Issue #304

NEWS Link to heading

Every game, trailer, and announcement in the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct

Despite the shocking price tag, Xbox’s new ROG Ally handheld is selling out everywhere, and I shouldn’t be surprised

Costco Has Reportedly Decided to Stop Selling Xbox Consoles

Path of Exile 2 Announces Massive Endgame Changes, Including Much-Demanded Tower Revamp

Oh No! Sony Reveals Stunning PlayStation Themed Magic: The Gathering Trading Cards

Minecraft Live unveils The Copper Age, Mounts of Mayhem, Friendly Fishing, and more

Bully 2 Never Happened Because of “Bandwidth Issues” Says Dan Houser

92.7% of gaming content creators work independently, says new study

Brazil bans the sale of loot boxes to minors

EA Goes Private In $55 Billion Deal From Saudi Arabia, Jared Kushner’s Company, And Others

Fortnite’s KPop Demon Hunters skins revealed

The Lord of the Rings is Reportedly Getting a New Game to “Compete With Hogwarts Legacy”

The gamers have done it again, this time building a functional ChatGPT in Minecraft—but before you get too excited, it takes literally hours to provide a response

Everything Officially Confirmed for Magic: The Gathering in 2026

Witcher author says key plot point from the games is based on a mistake, but “video game people have clung to the idea with remarkable tenacity”

Amazon launching “completely redesigned” Luna streaming service later this year, with emphasis on social gaming

Updates to Xbox Game Pass: Introducing Essential, Premium, and Ultimate Plans

World of Warcraft’s Long-Awaited Housing Releases in December

Xbox Game Pass price hike sparks outcry among hardcore fans

Amazon Prime Members Get These 14 Free Games In October

PlayStation 30th Anniversary History Book Announced, Preorders Available Now

REVIEWS Link to heading

NBA 2K26 Review

EA Sports FC 26

Dying Light: The Beast

Review: Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2

Sins of a Solar Empire 2

Digimon Story Time Stranger

FEATURES Link to heading

Why Hades 2 succeeds where so many Hades clones fail

The more book tracking apps I try, the more I think we as gamers don’t realize just how good we’ve got it with Steam

Hades 2’s story misses one thing Hades got extremely right

30 years later, I’m still obliterating planets in Master of Orion II—and you can, too

EA will be a very different company under private ownership

As the Western games industry sprials, TGS 2025 showed Japan is resurgent - though you might not recognize that over live streams

It’s the end of an era for Xbox Game Pass

Interview: Why The FFXIV And Monster Hunter Wilds Teams Had A Fun Challenge Bringing Omega To Wilds

If Xbox Game Pass dies then we’ll have lost one of gaming’s best tools for discovery

Tekken: The Board Game Preview

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

Great game that started negative trend in gaming?

You are stuck in a house for a year without internet.You got a PC with 3 games.Which 3 would you pick?

VIDEOS Link to heading

Resident Evil 9 Requiem Gameplay Demo | TGS 2025

ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN - Gameplay Trailer: Extremely Bloody Action Buffet

Parasite Mutant - Announcement Trailer

Battlefield 6: Official Launch Live Action Trailer

Reach - World Trailer | PS VR2 Games

Fading Echo ‘Gameplay’ trailer

Battlefield 6 Everything To Know

A closer look at Pokémon Legends: Z-A (Nintendo Switch 2/Nintendo Switch)

Football Manager 26 | Tactics Explainer

FUNNY Link to heading

The Hangover in Baldur’s Gate 3