Xbox Game Pass subscriptions, Xbox Gift Cards, games and more!All you need to do is use the code PUREXBOX10 when you get to the checkout on the Pure Xbox Store to automatically discount your purchase.
15/08/2025
Valve Confirms PayPal Has 'Stopped Processing' Steam Transactions In Some Countries As NSFW Game Row Continues
PayPal is the latest payment system to stop processing Steam transactions in some countries due to alleged concerns about explicit games on Valve's storefront.
15/08/2025
McDonald's Announces Pokémon Crackdown After Scalpers Scoop Up Card Stock, Waste Food
McDonald's has announced fresh restrictions aimed at combating scalpers, as it launches the next wave of its enormously popular Pokémon promotion in Japan.
15/08/2025
DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn Explains Why Superman Is Getting a Digital Release So Soon After the Movie Hit Theaters
This week, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn made the surprise announcement that Superman would see its digital release on Friday, August 15 — just over a month after it launched in theaters. Now, Gunn has explained why.
15/08/2025
How the Grotesque Creatures of Alien: Earth Were Made
From invasive eyes to a redesigned xenomorph, director Noah Hawley breaks down how the grotesque creatures of Alien: Earth were made.
15/08/2025
Rally Point: The wonderful vibes of Aetheris are a hint about its design goals
The second thing that strikes about Aetheris is the gorgeous animations and storybook trappings of its presentation, even in its loading screen transitions.The fourth striking thing is that this a roguelike, it's a bloody roguelike isn't it, oh goddamn it.It also binds the spacebar to "accept", something I learned by accidentally starting a bossfight in a terrible position that threw a whole party away.
15/08/2025
The Best Murder Mystery Tabletop Games for a Killer Good Time
Clue is the most classic murder mystery game to play, but have you tried out these other top murder mystery board games yet?
15/08/2025
Save 55% Off This Hoto Precision Electric Screwdriver Set, Perfect for DIY Electronics Tasks
A nice-to-have tool for about $20.
15/08/2025
AU Deals: I Handpick Banger Game Bargains for a Living, and These Gems Will Make Your Wallet Cheer
Today’s trawl across Switch, Xbox, PlayStation, and PC has yielded the sort of finds that could make any backlog groan with incredulity.
15/08/2025
The New Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 Sport Headphones Drops to the Lowest Price Ever Only at Best Buy
The best headphones for running.
14/08/2025
The Boys' Vought Rising Prequel Series Shares First Look at Four New Supe Outfits
Amazon’s Prime Video has released a batch of first-look images of some of the Supes set to appear in its The Boys prequel spinoff, Vought Rising.
14/08/2025
Save 40% Off This Stylish Lenovo Padded Laptop Carrying Case, Now Just $12
A perfect bag for students heading back to school.
14/08/2025
Barnes & Noble's Massive Labor Day Sale Kicks Off With Deals on Books and LEGO Sets
The annual Book Haul sale is here.
14/08/2025
Microsoft Xbox Wireless Controllers Are Down to Just $39.99 with Free Shipping at Lenovo
Microsoft recently raised the retail price on these controllers from $55 to $65, making this an even better deal.
14/08/2025
Amazon is giving away $30 of Amazon credit when you buy this Razer headset, and we have no idea why
If ever a headset’s name shouted ‘GAMER’, it’s a Razer BlackShark.It’s not just a shark, it’s a very specific type of shark that’s presumably very good at games.Read more
14/08/2025
The Biggest Magic: The Gathering Crashers and Climbers This Week - August 13
These are biggest Magic: The Gathering cards to keep an eye on this week, as Edge of Eternities prices start to plummet.
14/08/2025
Where To Buy Final Fantasy Collector Boosters and Precons Now That They've Sold Out
Collector Boosters and Collector's Edition Commander Decks from Magic: The Gathering's Final Fantasy are still available, but only on the secondary market.
14/08/2025
Poll: Will You Be Buying Black Myth: Wukong On Xbox Next Week?
The biggest Xbox release of next week is arguably Black Myth: Wukong - the long-awaited version for Series X and Series S that originally was supposed to arrive last August, but now is coming to us on August 20th, 2025.This is a game that won multiple awards following its PC and PS5 release, and it even managed to sell 20 million (!) copies within just a month of going on sale.Read the full article on purexbox.com
14/08/2025
The Cooler Master TD5 Pro RTX 5070 Ti Gaming PC Is Equipped with High Quality Components for Just $1,850
Includes a Core Ultra 7 "K" series CPU, DDR5-6000MHz RAM, 360mm Liquid Cooling, and more.
14/08/2025
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 Review
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 comes after half a decade of Samsung foldables, but is it a worthy successor?
14/08/2025
King of the Hill Revival Off to Strong Start as Season 14 Brings in 4.4 Million Viewers in First Week
King of the Hill is back, and its premiere of its Hulu revival is already drawing impressive viewer numbers.
14/08/2025
This Barnes & Noble LEGO Deal Is Too Good for Amazon to Price Match
Many of the sets are retiring soon, too.
14/08/2025
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Graphics Card Is Finally Down to MAP Pricing
Walmart has it in stock and shipping for $749.
14/08/2025
Marvel's Symbiote God Knull Returns to Face Mary Jane Watson in Venom #250
Mary Jane Watson has become the new Venom, and she's about to face the challenge of her life when the symbiote god Knull returns in Venom #250.
14/08/2025
Grand Theft Auto 5 Players Think They've Finally Solved the Mount Chiliad Mystery, But Others Aren't Convinced
A Grand Theft Auto 5 content creator believes he has finally solved the infamous Mount Chiliad mystery after 12 years of sleuthing, but some members of the community aren’t convinced.
14/08/2025
Xbox Announces Big List Of Games For Its Two Gamescom Broadcasts Next Week
We've already talked this week about how Gamescom Opening Night Live will be taking place next Tuesday (August 19th), but Xbox will be following this up with two separate broadcasts from the show on August 20th and 21st.And, it looks like we've now got a full (or mostly full) list of games that will be featured during those two broadcasts.The list has been published on social media, and it includes a whole bunch of first-party and third-party games.
14/08/2025
Deals For Today: MTG Avatar Preorders Are Live, Plus MTG Final Fantasy Commander Deck Bundle Discounts
As of August 13, MTG Avatar: The Last Airbender preorders are live at Amazon and Best Buy. Amazon also has the Final Fantasy Commander Deck bundle for $199.99, big LEGO discounts, the Yu-Gi-Oh Early Days Collection for $19.99, and the TMNT Classic Technodrome Playset for $32.84.
14/08/2025
HBO Max Strikes a New Deal for More Anime Films Days After Purging American Cartoons
After gutting its Cartoon Network catalog, HBO Max has struck a new deal to pick up a spread of anime films.
14/08/2025
By Azura, an Oblivion Remastered modder's dropped collectable Adoring Fan skill bobbleheads all over Cyrodiil
An Oblivion Remastered modder's decided to put another Fallout feature into the 2006's hottest 'supposed to be a jungle, but Lord of the Rings is popular' game.This time, it's Adoring Fan skill bobbleheads, and they might help you come to find the annoying lad a bit more loveable.Hey, if nothing else, you can stick them on the mantelpiece of that house you're using Obiliv in a thing called love's Fallout-inspired settlement building mod to erect.
14/08/2025
Barnes & Noble Just Dropped Another Great Buy 1, Get 1 50% Off Book Sale
Save big on B&N exclusive hardcover collectible editions.
14/08/2025
DC Reveals Epic New Batman/Deadpool Crossover Art
We've seen Marvel's Deadpool/Batman #1, and now DC has revealed a gorgeous lineup of artwork for their Batman/Deadpool #1 crossover.
14/08/2025
Rematch's 2nd Update Unveiled For Xbox Game Pass, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Less than a month after the team's first major patch, developer SloClap is rolling out update 1.200.200 to its unique footie game Rematch - starting today in Steam Beta form.There are lots of fixes and changes included in this patch, which is planned for release on Xbox Game Pass this coming Monday (August 18th).The team also says that its third major update — which contains the addition of crossplay — will "hopefully arrive by the end of August", so there's plenty more coming to Rematch in the coming weeks.
14/08/2025
Fallout: Season 2 Exclusive Poster Featuring New Vegas Revealed
IGN can exclusively debut the new poster for Fallout: Season 2, which is slated to premiere on Prime Video in December. Season 2 takes place in New Vegas.
14/08/2025
Inside Avatar: The Last Airbender's Beginner Box for Magic: The Gathering
A hands-on first look at over 100 brand new cards from Magic's Avatar crossover.
