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Industry Vets React to Xbox Leaders Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond Departing, Bond Gives Her Statement
From Peter Moore to Reggie Fils-Aime, key gaming industry figures talk about Xbox's leadership changes as Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond exit Microsoft's gaming brand.
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Styx: Blades of Greed Review
This sequel mostly delivers the same stealth gameplay as its predecessors, with all the good and the bad you might expect.
20/02/2026
Xbox President Sarah Bond Is Also Leaving The Company, Microsoft Confirms
"Sarah Bond has decided to leave Microsoft...".Much of the spotlight has been on Phil Spencer and new Xbox boss Asha Sharma in relation to today's huge shakeup over at Microsoft Gaming - but thanks to a departing statement from Phil himself, w...
20/02/2026
Venom Animated Movie From Final Destination: Bloodlines Directors in the Works at Sony Pictures Animation
Sony is reportedly making another Venom movie, and this time, it’s going to be animated.
20/02/2026
Pokémon Fans Are Worried FireRed and LeafGreen Won't Be Compatible With Pokémon Home, Making the PokéDex Impossible to Finish
Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen are coming to Nintendo Switch next week. And while The Pokemon Company and Nintendo have already answered a number of questions about the releases, there's one we still don't know the answer to: will these games be compatible with Pokemon Home?
20/02/2026
Phil Spencer Reflects on 38 Years at Microsoft: 'I Never Could Have Imagined the Path Ahead'
Longtime Xbox head and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is retiring. While we've previously shared Spencer's internal email to the company, Spencer has since taken to social media to post a more personal message to the gaming community, thanking those who made his work "full of joy and wonder."
20/02/2026
New Xbox Boss Makes Official Statement As She Takes Over From Phil Spencer
"I feel two things at once: humility and urgency.".In a seismic bit of news today, Phil Spencer announced that he's retiring as Xbox boss - which means that naturally, someone else has to assume that position over at Xbox HQ. The person taking over is Microsoft's Asha Sharma, who has just shared her first statement as she begins her role as CEO of Microsoft Gaming.
20/02/2026
Get a New Alienware 16 Area-51 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop for Just $1,999 at Woot
A nearly identical configuration costs $3,100 at Dell direct.
20/02/2026
Microsoft gaming head Phil Spencer is retiring, replaced by an AI exec who promises no "soulless AI slop"
Ah, it's a Friday night, time to rela- Wait a minute, long-time Microsoft gaming CEO Phil Spencer's retiring, his assumed replacement and Xbox president Sarah Bond has resigned, and the suit now being tapped to take over Spenny's gig currently has the following job title: president of Microsoft’s CoreAI product. Right, guess I'm writing a news.
20/02/2026
Psycho Killer Review
From first-time feature director Gavin Polone and Andrew Kevin Walker, the screenwriter of Se7en, Psycho Killer is a slasher full of missteps and missed opportunities.
20/02/2026
Phil Spencer Announces That He's Retiring From Xbox
A massive shakeup for Microsoft Gaming.Posting out to his personal LinkedIn account today, Phil Spencer has announced that he's retiring from Xbox, with the current President of Microsoft's CoreAI product Asha Sharma taking ...
20/02/2026
DC Officially Reveals Absolute Green Arrow and Absolute Catwoman Series
DC's Absolute Universe is only getting bigger in 2026, with the publisher finally giving fans a good look at the upcoming Absolute Green Arrow and Absolute Catwoman series.
20/02/2026
Alienware Currently Has the Lowest Price on an RTX 5080 Equipped Prebuilt Gaming PC at $2,130
Most RTX 5080 prebuilts are priced over $2,500.
20/02/2026
Phil Spencer Retiring, Sarah Bond Out, Matt Booty Promoted as Microsoft AI Exec Asha Sharma Named New Xbox Boss – EXCLUSIVE
Big changes are being made at the top of Microsoft's gaming division.
20/02/2026
Today's Top Deals: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound for PS5, Pokémon Day 2026 Collection, and Free Epic Games
Plus, save on MTG Commander decks, a MagSafe charger, a car jump starter, and more.
20/02/2026
Magic Market Watch: Fresh Unbans Spring Some Massive Surprises Post Lorwyn Eclipsed
Magic's TMNT set is approaching, but before then, here are some more of the latest movers and shakers from Lorwyn and beyond.
20/02/2026
The Anycubic Kobra 3 3D Printer Combo Features Multi-Color Printing Capability for Under $200
The only printer under $200 that comes with a multi-filament printing module.
20/02/2026
Nier: Automata Has Now Sold 10 Million Copies
Nier: Automata, Yoko Taro and PlatinumGames' 2017 action RPG follow-up to Nier and the Drakengard series, has officially sold 10 million copies nine years after its release.
20/02/2026
The Most Popular 65" 4K OLED TVs from LG and Samsung Are on Sale Today
Both the LG Evo C5 and 65" Samsung S90F models are discounted.
20/02/2026
Talking Point: What Are The Best 'Hidden Gem' Xbox Games You've Played In Recent Years?
We can think of a bunch.These days, it's easier than ever to discover hidden gems on Xbox — partly thanks to how many titles are being curated by the ID@Xbox program, but also due to how many of them are also included as part of Xbox Game Pass.In the past year alone, we've been treated to so many amazing lesser-known titles that many of us surely wou...
20/02/2026
Capcom Pledges 'Firm Action' Following Widespread Resident Evil Requiem Leaks, Begs Fans Not to 'Ruin' Excitement for Others
Capcom has at last acknowledged the fact that Resident Evil Requiem has now been widely leaked, and promised "firm action" against those responsible.
20/02/2026
SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7X Wireless Gen 2 gaming headset review: good listener, bad talker
So much of what the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7X Wireless Gen 2 does, it does right. Its build quality is outstanding, having a thickness and solidity that most wireless headsets lack. Its stretchy headband, as on pretty much all SteelSeries headsets, successfully tricked my entire skull into thinking it was lighter than it is. It’s flexible, workin...
20/02/2026
SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3X Wireless gaming headset review: sweet sounds for PC and handhelds
My initial interest in the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3X Wireless was sparked by it being, essentially, an over-ear version of the Arctis GameBuds, with a near-identical USB-C 2.4GHz receiver that lets it pull double duty with both a main PC and
20/02/2026
US Supreme Court strike down majority of Trump's tariffs, so hopefully that's one less hardware buying headache to worry about
For once, I bring what should hopefully be good news for folks looking to buy or upgrade their PC hardware without having to factor in a bunch of inconveniences they can do nothing about. The RAM crisis is still in full swing, but ...
20/02/2026
TCG: Card Shop Simulator Sounds Like A Fun & Addictive Time Sink For Xbox Game Pass
It's got "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews on Steam.A few days ago, it was revealed that TCG: Card Shop Simulator would be launching on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and Xbox Game Pass on February 24th, and it feels like this could be a really fun time sink for the service.The idea is to run your own card shop, of course, featuring the abi...
20/02/2026
XCOM designer Jake Solomon reveals "Life Sims + The Truman Show" game... while announcing his studio's closure
Midsummer Studios announced their existence in May 2024 with a promise to “revitalise the life sim genre”, but now, they’re closing down. Co-founder and former XCOM developer Jake Solomon confirmed the news on social media this week, saying goodbye with some brief pre-alpha footage of Burbank - a build-your-own-TV-series project with a lot of generative AI in it.
20/02/2026
Xbox Had The Best-Selling Multiplatform Game Of January 2026 In The US
Bet you can't guess what it was.Circana's Mat Piscatella has today shared a bunch of industry figures and statistics from January 2026 — including a top-20 list of the best-selling games in the US last month — and Microsoft has taken the top spot.Yep, you guessed it, Call of Duty: Bla...
20/02/2026
I can't say I enjoy this 19th century turd-collecting game but it did make me laugh when I patted my horse to death
Nightsoil is a sombre little top-down narrative adventure about a gong farmer – that is, a collector of human waste – in 1854 London, at the height of the cholera epidemic. Gong farmers were, I understand, required to work after sunset, to avoid causing revulsion among the decent folk. In this case, you’re a gong farmer at the end his tenure, working his final shift alongside h...
20/02/2026
Here's How to Save $20 on Xenoblade Chronicles X for Nintendo Switch 2
The digital Nintendo Switch version of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is on sale at Amazon for $39.99. If you then buy the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Upgrade Pack from the eShop for $4.99, you can get the Switch 2 version for about $45 rather than $65.
20/02/2026
Fogpiercer is a tactical game that recognises the true joy of artillery is using it to give your enemies a little shove
It is one of the few games that recognises that while it's satisfying to hit an enemy with a shell from a howitzer, it's even more satisfying to target the space next to them and use the force of the blast to give them a sideways shove into a wall.It's a mechanic that puts Fogpiercer into the same fine company as Into The Breach.Read more
20/02/2026
Ubisoft Boss Yves Guillemot Says 2 Far Cry Games in Development, as He Fends Off Questions Around Nepotism, and His Future at the Company
Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has been questioned over the future of his company — and his own position in it — as part of a wide-ranging interview that also confirmed multiple Far Cry titles are in the works.
20/02/2026
Soulslinger: Envoy Of Death Is Out Now On Xbox, And Here Are The First Console Reviews
When we did our "Games Coming to Xbox Next Week" roundup last Saturday, the image we used for the thumbnail was taken from Soulslinger: Envoy of Death — and that game is officially out now on Xbox at a pretty budget price!In this single-player roguelite FPS, you'll unleash your powers and upgrade your abilities to take on the criminal cartel of the afterlife.The 1.0 version of the game launched on PC back in April 2025 to "Mixed" reviews, but the vast majority of the negative reception is due to crashes that players have been experiencing on that platform.
20/02/2026
Call of Duty and PlayStation 5 Lead U.S. Video Game Sales in a Quiet January
It was an understandably quiet January in the U.S. games market, with very few new releases and a bit of a comedown from a busy holiday season leaving Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 again the best-selling game of the month, and the PlayStation 5 on top for consoles.
20/02/2026
The best SSDs for the Steam Deck
Valve currently have three Steam Deck models on offer: you've got the standard 256GB LCD variant (basically no longer in production), the 512GB Steam Deck OLED, and a beasty 1TB edition of the latter. All of them are lovely
20/02/2026
Netflix’s Strip Law Is the Most Demented Adult Animated Debut Since Rick & Morty
Netflix’s Strip Law is the most demented adult animated debut since Rick & Morty, bringing fresh and funny and full-realized characters to the screen right out of the gate.
20/02/2026
Soundcore AeroFit 2 Pro Review: Shape-Shifting Earbuds With Fresh Ideas But Weak ANC
Soundcore's Aerofit 2 Pro earbuds are genuinely novel, letting you flick between an open-ear and in-ear design. They sound solid in both configurations but weak ANC and a mediocre battery let them down.
20/02/2026
God Of War Creator Suggests Xbox Should Get Involved In Bluepoint Games Situation
"Do NOT let this amazing team splinter".We covered the news last night about how Sony had decided to shut down Bluepoint Games, and in the hours since the announcement was made, there's been plenty of chatter about whether Xbox could potentially step in at all.Mostly notably, the God of War creator David Jaffe took to s...
20/02/2026
'We Thought It Would Be Fun': Nintendo Has a Whole FAQ on Why It's Selling Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Separately for $20 Each
Nintendo has released a lengthy Q&A article discussing its decision to re-launch Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen separately — rather than as part of the Nintendo Switch Online service.
20/02/2026
Saudi-owned RTS Takes Full Ownership of EVO
Saudi-owned RTS has officially taken full ownership of fighting game tournament series EVO, as former co-owner Nodwin Gaming exits and leaves RTS solely in charge.
20/02/2026
Stop Killing Games campaign hope to "signal that we're not just going away" by setting up online game preservation NGOs
The Stop Killing Games campaign's organisers are currently awaiting a chat with European Union politicians about server shutdowns rendering online-only games impossible to play.Said chat's been set up by a petition which racked up just under 1.3 million verified signatures at its final count, with that being one of the alleys the group have gone down in pursuit of action against publishers being able to abandon games without leaving a way for them to be kept running.Two Stop Killing Games non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are going to be set up to cover Europe and the US.
20/02/2026
Tunic, Night in the Woods Publisher Says TikTok Is Creating and Running Racist GenAI Ads for Its Games Without Permission
Publisher Finji says that TikTok has been using generative AI to modify its ads on the platform without permission and pushing those ads to its users without Finji's knowledge, including at least one ad that was modified to include a racist, sexualized stereotype of one of Finji's characters.
20/02/2026
Four 2026 Game Pass Titles Get New Gameplay Showcases Ahead Of Landing On The Service
All arriving in the coming months!Four Xbox Game Pass titles planned for 2026 — one of them coming next month and three simply scheduled for later this year — have just gotten new gameplay showcases ahead of their arrival on Microsoft's subscription service.The four games in question are Aphelion from Don't Nod, Awaysis, Denshattack! and the gorgeous Planet Of Lana 2; the latter of which lands on March 5th.
20/02/2026
Ubisoft cut staff at Splinter Cell devs Ubisoft Toronto, as part of their push to save €200 million
That’s approximately eight percent of the studio headcount.It’s all in the service of Ubisoft’s drive to cut costs after restructuring their operations around a big dollop of Tencent funding, which has elsewhere seen Ubisoft propose to lay off up to 200 people in Paris, and chop fixed costs by €200 million over the next two years.Read more
20/02/2026
Former XCOM Director Jake Solomon Announces Shock Closure of Studio Making 'Next-Gen' Life Sim, Publishes Trailer as a Farewell
Veteran game designer Jake Solomon has announced the shock closure of his studio and the apparent cancellation of its "next-gen" life simulation game, while publishing a glimpse at how it worked.
20/02/2026
Arc Raiders is getting a hurricane map condition that will hasten your steps and blow grenades back in your face
Embark are continuing their meteorological experiments in extraction shooter Arc Raiders with a rousing injection of wind.There’s a hurricane coming to the game on February 24th, a new map condition that limits visibility, degrades shields, impedes movement, and makes you suck even more at shooting things.With the gale at your back, you’ll naturally move a lot faster.
20/02/2026
Roundup: All The Xbox Reveals From The Indie Fan Fest & Convergence Games Showcase 2026
Lots of indie goodness on the way to Xbox!Last night was a busy one for indie showcases!Down below, we've picked out all the reveals (which we classify as new trailers and release dates) from these showcases, as well as one other game (Silent Planet - Elegy of a Dying World) from the more PC-focused Quebec Games Celebration Showcase 2026 that also took place last night.
20/02/2026
'This is a Bad Idea': Harry Potter Movie Trio Were Pitched a Wizard of Oz Adaptation With Emma Watson as Dorothy and Daniel Radcliffe as the Cowardly Lion
Harry Potter movie star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed he was once pitched a bizarre Wizard of Oz adaptation that also featured his fellow Hogwarts co-stars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.
20/02/2026
Ubisoft Insists MIA Splinter Cell Remake Still in Development Despite Fresh Layoffs
Ubisoft has said its long-awaited Splinter Cell remake remains in development despite layoffs at the studio working on the project.
20/02/2026
Slay the Spire 2 locks in its early March early access release date, and will deliver a four player co-op mode
You don't have to wait too much longer to murder the steeple for a second time, with Slay The Spire 2's early access release now set in stone. Following the d...
20/02/2026
"Climate change isn’t about AI itself, it's about progress" - 11 Bit talk Frostpunk: 1886 and questions of scale
It’s always a pleasure to write about Frostpunk, but I’m glum that Frostpunk has boarded the Great Videogame Remaking Train. I don’t think the original Frostpunk is beyond improvement, but I do find it very complete. Chilly finitude, obsessive symmetry are its narrative ethos and aesthetic. It’s a three-act st...
20/02/2026
This new Baldur's Gate 3 custom mini-campaign is all about having a nice meal with an organ-shredding Count
Another intriguing Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod has emerged to confront your party of quirky RPG adventurers.This one's a short story which lets you take a break from BG3's main story to attend a dinner party at the house of a not-at-all creepy rich bloke, who happens to be very good at jamming out on the organ via illusions.Read more
20/02/2026
Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green Get Nintendo Switch Launch Next Week, Priced at $20 Each
Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green, which originally launched for the Game Boy Advance back in 2004, will be released for Nintendo Switch next week to celebrate the series' 30th anniversary.
20/02/2026
The Pitt Season 2, Episode 7: "1:00 P.M." Review
The Pitt Season 2, Episode 7 is another winner for the series, with especially strong performances from the likes of Katherine LaNasa, Patrick Ball, and Isa Briones.
20/02/2026
Riftbound TCG: 10 Brilliant Spiritforged Cards That Fans Should Consider Picking Up as Singles
These are the best new Riftbound Spiritforged cards that are worth picking up as singles.
20/02/2026
AU Deals: Quiet Classics, Smart Sequels, And A Few Deep Cuts I Would Happily Buy Again
Some sales are noisy. This one is curated.
20/02/2026
Arc Raiders Shrouded Sky Trailer Teases Hurricane Map Condition and Windy Gameplay Hazards
Violent weather is about to hit the Rust Belt, as Embark has revealed a first look at the new Hurricane map condition coming to Arc Raiders.
19/02/2026
The Ecoflow River 3 230Wh Power Station Drops to $129, Nearly 50% Off Its Retail Price
Ecoflow's official AliExpress storefront has it for $60 less than Amazon.
19/02/2026
Slay the Spire 2 Early Access Release Date Set for March as Animated Trailer Reveals 4-Player Co-Op
Mega Crit has published a new animated trailer for Slay the Spire 2, revealing four-player co-op and an early access release date of March 5, 2026.
19/02/2026
House of the Dragon Season 3 Trailer Lets Dragons Loose in Westeros as War Begins
The fire-breathing dragons of the Game of Thrones universe are heading to the sea as war breaks out in the first teaser trailer for House of the Dragon Season 3.
19/02/2026
Keychron M3 Mini Review: Tinny Clicks Mar an Excellent Budget Gaming Mouse
Keychron's M3 Mini has high-end performance at a pretty affordable price. Its left and right clicks feel a touch tinny, which is annoying, but nearly everything else is spot on. It's light, comfortable, accurate, and has a battery that will last for weeks.
19/02/2026
Monster Hunter Wilds for PlayStation 5 Drops to $19.99 at Best Buy (Retails for $70)
$10 less than Black Friday's best deal.
19/02/2026
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Is Up for Preorder
Everything you need to know to preorder Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, the first brand-new side-scrolling Castlevania game since 2008.
19/02/2026
Paradise Season 2 Spoiler-Free Review
Paradise Season 2 spoiler-free review: Bingeable pulp fun with excellent performances, more sci-fi ideas, and more human moments.
19/02/2026
EasySMX S10 Review: A Reasonably Priced Switch 2 Pro Controller Alternative, but Don’t Expect a Miracle
The EasySMX S10 is a solid Switch 2 controller for most people, especially if you like low-profile buttons.
19/02/2026
The Lenovo Legion RTX 5070 Ti Gaming PC with 32GB of DDR5 RAM Drops to $1,799.99
Less expensive than building out your own DIY RTX 5070 Ti system.
19/02/2026
Sony's Bluepoint Games Might Be Gone, But We'll Never Forget Their 'Impossible Port' For Xbox 360
The company has been axed today.As you may have seen already today, it's been revealed that Sony is shutting down Bluepoint Games — the studio behind the likes of the Shadow of the Colossus remake, the Demon's Souls remake and various other projects.<related ids="197730">Read the
19/02/2026
Today’s Best Deals: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From the Ashes, Ravensburger Puzzles, and Logitech Headset
Plus, save on Godzilla x Monopoly, Switch digital games, MTG x TMNT preorders, and more.
19/02/2026
Scrubs Season 10, Episodes 1-4 Review
The new cast of characters may take some getting used to, but the new season of Scrubs effortlessly recaptures what made the original show so entertaining. Read our review of the first four episodes of the revival.
19/02/2026
God of War Sons of Sparta Review
Sons of Sparta is a pleasant character rehabilitation of a largely unlikable guy couched in a largely boring adventure about Kratos learning the value of responsibility.
19/02/2026
PlayStation Shuts Down Demon's Souls, Shadow of the Colossus Remake Studio Bluepoint Games
PlayStation has shut down Bluepoint Games, the studio behind the remakes of both Shadow of the Colossus and Demon's Souls.
19/02/2026
Toy Story 5 Trailer Teases Woody's Big Return and the Dangers of Technology
Toy Story 5's official trailer has arrived and, alongside revealing more of the battle between toys and tech, we also learn a bit more about how Woody is reunited with his friends after the events of Toy Story 4.
19/02/2026
Poll: As Things Stand, Will You Be Buying GTA 6 On Xbox This November?
Are you planning to be there day one?We're still well over six months away from the release of GTA 6 in November (assuming it doesn't get delayed again, of course), but considering how busy things are about to get with Forza Horizon 6, Fable,
19/02/2026
The Alienware Area-51 9800X3D RTX 5090 Gaming PC Drops to $4,250 (Lowest Price for 5090 Prebuit)
You can also upgrade to the mighty Ryzen 9950X3D for just $250.
19/02/2026
The Big Pokémon Go Mega Evolution Revamp Interview: Everything That's Changing, and Why
As Pokémon Go announces a seismic shakeup of its Mega Pokémon, IGN has chatted with the smash hit smartphone game's developer on the inspirations for the move, what's changing for the better, and what the future of Mega Pokémon looks like in the game.
19/02/2026
Riftbound's Spiritforged Set Already Has Several New Cards That Are Worth Thousands of Dollars
Riftbound, the League of Legends TCG, has dropped its second set, Spiritforged, and collectors are already chasing several new cards are now selling for thousands of dollars.
19/02/2026
The Peaky Blinders Movie Gets Its First Official Trailer — And Reveals Barry Keoghan in a Major Key Role
Major Peaky Blinders movie news ahead: the official trailer for the upcoming film Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man was just released — and it reveals that Barry Keoghan will play the son of Cillian Murphy’s iconic character Tommy.
19/02/2026
Mattel Announces Masters of the Universe Publishing Program Tied to New Movie
Mattel is kicking off an ambitious Masters of the Universe publishing program that will see the release of new novels, storybooks, and comics tied to the movie reboot.
19/02/2026
Popular Xbox Games Drop To Their 'Lowest Price Ever' In New ID@Xbox Multiplayer Sale
Xbox isn't slowing down with the new sales at the moment!In addition to the massive Xbox Lunar New Year Sale that's continuing until late next week, we've also got a new ID@Xbox Multiplayer Sale filled with over 300 games!We've noticed plenty of "lowest price ever" discounts in this sale featuring loads of popular Xbox games like 7 Days to Die, Deadside, Phasmophobia, Satisfactory and others, while there are also lots of titles at their joint-lowest price ever, such as Baldur's Gate 3, Nobody Saves The World, Ready Or Not and Valheim.
19/02/2026
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Actor Ben Starr Joins Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Brie Larsen as Voicing a Member of Fortnite's Heroic Seven
Epic Games has cast Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr as a key in-game Fortnite character, following in the footsteps of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Brie Larsen and Joel McHale.
19/02/2026
Bad Bunny Gets First Leading Film Role — And It Couldn't Be More Perfect For Him
Puerto Rican pop sensation Bad Bunny has snagged his first leading film role, and will appear in a movie alongside Javier Bardem and Edward Norton.
19/02/2026
A Whole Bunch of Digital Switch Games Are on Sale Right Now at Amazon
A selection of digital Nintendo Switch games are on sale right now at Amazon, including Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, Princess Peach: Showtime, and more.
19/02/2026
Following layoffs, Highguard devs Wildlight announce it's getting a new airship base and door-opening dart gun
When the website of Highguard suddenly began blaring that it was "unavailable" not long after news broke of layoffs at developer Wildlight, you could have been forgiven for thinking a Concord-style pulling offline might be in the shooter's near future.That doesn't look to be the case, though, with the studio having just announced a couple of new additions set to arrive in the game this week.Read more
19/02/2026
Capcom Faces Uphill Battle to Stop Resident Evil Requiem Leaks as Ending Spoilers and Videos Appear Online
Resident Evil Requiem has been fully leaked online, with videos showcasing the game's finale and major spoilers now spreading across the internet.
19/02/2026
Five New Games Added To Retro Classics On Xbox Game Pass In February 2026
Including a couple of DOS adventure titles.Xbox and the folks at Antstream Arcade have treated us to our second batch of new Xbox Retro Classics titles of the year today, with five new games being added to the retro streaming service here in February 2026.Here are those new additions to Xbox Retro Classics this month:Read the full article on purexbox.com
19/02/2026
Meet My Love and Deepspace Boyfriends: How I’m Juggling a Vampire, a Sea God, and Spacefleet Colonel in This Mobile Dating Game
Love and Deepspace is a game that doesn't just give you the chance to save the world, it lets you do it with a veritable five-aside team of boyfriends who are obsessed with you.
19/02/2026
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties mod swaps Goh Hamazaki's face, ditching likeness of actor accused of sexual assault
There's now a mod for Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties which swaps out the likeness of actor Teruyuki Kagawa. Kagawa's casting in the remake, which saw him lend both his voice and likeness to secondary villain Goh Hamazaki, caused
19/02/2026
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Launches Today on Switch 2, With a $5 Upgrade Pack
A Switch 2 version of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition has been announced and simultaneously released by Nintendo, with a $4.99 upgrade fee for existing Switch owners.
19/02/2026
Train! Stunt! Game! Denshattack! Has! A! Demo! On! Steam!
For months, I’ve been keeping an eye out for Denshattack!, an enticingly loud stunt-action game that’s somewhere between an autorunner and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, if Tony Hawk was an electric locomotive and not a man of mortal flesh. I
19/02/2026
The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Be A 'Classic' Bethesda RPG As Team Passes 'A Big Milestone Internally'
Lots of plates spinning over at Bethesda Game Studios.It's been eons at this point since The Elder Scrolls 6 was first announced (all the way back in 2018, if you're keeping score), and to this day, we actually know very little about what to expect from the next TES game. While those details remain elusive for the ...
19/02/2026
ZA/UM's Zero Parades is Schrodinger's Disco Elysium follow-up, and it keeps yelling at me about communism
"Since the last round of EMTERR ‘stabilisation’, they’ve been trying to force us lifers out," the phantom line engineer tells Zero Parades protagonist Hershel Wilk. "We can’t be fired, not easily, but they can take away the work that made us stay in the first place,” he continues...
19/02/2026
Keanu Reeves and China Miéville Reunite for BRZRKR: Light Draws Breath
Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR franchise is getting a new spinoff, as Reeves reunites with author China Miéville for BRZRKR: Light Draws Breath #1.
19/02/2026
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 7 Review - ‘Ko'Zeine’
Review: Starfleet Academy Episode 7, "Ko'Zeine," pumps the brakes a bit after last week’s big episode, focusing on two of the show’s friendships: Genesis and Caleb, and Darem and Jay-Den.
19/02/2026
Paradise Timeline: What Led to the End of the World... and What Happened Next
The hit Hulu series Paradise is back for Season 2, so catch up on the timeline of the show and what you need to know about 'The Day.'
19/02/2026
God of War Actor Christopher Judge Says 'You'll Be Hearing About What We're Doing Probably Late Summer'
Legendary God of War voice actor Christopher Judge has teased that we'll likely get more news about the franchise in "late summer."
19/02/2026
Xbox Free Play Days: Try These Four Games For Free, Including Battlefield 6 (February 19-22)
All BF6 content available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers.Xbox Free Play Days has returned for yet another week, and the highlight of the bunch is definitely Battlefield 6 this time around, with Xbox Game Pass subscribers able to access all content in the game until late on Sunday night.Specifically, members of the Essential, Premium and Ultimate tiers of Xbox Game Pass can play "all Battlefield 6 content - maps, modes, weapons, vehicles, and more, including all the new content from Season 2", and we don't believe there are any restrictions in regards to the campaign either.
19/02/2026
Invincible Creators Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker Reunite to Tell the Origin Story of Invincible VS Character Ella Mental
Even as Invincible VS introduces new character Ella Mental to this violent superhero universe, Invincible creators Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker are reuniting to reveal her origin story.
19/02/2026
Zero Parades Hands-On Preview: A Complex Spy RPG Hiding in One Giant Shadow
Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM brings fresh ideas to espionage RPG Zero Parades, making for what appears to be a more traditionally accomplished video game, but potentially at the cost of crafting a less interesting artistic creation.
19/02/2026
Xbox Free Play Days: Try These Five Games For Free, Including Battlefield 6 (February 19-22)
All BF6 content available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers.Xbox Free Play Days has returned for yet another week, and the highlight of the bunch is definitely Battlefield 6 this time around, with Xbox Game Pass subscribers able to access all content in the game until late on Sunday night.Specifically, members of the Essential, Premium and Ultimate tiers of Xbox Game Pass can play "all Battlefield 6 content - maps, modes, weapons, vehicles, and more, including all the new content from Season 2", and we don't believe there are any restrictions in regards to the campaign either.
19/02/2026
'It's Insane': Director Steven Soderbergh Says Disney Got 'Two and a Half Years of Free Work' Out of Him and Adam Driver on Scrapped Star Wars Movie The Hunt for Ben Solo
Director Steven Soderbergh has branded Disney's decision to scrap plans for his Star Wars movie The Hunt for Ben Solo as "insane", after more than two years of "free work" from himself and actor Adam Driver.
19/02/2026
Destiny 2's next big update has been delayed so it can undergo "large revisions" so large and revisiony it'll need a new name
The next big update to Destiny 2, Shadow and Order, has been delayed as it undergoes a substantial round of tweakage and expansion.Such a substantial round of tweakage and expansion, in fact, that it'll no longer be called Shadow and Order when it returns.Read more
19/02/2026
Former developers of one of 2024's best Soulslikes are stuck in a purgatory of unpaid salaries
Former staff of Enotria: The Last Song developers Jyamma Games have revealed to RPS that they’re owed months of unpaid salary, following layoffs at the company last year.They've shared an inside look at a troubled independent studio dealing with payment delays, multiple changes of direction, and general confusion that stretches back to spring 2025. Read more
19/02/2026
Bethesda Says Starfield's Next Update Will 'Change The Game' But 'It's Not Starfield 2.0'
Todd Howard talks the future of this sci-fi RPG.Indeed, while Mr. Howard doesn't give us a release date or too many specific details on what's coming, he does say the team is "moving into a phase where we're ready to talk about Starfield".The game maker then goes on to temper expectations by saying that the next update should please existing Starfield fans, but "it is not Starfield 2.0" as many have been expecting.
19/02/2026
No Azure for Apartheid call on Microsoft to cut ties with ICE, amid reports of agency deepening reliance on company's cloud and AI
In the aftermath of reports claiming that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) deepened their reliance on Microsoft’s cloud technology last year, No Azure for Apartheid have issued a statement demanding the company cut ties with the agency.No Azure for Apartheid are the same worker-led group who've carried out protests against Microsoft's dealings with the Israeli military, amid what Amnesty International and a UN enquiry have called a genocide in Gaza.Read more
19/02/2026
Bungie Delays Major Destiny 2 Update by Three Months to Focus on 'Quality-of Life Updates'
Destiny 2's next major update, Destiny 2: Shadow and Order, has been delayed by three months, to June 2026.
19/02/2026
Game of Thrones Prequel Stage Show Announced, Set During Robert's Rebellion and Featuring 'Familiar Characters From Houses Targaryen, Stark, Lannister'
A new Game of Thrones prequel is set to dramatize the events of Robert's Rebellion, and debut on the UK stage this summer.
19/02/2026
Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 19)
Including a new EA Play addition.Today, we have three titles joining the service, including a new EA Play drop and a major addition from the folks over at CD Projekt RED.Without further ado, here are your new Xbox Game Pass titles for February 19:Read the full article on purexbox.com
19/02/2026
'Peter Parker is No More': Spider-Man: Brand New Day Synopsis Reveals Key Details on Film's Setting, Including How Long It's Been Since No Way Home
Key details setting up the plot of Spider-Man: Brand New Day have popped up online, and now fans know exactly how long it has been for Tom Holland's hero since the events of No Way Home.
19/02/2026
The Elder Scrolls 6 runs on a new version of the Creation Engine, his Howardliness confirms
Some of them are things Todd Howard has said about The Elder Scrolls 6 in his latest bout of interview chatter about the RPG.He's confirmed it's running on a new version of the Creation Engine, but will also be a return to Bethesda's "classic style".Read more
19/02/2026
Starfield's Next Update Is 'Not Starfield 2.0,' Bethesda Boss Confirms: 'If It Didn’t Connect With You Right Away Or You Found It Boring, I Don’t Think This is Going to Change That'
Bethesda boss Todd Howard has confirmed that Starfield is not getting a huge 2.0-type update.
19/02/2026
AU Deals: Today's Premium Game Picks at Budget-Friendly Prices
Another weekday, another excuse to pretend my backlog does not exist. I have sunk hours into most of these, paid for more than a few at full price, and none of them are here by accident.
18/02/2026
Magic’s Avatar Collector Boosters Aren’t Just In Stock - They’re Discounted
Avatar Collector Boosters are back in stock for Magic players at Amazon, and they're discounted, too.
18/02/2026
Highguard Dev Assures Fans a New Patch Is on the Way After Website Troubles Spark Fears of Game Shut Down
Wildlight has confirmed a new patch is in the works for Highguard after issues related to its official website sparked fears that a full shutdown was imminent.
18/02/2026
The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Return to Bethesda's 'Classic Style' After Detours With Starfield, Fallout 76, Says Todd Howard
The Elder Scrolls 6 is going to be a return to Bethesda's "classic style" of games, according to Bethesda director Todd Howard.
18/02/2026
The AstroAI Cordless Car Jump Starter and Air Compressor (Tire Inflator) Drops to $34.80
Jump starter, tire inflator, and power bank in one.
18/02/2026
Amazon Has Some Great Deals On Magic: The Gathering Commander Decks Right Now
Magic: The Gathering Commander Decks and bundles are seeing discounts at Amazon.
18/02/2026
Deals: DOOM: The Dark Ages Premium Upgrade DLC Has An Incredible Xbox Offer Right Now
Live for the next week!DOOM: The Dark Ages' still-in-development campaign DLC hasn't even been revealed by Bethesda yet - but you can pre-purchase it at a pretty huge discount on the Xbox Store right now.Yep, over on the Microsoft Store for the next seven days or so, DOOM: The Dark Ages Premium Upgrade is 67% off. That brings the DLC pack down to $11.5...
18/02/2026
Kristen Bell Joins Sonic the Hedgehog 4 as Amy Rose
The Sonic the Hedgehog film franchise has finally landed on its Amy Rose, and it's a heck of a choice. Kristen Bell has been confirmed to voice the pink hedgehog pal for Sonic the Hedgehog 4, as reported by THR.
