Bidders drove one exceptional sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. to a final price of $3 million during Heritage Auctions’ Video Games Signature event on June 12. The result cleared the previous high mark by a full million dollars and established a new record for any video game sold at public auction. ...
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie fixates on a fiendish roguelike with an outrageous mash of ideas; Matt believes he's found the best video game tutorial ever; Victoria rankles at her children back-seat gaming ...
Make some space.One of the major announcements during the Direct broadcast earlier this week was the news Square Enix is finally releasing proper versions of Kingdom Hearts on Nintendo's platforms. The Switch cloud versions have already been discontinued from sale, with the digital release now sched...
Lara Croft moves through thick Peruvian jungle undergrowth with familiar purpose. The new four-minute gameplay video, captured during Summer Game Fest hands-on sessions, drops players straight into a reimagined Lost Valley. It offers the clearest view yet of how the upcoming Tomb Raider: Legacy of A...
Ready for adventure?Earlier this year, Bethesda announced it would be bringing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered to the Switch 2 in 2026.Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Deep Robotics sent a modified version of its compact Lynx S10 robot on a research vessel bound for the Arctic Ocean. The goal was straightforward. Engineers wanted to see how the small machine would handle real polar conditions that humans approach with extreme caution. The prototype completed its m...
Andrew Yang made a list of everything Americans overpay for — housing, food, wireless — and thinks the next startup gold rush is giving that money back.
Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people," the company wrote in a blog post.
Ahead of its release on June 30, Team Jade has released a new video around Delta Force: Season Meltdown and its Engineer Operator.
The post Delta Force: Season Meltdown Engineer Operator Trailer Released appeared first on GamersHeroes.
The devs already have another update in the pipeline.: Nintendo has announced its team-based squid shooter Splatoon 3 will be getting an update this week, bumping the title up to Version 11.2.0.Inklings and Octlings can expect fresh changes to the game's multiplayer, including weapon adjustments and...
SpaceX shares started trading on the Nasdaq on June 12, 2026. The long-private aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company priced its initial public offering at $135 per share. When markets opened, the stock jumped to $150 and climbed as high as $176.50 during the session before closing ...
Honor launched the X7e 4G earlier this month, and if you've been wondering whether this phone would get a 5G option, the answer seems to be "yes, kind of". The Honor X7e Plus 5G has now been certified for sale in the UAE by TDRA and it's also been spotted in the SGS database.
We're not sure exactly...
TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won't), pre-IPO deals, and what's tucked inside its S-1 registration document.
Video game budgets are soaring, with Gears of War: E-Day reported to cost over $400 million. To break even, the game might need to sell around 5.7 million copies, a significant challenge.
Potentially as a wholly-owned subsidiary.You can't have a quiet Friday night in the world of Xbox these days, can you?!Out of nowhere, the folks over at The Information are reporting today that Microsoft has considered "spinning out or restructuring" the Xbox brand, although it's not something that'...
After years of waiting and one big delay, director Matt Reeves has confirmed The Batman Part 2 has officially started filming by posting the first image from the set.
Microsoft is reportedly losing money on Xbox consoles and considering restructuring or spinning off the brand. While further investments in top-tier games are planned, layoffs are expected soon, raising concerns about Xbox's future.
Safari is one of the apps that Apple focused on in iOS 27, and it includes multiple new Apple Intelligence features. From automatically organizing tab groups to custom extensions, Safari is getting useful new capabilities.
Automatic Tab Organization
Safari uses Apple Intelligence to organize...
Racing fans are well aware that the real-life Peugeot 9X8 made waves when it debuted on the World Endurance Championship grid. Its streamlined form, lack of a traditional rear wing, and hybrid powertrain represented a new direction for Le Mans prototypes. LEGO nailed that presence in bricks with the...
Earlier this month, GameStop disclosed that it achieved the highest profit in the company's history during the first quarter of its latest fiscal year. Now, GameStop appears to be taking further steps to cut costs by reportedly making significant changes to its Pro Membership rewards program.
Acc...
A couple of days ago, Insta360 made its DJI Osmo Pocket 4P competitor official in the Luna Ultra, and now DJI is launching not one but two lawsuits against Insta360 alleging patent violations. The lawsuits were filed in the US, presumably because DJI feels like it has a better chance of winning over...
Most people now spend the majority of their waking hours indoors. This shift has disconnected many people from the constant variations in natural light that once divided the day from morning alertness to evening relaxation. Philips designed the new SkyLight ceiling fixture to provide some of that ex...
Apple is phasing out support for Rosetta 2, which is a feature that allows Intel-based apps to run on Apple silicon Macs. Rosetta is going to stop working for most apps in macOS 28, and when that happens, apps that use it will stop working.
Apple began warning customers and companies about the ...
The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two weeks.
Marine researchers have recorded a goblin shark moving through its natural surroundings for the first time. Cameras placed in two distant parts of the Pacific Ocean caught the animals gliding past in the darkness, healthy and undisturbed. The clips come from separate expeditions and mark a shift fro...
Apple's employees who participated in the company's annual Close Your Rings Challenge have begun to receive a limited-edition Apple Watch band and a special enamel pin marking the 10th anniversary of the internal challenge.
This year's band is a black Sport Loop with special lugs and an end pie...
Xbox's leadership acknowledged ongoing brand struggles in an open letter, revealing significant losses on hardware sales and disappointing game performances. Despite successes in some titles, challenges persist, prompting discussions of a "reset" and potential layoffs.
Microsoft's potential options for the future of the Xbox brand reportedly include spinning it off into a separate company or operating as a "wholly owned subsidiary" rather than a division within Microsoft.
According to The Information (via Reuters), these are just a few of the options Microsoft...
Strava has added some new features today that are "designed to meet athletes where they are", the company says. There are map style improvements launching "later this summer" that will give you richer trail surface data and clearer points of interest like trailheads, picnic areas, and campgrounds.
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A dark ribbon of dust slices across the glowing heart of a spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices, creating the appearance that earned Messier 64 its well-known nickname, the Black Eye Galaxy. The feature stands out even in modest amateur telescopes, yet it only hints at far deeper activity inside. Lights ...
A new Windows zero-day reportedly bypasses BitLocker, adding pressure on Microsoft as researchers debate the exploit’s real-world impact.
The post New Windows Zero-Day Claims BitLocker Bypass Amid Microsoft Disclosure Fight appeared first on TechRepublic.
Maine has taken its public data breach reporting portal offline after fraudulent breach disclosures were published on the state's website, prompting a review of procedures to prevent abuse in the future. [...]
Summer Game Fest is finally done (though we're still posting plenty of previews from our time at the show). That means it's finally time to play video games instead of just getting excited about the ones that we will be playing in September, which is apparently when all video games except Grand Thef...
Apple and Samsung may not need glucose-sensing smartwatches to compete in health AI. The next race is turning CGM data into useful advice.
The post Apple, Samsung, and the Race to Turn Glucose Data Into AI Health Advice appeared first on TechRepublic.
Featuring buttery smooth platforming and countless clutch moments, N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO brings the heat (and rockets) needed to be a timeless party game staple.
The post N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO Summer Game Fest Preview – Friendship-Testing Meets Friendship-Ending! appeared first on GamersHero...
Time is running out on the Apple Card sign-up promo that began last month. For three more days, you can effectively receive AirPods Pro 3 for free when you sign up for a new Apple Card, but there are some strings attached.
If you sign up for and are approved for an Apple Card for the first time...
A 10-year-old authentication bypass vulnerability discovered in the phpBB forum software allows an attacker to log in as any user, including administrators. [...]
BMW took the stage at the 24 Hours of Le Mans to reveal its next high-performance electrified sedan. The M Concept Neue Klasse is a near-production preview of the electrified M3 due in 2027. It is based on the i3 sedan chassis, which will be released later this year, but with the aggressive stance, ...
Following its announcement last week, the Motorola Edge (2026) is now on open sale in the US and Canada.
In the US, the 6.3-inch OLED flaunting Dimensity 7450-powered device can be had for $600 unlocked from Motorola.com as well as partnering retailers like BestBuy. That’s for the single 128GB stor...
A true blue Sonic entry, SONIC PICO PARK’s signature combo of speed, platforming, and sheer charm reaffirms that teamwork truly makes the dream work.
The post SONIC PICO PARK Summer Game Fest Preview – Team Up With Sonic and Friends! appeared first on GamersHeroes.
After years of hints and leaks, Atlus has officially announced Persona 6. Here's everything we know so far about the game, including speculation about a release timeline.
Last year, Ubisoft confirmed that it is developing a new Ghost Recon game, but a new report suggests that the project has been troubled and may face a "complete reboot or outright cancellation" if its problems can't be fixed.
Insider Gaming is reporting that the next Ghost Recon, which is interna...
Feeling the groove, Mr. Records truly immerses players with its distinct blend of rhythm game mechanics and record shop management.
The post Mr. Records Summer Game Fest Preview – Feel the Groove! appeared first on GamersHeroes.
IGN met the head of the studio Friday Sundae to talk about the musical inclinations behind their anticipated upcoming debut, There Are No Ghosts at the Grand.
It's hard to believe there was a time when Resident Evil felt like it was on its last legs. But instead, the long-running survival horror series has gone from strength to strength, brand-new instalments building on older stories Capcom is revisiting in remakes of its classic games. And it has now co...
Every game we scored 9/10 or higher.Nintendo is back with another European eShop sale, and this one is all about multiplayer.Yes, if you have been looking for something to play with your pals, then the fittingly-titled 'Multiplayer Sale' is well worth checking out. The discounts are now live and wil...
A Ukrainian national extradited from Ireland to the United States last year has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges tied to the Conti ransomware operation. [...]
macOS 27 Golden Gate is in beta ahead of a fall release, and we thought we'd go over what's new for those who don't want to risk beta software on their Mac. macOS Golden Gate adds Siri AI, Liquid Glass updates, and multiple new Apple Intelligence features.
Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube chann...
