Issue #298

NEWS Link to heading

Everything announced at Opening Night Live, Gamescom 2025

Everything announced at the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2025

Round Up: Everything Announced At The 2025 Pokémon World Championships Closing Ceremony

Chris Hansen And YouTuber Schlep Are Investigating Roblox Predators

The deeply simulated roguelike strangeness of Caves of Qud won this year’s Hugo Award for Best Game or Interactive Work

Louisiana sues Roblox over child safety concerns

Make-A-Wish launches initiative to “empower the games industry” to grant wishes

Euro Truck Simulator 2 seemingly coming to PS5 and Xbox Series consoles

Valve makes major change to Steam user reviews with new “language-specific” scores enabled by default – which could explain or minimize review bombs

“It’s really that simple.” Roblox explains its new IP licensing system

Game Pass adds Gears of War: Reloaded, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Void/Breaker, and more in late August

Smooth Motion is finally available to NVIDIA RTX-40 series GPUs

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is getting an anime adaptation

World of Warcraft: Midnight will introduce a ‘Prey’ system, and by jove, I think Blizzard might be close to fixing the MMO’s open-world difficulty problem

ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds Launch October 16: Get Ready to Play!

Sony raises PS5 price in U.S. on all consoles

Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Two Weeks Away

Nexus Mods ID Verification For Adult Content Has An Exception

Bungie studio head Pete Parsons steps down

An AMD Radeon GPU power connector reportedly just melted, Nvidia no longer alone

REVIEWS Link to heading

Sword of the Sea

LG Ultragear 45GX950A

Discounty Review

Elgato 4K S

Herdling

The Dark Queen Of Mortholme

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Classic

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

FEATURES Link to heading

Titan Quest 2 early access impressions: Good, but not one of the greats

“Our game made €4 million,” says Rise of Industry’s creator. “Three years later, I was broke”

A question for the ages: Is The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall a good game?

We can’t keep making videogame stories for players who aren’t paying attention to them

The Future of MMORPG Preservation: From Dual Universe to Loftia and the Stop Killing Games Initiative

Video games and “cathedrals of fire”: the eye-widening wonder of Sword of the Sea

As Monster Hunter Wilds PC players wait almost a year for better performance, Capcom is in danger of losing its most important audience

Kirby Air Riders preview: nostalgic thrills fuel new Switch 2 game

Kirby Air Riders – The First Preview

Resident Evil Requiem is as scary as RE7, thankfully

Pragmata Aims to Break the Rules of Third-Person Shooters | gamescom 2025

Skate Developer Interview Outlines Improvements, Teases Big Update for Next Week

Anno 117: Pax Romana – The Final Preview

Working Hard Or Hardly Working: Why Do We Play Job Simulators?

What Does Xbox’s Future Look Like As This Generation Draws To A Close?

World of Tanks HEAT HANDS ON PREVIEW: A Surprisingly Fun Hero Shooter, But With Tanks!

Explaining the Internet’s obsession with Silksong, which (finally) comes out Sept. 4

At Gamescom, it felt like the industry now has a plan: make games quicker | Opinion

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

PlayStation 5 price changes in the U.S.

Are you playing less than you used to?

VIDEOS Link to heading

REANIMAL – The First 13 Minutes of the Mystery Horror Adventure (Exclusive Gameplay)

BEYOND THE BORDERLANDS #8: DESIGNING AMON

StarRupture - PC Early Access Release Date Trailer

VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE BLOODLINES 2 - WORLD PREMIERE (Walkthrough Gameplay)

Ninja Gaiden 4 Gameplay Demo | gamescom 2025

ONIMUSHA WAY OF THE SWORD Gameplay Demo | Gamescom 2025

12 Minutes of Cinder City Gameplay | gamescom 2025

Battlefield 6 Raises the Bar for FPS Combat

22 minutes of new gameplay of Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater

Directive 8020 - Gamescom 2025 Gameplay

Replaced Looks Like One of the Most Stylish 2D Games Ever Made | gamescom 2025

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch | Official Teaser | Netflix

FUNNY Link to heading

The creator of this game should go to jail

My Steam library

Selfmade lucky 4-leaf clover

DEV / DESIGN Link to heading

87% of game developers are using AI agents in their workflows, says new survey