18/02/2026
Tom Noonan, RoboCop 2 and Manhunter Actor, Dead at 74
RoboCop 2 and Manhunter star Tom Noonan has passed away at 74.
18/02/2026
Crimson Desert: Here’s What Comes in Each Edition
Everything you need to know to preorder Crimson Desert, including what comes in each edition, how much it costs, what preorder bonuses to expect, and more.
18/02/2026
Today's Top Deals: Anno 117 for PC, Alienware Curved OLED Monitor, and iPad Pro (M5)
Plus, snag last-minute MTG x TMNT preorders for less, save on Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and more.
18/02/2026
Save Big On Lorwyn Eclipsed MTG Play Boosters At Amazon
Save more than 20% on a box of Magic's Lorwyn Eclipsed Play Boosters right now at Amazon to kick off your collection for 2026.
18/02/2026
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth for Switch 2 Comes With an Exclusive Magic: The Gathering Card
Preorders are live for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on Nintendo Switch 2. It's available to preorder for $49.99 with a release date of June 3, 2026, and even comes with an exclusive Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy card.
18/02/2026
House of the Dragon Season 3 Sets June Premiere With First Look at a Menacing Rhaenyra
HBO is keeping the Game of Thrones train going with new art for House of the Dragon Season 3 and a June release window.
18/02/2026
Amazon's Lightning Deals on Popular Ravensburger Jigsaw Puzzles for Adults Are Going Fast
Amazon is once again having a sale on Ravensburger puzzles, which means right now is a great time to pick up your next 1000 or 2000-piece project.
18/02/2026
Digital Foundry Delivers Its Verdict On Avowed For PS5, And How It Compares To Xbox Series X|S
Series X visuals are comparable to PS5 Pro!As we shared earlier today, Avowed's big anniversary update is now live on Xbox and PC, bringing huge changes and additions to the Obsidian RPG on existing platforms.However, this patch also coincides with the game's PS5 release - which the folks over at Digital Foundry have now taken a good look at, with comparisons to Xbox Series X|S as well.
18/02/2026
Score 18% off Resident Evil Requiem Preorders for PC Right Now at Fanatical
Fanatical is offering an 18% discount on Resident Evil Requiem for PC ahead of its release, dropping its price from $69.99 to $57.39.
18/02/2026
Amazon Has the Best Deal on the Google Pixel 10a Before Its Release Date
Google's newest mid-range phone is now available to preorder.
18/02/2026
I may indeed offer my soul to The Killing Stone, an Arctic mansion mystery card-battler from the makers of The Blackout Club
The game launches into Steam early access today, so it’s time to have a proper gander.This is a deckbuilding card battler… set in a mansion somewhere in the Arctic during the 17th century… created by Question Games, developers of ‘unfinished game’ game The Magic Circle and weird suburbia sim The Blackout Club.What’s more, The Killing Stone reminds me of Inscryption, in that it appears to be divided between a hellish table-top game and hellish goings-on in the world around that table-top game.
18/02/2026
Save $200 Off the Newest Apple iPad Pro 11-inch Tablet with M5 Chip and 256GB of Storage
Lowest price I've seen to date ($100 less than Black Friday).
18/02/2026
Super Mondo Mega Mutts Is the TMNT Parody We Didn't Know We Needed
Check out an excusive preview of Super Mondo Mega Mutts to see why this new series is the TMNT parody we didn't know we needed.
18/02/2026
IGN Fan Fest 2026: How to Watch and What to Expect
IGN Fan Fest is returning for its seventh edition later this month, and this guide will give you a sneak peek into all the big reveals across movies, shows, games, comics, and anime, as well as how to watch the event live!
18/02/2026
Nintendo Fans Believe The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has a Star Fox Cameo, After Trailer Teases Mysterious Figure
Nintendo fans believe a new trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie may be teasing a cameo from none other than Star Fox leader Fox McCloud.
18/02/2026
Sorry, Woodstock's off; or, how I gave everyone dysentery in Transport Fever 3
Ironically, considering the rampant dysentery moving through my campground in brown, sputtering waves, the problem I'm facing in Transport Fever 3 is a blockage. The trucks I've loaded with antibiotics are stuck in a traffic jam that stretches all the way to the pharmacy in the next city over. If I'm to save the inaugural Woodstock festival, I must find a way to g...
18/02/2026
Mouse: P.I. for Hire: Meet the Movers and Shakers of Mouseburg – IGN First
We're digging into the people, the city, and the story underneath the rubber hose-animated black-and-white veneer of the upcoming first-person shooter Mouse: P.I. for Hire.
18/02/2026
Check Out These mfish Premium Quality and Boldly Designed Power Banks, Chargers, and Cables
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18/02/2026
One Of March's Most-Promising Xbox Game Pass Titles Has Been Delayed
Now launching in April.Sad Cat Studios, the team behind the long-awaited cyberpunk platformer Replaced, has today announced that its upcoming Xbox and Game Pass release has been delayed.Yep,
18/02/2026
"Creativity is the key": how PC hardware's smaller manufacturers are navigating the RAM shortage disaster
Far from ushering in a technological golden age, artificial intelligence is giving PC hardware its most trying time in years. As huge, hyper-rich tech companies go about building resource-intensive AI data centres in pursuit of future wealth, the resulting
18/02/2026
Netflix Casts McKenna Grace as Daphne in Live-Action Scooby-Doo Series
Ghostbusters: Afterlife star McKenna Grace has been cast as Daphne in Netflix's upcoming live-action Scooby-Doo series.
18/02/2026
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Commercial Featuring Nikki Glazer Receives UK Ban for Trivializing Sexual Violence
A Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 commercial starring comedian Nikki Glazer has been banned in the UK, following viewer complaints that it trivialized sexual violence.
18/02/2026
People of Note Turns Music Genres Into RPG Mechanics, and It's Got Me Tuned In
After playing People of Note, it's very much a mechanically sound RPG with a twee tone we're not entirely sold on quite yet.
18/02/2026
'The Technology Is Just Better': Why Counter-Strike Pros Are Loving a New Mouse That Reduces the Time It Takes to Fire Their First Shot by Up to 30ms
A significant number of Counter-Strike 2 pros have switched to a new mouse in the first tournament after its release, thanks to its high tech solution for delivering faster clicks.
18/02/2026
Ahead of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Pick Up Both Switch Ports At A Discount
Looking for two of the best platformers in history at a discount? This Super Mario Galaxy bundle is perfect for you.
18/02/2026
Cyberpunk platformer Replaced catches another delay for "final tweaks" based on demo feedback
Replaced, the long-in-development dystopian platformer from Sad Cat Studios, has had its release pushed back a little further.The studio have taken on feedback from the demo they recently released on Steam - that's the one which kept surnaming me - and reckon a few more weeks of acting on it are in order to get the game ready to go.Read more
18/02/2026
If you can't beat AI, become one in Hooded Horse strategy RPG Heart of the Machine, which hits 1.0 release in March
Why is everything rolling sideways on my desk all of a sudden? What’s this mysterious force, dragging my chair towards the wall? Why are all the cars in the vicinity tumbling and rolling in the direction of *checks press release* ...North Carolina, USA? It can only be gravitational disturbance caused by the impending 1.0 release of a massive
18/02/2026
The Crew Motorfest's New Hot Wheels-Style Island Is Free On Xbox & Game Pass Next Month
Ubisoft's open-world racer gets another free map expansion.The Crew Motorfest Season 09 arrives next month, and this latest update to the Ubisoft open-world racer adds a new island to the mix that's channelling some serious Forza Horizon Hot Wheels energy here.Ironically named 'Playg...
18/02/2026
Destination Kill Offers a Bleakly Funny Sci-Fi Series In the Vein of Tank Girl and Judge Dredd
We've got an exclusive first look at Destination Kill, a bleakly funny new sci-fi series in the vein of Tank Girl and Judge Dredd.
18/02/2026
Replaced Release Date Delayed Again, Less Than a Month From Launch
Replaced developer Sad Cat Studios has announced a delay to its 2.5D cyberpunk game, just three weeks shy of its planned launch.
18/02/2026
Amazon Officially Drops Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Booster Boxes to Just $125.99 to Preorder, Just Weeks Before Release
Looking to pick up Magic's new TMNT set? Amazon has finally set the price of the Play Booster Box, and it's lower than we expected.
18/02/2026
Former Diablo devs release demo for their Diablo 2-style action-RPG Darkhaven, but warn of "rough edges"
Moon Beast have released a pre-alpha demo for their action-RPG Darkhaven.You know, the one from the former Blizzard North devs, which harkens back to Diablo 2 while stirring in a dynamic world and terrain destruction reminiscent of Minecraft.I did a big interview feature about it.
18/02/2026
Pokémon Card Store That Made Headlines After Customers Held at Gunpoint Now Hit by Nintendo Request to Rebrand
A New York Pokémon card store is being forced to rebrand by Nintendo, after suffering a frightening armed robbery that gained it media attention.
18/02/2026
Highguard Website Goes Offline Following Mass Layoffs At The Game's Studio
Last week, we found out that a "core group" of developers are left working on Highguard following mass layoffs at Wildlight Entertainment - and it's now been discovered that the game's official website has gone offline, sparking further fears for the game's future.Indeed, if you head over to the Highguard website (at the time of writing), you're simply greeted with a "site unavailable" message - with links to the game's social channels the only active redirects on the home page right now.Read the full article on purexbox.com
18/02/2026
People Are Arguing Over Whether Crimson Desert Is an RPG and It's Not Even Out Yet
Is Crimson Desert an RPG? Does it even matter? What is an RPG anyway? Those are questions sparked by the hotly anticipated “open-world action-adventure” game as it nears release, and it’s fair to say there is a variety of opinion.
18/02/2026
Bethesda Deploys Patch to Address The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Nintendo Switch 2 Performance Woes
Bethesda has issued a new patch to address issues plaguing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's Nintendo Switch 2 port.
18/02/2026
The Big Bang Theory Star Kunal Nayyar Reveals He Likes to Visit GoFundMe at Night and 'Just Pay Random Families' Medical Bills'
Kunal Nayyar has said he's spending some of millions he made playing Raj Koothrappali in The Big Bang Theory to anonymously pay random people's medical bills.
18/02/2026
Battlefield 6 sets out to rally flagging player numbers with a big dose of hallucinatory gas
Battlefield 6’s Season 2 thunders onto PC today, a three-month festival of Battlefoolery that begins with a new map, Contaminated, new modes for the Redsec battle royale component, a dinky yet deadly helicopter, and some new guns and gadgets.The EA shooter’s Steam playerbase has slumped following its chart-topping release last year, but don’t worry, ye Battlefaithful, because Season 2 has officially recaptured my interest by filling my lungs with psychoactive vapours.In new limited-time mode VL-7 Strike, available in regular multiplayer and Redsec, you must wear a gas mask and replenish its filters to avoid falling victim to clouds of funky fumes.
18/02/2026
You can now play Avowed as Small Person With Big Magic Stick
Avowed now has a bunch more possibilities when it comes to one of the most important fantasy RPG build archetypes, thanks to the deployment of its anniversary update.Three new character races are on offer alongside the established humans and elves, and you can arm them with a quarterstaff which caters to mages who think puny wands and books aren't quite showy enough.As you might recall, some of the stuff included in this anniversary update was orignally supposed to arrive in Avowed late last year, but ended up being delayed by Obsidian.
18/02/2026
Weapons Director Zach Cregger Given 'Carte Blanche to Do Whatever' With Resident Evil, Creating a Movie Not Expected to Feature Any Familiar Story or Characters
Zach Cregger, director of Weapons and Barbarian, was given complete "carte blanche to do whatever he wanted" with the Resident Evil franchise.
18/02/2026
'Nobody Is Safe' — The Boys Star Karl Urban Teases Big Character Deaths Right From the Start of Season 5
The Boys Season 5 is set to bring the hugely popular Prime Video series to an end and fans are wondering which characters will die and which will survive. According to Karl Urban, who plays Billy Butcher, character deaths will come thick and fast — and "nobody is safe."
18/02/2026
'I'd Like to Not Be Weird Spectral Phantoms in These Children's Lives' — Daniel Radcliffe Says Don't Ask the New Harry Potter TV Show Kids About Him
Harry Potter movie star Daniel Radcliffe has said that the franchise's new TV actors should be allowed to "get on with it" — without people asking about himself, Rupert Grint or Emma Watson.
18/02/2026
Konami Quietly Removes Original Versions of Metal Gear Solid 4 and Peace Walker From Sale After Collection Vol. 2 Announcement
Konami has removed two Metal Gear games, Metal Gear 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, from digital storefronts, following the Collection Vol. 2 announcement.
18/02/2026
SSD prices in yet more trouble as two of the biggest hard drive makers have already sold out their 2026 stock
Amid soaring SSD prices, slower-but-cheaper mechanical hard drives may have offered an attractive reprieve for anyone wanting to embiggen their PC storage on a – and I know it’s increasingly difficult to use this word without breaking down into desperate laugh-crying – budget.Unfortunately, that probably ain’t happening either, as leading HDD manufacturers Western Digital and Seagate have both revealed that they’ve already sold “pretty much” all of their mechanical drive stock that was allocated for 2026.Read more
18/02/2026
Avowed Xbox Anniversary Update Now Live, Here's Everything Included In Patch 2.0
Playable with Game Pass Premium and Ultimate!Avowed is now a year old on Xbox Series X|S and PC, and to celebrate the game's one-year anniversary, the team at Obsidian Entertainment has dropped its big 2.0 patch - featuring New Game+, new playable species', custom difficulty options and more.Oh, and the game is now playable in Xbox Game Pass Premium as well as Ultimate!
18/02/2026
'We've Got Some Ideas' — Chris Hemsworth Confirms Thor Future Following Avengers: Doomsday
Marvel star Chris Hemsworth has confirmed there are plans for him to still play Thor "a couple of times" after this year's Avengers: Doomsday.
18/02/2026
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown's survival RPG retelling inspires many emotions, but mostly makes me feel old
Back when Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown was announced, we knocked it for offering zappy muzak in place of the TV show’s official theme.Gamexcite and Daedalic have added the theme, now, and I sort of wish they hadn’t. “Help!” I screeched to my bedroom walls, as the rousingly sorrowful opening bars wafted from the speakers like nitrous oxide.“A videogame is making me feel something!
18/02/2026
"Step into the shoes of NPC man" with this Fallout New Vegas mod that lets you get faction cronies to do your dirty work
Rubbing shoulders with factions is a big part of the Fallout: New Vegas charm, even if it often devolves into you doing a bunch of favours if you don't want to risk ending up on the vilified naughty list for one too many accidental grenade pickpocktings.You do get some nice perks for keeping the likes of the NCR or Legion on side, but a new mod aims to take that to a new level, letting you send faction cronies out on handy odd jobs while you kick your feet up.Read more
18/02/2026
Here's What's New in Monster Hunter Wilds Patch 1.041
Monster Hunter Wilds update 1.041 is out now. Check out the patch notes.
18/02/2026
This TMNT Magic Card Is a Dream for Artifact Creature Decks - Like Warhammer 40K's Necron Dynasties
Krang, Utrom Warlord might be the last thing your playgroup sees - here's why it could be particularly good with the Necron Dynasties deck.
17/02/2026
As Highguard's website goes dark, a report emerges that the not-so-indie shooter was funded by Tencent
Highguard is in a bit of a Schrödinger's cat situation.That's because at the time of writing, the official site only shows the shooter's logo, and text that reads "This site is currently unavailable.Please contact [email protected] for assistance," alongside links to its official Discord server and Dwitter page.
17/02/2026
Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano Sets May Date for Live Netflix MMA Event
Netflix has announced its first live MMA event will see Ronda Rousey enter the ring against Gina Carano.
17/02/2026
World of Warcraft Now Has a Zillow for Player Housing
Blizzard has partnered with real estate website Zillow to create Zillow for Warcraft, a goofy Zillow-like website intended to promote the game's new player housing feature with humor, information, and a free in-game item.
17/02/2026
The Full Cut of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Is Now Available to Watch at Home
You can now buy Kill Bill in its original form on digital.
17/02/2026
Tencent Was Quietly Backing Highguard Studio, According to Report
Highguard, the free-to-play PvP "raid shooter" announced at The Game Awards last year and released to preemptive criticism and mockery only for most of its developers to be laid off just weeks after launch, was apparently financially backed by Tencent, according to a report.
17/02/2026
Titanium Court is a play, a match three and strategy game, a dream and a nightmare, and deeply compelling
This, as admiringly as I can make this sound, was the first thought I thunked when I put down the demo for Titanium Court.Here is a game that is many things.The first thing it is is a play, in perhaps a literal sense, perhaps as a tool to immediately allow one to suspend their sense of disbelief at everything that is about to follow.
17/02/2026
Is Absolute Batman About to Meet Absolute Robin?
DC has released a redacted version of the cover to Absolute Batman #20, hinting that the Absolute Universe version of Robin is about to make his explosive debut.
17/02/2026
Magic: The Gathering's TMNT Commander Deck Is a Video Game Homage Packed With Classic Characters
Magic's new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Commander Deck has a ton of personality - here's why we're optimistic.
17/02/2026
Martin Scorsese Will Lend Voice to Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
Beloved director Martin Scorcese is getting a small voice cameo role in The Mandalorian and Grogu, as heard in a new trailer released today.
17/02/2026
Turtle Beach Afterglow Wave Review – A Nice Player 2 Gamepad for Switch 2 That’s Missing One Too Many Features
The Afterglow Wave is an interesting RGB wireless controller for the Switch 2, but does it have what it takes to undercut the Pro Controller while still delivering a great experience?
17/02/2026
Over the Garden Wall Is Finally Getting the Blu-ray Release It Deserves
This isn't the first time Over the Garden Wall has gotten a physical release, but it is the first Blu-ray to be released in the U.S. since the show aired back in 2014.
17/02/2026
Get the Excellent Sonos Arc Soundbar with Dolby Atmos for $650 Less Than an Arc Ultra
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17/02/2026
Today’s Best Deals: Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, ASUS ROG Xbox Ally, Roku Streaming Stick, and More
Plus, save on more Switch games, Pokémon: Phantasmal Flames, and a Mission: Impossible steelbook.
17/02/2026
'I Have Made Very Good Progress' — Brandon Sanderson Says He's 10% Done With the Mistborn Screenplay
It's only been a few weeks since it was announced that Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe would be coming to Apple TV, but progress is already being made. Sanderson took to his Youtube channel today after missing his usual update last week.
17/02/2026
WWE 2K26: Here’s What Comes in Each Edition
Everything you need to know to preorder WWE 2K26, including what comes in each edition, how much it costs, where to buy, and more.
17/02/2026
Hyper Scape lives! Or at least it might, if one group of folks seeking to revive the game can get it working
Remember Hyper Scape?For a refresher, this was Ubisoft's attempt at a battle royale game back in 2020, though it didn't pan out as it was shut down only a couple of years later.Sort of, not quite, but it might soon, or actually probably eventually, will be thanks to the efforts of a group of people hoping to revive it.
17/02/2026
Magic's Upcoming TMNT Set Is Light on Mechanical Depth, But Still Introduces Plenty of Tubular Cards
Compared to some of the more recent sets like Avatar or Edge of Eternities, from a mechanics standpoint, TMNT is a bit on the light side, opting to bring back keywords—even renaming some—instead of big new systems like how Warp or the bending styles worked. That said, 2026’s debut Universes Beyond set still looks to be bringing some tubular cards and product to the table on March 6.
17/02/2026
The Best LG Evo C5 4K OLED TV Deals for Presidents Day Are Still Available for a Little While Longer
One of the best TVs you can get for the PlayStation 5 console.
17/02/2026
DC Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of The Dark Knight Returns With New Comics and Merch
DC will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Dark Knight Returns all throughout 2026, and they've got plenty of Batman comics and merch in store.
17/02/2026
Despite its live service predecessor, you won't have to worry about microtransactions in the impending Crimson Desert
I think that with a game like Crimson Desert, you'd be well within your right to have an eyebrow pre-raised considering its online, sort of free-to-play (depending on where you live) predecessor Black Desert Online regarding the like of microtransactions.At a glance Crimson Desert certainly looks like it could fall into similar pitfalls if only based on vibes alone.Developer Pearl Abyss would quite like you to know that, in that regard at least, you have nothing to worry about.
17/02/2026
Xbox Showcases Five Unique Biomes With 'Breathtaking Landscapes' In Forza Horizon 6
Playable on Xbox Game Pass this May!Forza Horizon 6 is roughly three months away at this stage, and as the teams at Xbox and Playground Games build towards the game's upcoming launch, they've shown off a bunch of Horizon Japan's biomes and locations in all of their current-gen glory.Indeed, Horizon heads to the famous Asian nation this year, and this is looking like one of the most beautiful and varied Forza Horizon maps to date.
17/02/2026
Netflix Slams Paramount 'Antics' as it Grants 'Narrow 7-Day Waiver' For Warner Bros. to Re-Examine Buyout Options
Warner Bros. is headed back into buyout talks with Paramount, despite already agreeing to a sale with Netflix — a move that the streaming giant has begrudgingly agreed to while issuing an irritated-sounding statement.
17/02/2026
Arc Raiders Dev Says Players Who Used 'Recent Exploits' Will Face Warnings and Suspensions Starting This Week
Embark Studios is keeping its promise to take action against players who took advantage of duplication exploits and other glitches in Arc Raiders by issuing warnings and suspensions.
17/02/2026
Assassin's Creed Shadows' new update will let you literally spring into action and check for pointless granular stats
Video game updates are an incredibly funny thing, mostly because I come from a time where they weren't a thing at all, apart from the odd second printing that patched some things here and there.Which is why my humerus has been particularly tickled by the news that a new Assassin's Creed Shadows has arrived today that, amongst a couple of other things, add in the ability to simply let you jump. Read more
17/02/2026
Microsoft Rewards Quietly Increases Its Prices For Xbox Gift Cards
Microsoft Rewards has changed quite a bit in recent months, with nerfs to points earn rates and cost increases for reward redemptions - and it looks as though another MS Rewards price bump has happened again this week.We first came across this revelation on Reddit, where one user questioned if the redemption values had changed for Microsoft Rewards.Their evidence suggested the cost of things had indeed gone up over in the US, with a $10 Xbox Gift Card now coming in at 10,000 Microsoft Reward points.
17/02/2026
Lost Marvels No. 3: Savage Tales of the 1980s Revives a Forgotten Story From Wolverine's Co-Creator
We've got an exclusive look inside the new hardcover collection Lost Marvels No. 3: Savage Tales of the 1980s, featuring a forgotten tale from Wolverine co-creator Herb Trimpe.
17/02/2026
"We have not stopped supporting Pride," Runescape developers say. However, they don't plan to create new Pride quest content in 2026
Last June, Jagex - the developers of medieval MMO Runescape - found themselves at odds with players after deciding not to create any new content for Pride Month.Disputed internally at the studio before the discussion then leaked online, the decision appeared to be a retreat in the face of a world turning on minority groups.Following up in September, Games Industry asked Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy if he stood by the call to simply re-run existing Pride-themed quests and events.
17/02/2026
As Early Copies of Resident Evil Requiem Appear in the Wild, Fans Warn That Now is the Time to Log Off in Order to Avoid Leaks
Early copies of Resident Evil Requiem have now been glimpsed in the wild — meaning it is now time to take action to avoid spoilers, fans have warned, such as the ultimate fate of Leon S. Kennedy in Capcom's hugely anticipated game.
17/02/2026
Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 29 Is Out Today and Already 20% Off at Amazon
Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 29 is out today and already on sale at Amazon. Enjoy 20% off its paperback version, which has dropped its price from $11.99 to $9.58.
17/02/2026
Star Wars Actress Natalie Portman Reveals the Sentimental Prequels Prop She Took — And Then Lost
Natalie Portman has revealed the special item she took home from the Star Wars prequels — and, alas, has now lost.
17/02/2026
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Review
Director Baz Luhrmann's documentary EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is a riveting, immersive experience that brings the King back to life for one last show.
17/02/2026
Screamer Final Preview: Turning Every Race Into a Street Fight
After spending a few hours exploring Screamer's arcade modes, what emerged is a combat racer with a genuinely clever resource system, meaningful character differentiation, and a custom ruleset editor that could give Screamer real longevity.
17/02/2026
Crusader Kings 3 devs Paradox are working with a mystery modder on spreadsheeting up the inbred monarch grind
It's 5AM in Crusader Kings 3 and I'm on my medieval monarch grindset.I pull out Paradox's latest dev diary.Read more
17/02/2026
Konami Delists Backwards Compatible MGS Title Ahead Of Master Collection Vol. 2 On Xbox
No longer available to buy without warning.With the announcement of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 last week and its upcoming release this August, Konami has decided to pull the digital listings for multiple old MGS games, including one that's backwards compatible on Xbox.That backwards compatible Xbox 360 classic is Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker HD, which is longer available to buy on the Xbox Store.
17/02/2026
The LEGO Snoopy's Doghouse Set Is Now Available for Peanuts Fans to Preorder
The new LEGO Ideas Peanuts: Snoopy's Doghouse set is now available to preorder at the LEGO Store for $89.99. It's set to be released on June 1.
17/02/2026
Star Wars The Mandalorian and Grogu Trailer Reveals a Clone Wars Character's Return, and Baby Greedo
Today brings our best look yet at upcoming Star Wars movie The Mandalorian and Grogu, via a two-minute trailer that also features the return of a classic Clone Wars character.
17/02/2026
Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss Still Needs More Danger in its Undersea Horror | IGN Preview
My biggest fear for Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss was assuaged pretty early - this game does a great job setting Lovecraft’s well-worn mythos in a time and place that feels unique among its many, many contemporaries.It also leans into problem solving in a way maybe other games like it don’t, focusing more on the finding out parts of diligent detective work than the effing around parts of attempting to gun fight a bog monster.And though the puzzles you’ll encounter throughout tend to balance feeling rewarding to solve while being approachable, the tense and slow-burning pace is great for the process of discovery but doesn't pay off the patience with many scares or really any pushback at all from anything that isn’t a puzzle.
17/02/2026
Unreal Tournament 2004 is now grabbable for free and optimised for modern PCs, thanks to dedicated fans
You can now download Unreal Tournament 2004 for free and with a patch that ensures it'll run smoothly on modern hardware.This is all thanks to a fan community called OldUnreal, who've made it their mission to keep Epic's classic shooters alive, even going as far as getting the Fortnite publishers' permission to do so.Read more
17/02/2026
These Eight Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (February 19 - March 3)
Microsoft reveals the next batch of XGP titles.Microsoft has today revealed the next official roundup of Xbox Game Pass titles for February and March 2026, with eight games joining the service from February 19 - March 3 - including the absolutely massive addition of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.Don't forget that three games have already arrived today, including a big Ubisoft addition in the form of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
17/02/2026
Microsoft Announces Xbox Game Pass February 2026 Wave 2 Lineup, Including Witcher 3 and Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Microsoft has announced the Xbox Game Pass February 2026 Wave 2 lineup, which includes big hitters such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt plus Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
17/02/2026
If Destruction Be Our Lot Reveals Earth's Bleak Post-A.I. Future
If Destruction Be Our Lot is a new Image Comics series that reveals the sad plight of the robots who soldier on after humanity has been wiped out by A.I.
17/02/2026
The Rogue Prince of Persia Outlines 2026 Roadmap, Includes New Elements, Difficulties, Weapon Affixes, Tools, Parkour, And Arenas
While Prince of Persia's Sands of Time remake is no more, fans still have spin-off The Rogue Prince of Persia to play — and now its team has unveiled a sizable 2026 spring roadmap.
17/02/2026
Is Spider-Man: Brand New Day an Unofficial Sinister Six Movie? As Leaked Artwork Appears to Show Yet More Villains, Fans Have Theories
Leaked product artwork showcasing several Spider-Man villains has prompted speculation about their involvement in Tom Holland's upcoming Brand New Day.
17/02/2026
Ahead of The Witcher remake, the Witcher 1's lead story designer has just wrapped up a 26 episode dev commentary
While a lot of the Witchery chatter so far this year has been about an extra Witcher 3 DLC rumoured to be in the works, one of the projects we know for sure CD Projekt have on the go is a remake of the first Witcher game.Ahead of the remake's arrival, a key dev on the 2007 RPG has just finished a developer commentary run through it, which makes for a great way to pass some time between Witchery things.Read more
17/02/2026
ROG Xbox Ally X Gets Its First Price Increase, Limited To One Region For Now
Uh oh...Right at the turn of the year, ASUS sparked fear of potential ROG Xbox Ally price increases due to the ongoing RAM crisis, and it now looks like that's starting to play out over in Japan.<related ids="195835">Read the full article on purexbox.com
17/02/2026
.Hack//Z.E.R.O. Is Our First .Hack Game in Almost 10 Years
Surprise! There are finally plans for a new .hack game, named .hack//Z.E.R.O.
17/02/2026
Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile Servers Will Be Turned Off in April, Activision Confirms
Activision has confirmed Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile will go dark on April 17 after failing to meet expectations.
17/02/2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Looks Set to Feature a Classic NES Character
Nintendo looks set to feature another deep-cut character in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, as seen in a new tie-in playset.
17/02/2026
Valve Admits Steam Deck Is Experiencing Delays and Stock Issues Due to AI-Driven Memory Shortages
Valve has updated its website to acknowledge that customers in some regions are struggling to buy a Steam Deck "due to memory and storage shortages."
17/02/2026
Yep, the Steam Deck OLED going out of stock is due to the AI-fuelled RAM and storage shortages, Valve confirm
RAM prices have been driven through the roof by AI companies gobbling up memory sticks en-masse, with the other downside of that being the tech's very scarce at the moment.Cue companies like Valve stuggling to keep on securing as much as they need to make and sell hardware without interruption.Read more
17/02/2026
Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 17)
One new title, one XGP Premium addition.Today, two games are entering the service across multiple tiers, including the pictured Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora for Ultimate and PC subscribers later today.Here's a breakdown of your two new Xbox Game Pass additions (February 17):Read the full article on purexbox.com
17/02/2026
Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 17)
Update: we have a third surprise addition!Today, three games are entering the service across multiple tiers, including the pictured Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora for Ultimate and PC subscribers later today.Here's a breakdown of your two new Xbox Game Pass additions (February 17):Read the full article on purexbox.com
17/02/2026
Almost a Year On, Assassin's Creed Shadows Post-Launch Support Continues With the Addition of a Jump Button
It's been almost a year since Assassin's Creed Shadows released, and Ubisoft is adding a manual jump option.
17/02/2026
Get the FED Fitness 52.5lb Adjustable Dumbbells for $85 Less Than Bowflex SelectTech for Presidents Day
Technically a Valentine's Day deal, but it's still available today for the same price.
17/02/2026
AU Deals: From Bananza to Wukong, These Discounts Actually Deserve Your Time and Moolah
There's a difference between a series of discounts and a bunch of price correction mistakes. Most of today's deals feel like the latter.
17/02/2026
The Ultra-Slim Baseus Blade 20,000mAh 100W Power Bank Drops to $39.99 for Presidents Day
Generous capacity and higher output for handheld gaming PCs and laptops.
16/02/2026
Best Buy Has the 77" LG Evo C5 4K OLED TV for Just $1,599.99 for Plus Members on Presidents Day
My Best Best Plus annual membership is $49.99 and comes with extra perks.
16/02/2026
The Legion RTX 5070 Gaming PC Drops to $1580 During the Lenovo Presidents Day Sale
This is an excellent mid-range prebuilt for 1080p or 1440p gaming.
16/02/2026
The 77" LG G5 Gallery Series 4K OLED TV Drops to $2,352 During the Amazon Presidents Day Sale
This is LG's highest-end OLED TV and normally retails for $4,500.
16/02/2026
The 27" Samsung QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Drops to Just $350 for Presidents Day
Comes with a 3 year warranty that includes burn-in coverage.
16/02/2026
The Lenovo Legion Pro 5 Gaming Laptop with OLED Display and RTX 5070 GPU Drops to $1,260
The unadvertised coupon code ends today.
16/02/2026
Save $110 Off the Steelseries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless Gaming Headset and Get a Free Mousepad
Best deal I've seen on a Steelseries gaming headset in 2026.
16/02/2026
Robert Duvall Dies: The Godfather and To Kill a Mockingbird Actor Was 95
Robert Duvall, the actor best known for movies like The Godfather, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Apocalypse Now, has died at 95.
16/02/2026
The Massive 77" Samsung S90 4K QD-OLED TV Drops Below $1,500 for Presidents Day
This is a brand new TV with a full manufacturer's warranty.
16/02/2026
Save $1,400 Off the Alienware Area-51 Ryzen X3D Edition RTX 5090 Gaming PC for Presidents Day
The price just dropped yet another $200 on Alienware's most powerful prebuilt.
16/02/2026
The Simpsons May Eventually End, But Will 'Never' Have a Series Finale, Showrunner Says
The Simpsons showrunner Matt Selman has said the series will "never" air a finale episode, even if it did one day end.
16/02/2026
Total War: Warhammer 3 is getting some absolutely murderous cats
Creative Assembly have just detailed Total War: Warhammer 3’s first character pack, these being “smaller, focused content drops built around a single character with their own unique feature, supported by a handful of exciting new units”, priced (in this case) at £3.99, $4.99 or €4.99 apiece. Read more
16/02/2026
Poll: What Are Your First Impressions Of High On Life 2 On Xbox & Game Pass?
With High on Life 2 being live on Xbox and Game Pass for a full weekend now, we thought we'd check in with you fine folks on how you're getting on with Squanch Games' sequel so far.Once critics' impressions had arrived and settled late last week, the aggregate review score ended up being a little higher than the first game - with folks attributing that to a slightly more refined experience than what the first High On Life delivered back in 2022.We'll chuck a link to our roundup of those early ratings down below:Read the full article on purexbox.com
16/02/2026
Why Do Gamers Invert Their Controls?
Why do some people invert Y? Is it because they played Microsoft Flight Simulator as a child? Or is it something even more fundamental than that?
16/02/2026
Is Henry Cavill Joining A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms? Dunk Actor Dunks on Fan Speculation Following Egg Tease
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms actor Peter Claffey has been forced to clarify comments made by his young co-star, which fans took as confirmation that The Witcher star Henry Cavill had secretly joined the series' cast.
16/02/2026
If Mewgenics is too appalling, you might prefer the turn-based charms of Dobbel Dungeon
Going by the demo, it is simply a cheerful and well-made, tabletop-style game of leisurely flanking and special ability usage with a gentle twist.The twist is that every time a character takes a turn, they fling a bunch of dice.These dice are then slotted into ability boxes to perform them.