Ever since Crazy Taxi burst onto the scene in 1999, it has been associated with American rock band, The Offspring, in particular, the band's fast-paced 1997 track, "All I Want." The music became such a key part of the package that when the original entry in the series was brought to PS3, Xbox 360, a...
Elon Musk’s AI ecosystem spans xAI, Tesla, X, Neuralink, and SpaceX, connecting chatbots, robots, brain implants, and spacecraft.
The post Inside Elon Musk’s AI Ecosystem: How xAI, Tesla, X, Neuralink, and SpaceX Are Converging appeared first on TechRepublic.
Begin playing a week early!The folks over at Xbox and Activision have announced today that they're adding campaign early access to pre-orders of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, meaning you can start playing it on October 16, 2026.This specifically applies to the Standard Digital Edition or Vault Edi...
Dark Souls and Elden Ring creator Hidetaka Miyazaki recently commented on the shareholder pressure that is putting FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa in the news lately. Reassuring fans, he insisted that Fromsoftware can still “freely make the kind of games we want to make without excessive interf...
Google is expanding home listing ads nationwide, raising new questions for Zillow, Redfin, Homes.com, MLSs, and real estate agents.
The post Google Expands Real Estate Ads Nationwide, Challenging Zillow and Redfin appeared first on TechRepublic.
iFixit’s teardown suggests the Trump T1 shares major hardware similarities with HTC’s U24 Pro, raising questions about its origins.
The post What’s Really Inside Trump’s Gold Smartphone? A Teardown Has Answers appeared first on TechRepublic.
More than 400 packages in the Arch User Repository (AUR) are distributing a Linux rootkit and infostealer malware targeting credentials and access tokens. [...]
Spice, Spice, baby.Switch 2 has been on shelves for over a year now - still early days if it lasts anything like as long as its predecessor. Compared to the popping colours of the Switch 1's Joy-Con, though, the younger console launched with a more subdued hue.Read the full article on nintendolife.c...
After unveiling a fully native app for the Apple Watch earlier this week, Telegram has now announced a dedicated app for Wear OS smartwatches as well. The move marks the return of Telegram to the Wear OS platform after the company removed its previous app from the Play Store in 2021.
The Telegram a...
The upcoming iOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate updates expand drawing tools to more of Apple's built-in apps across the iPhone and Mac.
In the Messages app on iOS 27, there is a new "Drawing" option in the app drawer, which can be opened by tapping the plus sign in the bottom-left corner.
On o...
Let's be honest, it's pretty self-explanatory.Following the Xbox Games Showcase this past Sunday, there was a bit of talk about Marvel's Blade and why Bethesda's new Xbox IP didn't appear at the event despite being announced a few years ago.Xbox's Chief Content Officer Matt Booty was asked about thi...
The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half of that bunch is heading to public markets in the same windo...
Crimson Desert. It's basically an everything game at this point, so it's not too suprising that the latest update developers Pearl Abyss have put out takes the Red Pudding further down the road of being a Nintendogs competitor. The number of pets you can tame as you wander around Pywel has been grow...
A Plague Tale developer Asobo has called Grand Theft Auto 6 an "ogre" as far as its dominance over 2026's release schedule goes. It's the same year its Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy game comes out, and it joins the crush in late August, a couple of months before GTA 6 crashes in. Read more
After playing Stranger Than Heaven, its clearly going for a slower, more calculated combat system that diverges from the Yakuza games. It's a bit rough, but has a lot of potential.
Last week, we asked players to share Duality using reflections, opposites, or anything that comes in pairs using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here’s are this week’s highlights: Crimsonashtree shares two different Conor’s in Detroit: Become Human ContinuousGojo shares Cal Kestis undercover in Star Wars Jedi: Su...
Find out what PS5 games have Wishlist pages on the PS Store. Read our list of all upcoming PS5 games with Wishlist pages here.
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Enjoy this exclusive cutscene from Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, the upcoming remake of the popular pirate-themed entry in the long-running Assassin's Creed series. Ideally with a mug of hot chocolate.
Exclusive: Veronica Roth discusses her new sci-fi novel, Seek the Traitor's Son, and reveals how writing the new Divergent book, The Sixth Faction, helped her heal from past trauma and "baggage" since her original breakout success.
SpaceX’s reported IPO would value Elon Musk’s company at $1.77 trillion, reflecting investor bets on Starlink, Starship, and defense work.
The post SpaceX Goes Public: Wall Street Bets $1.77T on Elon Musk’s Space Empire appeared first on TechRepublic.
Tormentum II is a follow-up to the popular dark point and click adventure game from 2015, with an impressive set of artwork inspired by H.R. Giger.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Today at its developer conference in China, Huawei has taken the wraps off HarmonyOS 7. It comes with an Apple-inspired Liquid Glass-like UI, and a lot of talk about AI because it's 2026 and that's apparently inescapable.
HarmonyOS 7 is coming to Huawei's smartphones, tablets, computers, wearables,...
Iranian state media reportedly threatened Musk-linked assets in the Middle East, raising questions about Starlink, SpaceX, and tech infrastructure risk.
The post Iran Says Elon Musk’s Companies Could Become Military Targets appeared first on TechRepublic.
A collectible RPG, Panana Studio and Com2uS’ Star Sailors is set to release globally June 30.
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Apple this week confirmed that Notion is migrating its user interface to SwiftUI, citing the app's desire for greater performance and UI consistency than its existing web-based stack can deliver.
Notion is a productivity app that combines notes, documents, databases, and project management tool...
The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival is coming to PS5! This beat-'em-up is set in the same universe as The Walking Dead TV show, and puts you in control of iconic characters.
The post The Walking Dead: Streets Of Survival Is A Side-Scrolling Beat-‘Em-Up Set In The World Of The TV Series appeared fi...
Guild Wars - that series of popular massively-multiplayer online role-playing games - is named after three legendary in-universe battles, which are foundational to its story. However, two games in and 20 years later, we've still never actually seen one of these battles ourselves. And that doesn't lo...
They say they just need time.It's been a weird week-or-so for Stellar Blade. A sequel to the highly popular PS5 and PC game was announced at the State of Play last week (called Stellar Blade: Blood Rain), and the developer hinted that it might be a multiplatform release. However, at the Nintendo Dir...
Nostalgia hit.Late at night, I’m huddled up in bed with my Switch 2 millimetres from my face, when suddenly it feels like I’m being slapped with a Ratatouille flashback. My mind is flung back in time to the days of late evenings fervently exploring Pokémon Black and White, to weekends huddled in fro...
Splitgate developer 1047 Games is back with Empulse, a new competitive shooter that, as GameSpot discovered, is to Titanfall 2 what Splitgate was to Halo. Jean-Luc got to go hands-on with the new shooter, which enters early access later this month.
Though it's heavily inspired by the Titanfall g...
Following some instances of Forza Horizon 6 players losing saves and ending up having to start over from scratch, developers Playground Games are starting to roll out fixes. For PC folks, they're advising a check that the latest version of Microsoft Gaming Services is running, as the app is the way ...
Apple's annual WWDC developers conference is drawing to a close, but there is still a lot to look forward to in the second half of the year.
Apple is expected to release at least 15 more products later this year. Now that the more intelligent and personal version of Siri has finally arrived in ...
After months of speculation, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was unveiled for Switch 2 during this week's Nintendo Direct. It's the latest in a long line of remakes and remasters for Zelda 3D titles, but also raises the question: Why aren't there new versions of the franchise's first three main...
Last December, we heard that Waze - a crowd-sourced GPS navigation app - started testing a feature that showed traffic lights to users. Waze - owned by Google - has continued rolling out this feature to more users in multiple countries over the past few months, and a new Reddit thread reveals that i...
The Coalition has made it clear that it 'never talked about' Gears of War: E-Day coming to the PS5, after it was reported there's a finished version of the game that exists.
The post Gears Of War: E-Day Developer ‘Never Talked About’ The Game Coming To PS5 appeared first on PlayStation Universe.
Multiple AirPods models hit record low prices this week, including the AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods Max 2. We're tracking these great discounts alongside an ultra rare discount on a new Switch 2 on Woot, plus a Summer sale at Sonos.
Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors....
Get 'em, Coral.Ah, The Walking Dead... a franchise that, rather fittingly, just won't die. As such, Odaclick Game Studio and Trailmark Games have announced a new 2D beat-em-up called The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival.Coming to Switch and Switch 2, Streets of Survival is a similar endeavour to Od...
Apple introduced new content in its Fitness+ subscription service this week, including a new menopause-focused workout program.
Fitness+ gains "Strong Through Menopause," a progressive three-week program featuring weekly Yoga and Strength workouts designed to help users navigating perimenopause...
This week senior editor Bryant Francis sits down with narrative designer Harrison Pink and game writer Emma Kidwell for a conversation about the craft of creating narrative content in games that don’t strictly have a narrative focus.
You'll be able to play 7 Days to Die exactly how you want to - with the upcoming V3.0 "Dead Hot Summer" release and it really does sound great.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
See what you missed in Daily Tech Insider from June 8–12.
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GitHub access sales, leaked repositories, and stolen API keys can all become supply-chain attack footholds. Flare explores how underground forums expose early signals tied to software supply-chain risk. [...]
Let's (Tavern) Talk About It.We've seen game releases doing everything they can to get out the way of GTA 6's November launch window, but what do you do when a major gaming event is announced with a mere 24-hour notice? There's no way to avoid that unfortunate timing.That's the misfortune that befel...
Wuxia-inspired action game Phantom Blade Zero is arguably one of the most anticipated games of 2026, but no game is as anticipated as Grand Theft Auto 6, as the many calendar shuffles to avoid November have shown. So it was particularly surprising to see Phantom Blade Zero given a release date durin...
The demo of PengPong has hooked me in quite fiercely, with it's clever combination of game mechanics that combine Brotato with a form of pinball.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
iOS 27 enables landscape mode in more of Apple's built-in iPhone apps, including Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness, Health, Reminders, Home, Shortcuts, Apple Watch, Find My, Weather, Voice Memos, Apple TV Remote, and others.
In the Apple Music and Podcasts apps, landscape support is limited to the...