14/08/2025
The Folio Society Reveals Gorgeous Illustrated Edition of Haruki Murakami's 1Q84
The Folio Society has revealed its latest stunning hardcover collection - an illustrated edition of Haruki Murakami's magnum opus 1Q84.
14/08/2025
Extend Your Nintendo Switch 2 Playtime With This Iniu 10,000mAh Power Bank for Under $12
The 22.5W output allows you to play and charge your Nintendo Switch 2 simultaneously.
14/08/2025
Wednesday Season 2 Part 2 Trailer Features Guest Star Lady Gaga
The second half of Wednesday season 2 is less than a month away — but fans can get a taste of what’s in store next with the brand new trailer, which Netflix just released. Here’s the thing, though: there’s one seriously major cameo in there that’s gonna knock your socks off.
14/08/2025
The Alienware Back to School Sale Is Live: The Last Big Sale on Gaming Laptops and PCs Before Black Friday
Even the new 2025 Alienware Area-51 gaming laptops and PCs are discounted.
14/08/2025
Preorders Are Live for A Nightmare on Elm Street’s Seven-Film Collection on 4K
A Nightmare on Elm Street is getting a seven-film collection on 4K that's now available to preorder. It's set to be released on September 30.
14/08/2025
Halo Is Quietly Having A Resurgence Right Now, And There's A Lot More To Come
It still feels like we're waiting for something major to happen with the Halo series, especially considering a new game has been teased for 2026, but there's actually a lot happening right now - a quiet but significant resurgence, if you will.It spans multiple games at the moment.Halo's Master Chief has returned to Fortnite recently, Helldivers 2 has teased a Halo ODST crossover that'll likely be announced soon, and Halo Infinite just received a big August update this month.
14/08/2025
Look, I just want to talk (about Burnout in wplace)
One of my calls for a new Burnout game via the art map void has received a response.In two different places, I politely asked for a fresh entry in the Burnout series via slightly wonky writing.Read more
14/08/2025
Ex-PlayStation Exec Still Not Convinced By 'Dangerous' Xbox Game Pass Model
"Is it healthy for the developer?".Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has talked a lot about Xbox in recent years - sometimes in a positive way, and sometimes in a not-so positive way.Everyone's curious for his opinion on the brand, it seems quite mixed overall.
14/08/2025
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Gets Difficulty Tweaks In Update 1.5 On Xbox Game Pass
Following the game's first major update at the end of last month, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers patch 1.5 is now live on Xbox Game Pass, containing a few balance adjustments and a whole lot more besides.Yep, developer Leenzee's priority in this update has clearly been to address player feedback surrounding difficulty - with folks finding certain elements of the team's action-RPG a little too brutal.Read the full article on purexbox.com
14/08/2025
James Gunn Tight-Lipped on Margot Robbie Potentially Returning as Harley Quinn in the Rebooted DCU
With John Cena’s Peacemaker now an official part of the DC Universe, should fans expect other characters from James Gunn’s DC Extended Universe movie, The Suicide Squad, to crossover into canon?
14/08/2025
Xbox Is Making It Easier To Find 'Play Anywhere' Titles In Your Library
Buy once, play on any device.Xbox Play Anywhere has been a huge focus for Microsoft in recent months, particularly as its builds towards launching the ROG Xbox Ally, and the team is introducing a handy new XPA feature in its latest preview update.Read the full article on purexbox.com
14/08/2025
Steam briefly gets a Crap Dungeon, the devs of which are "hoping it’s not actually crap"
Accurately translating things is often difficult.Put the two together, and you get the situation roguelike dungeon crawler The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles has recently found itself in, when the Japanese translation of its name on Steam saw it accidentally re-dubbed "Crap Dungeon".You're working on a 2D adventure about delving into crypts, it's picked to show up at the Tokyo Game Show, and then next thing you know you're in a crap dungeon without a sword-shaped paddle.
14/08/2025
I've Found 10 New Video Game Deals That Are Worth Considering Today - August 14
Gaming is expensive. Would you like a new game, but to pay less for it? Then I can help. I'm always keeping a constant track of all things video games and the discounts on those games all day, every day.
14/08/2025
Seven New Games Have Joined Xbox Retro Classics In August So Far
They're not slowing down with this!it was announced back in July that Antstream Arcade's Xbox Retro Classics service on Xbox Game Pass would be adding another 100+ games in 2025 and 2026, and we've seen around 25 additions in the past few months alone.Last month, we highlighted seven games that had been added to Retro Classics in July, and now we're doing the same again this month - the team has already added seven games in August, with potentially more to come as well!
14/08/2025
Titanic Star Leonardo DiCaprio Reveals His Biggest Career Regret: Not Doing Boogie Nights
Leonardo DiCaprio is a Hollywood legend with scores of blockbuster films under his belt. Titanic, Inception, The Revenant, Django Unchained… the list goes on. Still, the actor has career regrets, and he’s now revealed the biggest one: not doing Boogie Nights.
14/08/2025
Xbox Game Pass-Style Subscriptions 'Bad for the Business' and Turn Developers Into 'Wage Slaves,' Former PlayStation Boss Shawn Layden Says
Shawn Layden, former chairman of PlayStation Worldwide Studios, has blasted gaming subscription services such as Xbox Game Pass as bad for the video games industry and developers — who, he says, can end up being turned into "wage slaves."
14/08/2025
Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (August 14-17)
Included with Xbox Game Pass.Welcome to another round of Xbox Free Play Days!Starting today, three games are playable for free over the weekend as part of Microsoft's FPD program - including open world adventure game Star Overdrive.
14/08/2025
Alien: Earth Showrunner Says There's Still Something 'Really Scary' About Ridley Scott's Original Alien Ending Idea Where the Xenomorph Kills Ripley and Mimics Her Voice
Alien aficionados will know that creator Ridley Scott’s original idea for the ending of the sci-fi horror masterpiece saw the xenomorph kill Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley then mimic her voice before heading towards Earth. Scott scrapped the idea, which would have made for a very different ending and potentially a very different franchise. But according to Noah Hawley, showrunner of FX TV series Alien: Earth, there’s still something very scary to it.
14/08/2025
Peak's new Mesa update is just too damn deadly, cue three different types of tumbleweed nerf
A tumbleweed, the deadliest of creatures to roam the desert.Well, at least we'll stand some chance of survival, thanks to a patch Peak's devs have just put out in response to the Mesa update being deemed to damn hard.If you missed this update emerging atop the release summit the other day, it adds in the cannibalistic co-op climber's first new biome, offering a different challenge to the alpine cliffs folks have been scaling since the game burst onto the scene.
14/08/2025
George Lucas' Advice to Ron Howard for Directing Solo: A Star Wars Story: 'Just Don't forget — It's for 12-Year-Old Boys'
Solo director Ron Howard has recalled the advice George Lucas gave him about making a Star Wars movie — that the franchise's audience is primarily "12-year-old boys."
14/08/2025
Delta Force Launches On Xbox Next Week, And It's Giving Us Lots Of 'Exclusive Rewards'
Including freebies with Xbox Game Pass.In case you'd forgotten, free-to-play shooter Delta Force is releasing for Xbox next week, and the team behind it has laid out a list of rewards we'll be getting at launch - including some freebies for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members.There's some interesting stuff in here, including an Xbox exclusive giveaway of weapon appearances, a Welcome Operator, various boosts and supplies, and those aforementioned benefits via the Game Pass Perks program.
14/08/2025
This Classic 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Technodrome Set is 60% Off at Amazon Today
Nostalgic Turtle Power! You can score 60% off this classic and reimagined TMNT Technodrome Toy at Amazon today.
14/08/2025
Battlefield 6's second beta weekend kicks off today, with EA making some playlist and matchmaking tweaks
Before it got underway, EA made a few tweaks based on feedback from last week's bout of FPSing about, with the headliners being some playlist changes and the introduction of custom match searching.Rush and squad deathmatch modes are also joining the fray.Read more
14/08/2025
As The Boys Season 5 Wraps Production, Antony Starr Waves Goodbye to 'Complicated' Homelander: 'We Created a Monster'
Antony Starr has waved goodbye to The Boys and supervillain Homelander as Season 5 wraps production.
14/08/2025
Xbox Suffers Multi-Hour Server Outage, Invites & Party Chat Affected
Having trouble with the Xbox servers this morning?Lots of players have been reporting issues over the past few hours - mainly with inviting friends to chats and multiplayer games - and Xbox Support has now confirmed there's a problem and the team is working on fixing it ASAP.Read the full article on purexbox.com
14/08/2025
I have spent the morning learning about a recently deceased horse thanks to Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Around a week ago, 146,000 people mourned the death of a horse they'd never met.This might be the best single thing that has ever happened in videogames, although I don't imagine the horse would give a shit.Grass Wonder was a famous Japanese racehorse, but it's likely the majority of those that mourned his death online are only fans of Japanese horse racing by proxy.