16/02/2026
The Weird Tales Graphic Novel Revives a Legendary Horror Magazine
The classic pulp horror magazine Weird Tales is returning in 2026 as a graphic novel anthology. Find out what to expect from this gruesome new collection.
16/02/2026
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Includes 'A Good Mix of Familiar Faces and New Characters,' Developer Says, Following Sebulba and Ben Quadinaros Reveals
Star Wars: Galactic Racer developer Fuse Games has said its racing adventure will feature a "good mix" of new faces and classic characters from a galaxy far, far away, following the reveal of Phantom Menace returnee Ben Quadinaros.
16/02/2026
Wuthering Heights Hits, Well, Heights at the Global Box Office For the Opening Weekend of Emerald Fennell's Controversial Film
Controversial or not, Emerald Fennell’s new adaptation of classic novel Wuthering Heights is hitting, well, heights at the box office for its opening weekend: a staggering $76 million globally.
16/02/2026
Ubisoft Says Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition Support Is Planned, Physical Version Skips Xbox
"Support for Rayman 30th Anniversay Edition has not ended".Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition was announced last week as part of Sony's State of Play conference for February 2026 - and despite a positive reaction to the game's reveal, save bugs and soundtrack concerns have dampened the release somewhat.Well, despite prior reports pointing towards the contrary, Ubisoft has confirmed that support for the game "has not ended".
16/02/2026
'The Director's Cut Is the Movie We All Thought We Were Releasing' — Russell Crowe Responds to Robin Hood's 'Unfair' Comparisons to Gladiator, 16 Years Later
Remember the 2010 Robin Hood movie? The one directed by Ridley Scott with Russell Crowe in the title role? It struggled at the box office and reportedly resulted in a loss during its theatrical release. Now, 16 years later, Crowe has discussed its various problems, which weren’t helped by comparisons to Scott and Crowe’s blockbuster Gladiator.
16/02/2026
It's "hard to push innovation" in racing games compared to other genres, reckons Star Wars: Galactic Racer creative director
That's no different in a freshly published interview with Fuse founder Matt Webster and creative director Kieran Crimmins, which sees the pair chat about boost mechanics which sound a lot like the environmental temperature-sensitive system from PS3 racer Motorstorm: Pacific Rift.The pair also made some interesting points when asked why they went for a more traditional track racer rather than an open world one with this game, and whether the latter's reached a point where it's a bit of a stale concept.Read more
16/02/2026
Hardsuit's canned Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 refuses to fade away, as leaked gameplay videos show what might have been
James hid himself behind his latest tower of graphics cards, with an apologetic murmur that while he had played a few hours of Bloodlines 2, he was very busy right now building towers of graphics cards.It turns out it’s something medical doctors say to convey urgency, and comes from the Latin “statim”, meaning “immediately”.“What a perfect way to introduce this video showing a hospital level from the aforesaid leaked Hardsuit Labs version of Bloodlines 2,” I roared to myself.
16/02/2026
Disney Lorcana - Winterspell Preview: There's So Much to Look Forward to in This Snowy Set, Here's Why
There is so much to look forward to in Winterspell, and we've got an early look at the snowy set's Illuminier's Trove, its 24-pack Booster Box, and more to really dig into what sets this new expansion apart from the rest.
16/02/2026
Should the God of War Trilogy Remake Bring Back the Sex Minigames?
The original God of War games are infamous for their sex minigames, which demonstrated Kratos' descent into sadism and nihilism, but should they be included in the upcoming remake?
16/02/2026
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Is Back to Its Lowest Price So Far at Amazon
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has dropped to $29.99 on PS5 and $29.60 on Xbox Series X at Amazon, saving you 50% and 51% off its retail price, respectively.
16/02/2026
'This Is a Premium Experience. That Is the Transaction. Full Stop' — Crimson Desert Dev Rules Out Microtransactions or a Cosmetic Cash Shop
The developer of Crimson Desert has confirmed that the upcoming open world action adventure game does not have a cosmetic cash shop or microtransactions of any kind.
16/02/2026
New Report On PS6 Delay Throws Next-Gen Timing Into Doubt
Because of, you guessed it, RAM and SSD shortages.Today, Bloomberg adds fuel to that fire by suggesting that Sony is already considering pushing back its PS6 launch to "2028 or even 2029" - throwing next-gen timing across the board into doubt.Yep, a new report from the tech outlet goes into detail on AI and the issues its causing for computer components right now.
16/02/2026
Barack Obama Clarifies Aliens Are 'Real' Comment After It Blows Up Online, Insists He Saw 'No Evidence' Extraterrestrials Have Made Contact While U.S. President
Barack Obama has clarified a recent interview in which he said aliens are “real,” insisting he saw “no evidence” that extraterrestrials have made contact with us while he was U.S. President.
16/02/2026
The Big Star Wars: Galactic Racer Interview — Why It's Not Open World, How Its Story Mode Works, and When It's Set
After last week's Star Wars: Galactic Racer gameplay trailer reveal, IGN sat down with the game's makers for an in-depth chat revealing its new systems and story mode, and a proper discussion on why this marks the triumphant return of track-based racing, after so many open world games.
16/02/2026
Get an Exclusive Sneak Peek of The Art of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Check out an exclusive sneak peek of Titan Books' The Art of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, which offers a deep dive into the making of the game.
16/02/2026
Castlevania Veteran Koji Igarashi Vows to Finish Making Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement to Honor Deceased Director Shutaro Ida's Vision
Shutaro Ida has passed away aged 52 after a one-and-a-half year battle against pancreatic cancer. The news was announced by his family via a statement on Ida’s official X account on February 15. Longtime colleague Koji Igarashi has vowed to finish the designer and director’s upcoming metroidvania Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement, the sequel to 2019’s Castlevania-infused Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
16/02/2026
Silent Hill 2 Dev Announces Layers Of Fear 3 To Celebrate Series' 10-Year Anniversary
Says to "stay tuned" for updates.As part of a "special showcase" to celebrate 10 years of Layers of Fear, developer Bloober Team has announced Layers of Fear 3 - with a request for fans to "stay tuned" for further information on the title.Yep, this was a sort of 'tone piece' type trailer — with LOF3 seemingly being a while away from releasing just yet — but either way, the team has committed to more Layers of Fear despite higher profile releases like Silent Hill 2 and Cronos: The New Dawn coming out of the studio in recent years.
16/02/2026
'Let Us All Send This Poor Girl Positive Vibes' — Arthur Morgan Actor Roger Clark Reveals Cameo Apology Request From Man Who Deleted Fiancé's Red Dead Redemption 2 Save File
Arthur Morgan actor Roger Clark has revealed a Cameo apology request from a man who deleted his fiancé's Red Dead Redemption 2 save file.
16/02/2026
Good news, UK Discord users, we're part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection "experiment"
Discord have belatedly confirmed that they're working with Persona, an identity detection firm backed by a fund directed by Palantir chairman Peter Thiel, as part of Discord's new global age verification system rollout.The collaboration is described as an "experiment" involving people in the UK specifically, whereby Persona will store user information on their servers for up to seven days.Read more
16/02/2026
Mewgenics' early mods include an incompetent auto-battler that shamelessly mimics my playstyle, more cat hoarding, and good poop
[They] act with basically zero understanding of enemy mechanics, no regard for their ability order, and they couldn't give less of a damn about tile hazards."This is a section taken from the description of a mod which turns Mewgenics into an auto-battler, but turning the controls over to an AI chessmaster.That AI chessmaster just happens to play almost exactly like I have in my seven hours with it thus far.
16/02/2026
Sony Reportedly Considering Pushing Back PS6 Release to 2028 or Even 2029 Amid AI-Fueled Chip Crisis
The AI-fueled chip crisis has reportedly upended Sony and Nintendo’s console plans, and may cause a delay to the release of the PlayStation 6 and a price rise for the Switch 2.
16/02/2026
'This is Not God of War' — Franchise Creator David Jaffe Trashes Side-Scrolling Spinoff Sons of Sparta
God of War creator David Jaffe has slammed the series' new side-scrolling spinoff Sons of Sparta for being "boring" and "an insult" to fans of the series and its original creative team.
16/02/2026
Final Fantasy Remake Series Going Multiplatform Will Not Lower Quality of Part 3, Director Insists While Acknowledging Fan Concern
Final Fantasy Remake Part 3 director Naoki Hamaguchi has discussed the impact of expanding the platforms on which the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series is available, insisting that going multiplatform "will not in any way lower the quality of the third instalment."
16/02/2026
Amazon Just Added a Whole Bunch of New PS5 Games to Its Excellent Video Game Sale
Several amazing PS5 games are currently on sale at Amazon, including Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Alan Wake 2, and more.
16/02/2026
Will Sony's Spider-Man Games Come to Xbox? 'Not Likely,' Insomniac Says
Could an Xbox version of Insomniac’s Spider-Man games eventually be released, given parent company Sony’s recent softening on multiplatform not just on PC, but with the likes of Helldivers 2 and Marathon coming to Microsoft’s console? Based on a comment from Insomniac itself, Xbox owners shouldn’t hold their breath.
16/02/2026
Insomniac Shares Cold-Hearted Response To The Chances Of Spider-Man 2 Coming To Xbox
Don't get your hopes up.In fact, one X user posed that very question to the Spider-Man and Sunset Overdrive dev Insomniac Games over the weekend.In a now-deleted query on the social media platform, a fan asked the team if they'd bring Spider-Man 2 to Xbox - to which Insomniac responded with a pretty cold-hearted answer;
16/02/2026
Holy hardware specs Lego Batman, they've sliced Legacy of the Dark Knight's recommended RAM in half
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight has become the latest game to have its initially listed recommended RAM requirement yanked down by a substantial amount, following in the footsteps of fellow 2026 release 007: First Light.Read more
16/02/2026
This week's new PC games are a treasure trove of the scary, eerie and occult, plus a charming Star Trek game
It’s time once again to load the Maw up with new PC games, that we may stave off the apocalypse till next Monday.This week covers a wide spectrum of flavours and textures: papery, Dodo-ish, ducklike, inky, formaldehyde-y, pasty, furry, feculent, and fishy.Once you’re done throwing up, get back here and run your protesting eyes over the full list.
16/02/2026
Disney Lorcana: New Collection Starter Set and Scrooge McDuck Gift Boxes Are Now Up for Preorder
Disney Lorcana is launching a brand new "Collection Starter Set" alongside the "Scrooge McDuck Gift Box" on March 13, 2026. Both are now up for preorder at Amazon and are priced at $29.99 each.
16/02/2026
Warner Bros. Reportedly Considering Reopening Talks With Paramount Despite Having Agreed to Sell to Netflix
Warner Bros. is reportedly considering reopening talks with Paramount despite having already agreed to sell to Netflix.
16/02/2026
Logan Paul's Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon Trading Card Sells for $16.4 Million, Setting New Record
Logan Paul's bejeweled PSA 10-graded Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon trading card has been sold at auction for a staggering $16,492,000, setting a new record.
16/02/2026
Silent Hill 2 remake devs Bloober Team reveal Layers of Fear 3 via creepy poetry reading
There's nothing more spooky than having to neatly get your message across in a limited number of words which may or may not have to rhyme or stick to iambic pentameter.That's something Polish horror devs Bloober Team clearly understand, since they whipped out some William Blake poetry over the weekend, in order to reveal that Layers of Fear 3 will be a thing.Read more
16/02/2026
It Sounds Like Stellar Blade May Launch on Xbox and Nintendo Switch 2 This Year
The developer of Stellar Blade is looking to expand the game to more platforms, signalling a potential release on Xbox and Nintendo Switch 2.
16/02/2026
Hideki Sato, the 'Father of Sega Hardware,' Passes Away Aged 75
Hideki Sato, nicknamed the “father of Sega hardware,” passed away on February 13 aged 75.
16/02/2026
Four Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late February 2026
Here's what's leaving soon.Microsoft has revealed the next four games leaving Xbox Game Pass in late February 2026, with all of these being highlighted as "leaving soon" on the official Xbox mobile app.We have a couple of biggies in here including Injustice 2 and Middle-earth: Shadow of War - so although the list is quite short this time around, we are going to be saying goodbye to some major games at the end of the month.
16/02/2026
Primal Season 3, Episode 6 Review
Primal Season 3, Episode 6 Review: The show has settled into a different rhythm since Spear was reunited with his old friends, with the more poetic and lyrical aspects of the early season mostly behind us now.
16/02/2026
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 5 Review
One part medieval Rocky, one part heartbreaking coming-of-age tale, the penultimate episode of the first season of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms packs a punch in every sense of the phrase.
16/02/2026
'It Was Bizarre' – Myha’la and Ken Leung Break Down Harper and Eric’s 2 Seconds of Happiness Before Everything Falls Apart in Industry Episode 6
Myha'la (Harper Stern) and Ken Leung (Eric Tao) discuss their characters' history of blow-out fights.
16/02/2026
AU Deals: Console Blockbusters And PC Classics For Loose Change
Seeing these game bargains at these prices stings in the best way. I should have waited like you did.
16/02/2026
Here's Why Rainbow Six Siege Didn't Add Metal Gear Solid's Cardboard Box as Well as Solid Snake
Rainbow Six Siege is getting Snake from Metal Gear Solid as a new Operator next month — but the game also nearly had a cardboard box item to hide in, too.
15/02/2026
Xbox's Thomas The Tank Engine Trailer Is Getting A Ton Of Views, Set To Release In 2026
Wonders of Sodor is "coming soon" to the platform.Just over a week ago, it was quietly revealed that a Thomas the Tank Engine game would be "coming soon" to Xbox consoles, and the reaction has been significant from fans over on the official Xbox YouTube channel.The game is specifically called "Thomas & Friends: Wonders of Sodor", and it's being made by the people behind the popular Train Sim World titles (Dovetail Games).
15/02/2026
Jakks Pacific Reveals New Toys and Figures for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Jakks Pacific has revealed a massive lineup of toys and figures for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and we've got an exclusive first look at everything.
15/02/2026
Review: Want A PS5 Controller For Xbox? Hyperkin's 'The Competitor' Is Good And Affordable
There was a time when I never would have suggested that I'd enjoy using a PlayStation controller on Xbox.I'm not really sure what happened, but I quite enjoy using PlayStation controllers these days, and the same can be said for Hyperkin's "The Competitor" on my Xbox Series X — a controller that's designed to give you a PlayStation-style experience at a budget price point.It's not big and flashy, but it gets the job done without breaking the bank.
15/02/2026
50+ Games Are Reduced By 90-95% In The Xbox Lunar New Year Sale 2026
HUGE discounts for great games!Looking for some cheap Xbox games during the Xbox Lunar New Year Sale 2026?We've got well over 900 titles discounted as part of the big February sale this year, and over 50 of those have dropped by 90% or even as much as 95% for the next two weeks.
15/02/2026
The Sunday Papers
Sundays are for lying in bed and listening to the persistent rain beating at the skylight.This week has at least brought murmurs of sunlight in the mornings, but for now they're often drowned out by the tap tap tap of rain.While the sound of the rain is exhausting its welcome, the urge to stay in a cosy bed and pooh-pooh the outside remains very welcome.
15/02/2026
Silent Hill 2 Remake Developer Bloober Team Announces Layers of Fear 3
Bloober Team has revealed the video game it teased last month as Layers of Fear 3.
15/02/2026
'I Felt Incredibly Emotional' - Peter Molyneux Shares His Reaction To Xbox's Fable Reveal
"I just felt myself tearing up".Fable has a historical place in Xbox's history, particularly the first game with Peter Molyneux and Lionhead Studios at the helm back on the OG Xbox.Of course, Forza Horizon developer Playground Games is making this year's reboot - and following the team's big reveal at Developer Direct, Molyneux has shared his "emotional" response to last month's gameplay.
14/02/2026
10 Romantasy Books to Start Reading This Valentines Day and Beyond
If you're new to the genre and looking for some recommendations for what to read first, here's where to start.
14/02/2026
Three Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In March 2026 So Far
An early look at next month's lineup.As we always do around this time of the month, we're taking an early look today at what's ahead for March 2026's Xbox Game Pass selection, with three titles having been confirmed for the service next month already.Planet of Lana 2 and Replaced are definitely standing out next month so far, especially the latter which is sounding very interesting after multiple delays.
14/02/2026
RPS verdict: The Fallout TV Show season 2
The second series of Amazon’s Fallout adaptation has now fully emerged from the vault, its eight episodes having been plinked out gradually, rather than whipped out in one fell swoop.Major spoilers for season 2 of the Fallout TV Show lie ahead.Read more
14/02/2026
Feature: These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (February 16-20)
Including at least three Game Pass titles!Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for February 16-20!We've got a lot of interesting indies on the way over the next few days, including the likes of Showgunners and Soulslinger: Envoy of Death, while Xbox Game Pass is treating us to at least three additions — the highlight of which is definitely Ubisoft's Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora!
14/02/2026
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 14-15)
We've had some big Game Pass additions this week!Another weekend is upon us!It's been a busy few days for Xbox Game Pass this week with multiple AAA additions, and of course, our backlogs are already filled with all sorts that we should have already played by now...
14/02/2026
Deals: All 120+ Backwards Compatible Games In The Xbox Lunar New Year Sale 2026
Original Xbox and Xbox 360 classics.This week marked the arrival of the Xbox Lunar New Year Sale 2026, and as always, we've got loads of backwards compatible games (over 120 of them!) from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 eras that have been discounted.So, in the table below, we've picked out every single backwards compatible deal from those aforementioned platforms in the Xbox Lunar New Year Sale 2026.
14/02/2026
What are we all playing this weekend?
I thought I would make it all the way through winter without getting ill.Yet, despite being within spitting distance of the clocks changing and bright evenings returning, I have the lurgy.This weekend, I will practice the art of the double duvet sausage roll.
14/02/2026
Reanimal Review
The creator of Little Nightmares returns with more of the dark puzzle platforming it has honed over the last decade.
14/02/2026
'Hands-Down the Most Comfortable Gaming Chair I’ve Ever Used' — Secretlab Discounts the Titan Evo Nanogen for Presidents Day
The Secretlab Presidents Day sale is now live, featuring deals on most of the company's popular chairs and desks.
13/02/2026
File Your Federal and State Tax Returns for Free with the TurboTax DIY Mobile App
Works for any tax situation, including crypto, stocks, and business income.
13/02/2026
Konami Confirms Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 Won't Have MGS4's Metal Gear Online, But Peace Walker Multiplayer Will Return
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 will not include the version of Metal Gear Online featured with the original release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
13/02/2026
Xbox Announces Social Clubs Will Be Removed From Consoles In April 2026
"This update is part of ongoing platform updates".It's been announced today that the Social Clubs feature on Xbox One, Series X and Series S will be removed permanently in April 2026 as part of "ongoing platform updates to focus on social experiences players use most".If you don't recall what Social Clubs are, we don't blame you to be honest!
13/02/2026
Magic Market Watch: Lorwyn Eclipsed Has Caused Elemental Cards to Rapidly Spike in Value
Looking for the biggest movers and shakers in Magic: The Gathering now that Lorwyn Eclipsed is here? We've got the highlights right here.
13/02/2026
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 - Here’s What Comes in Each Edition
Konami has finally announced Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2, here's what it includes and where you can preorder it.
13/02/2026
Today’s Top Deals: Star Wars, Mario, and Harry Potter LEGO Sets Hit Lows, 40% Off Logitech Racing Wheel
Plus, MTG Lorwyn Eclipsed Play Booster Box is discounted again, and top gaming chairs for less.
13/02/2026
Here's What The Kingdom Come: Deliverance Upgrade Looks Like On Xbox Series X|S
How the new Xbox versions stack up.The new version of Kingdom Come: Deliverance for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S has officially arrived today as part of the game's arrival on Xbox Game Pass, and so we've got some footage from both consoles to bring your way!We're going back to the YouTube channel Fuzion Xbox Testing for this, which is often the first source to share both Series X and Series S gameplay for new releases, and they've once again delivered with Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
13/02/2026
Goat Review
Goat review: This new animated movie isn’t doing anything new story-wise, but it’s a fun and engaging underdog (or undergoat?) sports comedy that shines thanks to its wonderful production design and animation.
13/02/2026
Gorillaz to Be Saturday Night Live's Musical Guest for the First Time Ever
Ryan Gosling will notch his fourth Saturday Night Live hosting gig next month, and with him will be the first ever SNL performance of Gorillaz, NBC Universal announced.
13/02/2026
The Sonos Presidents Day Sale Takes Up to 20% Off High-End Soundbars, Speakers, and Subs
Get a Sonos Arc soundbar for half the cost of an Arc Ultra.
13/02/2026
Hollywood Studios Slam AI Tool That Created Video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt Fighting, and Prompted Deadpool's Writer to Declare 'It's Likely Over For Us'
Hollywood has slammed the company behind an AI-generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, which was so realistic it prompted Deadpool's writer to state "it's likely over for us."
13/02/2026
Gorgeous Xbox Adventure South Of Midnight Wins 'Outstanding Achievement' Award At DICE 2026
Another one for Compulsion Games!Xbox's 2025 adventure South of Midnight has won multiple awards in recent months as the industry celebrates the best and brightest from last year, and now the Compulsion Games title has taken home yet another prize at DICE 2026 this week.While Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 unsurprisingly received the most awards at the DICE event (including Game of the Year), South of Midnight won the 'Outstanding Achievement in Animation' award.
13/02/2026
LEGO’s New Star Wars Razor Crest Set Is Up for Preorder
The new LEGO Star Wars The Razor Crest set is now available to preorder at Amazon and the LEGO Store for $149.99. It's set to be released on April 27, 2026.
13/02/2026
Nioh 3's first big patch "partially" fixes an issue which can make it impossible to heal mid-fight
Brutal boss battler Nioh 3's first major post-release patch has arrived today, February 13th.Among its array of tweaks is a "partial" fix for a pretty serious issue - it sometimes being impossible for your character to down any healing elixirs in battle.Read more
13/02/2026
CineFix's Best Romance Movies for Every Kind of Love Story
From feel good to feel bad, and from first loves to break-ups, here are 10 ways movies make us feel all the feelings.
13/02/2026
Steam reviews letting you attach your PC specs is another Steam Machine prep play and you can't convince me otherwise
I wasn’t immediately sure who the latest Steam client beta update, which allows Steam review writers to optionally attach their hardware specs and anonymised framerate data, was for.Then I read the words "This feature is currently in Beta with a focus on devices running SteamOS," and realised: this is for Valve themselves.A devious ploy to record how thousands of hitherto unbenchmarked games run on the Steam Deck and, eventually, the new Steam Machine.
13/02/2026
Kingdom Come: Deliverance Gets Free Series X|S Upgrade As It Rolls Out On Xbox Game Pass
"Players can now explore Bohemia at up to 60FPS".Deep Silver and Warhorse Studios have announced that Kingdom Come: Deliverance is getting a free current-gen upgrade on Xbox Series X|S - and it's out today as the title rolls out on Xbox Game Pass.Yep, we brought the news earlier on that KCD was part today's Xbox Game Pass refresh, and now players using Xbox Series X and S consoles can experience the game "with the level of performance and fidelity the story deserves".
13/02/2026
Yes, You Can Use the Virtual Boy Accessory to Play Smash Bros., Mario Odyssey and Zelda: Breath of the Wild in VR
Nintendo's upcoming Virtual Boy accessory can be used to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Super Mario Odyssey, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, it's been reported.
13/02/2026
Despite being "a significant change", Legacy of Kain: Ascendance's devs insist it'll still appeal to clapped-out Soul Reaver enthusiasts
Ah well, I guess I'll have to aim my distictly non-Soul Reaver enthusiast eyes at Legacy of Kain: Ascendance.Ooh, Edwin, this nice marketing person claims it'll appeal to veteran Kainers like you, despite being a bit of a new direction for the series.Read more
13/02/2026
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Confirmed For Xbox, And Konami Says It Marks A New 'Beginning'
Celebrating the series' 40th anniversary.One of the big announcements at last night's State of Play event was a new Castlevania game known as Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, and it's since been confirmed for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S as well.This is being created as part of the series' 40th anniversary celebrations, and it's said to "capture the essence of Castlevania while bringing fresh innovation."
13/02/2026
The LEGO Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi Set Is Back to Its Lowest Price Yet at Amazon
The LEGO Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi set has returned to its lowest price so far at Amazon of $103.99. Usually it's listed for $129.99, so this saves you 20%.
13/02/2026
No AI tricks here - G-Sync Pulsar’s clarity boosting monitor tech looks like the real deal
Nvidia’s relationship with PC gaming doesn’t always feel like a loving one.Even so, it’s hard not to look at G-Sync Pulsar – a new bit of monitor cleverness that seeks to remove unwanted motion blur from its LCD panels – and see some goodness still inside that big, green eye.After trying it out at a demo event this week, I’m hopeful that Pulsar can clean up how games look in motion as well as anything since the original G-Sync.
13/02/2026
There's Confusion Over God of War Sons of Sparta Having Co-Op, Based on Its PlayStation Store Description
God of War Sons of Sparta is a side-scrolling spin-off listed as having 1-2 player support. The only problem? Fans can't find its two-player option.
13/02/2026
Zero Parades Writer Hopes ZA/UM ‘Never Becomes a AAA Studio’
One ZA/UM developer hopes that the studio will never grow into a AAA company, "even if Zero Parades sells four billion copies."
13/02/2026
Game Freak's Beast Of Reincarnation Gets August 2026 Xbox Game Pass Release Date
Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation was one of Xbox's big Developer Direct games last month with a lengthy gameplay showcase, and now the upcoming action-RPG has gotten its proper Xbox Game Pass release date for 2026.Yep, the Pokémon dev's upcoming multiplatform release launches on August 4th, 2026 - and it'll be on Game Pass Ultimate on day one.We've thrown the team's official release date reveal trailer up above, and here's a quick overview of what to expect from the titRead the full article on purexbox.com
13/02/2026
League of Legends Riftbound: Spiritforged Expansion – First Hands-On Impressions of the New TCG Set
Get an early look at League of Legends Riftbound's upcoming Spiritforged expansion.
13/02/2026
Where to Buy Pokémon TCG's 30th Anniversary TCG Collection
February 27 is a special day in the Pokémon calendar, commemorating the release of the very first Pokémon games in Japan.Known to fans around the world as ‘Pokémon Day’, 2026 will be a special 30th anniversary celebration!To celebrate, The Pokémon Company has recently dropped a 30th Anniversary Pokémon Day TCG Collection, featuring a specially stamped foil Pikachu promo card, a metallic coin featuring the 30th anniversary logo, and three booster packs from Phantasmal Flames and Mega Evolution.
13/02/2026
"The hardest game in the world to make" - How Darkhaven hopes to rebottle Diablo 2's lightning by channelling Minecraft
There’s an unpredictable “Necropolis” event in Darkhaven that will slowly turn the entire world undead.Let the gloom thicken for long enough, and in theory, there will be nowhere safe for your character to spawn.You can transfer your character to a freshly generated world, but you might encounter something even hard to dispel: a volcanic eruption, rising floodwaters that breed Lovecraftian fish creatures, a sweeping ice age.
13/02/2026
Mewgenics Co-Creator Responds to Cameo Complaints: 'I Understand We Live in a Time Where a Meow From Someone Who Has Different Beliefs as You Is Scary and Frustrating, Confusing and Controversial'
Mewgenics co-creator Edmund McMillen has addressed the inclusion of voice cameos from personalities deemed by some to hold controversial views, and said he "understands we live in a time where a meow from someone who has different beliefs as you is scary and frustrating, confusing and controversial."
13/02/2026
Hands On: If You Liked Sunset Overdrive, High On Life 2 Is Worth A Play On Xbox Game Pass
The original High On Life was a divisive game to say the least.I'm personally heading into High on Life 2 as someone that was actually in the "love it" camp, or at least someone who enjoyed the first game and particularly its "High On Knife" DLC.So, am I still feeling the same way after a few hours with High on Life 2?
13/02/2026
DC Compact Edition Comics Are Buy 1 Get Another 50% Off at Amazon Today
There's an excellent sale on a ton of incredible DC Compact Edition Comics at Amazon right now - buy 1, get another 50% off. Here's what's up for grabs.
13/02/2026
Hasbro Confirms Season 2 of Transformers: Cyberworld and Reveals New Bumblebee Figure
Hasbro is bringing back the animated series Transformers: Cyberworld for a second season this summer, as well as releasing a new Cyberworld-inspired Bumblebee figure.
13/02/2026
A first-person walk around a foggy Scottish town in the 90s: Silent Hill: Townfall is certainly serious about instilling dread
You're wandering the streets of a Scottish village that looks deserted aside from some lumbering horrors who seem intent on sticking weird needles into you.No, this isn't the blurb of iconic film Trainspotting, it's the setup for Silent Hill: Townfall.Read more
13/02/2026
'There's Been a Lot to Tend to': Sony Suggests 2029 Launch for KPop Demon Hunters 2 May Be Too Ambitious
KPop Demon Hunters fans may have even longer to wait for the smash-hit movie's sequel.
13/02/2026
Steam Will Soon Encourage Players to Share PC Specs on Their Reviews
Valve is introducing the ability to include your hardware specs in any reviews you leave on Steam.
13/02/2026
Silent Hill: Townfall Not Coming To Xbox At Launch, Along With A Few Other State Of Play Titles
Konami is only saying PS5, Steam and Epic right now.Last night, we highlighted all the games from February 2026's State of Play event that are also coming to Xbox (over 15 of them!), but we should also mention that a couple of big ones unfortunately aren't scheduled for Xbox just yet.The big absentee right now is Silent Hill: Townfall, which many had expected to release on Xbox at the same time as other platforms, but that's not the case — at least as things stand.
13/02/2026
Sega Admits Acquisition of Angry Birds Maker Rovio Hasn't Worked as Planned, Blames 'Rapidly Changing' and Competitive Mobile Market
Sega has written off $200 million of its $776 million acquisition of Angry Birds maker, Rovio, stating the "profitability of [the mobile] business had fallen below the initial forecast" — corporate speak for, 'this hasn't made us as much money as we thought it would.'
13/02/2026
Untitled John Wick Game is a gun fu Baba Yaga brawler, and a weird cousin to Untitled Goose Game until proven otherwise
That isn't quite what Keanu Reeves' talkative tailor says in the reveal trailer for Space Marine 2 devs Saber's Untitled John Wick Game, but it's what I heard.The stubbled and suited hitman's latest journey into videogamedom is touted as an uber-faithful putting of Wick's cinematic martial arts brawling and gunfighting into your hands, but until Saber prove otherwise, I'm treating it as a spiritual twin to House House's Untitled Goose Game.Read more
13/02/2026
Slowpoke Has a Pokémon Company-Approved Job Promoting Japan’s Smallest Prefecture and Revitalizing Its Traditional Craft
Slowpoke may be one of the laziest-looking Pokémon, but he has an official job promoting Japan’s smallest region — and is now being used to revitalize its centuries-old craft.
13/02/2026
'Guys, It's Over': Stranger Things Star Says Secret Episode Fan Theory Was 'Dumb'
Stranger Things star Caleb McLaughlin has said he thought the 'Conformity Gate' fan theory surrounding a secret final episode was "dumb," and that "people missed the concept of what the show is" if they expected more.
13/02/2026
Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 13)
One of them a huge day one release!Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update!Today, we've got two huge games entering the library, including brand-new day one release High on Life 2.
13/02/2026
Former Highguard Developer Reflects on Disastrous Announcement and Launch: 'We Were Turned Into a Joke From Minute 1'
A developer who worked on Highguard has discussed the "hate" he received after the free-to-play shooter debuted at December's The Game Awards, saying the game, and by extension its team, "turned into a joke from minute one, largely due to false assumptions about a million-dollar ad placement."
13/02/2026
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Young Star Reveals Huge Spoiler For What Happens at Summerhall, as Told to Him By George R.R. Martin
An enormous spoiler for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has been dropped by the TV show's young star, revealing the fates of both its lead characters — as told to him by Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin.
13/02/2026
Here's Where You Can Buy Spiritforged Cards, Riftbound's Latest Expansion
Getting your hands on Riftbound's second expansion, Spiritforged, is proving difficult for fans. But, here's where you can still pick it up online, if you don't mind the cost.
13/02/2026
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse sees Dead Cells' devs bring back vampire whippage, and Konami say it's just the start of a revival
Sharpen your fangs and chuck out all of the garlic bread in your house, Castlevania's back with a new game co-developed by the folks who made roguelike-Metroidvania Dead Cells.Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is the name of this fresh bout of vampire whippage set in medieval Paris, which publishers Konami have teased is just the first of many Castlevania things they have coming as the series turns 40.Read more
13/02/2026
X-Men: Blue & Gold: Mutant Genesis Omnibus Drops to Its Lowest Price Ever Online, and It's an Absolute Must Own for Comic Fans
The X-Men: Blue & Gold - Mutant Genesis hardcover omnibus is currently on sale at Amazon for $97.91, saving you 35% off the original price of $150, and now at its lowest price ever.
13/02/2026
Where to Stream Every Avatar Movie in 2026
The Avatar movies are only available to stream on Disney+, but there are a few different ways to go about getting subscription.
13/02/2026
The Pitt Season 2, Episode 6: "12:00 P.M." Review
The latest chapter of The Pitt Season 2 captures the series at its best and worst simultaneously, as the ER is rocked by a major tragedy. Check out our review of Episode 6.
13/02/2026
The Steelseries Valentines Day Sale Is Offering a BOGO 40% Off Coupon Code
Works on gaming headsets, mice, keyboards, and more.
13/02/2026
The Wayfair Presidents Day Sale Has a Ton of Deals on Bookcases for Your Growing Media Collection
If you find yourself with a growing library of video games, books, or movies without enough space to fit them, you're probably in need of a decent bookcase.
13/02/2026
Fatal Frame 2 Remake Makes a Camera the Scariest Weapon in Gaming | IGN Preview
After roughly four hours with the first four chapters on PC, Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake already has its hooks in me — not only is it a faithful yet modernized take on what many consider the scariest game ever, its added visual fidelity makes the core mechanic of looking directly at what's trying to kill you that much harder to endure.
13/02/2026
First-Person Silent Hill: Townfall Transports the Series' Survival Horror to Scotland
Tonight has brought our best look yet at Silent Hill: Townfall, the next installment in Konami's classic survival horror series that's set and developed in Scotland.
13/02/2026
Disney+ Has a Treasure Trove of Nostalgic Valentine’s Day Episodes
A true test of romance is showing your partner your favorite childhood TV shows.
13/02/2026
AU Deals: Legendary Game Bargains Loot for People Who Refuse to Pay Full Price
Good deals are like rare loot drops. You do not force them. You wait for them. You don't panic buy at full price like an NPC with no self control. You wait for a day like today and a list like this one.