New Blood Interactive's 12-year anniversary sale has helped the team donate $100,000 to Make-A-Wish International!
The post New Blood Interactive Donates $100,000 To Make-A-Wish International appeared first on PlayStation Universe.
There are a lot of games based on The Walking Dead, usually the AMC television show version (itself based on Invincible creator Robert Kirkman's now-complete comic book series). But hey, what's one more, especially when it's basically a Streets of Rage-type brawler. That's what the newly announced T...
The upcoming Honor X80 Pro Max will not only have the brand's biggest battery so far at 11,000 mAh, but according to a new rumor from Digital Chat Station on Weibo, this device is also likely to break the peak brightness record.
According to DCS, it will be advertised to have 10,000-nit peak bright...
Planet Zoo and Planet Coaster developers Frontier have a new Planet game in development that involves neither zoos nor rollercoasters, a scandalous turn of events. The project features a "completely new setting", in fact, though it'll still be some kind of strategy management game. Read more
Or at least, it should be.Over the past couple of days, we've noticed numerous people pointing out that they've received the new Xbox startup animation on their consoles, and after looking into it a bit further, it turns out this happened on Wednesday.This was part of a public Xbox system update tha...
Users of the official RPG Maker forums - a vibrant community hub for the famed game engine - are rushing to save years of valuable discussion and resources following the news of its impending shut-down. Read more
HSS ProService underwent a profound transformation from asset-heavy hire business to digital marketplace set to deploy agentic AI. CEO Tom Shorten tells us how it did it
Apple appears to have modified the audio of this week's WWDC 2026 keynote video whenever "Siri" was mentioned, apparently in an effort to prevent viewers' nearby devices from waking inadvertently during the presentation.
The technique was spotted by observers on X, who shared spectrogram screen...
Well, your cat will probably tolerate it.Pokémon merch has extended to basically every facet of our lives by this point, but one section that's remained relatively untouched is our beloved pets. How are we supposed to let everyone know that we're the biggest Poké fan in the world when out on a doggy...
Apple software chief Craig Federighi used the WWDC 2026 keynote to draw a pointed contrast between Apple's approach to artificial intelligence and the broader industry, suggesting that some competitors are developing AI without meaningful consideration for the people using it.
During Monday's ...
Love retro first-person shooters? How about a comedy arena shooter with 1950s B-movie monsters? SPORTAL is a new release out now and it's a real good time.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
The Samsung Galaxy A27 was the subject of several leaks over the last few weeks, and Samsung Czechia decided it was time to stop the rumor mill and listed the device on its official site.
The new device is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 chipset, which replaces the Exynos 1280 and 1380 s...
It's Reyn time, again.Nintendo dropped a lovely surprise during its most recent Direct showcase when it confirmed that not only will the mainline Xenoblade Chronicles series receive Switch 2 Editions across the board, but the first is out now.Yes, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Nintendo ...
Read the Starfield upate 1.000.006 patch notes from Bethesda for the latest crash fixes for the game on PS5.
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In case you missed the opening night of this year's Summer Geoffs, Like A Dragon/Yakuza devs RGG Studio's Japanese history-hopping crime brawler Stranger Than Heaven got a release date. That was rather overshadowed, however, by the reveal that it'll feature a digitally resurrected version of rapper ...
What a peculiar game this is. Project P.I.T.T. puts you in charge of sending as many rubber ducks down a deep dark hole as you can.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
The sentiment around Battlefield 6 has been on an upswing for a little while now, but the launch of Season 3 a month ago is when the game's trajectory became clear. Read more
And one that MUST stay the same.Until earlier this year, I'd not really considered what I'd want to see in a Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake. After all, the 2011 3DS version did a pretty good job at updating the 1998 original, and so I'd operated under the assumption that it wouldn't be a thing again ...
I'm not sure I can imagine greater horror than that of the "desktop idle sim". My computer's desktop already fills me with confusion and dismay. It's a mixed media moraine of reaction gifs, rogue ebooks, abandoned drafts, and shortcuts for apps I uninstalled years ago. It is like seeing my life's fa...
Microsoft has fixed a known issue that caused Windows updates released since May 2025 to fail when installed via the Windows Update Standalone Installer (WUSA) from a network share. [...]
The spy law known as Section 702, which authorizes the NSA and FBI's warrantless surveillance, will all but certainly expire on Friday for the first time.
One of the teams behind Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis has clarified its use of AI during the game's development.
The post Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis Dev Clarifies Its Use Of AI In The Game, Saying It Uses It To ‘Get To The Right Answers Faster’ appeared first on PlayStation Universe.
Looks like the Arch Linux AUR (Arch User Repository) needs some better security and package checks - as some malicious users compromised a lot of packages.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Apple's software updates previewed during WWDC 2026 this week have followed a distinct pattern: introduce a handful of key new features, while maintaining a focus on refining the underlying platform architecture. watchOS 27 is no different in this respect, with the majority of changes being performa...
PUBG: Battlegrounds is getting ready to make smoke grenades a lot more interesting, and probably a lot less trustworthy, with the arrival of its new Interactive Smoke system. PUBG Studios has shown off the incoming feature in a new video, giving players a clearer look at one of the bigger gameplay c...
A popular tool on Windows - Cheat Engine recently gained a Linux version, so you can mess with your games under Linux now too.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Few games have a history as turbulent as that of 1666: Amsterdam. This is the project Patrice Désilets - the founding director of the Assassin's Creed series - fought Ubisoft for. It was the project that was in development there in some form 13 years ago, until Ubisoft decided to shelve 1666 - as it...
After xAI’s Grok chatbot was used to create sexualised images and videos of her, Labour MP Jess Asato is taking legal action against the company in a bid to hold the firm accountable for the harms associated with its design choices
Eets was the first game made by Don't Starve developer Klei Entertainment, which just got updated for their 20th anniversary along with a Native Linux version.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Audible last month launched a connected subscription that lets members stream nearly 700 premium podcast titles directly within Apple Podcasts, available across 135 countries.
The integration gives Audible members ad-free access to an expansive catalog of Audible Originals spanning true crime, ...
I like a factory simulation that fervently embraces the basic evilness of factory sims, these games about wrapping a smoking, clanking straitjacket around a realm of organic colours and unsuspecting resource deposits. Or in the case of Asema, around the wonders of the interstellar abyss, and whateve...
Capcon has revealed that Resident Evil Veronica has hit 1 million Wishlists. The game is set to launch in 2027 for PS5.
The post Resident Evil: Veronica Has Passed 1 Million Wishlists appeared first on PlayStation Universe.
"Targeting a rollout starting June 12".Back at the start of June, we reported on a problem that was plaguing some Forza Horizon 6 players in which their save files were either getting corrupted or disappearing entirely, and both the Forza Support team and Team Xbox are now working hard to "help impr...
OnePlus launched the Nord Buds 4 Pro in India back in March, with features such as ANC and up to 54 hours of total battery life with the charging case. The company has now confirmed the arrival of the Nord Buds 4 in the country.
In a post on social media, OnePlus officially teased the launch of the...
Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk, the world's largest producer of insulin, disclosed a data breach affecting patient information from some clinical trials. [...]
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers if Anthropic’s Claude Mythos frontier AI model is a benefit or barrier to achieving resilient enterprise IT security, and how security leaders need to adapt.
The Wolf Among Us 2 developer Telltale Games is 'actively looking at what we'll do next' ahead of the game's launch in 2027.
The post Telltale Is ‘Actively Looking At What We’ll Do Next,’ Says There Are ‘Three Or Four Frontrunners In Terms Of What We’d Like To Do’ appeared first on PlayStation Unive...
Update: Everything should be up and running again.Just in case you're waking up to the Xbox Network servers being down, you're not alone!Lots of reports have been shared this morning about the same issue, with players from across the world reporting that they're unable to access online play, cloud s...
The main politician behind the Californian bill backed by the Stop Killing Games campaign that's currently making its way through the state's legislature has admitted that ensuring it's enforced likely won't be a walk in the park. Still, Assemblymember Chris Ward is hoping that if passed, the bill -...
Crylat Wars.If you've played the Star Fox demo on Switch 2, then you'll know that it's an absolute visual feast, updating the N64 original to a degree we simply never thought possible (ball's in your court now, Ocarina).One person who's been open about how much the update has impacted him is none ot...
Another day brings another leak about Samsung's upcoming foldables. This time, alleged screen protectors for the Galaxy Z Flip8, Galaxy Z Fold8 (wide), and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra have surfaced online.
Tipster Ice Universe has shared an image comparing what are claimed to be screen protectors for Sams...
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis made headlines last week not just for its release date trailer, but also for the developers' use of AI during the game's creation. Read more
Peter Sarsgaard has been cast in a original role for The Last of Us Season 3 at HBO.
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The studio behind Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis has revealed that the game is canon to the Survivor trilogy.
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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered government agencies to patch an actively exploited Ivanti Sentry flaw within three days, as mandated by the newly issued Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04. [...]
The Samsung Galaxy S25 series recently received the June 2026 Android security update, which included three Galaxy AI features introduced with the Galaxy S26 series and previously excluded from the One UI 8.5 stable build for the S25 lineup. The same thing happened with the Galaxy Z Fold7, which has...
Partnership unveils more flexible solutions for Zoom Spaces to support the growing role of human-AI collaboration in meetings and learning, enabling ‘consistent, high‑quality’ audio capture
GameCube hardware already delivers strong value for fans of its original game library. Loaders such as Swiss open the door to region-free play, disc backups from SD cards or USB drives, and emulators that reach back to earlier Nintendo systems and beyond. Homebrew keeps the console active long after...
The French government revealed that a recent breach of its Tchap encrypted messaging platform affects the accounts of over 73,000 employees in the French public sector. [...]
vivo continues to tease the X Fold6 ahead of its expected launch later this month. Following the confirmation of OriginOS 6 Fold and its productivity-focused features, the company has now disclosed the chipset that will power the foldable.
In a post on Weibo, a vivo executive revealed that the X Fo...