14/08/2025
That's a really cool scarf, Agent 47
Battlefield 6 is getting written about a lot these days so I'm seeing quite a few screenshots of buildings being blown up.I'm not sure exactly why, but I seem to have developed a visceral distaste for images of buildings being blown up recently.At times like these, it's nice to look at a nice scarf.
14/08/2025
Battlefield 6 Dev Confirms Playlist Changes, Custom Search, and Start Time for Open Beta Weekend 2
Following the hugely popular Battlefield 6 Open Beta Weekend 1, developer DICE has outlined the changes and additions fans can expect for the upcoming Weekend 2, and confirmed its start time.
14/08/2025
DCU Chief James Gunn Namedrops the 'Superman Saga,' Which Includes His Superman Follow-Up Film
DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has revealed the 'Superman Saga’ while discussing his ongoing work on the follow-up to this summer’s Superman.
14/08/2025
My power bank is Steam Deck overkill, but it's reduced at Amazon
Does a power bank need to stand out at all?That’s not for me to decide, but what I will tell you is that my power bank of choice, the Aohi Future Starship (no, I’m not making that up), is reduced by more than 20% at Amazon.Read more
14/08/2025
AU Deals: The Unmissable All-Platform Sales Happening Right Now
There’s no better way to derail a weekend than to “just browse” a few storefronts and end up in possession of ten new games. Today's discounts are absolutely in that dangerous category.
14/08/2025
It's hard to get excited about Steam Deck chargers, but these GaN options are discounted at Amazon
Look, we’ve covered monitors, keyboards, and GPUs in recent days, and while a charger might not feel all that exciting, anyone with a Steam Deck charger that powers up Valve’s handheld quickly will know how handy faster chargers can be. Read more
14/08/2025
The Sonos Back To School Sale Starts Now: Save Up to 25% Off Portable Speakers and Headphones
Save $100 off the Sonos Ace noise canceling headphones or the Move 2 portable speaker.
13/08/2025
Amazon Drops a Huge Discount on the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold Phone Days Before the Pixel 10 Release
Get last year's foldable phone at its lowest price ever.
13/08/2025
PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for August 2025 Confirmed
Sony has revealed its PlayStation Plus Game Catalog August 2025 additions, pulling back the curtain on Extra and Premium tier highlights like Marvel’s Spider-Man, Mortal Kombat 1, Resident Evil 2, and more.
13/08/2025
Samsung Cranks Out a 500Hz OLED Gaming Monitor
The 27-inch Odyssey OLED G6 goes ham on refresh rate – does that even matter?
13/08/2025
Krypto: 4-Part Animated Series Starring Superman's Dog Pal
James Gunn’s Superman finally swooped into theaters last month, and the new Krypto Saves the Day!: School Bus Scuffle animated short is here to keep the fun going.
13/08/2025
New Super Mario S.H.Figuarts Action Figures Are Up for Preorder at Amazon
You can now preorder a new batch of Super Mario action figures from S.H.Figuarts at Amazon (they're out next year).
13/08/2025
Save 40% Off the Fanttik T1 Max Cordless Soldering Iron Kit with Everything to Get You Started
Lots of extra features you wouldn't normally expect to see in a kit that costs less than $50.
13/08/2025
Three Games Announced In 24 Hours As GameMill Unveils New Lineup Of Xbox Releases
Hey, GameMill, do you want to slow down a bit?The publisher has indeed unveiled a lineup of three new Xbox games this week, two of which have been announced today.The first of these is Hot Wheels Let's Race: Ultimate Speed, a new racing game inspired by the Netflix animated series of the same name and developed by the Nickelodeon Kart Racers team.
13/08/2025
Magic: The Gathering’s Avatar: The Last Airbender Set Is Now Up For Preorder
Magic: The Gathering's latest Universes Beyond set, Avatar: The Last Airbender, is now up for preorder from Amazon and offers plenty for established and new fans of the legendary animation.
13/08/2025
Save Nearly 50% Off the Anker 60,000mAh Power Bank on Amazon: Massive Capacity, Compact Size
Serves double duty as both a miniature power station and super high-capacity power bank.
13/08/2025
YouTube's New AI Age Verification System Goes Into Effect Today in the United States
YouTube has officially launched its new AI age verification technology today, which will automatically add certain restrictions to your account if it thinks you’re under 18 years old.
13/08/2025
Talking Point: What Should Xbox Do To Celebrate Its 25th Anniversary Next Year?
It's going to be a big 2026.How are we just four months from the end of 2025?!Yes, November 2026 will mark 25 years since the original Xbox console was first released, and it sounds like Microsoft has big plans to celebrate that fact - potentially with new Halo, Gears and Forza games all on the way next year (along with Fable and whatever else!).
13/08/2025
The LEGO Back to The Future DeLorean Time Machine Is on Clearance for $70 at Select Walmart Locations
The LEGO Back to The Future DeLorean Time Machine Is on Clearance for $70 at Select Walmart Locations
13/08/2025
South Park Fans Have to Wait Until Next Week for a New Episode, As Series Takes Fresh Pause Amid Controversy
South Park will skip out on airing a new episode this week as Season 27 of the Comedy Central show continues its bi-weekly run of takedowns against the Trump administration.
13/08/2025
Resident Evil Survival Unit Confirms Some Familiar Boss Characters
Capcom has dropped a new cinematic trailer for its upcoming mobile strategy game, Resident Evil Survival Unit, which appears to confirm an array of familiar enemies you'll have to fight.
13/08/2025
Metal Gear Solid Delta's Delayed Multiplayer Won't Have Crossplay, and It's Not Going Down Well With Fans
Not only will Metal Gear Solid Delta be missing its multiplayer Fox Hunt mode at launch, the online offering will also lack crossplay support when it does arrive.
13/08/2025
The Best Hard Drive Deal So Far for 2025: Get a 26TB Seagate Desktop Hard Drive for Just $250
The first time I've seen a drive priced at under $10 per TB this year.
13/08/2025
Ubisoft Is Working On A 'Big Division 2 Project' Following Its Recent Xbox Game Pass Launch
"The Division 2 will be at Gamescom this year".About two and a half months ago, Ubisoft's The Division 2 made its Xbox Game Pass debut a good few years after the title's initial release, and the company has just started teasing a major update that's coming to its co-op action game.As part of a short clip talking about what the team has planned for Gamescom 2025, a 'Big Division 2 Project' has been teased by Ubisoft, with more details to be revealed during a panel at next week's gaming convention.
13/08/2025
Nobody 2 Review
Bob Odenkirk is back to kick ass and take some vacation time and he’s all out of… Oh, no, actually, he’s got both still.
13/08/2025
These Are The 11 Best Books of 2025 So Far and Why I Think You Should Read Them
2025 has already been a great year for books, so we've rounded up some of our favorites of the year so far - perfect for your vacation.
13/08/2025
inZoi's Coming to PS5 Next Year, But An Xbox Release Is Only 'Under Consideration' For Now
Impressive-looking life sim inZoi will launch on PS5 next year, sometime in 2026 — though an Xbox launch looks further off.
13/08/2025
Phasmophobia Developer Working 'Really Closely' With Blumhouse On its Big Screen Adaptation: 'It Will be a Phasmophobia Film, It Won't Just be a Ghost Hunting Film'
Phasmophobia developer Kinetic Games is working "really closely" with Blumhouse on its upcoming movie adaptation.
13/08/2025
Wednesday Smashes More Records As Season 2 Hits 50 Million Views
Wednesday is finally back for season 2 — and breaking records once again.
13/08/2025
PUBG Has Decided It's Finally Time to Leave PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Behind
PUBG has announced it will ditch support for the aging PlayStation 4 and Xbox One beginning this November, following eight years of service.
13/08/2025
Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy Precons Bundle Just Got a Huge Discount at Amazon Today
Save on every Magic: The Gathering Commander Deck from the Final Fantasy set right now in a massive bundle.
13/08/2025
The Running Man: Edgar Wright's Action-Thriller Headed to New York Comic Con
The Running Man is coming to New York Comic Con. IGN can also reveal three new exclusive photos from writer-director Edgar Wright's film starring Glen Powell.
13/08/2025
Football Manager 2026 revealed, after last year's edition was left in the changing rooms
Namely, Football Manager 2026 has been announced by developers Sports Interactive, with a quick trailer.There's no release date as of yet.Refunds were issued to folks who'd pre-ordered the touchline-prowling sim, and the devs shifted their focus on to Football Manager 2026.