13/02/2026
Save $1,200 Off the Powerful Alienware Area-51 Ryzen X3D Edition RTX 5090 Gaming PC
The best gaming deal to come out of the Dell Presidents Day Sale so far.
13/02/2026
Get your trunks on kids, Kojima's taking us to the beach when Death Stranding 2 comes to PC next month
You knew it was coming, I knew it was coming, and now one Mr. Hideo Kojima himself (disclaimer: technically it was Sony during tonight's State of Play, though I'm sure he's Fweeted about it on Fwitter) has confirmed that yes, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is making its way to PC.It's also doing so pretty soon, and with a small suite of additional features not present in its original PS5 release.
12/02/2026
MGS4 To Make Its Xbox Debut In Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 This August
Konami has finally revealed a release date for the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 as part of the PlayStation State of Play event today, and it officially confirms that the collection will be heading to Xbox on August 27, 2026!This collection incorporates three games — Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the Game Boy Color title Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, and former PSP exclusive Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.The latter isn't a massive deal for Xbox fans anymore considering how it's since been made available standalone on the Xbox Store, but Metal Gear Solid 4 has always been a PlayStation 3 exclusive, so that's definitely the big story here.
12/02/2026
Marathon Reaffirms March Release Date With February Server Slam | Sony State of Play
After a significant delay and a rocky 2025, Bungie shared another look at Marathon at the February 2026 State of Play, reaffirming its March 5 release date with a weeklong server slam.
12/02/2026
God of War Sons of Sparta Spin-off Out Now, and God of War Trilogy Remake Announced | Sony State of Play
Sony finished tonight's State of Play broadcast with confirmation of a God of War Trilogy Remake project, and the shadow drop of a side-scrolling spinoff — God of War: Sons of Sparta — that launches today.
12/02/2026
Saber Interactive Is Making A John Wick Game For Xbox Series X|S
An actual AAA John Wick game(!!).Saber Interactive, the folks behind the likes of Space Marine 2 and World War Z, have announced an 'Untitled John Wick Game' for Xbox Series X|S, PC and PS5.Revealed during today's State of Play showcase, this AAA John Wick title stars Keanu Reeves himself (at least in model form) and is now in development "in collaboration between Saber, Lionsgate, and Stahelski".
12/02/2026
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Release Date, New X-Men Characters Announced | Sony State of Play
The Unbreakable X-Men join the fray in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls this August.
12/02/2026
Roundup: All The Xbox Reveals From February 2026's State Of Play
Don't worry, they're not all PS5 exclusives!Today's PlayStation State of Play event for February 2026 included a bunch of games that are also coming to Xbox, including the likes of the Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition, John Wick, Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, and a whole lot more!If any other games get Xbox confirmations in the near future, we'll update this list accordingly.
12/02/2026
PUBG Publisher Krafton Finally Reveals Project Windless, an Ambitious Open-World Action RPG From Ubisoft's Former Far Cry Director | Sony State of Play
We've just had a full reveal for Project Windless, a single-player action RPG long in development at the Montreal studio set up by PUBG publisher Krafton.
12/02/2026
Saber Interactive Announces New John Wick Game | Sony State of Play
Saber Interactive have announced an untitled new John Wick game, featuring the likeness of Keanu Reeves. Does it also include his voice? That we do not (yet) know for certain.
12/02/2026
Legacy of Kain: Ascendance, the First New Legacy of Kain Game in Over Two Decades, Is Out Next Month
Crystal Dynamics has revealed the first brand new Legacy of Kain game in over two decades. It's called Legacy of Kain: Ascendance, and it's out sooner than you'd think: on March 31, 2026. That's next month!
12/02/2026
Legacy of Kain: Defiance Is Getting a Proper Remaster, Includes a Demo of a Never-before-seen Canceled Game
Legacy of Kain: Defiance is finally getting the remaster it's long deserved, and in addition to a much nicer looking and playing game, those who purchase the Deluxe Edition will get to play a never-before-seen demo of the canceled sixth Legacy of Kain game, The Dark Prophecy.
12/02/2026
Magic’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Set Launches Next Month, and the Bundle Is Discounted Already
Save more than 20% on a Magic: The Gathering TMNT booster bundle, including packs and an exclusive variant promo card.
12/02/2026
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, a New 2D Castlevania Game, Announced | Sony State of Play
The Castlevania series turns 40 this year, and Konami has announced a new 2D game to celebrate the occasion.
12/02/2026
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 Finally Frees MGS4 from the PS3 With August Release Date | Sony State of Play
Konami has finally revealed Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, promising to bring remasters for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and, yes, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, to modern consoles this August.
12/02/2026
Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition Is Real, And It's Basically A Shadow Drop
Out on Xbox this Friday!As part of Sony's State of Play this week, Ubisoft has revealed Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition - and it's coming to Xbox Series X|S tomorrow.Yep, this is basically a shadow drop (at least digitally), with this new version of the original Rayman launching Friday, February 13th.
12/02/2026
Koei Tecmo Reveals New Dead or Alive Game and Dead or Alive 6 Last Round | Sony State of Play
Dead or Alive 7 is in development, and Dead or Alive 6 Last Round is on the way, too.
12/02/2026
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Trailer Confirms the Return of Another Phantom Menace Character | Sony State of Play
Our best look yet at the upcoming Star Wars: Galactic Racer included the confirmation of another character first seen in Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.
12/02/2026
Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition Announced — And It Launches Tomorrow
The Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition is a fresh celebration of Ubisoft's classic platformer, and you'll be able to play it this week.
12/02/2026
Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition Announced — And It Launches Tomorrow | Sony State of Play
The Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition is a fresh celebration of Ubisoft's classic platformer, and you'll be able to play it this week.
12/02/2026
Resident Evil: Requiem Trailer Reveals Leon Is, Sadly, Once Again Infected — And Another Returning Character | Sony State of Play
Tonight's State of Play broadcast has given us one last look at Capcom's tantalizing Resident Evil: Requiem — and confirmed what many fans had previously deduced: Leon S. Kennedy is once again infected.
12/02/2026
Beast of Reincarnation Release Date Announced | Sony State of Play
Pokemon Developer Game Freak's new IP, Beast of Reincarnation, gets release date.
12/02/2026
Kena: Scars of Kosmora Revealed as Bridge of Spirits Sequel With First Gameplay Trailer | Sony State of Play
Ember Lab kicked off the February 2026 State of Play with a reveal trailer for its surprise sequel, Kena: Scars of Kosmora.
12/02/2026
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach PC Release Date Confirmed | Sony State of Play
Tonight's State of Play broadcast has confirmed the long-awaited PC launch date for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.
12/02/2026
Ghost of Yotei: Legends Announced as Free DLC
Free DLC is coming soon for Sony's hit sequel.
12/02/2026
Save 40% Off the Logitech G29 or G920 Racing Wheel Set and Get a Free Driving Force Shifter
This outstanding deal is sold by and shipped from Logitech G direct.
12/02/2026
Get the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Handheld Gaming PC for Less Than Retail at Best Buy or AliExpress
Both open box and import options are discounted and in stock.
12/02/2026
Make what you will of ZA/UM's Zero Parades with this lengthy look at gameplay ahead of a demo later this month
If there is anything that is concretely true about the upcoming Disco Elysium follow-up Zero Parades, it is that it is certainly a new RPG from ZA/UM.And now there are two opportunities for you to form a more direct opinion about Zero Parades, and its quality therewithin. Read more
12/02/2026
The Most Romantic Horror Movies for Valentine's Day
Do you believe in love at first fright? Then feast your eyes on these horrific romances...
12/02/2026
Peter Molyneux plays the hits in an in-depth-but-not-too-in-depth gameplay trailer for Masters of Albion
There is certainly something to be admired in Peter Molyneux's commitment to infinitely overpromising right through to what is meant to be his final game, Masters of Albion.And while I truly have no horse in the race regarding the quality, or potential lack thereof, in Masters of Albion, its latest gameplay trailer certainly does at least suggest it'll be a true as it can be Molyneux game. Read more
12/02/2026
The Lenovo Presidents Sale Has Great Deals on Legion RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5080 Gaming PCs
The best prices on Legion gaming PCs since Black Friday.
12/02/2026
PlayStation State of Play February 2026: Everything Announced So Far (Updating Live)
A new State of Play is arriving today and we'll be gathering all the biggest announcements in one place to ensure you don't miss a thing! We'll also be updating this article live, so be sure to keep checking back throughout the show!
12/02/2026
Hideo Kojima and Vince Zampella Discussed 'an FPS Version of Metal Gear' After Metal Gear Solid 4
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and Vince Zampella, co-creator of the Call of Duty, Infinity Ward, and Respawn Entertainment, apparently discussed an "FPS version of Metal Gear" sometime after Metal Gear Solid 4 came out.
12/02/2026
Best Queer Romantic Movies and Shows to Watch for Valentine's Day
We rounded up 17 of our favorite LGBTQIA+ romantic movies and shows to celebrate love on Valentine's Day (and every day).
12/02/2026
Today’s Best Deals: X-Men: Blue & Gold Omnibus, Xbox Series X, and HTC Vive Pro 2
Plus, save on an MTG: Secrets of Strixhaven Play Booster Box, LEGO 101 Dalmatians, and COD: BO7.
12/02/2026
Pick up a dose of joy in Lil Gator Game's underground, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom-esque expansion In The Dark, out now
Back when Lil Gator Game arrived in the forgotten year of 2022, it received RPS' coveted Bestest Bests badge because, well, it was just so darn delightful!And in the years since, developer MegaWobble have been tinkering away at a seemingly Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom influenced bit of DLC.Which, as it just so happens, has just been released today!
12/02/2026
Nic Cage's Spider-Noir Proves Why We Still Need Sony's Spider-Man Universe
Nicolas Cage's Spider-Noir series is looking surprisingly great, which only proves why Sony's Spider-Man Universe needs to stick around.
12/02/2026
High On Life 2 Review
Like a joke you've heard before, this sequel just doesn’t land quite as well as the original.
12/02/2026
The iBuypower Presidents Day Sale Starts Now: Save Up to $300 Off Ready-to-Ship Gaming PCs with Coupon
All systems are covered by a three year labor and two year parts warranty.
12/02/2026
A day after launch, Starsand Island's devs address those user agreement, modding, and fake review concerns
This is probably a sentence that could be said literally any day of the week, but a new cosy farming sim is on the block, this time taking the form of Starsand Island.The flavour on this occasion is of the anime variety, with some slightly goofier farming mechanics (i.e. turning your watermelon patch into one singular, 10 foot tall watermelon), some very Pokemon Legends: Arceus looking combat, and some appropriately cute animals to hang out with.But never do launches go all that smoothly, as developer Seed Sparkle Lab have had to do a dash of damage control regarding some concerns over the game.
12/02/2026
'The Future Of Xbox Starts Now' - Microsoft Invites Devs To 'Build For What's Next' At GDC 2026
Featuring the first-ever Xbox Dev Summit.You've probably heard of GDC before — it's the annual Game Developers Conference that's taking place in San Francisco this year, and Xbox is going to have a major presence at the event.In an article over on the official Microsoft website, it's mentioned that Xbox is inviting developers to "build for what's next", followed by the eye-catching tagline of "the future of Xbox starts now".
12/02/2026
Luna Abyss Preview: A Grimdark Bullet-Hell FPS That Ramps Up in Challenge
When we took a look at the first level of gloomy sci-fi shooter Luna Abyss a couple years ago, we saw just enough to get intrigued by the potential quivering in the crimson glow between all of its shadows. Now that we’ve gotten our hands on a bit more while being introduced to a new weapon, movement mechanics, and a killer boss fight, we can safely say that the optimism was justified.
12/02/2026
Battlefield 6 Season 2 Gets Roadmap and First Gameplay Trailer Following Delay
Following an unexpected delay in January, the first trailer for Battlefield 6 Season 2 is here, revealing a first look at its three-month roadmap, a limited-time nightfall event, and gameplay for two new maps.
12/02/2026
First Spider-Noir Trailer Features Nicolas Cage's Delightfully Unhinged Portrayal of Ben Reilly
Amazon Prime just dropped the first trailer for its upcoming series Spider-Noir, which features Nicolas Cage as a classic detective with Spidey-senses.
12/02/2026
'I Hope People Will Look to Vince as a Model and Aim High': Hideo Kojima, Phil Spencer, Todd Howard, Other Industry Luminaries Honor Vince Zampella at DICE 2026
Geoff Keighley opened a segment of the DICE Summit keynote talks dedicated to honoring Zampella's legacy and memory, during which a number of other industry luminaries both took the stage as well as appeared in video messages discussing the impact he had on them personally, and the industry writ large.
12/02/2026
ShipShaper is a chill boat builder with a demo you can use to make sleek sloops or beastly barges
That's not a name I, the boat's creator, gave it.It's a name ShipShaper's demo automatically assigned my vessel when I picked the set of colours I wished it to be painted.Quite frankly, I doubt I could have dreamed up a more fitting moniker for my deliberate attempt to fling something funky onto the high seas.
12/02/2026
Epomaker G84 HE gaming keyboard review: magnetic switches on a budget, kinda
The Epomaker G84 HE is another Hall effect keyboard, meaning its magnetically operated switches can be adjusted for actuation height, and/or set up for strafey-strafey, shooty-shooty rapid trigger/Snap Tap shenanigans in compatible games.Both are features you’d normally expect to run pricing up into the triple figures, and yet at £80/$85, the G84 HE costs more like a lower-mid-range, traditionally mechanical 'board.Read more
12/02/2026
These Four Games Are Free-To-Play On Xbox This Weekend (February 12-15)
As part of Free Play Days!Xbox Free Play Days is now live, and as part of Microsoft's free-to-play trials program this week, the team has made four games playable until the end of the coming weekend, including EA's NHL 26.Here's your full Free Play Days lineup this week:Read the full article on purexbox.com
12/02/2026
9 Months Away From GTA 6's November Release, Retailer Cheekily Promises Free Copies to Anyone Who Gives Birth on Launch Day
Norwegian electronics retailer Komplett has promised it will provide free copies of GTA 6 to anyone giving birth on the game's launch day, exactly nine months ahead of its arrival.
12/02/2026
X-Men Star Halle Berry Doubles Down on Not Showing Up in Avengers: Doomsday, but Suggests She Could Still Reprise Storm for Secret Wars
X-Men actress Halle Berry is adamant she won't be reprising her role as Storm in Avengers: Doomsday, but has left the door open to a return in future — potentially in the subsequent Avengers: Secret Wars.
12/02/2026
Best Buy’s Presidents Day Sale Is Already Live With Some Solid Tech and Gaming Deals
TVs, video games, gaming computers, and a lot more are on sale in Best Buy's Presidents Day sale, running now through February 16.
12/02/2026
Magic's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collector Booster Boxes Are In Stock Right Now
If you're quick, you can grab a box of Magic's TMNT Collector boosters for around the MSRP - but they're likely to be popular.
12/02/2026
High On Life 2 Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Series S
Here's how both Xbox versions stack up.This Friday marks the release of the long-awaited High on Life 2 across Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and a bunch of other platforms, and it'll also be available day one with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.You may have seen that the first reviews for High on Life 2 went live earlier today, and therefore we've also got some gameplay footage from both the Series X and Series S versions to compare.
12/02/2026
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties sets up an intriguing path, but RGG will need to prove it’s worth joining them on that road
Despite that, few studios choose to make major shifts - at least as far as the main stories of those games go - when they remake their previous games.Old Oblivion is loved, so Bethesda adopted a rubber glove approach to the Oblivion remaster.They limited changes to modernising visuals and snipping away some annoying features.
12/02/2026
Monster Hunter Stories 3 Preview: Me and My Pet Rathalos
I spent half a dozen hours with Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection by that point, and got a feel for what it was shaping up to be: a gorgeous RPG that combines the traditional elements of Monster Hunter with a turn-based RPG and a surprisingly compelling cast and narrative that invited me to befriend and train monsters, not just hunt them.
12/02/2026
Save on Magic’s Next In-Universe Set, Secrets of Strixhaven, With a Discount on Play Boosters
Secrets of Strixhaven doesn't launch until late April, but you can grab a booster box of 30 packs at a discount already.
12/02/2026
Avengers: Doomsday Directors Clarify Their Remarks About the Movie's Trailers Not Actually Being Trailers: 'I Would Argue That Doomsday Has Already Started'
Avengers: Doomsday directors Joe and Anthony Russo have further discussed their claim that the film's four recent trailers were not actually trailers — and now described them as "narrative information."
12/02/2026
I recreated every katsu curry recipe in Romeo is a Dead Man and almost none of them made me better with swords
It appears Grasshopper Manufacture, makers of maximalist action adventure Romeo is a Dead Man, appreciate that delightful marriage of rice, breadcrumbs, and carroty sauce as well.To find out, I prepped, cooked, and taste-tested all ten of Romeo’s mum’s katsu creations in my own kitchen.Read more
12/02/2026
Pokémon Squishmallows Get a Massive Discount at Amazon Ready for 30th Anniversary Celebrations, But the Deal Will Expire Soon
Amazon has a great range of Pokémon Squishmallows plushies on sale today.
12/02/2026
Disco Elysium Successor Zero Parades Is Getting a Demo for Steam Next Fest
A demo for Zero Parades, the new espionage RPG from Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM, will be available on PC as part of the upcoming Steam Next Fest.
12/02/2026
Lara Croft Rides Proudly in New Tomb Raider Motorbike Statue
If you're a classic Tomb Raider fan, you'll definitely want to check out Dark Horse's latest exclusive Lara Croft statue.
12/02/2026
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 6 Review - Return to the Miyazaki!
Starfleet Academy Episode 6 Review: There’s a ton going on for the Starfleeters this week. Too much, in fact.
12/02/2026
Deals: Xbox Lunar New Year Sale 2026 Now Live, 900+ Games Discounted
The latest major sale on the Xbox Store!It's time for the Xbox Lunar New Year Sale 2026!This year's version of the Lunar New Year sale features discounts for over 1000 titles in all, and as always we've got some great deals, including for a whole heap of 2026 releases!
12/02/2026
Diablo 4 is getting a warlock class, Diablo 2 is getting a warlock class and Diablo 2: Resurrected is now on Steam
Because yesterday evening's Diablo 30th anniversary shindig was rather heavy on warlocks, with the class coming to not just Diablo 4's next expansion, but also Diablo 2 and Diablo Immortal.Meanwhile, Diablo 2: Resurrected has moseyed on over to Steam.Read more
12/02/2026
Best Buy Drops Ninja Gaiden 4's Deluxe Edition Down to Just $43 For One Day Only on Xbox
Best Buy's latest Deal of the Day has dropped Ninja Gaiden 4's Deluxe Edition down to just $42.99 for one day only on Xbox.
12/02/2026
Arc Raiders Publisher Boasts That the Game Has 'Significantly Exceeded Expectations' and Now Sold 14 Million Copies
Arc Raiders continues to be an enormous hit for publisher Nexon, with 14 million copies sold and almost a million concurrent players online at one point last month.
12/02/2026
Amazon Has an Excellent New Sale on Magic: The Gathering Cards Today, Including on Discounts Boosters, Precons, and More
The best deal in Amazon's latest MTG sale is on preorders for the Marvel Super Heroes Play Booster Box, which is down to just $189.99 is you order today, but there's plenty more to check out as well.
12/02/2026
Roundup: Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Xbox Game Pass Shooter High On Life 2
A worthy follow-up?High on Life 2 starts rolling out on Xbox and Game Pass tomorrow, February 13th, and we've now got some early reviews trickling in as the press goes hands-on with this upcoming Squanch Games sequel.We're working away on some Pure Xbox impressions of this one too, so be on the lookout for that in the coming days - but for now, here's what the critics are saying about the High On Life follow-up so far:Read the full article on purexbox.com
12/02/2026
After Years of Wait, Mewtwo is Finally Returning to Pokémon Go
After years of wait and fan expectation, Pokémon Go players will finally be able to capture Mewtwo once more — in just a few months.
12/02/2026
Edmund McMillen on assembling Mewgenics' meow cameo list: "the inclusion of people with clashing ideologies felt appropriate"
However, one aspect of the game has left folks on the fence - this list of pretty...complicated internet personalities who've voiced the copious amounts of meows emitted by in-game cats.So, to get a better picture of how those cameos came to be, I reached out to developer McMillen.
12/02/2026
Highguard studio Wildlight confirm layoffs, after level designer claims "most of the team" have been let go
Wildlight, the studio behind recently released shooter Highguard, have confirmed that they've "parted ways" with an unspecified number of staff.This confirmation follows a former Wildlight level designer affected by the cuts claiming in a LinkedIn post that "most of the team" at the studio have been laid off.Read more
12/02/2026
Union Says 1,200 Ubisoft Staff Went on Strike This Week, Protesting Closures, Cost-Cutting and Return-to-Office Mandate
At least 1,200 Ubisoft staff have gone on strike this week, as part of a planned protest over the Assassin's Creed maker's recent cost-cutting, studio closures and enforced return-to-work policy.
12/02/2026
Xbox FPS Highguard Now Has A 'Core Group' Working On It As Staff Get Laid Off
"Today we made an incredibly difficult decision...".The development team behind Xbox FPS Highguard — Wildlight Entertainment — has today announced that just a "core group of developers" are now working on the title following layoffs at the Californian studio.Following initial reports from team members who'd been let go by the company, the Highguard dev posted out to social media to formally announce the restructure, whilst adding that it was "proud of the team" and "grateful for players who gave the game a shot".
12/02/2026
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remaster Art Book Appears at Amazon UK, Now Up for Preorder
The heavily rumoured, but yet to be confirmed, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake/Remaster is getting its very own art book, at least according to this recent Amazon listing in the UK. Preorders are also now available, strangely, before we've got official confirmation of the game actually being real and given its own release window. Its art book is listed at £29.95 right now, a slight reduction from its initial £39.99 RRP, and the Amazon listing also mentions a release date of March 24, 2026.
12/02/2026
Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass, Including An ActiBlizz Surprise (February 12)
The Premium & Ultimate libraries expand!We were going to be bringing you an update on two titles heading to the library, but thanks to an ActiBlizz surprise, we now have three more games coming to the service on February 12th.Here's everything new on Xbox Game Pass today:Read the full article on purexbox.com
12/02/2026
'A Hero': Katie Holmes Leads Tributes to Dawson's Creek Star James Van Der Beek
Dawson's Creek actress Katie Holmes has paid tribute to her former co-star James Van Der Beek, who passed away yesterday aged just 48 after living with bowel cancer.
12/02/2026
Ranger's Path: National Park Simulator Preview: Pick Up Litter, Snap Wildlife Pics, and Police Permits in This Chill Sim
Snapping pictures of wildlife, cleaning up the parks, enforcing camping permits – it's all in a day's work for a park ranger in Ranger's Path: National Park Simulator.
12/02/2026
Where to Stream Every Harry Potter Movie Online in 2026
With the Harry Potter TV series set for an early 2027 premiere date, there's never been a better time to binge all of the movies again.
12/02/2026
AU Deals: Serious Games at Silly Prices Across Every Major Platform
I can now tell you, with zero buyer’s remorse left to protect, which of today's game bargains are actually worth your weekend.
12/02/2026
Most of Highguard Studio Has Been Laid Off Says Former Dev, Wildlight Confirms Cuts
Layoffs hit Wildlight Entertainment just weeks after Highguard launched on January 26.
12/02/2026
Amazon Launches Its Presidents Sale Early With New Deals Ahead of Valentine's Day
Amazon has had various sales going on in the lead-up to Valentine's Day, but today is the first day the official Presidents Day sale page has gone live.
12/02/2026
The Sabrent 5-in-1 USB-C Docking Station with 100W of Power Delivery Drops to Just $15 After Coupon
No longer worry about running out of ports on your laptop.
12/02/2026
Love and Deepspace: Everything You Need to Know About the Virtual Dating Game
Everything You Need to Know About the Virtual Dating Game
11/02/2026
Five Xbox Games Are Being Delisted In February & March 2026
Jurassic Park, multiple 2K titles and more.Earlier this month, we highlighted a few games that are shutting down their servers in February and March 2026, and we also mentioned that Yakuza 3 Remastered was set to be delisted on February 12th.We've now got five Xbox games being delisted in February and March, and four of them are particularly big.
11/02/2026
The Anycubic Kobra 3 Multi-Color 3D Printer Combo Drops Below $200 for the First Time
Excellent price for a well-regarded 3D printer with included multi-filament module.
11/02/2026
Blizzard Launches Warlock DLC for Diablo 2: Resurrected, 25 Years After the Original Game's Release — and It's Also Now on Steam
Blizzard will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Diablo by adding the Warlock class to a swathe of games — including Diablo 2: Resurrected, more than 25 years after the game's original launch.
11/02/2026
The Canceled TMNT: The Last Ronin Movie Would Have Brought Back Judith Hoag's April O'Neil
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles actress Judith Hoag reveals she was approached to reprise the role of April O'Neil for the now-canceled TMNT: The Last Ronin movie.
11/02/2026
Arc Raiders Players Stunned After Exploit Hotfix Results in Widespread Reports of a New Inventory Glitch
Arc Raiders players applauded Embark after it took just one day to tackle new duplication and infinite ammo exploits, even though reports of a new inventory glitch have already popped up in their place.
11/02/2026
The Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5080 Gaming PC Drops to $2,180 During the Dell Presidents Day Sale
One of the least expensive RTX 5080 prebuilts available.
11/02/2026
Diablo 30th Anniversary Spotlight: Everything Announced
Blizzard is just minutes away from showing off the future of Diablo 4, Diablo 2: Resurrected, and Diablo Immortal with its 30th Anniversary Spotlight, and we're collecting all of the highlights right here.
11/02/2026
Today’s Top Deals: Hell is Us for PS5 Hits a New Low Price, Save 44% on Bowers & Wilkins Earbuds, and More
Plus, save on MTG Universes Beyond, a weighted vest, and our favorite gaming mouse.
11/02/2026
Helldivers Movie Lands November 2027 Release Date With Jason Momoa Set to Star
Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions have picked Aquaman actor Jason Momoa to star in the upcoming Helldivers movie ahead of its new November 2027 release date.
11/02/2026
The Secretlab Presidents Day Sale Is Your Chance to Score a Great Deal on the Ultimate Gaming Chair
Genshin Impact chairs are also on sale to celebrate the in-game Lantern Rite event and Lunar New Year.
11/02/2026
James Van Der Beek of Dawson’s Creek Fame Has Died
James Van Der Beek of Dawson’s Creek fame has died from cancer at the age of 48.
11/02/2026
Xbox Announces Excellence Awards Winners, Including For 20 Best-Selling Games
"We wanted to take a moment to celebrate".For the second year in a row, we've been treated to the Xbox Excellence Awards today — a celebration that aims to highlight the games fans "loved most" in the previous year, with trophies being sent to the developers and publishers who created them.Today, we’re announcing the recipients of the 2025 Xbox Excellence Awards."
11/02/2026
DC K.O. Delivers the First Crossover Between the DC Universe and Absolute Universe
The penultimate chapter of DC K.O. gives fans what they've been craving - the first real crossover between the DC Universe and the Absolute Universe. Here's what happens next.
11/02/2026
Two Of Next Month's Xbox Game Pass Titles Now Have Free Demos
One is PC-only, the other is console & PC.Planet Of Lana 2: Children of the Leaf and Replaced are two of the biggest titles confirmed for Xbox Game Pass next month so far, and the teams behind them have now unleashed some demos for players to test out pre-launch.Yep, this pair of upcoming indies now have free playable demos - although Replaced is just a PC demo for now, whilst Planet of Lana 2's trial is playable across console and PC.
11/02/2026
Super7 Debuts Stylish New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Toy Fair 2026
TMNT collectors rejoice! Super7 has revealed two new waves of figures inspired by the classic 1987 and 2003 animated series.
11/02/2026
Crunchyroll Confirms Streaming Release Window for Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
Crunchyroll has unveiled a streaming release window for the 2025 Chainsaw Man movie that made everyone cry.
11/02/2026
'Why Is AI Helping Me Write a Song or Tell a Story?' Pirates of the Caribbean Director Slams AI Use for What We 'Need to Be Human'
Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski has railed against the addition of AI tools into creative processes, as he prepares to launch a new sci-fi comedy featuring a rogue artificial intelligence as its villain.
11/02/2026
1200 Ubisoft staff go on strike against Assassin's Creed company's massive cutbacks
At least 1,200 Ubisoft developers have gone on strike across Paris and Milan in response to the company’s recent massive cutbacks and change of policy towards remote-working.That’s the figure given for yesterday’s bout of strike action by Marc Rutschlé, Ubisoft Paris staffer and a representative of the union Solidaires Informatique, in a statement to the socialist agitators of GamesIndustry.biz.The strikers are also pissed off about delayed or inadequate pay rises, together with Ubisoft’s new ban on remote or hybrid working (employees will get a yearly allowance of homeworking days instead).
11/02/2026
Cyberpunk platformer Replaced has a demo out, and it's wonderfully atmospheric when you're not plummeting a short distance
Replaced, the long-in-development dystopian platformer from Sad Cat Studios, keeps shouting my last name at me.It might because the game's main character, a jacketed gap jumper and baddie shooter, is called Warren.It might also because I did plenty of falling and accidentally got shot by a robo-sniper in Replaced's demo, which is now live ahead of the full thing's release next month.
11/02/2026
The Upcoming Mummy Sequel Starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz Gets an Official Release Date
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are returning for a brand new Mummy sequel — and now we know its release date.
11/02/2026
Crime 101 Review
Review: Crime 101, starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Halle Berry, has everything a heist thriller ought to have… but not much else.
11/02/2026
Roundup: Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Xbox Horror Title 'Reanimal'
Launching later this week!The folks behind the original Little Nightmares games are back this week with Xbox horror game Reanimal, and with early reviews now live for the upcoming title, we're going to gather up people's thoughts on this one down below for you to read over.If these end up piquing your interest, then you can pick up Reanimal on Xbox Series X|S from this Friday, February 13th!
11/02/2026
TIME Magazine Is Celebrating Pokémon's 30th Anniversary With Three Exclusive Covers
February 27 is Pokémon's big 30th anniversary of its original launch in Japan, and while details are slowly trickling in on how Nintendo and Game Freak plan to celebrate, TIME Magazine is already getting into the spirit.The 96-page special edition issue of the magazine is coming out with three different covers, each featuring iconic pocket monsters from over the year - one cover depicts Mega Charizard X, one has Lugia and Ho-Oh, while the third shows off Rayquaza.You can purchase any of the three covers for $14.99 each on Amazon now.
11/02/2026
Come shout down dystopia in the demo for Amanita's fancy cardboard mind control puzzler Phonopolis
Czech indie developers Amanita Design – creators of Samorost, Creaks and Machinarium, among other marvels – have released a demo for Phonopolis, their 3D cardboard adventure about a young man called Felix who is trying to save a city brainwashed by massive loudspeakers.Protected by his headphones, Felix is on a mission to stop the authoritarian Leader from issuing the Absolute Tone, which will “strip every citizen of their humanity forever”.Read more
11/02/2026
Brad Pitt's F1 Movie Will Get a Sequel, Jerry Bruckheimer Confirms
Oscar-nominated racing blockbuster F1 is getting a sequel, producer Jerry Bruckheimer has now confirmed.
11/02/2026
What to Expect from This Week's PlayStation State of Play
From Resident Evil Requiem to Saros, here are all of the games and reveals to expect from this week's PlayStation State of Play.
11/02/2026
Reanimal review – the dollhouse horror of Little Nightmares gives way to a grimier tale of war and slaughter
In an industry pestered by calls to "think of the children", Tarsier’s games are useful reminders that children can be utterly depraved in ways no coddling adult would ever dream.Later in Reanimal, the developer’s latest, strictly 'co-optional' horror game, two kids rip an eyeball out of a massive, sunken horse skull and shove it into what I sincerely hope is the eyesocket of a slumbering whale.Why not push a horse’s eyeball into a whale?
11/02/2026
Battlefield 6 for PS5 and Xbox Series X Has Dropped Below $40 at Amazon
Battlefield 6 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X has dropped to $39.88 at Amazon. This is a 43% discount off its retail price of $69.99.
11/02/2026
‘F*** Me, This Thing That We Created, It’s Going to Live’ — Peter Molyneux Cried Watching Xbox's New Fable Gameplay Reveal
‘F*** me, this thing that we created, it’s going to live’ — Fable's original creator Peter Molyneux cried watching Xbox's new Fable gameplay reveal.
11/02/2026
Masters of Albion, Peter Molyneux’s ‘Culmination of His Work to Date’, Will Launch in Early Access as Actually the First Chapter in a Planned Trilogy
Masters of Albion, Peter Molyneux’s ‘culmination of his work to date’, will launch in early access as actually the first chapter in a planned trilogy.
11/02/2026
Middle Fingers, Sausage Armour, and Housing Inspectors — Masters of Albion is Definitely a Peter Molyneux Game
Middle fingers, sausage armour, and housing inspectors — Masters of Albion is definitely a Peter Molyneux game.
11/02/2026
The Hedge Knight, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Comic Adaptation, Now Features at the Top of Amazon's Best Seller Charts
The Hedge Knight graphic novel adaptation, the first of George R.R. Martin's three Dunk and Egg short stories, is currently sitting at #3 on Amazon's Comics and Graphic Novels charts, even outselling Absolute Batman Vol. 1.
11/02/2026
The Wolverine S.H.Figuarts Gamerverse Action Figure Is Now Available To Preorder
A new Wolverine Gamerverse action figure from S.H.Figuarts and TAMASHII NATIONS is now available to preorder for $99.99. It's set to be released on September 25, 2026.
11/02/2026
Guide: High On Life 2: Release Date, Release Time & Download Size On Xbox Game Pass
Everything you need to know for launch.High on Life 2 makes its Xbox and Game Pass debut later this week, with the High On Life sequel marking Squanch Games' second title to launch "day one" via Microsoft's subscription service.Read the full article on purexbox.com
11/02/2026
Romeo is a Dead Man's most beguiling spectacle is its astral fish tank menu
Romeo is a Dead Man, Grasshopper Manufacture’s eccentric new hack 'n' slash, is out today.I quite like it.I especially like its main menu screen, a strangely hypnotic fish tank in which captive planets float alongside a coral ballet trophy, and the menu’s text strings try to escape when you’re not looking.
11/02/2026
Mewgenics Is The Best-Rated Game Of 2026 So Far, But Will It Get An Xbox Version?
This new "Turn-Based Cat Tactics and Breeding Roguelite" from the minds behind The Binding of Isaac, Super Meat Boy, Closure and The End Is Nigh officially launched on PC this week, and it's already become the top seller on Steam after just one day.Not only that, but if you look at the Metacritic ratings for new releases in 2026, Mewgenics sits at the top of the pile with an average score of 89.It's official in the running for Game of the Year after less than six full weeks!