You must play Switch for "50 hours or more".Nintendo's Japanese branch has announced it's placed new purchase requirements on the Switch 2, after discovering "multiple orders" suspected of scalping consoles.The notice specifically highlights the Switch 2 "multi-language" model sold on the Nintendo S...
Oppo launched the Reno16 and Reno16 Pro in China last month, and the Reno16 family is now expected to be launching in Europe imminently. There will apparently be three members over there: the Reno16, Reno16 Pro, and the Reno16 FS.
This has been revealed by a retailer listing in Italy. While the ret...
Nothing unveiled the Ear (3) earbuds in September of last year, but just like the Nothing Headphone (1) has a cheaper version in the Nothing Headphone (a), the company is also going to launch the Ear (3a) as a more affordable alternative to the Ear (3) soon.
A new leak today tells us that the Ear (...
Update: Crystal Dynamics director chimes in.: Following the news Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis would be coming to the Switch 2, fans of Lara Croft have spotted an "AI-generated content disclosure" on the game's Steam page.Crystal Dynamics has now released an official response about its use of AI i...
This is the brand-new Tecno Pova 8, and it brings a design-first approach to the lower midrange segment. But first order of business, what do you get in the box?
Pova 8 ships with a clear silicone case, a 45W charger and a USB-C cable.
Now that we have that covered, we can go over the phone’s ke...
Improving game stability and more.Following the arrival of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on the Switch 2 last month, MachineGames has now rolled out a new update.If you have encountered any bugs, Update 8 Hotfix 1 will hopefully resolve these problems. It comes loaded with bug fixes specificall...
Get ready for Nintendo Switch Sports Resort.Wuhu Island is back later this year in Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, and to get everyone ready, Nintendo has today added the original Wii Sports Resort soundtrack to Nintendo Music.This soundtrack contains a total of 99 tracks and has a run time of 1 hour...
The Honor X80 Pro Max is coming later this month with a rumored 11,000 mAh battery, paired with support for 90W fast wired charging. Now, the device has seemingly been caught out in the open somewhere in China, and the following hands-on images ensued.
The rear seems to have a fake leather finish, ...
Sorry, GameCube fans.Resident Evil Code: Veronica is getting a remake for the Switch 2 next year, and it's already led to questions about the possibility of the GameCube version Resident Evil Code: Veronica X being revived for the 'Nintendo Classics' Switch Online + Expansion Pack service.Unfortunat...
Apple was rumored to be working on an AI health service, but it was scrapped well before the iOS 27 beta came out. It could resurface in the future, but for now, there are a handful of health and fitness changes in the update.
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Apple redesigned the Browse section of the Health app, and i...
Featuring the adventure of a lifetime, Square Enix’s DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Withered World will release for PC and consoles December 3.
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Motorola launched the Moto G87 back in late April, releasing it in May, and now it's kind of launched it again, in Brazil. But it's called Moto G Max over there for whatever reason. The Moto G Max can be yours from Motorola's Brazilian online store for BRL 2,519.10, which right now translates into $...
Three more games to check out over the next few days.The Xbox Free Play Days program has returned once more for the coming weekend, and for this latest edition from June 11th to June 14th, we've got three games playable for free on Xbox consoles.Here's Microsoft's full Free Play Days lineup:Read the...
In an unusual misinformation campaign, fraudulent data breach disclosures were submitted to Maine's official breach portal and publicly posted before their legitimacy could be verified, prompting companies to deny the claims. [...]
Apple software engineering chief Craig Federighi and marketing chief Greg Joswiak sat down for an interview with Mostly Human after during WWDC, discussing the iOS 27 Siri changes, Apple's take on AI, new child safety protections, and more.
Apple set out to deliver an AI utility, not an AI comp...
It's been a big week for RuneScape: Dragonwilds! The survival game spinoff of the MMO classic had its 1.0 release date confirmed at Geoff's Night of Shiny Ads, and now Jagex have another release date to hand over. This one's for Umbral Sands, the game's next big update that takes it to an incredibly...
A roaring success, Pearl Abyss’ open-world adventure Crimson Desert has sold more than six million copies worldwide.
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United States Senators Chuck Grassley and Amy Klobuchar this week reintroduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) that targets major tech companies like Apple, and Apple is not happy to see it back.
The bipartisan bill is reminiscent of the Digital Markets Act in the European...
According to sources familiar with the matter, TSMC is working on a cutting-edge technology for chip packaging called CoPoS. CoPoS means Chip-on-Panel-on-Structure, and it uses a glass material that acts as a temporary carrier, and it also goes into the final substrate with a three-layer sandwich st...
Now available across all platforms, Sunblink and Sanrio’s Hello Kitty Island Adventure is getting that much bigger with today's Paper Parade update.
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The Photos app is one of a handful of apps that Apple paid extra attention to in iOS 27. It has multiple improvements to performance, and several quality-of-life upgrades. There are also new AI photo editing tools that use Apple Intelligence.
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There is a set of AI photo editing tools i...
There's something fishy going on here. Imagine you're me for a moment (sorry, I'm sorry, it'll be over soon). I'm having a browse on Steam, looking for anything a bit different, when you see a vibrant, CRT-interlacing ridden Atari-esque looking game called Bounce 2. I click on, and discover it's a s...
Featuring over 30 years of video game industry experience, Joe Cain will be a Guest of Honor at Fire & Ice RGX 2026 later this month.
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Learn what the Mac Studio is, how much it costs, M4 Max vs. M3 Ultra differences, key specs, use cases, limitations, and buying advice.
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The tech giant warned of a security flaw that a cybercrime gang said it's exploiting as part of a mass-hacking campaign. Google said it notified more than 100 organizations that had potentially vulnerable servers.
Starting with iOS 27, Apple's Weather app offers new hourly and 10-day overviews for precipitation and wind that you can quickly view at a glance.
While this sort of information was already accessible elsewhere in the app, you can now quickly tap between conditions, precipitation, and wind over...
Apple has been rumored to launch its first touchscreen MacBook later this year, and we now have yet another indication that it is indeed happening.
A new post from a Chinese leakster Instant Digital reiterates what we’ve already seen from previous reports – an upcoming MacBook will feature a touch...
Learn what revenue operations is, how RevOps aligns sales, marketing, customer success, and finance, and how to build a RevOps function that supports predictable growth.
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Oracle is warning about a critical PeopleSoft Suite zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-35273 that allows unauthenticated remote code execution, with the flaw actively exploited in ShinyHunter data theft attacks. [...]
Snowrunner! Thomas! and Roger!The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!Switch 2 eShop - HighlightsXenoblade Ch...
Based on early pre-release footage, of course.With Halo: Campaign Evolved less than two months away, our friends over at Digital Foundry have been getting access to Xbox Series X and PC builds of the game, giving us our first taste of what to expect in terms of performance.Read the full article on p...
Inclement weather, perhaps.If you've tried the free demo for Denshattack! on Switch 2, then chances are you're probably itching to play the full game, huh?Well, you'll have to wait a bit longer, we're afraid. Originally scheduled to launch on 17th June 2026, it's now been pushed back to 15th July. T...
A little bit of space travel, anyone? Last time I checked in on Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions, the sort of spin off of regular ole Astroneer, it had only just shown off some gameplay for the first time. Apparently somewhere along the line I blinked and now here we are on its early access release...
"That was my decision", says director.As good as Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is, a lot of folks are in agreement that it suffered from poor pacing and an overstuffed world full of needless minigames.Well, if you hoped that the upcoming sequel, Final Fantasy VII Revelation, would be a bit more streamli...
Publishing and expanding the catalogs of their titles to new platforms, Akupara Games has announced two new publishing partnerships for both Pixeljam and Behold Studios.
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Grand strategy games are often these slow, methodical things that require you to take your time, a genre that feels better suited solo. But how about a game that takes those same processes and throws in some multiplayer? In doing so you get Tapestry, a turn-based strategy game where you pit your fac...
At first glance, it's visually stunning!Back at the start of this month, we highlighted the reveal of Clutch — a new ambitious AAA racer from the former Forza Horizon creative director Mike Brown — and it's just received its first gameplay reveal today.Read the full article on purexbox.com
Tickling, not tremendous.When they’re done well, games with a message can be so effective, balancing the scale between teaching and transfixing you. to a T is a narrative game wrapped in a cute art style courtesy of designer Keita Takahashi (Katamari). It touches on an important theme, but that touc...
It didn't much of this year's Summer Game Fest to realise that, in racing to escape the orbit of GTA 6, the games industry has created a new problem: a September 2026 so packed with releases that it's going to take some dedication - not to mention time and money - for players to get through even a f...
Summer Game Fest Live and various other live events and showcases littered throughout early June have talked up dozens of upcoming games to get excited about. But just as Steam is filled with too many games for anyone to keep up with them all, it can also be hard, if not impossible, to keep up with ...
Google AI Overviews are facing legal and regulatory tests as companies consider how employees use AI search for research, compliance, and high-risk decisions.
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Rhythm Heaven or Rhythm Hell?If you watched this week's Nintendo Direct right from the very start, you will have seen a whopping two-minute-fifty-five-second trailer for next month's first-party offering, Rhythm Heaven Groove. We're rapidly closing in on that 2nd July release date, and today, the fi...
Spaceshipper X4: Foundations just underwent an empire-sized overhaul dubbed the empire update, which is fitting for a game that famously lets you form your own angry empirical armada of spacefolk. Among the plans on the agenda for the Xtending of X4 have been a rebalancing of ship combat that devs E...
I don't tend to think of Spore as a game that really came from any one person, moreso an omnipresent entity that just somehow installs itself on your computer. This is hogwash, of course, as it was made by creator The Sims Will Wright during his tenure at Maxis.
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"I cannot wait for this".Yesterday afternoon, a new 30-minute gameplay demo for Fable suddenly appeared on the official Xbox YouTube channel, giving us our best glimpse yet at what to expect from the Playground Games reboot in February 2027.You can watch the full thing up above (seriously, it's well...
Law enforcement has dismantled the “AudiA6” cryptocurrency service allegedly used by ransomware actors and other cybercriminals to launder more than $380 million. [...]
macOS 27 beta features and supply chain rumors are fueling speculation that Apple may be preparing its first touchscreen MacBook.