13/08/2025
Roundup: Here's What The Reviews Say About GameSir's 'G7 Pro' Xbox Controller
Worth picking up?We've been hearing about GameSir's G7 Pro Xbox controller for quite a while now - it had a lot of anticipation leading up to launch - and it's now officially available at multiple retailers including Amazon and GameSir itself.In our post about it back in June, we highlighted all of its key features (you can get another look below):Read the full article on purexbox.com
13/08/2025
The Legend of Zelda Movie's Social Media Account Highlights The Weirdness of Nintendo's Franchise Being Made By Sony Pictures
Nintendo fans have reacted in surprise and amusement at the fact that Sony is running the official social media account for The Legend of Zelda movie — and specifically the fact that it follows the official PlayStation account, rather than any of the official accounts for Nintendo.
13/08/2025
The KPop Demon Hunters Soundtrack Is Releasing on Vinyl and CD
After dominating Billboard charts, the KPop Demon Hunters Soundtrack is heading to vinyl.
13/08/2025
Warner Bros. Wants Zach Cregger To Make a Weapons Prequel Starring Aunt Gladys
Did you see Weapons this past weekend? If you did, you definitely met Aunt Gladys — and you understand why the powers that be now want a prequel that focuses on her story.
13/08/2025
PUBG Getting Free Current-Gen Upgrade, Xbox One Version Going Offline This November
"This shift is a necessary step".This November, PUBG will get a full current-gen upgrade that brings 4K / 60FPS gameplay to Xbox Series X, while the Xbox One version of the game will be delisted and get taken offline at the same time.The PUBG developer explains all of this in a new blog post; one that details the game's full current-gen specs while providing reasoning behind the decision to ditch last-gen consoles.
13/08/2025
Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection Has Dropped to Just $20 on Switch Today
Get ready to duel. Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is down to $20 on Nintendo Switch today, and even includes an extra collectible card alongside for free.
13/08/2025
Mafia: The Old Country now has a first-person driving mod that's ideal for capo cruisin', when it's not utterly terrifying
You can imagine, then, how keen I was to give its new first-person driving mod a go.I wasn't wrong either, the mod's great.Read more
13/08/2025
Football Manager 26 Is Coming To Xbox, And It Looks Like A Major Overhaul For The Series
Ready for a new Football Manager on Xbox?It's been a couple of years since the last one (due to the 25 version getting cancelled amidst issues with transitioning to the Unity engine), and now Football Manager 26 has just been announced.The transition to a new engine might have proved troublesome for the team at Sports Interactive, but it seems like it's paying off from a visual perspective - the teaser trailer up above hints at some massively improved match day visuals.
13/08/2025
Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy: Where to Buy Everything From The Insanely Popular Universes Beyond Set
From Secret Lair to Universes Beyond, here's everything you need to know to buy Magic: The Gathering's huge Final Fantasy expansion, including what SKUs are available, where you can get them, how much they cost, and more.
13/08/2025
Star Wars: Shatterpoint Board Game Buying Guide
Everything you need to know to get into the board game Star Wars: Shatterpoint, including the core game and the many Squad Packs and extras.
13/08/2025
Bendy 1930s-styled roguelite Into the Unwell looks for laughs within its misery
Into the Unwell is a cooperative hack n' slash roguelite where your characters – cartoonish yet barely upright lost souls, one and all – draw fighting prowess from their vices.My vice, it turns out, is booting sentient pizza slices off cliff edges.Read more
13/08/2025
Impressive Open World RPG Crimson Desert Now Coming To Xbox In Q1 2026
"We will announce the date at a more appropriate time".As part of a recent earnings call, the South Korean game maker has announced a slight delay to Crimson Desert.Previously planned to launch this year, the Xbox RPG will now release in Q1 2026, due to "longer than expected" development timelines.
13/08/2025
DSTLRY's Endeavour Resurrects the Infamous Ship for Another Doomed Voyage
Fans of Lord of the Flies and Yellowjackets will want to check out our exclusive preview of DSTLRY's new survival thriller series Endeavour.
13/08/2025
Into the Unwell Is Like a Chaotic 3D Cuphead in Roguelite Form
Standing out from the crowd won’t be a problem for Into the Unwell, whose bouncy, Felix the Cat-meets-drugs and alcohol style is quite unlike any roguelite you’ll find available right now.
13/08/2025
Stalker 2 Development Roadmap Includes Unreal Engine Upgrade, As Well as PS5 and PS5 Pro Release
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl's roadmap for the latter half of this year is now available, and it includes changes to both the base game and the Zone Kit Modifications Tool, as well as plans for its previously-confirmed release on PS5 and PS5 Pro.
13/08/2025
Deals For Today: Massive Star Wars Unlimited TCG Sale Is Live at Amazon
As of August 13, Amazon is also offering up to 52% off Star Wars: Unlimited TCG products, including booster displays, starter sets, and prerelease boxes.
13/08/2025
Two More Games Are Getting Delisted On Xbox In September 2025
Both disappearing from the Xbox Store next month.The first of these has just been announced in the form of Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova.This is a solo and co-op adventure game that's received pretty mixed reviews across all platforms, and the team has taken to Steam to announce that its license has expired.
13/08/2025
Drag x Drive Review
Nintendo’s take on wheelchair basketball is a lot of fun and controls surprisingly well, but it sadly lacks content, variety, and personality.
13/08/2025
Assassin's Creed Shadows Developers Discuss Series' Modern Day Future, Basim, and Why There's No New Isu Artifact
The Assassin's Creed Shadows development team has answered fan questions on the future of the franchise's modern day storyline, as well as various lingering plot threads left unanswered in the series' recent blockbuster.
13/08/2025
Valve explain why using PayPal for Steam purchases isn't currently an option in a whole bunch of countries
If you've tried to pay for something on Steam via PayPal over the past month and a bit, only to be told you can't, Valve have now offered an explanation as to why, pointing to a bank that previously handled PayPal transactions in certain currencies as having suddenly terminated its support.Folks in affected countries first noticed notifications informing them PayPal was "currently unavailable" in their part of the world around a month ago.Read more
13/08/2025
ROG Xbox Ally Infographic Appears Alongside Early Amazon Listing
It's now been taken down...Last month, we heard reports that Microsoft's ROG Xbox Ally device would go up for pre-order in August - and a now-removed Amazon listing points towards that becoming a reality very soon.<related ids="185783">Read the full article on purexbox.com
13/08/2025
Alien: Earth - The Biggest (Acid) Burning Questions After Episodes 1 and 2
Alien: Earth's first two episodes introduce more mysteries to the long-running franchise.
13/08/2025
The 10 Most Valuable Pokémon Cards from Japan's Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia
Discover the 10 most valuable Pokémon cards from Japan’s Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia sets in 2025, including market prices, gameplay value, and collector appeal, and what to chase in packs.
13/08/2025
inZOI Xbox Release Now 'Under Consideration' As PS5 Port Announced For 2026
We still think we'll see it on Xbox.inZOI was all the rage when it released for PC earlier this year - a new Sims-like game that received "Very Positive" reviews on Steam at the time, although those have dropped to a "Mostly Positive" rating in the months since.Inevitably, there were questions from both Xbox and PlayStation fans about whether the game would end up on consoles, and as mentioned at the time, the inZOI team said it was "expected to be on consoles like PS5 and Xbox".
13/08/2025
Crimson Desert Delayed to 2026 Due to 'Unavoidable' Issues Scheduling Voiceovers, Console Certification, And 'Other Launch Preparations'
The developer of upcoming open-world action fantasy game Crimson Desert has revealed its single-player open world adventure game has "unavoidably" slipped from a Q4 2025 release to Q1 2026.
13/08/2025
Monster Hunter Wilds' Update 1.021 Gets Off to Terrible Start as Capcom Fights to Fix Crashing Issue
Capcom is "aware" of crashing issues introduced to Monster Hunter Wilds via today's crucial 1.021 update, stressing it is now "working on the issue."
13/08/2025
It Sure Sounds Like Another Marvel Star Just Confirmed They're In Avengers: Doomsday, Even Though They're Not Yet Officially Announced
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness star Xochitl Gomez has discussed what she hopes her Marvel character America Chavez will be up to in Avengers: Doomsday, in a conversation which fans are taking as confirmation of her appearance.
13/08/2025
Stalker 2 Is Getting An Engine Overhaul This Year On Xbox Game Pass
Stalker 2 maker GSC Game World has shared its development roadmap for the remainder of 2025, and the team has plenty of updates planned for Q3 and Q4.Among those updates is an engine overhaul set to bring "new features and tools to make the Zone an even better place" later in the year.That overhaul comes in the form of an upgrade to 'Unreal Engine 5.5.4', which alongside new features and tools will also bring "the latest optimizations" for "better stability and performance".