11/02/2026
Spider-Man Developer Suggests Wolverine Will Skip Tomorrow's Big State of Play
Marvel's Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games has set expectations ahead of tomorrow's big State of Play broadcast from PlayStation, as anticipation mounts for a fresh look at its upcoming Wolverine game.
11/02/2026
Logitech X2 Superstrike Clone Mice Are Already Available on AliExpress
You can already find mice that are the spitting image of Logitech's brand new X2 Superstrike esports mouse.
11/02/2026
Zero Parades and Disco Elysium Developer ZA/UM on AI: ‘We Don’t Use It’
Disco Elysium and Zero Parades developer ZA/UM has said that it will not use artificial intelligence in the creation of its RPGs.
11/02/2026
Starsand Island Is Out Today On Xbox Game Pass, And Here Are The First Reviews
A timed Xbox console exclusive as well.When the most recent Xbox Game Pass roundup was revealed by Microsoft earlier in the month, it was said that Starsand Island would be a February 12th addition — but actually, we're getting it a day earlier on February 11th instead!It should be available from 9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC, and it'll be available as part of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass tiers.
11/02/2026
No Man's Sky's latest update is all about rubbish-flinging spacetrashpeople with gravity guns and interstellar trucks
You can't move for discarded detritus on the planets of No Man's Sky.Good news, then, that the space sandbox's latest update delivers a gravity gun and interstellar rubbish collection lorries that'll help clean those worlds up a bit.Read more
11/02/2026
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Review
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie review: The Canadian time travel meta-comedy is a fun blast (from the past).
11/02/2026
No Man's Sky's Remnant Update Is Here, and We're Finally Getting a Gravity Gun
No Man's Sky's next big update, Remnant, is here, introducing something developer Hello Games has "been wanting to give players since the very beginning": a gravity gun.
11/02/2026
Pokémon Pokopia - The Final Preview
We’ve had some relaxing Pokémon games over the years, but we’ve never quite had a game that embraced this secondary cozy aesthetic fully into its gameplay–until now, with Pokémon Pokopia. I played the first hour of Pokémon’s first life-sim, and the sheer amount of discovery to be made hooked me.
11/02/2026
Pokémon Pokopia Will Take 20-40 Hours to Beat on Average, and There's More After the Credits, Says Director
Pokemon's upcoming Dragon Quest Builders-like sandbox, Pokopia, isn't just a Pokemon-themed block-building playground. It has a main story that, according to the game's director, can take anywhere from 20 to 40 hours to finish...with more to do after the credits.
11/02/2026
Xbox Has A Top-Three Most Wishlisted 2026 Game On Steam Right Now
As Xbox pushes further and further into the PC space, its Steam presence is becoming more keenly felt --and according to new figures from Alinea Analytics, the team currently has one of the most wishlisted games of the year on Valve's platform right now.Yep, Alinea's Rhys Elliott has again shared some interesting stats about some of the biggest games of 2026 on Steam.According to the firm, Forza Horizon 6 is currently the second most wishlisted game on the platform;
11/02/2026
Domina From Overwatch, Will You Be My Valentine?
I've fallen in love with Overwatch again, and it's all because of one character. Domina, will you be my valentine?
11/02/2026
Stranger Things: The First Shadow Confirmed For Netflix, Providing One Final Piece to the Finale's Puzzle
Netflix will release a recorded version of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the franchise's live stage show which includes important backstory for Henry Creel.
11/02/2026
"This is the best case scenario": Microsoft withdraw DMCA takedown notice on voxel sandbox Allumeria
The developer behind voxel sandbox Allumeria claims Microsoft have withdrawn a DMCA takedown filed against the game over alleged copyright infringement.According to an email posted on Discord by Allumeria developer Unomelon on February 10th, the strike accused their work of using content from Minecraft without Microsoft's permission.Read more
11/02/2026
High on Life Story Recap: Everything You Need Before Playing the Sequel
Planning to play High on Life 2 but can't remember what happened back in 2022? Here's a full recap of the first game to get you up to speed.
11/02/2026
Overwatch Season 1 Debut Sees Blizzard's Relaunched Hero Shooter Double Its Steam Player Record
We already knew that Overwatch fans were returning in their thousands with the advent of its new name and "story-driven era," but Overwatch hasn't just matched its original Steam release-day fervor, it has smashed it, more than doubling the platform's concurrent peak set back in 2023.
11/02/2026
Xbox Age Restrictions Roll Out to Widespread Issues in UK, as Microsoft Says It's 'Working to Fix' Problems
Xbox has acknowledged issues with the rollout of its enforced age verification process in the UK, leaving many users unable to fully access games and online features.
11/02/2026
Xbox Signs Out Multiple Players At Once, Seemingly Related To Age Verification Issues
A few glitches in the system?Last night, I personally found myself getting signed out of my Xbox account here in the UK while browsing the dashboard, and then being prompted with the same age verification message that's been cropping up here for a while now.On social media, various Xbox users reported that they'd also been signed out of their accounts, and some of them were having difficulty accessing certain features when they logged back in.
11/02/2026
Konami is Finally Ready to Show Us Silent Hill: Downfall, And Fans Cannot Wait
Konami is finally ready to share more about the last of the five Silent Hill projects announced back in 2022, Silent Hill: Townfall.
11/02/2026
Discord promise they won't force everybody to do a face scan following outrage at new age verification policy
Social media company Discord are trying their best to reassure people irked by the recently announced global rollout of some new age verification measures, which include face scans and a background “age inference” system for determining whether the user is an adult. Read more
11/02/2026
'We've Seen Some Questions': As Age Verification Backlash Grows, Discord Insists Changes Won't Impact 'Majority of Adult Users'
Discord has issued a lengthy response to concerns over its impending update that will require some users to verify their age in order to access servers, settings and content deemed unsuitable for teens.
11/02/2026
“Unleash the Kraken,” bellows Skull and Bones, which somehow still exists
Ubisoft’s open world Jolly Rogerer forges bravely on with another season of updates, Eye of the Beast, despite Ubisoft recently jettisoning a bunch of games and studios in their efforts to buoy up the share price.Yes, this is the same Skull and Bones that has 320 in-game players on Steam as of writing, and a worryingly Biblical user review average of 66.60%.Read more
11/02/2026
Save $35 Off the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Processor and Get a Free Copy of Crimson Desrt
The 9800X3d outperforms more expensive Intel and AMD processors.
11/02/2026
The Future of Diablo Will Be Revealed Tomorrow
Blizzard Entertainment is just one day away from unveiling the future of Diablo with its 30th Anniversary Spotlight – here's what to expect.
11/02/2026
AliExpress Has Imported Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World Tour Console Bundles for $458
There are not many other ways to get a discount on a brand new Switch 2 console.
11/02/2026
New Stephen King’s The Mist Movie Underway, Horror Veteran Mike Flanagan to Write and Direct
The Mist will join a lengthy list of existing King collaborations for Flanagan.
11/02/2026
This $13 Cordless Tire Inflator and Air Compressor Belongs in Your Car Emergency Kit
Handy for both topping up your tires and fixing your flats.
11/02/2026
For its first anniversary, Monster Hunter Wilds gets a collab with its kid friendly cousin, and the promise of some DLC
Monster Hunter Wilds is fast approaching its first anniversary, meaning if it were a real human baby it would be legally unable to do anything really because have you met a one year old?Still, ahead of that anniversary, Capcom has outlined the game's next big update which, shock horror, includes a new monster to hunt, a new weapon to hunt with, a collab with basically itself, and more coming on February 18th.Oh, and there's DLC coming!
10/02/2026
Amazon Is Having a Rare Disney and Pixar 4K Movie Sale Right Before Valentine's Day
Amazon has launched its popular 'Buy 2, get 1 50% off' sale just ahead of Valentine's Day and it's filled to the brim with 4K movies.
10/02/2026
Modern classic dungeon crawler board game Descent is getting its first, very TTRPG-sounding, video game adaptation
If you like your board games a little less physical, and a little more not technically a board game any more if we're being honest but that's fine because it's a neat looking, strategy RPG now, then boooooy howdy do I have the game for you!Those familiar with the dungeon crawling tabletop game Descent will be interested to learn that it's getting a video game adaptation in the form of Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent. Read more
10/02/2026
Cold Storage Review
Cold Storage review: Joe Keery stars in the new movie, which is an enjoyably goofy and gory good time. Clickers and Bloaters, move over – there’s a new fungus in town.
10/02/2026
Magic: The Gathering Just Had Its Most Successful Year Ever...Again
Magic: The Gathering just had its most financially successful year yet, Hasbro has announced. And it's largely thanks to its collaborations with other brands, via its Universes Beyond and Secret Lair releases.
10/02/2026
Amazon’s ‘Buy 1, Get 1 50% Off’ Sale Includes a Ridiculous Amount of Anime
Amazon's latest sale features a hefty amount of anime.
10/02/2026
Magic: The Gathering Won't Be Getting a Harry Potter Set Anytime Soon
Wizards of the Coast has confirmed that it doesn't "currently" have plans to visit any magical schools besides its own Strixhaven in future sets, suggesting that a Harry Potter collaboration isn't in the cards for the moment.
10/02/2026
Mattel Reveals Powerful Lineup of Masters of the Universe Movie Toys
By the power of Grayskull! Mattel has revealed a huge lineup of Masters of the Universe toys based on the upcoming movie.
10/02/2026
Mewgenics Sells Over 150k Copies in First 6 Hours; "This Is Beating Expectations by Quite a Lot"
The latest game from the developer of The Binding of Isaac is off to a screaming start.
10/02/2026
The 27" Samsung QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Drops to $350, Now the Least Expensive OLED Monitor
Includes a 3 year warranty that includes burn-in coverage.
10/02/2026
Magic's Marvel Super Hero Set Doesn't Launch Until June - But Amazon Already Discounted It
Marvel's Super Hero crossover for Magic: The Gathering is seeing price cuts on booster boxes already.
10/02/2026
AliExpress Has a 500W 375Wh Adult Electric Bike for Less Than $300 with Free Delivery
This electric assisted bike can go up to 23mph with a range of up to 45 miles.
10/02/2026
Spider-Noir Confirms Sandman Actor and Narrows Release Window to Spring 2026
Amazon’s Spider-Noir show has narrowed its release window to spring 2026, while revealing it will feature an appearance by Flint Marko, a.k.a. Sandman.
10/02/2026
Today’s Top Deals: Elden Ring Nightreign Drops to $20, Nintendo eShop + PS Store Gift Card Deals, and More
Plus, MTG x TMNT Booster Bundle savings, Metal Gear Solid Delta, and Amazon’s BOGO 50% off sale.
10/02/2026
Former PS4 Exclusive Predator: Hunting Grounds Drops To Very Low Price On Xbox
Another notable new deal for Xbox Game Pass members.It was back in September of 2024 that we first brought you the news that former PS4 console exclusive Predator: Hunting Grounds would be making its Xbox debut, and now it's just received easily its biggest Xbox discount to date.As part of this week's Xbox Game Pass discounts that went live a few hours ago, Predator: Hunting Grounds is down to just £2.51 / $2.99 / €2.99 for the next seven days, representing an 85% discount on its usual price in most regions.
10/02/2026
Hasbro Revives Classic Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Toy Line
Check out all the amazing new Marvel Legends figures Hasbro revealed ahead of New York Toy Fair, including a new wave of toys inspired by the classic Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars line.
10/02/2026
New Subnautica 2 video shows off a convenient and social dive elevator, while promising that multiplayer won't ruin single player
It's another day, another Subnautica 2 dev vlog, this time one with a big focus on multiplayer.This ability to play with, heaven forbid, other people is one that developer Unknown Worlds very much understands is not for everyone, given the first game's big focus on isolation and ruffing it yourself.And also to show off a dive elevator.
10/02/2026
Get the Excellent Sonos Arc Soundbar with Dolby Atmos for Half the Price of an Arc Ultra
Certified refurbished from Sonos direct with the same warranty as buying new.
10/02/2026
Blizzard Confirms Overwatch Just Had Its Best Weekend Player Count in a Year Across All Platforms, as Season 1 Officially Goes Live
Overwatch just benefited from its best weekend player count "in over a year" across all platforms, developer Blizzard has said, as the game's new Season 1 officially goes live.
10/02/2026
Besiege's next expansion goes where no medieval contraption has ever gone before: space!
Besiege, the physics building game about building all manner of medieval machinery to destroy your enemy, has taken you to all kinds of lands and with its 2024 expansion, The Splintered Sea, a few oceans too.But with its newly revealed follow-up expansion, there's nowhere to go but up (because it's set in space, hence my absolutely hilarious opening line). Read more
10/02/2026
Xbox Zombie Shooter Killing Floor 3 Gets 2026 Roadmap Following Rocky Launch
Player numbers are much worse than KF2, but it's improving.Killing Floor 3 launched on Xbox last summer after a bit of a shaky beta test for developer Tripwire Interactive, but here in the early part of the year, the team has committed to supporting the game throughout 2026.An extensive roadmap for the year has been shared this week, featuring new maps, weapons, enemies, events and more.
10/02/2026
Save $500 Off the Slim Yet Powerful Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop
Powerful gaming performance packed in a slim and lightweight premium laptop.
10/02/2026
Mixtape Preview: It’s All About The Music in the Idyllic ‘90s
After playing 30 minutes of Mixtape, I can clearly see the direction developer Beethoven & Dinosaur is looking to take with this ‘90s-set teenage adventure. The visuals are striking, its sense of nostalgia and warmth are unlike anything I've seen recently, and the needle drops definitely made me want to play more than what the demo allowed me.
10/02/2026
The Newly Announced LEGO Ford Model T Gives Big Dad Energy
LEGO's newly announced Ford Model T set, now up for preorder, brings big dad energy and some cool automobile history.
10/02/2026
The 10 Best Funny Games
From classic adventure games to witty modern indies and slapstick playgrounds, these are the best comedy games around.
10/02/2026
Stardew Valley Fans Really Hope They'll Be Able to Marry Sandy, the Wizard, and the Hat Mouse in 1.7 Update
Fans of Stardew Valley are eager to get married...again. To whom? They don't know. But they're hoping their bride/groom will be a couple of individuals in particular.
10/02/2026
Netflix's Latest One Piece Season 2 Trailer Includes Dinosaurs, New Villains and the Inside of Laboon the Whale
The latest trailer for season 2 of Netflix's live-action adaptation TV show is here, and it’s full of fan-favorite moments.
10/02/2026
Arc Raiders Gets PvE-Focused Event and New Rewards as Embark Squashes Duplication Bug in New Update
Developer Embark Studios has released Arc Raiders update 1.15.0, adding a new PvE-focused event and new rewards while (finally) squashing an infamous duplication glitch.
10/02/2026
PlayStation Plus February 2026 Extra and Premium Games Include Sony Blockbuster Spider-Man 2
February's line-up of games for the PlayStation Plus catalog have leaked online, and include a major PS5 blockbuster.
10/02/2026
Embark would like you all to play nice in Arc Raider's temporary PvE event Shared Watch, which starts today
The single most offputting thing about a game like Arc Raiders, i.e. an extraction shooter, is that every single other person you meet in-game is Schrödinger's asshole.It's certainly not for everyone, but in the game's latest update, a new PvE event has arrived encouraging everyone to walk hand in hand together to defeat those big bad bots. Read more
10/02/2026
Mouse: P.I. for Hire – Exclusive Boss Fight Gameplay | IGN First
Enjoy this exclusive new boss battle gameplay from Mouse: P.I. for Hire, the upcoming rubber hose-animated first-person shooter starring Troy Baker as Detective Jack Pepper. In this video you'll see Jack taking on the Third Wife in the Spooky Village.
10/02/2026
'I Play Kojima's Latest Game Then I Return to Fallout 4': Ghost in the Shell Director Mamoru Oshii Says He's Racked Up 10,000 Hours While Avoiding the Main Quest
Mamoru Oshii, the director of legendary anime movie Ghost in the Shell, has said that he's played Fallout 4 for 10,000 hours while avoiding its main quest.
10/02/2026
Amazon Has Several Sonic Games for PS5 With Major Discounts Right Now
A selection of Sonic games for PS5 - including Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Sonic X Shadow Generations, and a couple more - have received big discounts at Amazon.
10/02/2026
A Supermassive Horror Game Is Coming In Early 2026 As 'Directive 8020' Plots May Release Date
The Until Dawn devs are back.Following a substantial delay last year, Directive 8020 now has a nailed-on release date as Supermassive Games brings its next game in the Dark Pictures series to Xbox this May.Yep, the team's sci-fi horror game now arrives for Xbox Series X|S on May 12th, 2026 - and you can check out some new footage via the game's pre-order trailer up above.
10/02/2026
Magic's Next Precon Deck Is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Themed, and It's Already Discounted Just a Few Weeks From Launch
The Turtle Power preconstructed deck for Magic: The Gathering's next set is already seeing a $10 discount.
10/02/2026
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Is Coming to Digital Sooner Than You Think
The ultimate version of Quentin Tarantino's fourth film, Kill Bill, now officially has a VOD release date.
10/02/2026
Dark Pictures sci-fi horror Directive 8020 will open its doors in May, letting some evil fleshslime loose
Until Dawn developers Supermassive Games have announced a release date for Dark Pictures sci-fi horror game Directive 8020.Following a delay announced as the studio laid off staff last year, Directive 8020's set to land this May.Read more
10/02/2026
'Next Game in the Making': Split Fiction Director Josef Fares Posts Set Photo Which Fans Think is a 3-Player Hint
It Takes Two and Split Fiction director Josef Fares has posted the first photo from the set of developer Hazelight Studios' next project.
10/02/2026
The Incredibly Cute LEGO Floating Sea Otters Set Is Now Up for Preorder
The LEGO Ideas Floating Sea Otters set is now available to preorder from both Amazon and the LEGO Store for $119.99. It's set to be released on March 1.
10/02/2026
'Romeo Is A Dead Man' Receives Wide Range Of Review Scores, Hits Xbox This Wednesday
Impressions are all over the place.We know a lot of Pure Xbox members have been awaiting the reviews for Romeo Is A Dead Man this week, which is the latest game from Grasshopper Manufacture of No More Heroes and Lollipop Chainsaw fame (amongst other things).And, with just one day to go until it releases on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this Wednesday (February 11th), those reviews have arrived!
10/02/2026
Until Dawn Developer Announces Release Date for Long-Awaited Sci-Fi Horror Directive 8020
Supermassive Games has finally nailed down when we'll get to play Directive 8020, its next slice of narrative horror.
10/02/2026
ZA/UM’s New RPG Is Similar To Disco Elysium Because ‘We're Still the Same People’
Upcoming RPG Zero Parades looks so similar to Disco Elysium because developer ZA/UM is "still the same people," despite controversial staff departures.
10/02/2026
MindsEye studio reportedly installed monitoring software on staff PCs without their knowledge, as execs continue alleging sabotage
Management at Scottish studio Build A Rocket Boy, makers of notoriously panned GTA-like MindsEye, have reportedly installed monitoring software onto the PCs of their staff without informing the workers beforehand.The move appears to be linked to ongoing claims from BARB executives that the game's prospects have been deliberately sabotaged by third parties.Read more
10/02/2026
Romeo is a Dead Man review – an offbeat action game that finds its groovy, gory rhythm
Like the summonable, energy-shooting ghoul I cultivated on my spaceship’s zombie farm, Romeo is a Dead Man is a bit of a grower.After an iffy start that exhibits plenty of Grasshopper Manufacture weirdness but not much Grasshopper Manufacture charm, its disparate parts do eventually coalesce, forming a lean yet muscular hack 'n' slash with a playful talent for mixing up its mediums.Read more
10/02/2026
Pretty platformer sequel Planet of Lana II gets a pretty good Steam demo tomorrow, ahead of its surprise March release
First, it’s got a release date of March 5th 2026, a mere three weeks from now, and second, there’s a Steam demo coming even sooner, on February 11th.Release date, eh?Read more
10/02/2026
Deals: All Of The 'Bendy' Games Cost Less Than A Cup Of Coffee On Xbox This Week
The highlight of Tuesday's new Xbox deals.We're still waiting on the Xbox Lunar New Year Sale to begin (we're assuming it'll start this Friday with the deals showing up on Thursday night), but until then, another 150+ games have just been discounted on the Xbox Store.Most of them are exclusive to Xbox Game Pass subscribers — if you head to the "Deals with Game Pass" section of the Microsoft Store app on your Xbox console, you'll find them.
10/02/2026
First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth Delivers the Origin Story of an American Holiday
The new Oni Press graphic novel First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth reveals the origin story of an American holiday. Learn more in our exclusive preview.
10/02/2026
Mario Tennis Fever Review
It’s a familiar pattern: chaotic multiplayer fun let down by a bland adventure mode.
10/02/2026
'There's a Level of Investment We Need': Despite the Popularity of Nintendo Switch and Being Owned By Microsoft, Blizzard Discusses Why Hearthstone Still Isn't on Consoles
Blizzard has said that its Warcraft-themed collectible card game Hearthstone is still not available on consoles because the team needs "a level of investment... to make that happen."
10/02/2026
Xbox & Playground Games Highlight '10 Incredible New Features' Coming To Forza Horizon 6
Forza Horizon 6 burst onto the scene during Xbox Developer Direct last month with an impressive showing, which is nothing less than we expected given the series' history.It was a lengthy deep dive on the Horizon Festival's first Japanese outing, and as a follow-up, the team at Playground Games has rounded up "10 incredible new features" that were first debuted during that showcase.So, as a little reminder of everything coming to Forza Horizon 6 this May, we're going to share the team's list of brand-new features down below - and remember, you can go hands on with the next Forza game as early as May 15th, if you're willing to pay for early access.
10/02/2026
Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike gaming mouse review: a new standard in customisable clickery
I don’t want to alarm anyone, but a gaming mouse has just tried something new. New and, it turns out, brilliant. Read more
10/02/2026
Capcom Developing Another Monster Hunter Wilds 'Large-Scale Expansion' Similar to Iceborne
Monster Hunter Wilds will welcome a "large-scale" expansion later this year.
10/02/2026
The Dark Rites of Arkham review - pure Lovecraftian point and click fan service
But there aren't many point and click adventures showcasing H.P. Lovecraft's sanity-twisting mythos.The Dark Rites of Arkham, by indie developer Postmodern Adventures, rectifies this with a well-rounded effort filled with odes to all of Lovecraft's best stories.It has the quality of a Call of Cthulhu tabletop campaign assembled by a well-read fan.
10/02/2026
Xbox Adds Sounds To PC & ROG Xbox Ally Dashboard For A More Console-Like Experience
Another step on the unification ladder.There's been a lot of speculation surrounding the next Xbox console about how Microsoft seemingly wants to unify the Xbox experience across multiple devices including console, PC, handheld and Xbox Cloud Gaming, and this latest development for the Xbox PC app appears to be taking another step closer to achieving exactly that.As part of a new update for the Xbox PC app last night, users quickly discovered that new sounds had been added to its dashboard, and the majority (if not all) of those sounds appear to have crossed over from the dashboard on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.
10/02/2026
Black Myth: Wukong Developer Reveals 'Non-Canon' Teaser for Sequel Black Myth: Zhong Kui
Here's almost seven minutes of Black Myth Wukong follow-up Black Myth: Zhong Kui. Well, kind of.
10/02/2026
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Roster Count Leaked Ahead of PlayStation State of Play
Details on the upcoming, PlayStation-published Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls have appeared online, just days ahead of this week's big State of Play broadcast.
10/02/2026
'Relooted' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass, And Some Early Reviews Are Now Live
A new day one title arrives.Today, we have brand-new day one title Relooted entering the Game Pass Ultimate library;a heist platformer mashup from developer Nyamakop.
10/02/2026
Riot reportedly lay off around 80 devs on League Of Legends spin-off fighter 2XKO less than a month after launch
2XKO, Riot's League of Legends fighting spin-off, is having its development team significantly cut back not long after release.Game Developer report a Riot spokesperson as stating the publishers have put plans in motion to lay off around 80 developers on the game, about half of the global team who've been working on it, with the potential for some of the affected workers to land in new posts at Riot.Read more
10/02/2026
Riot Games Lays Off Dozens From 2XKO's Development Team Less Than a Month After Launch
Less than a month after the launch of its free-to-play 2v2 tag-team fighting game, 2XKO, Riot Games is scaling back its development team.
10/02/2026
'We Agree That She Can Be Even Better': Overwatch Director Responds After Voice Actor and Fans Say Changes Are Needed to New Character Anran
Overwatch's game director has responded to calls for the appearance of new hero Anran to be changed, following fan criticism and a public declaration of support by the character's English-language voice actress.
10/02/2026
Logitech Pro X2 Superstrike Review: A Must-Have Mouse for Competitive Players
Logitech's X2 Superstrike mouse was developed for pro players - but do its haptic inductive clicks work well for casual gamers too? IGN investigates Logitech's latest ultra-light.
10/02/2026
The mfish Valentines Day Sale Takes an Extra 15% Off Its Boldly Designed Power Banks, Chargers, and Cables
Not your every day boring looking bricks and wires.
10/02/2026
The Best Books to Buy During Amazon's Massive Buy 1, Get 1 Half Off Sale
Some great books are included.
10/02/2026
Get a Brand New Ecoflow River 3 Power Station for 35% Less Than on Amazon
Sold and shipped from Ecoflow's official AliExpress storefront.
09/02/2026
Save 40% Off the Shokz OpenRun Pro Sport Headphones During Best Buy's Presidents Day Sale
One of the best headphones for runners.
09/02/2026
Wuthering Heights Review
Wuthering Heights Review: Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star in a woeful interpretation of the Brontë classic, the star power of which dims the truly violent nature of this tragic story of love and vengeance.
09/02/2026
The Crunchyroll Store Announces Warehouse Sale With Massive Discounts on All Things Anime
The Crunchyroll Store has brought back one of the best anime merch sales for 2026.
09/02/2026
Primal Season 3, Episode 5 Review - 'The Dead Cast No Shadow'
Primal Season 3, Episode 5 Review: The gang's all here as zombie Spear, Fang, and Mira all team up -- despite the tensions that Spear's unlikely return has caused.
09/02/2026
Remedy Finds New CEO in Former EA Exec Jean-Charles Gaudechon
Control and Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment has named Jean-Charles Gaudechon as its new CEO.
09/02/2026
Todd McFarlane's Spawn Universe Expands With New She-Spawn Series
Todd McFarlane Productions have announced a brand new mini-series in the Spawn Universe, She-Spawn, written by Gail Simone (Uncanny X-Men, Birds of Prey), and illustrated by Ig Guara (Batman: Arkham Knight, Teen Titans).
09/02/2026
AU Deals: Save on Great Games Like MGS Delta, DK Bananza, and More Right Now!
I've played almost all of these, and in every case the discounts meaningfully shift the value conversation.
09/02/2026
The Alienware Presidents Day Sale Starts Now and I've Picked Out the Best Deals on Gaming PCs and Laptops
Lowest prices of the year on prebuilt gaming PCs with RTX 5080 and 5090 GPUs.
09/02/2026
Today’s Top Deals: MTG x TMNT Pizza Bundle Preorder, DoorDash Gift Card Deal, and Silent Hill f for Less
Plus, snag an Alienware RTX 5090 gaming PC at a great price, score a Godzilla graphic novel for cheap, and more.
09/02/2026
Feature: Sony Is Hosting A Huge State Of Play This Week, Do You Think We'll Get Any Big Xbox Reveals?
An hour-long show with third party games.Sony has announced that a huge PlayStation State of Play event is to go ahead this Thursday, February 12th - which you can read more about over at our sister site Push Square.After all, the team has confirmed that third-party games will be present at the show.
09/02/2026
The Alienware Area-51 RTX 5090 Gaming PC Drops to its Lowest Price Ever During the President's Day Sale
The least expensive RTX 5090 prebuilt gaming PC you can get right now.
09/02/2026
Amazon Has a ‘Buy 1, Get 1 Half Price’ Sale on Movies, Board Games, and More
It's back: Amazon has a "Buy 1, Get 1 Half Price" sale on board games, movies, and books.
09/02/2026
Crisol: Theater Of Idols Brings Its 'Gripping' Survival Horror Adventure To Xbox This Week
If you caught our "Games Coming to Xbox Next Week" roundup over the weekend, you may have wondered what the thumbnail image was for that article — it was Crisol: Theater of Idols, which releases for Xbox on February 10th.This is a little-known survival horror adventure game developed by the Madrid-based team Vermila Studios, and we believe this is their first game ever, with the company only having been founded in 2020.Read the full article on purexbox.com
09/02/2026
Amazon Has an Excellent Sale on Select PS5 Games Today
A selection of PS5 games have received some great discounts right now at Amazon, including Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill f, and more.
09/02/2026
Beast Joins Mondo's X-Men: The Animated Series Figure Line
Mondo's long-running X-Men: The Animated Series figure line adds another mutant heavy-hitter. Check out our exclusive first look at their Beast 1:6 scale figure.
09/02/2026
Discord roll out global age verification system, including an "age inference" model that runs in the background
I hate its ungainly profusion of tabs and voice channels.Already in play across the UK and Australia, this new “age-assured” approach is now being rolled out worldwide to create “a safer and more inclusive experience for users over the age of 13”.Rather unnervingly, Discord’s new age verification system includes an “inference model, a new system that runs in the background to help determine whether an account belongs to an adult, without always requiring users to verify their age.” Read more
09/02/2026
God of War Show Finds Its Atreus in Callum Vinson
Amazon and Sony have confirmed that Callum Vinson will play Kratos’ son, Atreus, in the upcoming live-action God of War show.
09/02/2026
Harry Potter HBO Series Will Reveal Malfoy's Home Life as TV Show Isn't Told 'Over Harry's Shoulder' Like The Books and Movies
HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter TV series will do things differently than the books and movies — and even include a look at the home life of Draco Malfoy.
09/02/2026
Valve's made it much easier to tell when a game's leaving Steam Early Access
A recent update to Steam allows developers to list a planned 1.0 release date for their Early Access games.While developers have always been free to share this information in blog posts or in the description on the store, in the past, they couldn't flag a game's planned release so clearly.Steam Early Access can be an excellent tool for developers, allowing them to put their game into players' hands and earn money without waiting until it's ready for a 1.0 release, but it can be a mixed bag for players.
09/02/2026
Replaced's Final Previews Are In, And We Could Be In For A Big Surprise On Xbox Game Pass
The next indie hit on XGP?At the tail end of last year, we finally got a proper release date for the long-in-development indie title Replaced, which is heading to Xbox Game Pass on March 12th.Now, ahead of its highly-anticipated launch next month, a final round of previews have landed, and it sounds like Sad Cat Studios could have some big surprises up its sleeve with this one.
09/02/2026
Power, Comic Books and Zero Parades for Dead Spies: How ZA/UM Found Its Disco Elysium Successor
Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM explains how examinations of failure, power, and pop culture have helped shape its next RPG, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies.
09/02/2026
The Amazing LEGO Starry Night Set Has Hit Its Lowest Price Yet at Amazon
The LEGO Ideas Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night set has dropped to its lowest price yet at Amazon of $139. Normally, it's listed for $169.99, so you're saving 18%.
09/02/2026
Blizzard's Latest Attempt at a StarCraft Shooter Reportedly in Development at Nexon
Blizzard has reportedly partnered with Korean gaming giant Nexon for yet another crack at turning StarCraft into a shooter.
09/02/2026
A former Rockstar dev is making a Satisfactory-style survival game about doomed expeditions on a strange planet
Aethus is a crafty new sci-fi survival game in which one woman and her flying drone pal excavate a layered underground world on behalf of a galactic megacorp.You’ll create a surface base from holographic modules, gather evidence about a doomed science expedition, research a wacky new element, and unearth the dirty secrets of your employer.It sounds a lot like Coffee Stain’s Satisfactory, with opportunities for automation later on, but it’s viewed from an elevated third-person perspective, and appears more narrative-driven.
09/02/2026
The 10 Best Mario Sports Games
Mario isn't just a jumping plumber. Sometimes he's a pro golfer, hotshot tennis player, or superstar soccer champion. Go to the big leagues with our picks of the very best Mario sports games.
09/02/2026
Discord Rolling Out 'Teen-by-Default' Settings Globally Next Month, With Age Verification Needed to Disable Content Filtering
Discord has announced plans to enforce a new "teen-appropriate" experience by default next month, requiring age verification to access restricted content or change content settings.
09/02/2026
Dispatch Developers Reveal How Aaron Paul's Performance Changed the Game
Creative Director EP Nick Herman and AdHoc CEO Michael Choung share how the Breaking Bad actor affected the development of the hit game.
09/02/2026
Stranger Things Star Matthew Modine Gets Vocal About His Feelings on the Finale and His Support of 'Conformity Gate'
Not everyone in the Stranger Things cast liked the show's finale — and now actor Matthew Modine has opened up about his feelings on the ending of the series.
09/02/2026
Team Ninja fix a terrifying "very rare" Nioh 3 bug that corrupts your save when you pray at shrine checkpoints
Nioh 3 “is less punishing” than Nioh 1 and Nioh 2, according to our reviewer Jeremy Blum.In a fine example of the Duality of Man, this observation forms part of a sentence in which Jeremy also confesses to smashing a hole in his desk with his controller.I can only imagine the destruction if he’d run into one particular “very rare” Nioh 3 bug, recently patched out, which causes the game to corrupt your save data if you end the game while praying at shrines.
09/02/2026
If you want nothing more than to hollow out a brutalist alien monolith, then tower defence mining game Iter-8 is for you
Every few floors I climb, I have to race home to blast the incoming creeps with my base's gun turret.But then that's the ever-present challenge of Iter-8, the latest half-mining game, half tower defence game to have stolen my attention.Read more
09/02/2026
Roundup: Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties
Launching this Wednesday on Xbox Series X and S.We've got quite a few big releases arriving on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this week, and one of them is a new version of Yakuza 3 known as "Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties", which officially launches on Wednesday, February 11th.There's definitely been some discourse about whether Yakuza 3 needed a new version and whether this one could live up to the high standards of the series, so we've been eager to see how the reviews would fare.
09/02/2026
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties review - a stuffed remake defined by its own grim connections
I’m Kazuma Kiryu, and I’m on my way to speak to some gruff yakuza lads about what their local gang war means for my orphanage.Now move, I’ve goons to beat up at two, photos to take at three, a biker gang war to resolve at four, and I also need to somehow fit in time to run around town waving my flip phone at strangers.Once that’s done, I’m all good to head home to the kids I’ve left unattended.
