Issue #289

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PS Plus Subscribers Keep Choosing Its Most Expensive Plans Despite Price Hikes

Sony’s PS6 Strategy Is ‘Top of Mind’, Cloud Streaming to Remain Ancillary to Local Play

Stardew Valley style MMO Palia gets even cozier with new Radiance Rising update

2026 Video Game Release Schedule

Sony Has Begun Removing Region Restriction From Most Of Its PlayStation Games On PC

Switch 2 Joy-Con drift is already haunting Nintendo

After almost 15 years, Minecraft’s massive visual overhaul comes this month with over 3,000 lush new textures: “We didn’t want to take away from what makes Minecraft Minecraft”

MindsEye Hits 2025 Landmark As The Worst Reviewed Game Of The Year

Nexus Mods announce ownership change, but the folks taking over remain a bit mysterious

This Roblox Mode Just Passed Fortnite’s Concurrent-Player Record

Coming to Game Pass: Rematch, Warcraft I & II: Remastered, Warcraft III: Reforged, Call of Duty: WWII, and More

Bungie delays Marathon indefinitely

Dark and Darker will be purged from Epic Games Store libraries later this year, but it’s still available on Steam for now

Ubisoft slows free currency gain in Rainbow Six Siege X to a pathetic crawl, then immediately drops its most expensive skin in 10 years

Steam turbo-charges its performance overlay, shows you how many real and framegen frames you’re getting and, oh, Proton is enabled on Linux by default now

Microsoft just came right out and said that the next Xbox will be a PC

Donkey Kong Bananza Nintendo Direct roundup

A Death Stranding animated film is now in active development

The original Splinter Cell just got a big unofficial remaster thanks to modders

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Nintendo Switch 2

Stellar Blade - PC

PowerColor Alphyn AH10

The Communist Manifesto

Promise Mascot Agency

Das Keyboard DeltaForce 65

Dune: Awakening

FEATURES Link to heading

Sword of the Sea Preview - Viscerally Refreshing

Interview: Vaibhav Chavan, Director of Mukti

Ninja Gaiden 4 Preview – A Bloody Match Made In Heaven

Mixtape Preview - One Of SGF’s Greatest Hits

Hell is Us terrifies in all the best ways

How playing Blue Prince IRL solved a real historical mystery

Dying Light: The Beast – Chimeras Explained | IGN First

How A Fan Saved His Favorite Computer Game From Being Completely Erased

ROG Xbox Ally X Impressions – Green With Envy

“10 years ago, we were fighting to survive. It’s totally different now” - Sega’s franchise guru on Sonic’s redemption arc

Preview: MARVEL Cosmic Invasion

Gearbox talks Borderlands 4: Exploration, fixing the meme humor, and entering the series’ ‘Simpsons Era’

10 years later, no one has replicated Rocket League’s mojo

Debunking the grey market beyond Steam

Xbox and AMD: Advancing the Next Generation of Gaming Together

Fortnite’s new mode is perfect for iPhone and terrible for Apple

Interview: Talking Bitcraft’s Early Access Launch, Open Source, And More

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

What game is a nightmare to complete 100% ?

What videogame mechanic blew your mind?

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Xbox + AMD: Powering the Next Generation of Xbox

Cronos: The New Dawn | Gameplay Showcase

20 minutes of gameplay footage from WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers

PATAPON 1+2 REPLAY – Overview Trailer

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Age of empires here I come!

Genarational conflict