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Just four days ago, on Sunday, during the 2026 Summer Xbox Games Showcase, Ghostrunner developer One More Level's upcoming first-person Soulslike, Valor Mortis, was announced to launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on September 24. Reading the room, the studio announced today it has dela...
Clutch revolves around professional motorist siblings Theo and Cass who, while competing in the fictional R1K tournament along the French Riviera, get caught up in the seedy underbelly that dictates the entire racing scene. As such, the duo compete in both track and street races, allowing for closed...
Developers confirmed Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is set in the same universe as the Survivor trilogy, focusing on Lara Croft at a different stage in her career while referencing past experiences, not as a direct sequel.
Stranger Than Heaven has long been one of the most anticipated games on the horizon. After all, it's a new action game from one of the preeminent action-game studios, Ryu Ga Gotoku, the developer behind the Like a Dragon/Yakuza franchise. However, during the Summer Game Fest 2026 Showcase, the game ...
South Korea fined Coupang $409 million after regulators said weak security controls led to a massive breach affecting 37.5 million accounts.
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Microsoft reportedly limited internal use of Claude Fable 5 while legal teams review Anthropic’s 30-day data-retention policy.
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We first learned about Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis last year, but it appeared during last week's PlayStation State of Play with a new February 12 release date and a Steam generative AI disclosure that indicates developers Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog used AI at one point, but notes that ...
Can't stop the dream.It has been another rough post-price-hike sales week for Switch 2 in Japan, but Nintendo stays winning on the software side, thanks to Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (thanks, Famitsu).The wacky life sim added another 50,000+ copies to its pile this week, stopping the new Switc...
While rumors are stirring that Capcom teased a new Dino Crisis at Summer Game Fest, an answer during a group Q&A GameSpot attended suggests you shouldn't be getting your hopes up for a revival anytime soon.
Rumors about Dino Crisis' return first started to swirl when Famitsu posted a transcript o...
CISA’s LiteLLM warning shows why AI gateways and agents need service account governance, scoped access, credential rotation, and audit trails.
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As Not-E3 season starts to wind down and everyone's wishlist starts to look crowded with games scheduled for September and October, the next big event on the calendar is Steam Next Fest. The second of three planned week-long demo showcases for 2026, Next Fest is positioned to provide an early taste ...
Chinese EV makers, including BYD and XPENG, are racing Tesla to commercialize humanoid robots, betting that physical AI will become the next big market.
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BYD’s Flash Charging stations, capable of charging an EV’s battery three times faster than Tesla’s V4 Supercharger, are being rolled out across Europe.
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Ahead of the 2026 Summer Xbox Games Showcase, many assumed Gears of War: E-Day would also be coming to PlayStation 5 alongside Xbox Series X/S and PC – prior messaging pointed toward such a release, as did the release of Gears of War: Reloaded on PS5. But, during the showcase, Xbox revealed that Gea...
Bill Gates warned Big Tech that AI data centers cannot push electricity costs onto households as local opposition grows across the US.
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Microsoft has laid off thousands of workers over the past few years to correct its financial spreadsheets, but "significant layoffs" are on the way for Xbox as part of new CEO Asha Sharma's "Xbox Reset," according to a new report from Bloomberg. In a new Xbox Wire blog post that is a copy-paste of a...
Super Rare to the rescue.Earlier this year, Chained Echoes developer Matthias Linda announced that he was filing a lawsuit against distributor First Press Games after a two-year wait for his promised physical release. Well, good news! The dev has partnered with a new company, and the physical launch...
Meta description: French officials are investigating a Tchap breach after an attacker claimed that 650,000 messages and 73,000 accounts were exposed via a hijacked account.
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"Longer than any campaign [The Coalition has] built".Following the full reveal of Gears of War: E-Day at the Xbox Games Showcase a few days ago, the good folks over at IGN have been finding out more information about the game, including how long the campaign will be.Let's start with that bit - The C...
It's been six years since PlayStation nuked its forums, taking with it one of video gaming's most legendary communities - a team of dedicated secret-hunters convinced Fumito Ueda's Shadow of the Colossus held one last mystery, and who invested almost a decade trying to find it. And now, speaking to ...
K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut now has a confirmed release date, with the idol management sim launching on July 16, 2026. Published by PQube and developed by Wisageni Studio, K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut will put players in charge of creating the next big K-pop girl group. That means scoutin...
AI-driven attacks are exposing the limits of fragmented MSP security stacks and slow response workflows. Kaseya breaks down why integrated security, automation, and recovery are becoming essential. [...]
Like a Dragon and Yakuza developer RGG Studio has built its gangland dramas around a very distinct combat core over the years, but with its upcoming game Stranger Than Heaven, the studio is introducing a brand-new way to bang knuckles.
At Summer Game Fest, we got to go hands-on with the Yakuza p...
"It’s a blue sky horizon ahead of her".The Tomb Raider series is one of the longest-lasting in the video game industry, going all the way back to 1996. It has graced many different platforms, including Nintendo ones. And with the increased power of the Switch 2, lots of others are coming over too, i...
We're just under three months since the release of Crimson Desert, the open-world action RPG from Korean studio Pearl Abyss. The game has continued to break sales records since it first became available for sale, and its developer has today announced a new sales milestone. Read more
The Complete Inkle Library Humble Bundle is live and with it an absolutely awesome deal on games like Heaven's Vault and Expelled!Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
I am not a Tomb Raider expert - my memories go about as far back as playing the bulk of the original and its sequel at a friend's house, aged something like seven to 10 years old, and attempting to break free of the same demo disc level for a few too many hours on end. But what I've always taken fro...
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is a fresh, reimagined take on Lara Croft’s first adventure. I recently played about an hour of Legacy of Atlantis at Summer Game Fest 2026, and saw first-hand how developers Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog are bringing elements from the original game and its fir...
"Designed to make your XBOX consoles feel more personal and connected".Yet another four new Xbox console features have been revealed for June 2026!All of them have begun rolling out to select members of the Xbox Insider program as of yesterday, and they'll continue to appear for more members over ti...
Generative AI has been a very contentious issue over the last few years in the game industry, and as more and more developers make use of the technology, it's becoming more difficult to know just what was created by a human being. Next year's Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis will indeed make use of g...
The new look for Lara Croft--seen in the upcoming remake Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis--has gotten the internet talking, and arguing. But according to the game's development team, it wasn't attempting to appeal to any specific audience with her design.
Speaking to GameSpot at Summer Game Fest,...
The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), South Korea's data protection regulator, has fined e-commerce giant Coupang a record 624.6 billion won (roughly $409 million) following a massive data breach affecting more than 37 million customers [...]
India’s data-protection framework is moving into phased implementation while officials turn their attention to AI-linked hardware, biometric devices, and trusted-source controls.
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Ubisoft are reportedly continuing the ruthless cuts they've been insitituting in various stages since that start of this year, with the latest round seeing the publisher's Winnipeg and Belgrade studios closed down. At the same time, Ubisoft Barcelona is being restructured to focus solely on Rainbow ...
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has a fresh update out now, and it should hopefully fix the Native Linux version for a lot of players who had issues.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
All day one additions!The high pace of Xbox Game Pass additions is continuing today, as we've got another three brand-new games that are "day one" titles for the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass tiers!Beastro is a fantasy adventure title focused around a chef called Panko, Frog Sqwad is a co...
Update: A few hours after I posted this, One More Level announced that Valor Mortis is delayed from September 24th to October 13th. I'm leaving the rest of the article as it was, even though several of its jokes are ruined.
I thought I was pretty up to date on Valor Mortis, the Napoleonic first-per...
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition should now be a lot easier to play on Steam Deck / Steam Machine and anyone using a gamepad - with the new controller UI.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Xbox is shifting strategies by reinstating exclusives like Gears of War while potentially damaging relations with Sony by pulling a Halo trailer from a PlayStation event, creating speculation and tension.
Dinos? In my fortress? Oh no. A big update for Dwarf Fortress has been announced to arrive on June 25th featuring a lot of new content.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
The new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty are reportedly planning major job cuts across the gaming business next month. This marks a new chapter for Sharma, in which she plans to "reset the business". A barely-coded term for 'lay off a lot of people'.
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Two of Ubisoft's smaller studios, Ubisoft Winnipeg, and Ubisoft Belgrade, are being shuttered. Insider Gaming was first to break the news, but reports from Game Developer, and VGC have shed more light on the broader impact. Read more
A period that's said to be about resetting the business.Last night, around the same time that reports were suggesting Xbox was in line for major job cuts, Asha Sharma and Matt Booty unveiled a message on the Xbox Wire website that they'd shared with Xbox employees earlier in the day.The memo talks a...
Those modders, eh? Never ones to be outdone. CD Projekt whip out a surprise extra DLC for The Witcher 3 following months of speculation, revealing it's set to arrive in 2027. Naturally, that's now also the point when a group of the RPG's modders are planning to have an expansion-sized resurrection ...
Days after its gaming showcase, Xbox is reportedly slashing budgets and preparing to lay off a "significant" number of staff, as part of new CEO Asha Sharma's business "reset" for the Xbox brand. Read more
Vulnerability discovery and exploitation was surging dramatically even before Anthropic decided to unleash its frontier Mythos model. As such, an Action1 report finds old approaches to patching are no longer fit for purpose
The community-made compatibility layer Proton-CachyOS has a new release out with more advancements for running Windows games on Linux / SteamOS.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Finnish, Swedish researchers team to make 6G communication networks more capable, robust, secure and trusted through a programme offering a foundation for stable societies
Valve updated Proton Experimental on June 10th to bring more bug fixes for running Windows games on Linux / SteamOS systems.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
The news we didn't want to hear.Last night, Jason Schreier over at Bloomberg published a report that outlined plans for more Xbox layoffs in the near future, said to be of the "major" kind and taking place in July 2026.The report says that the "exact scale" of the layoffs isn't clear yet, but they'r...