09/02/2026
Where to Order Flowers for Valentine’s Day 2026
If you’re hoping to pick up flowers for someone special on Valentine’s Day this year, here’s where you can order a bouquet.
09/02/2026
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Review
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties is another enjoyable blend of hard-boiled drama and sidestory silliness, but as a package it’s not quite as well-rounded as the series’ more accomplished entries.
09/02/2026
Nintendo Fans Believe The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Features Time Travel or Some Kind of Age-Reversing Spell
Last night's Super Bowl teaser for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie featured an extended look at Mario and Luigi being chased by a T-rex. But why is it actually Baby Mario and Baby Luigi we see here? As ever, the internet has theories.
09/02/2026
Helldivers 2 rolls out the cyborgs as a barrage of bloodcurdling binary heralds the Machinery of Oppression update
Grab your exploding hammer if you've invested in one, Helldivers 2 developers Arrowhead have revealed a trio of new cyborg enemies which'll be deploying on the battlefield as the shooter's forever war shifts into a battle to conquer Cyberstan.Well, I say new, these metal-augmented marauders will be plenty familiar if you're a veteran of the first Helldivers.Read more
09/02/2026
Microsoft Apparently 'Expects' The Xbox Series Era To Last, Despite Next-Gen Plans
"A longer tail than usual...".In a report from Windows Central, writer Jez Corden touches on the longevity of Xbox Series X|S when speaking about next-gen plans.Corden says "I'm told Microsoft expects the Gen-9 Xbox Series X|S to have a longer tail than usual", in-part due to a "broadening hardware ecosystem" once the more expensive next-gen system(s) enter the market.
09/02/2026
As Helldivers 2 Launches the Battle for Cyberstan, Arrowhead Says It's Already Plotting to Expand the Scope of the Game
IGN interviews Arrowhead on the present and future of Helldivers 2 as the Machinery of Oppression update unleashes the Cyborgs.
09/02/2026
Replaced Final Preview: You Might Think You Know What It Is, But I Promise You Don’t
You might think you know what Replaced is, but I promise you don't. Here's our final preview of one of 2026's most exciting games.
09/02/2026
Sony Announces PlayStation State of Play Broadcast For This Week
PlayStation will stream a major State of Play broadcast this week, featuring over an hour of news and reveals, including the latest updates from its own teams within PlayStation Studios.
09/02/2026
Helldivers 2 Drops To 'Lowest Price Ever' On Xbox Following Surprise Weekend Discount
It was quietly reduced on Sunday.This past Sunday, Xbox very quietly reduced the price of Helldivers 2 from £34.99 / $39.99 / €39.99 to £26.24 / $29.99 / €29.99.The discount is only live for another two days (at least, that's what it's saying on the Xbox Store), so you'll need to be quick if you want to grab this deal.
09/02/2026
Games Workshop had a Warhammer FTL clone pulled from Steam over some overly Space Marine-esque shoulderpads
Last year I covered the demo for Void War, robotically describing it as FTL meets Warhammer 40,000, because that is what it is, and sometimes, you have to call a Spade Marine a Spade Marine (I did enjoy the demo, as flagrantly combinatory as the game may be). Read more
09/02/2026
Epic Games Store Refutes Claim It 'Ghosted' Horses Developer, and Insists It Gave 'Context Around the Policies They Violated'
Epic Games has hit back at claims it made "provably incorrect statements" about controversial horror game Horses, and instead insisted it was transparent with developer Santa Ragione about its inability to sell the game via the Epic Games Store as planned.
09/02/2026
'Having a Project Killed is a Brutal Experience': Prince of Persia Creator Reacts to Sands of Time Remake Cancelation
Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner has reacted to Ubisoft's cancelation of its Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, which was scrapped last month seemingly within touching distance of launch.
09/02/2026
Horses devs accuse Epic of making "provably incorrect statements about the game’s content", after store exec's declaration of love
Both Valve and Epic judged that Santa Ragione's surreal work violated their rules regarding adult content, while the studio have asserted the the game "uses challenging, unconventional material to encourage discussion" rather than sexually titillate.Now, an interview given by one of the Epic Store's executives has reignited the war of words between the storefront and Santa Rangione, with the latter accusing Epic of making "provably incorrect statements about the game’s content".Read more
09/02/2026
Overwatch's Promise of a New 'Era' Tempts Back Thousands of Players, Giving the Sequel Its Biggest Month Since Launch
Overwatch — the game formerly known as Overwatch 2 — is enjoying something of a revival right now, hitting its highest concurrent peak on Steam since its 2022 launch.
09/02/2026
High On Life 2, Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Romeo Is A Dead Man go head to head in another crowded week for PC games
All signs point to the onset of spring, but I will not be fooled.The creature is trying to tempt me into the open so that it can shower me in digestive juices (what you in the normal world are pleased to call “rain”). Read more
09/02/2026
Report: Xbox Working With OEMs To Build Next-Gen Options For 'A Range Of Price Points'
A first-party handheld could still happen eventually too.Yesterday, we highlighted Windows Central's latest report on the next Xbox console regarding its release window and price, but that report also mentioned how Microsoft is working with OEMs to provide a range of next-gen options.According to the outlet, the next first-party Xbox console will be the "baseline, quintessential Xbox experience", but then there's potential for different hardware (including extra "consoles") from Microsoft's Windows partners.
09/02/2026
‘This is a Hill Worth Dying On’ — Overwatch Actor Supports Potential Redesign of Criticized Character
The actor behind the English language version of the newly revealed Overwatch hero, Anran, has responded to criticism of her visual design, supporting calls for her look to be changed, claiming “this is a hill worth dying on.”
09/02/2026
Gore Verbinski's BioShock Movie Would Have Somehow Included Both of the Game's Endings
Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski has said that his scrapped BioShock film adaptation would have somehow included both of the original game's endings to mess with the audience's heads.
09/02/2026
Game Pass Shooter High On Life 2 Now Available To Preload On Xbox Series X|S
Well, the game is now available to preload on Xbox Series X|S - including via Xbox Game Pass if that's the way you're accessing the Squanch Games sequel.The upcoming Game Pass FPS weighs in at just about 60GB on Xbox Series X and 44GB on Xbox Series S, which is pretty good going for a modern AAA title, we reckon.You can initiate the download now via your console or through the Xbox mobile app.
09/02/2026
Yakuza Kiwami 3 director says actor accused of sexual assault was cast for his “slimy feel”
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties' director Ryosuke Horii has addressed the controversial casting of actor Teruyuki Kagawa in the remake, which has resulted in fan backlash due to a 2022 report from Shukan Shincho detailing sexual assault allegations against the actor.Kagawa apologised at the time, but didn't specify what he was apologising for or confirm the events reported in Shukan Shincho's article.Read more
09/02/2026
Rayman Creator Discusses The Rayman 'Remake' Ubisoft Has Yet to Announce
More details of the unannounced Rayman remake have bubbled up again, this time from the creator of Rayman himself, Michel Ancel.
09/02/2026
Next-Gen Xbox 2027 Launch Reportedly 'Best Case Scenario', Following AMD Hint That Microsoft May Ship New Hardware Next Year
Microsoft's bid to release next-generation Xbox hardware in 2027 represents a "best case scenario," a fresh report has claimed, with the company not yet fully committed to a launch next year.
09/02/2026
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Is Down to Just $30 Today, Matching Its Black Friday Offer From Last Year
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater for PS5 has been marked down to $30 at Amazon, a 57% discount from its original list price of $69.99.
09/02/2026
Pokémon's Super Bowl Ad Asks Lady Gaga, Trevor Noah, and More 'What's Your Favorite' Pokémon?
Pokémon's promised ad spot at the Super Bowl just aired, and in it we got a glimpse into the Pokémon preferences of celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Trevor Noah, Charles Leclerc, and more.
09/02/2026
AU Deals: The Big Games of Today That Stopped Pretending They're Worth Full Price
These are the games that make sense now. They've (mostly) been patched, balanced, and priced into something honest. You know what they are, they know what they are, and the deal is finally fair on both sides.
09/02/2026
Super Bowl 2026 Commercials: All the Best Ads From the Big Game (Updating Live!)
Super Bowl LX is here and, alongside watching the (hopefully) epic battle between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, one of the main reasons to tune in tonight is to see all the biggest and best commercials that own just as much of the spotlight.
08/02/2026
Super Bowl 2026 Commercials: All the Best Ads From the Big Game
Super Bowl LX is over and the Seattle Seahawks have triumphed over the New England Patriots. While their epic battle was the star of the night, the commercials that surrounded the game were just as enjoyable, and we've gathered all the biggest ones right here.
08/02/2026
Super Bowl 2026 Movie Trailers: Everything Shown During the Big Game (Updating Live)
Super Bowl LX is here, and that means we’re about to see new movie trailers for some of the biggest films of 2026.
08/02/2026
Report: Next Year Is 'Best Case Scenario' For New Xbox Console, Microsoft Still Unsure On Price
WC is back with a new report.Earlier this week, AMD CEO Lisa Su made headlines when it was suggested that the next Xbox console could be ready to launch in 2027, and Windows Central says this is a "best case scenario" release year for the system, but the Xbox team aren't "forcing themselves to adhere to a specific hard cut-off point".Read the full article on purexbox.com
08/02/2026
The Dark West, an Occult Action-RPG, Announced for PC
Introducing The Dark West, a hardcore action-RPG set in a cursed frontier that got too greedy and paid the price. Occult skills and a poker-esque deck let you customize your build and blast through the black-magic-fueled foes of The Order and The Damned as you aim to be the last one standing.
08/02/2026
Super Bomberman Collection Gets 'Very Positive' User Reviews Following Surprise Release
It shadow dropped during the Nintendo Direct.If you missed the Nintendo Direct earlier this week, you might not have seen that Konami released the Super Bomberman Collection as a shadow drop — it's literally available right now on the Xbox Store for £15.98 / $19.99.This a collection of the following classic Bomberman titles:Read the full article on purexbox.com
08/02/2026
Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas for 2026: Surprise Someone With LEGO, Flowers, Chocolate, Puzzles, and More
Valentine’s Day is coming up fast. Here are some of our favorite, fun gift ideas worth giving in 2026, from LEGO and games to flowers, puzzles, and so much more.
08/02/2026
Feature: I'm Playing Fable 1 For The First Time, And Here Are Five Things That Have Surprised Me
Like many other members of the Pure Xbox community, I was blown away by the Fable reboot reveal at Xbox Developer Direct a few weeks ago.I know some of us immediately started thinking about revisiting the classics — Fable 1, Fable 2, and whatever else you consider to be a "classic" — but for me personally, it was less about "revisiting" and more about going on a journey of discovery.Fable 2 and Fable Fortune are the only games in the series I've ever put real time into, and even then, I bounced off them both quite quickly at the time.
08/02/2026
Indie Publisher Spends $0 Marketing Their New Game, Sells Most Copies On Xbox
"It happened passively, purely through store visibility.".The game is called Skinwalker (3D), and it's been on PS5 since December 5th, Xbox since December 26th, and Nintendo Switch since January 22nd.No marketing funds have been put into it whatsoever, and it turns out that 51.2% of all copies so far have been sold on Xbox (40.8% on PS5, 7.9% on Switch), with the game having racked up $8,879 worth of revenue in its first 60 days of organic sales, which amounts to over 1,800 copies sold.
08/02/2026
What's on your bookshelf: Nyamakop and Relooted's Marcia Shange
It's finally time for another edition of our thrillingly erratic column on game developers and their bestest books.This week, we're having our ears bent by Marcia Shange, chief operating officer of South Africa, Johannesburg-based developers Nyamakop, creators of puzzle platformer Semblance and the forthcoming postcolonial heist 'em up Relooted.Read more
08/02/2026
The Sunday Papers
Sundays are for waking up and remembering you said you’d help your sister-in-law move house.This week’s readings are a little light on actual videogame stuff.Though let’s be honest, sometimes videogames don’t deserve it.
08/02/2026
Don't like how often map conditions rotate in Arc Raiders? Sorry, but the devs say "that most likely won't change"
For all of their faults (the list may be endless), the interesting thing about live service games, when done well anyway, is the way they can change from day to day.There's an actual living quality to them that, even if I'll always prefer them, a singleplayer game can't capture as well.One such game that can change quite drastically is Arc Raiders, with its varying map conditions and events, swapping in and out at the whims of its developers.
07/02/2026
The Best LEGO Gifts to Buy for Valentine’s Day This Year
LEGO flowers, a LOVE statue, Tweety Bird cosplaying as cupid, and more.
07/02/2026
Prince of Persia creator shares his sympathies with The Sands of Time remake devs: "Artists put their hearts into their work"
Last month, Ubisoft pretty unceremoniously cancelled a bunch of games, the most notable of the bunch being that long gestating Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake.This came as part of a major restructuring at the company, putting up to 200 jobs at their Paris HQ at risk, ultimately leading to a call for an international strike, and the firing of one Assassin's Creed designer.It's all a concerning mess, and now the creator of Prince of Persia and lead designer on the original Sands of Time Jordan Mechner has shared his sympathy to devs affected by the remake's cancellation.
07/02/2026
Square Enix's baffling murder mystery social game Killer Inn gets a quick, free-for-all playtest ahead of its release next week
In a few months time we'll be approaching the anniversary of Square Enix realising that actually, their commitment to releasing certain games only on particular platforms isn't that good for them after all.These following two years will supposedly have been a time of internal change for the studio, with that translated externally via the Final Fantasy 7 Remake games releasing on more than just PlayStation. Read more
07/02/2026
Dracula 2026 Ending Explained: How the New Luc Besson Movie Changes Drac’s Story
Luc Besson's new Dracula movie, starring Caleb Landy Jones and Christoph Waltz, makes some significant (and at times odd) changes to the classic Bram Stoker story... including the ending of the classic tale.
07/02/2026
Through pool, dice and stickers into a blender and you get STICKER/BALL, a roguelike that relishes in chaos
I'll be truthful with you for a moment: I do, from time to time, enjoy a game where I do not have to be supremely strategic, and get to watch different lights and colours light up on my screen.Something that's got the juice, but doesn't ask too much of me.And I believe I could quite easily find myself switching off that half to STICKER/BALL once in a while, a "pool game roguelike from the future."
07/02/2026
Is Marvel Super Heroes and Universes Beyond Threatening To Overshadow Magic’s Next In-Universe Set Again?
With preorders open for Marvel Super Heroes in Magic: The Gathering, could it be time for Wizards to pump the brakes a little? We discuss whether Universes Beyond is once again at risk of overshadowing the next In-Universe set... again.
07/02/2026
Exodus' writer wants to make the Mass Effect successor's side quests so good you won't care if you're rewarded for doing them
You know, you'd think that with decades worth of RPGs in existence, side quests would have been more or less figured out by now.And yet, there are still enough games releasing that seem more interested in going for quantity over quality.But for the devs over at Archetype Entertainment, the goal is to make the side quests in their upcoming sci-fi jaunt Exodus not feel just "tacked on."
07/02/2026
Talking Point: Are You Looking Forward To High On Life 2 Hitting Xbox Game Pass Next Week?
Excited for the High on Life sequel?Despite polarising opinions on it, Squanch Games greenlit a sequel - one that's coming to Xbox Game Pass next week.High on Life 2 graces the XGP library on February 13th, and it promises to up the ante on all of those talking guns, trippy levels and over-the-top humour that the first game delivered.
07/02/2026
Here's What Might Leave Xbox Game Pass In March 2026
What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in March 2026?Well, Microsoft hasn't confirmed anything just yet, but based on some games that were added to the service this time last year, we can at least make a few predictions ahead of time.We know that a lot of Xbox users want more advance notice of games leaving Xbox Game Pass, but Microsoft usually gives us around two weeks right now - and don't forget, publishers sometimes secure late deals with Microsoft to keep their games on Game Pass, even after they've been announced to be leaving!
07/02/2026
I'm certain the pirates in strategy game Menace are laughing at my mistakes
In my first mission, I failed a string of optional objectives and saw one of my squads gunned down by a group of heavily-armed, jetpack-wearing space pirates.I got revenge by running them over with an APC.But I need to up my game if I'm to kick these freeloading bandits off the planet Backbone.
07/02/2026
Feature: These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (February 9-13)
Including SIX new Game Pass titles!Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for February 9-13!We've got a really busy few days ahead of us, with the likes of Romeo Is A Dead Man, Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, Reanimal and High on Life 2 all releasing for the first time, and there are a whopping six new Xbox Game Pass titles included in the bunch as well!
07/02/2026
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 7-8)
Any recent Game Pass additions?We're well into February now, and Xbox keeps adding stuff to the 2026 Game Pass library, which means we've got plenty to be getting stuck into over our few days of downtime.Here's what we're playing this weekend:Read the full article on purexbox.com
07/02/2026
HBO’s Baldur’s Gate Show Wants To Be a Sequel to BG3. That’s Impossible.
HBO's Baldur's Gate show intends to be a direct sequel to the beloved RPG. But how do you make a sequel to a game with 17,000 variations of its ending?
07/02/2026
Games Workshop Issued 'FTL in a Warhammer 40,000 Skin' Steam Game With a DMCA Takedown Because of ‘Oversized Convex Shoulder Pads With a Metallic Rim,’ Dev Says
It turns out the “Mal Reynolds” who issued Steam game Void War with a DMCA takedown was not a troll who also happened to be a huge fan of Firefly. It was actually Warhammer 40,000 owner Games Workshop, which took issue with an image of a shoulder pad.
07/02/2026
What are we all playing this weekend?
It's not the toddlers that are the issue - all the old standards go down a treat with them – "Do you like the taste of boogers?", "What's that behind your ear?", "What's your position on jelly?"No, it's the parents that are the issue.They get really weird when you as them if they like the taste of boogers.
07/02/2026
The FED Fitness Valentine's Day Sale Drops Prices on Adjustable Dumbbells, Power Towers, and Treadmills
Popular and well-built fitness equipment at a fraction of the cost of Peloton, Bowflex, or NordicTrack.
06/02/2026
'It Looks Like I Just Got a PlayStation 7' Streamer Northernlion Just Discovered His High Refresh Rate Monitor Was Still Set to 60Hz
Popular streamer Northernlion has just discovered his 165Hz monitor has been set to 60Hz for who knows how long, maybe even a decade.
06/02/2026
HBO Max Just Added a Hidden Gem of Adult Animation
Boys Go to Jupiter, the directorial debut from 3D artist Julian Glander, is now streaming on HBO Max.
06/02/2026
This Disney+ and Hulu Streaming Bundle Deal Drops the Monthly Cost to $9.99
Save a couple of bucks on a month of Disney+ and Hulu.
06/02/2026
Masters of the Universe Director Calls Jared Leto's Live-Action Skeletor 'the Embodiment of Toxic Masculinity'
Live-action Masters of the Universe movie director Travis Knight has teased that Jared Leto’s Skeletor is “the embodiment of toxic masculinity.”
06/02/2026
New Super Mario Galaxy Movie Trailer Finally Shows Yoshi Eating Someone and Pooping Out an Egg
Finally, Illumination and Nintendo have given people what they want out of teaser for the Super Mario Galaxy Movie: we've finally seen how the film handles Yoshi eating someone and pooping them out as an egg.
06/02/2026
That Resident Evil: Requiem Nintendo Switch 2 Trailer Shows Just How Scalable It Will Be on PC
Resident Evil: Requiem has incredibly modest PC system requirements, and the Switch 2 port actually means a lot for the PC version.
06/02/2026
The Lenovo Legion Tower 5 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming PC Drops to $1,899 at B&H Photo
One of the few gaming PCs priced under $2K this year that can run any game in 4K.
06/02/2026
Scarlet Review
Scarlet review: To see or not to see, that is the question; in the case of this imaginative, time-spanning journey, the answer is yes!
06/02/2026
Xbox Sparks Confusion With $5 Gift Cards For 'Participating In The Black Ops 7 Campaign'
It's seemingly related to the Vault Edition Upgrade.Every now and again, Microsoft likes to give away free Gift Cards to various Xbox users — usually as a result of a major sale on the Xbox Store — but this is one of the most confusing examples yet.Earlier this week, a bunch of Call of Duty fans began sharing that they'd received a free $5 Xbox Gift Card via their Xbox messages for "participating in the Black Ops 7 campaign".
06/02/2026
The Strangers - Chapter 3 Review
Review: The Strangers - Chapter 3 is the weakest entry in a flat and tedious trilogy.
06/02/2026
'We Tried to Think of Someone Who Makes You Go, 'This Guy's a Creep'': Yakuza/Like a Dragon Director Addresses Controversial Casting
The director of Yakuza 3 Kiwami + Dark Ties has broken his silence on Ryo Ga Gotoku Studio's controversial hiring of Teruyuki Kagawa to play Goh Hamazaki, saying they needed someone who would make audiences think, "This guy's a creep."
06/02/2026
Today’s Best Deals: MTG x Marvel Price Cut, 76% Off Persona 3 Reload, 4K UHD Movies Hit Lows
Plus, Pokémon Phantasmal Flames, Razer Kitsune controller, LEGO Van Gogh for even less, and more.
06/02/2026
A New Big Sonos Sale Takes 20% Off Subs, Speakers, and Soundbars Ahead of the Big Football Game
The home theater experience is incomplete without great sound.
06/02/2026
Marvel's The Sentry Writer Promises 'We Are Going to Make a Lot of People Cry'
We chat with The Sentry writer Paul Jenkins to learn why the new series is sure to make Marvel fans cry. Check out our exclusive preview and interview.
06/02/2026
If You Like EarthBound, This New Xbox Game Is Getting Heavy Comparisons To It
We'll be honest — Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass was not a game that was on our radar prior to this week.We overlooked it for our February 2026 Xbox indie roundup, but it could end up becoming one of the most beloved indie releases of the month (at least for EarthBound fans!).The game is described as blending "classic 16-bit RPG design with surreal dream logic and psychologically charged environments", taking place inside the dream of an eight-year-old boy who attempts to save his family and eradicate the Pulsating Mass.
06/02/2026
If you're struggling to play tactics sim Menace, it could be because your antivirus is randomly deleting files
It could have been worse, Julian.Your antivirus software could have deleted some of the game’s files.This being one of the currently known issues listed in the patch notes for the game’s first proper update.
06/02/2026
'From Expeditioners to Knights!' — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Developer Receives French Cultural Honor
The development team behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 have been given the status of Knight under the French Order of Arts and Letters, in recognition of their significant contribution to the country's art and culture.
06/02/2026
Isabela Merced Set to Star in a New Film Adaptation of Sega Zombie Franchise The House of the Dead
The Last of Us and Alien: Romulus star Isabela Merced is set to star in an upcoming film adaptation of the hit Sega franchise The House of the Dead.
06/02/2026
The Original Hollow Knight Just Got An Xbox Series X|S Upgrade, And It's Free On Game Pass
"With higher frame-rates, higher resolution and additional effects".We know it felt like an age for Hollow Knight: Silksong to finally arrive last year, but Team Cherry is quickly following up that release with a brand-new version of the original Hollow Knight; and that free Xbox Series X|S upgrade is out now!Yep, the OG Hollow Knight from 2018 has just been upgraded for current-gen consoles, featuring "higher frame-rates, higher resolution and additional effects" along with "additional updates and refinements across all platforms".
06/02/2026
What’s the Deal With Magic the Gathering’s New Marvel Super Heroes Gift Bundle, and Should You Buy One?
With a Collector Booster included, here's all you need to know about the Magic x Marvel Super Heroes Gift Bundle.
06/02/2026
Grab Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds at Its Lowest Price So Far Right Now at Amazon
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has dropped to its lowest price so far at Amazon for PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X. The PS5 version is on sale for $35.05 while the Switch and Xbox copies are down to $39.99.
06/02/2026
Square Enix announce Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse, sequel to one of 2023's best horror mystery games
Square Enix have announced Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse, a summery sequel to horror mystery visual novel Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo.The Mermaid’s Curse should be good, then.It trades the first game’s gloomy streets for the coast of Japan, where young pearl diver Yuza Minakuchi discovers another version of himself at the bottom of the ocean.
06/02/2026
Razer BlackShark V3 gaming headset review
Like the Turtle Beach Vulcan II TKL keyboard – except as astute readers will notice, this is a headset – the BlackShark V3 Pro is something I’ve welcomed into my everyday PC kit for months, yet apparently needed the invention of a new review format in order for me to talk about it.Still, the length of that happy headwearing should tell you something: I like it, a lot.Read more
06/02/2026
If you think open worlds are too big, play Shrinko / if you think open worlds are too small, play Shrinko
“The open world games are too big.Why, it takes Yasuke 40-100 hours to get from one end of Assassin’s Creed Shadows to the other!”“Make Yasuke 40-100 times larger.”
06/02/2026
These Are the 10 Best Books to Look Out for in February 2026
From romance to fantasy and much, much more, here are the best book releases launching February 2026.
06/02/2026
Mewgenics developers reckon going for a full launch over early access is "a weird thing now"
Mewgenics, the cat breeding roguelike battler from Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel, finally saunters out of its litter box with a cheeky smirk next week.It's been a long time coming, but the developers have opted to make players wait for a full release, rather than going the early access route plenty of games opt for nowadays - the likes of Hades 2 and Wreckfest 2 spring to mind.As a result, McMillen and Glaiel see the way they've gone as no longer being the norm, and have shed more light on their reasons for not picking early access.
06/02/2026
'Some Kind of Fancy Lawyer Lingo?' — Marvel's Wolverine Developer Just Dropped a Big Tease for Another Hero, Fans Believe
Insomniac Games, the developer behind PlayStation's beloved Spider-Man games and the upcoming Wolverine, just dropped a teasing hint at another Marvel hero who fans now think is likely to appear.
06/02/2026
Tomb Raider TV Series Set Video Shows Sophie Turner as Lara Croft Complete With Dual Pistols
A Tomb Raider TV show set video has hit the internet, showing Sophie Turner as Lara Croft complete with dual pistols.
06/02/2026
Report: Microsoft Is In The Early Stages Of 'Expanding' Xbox Game Pass
Following a major overhaul last year.Microsoft only overhauled Xbox Game Pass last year with new tiers, prices, perks and more, but it sounds as though the company isn't quite done messing about with its gaming subscription service just yet.<related ids="188807">Read the full article on purexbox.com
06/02/2026
The Disney Afternoon Collection Is Releasing on Nintendo Switch – Here’s Where to Preorder It
Disney Afternoon Collection is now available to preorder on Nintendo Switch 2 and 1 for $39.99 and $29.99, respectively. It's set to be released on May 29, 2026.
06/02/2026
Here's the Bizarre Reason Why Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson and Lewis Capaldi Are All in Taylor Swift's New Music Video
Hollywood stars Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith and singer Lewis Capaldi all star in Taylor Swift's new music video for a truly unusual reason.
06/02/2026
Arcade Archives Brings Two Racing Classics To Xbox, But No Sign Of 'Console Archives' Yet
Rave Racer will be making its home console debut.If you haven't heard of the Arcade Archives series, it's the name for a bunch old arcade games that are being re-released for modern platforms by HAMSTER Corporation, and they're constantly pumping these things out on Xbox — recent releases include Space Invaders 1 and 2, Ridge Racer, Aqua Jet, The King of Fighters '98 and much more.Arcade Archives will continue to keep releasing these classics on Xbox, and we've got two new racing games to mention in particular — Taito's "Top Speed" from 1988, which just arrived for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S yesterday (February 5th), as well as the home console debut of Ridge Racer successor "Rave Racer" on February 26th.
06/02/2026
Mewgenics review - a roguelite where sacrificial arse maggots and frightful defecation are the keys to success
Not the food, but the stray cat with a squished face and stubby legs that I wrangled into my shack in Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel’s new roguelite strategy game, Mewgenics.I sent Fish Sticks to the pits of hell to face the armies of Satan.Him and his ability to pluck maggots from his allies' rectums and swallow their souls.
06/02/2026
Magic: The Gathering's Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander Decks Are Down to Just $30 Each With This Excellent Bundle Deal
This Magic: The Gathering Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander bundle brings each precon down to around $30 each.
06/02/2026
Mewgenics Review
Mewgenics is a fantastic tactical RPG that's good for more than a hundred hours of roguelike runs. Just when you think you have it figured out it'll throw something completely unexpected and hilariously gross at you – and probably a catchy new original song, too.
06/02/2026
Xbox Drops Multiple Games To Their 'Lowest Price Ever' In Five New Sales
Still no sign of the Lunar New Year Sale yet though.Instead, we've got five new sales in the form of 2K Publisher, Focus Publisher, Anime, Hogwarts Anniversary and the usual Xbox Game Pass sale, along with the ongoing Indie Selects Anniversary sale that ends on February 10th.The main thing we want to point out here is that hundreds of games are either at their lowest price ever or joint-lowest price ever on the Xbox Store as a result of these sales.
06/02/2026
Fans Think Nintendo Made Leon S. Kennedy Miss Every Shot to Keep the Latest Resident Evil Requiem Trailer Family Friendly
The latest trailer for Resident Evil Requiem shows experienced agent Leon S. Kennedy whiffing every one of his shots — and fans think Nintendo is to blame.
06/02/2026
“You gotta let some of the chaos in”: Diablo 2's art lead explains what he doesn’t like about Diablo 4
Last week, Moon Beast Productions officially revealed Darkhaven, a new action-RPG in the spirit of Diablo II, but with a changing, destructible, procedurally generated world that both echoes Minecraft and takes inspiration from the Diablo modding scene.Moon Beast are made up of ARPG royalty – their senior staff include original Diablo senior designer, art director and writer Erich Schaefer, Diablo 2 art lead Philip Shenk and Diablo 2 programmer Peter Hu.As you’d expect, the Darkhaven devs have many Thoughts about Diablo today, at once leveraging their credits for marketing (they're about to launch a Kickstarter) and resisting the idea that they are making an unofficial Diablo sequel.
06/02/2026
Highguard Episode 2 Is Here, With a New Warden, Map, Ranked Mode, And More
Highguard updates continue. Here's everything in the Episode 2 patch notes.
06/02/2026
Rust gets rusty boat building, so you can sail in search of ghost ships, floating cities and tropical islands
Rust, the survival game also the world's foremost simulator of rock-chucking battles between naked people, has gotten a naval update adding in the ability to cobble together your own watercraft and sail the high seas.Those seas have plenty to discover and point your cannons at too, especially the "high risk, high reward, and intentionally unforgiving" deep sea region.Read more
06/02/2026
Huge Success of Arc Raiders Gives Embark 'Financial Security and Employment Stability,' $75 Million Budget Estimate 'Not Too Far Off'
Embark CEO Patrick Söderlund says Arc Raiders' success has given the team “stability [and] long-term security” as it continues to support the extraction shooter through 2026.
06/02/2026
The Big Arc Raiders Interview: Embark Boss Patrick Söderlund Talks Live-Service Plans, Banning Cheaters, and the Secret Sauce of PvE
We spoke with Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund to learn more about the surprise success of Arc Raiders, cheaters, content updates, weird pants, and more.
06/02/2026
Making HBO's Baldur’s Gate 3 TV Series Without Larian’s Help Would Be a Big Mistake
Making HBO's Baldur’s Gate 3 TV series without Larian’s help would be a big mistake.
06/02/2026
Launching Nioh 3 on PC at The Same Time As PS5 Is Paying Off for Koei Tecmo As New RPG Smashes Player Counts For the Series on Steam
Nioh 3 has only been out a few hours, but it's already the biggest Nioh game on Steam ever.
06/02/2026
Today's Highguard major update delivers a new hero who's a wolf in all forms including physical, awoooo
Genre soupy shooter Highguard's second big update arrives today, February 6th.It'll deliver a new hero to guard those pesky highs in the form of Ekon, a bloke who can transform into a wolf.Developers Wildlight have also aimed to ensure the game's gang of established heroes don't feel left out by adding a free wolf mount, alongside a new map called Skydrift and a 3v3 ranked mode.
06/02/2026
'My Ex Broke Up With Me Over Text and Tbh This Is Worse' — the Internet — and Developer Larian — React to HBO's Baldur's Gate 3 Sequel TV Show
The news yesterday that HBO is not only making a Baldur’s Gate 3 TV show but that it will continue the story on from the video game itself has sent shockwaves through the internet.
06/02/2026
Pragmata Demo Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X, Series S & Switch 2
Yesterday, Capcom treated us to our first playable demo of the upcoming sci-fi adventure Pragmata, and therefore plenty of Xbox fans have been getting their hands on it already — across both Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.The YouTube channel Fuzion Xbox Testing has been busy publishing some early footage of these versions as usual, giving us a first comparison between the Series X and Series S releases.However, there are also some interesting comparisons to make between the Series S and Nintendo Switch 2 versions, so we'll talk a look at that as well.
06/02/2026
Borderlands 4's First Premium DLC, Bounty Pack 2, Drops Later This Month — This Is What You Get
Borderland 4's first premium DLC, Bounty Pack 2: Legend of the Stone Demon, will drop February 26, 2026. Here's what to expect.
06/02/2026
One Of 2026's Prettiest Xbox Game Pass Titles Gets New March Release Date
Thanks to this week's Nintendo Direct.That game is Planet of Lana 2: Children of the Leaf, which officially releases on March 5th, 2026.This is the follow-up to 2023's Planet of Lana, which got quite a bit of attention on Xbox Game Pass way back when.
06/02/2026
Japanese Developer Behind Tech That Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki Called an 'Insult to Life Itself' to Release Cosy God Sim Game
A machine learning animation technology from the same creator whose work was infamously shot down by Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki in a viral video almost 10 years ago, will be used in a new evolution/god-sim game coming out next week.
06/02/2026
Civilization 8 could be a proper early access game - "never say never", comment Firaxis
Civilization 7 has been through a sizeable array of changes since launch in February next year, amid some very uncivilised reactions to boat-rocking features like the new age format.The next update, Test Of Time, will restore the ability to play as one civilization through the whole game, while making changes to how victories are earned in the hope of creating some lategame variety.All these tweaks and rejigs invite a more fundamental question. “Why didn’t they just launch it as an early access game?” I remember moaning to another journalist last year.