13/08/2025
Krafton claim former Subnautica 2 leads have "resorted to litigation to demand a payday they haven't earned"
Krafton delay the game from a 2025 early access release to 2026 and fire three leads on it: Charlie Cleveland, Max McGuire, and Ted Gill.The company accuse those leads of abandoning their duties and argue the game wasn't ready for early access.The leads disagree and file a lawsuit.
13/08/2025
Chibi-Robo! Is The Next Classic Game Coming to Nintendo Switch Online's GameCube Library
Chibi-Robo! is the next GameCube classic coming to Nintendo Switch 2's Nintendo Switch Online library, and it arrives as soon as next week.
13/08/2025
Daredevil Star Charlie Cox Says He's Filmed Born Again's Second and 'Final Season' — Though Kingpin Actor Offers Hope of More
The future of Disney's Daredevil revival is up in the air, after a curious comment from series star Charlie Cox.
13/08/2025
AU Deals: Love is a Battlefield Bargain, Plus Some Nice Prices on the Best AAAs You Must Own
Some sales are good and some are the kind I instantly DM my dudes about to become The Voice of FOMO Temptation. Today’s spread falls firmly into the latter.
13/08/2025
Alien: Earth Episodes 1 & 2 Review
Alien: Earth comes out of the gate swinging with a pair of premiere episodes that highlight everything that works about the show; a xenomorph playing the gory hits and a ton of intriguing new additions to the decades-old franchise.
13/08/2025
Save $30 on this esports-ready keyboard, and then you'll have one less thing to blame for your performance
We’ve covered a few keyboards recently, and while those are great for work and play, the Logitech G Pro X 60 is all about maximising your efforts in whichever competitive title you’re playing. Read more
13/08/2025
Get the Decked Out Asus ROG Strix G16 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop Is Down to $1,999.99
It's also equipped with one of the most powerful AMD mobile CPUs currently available.
13/08/2025
This Iniu 10,000mAh Power Bank Doesn't Need a Wall Charger Because It Has a Built-In Plug
Why buy a power bank, wall charger, and cable when you can just get a 3-in-1 device for under $20.
12/08/2025
Where To Buy Magic: The Gathering Edge of Eternities Collector Boosters Now That They've Sold Out
Edge of Eternities Collector Boosters are selling out at retailers, but you can find them on the secondary market if you know where to look.
12/08/2025
GTA Actor Says Disastrous Florida Gaming Convention 'Put the Con in Comic-Con'
Last weekend, a number of gaming fans traveled to Tampa, Florida to attend the National Gaming Expo. The convention promised encounters with actors such as the casts of Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption 2, Mario, and more. Instead, convention attendees got empty halls, missing talent, and...camels?
12/08/2025
Adorama Is Clearing Out This Apple MacBook Pro M3 Pro Laptop by Offering a $700 Off Discount
A rare opportunity to score a powerful, upgraded MacBook Pro at a nearly entry level price.
12/08/2025
Blizzard's Story and Franchise Development Team Votes to Unionize
Blizzard's Story and Franchise Development team (SFD) has voted in favor of unionization with the Communications Workers of America, according to a press release shared today.
12/08/2025
The Best Wireless Gaming Mice in 2025
There was certainly a time when no self-respecting gamer would use a wireless mouse, but those days are long gone.
12/08/2025
Save 40% Off the Baseus 10-in-1 Charging Station with USB Ports and AC Outlets
Get a free 100W USB-C charging cable while you're at it.
12/08/2025
GameSir Announces the G7 Pro Controller With Drift-Resistant Joysticks
GameSir has released the G7 Pro, a new wired and wireless pro-style controller for Xbox, PC, and Android that comes with battery-sipping, drift-resistant Tunneling Magnetoresistance (TMR) sticks and four customizable macro buttons—two on the grips and two mini bumper buttons.
12/08/2025
The Alienware 16X Aurora RTX 5070 Gaming Laptop Drops to the Lowest Price Ever
One of the best gaming laptop deals to come out of the Dell Back to School Sale
12/08/2025
Roundup: Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Echoes Of The End
Here at Pure Xbox, we recently highlighted brand-new action adventure game Echoes of the End ahead of today's Xbox launch - and since then, we've been pretty intrigued to see what people think of it.Well, some early reviews have now dropped for the title - so we're going to round those up down below so you can get a better idea of what to expect.Here's what those early reviews are saying about Echoes of the End:Read the full article on purexbox.com
12/08/2025
I Tried The Mechanism Gaming Pillow With My ROG Ally X
Taking on the quest to make handheld gaming as cozy as possible.
12/08/2025
The Razer BlackShark V3 Pro Noise Canceling Wireless Gaming Headset Is Now Available at Best Buy
Razer's highest-end gaming headset gets some major upgrades for 2025.
12/08/2025
Everything We Know About the Upcoming Google Pixel 10 Phones
What to expect from Google next week.
12/08/2025
Krafton Responds to Ex-Subnautica 2 Leads' Lawsuit, Saying They 'Resorted to Litigation to Demand a Payday They Haven't Earned'
Krafton has issued a response to a recent lawsuit filed by the former leads of Subnautica 2, offering rebuttals to the developers' claims and alleging they "resorted to litigation to demand a multimillion-dollar payout they haven't earned."
12/08/2025
Alien: Earth Premieres Tonight – Here's When You Can Watch the First 2 Episodes
Alien: Earth premieres tonight. Here's when you can watch new episodes.
12/08/2025
Ranking the Alien Movies
As the Alien franchise heads into new territory with the TV series Alien: Earth, we're Weylin' our Yutanis at the seven Xeno-movies that have landed in theaters. Yes, we're gonna rank them all from worst to best, from wasteful to masterful.
12/08/2025
Guide: Gamescom 2025 Opening Night Live Showcase: Date, Start Times & What To Expect
Welcome to our Pure Xbox guide for Gamescom 2025 Opening Night Live!As we're now closing in on Geoff Keighley's big August event, we're going to go over the exact date, length and start times for the upcoming livestream - alongside some of what we can expect to see during Gamescom's ONL showcase.We also have some official Xbox broadcasts to come following Opening Night Live, but this guide will purely focus on Geoff Keighley's opening event.
12/08/2025
Beyond the Graphic Novels: Butterfly's Daniel Dae Kim on Riding the K-wave and Pretending to be Superman
The Lost and KPop Demon Hunters alum debuts exclusive clip of his new spy series, coming to Prime Video.
12/08/2025
The Biggest Pokémon Card Crashers And Climbers This Week - August 12
As of August 12, Raging Bolt ex from Temporal Forces is down 11% to $73.45, Gastly from Twilight Masquerade is up 13% to $40.99, and other cards like Iron Crown ex, Greninja ex, and Eevee have also shifted in value.
12/08/2025
Xbox Clamps Down On 'Bundle Spam', Says Developers Are Manipulating The Microsoft Store
New rules being put in place.It's been revealed today that Microsoft is working to combat "bundle spam" on the Xbox Store, issuing a new set of rules for developers and publishers to address the "large number of complaints from both developers and consumers".Basically, Microsoft wants to stop these teams from putting out bundles where they're just combining different SKUs of the same game - for example, separate Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC versions of a title.
12/08/2025
With Doctor Who's Future Still Uncertain, Showrunner Russell T Davies Says 'I Don't Own It, It's Not Mine'
Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has reflected on his work running the BBC's flagship sci-fi show, and said that ultimately his "heart" was fondest for the series he had personally created.
12/08/2025
New Alien: Earth Trailer Remakes the Original Alien Movie Trailer — and That Poor Cat Will Never Be the Same Again
With Alien: Earth launching today, FX has released a new trailer fans of the original Alien movie are sure to enjoy.
12/08/2025
Netflix Announces KPop Demon Hunters Sing-Along Screenings In Theaters For the Stans
KPop Demon Hunters has taken Netflix by storm since its release on the platform back in June — and now, you can take your fandom to the next level with an upcoming weekend of special sing-along screenings in theaters.
12/08/2025
Sarah Michelle Gellar Is on the Buffy Reboot Set Every Day to Advise People on Things Like How to React if They Get Bitten by a Vampire
Buffy the Vampire Slayer legend Sarah Michelle Gellar has been praised by a new co-star for turning up on-set every day as an advisor for the series' lore. And yes, that includes exactly how it should look if you were bitten by a vampire.
