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NEWS Link to heading

Fortnite Has a Hit New Mode — and for Once, the Game’s Main Battle Royale Option Is No Longer the Most Popular

YouTube is hiding an excellent, official high-speed Pac-Man mod in plain sight

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s Charlie Cox Felt “Like A Total Fraud” After All The Praise

The four most important leaks you need to know about Battlefield 6 as we edge closer to the game’s reveal

Xbox Will be Attending Gamescom 2025

Xbox PC App Is Aggregating Your Game Library From Other Stores

Hytale, once touted as the Minecraft killer, is ceasing development

California man steals $10k of Nintendo Switch games from libraries, now faces more than a large late fee

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 specs, price, and release window

AAA Game Development Is Unsustainable But Generative AI Can Help, Smash Bros. Boss Says

Sony Faces Class Action in the Netherlands Over Allegedly Inflated PlayStation Store Prices

Little Nightmares 3 Release Date Announced

Netflix is delisting 20+ mobile games next month, including Hades, Braid and Monument Valley

Can Your PC Run Crysis? No, Not Anymore - It’s Just Been Delisted

PlayStation Plus Reveals Free Monthly Games for July

War Thunder fans leak classified documents in the forums to win an argument, again, this time over the Harrier Jump Jet

Former Hytale dev claims internal “mismanagement” at Hypixel “stole the opportunity for Hytale to flourish”

Sony Does Not Plan to Add First-Party Games Day One to PlayStation Plus

After almost 8 years, Valve is finally adding new original content to Team Fortress 2

Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds

FTC is now processing Fortnite refund worth $126 million

Ark 2 Development Has Been Paused Because of Work on Ark: Survival Ascended

The 20-year-old Xbox 360 just got an update and it was actually kind of worth it

The 2025 Steam Summer Sale is live

Riot decides that allowing sports betting sponsorships in top-tier League of Legends and Valorant esports is a good idea

The best deals in the 2025 Steam Summer Sale

REVIEWS Link to heading

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

Nintendo Switch 2: the Digital Foundry Hardware Review

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Review

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2025)

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

Acer Predator X32X QD-OLED

Peak

Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS

Apex Legends: The Board Game

FEATURES Link to heading

New fighting game Invincible VS has all the right foundations to be a barn-storming tag-teamer

Can anything top Clair Obscur for Game of the Year?

I can’t stop playing The Alters even though it’s stressing me out

Forget FIFA, Rematch is the most authentic football game I’ve ever played – right down to the very worst bits about playing IRL

Rematch Is A Game For People Who Love Soccer And For Those Who Don’t

Nintendo Switch 2 | Critical Consensus

Interview: Diablo Immortal Developers Break Down Narrative First Approach to Gameplay

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

A final reminder about the Stop Killing Games movement

What’s the hardest you have ever “bounced off” of a game?

VIDEOS Link to heading

The Blood of Dawnwalker – 21-minute gameplay overview

The Blood of Dawnwalker — Gameplay Reveal Event

Official Story Trailer | Borderlands 4

Session: Skate Sim | Foundation Update Launch Trailer

Digimon Story Time Stranger – System Trailer

Fatal Run 2089 - Official Gameplay Trailer

Pragmata - Gameplay and Story Overview | Capcom Spotlight 2025

FUNNY Link to heading

Impressive lawn stripes, but where are the defenses?

Motion sensor Playstation

DEV / DESIGN Link to heading

Discover data-driven stability and enhancements in 6.2 beta