06/02/2026
A Baldur’s Gate TV series is set to follow on from Baldur’s Gate 3, though Larian don't look to be involved beyond a casual chat
Did you know Baldur's Gate is a show?Baldur's Gate 3 developers Larian, though, don't seem to be directly involved outside of the show's boss asking if he can pop into their studio for a chat.Read more
06/02/2026
'Will I Be Allowed Back in the Country?' — Avengers: Doomsday Star Ian McKellen Has Now Re-Enacted the Moment Magneto Destroys [Spoiler] in the Movie
Earlier this week, acting legend Ian McKellen appeared to drop an enormous Avengers: Doomsday spoiler. Now, the actor has repeated the same claim — and even re-enacted the moment on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
06/02/2026
"A lot of survival games are really boring": Abiotic Factor developer says many game makers are too focused on mechanics and not enough on vibes
"I think a lot of survival games are really boring," Geoff 'Zag' Keene, founder of Deep Field Games, developers of Half-Life adjacent co-op survival game Abiotic Factor, said in a recent interview.It's not the first time Keene's said something like it and, in fact, in the episode of The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook, he's responding to a question about when he said it to cheery RPS fanzine PC Gamer back in 2024.Read more
06/02/2026
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 4 Review
All seems lost for Dunk in “Seven” as he faces the consequences for attacking Aerion Targaryen and the fallout over Egg’s deception about his true identity. This is aesthetically and tonally the darkest episode yet of Season 1 and, as such, also has the least amount of humor.
06/02/2026
The Grand Tour Returns This Year, With Three New Confirmed Hosts
Six-episode season to reset the series following the departure of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May.
06/02/2026
How to Watch the 2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Live Online
This year’s opening ceremony will kick off at 2pm ET, which is 8pm local time in Italy, on February 6, 2026. The ceremony will likely run for a total of three hours, and will be broadcast again during primetime at 8pm ET.
06/02/2026
The Pitt Season 2, Episode 5: "11:00 A.M." Review
The Pitt Season 2 delivers its strongest episode yet in “11:00 A.M.”, which features a nice balance of medical drama and gross-out humor.
06/02/2026
Get ONNIT Alpha BRAIN To Stay Locked In During Game Time
Nootropics that support mental clarity, focus, and memory for when the action gets hectic.
06/02/2026
AU Deals: Devastating Price Cuts, Long Plays Ahoy, Zero Regret Purchases Aplenty
This week quietly delivers both value and personality across four platforms, with a few curveballs that reward curiosity.
06/02/2026
Baldur’s Gate TV Series Set for HBO, Will Be a Continuation of Baldur’s Gate 3's Story
A Baldur’s Gate TV series set is in the works at HBO, and will be a continuation of the Baldur’s Gate 3 game's story.
06/02/2026
An online cooperative game originally spun off from Assassin's Creed Shadows has reportedly been cancelled
Last month, the company cancelled a number of its games, notably the Price of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, later proposing up to 200 job cuts at its Paris HQ, all of which led to a call for an international strike.Now, it sounds like Ubisoft have also cancelled an online Assassin's Creed game. Read more
05/02/2026
Arc Raiders Dev Outlines Expedition Changes After Players Criticized Steep Reward Requirements
Embark has opened up about how it will make the second Expedition in Arc Raiders more enticing after the first left its community wanting more.
05/02/2026
Stray Kids: The Dominate Experience Is a K-Pop Fan Fever Dream
Stray Kids : The Dominate Experience is a concert movie meticulously put together from footage from the K-pop group's 2025 SoFi stadium performances
05/02/2026
Dosa Divas is almost done simmering, as it gets a new demo and eyes up an April release
I am very much of the opinion that for the most part, video games do not have a very good relationship with food.So, ever since its announcement I've been quite excited about Dosa Divas, a turn-based RPG where you play as two sisters piloting a cute robot whose goal is to take down an "evil fast food empire."And I'm more excited now, as it has a release date!
05/02/2026
Ubisoft Reportedly Cancels Rumored Cooperative Multiplayer Assassin's Creed Game
Ubisoft has reportedly canceled a multiplayer, cooperative Assassin's Creed title that has been in development at French studio Ubisoft Annecy.
05/02/2026
Embark smooth over Arc Raiders' Expedition rough patches with a cheaper entry point for its second bout
Ah, live service games.You put out a new feature, everybody complains about one thing or another, you say something like "we've heard your feedback" and change it the next time around.This, almost word for word, is exactly what's happened with Arc Raiders' and its impending second Expedition, the details of which have been outlined in a handy blog post from developer Embark.
05/02/2026
Today’s Top Deals: Pokémon Phantasmal Flames Drops to a New Low, Van Gogh LEGO Set, and More
Save on a Thrustmaster racing wheel and a Dungeons & Dragons x Stranger Things crossover game.
05/02/2026
The Best MicroSD Express Cards for Nintendo Switch 2 Right Now
The Switch 2 needs a different type of SD card than usual to expand storage: the microSD Express card.
05/02/2026
Disneyland Paris in 2026: Disney Adventure World, World of Frozen, and More
From the transformation of Walt Disney Studios Park to Disney Adventure World to the grand opening of World of Frozen and much more, here is everything planned for Disneyland Paris in 2026.
05/02/2026
Xbox Release Windows Teased For Halo, Gears, Kiln & New Starfield Content In 2026
"Here’s what Xbox is working on...".2026 is undoubtedly a stacked year for new Xbox first-party games, and we already know that Forza Horizon 6 is arriving in May and Fable is arriving in the fall, but what about the rest of the lineup?Well, The Verge's Tom Warren has shed more light on this today in a new report, pointing out that there's a "big effort internally" for Microsoft to release new Forza, Fable, Gears and Halo games on time in 2026.
05/02/2026
LEGO Reveals a Project Hail Mary Collaboration Right Before Its Final Movie Trailer
From book to screen to LEGO set.
05/02/2026
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Super Is Probably Dead, Thanks to AI
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Super is probably dead, thanks to AI.
05/02/2026
Save $550 Off the Sonos Arc Ultra Soundbar and Sub 4 Premium Entertainment Set at Best Buy
Lowest price ever for this bundle and cheaper than last year's Black Friday deal.
05/02/2026
Sniper Dan is a delightful-looking, "family-friendly" blend of Sniper Elite and Where's Wally?
I've never gelled well with the Sniper Elite series, as much as I do love a bit of goresploitation in my horror, it just has that kind of Mortal Kombat, slightly too realistic violence vibe about it that pushes it out of my comfort zone.But, I would still like to snipe!So, Sniper Dan, a "family-friendly" hidden object game where you use a sniper to solve the problems of various townspeople, sounds like just what I'm after.
05/02/2026
Xbox Is Reportedly Releasing A Brand-New Controller Revision In 2026
A year before next-gen is set to arrive.As part of a huge report over at The Verge, journalist Tom Warren has revealed that Microsoft's next-gen Xbox controller revision is coming this year, after it was originally cancelled in 2024 when plans reportedly changed at Xbox HQ.Warren says that this year's revised controller "includes Wi-Fi connectivity to reduce Xbox Cloud Gaming latency".
05/02/2026
Fallout 3 Remaster Reportedly Still in 'Active Development,' New Starfield Content Out Soon
A new report has shed light on Microsoft’s Xbox plans for 2026, while confirming one unannounced game is still in the works.
05/02/2026
The Ultra-Slim Baseus Blade 20,000mAh 100W Power Bank Drops to a New Price Low of $39.99
Generous capacity and higher output for handheld gaming PCs and laptops.
05/02/2026
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Is on Game Card, Though Fallout 4, Oblivion Remastered and Skyrim Are Code-in-a-Box
Bethesda has trumpeted the news that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be squeezed onto a proper Switch 2 Game Card for its physical release — though other titles coming to the console will just be codes in a box.
05/02/2026
Horizon Hunters Gathering is a co-op action take on the robo dino series that borrows from Fortnite, Hades and Monster Hunter
It took them long enough, but Sony and Guerilla have finally announced that other online Horizon game (the one that isn't an MMO), and it's called Horizon Hunters Gathering.On the offset it sort of looks like a Monster Hunter clone gameplay wise, especially being a co-op action game, though there are some definite differences between the two. Read more
05/02/2026
The Latest Project Hail Mary Teaser Promises a Final Trailer and TV Spot During Super Bowl LX
Project Hail Mary is almost here, but before the highly-anticipated film can grace us with its presence, it has to drop a final trailer. Well, according to a new TV spot teaser, both the film’s final trailer and a Super Bowl spot are coming very soon.
05/02/2026
Two Upcoming Capcom Titles Get Free Demos On The Xbox Store
Now live for Xbox Series X|S!Following today's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, two upcoming Capcom titles have received free demos - and that includes their Xbox Series X|S versions as both of them approach their respective launches in the next few months.Both of these demos are now live and available to download via the Microsoft Store; one of them being a traditional separate demo and the other being a 'trial version' where progress carries over to the full game.
05/02/2026
Meet Hellboy's Family in The Crown: A Tale of Hell
Dark Horse's latest Hellboy series shines a spotlight on the iconic hero's brothers and mother. See an exclusive preview of the first chapter.
05/02/2026
Mouse: P.I. for Hire – Inside Mouse's Wild Cartoon Arsenal | IGN First
Take a closer look at the wild, cartoon arsenal available at your fingertips in Mouse: P.I. for Hire, the upcoming first-person shooter made in a gorgeous, 1930s retro black-and-white animated style.
05/02/2026
Arma 3's King of the Hill mod inspired the Battalion 1944 devs' new 100 player shooter, deploying in early access this year
Battalion developers Bulkhead have revealed a new military sandbox shooter set to arrive in early access at some point this year.It's called Wardogs and it'll see matches featuring up to 100 mercenaries mercilessly murder each other in teams, with the reward being a stack of money to spend on upping the ante with their next loadout.Read more
05/02/2026
Square Enix Will 'Share More Updates Than Ever Before' on Final Fantasy 7 Remake Project This Year, Says Director
Square Enix is planning to "share more updates than ever before" on its Final Fantasy 7 Remake project this year, according to game director Naoki Hamaguchi.
05/02/2026
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Hits Xbox Series X|S This June, Pre-Order Discount Now Available
Square Enix quickly follows up Remake's Xbox release.Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is heading to Xbox Series X|S on June 3rd, 2026, following an appearance at Nintendo's Partner Direct earlier today.<related ids="197075">Read the full article on purexbox.com
05/02/2026
Netflix's New Dinosaur Documentary Trailer Reveals Morgan Freeman as Narrator and a Release Date
Netflix is taking us back, not a few decades but millions of years to the era of dinosaurs. The streamer has revealed its official trailer, key art, and release date for the upcoming documentary series The Dinosaurs.
05/02/2026
Tokyo Scramble is a Nintendo Switch 2 Exclusive Featuring Hairy Dinosaurs Under the Japanese Subway
Today's Nintendo Switch Partner Direct has revealed a new exclusive for Switch 2 — the bizarre-looking dinosaur survival game Tokyo Scramble.
05/02/2026
A Nightmare on Elm Street's 7-Film 4K Collection Has Hit a New All-Time Low Price at Amazon
A Nightmare on Elm Street’s seven-film 4K collection has hit a brand new all-time low price at Amazon of $67.49, 36% off its list price of $104.98.
05/02/2026
Paranormasight Is Getting a Surprise Sequel, and It's Out in Two Weeks
Fans of 2023's Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo, got a delightful surprise this morning during the Nintendo Partner Direct, with the reveal of a surprise sequel coming to Nintendo Switch. It's called Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse, and it's coming out in just two weeks, on February 19.
05/02/2026
Will Fallout Season 3 Resurrect a Dead Fallout Game?
Fallout Season 3 is headed to Colorado, the setting of a cancelled Fallout game. Will the show resurrect this dead project's ideas?
05/02/2026
Sony Announces Horizon Hunters Gathering, Guerrilla's New Co-Op Action Game for PS5 and PC With a Completely Different Art Style
Sony has finally announced Guerrilla’s Horizon live service multiplayer game, Horizon Hunters Gathering. It’s due out for PlayStation 5 and PC.
05/02/2026
Multiple Games Announced For Xbox Following February 2026's Nintendo Direct
Including a March date for an Xbox Game Pass title!As you may have seen earlier today, Nintendo held a special "Partner Direct Showcase" featuring third-party games that are soon heading to the Switch and/or Switch 2, but a few of them are also coming to Xbox.This includes the likes of the Super Bomberman Collection (out today!) and Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters, while Planet of Lana 2 also got dated for Xbox Game Pass (March 5th) during the Direct despite not being a part of it!
05/02/2026
Resident Evil Requiem Second-Take Preview: RE9 is the Stealth-Action Game I’ve Sorely Needed
The stealth gameplay in Resident Evil Requiem, combined with its action combat, has us even more excited for its launch on February 27.
05/02/2026
GOG "won't be making absolute statements in either direction" about their future approach to AI use
Retro PC game sellers GOG have faced criticism recently for using a piece of artwork made using AI tools to promote their store's new year sale.Now, the platform's managing director has revealed that the company are "not planning on making absolute statements in either direction" in terms of their future AI use, following the backlash.Read more
05/02/2026
Starfleet Academy Producers on the Return of a Classic Character: 'It Was Very Strange'
We spoke with showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau about the decision to return to a classic Star Trek character in this week's Starfleet Academy.
05/02/2026
Three Xbox Games Dated For Nintendo Switch 2, Starfield Also Rumoured For PS5 In April
First-party giants heading to other platforms.We've got more Xbox first-party games heading to other consoles in the near future, with three of them being featured as part of today's Nintendo Direct showcase — those being Fallout 4, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition will be arriving for Switch 2 on February 24th, 2026, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will launch on May 12th, 2026, and Oblivion Remastered will release at some point (TBD) in 2026.
05/02/2026
The Resident Evil: Reqiuem Leon S. Kennedy Amiibo Is Real and on the Way This Summer
Wait, Leon Kennedy is in Resident Evil: Requiem? Yeah, okay, we've known that for a bit now, perhaps longer than Capcom wanted us too. But what is news today is that the long-rumored Leon S. Kennedy amiibo is real, and coming alongside the previously announced Grace Ashcroft amiibo this summer.
05/02/2026
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth Is Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox This Year
During today's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct presentation, Square Enix made an exciting appearance to show off Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth, which will be joining its predecessor Remake and catching Switch players up on the story at last on June 3, 2026.
05/02/2026
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales Is Out in June
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales has reappeared at today's Nintendo Partner Direct with a proper release date of June 18, 2026.
05/02/2026
Planet of Lana 2 Is Like a Star Wars Story Made by Studio Ghibli
Ever wanted to play a Star Wars puzzle platformer? Planet of Lana 2 might be the game for you.
05/02/2026
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 5 Review - The Return of a Trek Legend
Starfleet Academy Episode 5 Review: In what could’ve been a clumsy episode that relied simply on nostalgia, “Series Acclimation Mil” instead tells a sweet story of empowerment and acceptance.
05/02/2026
Crimson Desert Reveals More About Combat and Progression, Confirms Dual-Wielding, and a Bear You Can Actually Ride On
Pearl Abyss has dropped another exciting features overview video for Crimson Desert, offering a better look at how combat will work as you "learn what it means to fight like a Greymane," unlocking skills, upgrading equipment, facing the threats of Pywel, and "grow into a formidable fighter."
05/02/2026
Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase February 2026: Everything Announced (Updating Live)
Nintendo will soon pull back the curtain on its third-party plans for Switch and Switch 2 with its February 2026 Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase.
05/02/2026
Valve Admits Its New Console Plans Have Been Affected By Component Crisis
Will Xbox be in a similar position?Late last year, Steam owner Valve announced a new set of hardware to launch in early 2026, and while a first half of the year release is still on the cards for now, the company admits that ongoing RAM and SSD shortages have started to affect its plans.<related ids="193813">Read the full article on purexbox.com
05/02/2026
With Perfect Timing, the Fan-Made Van Buren Remake in Fallout: New Vegas Has a Teaser Trailer
With perfect timing, the modders behind the Van Buren remake in Fallout: New Vegas have released a new teaser trailer.
05/02/2026
Fallout 4 and Indiana Jones Switch 2 Release Dates Leak, Just Before Nintendo Direct
Microsoft's next pair of games headed to Nintendo platforms now have leaked release dates, ahead of today's Partner Direct broadcast.
05/02/2026
Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 5-8)
Live now for the next few days!Xbox's latest Free Play Days promotion is rolling out now for the coming weekend, and it looks as though we've got six games to be dipping into for free over the next few days, taking the form of a 2K takeover.Here's what's on Xbox Free Play Days this week:Read the full article on purexbox.com
05/02/2026
Just Hours Before Today's Nintendo Direct, a Hollow Knight Switch 2 Rating Suggests It's Coming as a Shadow Drop
With just hours to go until today's Nintendo Direct broadcast, an updated ratings board listing suggests Hollow Knight could get an imminent Switch 2 release.
05/02/2026
Surprise, Poker Night at the Inventory is returning to Steam next month in remastered form
Approximately 15 years, two months, and 14 days ago, Quintin Smith (RPS in peace) lobbed the headline 'Poker Night At The Inventory Released Today' onto this fine site.On this day, February 5th - approximately 479,821,535 seconds further on in time - I'm here to tell you Poker Night At The Inventory is coming back, baby.Read more
05/02/2026
Star Trek Just Featured Deep Space Nine Star Avery Brooks in a Sisko-Themed Episode — Even if It's Not the Full Return Fans Had Hoped For
The latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy centers on the mystery surrounding Deep Space Nine's beloved captain Benjamin Sisko — and even includes a cameo of sorts from actor Avery Brooks.
05/02/2026
'We're Not Selling Hamburgers' — Take-Two Boss Says GTA 6 Marketing Has to Be 'Delicate' and Feel 'Real'
The boss of Take-Two has discussed Rockstar’s approach to marketing Grand Theft Auto 6 this summer, saying it needs to be "delicate."
05/02/2026
Ashes of Creation Crisis Continues as Devs Are Reportedly Denied Final Paycheck and Disgruntled Players Ask Valve for Steam Refunds
As unhappy players fight to get refunds out of Steam, an update from one of the studio's directors claims the "entire" development team working on the ill-fated MMO Ashes of Creation was reportedly laid off without notice or their January paychecks.
05/02/2026
As extra DLC chat lingers, The Witcher 3 gets a Witcher 4-inspired quest mod designed to give you a taste of Ciri's adventures in Kovir
Following The Witcher 4's big reveal at 2024's Geoff Awards, it predictably took modders about five minutes to revamp The Witcher 3's Ciri into her older monster slaying variant.Now, one of them's had a crack at going a step further by designing a short questline offering a taste of Geralt's non-quite-daughter slaying monsters in Kovir and Poviss, with help from CD Projekt's RedKIT tools.Read more
05/02/2026
Pokémon Character Designer Reveals Ultra Beasts Were Inspired by Rejected Pokémon
Pokémon character designer Yusuke Omura has revealed how he created the designs of the Ultra Beasts, showing that even rejected concepts can prove inspirational to artists later on.
05/02/2026
Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 5)
Including one new EA Play addition!We've got three games coming to the service today, including a new EA Play title in the form of Madden NFL 26 - which will drop later on in the day.Here's a quick breakdown on your new Xbox Game Pass additions for today (February 5):Read the full article on purexbox.com
05/02/2026
PS5 Sales Decline, but It's Not Far Behind PS4 and It Even Outsold Nintendo Switch 2 During the Holiday Quarter
PlayStation 5 sales declined year-on-year during the crucial holiday quarter, but it’s pretty much neck-and-neck with the PlayStation 4 at the same point during its lifecycle, and it even outsold the Nintendo Switch 2 during the last three months of 2025.
05/02/2026
Fallout: New Vegas' Van Buren remake mod Revelation Blues has a new name and a second demo dropping soon
Its developers have been plugging away at remaking Van Buren - the version of Fallout 3 which was in development at Black Isle Studios before being cancelled in 2003 - as a New Vegas mod for the past few years.While they released a first demo last year under the Revelation Blues moniker, the group have decided to re-christen their project Fallout: The New West ahead of releasing a second demo at some point soon.Read more
05/02/2026
'We Haven't Shot That One' — Hulk Star Mark Ruffalo Seemingly Spoils Thor Actor Chris Hemsworth Returning in Avengers: Secret Wars
Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo appears to have confirmed that Thor star Chris Hemsworth will be back for Avengers: Secret Wars.
05/02/2026
Sony Says Ghost of Yotei 'Exceeded' the Sales of Ghost of Tsushima in the Same Period of Time and 'Significantly' Contributed to Its Financial Results
Sony has highlighted the performance of PlayStation 5 exclusive Ghost of Yotei, insisting it outsold predecessor Ghost of Tsushima during the same period, and made a “significant” contribution to its financial results.
05/02/2026
Scratch that, the Steam Machine is delayed after all – and Valve confirm RAM shortages will affect pricing
Despite AMD’s assurances to the contrary, Valve have announced that they’ve pushed back release plans for the new Steam Machine, Steam Controller, and Steam Frame VR headset.Alas, my curse of publishing news posts roughly 0.0045 seconds before a major situation change continues to ruin my life – sometimes I wish I’d never beaten the warlocks in that Titanfall 2 pub match.Read more
05/02/2026
Eragon Disney+ Series Picks Up Showrunners, Marc Webb as Executive Producer
First significant step for the series in several years.
05/02/2026
Where to Buy the Powerful Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Handheld Gaming PC for Below MSRP
Both imported and open box options are available and in stock.
05/02/2026
AU Deals: Time Did the Work, Now These Must-Plays Are Priced to Own
In weeks like this, my backlog does that thing where it politely clears its throat and waits to be ignored.
05/02/2026
Fallout Season 2 Ending Explained: Your Biggest Burning Questions Answered
We break down the Fallout Season 2 finale, the lingering mysteries, and what the future of the Wasteland might be.
04/02/2026
Get a 512GB Nintendo Switch 2 Memory Card for Just $79.99 and Triple Your Total Storage
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade takes up to 100GB of space all by itself.
04/02/2026
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Show and Movie on the Way from A24
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre finally has more gas in the tank, as A24 has started working on a TV series and movie based on the iconic horror franchise.
04/02/2026
The 65" Panasonic Z95A 4K OLED TV With Micro Lens Array Drops to $1,199 on Amazon
Uses the same panel as LG's 2024 top-of-the-line Gallery Series G4.
04/02/2026
'We've Been Talking To Microsoft' - Epic Games Wants Its Store On The Next Xbox Console
The company says it'll be there if possible.There's been a lot of talk about the next Xbox console this week, and now Epic Games has something to say about it — Epic Games Store VP and GM Steve Allison has revealed that the company wants its store on the next-gen system.Speaking to Windows Central in a new interview, Allison advised that Epic Games has been talking to Microsoft about future plans, and that if Xbox does follow through on the rumours of putting PC storefronts on its new console, Epic "will be there".
04/02/2026
Today’s Best Deals: Metaphor: ReFantazio Hits New Low, MTG x Avatar Commander’s Bundle, and More
Save big on a Lavazza espresso machine, Blink security cameras, and Pokémon Phantasmal Flames, too.
04/02/2026
Best Buy Has Open Box 65" LG Evo C5 4K OLED Smart TV in Stock at Select Locations for Just $915
It's in like new "Excellent" condition, but you'll need to pick it up in-store.
04/02/2026
Blizzard Unveils Major 2026 Plans For Overwatch 2, Including A Slight Name Change
"The Reign of Talon has officially begun!".The main plan for 2026 is to tell a "multi-faceted, fully-connected story across the entire year" in the form of something called The Reign of Talon.There will be 10 new heroes released along the way, with five all landing on February 10th when Season 1 officially kicks off.
04/02/2026
Buy a Samsung The Frame Art TV (Starting at $799) and Get a Free 32" Samsung TV
Rare BOGO free deal at Best Buy.
04/02/2026
"This has been heartbreaking" - laid-off Ashes Of Creation devs won't get final paychecks and compensation, says former comms head
Ashes Of Creation developers laid off during the reported closure of Intrepid Studios will not receive their final paychecks and other compensation they’re due, according to one of the departing team members. Read more
04/02/2026
Buy a 65" Samsung 4K OLED Smart TV for $899.99 and Get a Free 32" Samsung TV
The best OLED TV deal of the year so far.
04/02/2026
Overwatch 2 Is Ditching the '2' Amid Launch of 'New, Story-Driven Era' With 10 New Heroes
Overwatch 2 is officially ditching the "2" from its name. It's all just Overwatch now as the game enters a "new, story-driven era" with a year-long narrative, 10 new heroes, and a major overhaul.
04/02/2026
Overwatch 2 Is Finally Getting a Dedicated Switch 2 Edition This Spring
Overwatch 2, or I guess as I should call it now, Overwatch, is about to get a massive overhaul as it enters the year-long storyline entitled The Reign of Talon including an upgrade option for Nintendo Switch 2 players specifically.
04/02/2026
Yapyap is a jolly bit of gang wizard vandalism with a touch of Dark Messiah
Yapyap stands apart from other “friendslop” horror extraction games by giving you plenty of firepower to begin with.You’ve been summoned to wreak havoc on a rival wizard’s procedurally generated tower.Some of the artefacts have to be bought with gold, but there’s a tree in the game’s lobby area that grows wands of wind magic, pluckable for free.
04/02/2026
Xbox Reveals New Safety Data, With Over 300 Million Pieces Of Content Removed In 2025
14.8 billion pieces were moderated throughout the year.Xbox has today released its sixth Transparency Report spanning the period between January 1st and December 31st of 2025, and it contains all sorts of details about how Microsoft has moderated content on the Xbox platform.The bit we're most interested in is towards the end — it talks about "Sharing our Safety Data, and mentions that a whopping 14.8 billion pieces of Xbox content were moderated proactively in 2025, of which 2.5% was "identified as containing harmful or policy-violating content".
04/02/2026
February’s Humble Choice Lineup Is Live, Featuring Resident Evil Village, Date Everything, and More
February's Humble Choice has dropped and features an excellent lineup of eight different games, including Resident Evil Village, Date Everything, Core Keeper, and more.
04/02/2026
Overwatch Spotlight 2026: Everything Announced (Updating Live)
Blizzard is just minutes away from showcasing the future of Overwatch with its big Spotlight event, and we’re here to break down every last reveal.
04/02/2026
Guide: Xbox Adds More Perks For Game Pass Members (February 2026)
The latest freebies for XGP subscribers.The Xbox Game Pass Perks program is continuing to add a bunch of freebies for Game Pass members throughout February 2026, including for the likes of Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite, Stumble Guys and various other games.Keep in mind that it's still early in the month and Team Xbox constantly trickles out Perks without warning!
04/02/2026
KPop Demon Hunters Is Getting a Series of LEGO Sets Starting This Summer
One KPop Demon Hunter set will release this summer, with more to follow in 2027.
04/02/2026
Two Game Boy Classics Join Nintendo Switch Online Today
Fresh from starring in the new Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer, Yoshi is headed to Nintendo Switch Online today.
04/02/2026
Corsair Galleon 100 SD Review: The Ultimate Weapon for Streamers and Macro Fiends
The Corsair Galleon 100 SD combines Elgato's Stream Deck with a top-end mechanical keyboard. The result is exceptional – but as our review details, there's still room for improvement.
04/02/2026
The Steam Machine is still "on track" for its original release window, according to Valve’s chosen chipmakers
Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine reboot might not be as troubled by ongoing memory shortages as previously feared.Or, at least, not as delayed.Read more
04/02/2026
After F1 Movie Success, Racing Boss Hopes to Share More on a Potential Sequel Next Year
F1 has teased a potential sequel to its Brad Pitt-starring smash hit movie, though fans may need to wait some time for a formal announcement.
04/02/2026
'Capitalism Was the True Villain All Along': The Outer Worlds 2 Fans React as Sequel Hopes Fade, Say Microsoft's Initial $80 Price Killed Hype
The Outer Worlds 2 fans are lamenting the news that developer Obsidian is not working on a sequel, and have blamed Microsoft's initial decision to price the game at $80 for helping kill the series' hype, despite the later U-turn.
04/02/2026
Huge Fantasy RPG Crimson Desert Launches Next Month With Xbox Play Anywhere
Crimson Desert, the highly-anticipated open-world RPG from developer Pearl Abyss, has recently been given a March release date - and thanks to the game's Xbox Store listing, we now know that the game will support Xbox Play Anywhere at launch next month.Yep, Crimson Desert arrives for Xbox Series X|S and PC on March 19th, 2026, and it's been tagged up as Xbox Play Anywhere compatible on the Microsoft Store.Read the full article on purexbox.com
04/02/2026
Vegelypse, a Veggie-tastic Roguelite Beat-'em-Up, Sprouts First Gameplay Trailer
Check out new gameplay from Vegelypse, a new 2.5D roguelite beat-'em-up with a hard-rock soundtrack and multiple game modes that is perhaps best thought of as "Super Cactus Boy."
04/02/2026
Huh?! Jigglypuff is Warming Up For a Pokémon 30th Anniversary 'Special Video' at The Super Bowl
Pokémon will air a "special video" to mark the franchise's 30th anniversary during this weekend's Super Bowl LX.
04/02/2026
With its new season update trailer, Apex Legends would like you to know it has invented windows
Apex Legends season 28 launches on February 10th, and appears to add competitive glazing to the now 7-year-old battle royale.The game's "newest tactical mechanic", so says the announcement post, is Hardlight Mesh, a glowy, bullet-resistant window that teams can either throw up to defend a hidey hole or, with enough lead, rockets, and/or angry kicks, break down to form a new ingress point.ApeLegs is disrupting holes in walls.
04/02/2026
MindsEye's 'Most Significant' Update Has Just Arrived On Xbox, Here Are The Patch Notes
The studio remains heavily committed to this game.Case in point, we're now at Update 7 for MindsEye on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and other platforms, which just arrived earlier today.This is being described as the "most significant" update for the game thus far, focusing on "smoothing campaign flow, making objectives easier to follow, enhancing AI behavior, and much more".
04/02/2026
Nioh 3 review - A superb blend of soulslike splendour
My experience with the third Nioh reminded me of many other games — the open world of Elden Ring, the samurai/ninja gameplay of Assassin's Creed Shadows, and the dopamine-generating loot drops of Diablo.I make these comparisons not to disparage Nioh 3, but rather to praise its adroitness.This is a great game that pilfers elements from many disparate titles with the stealthy fluidity of a shinobi, blending them into an attractive whole that resembles a shiny samurai cuirass.
04/02/2026
Nintendo Partner Direct Announced for This Week
Nintendo will broadcast a Partner Direct later this week, showing off more games coming to Switch and Switch 2.
04/02/2026
The Pale Piper is Silksong with no combat, a wondrous Playdead-style world, and all the hope bleached out
It’s a 2D precision platformer called the The Pale Piper that reminds me of Limbo, Hollow Knight and VVVVVV.It’s the work of FreeTimeDev, who is also known for Godot tools and synthwave jams on Itch.io.It’s out today on Steam, and the demo has killed me eleventy million times.
04/02/2026
Black Myth: Wukong Gets Its First Xbox Discount Since Launching Last Summer
Running for the next 3 weeks!After a lengthy delay and plenty of controversy to go along with it, Black Myth: Wukong finally launched on Xbox last summer, exactly one year later than the PS5 release.Indeed, heading over to the Xbox Store page for Black Myth right now, the game has a roughly 25% discount for the next three weeks.
04/02/2026
Nintendo Acknowledges Switch 2 Sales Have Been 'Slightly Weaker' Than Expected Outside Japan
Nintendo has discussed the fact that Switch 2 hardware sales were lower than expected outside Japan towards the end of 2025.
04/02/2026
Amazon's Fallout countdown delivers possibly the only thing more pointless than a New Vegas or Fallout 3 remaster
While Amazon have been gradually dropping episodes of their Fallout show's second series,a timer has been ticking away.It's been on the show's website, which is a little interactive map.Surely this timer, set to expire once the final episode of the series went live, could herald the reveal of Fallout New Vegas or Fallout 3 remasters Bethesda may have in the works, some fans speculated.
04/02/2026
AMD Says Valve Is 'On Track' to Ship Steam Machine Early This Year, but We Still Don't Know the Price
What’s going on with Steam Machine? Valve has been relatively quiet on the upcoming hardware since announcing it last year, and it remains without a release date or a price. But AMD, which powers Steam Machine itself so you’d like to think it’s in the know, has said Valve is “on track” to begin shipping early this year.
04/02/2026
Epic will lean harder on Fortnite to drive third-party sales on Epic Games Store, with 100 licensed tie-ins a year
Epic have discussed their latest plans for growing the Epic Games Store's audience and stealing more eyeballs from industry overlords Steam.One side of it is launching a proper unified multiplatform store and shared libraries across PC and mobile, alongside better performance and features such as voice chat.The other side of it is channelling the brand clout of Fortnite to increase sales of third party releases, with a new official program of Fortnite cosmetics and Epic Store avatars for people who buy games from participating developers.
04/02/2026
We'll Start Seeing More GTA 6 This Summer Ahead Of November Launch, Says Take-Two CEO
"Rockstar’s launch marketing set to begin this Summer".GTA 6 is, for now anyway, set to launch for Xbox Series X|S this November - something that Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has again reiterated this week as part of the company's latest financial results.As part of this same financial call (via IGN), the Take-Two CEO says that "Rockstar's launch marketing is set to begin this summer" — which means that for now at least, it looks as though the team is full-speed ahead on its release plans for November 2026.
04/02/2026
'This Is the Wasteland Where You Always Get Sidetracked by Bulls**t Every Goddamn Time' — Fallout Showrunner Teases Non-Linear Journey to New Season 3 Location
With the Fallout Season 2 finale out now on Prime video, we know which location Season 3 is headed towards. But don’t pack for snow just yet, because co-showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet and even Todd Howard himself are suggesting it may take some time to get there.
04/02/2026
Generative AI plays "zero part" in GTA 6, Take-Two boss confirms, but the company do have "hundreds" of AI "pilots and implementations" on the go
Generative AI has played "zero part" in Rockstar Games' creation of GTA 6, Take-Two CEOman Strauss Zelnick has said at the company's latest financial numbers get-together, where he also indicated the game's still on to initially release this November.Though, back in the AI front, the Z bloke also revealed that Take-Two have "hundreds of pilots and implementations" on the go involving the tech.Read more
04/02/2026
Classic Fallout homage Atom RPG is getting a sequel in which you try to stop another apocalypse
While you grizzled boomers get your gums into that vexing proposition, here's the trailer for AtomTeam's Atom RPG 2, the floridly titled sequel to 2018's Atom RPG.It's another turn-based, top-down affair in the spirit of the original Interplay-published Fallouts, and appears rich in bunkers, action points and raging, possibly mutant bears.It's also the work of a team based across Cyprus, Ukraine and Latvia, who probably have very different ideas about the nature and duration of the Cold War than the people behind Fallout.
04/02/2026
AMD Mentions Next-Gen Xbox Console, Says It's 'Progressing Well' To Release In 2027
Yesterday, we covered the latest rumour surrounding the next Xbox console (that it would release in late 2027 at the earliest), and now AMD has come out and hinted that a 2027 launch is very possible.As part of last night's earnings call, AMD CEO Lisa Su specifically mentioned that development was "progressing well" on the next Xbox console to arrive in 2027.Read the full article on purexbox.com
04/02/2026
Borderlands 4 Switch 2 Development Paused, as GTA Publisher Says It's 'Incredibly Excited' About Bringing Other Games to Nintendo's Console Instead
Borderlands 4 publisher Take-Two has said that development on the game's Switch 2 version is officially now on "pause" following its last-minute delay.