12/08/2025
Monster Hunter Wilds’ PC performance patches will keep coming, if almost as slowly as the game still runs
The good news is that Capcom have committed to pushing through performance and stability updates into, at the very least, Winter 2025.The bad news is that Capcom also say they won’t have finished their performance and stability improvements until, at the earliest, Winter 2025.Read more
12/08/2025
Itch.io's mass delisting of paid adult content has also affected safe-for-work games with yuri or lesbian themes, devs claim
Following Itch.io's mass delisting of adult games in response to pressure from payment processors, a new report includes claims from LGBTQ+ devs that safe-for-work titles with lesbian or yuri themes have also been affected.Both Itch and Valve changed their rules on adult content last month, with the issue evolving into a complex pointing of fingers which traced from the storefronts, to credit card companies, and on to an Australian protest group.Itch.io have since allowed free adult games back onto the platform, but paid ones currently remain on the naughty step as the storefront seeks new payment processors.
12/08/2025
The Marvel Art of Mike Del Mundo Celebrates One of Marvel's Best Modern Artists
From Vision to The Avengers to Elektra, one of Marvel's best modern artists is on full display in the upcoming art book The Marvel Art of Mike Del Mundo.
12/08/2025
Hellblade 2 Enhanced Adds One New Xbox Achievement, And It's Very Difficult To Complete
If you're looking for a good reason to revisit Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 as part of its "Enhanced" release today, even if you've completed the full game, we've got the answer for you - a new mode called Dark Rot.In Dark Rot Mode, you're challenged with completing Hellblade 2 on a difficulty level that's higher than anything we've seen in the game before.yes, this is a permadeath mode!
12/08/2025
Crownsville Weaves a Tale of Horror Surrounding a Notorious Maryland Hospital
An infamous real-world hospital is the subject of Crownsville, an intriguing new horror series from Killadelphia co-creator Rodney Barnes.
12/08/2025
Deals For Today: TCGPlayer Is Consistenly The Cheapest For Sealed Pokémon Cards
As of August 12, TCGPlayer has sealed Pokémon TCG sets from $27.98, up to 25% cheaper than Amazon. Plus, Doom: The Dark Ages (PS5) is $44.99 at Best Buy, and the LEGO Game Boy set is back up for preorder.
12/08/2025
DOOM Xbox Controller Drops To Lowest Price Yet At Walmart (US)
$25.99 off the usual price.Back in April, it was announced that Xbox was getting two new Limited Edition DOOM controllers - one based on the standard Xbox controller design, and another based on the Elite Series 2 controller design.It's that first one that's received a significant price drop at Walmart this week, going from a price of $79.99 back at launch to just $54.00 as things stand.
12/08/2025
That Viral Hot Dog Moment From Weapons Has a Heartfelt and Subtle Meaning For Director Zach Cregger
Did you see Weapons this past weekend? Better yet, did you see all the Weapons memes this past weekend? Whether or not you ended up at the theater, you most likely saw a lot of hilarious posts about the film — maybe even one particular one about a sizable spread of hot dogs. Well, it turns out that hot dog moment in Zach Cregger’s new horror film is actually a subtle and heartfelt nod to his late friend and collaborator, Trevor Moore.
12/08/2025
Jerry Bruckheimer Has Spoken With Johnny Depp About Returning as Captain Jack Sparrow for Pirates of the Caribbean 6: 'I Think He Would Do It'
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has said he’s spoken to Johnny Depp about returning as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 6 — and it sounds like the actor is interested.
12/08/2025
Xbox's Latest 'Buy One, Get One Free' Promotion Is Now Live
Focusing on simulator titles.Xbox has just put another one of its 'Buy One, Get One Free' promotions live on the Microsoft Store, and this one focuses around a batch of simulators across Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.As is usually the case with these Xbox BOGOF sales, the selection — along with their associated deal prices — is a bit of a mixed bag.
12/08/2025
LEGO Announces Harry Potter Hogsmeade Village Collector’s Edition Set
LEGO has announced a new set for adults that depicts seven buildings in Harry Potter's Hogsmeade Village, plus 12 minifigures.
12/08/2025
Mission Impossible Star Tom Cruise Was 'Interested' in Starring as Iron Man, Before Movie Plans Changed
Wednesday creators Miles Millar and Al Gough have discussed their early work on an Iron Man script for Marvel — back when Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise was "interested" in the lead role.
12/08/2025
I've taken my desire for a new Burnout game down to the Paradise City in wplace
This has been one of the five thoughts that fill my head on a daily basis for years at this point, and thanks to a website that's letting people draw pixel art all over Google Maps, I've been given yet another outlet via which to let it out.That site is wplace, and it'll look familiar if you've been partial to the now defunct Reddit thread r/place at any point.Basically, anyone can hop into its map and colour in pixels to doodle over the top of any place on Earth, creating vast canvases of cool art and scrawled messages to whomever might be watching.
12/08/2025
Asus’s New OLED is Like Two Monitors in One with a TrueBlack Glossy Finish
The Asus ROG Strix XG32UCWG debuts the company's new TrueBlack Glossy screen coating for better blacks and a killer dual-resolution picture.
12/08/2025
Grab a Refurbished PS5 Pro on Sale for $589
Woot is running a discount on refurbished PS5 Pro consoles, ahead of next year's release of Grand Theft Auto 6.
12/08/2025
Helldivers 2 'Bring The Boom' Trailer Teases Halo ODST Crossover On Xbox
Bringing the boom.Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox Series X|S in exactly two weeks' time, and to celebrate, the team at Arrowhead has put together the Xbox's version official launch trailer - containing a little tease relating to Team Green's most famous franchise.The clip spends the majority of its short runtime showcasing all the co-op shenanigans you'll be getting up to in Helldivers 2 - before taking the time to drop a very short Halo: ODST tease at the end there.
12/08/2025
Amazon Slashes Prices on Star Wars: Unlimited Card Sets, With Some Booster Boxes Half-Off
Amazon drops prices on Star Wars: Unlimited sets, with big discounts on booster boxes, starter kits, and prerelease packs.
12/08/2025
This RTX 5080 GPU is down to its lowest price ever at Amazon right now
We’ve covered a few deals on the RTX 5070 from various manufacturers in recent days, but today we’ve spotted its big brother, the RTX 5080, up for almost 20% off. Read more
12/08/2025
Helldivers 2 Teases Halo: ODST Crossover Ahead of Xbox Release
Helldivers 2 looks set for an unlikely Halo crossover after a new trailer teased the arrival of the ODST.
12/08/2025
Brutal Action-RPG 'Hell Is Us' Gets Free Xbox Series X|S Demo Today
Ahead of next month's full launch.Well, we won't have to sit pondering that thought much longer - as Nacon is releasing a free Hell Is Us demo on Xbox today.Set to go live in just a few hours here, the Hell Is Us demo will introduce players to the game's core systems while folks play out the very beginning of this new action-RPG experience.
12/08/2025
Asterfel, an Action-RPG Inspired by the Early-2000's Classics, Announced for PC
Developer Mysteria Studio has revealed a new third-person, narrative-driven action-RPG inspired by RPG classics from the early-2000s called Asterfel. It's in development for PC.
12/08/2025
Lost Marvels No. 2 Spotlights Legendary Comic Creator Howard Chaykin
We've got an exclusive preview of the next volume in the Lost Marvels series, celebrating the legendary Marvel Comics work of Howard Chaykin.
12/08/2025
Capcom Publisher Sale Now Live On Xbox, Alongside More Weekly Game Pass Discounts
It's Tuesday, so that means we've got new deals on the Xbox Store!Today's big attraction is a Capcom Publisher Sale, featuring discounts for the likes of the Dragon's Dogma, Resident Evil, Dead Rising and Monster Hunter franchises.That sale is joined by the usual set of weekly discounts that go live for Xbox Game Pass subscribers every Tuesday, with some of those highlights including RoboCop: Rogue City, Disco Elysium - The Final Cut and Steelrising.
12/08/2025
Phasmophobia 2 Is 'Definitely Not Off the Cards,' Dev Says, Original on Track to Finally Exit Early Access in 2026
Phasmophobia maker Kinetic Games has revealed it "wouldn't write off" a sequel to the viral hit ghost-hunting game, but is keen to keep working on the current version "until we're really happy with it."
12/08/2025
Phasmophobia: The Big Interview With Kinetic Games as Revamp for Fan-Favorite Grafton Farmhouse Map Goes Live
Phasmophobia: IGN interviews Kinetic Games as its revamp of the fan-favorite Grafton Farmhouse map goes live.
