Issue #352

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Everything announced at Sony’s State of Play September 2026

Rockstar Approached Netflix for Exclusive GTA 6 Extended Look, Not the Other Way Around

Project Helix will be a ‘family of devices,’ Xbox CEO confirms

World of Warcraft private server Project Ascension confirms shutdown in “mutual agreement” with Blizzard

Rockstar confirms GTA 6 won’t have microtransactions or generative AI at launch

Steam Just Suffered the Biggest Leak in Video Game History

Gamescom 2026 draws 368,000 visitors from 131 countries

2026 Pokémon World Championships: Everything Announced

Fable’s story will be ‘15-20 hours’ long, according to its game director, although the game’s life systems are ’limitless’

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Has Finished Shooting its Performance Capture, Confirms Naughty Dog

Project Hail Mary Is Getting a VR Game This Fall

Xbox Game Pass Adds Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, RuneScape: Dragonwilds, and More

That Grand Theft Auto 6 exclusive reveal worked out pretty well for Netflix: It was the platform’s biggest show last week

Sony, Microsoft Say They Have No Obligation to Offer Refunds For Tariff-Based Price Hikes

Sony and Lego Officially Reveal New PlayStation Set

Guild Wars 3 is a lot smaller scale than Guild Wars 2 because of the new approach to combat and movement: ‘You would probably see about 20 players in a large combat scenario’

Here’s everything Konami announced in its latest showcase

Microsoft Announces Big Changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming, Switches to Monthly Hour Limits

Naughty Dog ‘Not Done’ With The Last of Us, but Studio Not Involved With HBO Show’s 3rd Season

NVIDIA Promises DLSS 5 Support for RTX 40-Series GPUs in the Future

REVIEWS Link to heading

Grand Theft Auto III – The Legacy Review

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

Gallipoli

The Blood of Dawnwalker

Onimusha: Way of the Sword

Orbitals

MSI Crosshair 16 Max HX E2W

NBA 2K27

Corsair HS35 v3

Gigabyte GO27Q24A

NHL 27

FEATURES Link to heading

GTA 6 will have a halo effect for the entire industry | Opinion

State Of Decay 3 Preview – More Alive Than Dead

It’s Time I Let Go Of My Favorite Alien Isolation 2 Theory

Preview: I Waited 13 Years to Play The Wolf Among Us 2, But I Have One Concern

Best games of 2026 so far: Pragmata, Pokopia, and more

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy - Gamescom 2026 Interview

South Park: The Stick of Truth Is the Funniest Game I’ve Ever Played

The Blood of Dawnwalker Is the Most Freeing RPG I’ve Ever Played

Fighting Is Everything In Onimusha: Way Of The Sword

Nvidia snuck me into a room to show off DLSS 5 in person, and it’s somehow beautiful, ugly, impressive, and troubling all at the same time

How Funplus and Pawprint Studio built the creature collectible open world of Aniimo | Chris Petrovic interview

Chronicles: Medieval Provides An Impressive Sandbox For Players To Write Their Own History

The Big Picture: What you need to know about the ongoing games industry reset

Okay, I wasn’t expecting ‘Rainbow Six XCOM’ to be one of my favourite Gamescom demos

Ace Combat 8’s Multiplayer Is Aiming to Climb Higher Than Ever | IGN Preview

Monster Hunter Is About to Change Forever

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn turns the best Mass Effect mission into an entire game

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Deathmaster Plays a Bit Like a Stealthy Hollow Knight | IGN Preview

How Double Fine is charting its destiny outside of Xbox, starting with a Kickstarter campaign | Tim Schafer interview

Dungeons & Dragons: Long Rest Tavern Hands-On Preview – A Cozier Initiative

Future imperfect: Five predictions for the next decade | Opinion

Exodus Plays Exactly How a New Mass Effect Should | IGN Hands-on Preview

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

Why can’t modern games shut up?

PlayStation Is Not The Same, And Hasn’t Been For A Long Time

What game did you sleep on for years, only to finally try it and be blown away?

VIDEOS Link to heading

Fable Hands-On Impressions

Fable - Official Combat Gameplay | gamescom 2026

Join Us - Official 11-Minute Gameplay | gamescom 2026

DLSS 5 | Introducing 3D-Guided Neural Rendering

DLSS 5 in NBA 2K27 | Inside the Dev Studio

Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance - Boosted Action Gameplay Overview Trailer

FUNNY Link to heading

This but a scratch

Me in a BOSS battle…