04/02/2026
Brandon Sanderson Gives First Update on Apple TV's Mistborn Movie, Confirms He'll Be Co-Showrunner for the Stormlight Archive Series
After last week's big news that Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe would be coming to Apple TV, the author has already offered up some progress on the upcoming Mistborn movie.
04/02/2026
Amazon Fallout Countdown Turns Out Not to Be Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas Remastered — Here's What It Revealed
The Amazon Fallout TV countdown that some had hoped would announce a Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas remaster turned out to be neither. Here's what actually unlocked.
04/02/2026
What is Liberty Prime From the Fallout Games?
The post-credits scene at the end of Fallout Season Two teases something huge from the games. We're here to explain it all.
04/02/2026
Next-Generation Xbox Could Launch in 2027, Hints AMD
A possible 2027 arrival for the next Xbox aligns with previous rumours.
04/02/2026
Audeze Maxwell 2 Gaming Headset Review – Revising An All-Time Great
While it's not a massive improvement from the original, the Audeze Maxwell 2 still outshines its contemporaries with incredible sound quality and battery life.
04/02/2026
Fallout Season 2 Finale Review
Review: Fallout Season 2’s finale feels more like a midpoint than the end of an arc, but its collection of well-earned emotional beats sees this trip to New Vegas end on a winning streak.
04/02/2026
AU Deals: Discounted Bangers That Aged Well and Are Finally Priced Accordingly
Sales usually flatten everything into the same beige promise of value. This one does the opposite
04/02/2026
Menace Early Access Review
A tactics game that's off to more than a running start, with plenty of fun to be had already.
04/02/2026
Battlefield 6 Fans Unhappy With How the New Update Adjusted Controversial Cosmetics, Devs Say a Fix Is Coming
Battlefield 6 players aren't happy after EA and Battlefield Studios' changes to two of its most controversial cosmetics failed to live up to expectations.
03/02/2026
Babbdi dev's movement-centric, brutalist VHOLUME has what it takes to be the next great parkour game
I have a strange affinity for brutalism. It sucks you in, engulfs you in its stature, kills your spirit in such blunt, obvious ways, that I can't help but be wowed by in all its oppressiveness. As an architectural styling, it is also supremely opportune for sick parkour tricks, something Léonard Lemaitre (Babbdi,
03/02/2026
Take-Two CEO Denies Rumors That GTA 6 Will Be Digital-only at Launch
The CEO of Take-Two Interactive has denied ongoing rumors that Grand Theft Auto 6 will be a digital-only release upon its initial launch.
03/02/2026
The Last of Us Season 3 Finds Its New Manny as Two Actors Join the Cast
Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (Bumblebee) and Clea DuVall (Poker Face) have joined The Last of Us Season 3 as HBO successfully recasts one of its supporting characters and fleshes out the seraphites.
03/02/2026
Clean up aura and gossip with curious characters on a mysterious ship in the very 3DS era Zelda-esque Bel's Fanfare
It's undeniable that for throwback 3D retro aesthetics, the original PlayStation and Nintendo 64 are the consoles that most people try to emulate. So I'm always quite chuffed to see a game that takes its visual cues from more recent consoles, like, say, Bel's Fanfare, a very 3DS-era looking Zelda-esque game where you play as a little demon girl who works as a cleaner on a strange, massive shi...
03/02/2026
Take-Two CEO Responds to Stock Price Drop Following Google Genie Announcement: 'I Think People Are Confusing Tools With Hits'
Last week, Google announced Project Genie, an AI-powered virtual world creator still in its infancy that seemed to spook a number of video game investors. But at least one video game CEO isn't ruffled: Take-Two's Strauss Zelnick.
03/02/2026
GTA 6 Marketing Will Kick Off This Summer, as Take-Two Confidently Reaffirms November Release Date
Grand Theft Auto VI's November 19, 2026 release date is drawing nearer, and Take-Two Interactive is starting to sound more confident than ever that this time, it's really happening. So confident, in fact, it's announced that Rockstar will be spinning up its marketing beats this summer.
03/02/2026
Today’s Top Deals: MTG: Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander Deck, Octopath Traveler 0, AMD Ryzen X3D CPU
Save on Batman by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale Omnibus, Switch 2 controller, and RTX 5080 gaming PC, too.
03/02/2026
Dracula Review
Review: On the heels of several other Dracula-based films in very recent memory, Luc Besson’s take on the story doesn't do enough to set itself apart, despite its fair share of weird comedic moments.
03/02/2026
There's a New Prequel to Star Wars Outlaws Available Today
The book dives into the story of ND-5 and Jaylen Vrax.
03/02/2026
The $22 Baseus 100W USB-C Charger Will Fast Charge the Most Powerful Gaming Handheld PCs
A handy accessory for the Xbox Ally X, Legion Go, or Steam Deck.
03/02/2026
The Two Towers Trick-Taking Game Review
The Two Towers: The Trick Taking Game delivers a wonderful cooperative experience for fans of both the Lord of the Rings and the trick taking genre – whether you've played the first game or not.
03/02/2026
Chappell Roan is Joining Fortnite, and Here's How She Looks
Fresh from her appearance at the Grammys, Pink Pony Club singer Chappell Roan is hot to go in Fortnite this week.
03/02/2026
The Future of Overwatch Will Be Revealed Tomorrow – Here's What the Community Is Expecting to See
Blizzard Entertainment is getting ready to showcase a sneak peek at “huge reveals” for Overwatch with a Spotlight event – and it’s all happening tomorrow.
03/02/2026
Roundup: Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Carmageddon: Rogue Shift
Out this Friday for Xbox Series X|S.We've been keeping a very close eye on Carmageddon: Rogue Shift over the past few months, hoping that this "brutal roguelite" could live up to the hype and give us something special to look forward to when it releases on February 6th.The first reviews have just started going live for t...
03/02/2026
Magic’s Secrets of Strixhaven Set Has Five Commander Decks - Here’s What We Know About Them
Secrets of Strixhaven has five Commander precons - here's everything we know so far about each one.
03/02/2026
Is Avengers: Doomsday Adapting Marvel's Most Infamous Magneto Story?
Based on recent, revealing comments by actor Ian McKellen, we think Avengers: Doomsday may be adapting Marvel's most infamous Magneto storyline. Here's what you need to know.
03/02/2026
Save 40% Off the Slim Baseus Picogo 10,000mAh Qi2-Certified MagSafe Power Bank
Keep your iPhone topped up without the need for a fragile cable.
03/02/2026
Stardew Valley 2 continues to remain a hypothetical, but ConcernedApe did actually consider making it at one point
You know, sometimes I wonder if Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone ever sleeps. At any given moment it sounds like he's working on something, whether that be yet another update for Stardew Valley,
03/02/2026
Nintendo Switch Developer in Censorship Snafu 'Legally Unable' to Explain Why It Couldn't Release a Separate Uncut Version, Like Cyberpunk 2077
The developer behind Dispatch — the superhero game that's censored on Nintendo Switch — has said it is "legally unable" to explain why it can't launch an unedited version of its game in specific regions — as CD Projekt Red did with Cyberpunk 2077.
03/02/2026
Grow your own eldritch horror creature in the very Tamagotchi-esque In Full Bloom
The purpose of a Tamagotchi is to have a tiny, portable digital pet with you at all times that you can feed and feed and feed until it grows into something slightly bigger, different, a new creature almost. It's generally a sweet, albeit potentially irritating (the beeps…) little micro-game that may cause a touch of stress, but certainly no feelings of fear.
03/02/2026
Obsidian Says Two Of Its 2025 Titles Didn't Meet Sales Targets, Vows To Learn For The Future
"That sucks. What are we learning?".Xbox's Obsidian Entertainment released a whopping three games throughout 2025 alone; one of them being a smaller effort in Grounded 2, while Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 delivered big AAA experiences to players last year. And,...
03/02/2026
Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution Phantasmal Flames Booster Bundles Just Dropped To Its Lowest Price Ever at Amazon
Score a Pokémon TCG: Phantasmal Flames Booster Bundle at its lowest price ever at Amazon today.
03/02/2026
The Epic Game Store should soon suck a bit less, with speedier load times and actual social features set for the summer
Other opinions about the storefront aside, the Epic Games Store launcher, on an experiential level, sucks. I'm not just being needlessly mean here, because this is the exact word Epic Games Store vice president and general manager Steven Allison used in a recent interview about the launcher, where he also detailed what you can expect from it over the course of the rest of the year...
03/02/2026
Mouse: P.I. for Hire: 12 Minutes of Exclusive Gameplay | IGN First
Enjoy 12 minutes of exclusive gameplay from Mouse: P.I. for Hire, the upcoming rubberhose-animated first-person shooter starring Troy Baker as the titular rodent detective Jack Pepper. This gameplay is from Vaudeville, the second mission of the campaign and the first case Jack gets assigned. We'll have more exclusive coverage all February long as part of IGN First!
03/02/2026
The Outer Worlds 2 sounds like it's not getting a follow-up any time soon, but Obsidian plan to give Avowed some wacky cousins
Despite any PR babble you might have heard about 2025 being the "Year of Obsidian", the studio have admitted that putting out three games in the course of 12 months isn't som...
03/02/2026
Save $600 Off the New Alienware Area-51 Ryzen X3D RTX 5090 Gaming PC
Alienware's most powerful prebuilt gaming PC.
03/02/2026
Pathologic 3 is the rare game about healing that knows healing can be cruel
Videogames have given us many fascinating healing mechanics and ideas about healing, from the motley support playstyles of Overwatch to the musical cooldown management of Wild Growth, but one thing developers rarely capture is that healing is an expression ...
03/02/2026
Xbox Series S Owner Shows What Smoking, Dust And Dirt Can Do To Your Console
They say it became like a "jet engine".Every now and again, we like to highlight some of these stories about Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles that have become overly dusty — and this specific example shows just how bad they can get in certain circumstances!The owner of this Xbox Series S console is someone known as "Outrageous-Set-1758" over on Re...
03/02/2026
The Excellent Co-Op Game Split Fiction for PS5 and Switch 2 Is on Sale for Under $40 at Walmart
Split Fiction for PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 has dropped to $37.49 at Walmart. Usually it's listed for $49.99, so this deal saves you over $10 for each.
03/02/2026
QPAD Flux 65 Model 5 gaming keyboard review
I can only think of two reasons to get a 65% gaming keyboard instead of, at the very least, a tenkeyless: you either have a desk the size of a playing card, or you actually fell for the Alt+F4 trick once, and now harbour an everlasting bigotry towards the Function keys that cons...
03/02/2026
Obsidian's The Outer Worlds 2 Underperformed, and There Won't Be a Third
Veteran role-playing game maker Obsidian Entertainment has no plans to continue The Outer Worlds with a third game, the studio has confirmed.
03/02/2026
Faces of Death Is Getting the Steelbook Collector’s Edition Treatment
The grotesque 1978 "documentary" is getting a Blu-ray collector's edition, complete with a steelbook case. It's up for preorder now at Amazon.
03/02/2026
Just One Game Is Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early February 2026
Only one leaver for the first half of the month!In addition to revealing a new batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in February today, Microsoft has also revealed what's leaving Xbox Game Pass...
03/02/2026
Josh D'Amaro Officially Named The Walt Disney Company's Next CEO, Will Replace Bob Iger in March 2026
Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro will officially succeed Bob Iger to become The Walt Disney Company's next Chief Executive Officer on March 18, 2026.
03/02/2026
The LEGO Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise Is Now Available at Amazon
After only being available through the LEGO Store, the LEGO U.S.S. Enterprise is now available for fans to buy from Amazon for $399.99.
03/02/2026
These 10 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass, Including Three Major Additions (February 5-17)
Microsoft reveals the latest batch.Microsoft has today revealed the first official roundup of Xbox Game Pass titles for February 2026, with 10 games joining the service from February 5 to February 17, including three major additions in High on Life 2,
03/02/2026
Microsoft Announces Xbox Game Pass February 2026 Wave 1 Lineup
Microsoft has announced the Xbox Game Pass February 2026 Wave 1 lineup, which includes big hitters such as High on Life 2, Madden NFL 26, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
03/02/2026
I’m Already Tired of ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Editions’, and Even New Mario Wonder Content Can’t Change That
The first-party Nintendo Switch 2 Editions have been wildly inconsistent across their price points, amount of new content, and quality of enhancements, and I’m frankly tired of Nintendo filling out its release calendar with slightly updated versions of games millions of Switch owners already played several years ago.
03/02/2026
Mario Tennis Fever Leans Way Harder on the ’Mario’ than the ‘Tennis’
Mario Tennis Fever appears to be packed with the most content and variety we’ve potentially ever seen in a Mario Tennis game. I’m just hoping all the new bells and whistles don’t water down the core tennis gameplay too much.
03/02/2026
'Our Goal Isn't to Dance on Top of Steam's Grave' — How Epic Plans to Convince PC Gamers to Buy Their Games From the Epic Games Store Instead of Steam
IGN interviews the boss of the Epic Games Store to find out how the company behind Fortnite plans to convince PC gamers to move away from Valve's Steam.
03/02/2026
Resident Evil Requiem on Switch 2 Is Horrifyingly Great
We went hands-on with Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata on Switch 2 in both handheld and docked mode, and we're extremely impressed with how these two slightly scaled down experiences are shaping up.
03/02/2026
Save 50% Off These Powerful Sofirn High-Powered LED Flashlights Compared to Buying From Amazon
Unbeatable light output for the price.
03/02/2026
The Muppet Show (2026) Review
The Muppet Show (2026) review: A revival that celebrates what makes the Muppets great – Yayyyyyy!
03/02/2026
Virtual Boy on Switch 2: Discovering Nintendo’s Greatest Failure
After playing Virtual Boy on Switch 2, I walked away not sure which is crazier: the fact that Nintendo made this bizarre piece of hardware 30 years ago, or the fact that they are rereleasing it now. I’m thrilled to finally be able to discover this lost corner of Nintendo history, even if there aren't very many games to dive into.
03/02/2026
Ubisoft reportedly fire Assassin's Creed designer who spoke out publicly against return-to-office, as union reps call for CEO to resign
An Assassin's Creed designer who publicly spoke out against Ubisoft's return-to-office mandate claims the company have now fired him. Developer David Michaud-Cromp posted on LinkedIn last week that he'd been put...
03/02/2026
'I Imagine I'm One of Like 10 People Bummed by This' — Netflix Is Being Removed From the Near 20-Year-Old PS3 in March
Netflix is being removed from the PlayStation 3 — yes, the PlayStation 3 — on March 2, 2026.
03/02/2026
Rumour: New Xbox Console Won't Release Until At Least Late 2027, Could Be Delayed Further
"I'm not sure if Microsoft is still committed to the late 2027 timeline".There's been a lot of speculation over the past 12 months about exactly when Microsoft might be preparing to release the next Xbox console, and it sounds like nobody's very sure at the moment — the company itself might not have even nailed down a window yet.We'...
03/02/2026
Jetpacking space pirates taught me a painful lesson in punishing strategy game Menace
There's an accidental element of roleplaying to the Early Access launch of Menace, the latest turn-based tactics game from Battle Brothers developers Overhype Studios. Like the newly-minted commander of the TCRN Impetus, thrust into leadership after a w...
03/02/2026
Major Helldivers 2 Patch Adds a Tank, Boosts Melee Strength, and Prepares Players to Liberate Cyberstan
Helldivers 2's latest patch, Into the Unjust: 6.0.1., is rolling out now, adding a playable tank and interchangeable victory poses and emotes as part of a push towards the liberation of the Cyborg homeworld, Cyberstan.
03/02/2026
The Division: Definitive Edition Quietly Launches — But It's Not the Remaster Some Had Hoped For
Ubisoft is yet to formally announce its Tom Clancy's The Division: Definitive Edition, but you can now purchase it via the Xbox store. Unfortunately, it's not the remake or remaster that some fans had expected.
03/02/2026
'Eric Gave Me That Letter From Grandpa' — Stardew Valley Community and Creators on the Game's 10th Anniversary
For Stardew Valley's 10th anniversary, we went out into the community to find out how this game has changed the lives of its players, from everyday players to popular content creators.
03/02/2026
Haunted Chocolatier Is 'Coming Along' Says Creator ConcernedApe, But 'Isn't as Fast as I Would Like'
This month, we're celebrating Stardew Valley ahead of its 10th anniversary, and have a ton of Stardew-related pieces as a part of that. But when we spoke to creator Eric Barone (ConcernedApe) ahead of that celebration, we couldn't help but also ask about his other game that's still in-development and mysterious: Haunted Chocolatier.
03/02/2026
Stardew Valley Creator Uses Harry Potter to Explain Why There Isn't a Stardew Valley TV Show
Stardew Valley is ten years old this month: happy tenth birthday, Stardew! The beloved farming sim is still as popular as ever, with nearly 50 million copies sold and tens of thousands of players every single day. So why hasn't it ever had a TV or film adaptation?
03/02/2026
Stardew Valley's 1.7 Update Will Add 2 New Marriage Candidates
Stardew Valley's upcoming 1.7 update will include, among other things, two brand new marriage candidates, IGN can exclusively reveal.
03/02/2026
Stardew Valley Still Has 1 Secret Players Have Never Found, Creator ConcernedApe Confirms
It's almost Stardew Valley's tenth birthday, meaning that for ten years, players have combed over every inch of Pelican Town and the surrounding area. But the game's creator, Eric Barone (ConcernedApe), says there's still one secret that fans have never found, though he hopes one day they do.
03/02/2026
Stardew Valley Turns 10: The Big ConcernedApe Interview
We sat down with Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone for a lengthy interview not about the game's beginnings, but about its journey over the last 10 years, and its future.
03/02/2026
Civilization 7's big Test of Time update that'll bring back playing as one civ for the whole game is set to drop this spring
As any Civ player knows, time has a habit of passing. Next week, Civ 7 will turn a year old. It's been a year of regular additions
03/02/2026
Sony Patents System to Generate AI Podcasts in the Voices of Your Favorite PlayStation Characters
Sony has patented a system to use AI to generate individualized podcasts featuring its biggest characters and mascots.
03/02/2026
The Division Definitive Edition Is Real & Launches Today, But It's Not A Remaster
Xbox Store page tells all.Last month, we reported on The Division: Definitive Edition after an advert for it was spotted at a Ubisoft event, and it's now shadow dropped on Xbox - but this new version of the Massive Entertainment title doesn't appear to be a remaster or anything of the sort.If you head over ...
03/02/2026
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake Collectible Dagger Looks to Have Popped Up in an Unboxing Video, Days After Game's Cancelation
An unboxing video that purportedly reveals a Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake collectible dagger has been shared online, with fans pointing to the footage as further evidence that the project was nearing completion when recently canceled by Ubisoft.
03/02/2026
Nintendo Silent on Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Sales, Prompting Fan Concern Over the Series' Future
Nintendo's latest financial results are notably silent on the sales performance of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, which has not appeared on the company's list of million copy-selling games for either Switch 1 or Switch 2.
03/02/2026
Valheim developers celebrate the game's fifth anniversary with flower garlands, sweetbread, and Steam Deck optimisations
I'm going to a toddler's birthday party on Saturday and I have it on good authority from Alva's dad that there will be trays of sandwiches and a couple of cakes from M&S. There is no booze provided. I'm not sure if that's because there should be no booze consumed at a two-year-old's birthday, or only that we should bring our own. I guess I'll find out for sure if they frisk on the...
03/02/2026
Steam Quietly Withdraws Under Fire MMO Ashes of Creation From Sale As Fans Wonder Who's Left to Maintain the Servers
Steam has quietly withdrawn under fire MMO Ashes of Creation from sale after its director and leadership team quit just weeks after launch.
03/02/2026
"This shouldn’t have happened": GOG reportedly claim sale banner made with "Al tools" ended up on store by mistake
After being accused last week of using AI-generated artwork to promote their store's new year sale, retro game sellers GOG have reportedly addressed the issue in a private Discord server for paying supporters. ...
03/02/2026
Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 3)
One of them being a HUGE shadow drop!Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we've got two titles coming to the library - one of which ended up being a surprise addition that arrived in the early hours of the morning here in the UK.Here's a quick roundup of both of today's new Xbox Game Pass titles (February 3
03/02/2026
Switch Becomes Nintendo's Best-Selling Hardware Ever, While Switch 2 Has Already Outsold Wii U's Lifetime Total
The original Switch is now officially Nintendo's best-selling hardware ever, while Switch 2 has already eclipsed the sales of the company's disastrous Wii U in just nine months.
03/02/2026
Magic’s Marvel Super Hero Crossover Includes Four New Commander Decks - Here’s All We Know So Far
From Black Panther to Doctor Doom, here's all we know about the Commander Decks found in the upcoming Marvel Super Heroes set of Magic: The Gathering.
03/02/2026
Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 - Everything You Need to Know, From Whether or Not It's Canon to Why This *Isn't* the Spinoff Everyone's Expecting
Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 , From Whether or Not It's Canon to Why This *Isn't* the Spinoff Everyone's Expecting
03/02/2026
'I Think It Might Be a Big Win for Independent Filmmaking' – Markiplier Cries While Thanking Fans for Supporting His Iron Lung Movie
Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach shared an emotional moment with fans after his new movie, Iron Lung, managed to win big at the box office over the weekend.
02/02/2026
Magic: The Gathering's Newest Product Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
The latest Secret Lair sold the same drop at different prices, drawing anger from the community.
02/02/2026
AliExpress Has a 500W 375Wh Adult Electric Bike for Just $272 with Free Delivery
AliExpress Has a 500W 375Wh Adult Electric Bike for Just $278 with Free Delivery
02/02/2026
Primal Season 3, Episode 4 Review
Primal Season 3, Episode 4 Review: The first proper cliffhanger of the season, “Prey for the Wicked” is an emotional and fun episode.
02/02/2026
Which Brandon Sanderson Books Should You Read Before The Cosmere Comes to Apple TV?
Here's where to start your journey into The Cosmere.
02/02/2026
Crunchyroll Is Increasing Prices Right After Removing Its Free Streaming Plan
Crunchyroll has announced price hikes for all U.S. subscribers.
02/02/2026
Fans Think Fortnite Might Be About to Turn Into the Pink Pony Club With a Chappell Roan Crossover
Fortnite fans are on the edge of their seats as rumors and leaks seem to suggest a potential Chappell Roan crossover coming to Fortnite in February.
02/02/2026
Nitro Deck 2 for Nintendo Switch 2 Is Up for Preorder at Amazon With a May 1 Release Date
This might just be the best way to play your Switch 2, so here's how to make sure you get one.
02/02/2026
The Anycubic Kobra 3 3D Printer and Ace Pro Multi-Color Printing Drops Below $200 for the First Time
Great price for a well-regarded 3D printer with multi-color capabilities.
02/02/2026
Got Mirrorform in Magic: The Gathering’s Lorwyn Eclipsed? Here Are The Most Fun Cards To Use With It
Looking to break Magic: The Gathering with Mirrorform? These are the best cards to do it with.
02/02/2026
Today’s Top Deals: Mario Galaxy Amiibo, Pokémon Phantasmal Flames Booster Bundle Under $45
Plus, Apple Watch Series 11, AirPods Pro 3, and Elden Ring are all cheaper than usual.
02/02/2026
Pick One: What Was Your Favourite Xbox Game Pass Addition In January 2026?
Star Wars Outlaws? Space Marine 2? Death Stranding? Tell us!The first month of Xbox Game Pass for 2026 has officially come to a close, and it ended up being quite stacked with AAA titles — we saw the likes of Star Wars Outlaws, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2,
02/02/2026
The Game Awards 2026 Sets December Premiere Date as Fans Expect Big Things from the New Year
It's only February, but that isn't stopping Geoff Keighley from scheduling The Game Awards 2026 for December 10.
02/02/2026
The Best Books of 2025 That You Might Have Missed – Here’s What To Read Next
Looking for a great read from last year? Here are our favorites, from fantasy to thriller and many more.
02/02/2026
The Apple AirPods Pro 3 Noise Canceling Earbuds Drops to a New Lowest Price (Better Than Black Friday)
$65 off at the Verizon Store with no strings attached.
02/02/2026
Best Buy Has Open Box Asus ROG Strix G16 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptops for Just $1,268
A gaming powerhouse in a compact, mobile form factor.
02/02/2026
Resident Evil Requiem Live-Action Trailer Provides a Fresh Look at Ruined Raccoon City
Capcom has published a live-action Resident Evil Requiem trailer that showcases our best look yet at the ruins of Raccoon City, a few weeks before players get to explore it for themselves.
02/02/2026
Xbox Begins Testing New Monthly Quest For Microsoft Rewards Users
It's called "Game Pass monthly multi-platform".We're always trying to keep track of the latest changes to Microsoft Rewards here at Pure Xbox, and it was revealed via the Microsoft Rewards Reddit community over the weekend that Xbox is testing a new monthly quest for the service.This quest is called "Game Pass monthly multi-platform", and it c...
02/02/2026
'A CGI Embalming' — Xfinity's Jurassic Park Super Bowl Ad Features Digitally De-Aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum
Super Bowl LX may still be a few days away, but Xfinity has already released its Jurassic Park-themed ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum.
02/02/2026
The Liquid Cooled Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5080 Gaming PC Drops to $2,250 at Dell
One of the least expensive RTX 5080 prebuilts currently available.
02/02/2026
The 10 Most Valuable Ascended Heroes Pokémon Cards That I'm Already Chasing
Discover the 10 most valuable Ascended Heroes Pokémon cards, ranked by market price while discussing their artwork appeal and competitive impact.
02/02/2026
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Preorders Are Now Live – Out April 16
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream on Nintendo Switch is now available to preorder at select retailers for $59.99. Here's where to preorder it ahead of its release date on April 16, 2026.
02/02/2026
Dead by Daylight: The Hillbilly #1 Spotlights an Iconic Killer
The iconic Dead by Daylight Killer known as The Hillbilly is the star of a new spinoff series from Titan Comics. Check out a new preview of the series.
02/02/2026
If you're in the mood for a shapeshifting open world labyrinth, NaissanceE follow-up SenS has a new update
NaissancE developers Limasse Five have released a big update for SenS, their early access open world spelunking game in which you search an enveloping Structure for Unique Places, tools and artefacts. The ExistencE of SenS is news to me, despite it being very much my cup of ImpossiblE ArchitecturE. Launched on Steam in 2022, it&...
02/02/2026
Team Fortress 2 Classified is good, clean, hatless fun, despite its cruel Horace ban
Team Fortress 2 Classified is out now on Steam, the mod having finally earned Valve’s blessing after a bit of a tizzy with its former name of Team Fortres...
02/02/2026
Roundup: Here's What The Reviews Say About Square Enix's Dragon Quest VII Reimagined
Launching on Xbox this week!With February now here, the big releases are starting to roll around — and Square Enix is kicking things off by delivering another major RPG this week in the form of Dragon Quest VII Reimagined!Reviews are now starting to arrive for this one too, so we're going to gather those up down below to give you an idea of what folks make of the Dragon Quest ...
02/02/2026
Every New LEGO Set Releasing in February 2026
Here's a look at every single new LEGO set releasing in February 2026, including a trio of Pokémon sets and more.
02/02/2026
Death Stranding Director's Cut Gets Huge Player Bump Thanks To Xbox Game Pass
One of last month's biggest XGP additions.One of the most high-profile additions to Xbox Game Pass last month was the arrival of Death Stranding Director's Cut from Kojima Productions, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the title absolutely shot up the Xbox player charts last ...
02/02/2026
This Incredible Super Mario Remix Just Beat Wicked Star Cynthia Erivo to a Grammy, and Nintendo Wasn't Even Involved
A big band remix of Super Mario themes just won a Grammy Award, beating Wicked star Cynthia Erivo to win in the Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella category.
02/02/2026
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Review
A reimagining of a PlayStation classic that prioritizes new players.
02/02/2026
Select JRPGs Are up to 67% Off Right Now at Amazon
Metaphor: ReFantazio, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, Octopath Traveler 0, and Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake are all sitting with some great discounts right now at Amazon. Save up to 67%.
02/02/2026
Feature: 10 New Xbox Indie Games That Should Be On Your Radar In February 2026
A few of the most intriguing titles we've spotted.A new month is underway, and therefore we've been taking a look at games coming to Xbox in February 2026 over the past few days — with a bunch of them naturally being indie games.Just like last month, there are lots of interesting indie titles to look out for in February, including the likes of
02/02/2026
Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85 Has Its Official Trailer, Release Date, and the Voice of Steve
Netflix has pulled the curtain back on Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85, the upcoming animated series set between Seasons 2 and 3 of the hit show. We have a new trailer, new images, and new voice cast.
02/02/2026
Helldivers 2 Set to Celebrate Second Anniversary With Some 'Surprises,' Including This Fantastic BTS Look at How John Helldiver Was Born
As part of a "month of anniversary surprises," Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has formally introduced us to the "face of Freedom, the voice of Victory, the light of Liberty… John Helldiver."
02/02/2026
Narrative Adventure 'Indika' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 2)
A very intriguing title hits XGP.Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we've got the dark, narrative-driven adventure Indika entering the library, a little under two years after it first made its console and PC debut in May 2024.If you've not heard of this one before, In...
02/02/2026
Nioh 3 Could be Coming to More Consoles Than Just PS5 Sooner Than You Think
Nioh 3 is slated to release on Friday, February 6, on PC via Steam and PS5, but the game's latest trailer has revealed that Xbox and maybe even Nintendo Switch 2 owners may not have too long a wait for a version of their own.
02/02/2026
"We can't just continue making the map bigger and bigger": Why Bethesda want to expand Fallout 76 inwards, not just outwards
Mark’s on holiday today, which means we can’t do our usual thing of workplace-bullying him into writing about Fallout 76 while we sit around in wingback chairs drinking Glenfiddich. But if he were here, he’d surely be thrilled to note
02/02/2026
'People Insisted I Walk Away' — Harry Potter TV Series Actor John Lithgow Explains Why He Didn't Ditch Dumbledore Role Over JK Rowling's Trans Views
Veteran actor John Lithgow has addressed his decision to play Albus Dumbledore in HBO's upcoming Harry Potter TV series, despite pressure for him to ditch the role due to J.K. Rowling's divisive comments on trans issues.
02/02/2026
Nioh 3 Could Mark The Series' Xbox Debut As Sony Confirms 6-Month PS5 Exclusivity
Eligible for Xbox in August 2026.The Nioh series is one that so far has stuck to PlayStation as its sole console platform of choice, but looking at the game's latest trailer, that may be about to change with the third game.In r...
02/02/2026
HBO Max Announces Early Episode Release Dates for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and Industry Ahead of Super Bowl Sunday
HBO Max has announced early episode debuts for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and Industry ahead of Super Bowl Sunday.
02/02/2026
Silent Hill f Actors Appointed Tourism Ambassadors for Japanese City That Inspired the Game
Two actors from Silent Hill f revealed today that they have been appointed ambassadors of the real life location in Japan that inspired the survival horror game’s eerie setting.
02/02/2026
All the Movie Trailers Reportedly Set for Super Bowl 2026 — and Some Glaring Omissions
It’s almost time for Super Bowl LX, and with it the promise of a number of new movie trailers to whet the appetite for cinemagoing during the rest of 2026. But what should fans expect to see? And, perhaps more importantly, what should they expect not to see?
02/02/2026
The Last of Us season three "certainly seems" to be the TV show’s last, reckons HBO chief
HBO’s The Last of Us TV adaptation is likely ending with its upcoming third season, according to network CEO Casey Bloys. Speaking to Deadline, that boy Bloys used his voice to address the...
02/02/2026
'People Have a Right to Be Pissed' — Dispatch Developer Apologizes to Fans Over Nintendo Switch Censorship, Says Disclaimer Wasn't Visible Enough
The developer of a game censored by Nintendo has apologized to fans and said it that its own disclaimer on the changes should have been more visible.
02/02/2026
Newly-Released MMO Ashes of Creation Left in Tatters as Senior Team Quits and Management Issues Layoff Warning — and Now Steam Is Reportedly Investigating
The future of the newly released Ashes of Creation is in doubt after its leadership team quit following a dispute with the management board — and now Steam is reportedly investigating.
02/02/2026
'I Perhaps Shouldn't Have Said That' — X-Men Star Ian McKellen Appears to Drop Huge Magneto-Related Avengers: Doomsday Spoiler
X-Men actor Ian McKellen appears to have accidentally confirmed the destruction of New Jersey in Avengers: Doomsday.
02/02/2026
Ashes Of Creation director quits over decisions he "could not ethically support" as staff report mass layoffs
Nine years after securing $3.2 million on Kickstarter and mere weeks after launching into Steam Early Access, MMORPG Ashes Of Creation is in humongous difficulties. The game’s entire leadership team have allegedly quit “in protest” at decisions made by the board of Intrepid Studios, with creative director Steven Sharif accusing board members of “directing actions th...
02/02/2026
Cities: Skyline 2's UI is getting an "extreme makeover", as new developers Iceflake take the reins
The new custodians of Cities: Skylines 2 have announced that they’re giving the city builder’s UI an “extreme makeover” in the game’s next patch, while tuning up the day/night lighting, and ensuring that snow actually sticks to the ground. I had an “extreme makeover” once and ended...
02/02/2026
Nioh 3 is this week's samurai RPG steamroller, but don't forget the mercenary charms of Menace
This week in new PC games: some new PC games. Look, sometimes I have the energy and fortitude to write a 500 word overture about four dimensional tapeworms, and sometimes I look upon the intro as nothing but a hateful chore. I just want to list some games, but internet etiquette requires that I occupy your eyeballs with a proper paragraph or two before we break out the bullet point...
02/02/2026
Disney Lorcana Winterspell Expansion: First Hands-On With Darkwing Duck, Pocohontas, and More
Get an early look at Disney Lorcana’s upcoming Winterspell expansion.
02/02/2026
Aussie Streaming Guide: The Best TV & Movies for February 2026
Nothing but the finest content to binge stream. All the best TV series, movies, comedy specials, docos, and more!
02/02/2026
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Explaining the Dark Prophecy in Episode 3
The newest episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms features a fortune teller's very dark prophecy. Here's how that reveal ties into the larger Game of Thrones saga.
02/02/2026
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 3 Review
“The Squire” is the strongest episode yet of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ first season, further developing the sweet big brother/little brother bond between Dunk and Egg and then blowing up their brief interlude of serenity with a huge revelation.