A fresh Steam Beta release brings improved Pipewire session logic on Linux which should make streaming and recording better.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Connected vehicle solution deploys AI to deliver high-impact, personalised video feedback at scale, dynamically tailoring each script to drivers’ needs
Study reveals wireless internet market in flux with Wi-Fi 4 in rapid decline, Wi-Fi 6 the net recipient, and Wi-Fi 7 beginning to scale but only in the most advanced markets
Microsoft's Xbox division anticipates significant layoffs in July, potentially affecting around 1,000 employees. Following financial struggles, the company plans to reduce budgets, reassess its strategy, and reintroduce exclusive games.
Ubisoft has announced a new wave of organizational restructurings resulting in the closures of two studios and hundreds of layoffs. As reported by Insider Gaming, the publisher sent an internal message to staff stating how it has been evolving to “simplify how it operates, reduce its cost base and s...
An incredible game from the Xbox 360 era.The late 2000s and early 2010s were an extremely important time for EA Sports' FIFA series, which had spent much of the past decade losing out in the gameplay department to Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer. With the arrival of the likes of FIFA 08 and FIFA 09, h...
Frontier Developments has just announced Planet Zoo 2 and the first Jurassic World Evolution 3 expansion, but the developer is already hard at work on its next "construction and management simulation" game. And it isn't a sequel. Read more
Summer might be right around the corner, tempting us out toward sun, sand, and sea, but that isn't stopping Sony from releasing a strong list of PS Plus Premium and Extra games in June that might just tempt you to stay inside. Read more
Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro's oddball roguelike Hotel Barcelona didn't impress us when it dropped last year, but there was something charming and earnest about it. But months later - and many updates later - Swery and White Owl appear to have turned opinion around. Read more
This month, explore the once-prosperous dark fantasy world of Valisthea in the grip of a blight in Final Fantasy XVI, spin dash through the dark past of the one known as the ultimate lifeform in Sonic X Shadow Generations, work your way up from a humble blacksmith’s forge in medieval Bohemia in King...
"It was bought at a time when our strategy was predominantly on the core consoles".Remember when Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, and everyone assumed that Xbox would become the dominant force on the back of franchises like Call of Duty?It hasn't quite played out like that; si...
Hand of Fate: Hordes (originally titled Hordes of Fate: A Hand of Fate Adventure) is now set to enter Early Access on July 22nd.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Gears of War: E-Day showed off incredibly well during last Sunday's Xbox Games Showcase. The show opened with a meaty first look at gameplay, before we were later treated to a much deeper dive into the upcoming prequel in a dedicated Direct. Read more
You can really tell that Gears of War: E-Day developer, The Coalition, wants the upcoming third-person shooter to be enjoyed by more than just Gears diehards. In last Sunday's developer Direct, the studio recalled the decision to start development from an empty hard drive. Read more
Gears of War: E-Day developers have reassured fans that multiplayer information is coming soon, following the game's single player-focused Xbox Game Showcase appearance. Read more
In all the excitement surrounding the announcement of Capcom's long-awaited Resident Evil Code Veronica remake last week, it was pretty easy to miss the fact its do-over has had a bit of a name change. And if you've been wondering why that might be, the publisher has now explained the reason it's ne...
When Microsoft revealed that Halo: Campaign Evolved last year, I balked at its claim that this would be "a faithful yet modernised remake of Halo: Combat Evolved's campaign". How could it be? It's made in Unreal Engine 5, very few of the original team is left at what is now Halo Studios, and the dev...
If you saw Resident Evil Veronica's announcement trailer during last week's Summer Game Fest, you might reasonably assume it'll be continuing the modern series' forays into first-person horror. However, Capcom has now confirmed its Code Veronica remake is hewing more closely to the original, and wil...
It wouldn't be a Fable preview if I wasn't at least a little bit wary of encouraging you to get your hopes up. But, forgive me, I'm going to. I've seen a good half hour of continuous gameplay and, although it comes with plenty of caveats, it really was fantastic. Playground Games' Fable reboot looks...
"I've really come to appreciate the depth and the complexity of art".Xbox boss Asha Sharma has been speaking to Fortune about the wider industry and the future of gaming hardware, and it should come as no great shock to learn that AI came up as a topic at one point.Sharma's previous role was Preside...
Stupid Never Dies is a pop punk-inspired action-RPG, and it's one we're excited to play. Now, we know we'll be doing so later this year, as a new gameplay trailer has revealed it launches on PlayStation 5 and PC this fall. There's still no word on an exact date, but the nebulous "2026" has become th...
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a Soulslike action game from Team Ninja, the studio behind the Nioh series, set during China's Three Kingdoms era, and it's a great time. Team Ninja recently announced that a sequel, Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember, is due out on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Swit...
GPTRACK50’s very silly-looking action RPG Stupid Never Dies is now due to launch in Fall 2026 for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, and yes, it really is called Stupid Never Dies. Frankly, points for committing to the bit. The game stars Davy, a cowardly zombie who sits right at the bottom of monster ...
One of the most popular ways for Steam users to charge their store wallets is through the purchase of gift cards. For years, Steam has allowed players to purchase gift cards in different denominations, which they could then redeem for their value on the store. Read more
I have sacrificed many an hour to the altar of Vampire Survivors and its kin. Deep Rock Galactic Survivors, Nimrods, Brotato, TerraTech Legion, Soulstone Survivors. I could go on. So I will, Rogue Genesia, 20 Minutes Till Dawn, Halls of Torment, Swarm Grinder. I've even put more time into the Warham...
Asha Sharma brings back the beloved Xbox veteran.Back in July of 2023, Major Nelson (real name Larry Hryb) announced his departure from Xbox and Microsoft after 20 years, and it marked a sad moment for the community that had loved his work throughout the history of the brand.Of course, a lot of that...
Gran Turismo 7 is about more than finishing 1st — it’s about mastering what you love. Today marks the start of Endurance racing’s biggest stage: The 24-hour Le Mans race. To help players get into the feeling, this game update drops a stacked grid of modern legends, from the Ferrari 499P that brought...
The reveal of a Dragon's Dogma 2 port for Nintendo Switch 2 was one of the biggest surprises in yesterday's Nintendo Direct. Moreover, it's the Dark Arisen version that includes a new expansion also coming to other versions of the game. And Capcom is taking the opportunity to do some major work on ...
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers if Anthropic’s Claude Mythos frontier AI model is a benefit or barrier to achieving resilient enterprise IT security, and how security leaders need to adapt.
The developer of the massively popular game Mouthwashing revealed Carcass Clad, a visceral three person co-op tank horror game.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Valve have stopped producing physical Steam Gift Cards for retailers, meaning once the current stock runs out you won't see them anywhere out in the wild. Valve say this is because no matter what protections they've added to the cards, "scammers have adapted".
While Valve will continue to sell Steam...
This year's Summer Game Fest was packed full of plenty of great reveals, but for my money, Guild Wars 3 was one of the biggest bombshells. There had been whisperings of its existence, a few stray job postings here and there, but to actually see it on the big stage was a huge deal to all lovers of MM...
Fumito Ueda - the legendary designer of ICO, Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian - has explained what the title of his new game, Gen Atlas, means. And it seems like it carries more meaning than you might think. Read more
Yesterday's Nintendo Direct was a meaty one, and one of its biggest announcements was the new look at Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (release date included); a new entry in the huge turn-based strategy-RPG series set in the Greece and Rome-inspired (but fictional) Dagdan Empire. Read more
Naughty Dog founder Jason Rubin has spoken about the studio's move away from the Crash Bandicoot series and Universal Interactive, describing the business relationship as "abysmal". Read more
Xbox's fresh-faced CEO, Asha Sharma, has taken over the gaming division at an unenviable time. Rising costs of RAM and storage have forced Microsoft - and its competitors Sony, and Nintendo - to increase prices to previously unseen levels. Read more
The highly rated action-adventure platformer Cave Story+ now has the massive "Cave Story+ Update 2026" available but they dropped the Native Linux version.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
For years, lovers of exquisite sprite designs have clamoured for Vanillaware to bring their action RPGs and strategy games to PC. Games like time-rewinding mecha soap opera 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, or prancing kingdom saver Unicorn Overlord. The rationale for these games not appearing outside consol...
Valve updated a help article recently, noting that they will no longer be supplying physical Steam gift cards due to scammers.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Many were surprised to learn that Gears of War: E-Day would be an Xbox console exclusive on its release and skip PlayStation 5, but the series' original creator believes this is a wise move by the platform holder. Read more
The UK capital is losing mobile coverage in some of its busiest areas as operators are being forced to close cell sites faster than replacements can be secured
A24 is now in the business of making video game adaptations, and while everyone's eyes are on Elden Ring, it sounds like Death Stranding could be rapidly approaching production, too. During a recent chat about The Death of Robin Hood, writer-director Michael Sarnoski - who directed 2024's A Quiet Pl...
Waterful is that most appropriate and disquieting of things, a "nature-builder". It's a soft and colourful chillout game in which you cut rivers through procedurally generated landscapes with a cursor, drawing from a limited supply of water that is topped up by connecting springs.
Importantly, and p...
A point and click adventure game with no words, set in prehistoric times where dinos lurk around every corner - the new Theropods trailer looks great.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
A beautiful looking new puzzle-platforming adventure, Moss: The Forgotten Relic is arriving in July and now it is Steam Deck Verified.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
We are hopefully (finally) getting close to the stable release of SteamOS 3.8 now, with another small Beta update with some needed fixes.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Pegasystems offers an alternative take on how enterprises can use artificial intelligence to automate their business processes without burning through their budgets
After mounting criticism of its digital identity policy, the government is convening an independent advisory group and improving engagement with industry stakeholders in an attempt to improve public trust
Oh dear, here's an existentially uncomfortable (and genuinely potentially triggering around themes of abuse) one for you. Am I Nima, shown off this weekend during the Story Rich Showcase, is a visual novel in which you take on the role of the titular Nima, who is trying to convince her mother that s...
Nintendo announced a remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time during today's Direct, launching exclusively on Switch 2 this year, but details remain scarce, with only a brief trailer available.