12/08/2025
Star Wars Actor John Boyega Expected 'Obi-Wan and Darth Vader' Arc for Rey and Finn, and the Allies to 'Turn Against Each Other'
Star Wars' John Boyega has said he expected a more dramatic relationship to develop between between his character Finn and Daisy Ridley's Rey throughout the saga's sequel trilogy — rather than the simple friendship viewers got instead.
12/08/2025
Rockstar Working 'Close' With Remedy As Max Payne 1+2 Development Advances
"The Max Payne 1 & 2 remake project continues".Finnish studio Remedy has given us another financial update this week, as it continues to work on multiple projects following the Xbox Game Pass release of FBC: Firebreak.One of those projects is Max Payne 1+2 Remake, which GTA developer Rockstar is working 'closely' with Remedy on as development moves forward.
12/08/2025
Capcom Releases Patch Notes for Monster Hunter Wilds' Big 1.021 Update, Adds Endgame Expansion, Reveals Fixes for 'Mostly Negative' Steam Version
Monster Hunter Wilds’ crucial update 1.021 goes live tomorrow, August 13, and ahead of that Capcom has released early patch notes alongside a message to the community apologizing for the state of the game.
12/08/2025
Peak's Mesa update lets you shimmy your sandy butt up some sandy buttes, adds tornados and dynamite
Peak's had a big update from developers Aggro Crab and Landfall Games, and it adds a new Monument Valley-esque location for you to scale the cliffs of.Before you can go mountaineering among the sandy cacti and roaring tornadoes, though, you'll want to put on some suncream.Come on, at least take a parasol.
12/08/2025
Xbox Is Adding A New Category To Help Filter Your Games Library
It's called "Free with Xbox".Well, Xbox has picked up on this, adding a new feature for Alpha Skip-Ahead Xbox Insiders this week in which a "Free with Xbox" section has been added to the My Games & Apps page, helping to filter out demos and trials specifically.Read the full article on purexbox.com
12/08/2025
The Thing Actor Michael Chiklis Says Critics Got 2005's Fantastic Four and Its Sequel Rise of the Silver Surfer Wrong: 'They Really Maligned Our Films'
The release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps has brought Marvel’s first family into the MCU, but it has also sparked a reappraisal of 2005’s Fantastic Four movie and its sequel, Rise of the Silver Surfer, according to The Thing actor Michael Chiklis.
12/08/2025
Quentin Tarantino's R-Rated Star Trek Movie Was 'Bats*** Crazy,' Simon Pegg Says
Simon Pegg has described Quentin Tarantino's plans for an R-Rated Star Trek movie as "bats*** crazy", and offered a hint of how he thought the project might have been received by fans — had it ever come to be.
12/08/2025
Remedy Admits FBC: Firebreak 'Underperformed' — 'Commercially, We Were Unsatisfied'
Developer Remedy believes the release of its first self-published game and Control spin-off, FBC: Firebreak, "succeeded technically," but acknowledged it "underperformed" on Steam, admitting that "commercially, we were unsatisfied."
12/08/2025
Remedy are still backing FBC: Firebreak despite a slow Steam launch, confirming its next "major update" for September
While admitting that FBC: Firebreak's launch on Steam "underperformed", developers Remedy have re-iterated their commitment to the co-op shooter in their latest financial report, saying that it remains "a solid game to build on" and confirming that a previously announced major update will arrive in late September.The report also gives quick mini-updates on the development of Control 2 and the combined Max Payne 1 & 2 remake, both of which remain on course.Read more
12/08/2025
Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (August 12)
Including a new first-party drop.Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update!Today, we have two new additions to the library - one of those being Microsoft's updated version of Hellblade 2, which brings a new 60FPS performance mode to proceedings.
12/08/2025
Alan Tudyk Says His Name 'Was Not Mentioned' in I, Robot Publicity Because His Performance as Sonny the Robot Scored Higher With Test Audiences Than Will Smith
Alan Tudyk has made an explosive allegation surrounding his involvement with I, Robot, claiming his name was pulled from the film’s publicity because his performance as Sonny the Robot scored higher with test audiences than Will Smith.
12/08/2025
Ryan Reynolds Shares Marvel Tease, and Fans Are Now Convinced Deadpool Is Returning for Avengers: Doomsday
Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds has dropped a huge tease that fans are taking as a signal he will appear in next year's Avengers: Doomsday.
12/08/2025
This Logitech G PRO X Superlight 2 may have too many names, but it's discounted at Amazon
We’re always on the lookout for the best gaming mice, but it’d be fair to say the name conventions are a bit of a mess.The Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 is a great example of this: Fantastic mouse, terrible name.Read more
12/08/2025
AU Deals: Big Digital Discounts and Quietly Brilliant Gems Across All Platforms Today
Sometimes a bargains haul comes along that perfectly aligns with my bad habit of adding more to my backlog than I clear. Today is such a Tuesday.
12/08/2025
Save Nearly 50% Off the Beats Studio Pro Noise Canceling Headphones (Beats' Best Headphones)
A more affordable, more stylish alternative to Bose and Sony.
12/08/2025
This Lenovo Legion RTX 5060 desktop is under $1000 with a pair of discount codes
It’d be fair to say that PC gaming isn’t quite as accessible as console gaming for newcomers.Right off the bat, it’s obvious that a Nintendo Switch 2 is an upgrade over a Nintendo Switch 1, but while you, the discerning RPS reader, will have some understanding of processors, RAM, and those all-important GPUs, it’s not always easy for someone to jump in (short of grabbing a Steam Deck).Read more
12/08/2025
Walmart Has a Brand New Apple MacBook Air for Just $599, Great for Back to Schoolers
Sold and shipped by Walmart and carries an original Apple warranty.
11/08/2025
Demon Slayer Infinity Castle Arc Adds Channing Tatum and Rebecca Wang to English Dub Cast
Channing Tatum and Rebecca Wang have joined the English dub cast for the upcoming Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle arc.
11/08/2025
Amazon Is Slashing Prices on Popular Ravensburger Jigsaw Puzzles for Adults and Kids
Puzzles for every level are on sale today.
11/08/2025
Game Fans (And Trolls) Are Racing To Claim Pixels in Wplace
Wplace is a delightful new time waster in the form of a world map where users can draw a single pixel in a color of their choice, wherever they like, once every 30 seconds.
11/08/2025
Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons Is a Scary Good Time
Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons blends the random dice rolling fun of the TTRPG with Horrified's approachable and strategic cooperative gameplay to deliver a fun time for your next game night.
11/08/2025
Shrek 5 Delay Pushes Theatrical Release Date to Summer 2027
Universal and DreamWorks Animation have announced a delay for Shrek 5, pushing its release date to June 2027.
11/08/2025
Oh No, Everyone in World of Warcraft Is Falling for the Hot, Evil Lady Who Will Definitely Try and Kill Us Later
Oh no, the latest World of Warcraft patch has us teaming up with an evil cosmic void being who has tried to kill us many times already and will definitely stab us in the back later...but we're all kind of okay with it? Partially because we have no choice but also because she's hot and sarcastic?
11/08/2025
Pick Up the Slim Anker Ace 45W USB Type-C Wall Charger for Just $12 at Target
It can fast charge the Nintendo Switch 2, Steam Deck, iPhone 16, or Samsung Galaxy phone.
11/08/2025
Save an Extra $300 Off the Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming PC, Great for Playing Games in 4K
You can also upgrade the CPU and storage options at a hefty discount.
11/08/2025
Talking Point: What Are You Hoping To See At Gamescom 2025?
It might not feel like it, but we've got another major gaming event taking place next week!Yes, Gamescom 2025 is around the corner, and it'll be highlighted by a special Gamescom Opening Night Live event taking place on August 19th.This has a very similar format to the Summer Game Fest Showcase that we saw in June, and we're expecting two hours of small-to-major reveals across both a pre-show and a main show - hosted, as always, by Geoff Keighley.
11/08/2025
The 24" MSI 1080p Gaming Monitor with 144Hz Refresh Rate Drops to Just $79 at Walmart
This is a perfect complement to budget gaming PCs or laptops.
11/08/2025
Deals For Today: MTG Spider-Man Booster Box Back In Stock and Massive MSI Monitor Sale
As of Aug. 11, the MTG: Marvel’s Spider-Man Play Booster Box is back for preorder at Amazon, MSI gaming monitors are up to 70% off at Woot, and Courage the Cowardly Dog: The Complete Series is just $17.96 at Walmart.
11/08/2025
American Pie 4K Steelbook Is Up for Preorder
Everything you need to know about the new 4K limited-edition steelbook version of American Pie, including what comes with it, where it's available to preorder, when it will be available, and more.