Welp! Just yesterday, Sand: Raiders of Sophie devs Hologryph and TowerHaus shared the release times of the desert-set extraction shooter where you have your own steampunk mobile fortress, which was set for release tomorrow, June 10th. Today, however? That release date has gone out the window.
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Destiny 2's final update, Monument of Triumph, celebrates the game's legacy while player engagement surges dramatically. As Bungie shifts focus to Marathon, fans rally for the franchise's future amid uncertainty.
Last week, Square Enix graced us with the revelation that the final instalment of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is just that, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation. It'll obviously follow on from Rebirth, which ends with [REDACTED], but where it goes from there is still generally a mystery given the vario...
Vampire Survivors developer poncle today revealed JUJUTSU KAISEN RUMBLE: SURVIVATON, an evolution of the genre they kickstarted with battle royale elements.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
When Final Fantasy debuted in 1987, it did so on the Famicom (and later the NES in 1990), and Nintendo platforms would play host to the franchise all the way up until Final Fantasy VII. That pivotal entry was not only the series' transition to 3D graphics, but it also spelled the franchise's move to...
The insanely popular DELTARUNE from developer tobyfox (of UNDERTALE fame) is set for a big expansion, with DELTARUNE Chapter 5 arriving June 24th.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Dragon's Dogma 2, a challenging, friction-filled fantasy adventure from Capcom, was one of my favorite games back in 2024. Today, during Nintendo's big summer Direct, we learned that the game is coming to Switch 2. What was less clear from the Direct's trailer, however, is that the Switch 2 version ...
You know, I've been thinking about going for a nice big walk sometime soon. Well, not that soon, maybe sometime in the summer? Before I lock anything in, I'll just watch this new thing about House House's Big Walk and… oh, would you look at that! It's got a release date now, and for this summer too!...
With Nintendo's Direct Presentation this morning, an argument can be made that Summer Game Fest 2026 has officially concluded. We can all take a breath and maybe a nap as we dream of all the games we will be playing later this year (mostly in September) and next year.Below you will find a recap of e...
Wuhu Island is calling once more: Nintendo has revealed it'll be taking us back to its well-travelled retreat for a spot of Joy-Con-powered action when Nintendo Switch Sports Resort comes to Switch 2 on 22nd October. Read more
Dragon's Dogma 2 is getting a Dark Arisen DLC expansion that introduces a chilly new mountainous area, in which there are flaming castles, some awful emaciated dragons, and ice giants who can freeze you solid by yawning. It'll arrive on October 9th after two free "major" updates, the first of which ...
That company that makes the games about the plumber man, elf boy, and half-donkey half-gorilla held one of its "Directs" today, and lo and behold was the surprise showcase of a game that's been MIA for a surprisingly long time: Kingdom Hearts 4. The sequel was originally announced for the series' 20...
On top of showing off Kingdom Hearts 4, Square Enix also gave us a release date for DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Withered World as it arrives December 3rd.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Kingdom Hearts 4 (styled as KINGDOM HEARTS IV) from developer Square Enix is actually alive and well, with a new teaser trailer.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Final Fantasy Resonance was revealed during today's Nintendo Direct, and brings the HD-2D art style, popularized by the Octopath Traveler games, to Square Enix's flagship franchise. The game comes out October 22, and you can check out its reveal trailer below. While it looks like a completely new st...
The other day I posted a comment wondering whether anybody has ever made a colony simulator set in the Aliens universe, with players raising the Weyland-Yutani flag on planets that contain absolutely no parasitic lifeforms whatsoever [YOUR MISGIVINGS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO CORPORATE. YOUR TERRAFORMIN...
Today, as part of the June 2026 Nintendo Direct, Square Enix revealed that we'll be getting our first HD-2D Final Fantasy game later this year. Named Final Fantasy Resonance, the title arrives 22nd October on PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Nintendo Swtich 1/2. Read more
Following a solid Xbox Games Showcase when it came to the brand's software lineup, players continue to have questions about the brand's larger strategy - especially pertaining exclusives - and whether Project Helix can realistically release in the near future amid component shortages. Read more
We're just a few weeks away from the launch of Splatoon Raiders, the Nintendo Switch 2-exclusive PvE Splatoon spin-off, and we got another look at it during today's Nintendo Direct. Launching July 23, today's Splatoon Raiders trailer highlights more of the third-person shooter gameplay players can e...
If you've played Guild Wars or its sequel, you'll know that the land Tyria is a godless place. It didn't used to be, but more than 1200 years before the events of the original 2005 MMO, the gods upped sticks and abandoned the planet, leaving the different guilds their own devices. As the series' nam...
After years of rumors, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is officially officially getting a remake for Nintendo Switch 2 and it is coming in 2026, sometime later this year.Ocarina of Time was originally released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64. The game was a critical and commercial success and is of...
Today, at Nintendo Direct June 2026's showcase, we finally got another look at Kingdom Hearts 4. Yes, it's real, and yes, it looks like development is progressing well. Read more
It's two for two on the Nintendo rumours front. After whispers of a Star Fox remake turned out to be true, the company has confirmed it's also got a The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake on the way, and it's coming to Switch 2 later this year. Read more
The last time we got a trailer for Kingdom Hearts IV was in 2022. In the years since, fans have been clamoring for more information about the highly anticipated sequel, poring through screenshots and more for any glimmer of new details. Perhaps surprising everyone, Kingdom Hearts IV appeared during ...
The fifth chapter of Deltarune launches on June 24 and it will be free for those who have already purchased the game. The date and footage of the chapter was revealed during the Summer Game Fest-adjacent Nintendo Direct, but it is safe to assume the chapter will come to other platforms on that date,...
It's been over a year since we first got a look at Elden Ring developer FromSoftware's fascinatingly weird multiplayer adventure The Duskbloods, but finally - after its publisher stepped in to offer assurances that it's still out this year - it's reappeared. There's still no release date, mind, with...
Elden Ring developer From Software revealed The Duskbloods, a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, last year. Since then, fans have been waiting for an update, and today's Nintendo Direct brought a small slice of news. From Software and Nintendo have revealed that sometime this Summer, a "closed network tes...
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort was just announced during Nintendo's big summer Direct, and it looks like the exact revival of the Wii Sports era I've been waiting for. Switch sports dropped o the original Switch a few years ago, but it had so few games that it felt underbaked; Nintendo Switch Sports ...
If you've been curious how Star Fox feels on Switch 2 ahead of release, you're in luck. Nintendo announced today that a demo will be available for the game later today (at the time of publication). The demo will include a tutorial and one of the opening stages, which implies that will not be the Cor...
Xenoblade Genesis has been revealed at today's Nintendo Direct. It's coming in 2027 to the Nintendo Switch 2, with a specific release date or window not announced quite yet. Read more
Nintendo has revealed Xenoblade Genesis, a brand new game in the Xenoblade Chronicles series. Announced during today's Nintendo Direct, Genesis is described as a "new beginning" for the series and will launch exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 sometime in 2027. In the trailer, we learned that the elem...
All three Xenoblade Chronicles games are in the process of being ported to Switch 2 with various enhancements. The games will all have increased resolutions and improved framerates and individual enhancements.Xenoblade Chronicles will be available for Switch 2 later today and will allow players to u...
Well, that's me back in. Just when I thought my time with Pokémon Pokopia might be coming to an end, Nintendo has unveiled a whole bunch of new stuff launching this August. Read more
I hope your wallet and social lives are ready, because September 2026 is looking like an absolute disaster for game releases. Today, at a Nintendo Direct, the publisher finally announced a release date Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. The game arrives 17th September, 2026 and will be arriving exclusive...
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, the next game in Nintendo's tactical RPG series, was revealed last September, but we haven't seen any official updates until today. A brand new trailer during Nintendo's big summer Direct showed off more units, detailed the game's structure, and a release date. Fire Emb...
Pokémon Pokopia launched earlier this year on March 5, exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2, and now, we know when the game's Expansion Pass content begins. During today's Nintendo Direct, we learned that the new Bubbly Basin town will be added to the game this August, and that same month, all players w...
One Piece: Grand Gourmet is a little different from the typical One Piece game as there is less punching and yelling, but it does fall in line with the larger One Piece Universe. In the game, you will manage a restaurant, which is character Sanji's whole deal. You will cook food and serve it to 400 ...
Onimusha: Way of the Sword has been announced for the Nintendo Switch 2. You can pre-order it now, with the game releasing on the 25th September. Read more
Square Enix has revealed that Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster is coming to Nintendo Switch 2. When it hits the console next month on July 23, it will bring with it both classic Final Fantasy adventures alongside brand new Switch 2 features, including a highly requested high-speed mode, a toggle for ...
Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions have been moving relatively fast on the Helldivers movie adaptation announced back in January 2025, securing Fast & Furious veteran Justin Lin to direct and, earlier this year, Jason Momoa (Aquaman, A Minecraft Movie) to star. Now, we're hearing the latter h...
French developer Asobo, creator of the Plague Tale series and the Microsoft Flight Simulator games, doesn't believe smaller teams need to use generative AI tools to compete with bigger development studios. Read more
I spent this morning in the new demo of angler-detective mystery About Fishing – an updated and expanded sampler from the one that Oisin tried last year – and as a piece of playable marketing, it’s done the job. I am intrigued by its tale of mermaids and missing persons; I am absorbed in its creepy ...
Crazy Taxi: World Tour's reveal during the Xbox Games Showcase was a highlight, finally offering a look at the modern incarnation of the classic series. The excitement was quickly soured, however, when its Steam page revealed Sega has used generative AI in the game's development. Read more
Shovel Knight studio Yacht Club Games was worried last year about Mina the Hollower's launch after such a long time away from the public, but it turns out it had nothing to worry about. Mina's debut has now sold over 500k copies in less than two weeks. Read more
Give me a game where I can hoof an enemy over the side of the cliff like a cut price Leonidas, and I'm happy. (It seems I'm not the only one.) So, yes, while I was sad to see no swarms of rats in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, I was very happy with the switch from stealth gameplay to scrappy melee...