11/08/2025
Mass Effect 5 devs should "scapegoat" Veilguard and a Dragon Age trilogy remaster was pitched to EA, says ex-BioWare producer
Former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah has discussed pitching remasters of the first three games in the series to EA, and made clear in the same interview that he's encourage the developers of the next Mass Effect game to "scapegoat" Dragon Age: The Veilguard "as much as they need to".Darrah's offered a lot of insight into life at BioWare since departing the studio back in 2022, with the veteran dev having done plenty of that via his own YouTube channel.This time, though, he was interviewed by YouTuber MrMattyPlays.
11/08/2025
Hellblade 2's Unreal Engine 5 Tech Made Porting From Xbox To PS5 'Very Smooth'
"Hellblade 2 to PS5 went very smoothly".Hellblade 2's upcoming Enhanced Edition lands tomorrow, August 12th, including the game's debut on PS5 - just over a year after the initial Xbox and PC release.Yep, developer Ninja Theory has talked about how the team opting for Unreal Engine 5 made this new PS5 port a relatively simple one - with Epic's built-in platform tools coming in clutch for the Microsoft dev.
11/08/2025
After Warhammer 40,000 Fans Complained About the Removal of a Space Marine Scream From Dawn of War's Beloved Intro Cinematic, the Developer of the Upcoming Definitive Edition Restored It and Re–Released the Trailer
The Space Marine scream is back! Back where it belongs, according to many Warhammer 40,000 fans who had complained about its removal from Dawn of War’s iconic intro cinematic for the new version released to promote the upcoming Definitive Edition.
11/08/2025
More Magic: The Gathering Funko Pops Are On Their Way, And Amazon Preorders Are Open
Two new Magic: The Gathering Funko Pops are coming in 2025, and they're both up for preorder at Amazon right now.
11/08/2025
LEGO's Rumored $1,000 Star Wars Death Star Spotted in Leaked Images, With One of the Largest Piece Counts of All Time
Leaked photos appear to have revealed an enormous new Lego Death Star comprised of 9,023 pieces, that's reportedly set to cost $1,000 and launch this October.
11/08/2025
The Battlefield 6 beta’s hacking problem shows the difficulty in playing cat and mouse with cheaters
That’s despite BF6’s new and unusual requirement to enable Secure Boot, a BIOS-level security feature in Windows, ostensibly to prevent such do-badding.In response, a forum post attributed to EA’s anti-cheat team has played up successes in tracking and catching the beta’s cheaters, whose crimes allegedly range from classic wallhacks, speed hacks, and aimbots to cheats that reduce recoil or display enemy health and weapon info.However, it also concedes that Secure Boot "is not, and was not intended to be a silver bullet" – and in doing so, highlights the immense, perhaps impossible task that developers have of keeping cheater users out of their games.
11/08/2025
Mafia: The Old Country review
These thoughts are about the impractical and inefficient curiosity Enzo Favara’s at the wheel of, but they’re also about Mafia: The Old Country itself.If you get a relative or mate who’s unfamiliar with the Mafia series to play Hangar 13’s latest work, I’m fairly convinced that you’ll have an easier time convincing them that they’d just sampled a remaster of a game from the 2000s than a new release from 2025.That’s not a bad thing in and of itself, but at a time when games attempting to draw on nostalgia feel more unrepentantly nostalgic than ever, while new games often feel increasingly desperate to convey their newness, it’s certainly struck me.
11/08/2025
Xbox President 'Delighted' To Join Board Of Directors At Tyson Foods
She's not leaving Xbox, don't worry.It's been announced that Xbox president Sarah Bond has joined the board of directors at Tyson Foods, although it doesn't mean she's leaving Xbox or anything - she's simply signing up as an indepdendent director for the company.Read the full article on purexbox.com
11/08/2025
This Alienware GeForce RTX 5080 Gaming PC Starts at Just $2,150, Upgrades Also Discounted
This gaming PC will play any game out there at 4K resolution and high framerates.
11/08/2025
Arrowhead Says Fortnite's New Alien Bug Season Is Very 'We Have Helldivers at Home'
Fortnite's new season sees you and your squad fending off insectoid alien enemies nicknamed Bugs while levelling up your battle pass — and if that sounds familiar, well, you aren't the first to notice.
11/08/2025
Rumour: It Looks Like Ubisoft Is Making A 'Dark, Absurd' Far Cry TV Show
And it could be an anthology.Of course, the most famous of those is the game's utterly insane villain, Vaas - and it sounds as though Ubisoft is taking his traits and adapting them into an upcoming TV show.Seemingly leaked via a Ubisoft website before being pulled (and reported on by Eurogamer), a Far Cry TV adaptation is said to be in the works at FX.
11/08/2025
Weapons Is Officially Getting a 4K Steelbook, Now Up for Preorder
The Weapons 4K steelbook is now available to preorder from a variety of retailers. Its release date is still to be determined.
11/08/2025
Talking Point: Is Forza Horizon About To Become Xbox's Main Forza Franchise?
The future of Motorsport is in doubt.Last week, some of the Xbox community started taking note of how quiet Forza Motorsport had been on social media since Microsoft's recent layoffs, which the Xbox developer swiftly responded to with reassurances that both Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon 5 are still being supported by the team.The thing is though, no more major updates have been announced for the 2023 sim racer despite a two-month absence, and we're starting to wonder what the future might look like for Forza in general.
11/08/2025
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reboot Set Photos Reveal Sarah Michelle Gellar's New Look for Her Iconic Role
Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar has given fans a first glimpse at her iconic character in more than 20 years — now dressed in a red power suit.
11/08/2025
Three New Demos Have Been Added To The Xbox Store Already In August
There was a major one on the final day of July as well.The first of these is the demo for Gothic 1 Remake, and this demo serves as a prologue featuring "a short quest that introduces the atmosphere, iconic characters, and the opening area of the game".It arrived for Xbox on August 1st, but it's been available on Steam since February - where it's racked up a "Mostly Positive" rating so far.
11/08/2025
Bithell Games are laying off most full-time staff, with the Tron: Catalyst studio "unable to secure a new larger scale project"
Some upsetting news from the past weekend: Bithell Games, the Mike Bithell-founded indie studio behind Thomas Was Alone, John Wick Hex, Tron: Identity and the just-released Tron: Catalyst, are laying off 11 developers.That’s "The majority of our full-time staff," according to a post on Bithell’s personal Bluesky account.Read more
11/08/2025
Whipping Up a Storm: How Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Took Big Last-Minute Changes on the Chin To Become a Hit With Critics and Players
IGN interviews MachineGames to find out how Indiana Jones and the Great Circle survived big changes made in its last year of development to become a hit with critics and players.
11/08/2025
Battlefield 6 Smashes Steam Record As Early Beta Impressions Go Live
The most popular BF release yet.Well, weekend one of the Battlefield 6 Open Beta has officially wrapped up - and if you haven't read our positive early impressions of EA's upcoming FPS, you can do so here.All we can say is this is a bit of a stunner already on Xbox!
11/08/2025
Carbon Based: The Art of Lewis LaRosa Celebrates a Marvel and Valiant Legend
Acclaimed Marvel and Valiant artist Lewis LaRosa is the subject of a gorgeous new art book spotlighting his work on comics like Bloodshot, Uncanny X-Men, Punisher MAX, and X-O Manowar.
11/08/2025
Ratta Supernote Manta Review
This e-ink digital notebook can be a powerful replacement for an everyday planner, becoming a living, interconnected archive of your day to day.
11/08/2025
This 'Clear Edition' Xbox Series X Is Going Viral Right Now
Xbox's Aaron Greenberg: "Put it in a museum!".Have you ever wanted a "Clear Edition" of the Xbox Series X?The talented folks over at Extreme Consoles have come up with a transparent Series X design featuring green ambient lighting that's gone viral on social media over the past few days, racking up hundreds of thousands of views.
11/08/2025
Why Has There Never Been a Dragon Age: Origins Remaster? BioWare Exec Explains Past Plans and Continued Difficulties
Former Dragon Age franchise boss Mark Darrah has discussed BioWare's difficulty getting a remaster of the series' first game off the ground, and why it would be a much tougher project than Mass Effect's trilogy re-release.
11/08/2025
Xbox's Heretic + Hexen Remasters Are 'Exceptional', Says Digital Foundry
"Nightdive has done it again".Last week, Bethesda and Nightdive Studios shadow dropped Heretic + Hexen on Xbox Game Pass following several teases from the remaster specialist developer - and now the folks over at Digital Foundry have given this one a proper seal of approval in their latest retro analysis.As you can see in the above video, DF's John Linneman has gone over Xbox's recent shadow drop — the PC version, mind you — ultimately coming away super impressed by the overall package.