Later today, we're getting a pretty big Nintendo Direct, but ahead of the showcase going live Square Enix has decided to treat us to something a little early: a trailer for a Switch 2 version of the Final Fantasy 10/10-2 HD Remaster. Read more
Sabotage Studio has revealed it's planning to move on from Sea of Stars after nearly three years of post-launch support which has included substantial free content updates. But don't worry; there's life beyond this Sunset Edition patch. Read more
Goddess of Victory: Nikke is shifting into hero mode this week with the reveal of its new Ark Ranger update. Level Infinite has confirmed that the next update for the sci-fi RPG shooter will launch on June 11, 2026 for PC, iOS, and Android. Inspired by classic tokusatsu-style heroes, the Ark Ranger ...
Fumito Ueda, creator of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and the Last Guardian, showed off his new game at this weekend's Summer Game Fest showcase. Gen Atlas sees you step into the shoes of a scavenger in a desert world littered with the carcasses of vast robots. It falls to you to piece one of these m...
We're not done yet. This afternoon, at the very agreeable time of 3pm UK, Nintendo will broadcast a Direct showcase showing us what it's got for Switch and Switch 2 in the weeks and months ahead. And we'll be covering all of the news and announcements live, as they happen, right here in this article...
It's been an eventful few days for Xbox. Gears of War: E-Day was officially confirmed during the Xbox Games Showcase to be a console exclusive, hours after a PEGI rating for the PS5 version surfaced. Read more
ZeniMax / Bethesda have released the latest major upgrade for the popular MMO The Elder Scrolls Online, and it is finally Steam Deck Verified.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
The point and click adventure game series Creepy Tale has expanded recently with Creepy Tale: Snow Child, which now has a Native Linux version available.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
I've been a fan of dogfighting games since playing Elite with my dad on his old Acorn computer. He'd do the flying and I'd fire the weapons. Maybe that division of labour is to blame for my biggest weakness as a pilot: knowing when to pull out of a strafe. Once I've my gunsights on an enemy I'll con...
Due to arrive sometime in 2027, EXODUS looks like it might fit in with the Mass Effect hole in my life and the extended gameplay reveal looks very promising.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
We're truly in the era of safe bets with sequels and remakes, and now Relic has revealed Company of Heroes: Definitive Edition.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
The announcement of a new Crazy Taxi game during the Xbox Summer Showcase made waves for how excited longtime fans were to not only see an updated version of the iconic arcade passenger-delivery game. But following the announcement, a Steam page listing that disclosed generative AI use stirred up co...
The Xbox Podcast mistakenly revealed Gears of War: E-Day as a PS5 title, contradicting Jeff Grubb's claims of Xbox exclusivity. Aaron Greenberg asserted the decision was made a month prior, igniting social media debates.
The sequel to 007 First Light has prompted confusion after Jeff Gattis's statements about its publisher. He aims to clarify that while partnerships are strong, future developments likely remain with IO Interactive.
Summer Game Fest showcase week is almost over, save for a 50-minute Nintendo Direct tomorrow. We got a PlayStation State of Play, the usual Summer Game Fest showcase, and an Xbox Games Showcase, not to mention a dozen more smaller showcases. Between them all, Game Informer published more than 100 st...
Offworld settlement builders delight in forcing their pebble-gathering, ore-hoarding colonists into a life of subsistence scrounging by way of disaster: a crashed spaceship or cryogenic malfunction leaving them no choice but to eke out an existence on a hostile rock. Star Trek: Outposts Unknown, ann...
We got a dose of Master Chief during yesterday's 2026 Summer Xbox Games Showcase, along with a July 28 release date for the upcoming Halo: Campaign Evolved. Now, developer Halo Studios has released another look, this time a cinematic story trailer that highlights the Spartan's journey in the game (a...
PowerWash Simulator 2 is getting Star Wars DLC next month, because even the Millennium Falcon needs a proper clean every now and then. FuturLab has confirmed that the PowerWash Simulator 2 Star Wars Pack will launch on July 16, 2026 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC. The ...
Alkimia Interactive and THQ's Gothic remake launched over the weekend, and many are the complaints that the RPG's revised lockpicking system is far too hard. I know, right - tricky lockpicking in a game set in a giant prison! Please excuse me while I lift both hands from the keyboard and strenuously...
It's all-change in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy. This series - known for stealth and the emotional adventures of brother and sister Hugo and Amicia in plague-ridden France - now no longer has stealth, no longer has Amicia and Hugo, and no longer takes place in France. But - and I say this as some...
Sea of Stars has received its final major update, as Sabotage Studio says goodbye to its acclaimed JRPG with the release of the Sunset Edition. Available now as a free update for existing owners, Sea of Stars Sunset Edition is live on PC via Steam and GOG, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlaySta...
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 was a considerable disappointment, but that isn't stopping the IP's video game efforts in their tracks. In fact, Eternal Whispers - a new CRPG taking more than a few cues from Disco Elysium - might be the balm we need. Read more
Halo: Campaign Evolved, one of Microsoft's next big triple-A releases, just got a cool-looking cinematic story trailer. And all footage you'll see in it has been captured on a PS5 Pro, of course. Read more
A mass of flailing fingers flop against my desk. I'm doing badly at playing cartoony roguelike shooter Maximum Thunderness with a controller. The fact I'm trying to play its demo on mouse and keyboard at the same time, in order to appreciate the co-op element of the game's battles with skateboarding...
Sabotage Studio is officially releasing its last update for Sea of Stars today. The news dropped in a video uploaded to the company's YouTube channel, which details today's update and outlines some plans for the future. Dubbed "Sunset Edition," the update mainly adds a new animated intro cinematic t...
Summer Game Fest Play Days featured a ton of new titles this year, with developers and publishers giving lots of chances to see, and play, a variety of games coming to PS5. I visited SGF Play Days this year to see these upcoming titles in action, and go hands-on with many of them. Here’s everything ...
State of Decay 3 was among the few surprising reveals during the Xbox Games Showcase. We've been waiting years to hear, or see, well, anything from the zombie survival management sim since the moment it was initially announced - which was nearly six years ago. Read more
Believe it or not, Persona 4 Revival was first revealed a year ago today, when a trailer dropped during the Xbox showcase and gave the first confirmation that the highly-rumored game was real. Yesterday, we got a new look at its gameplay, along with a release date reveal, during the Xbox Games Showc...
Doom: The Dark Ages was a fun time, but we'd been wondering about the release window for its DLC (and its very nature) since a Premium Edition was released day one. During the Xbox Games Showcase, Bethesda Softworks and id Software finally unveiled the Revelations DLC. Read more
Good news, everybody! We made it through the Summer Game Fest weekend pretty much unscathed. True, I have depleted neighbourhood stocks of ginseng and also, lost the ability to blink, but we got another Duskers out of it, didn't we? Also some footage of gunfights in a Fumito Ueda game, which distres...
If you thought we were done with the showcases, think again, as Nintendo has just announced a Direct. This Direct will air tomorrow, 9th June, at 3pm UK time. Read more
Game Informer can exclusively reveal that The Blood of Dawnwalker, the vampire RPG launching this September that's also our current cover story game, is getting the art book treatment later this year. More specifically, The Blood of Dawnwalker: The Art of the Game will be published on November 24, j...
Nintendo has announced it will host a Nintendo Direct presentation tomorrow, on Tuesday, June 9, at 7 a.m PT/10 a.m. ET. It was announced in the Nintendo Today app, and Nintendo says it will run for approximately 50 minutes, followed by a 95-minute Nintendo Treehouse presentation. It's been a jam-pa...
Last week, Amazon gaming general manager Jeff Gattis rather put the cat amongst the pigeons when talking about James Bond's future in games now IO Interactive's 007 First Light is out. He was cited by Polygon as having said that, since they'll be happening post-Amazon's acquisition of the full Bond ...
Guild Wars 3 will feature no mandatory subscription or premium battlepass, and will be buyable as a premium product like previous games in the series. Read more
Hellblade studio Ninja Theory announced its next project, an action-adventure game called Senua, set in the Hellblade universe, at yesterday's 2026 Summer Xbox Games Showcase. In a new interview posted on the Xbox Wire blog about Senua, studio head Dom Matthews has revealed that the experimental hor...
Retro-focused game sellers GOG have apologised after sending out a newsletter featuring runes which have long served as Nazi symbols. The symbols appeared in the subject for an email promoting The End of the Sun, an adventure game about a Slavic fire mage who also dabbles in time manipulation.
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Oh wow - we're getting a real treat now. Atari / Nightdive Studios announced Thief: The Dark Project Remastered bringing the classic up to modern standards.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Deconstructeam, of Many Nights a Whisper and The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, say their newest game Virtue and a Sledgehammer is about "feeling like you no longer belong in the place you grew up." Judging from the newly released demo, it’s also about catharsis. Chunky, crumbly, crushing catharsis, injec...
Monster Hunter Wilds' much-anticipated expansion-sized DLC, titled Ascendance, is coming next year. But with lots of performance woes and a long wait for meaty endgame battles, we aren't surprised the game always struggled to live up to the heights of Monster Hunter: World, a game which has been ble...
As promised, Gears of War: E-Day developer The Coalition followed up the Xbox Games Showcase with a presentation entirely dedicated to the upcoming third-person shooter. The nearly 28-minute-long Direct expanded on the gameplay demo we saw at the Showcase, revealing more details about the core desig...
Cast your minds back to last month, and you will recall a rather bizarre video featuring Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima travelling through space and crashing on a hostile planet. This wasn't a promotion for a new game, rather it was a collaboration with filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn and fashi...
Seldom has the phrase "balance your party" carved deeper clawmarks into my soul than when playing Ascenders: Beyond the Peak, a turn-based cosmic horror RPG in which you guide groups of alpinists up cursed mountains in search of terrible artefacts. Each level is a grid-based cliff face made up of sl...
Many indie studios have tried to replicate Pokémon's formula, but few have actually cracked the code. In 2023, Bytten Studio got it right with Cassette Beasts, mainly because it had something to add to the mix and wasn't entirely built on nostalgia. Now, the developers aim to take it to the next lev...
One missed from last week is The Lost Wild, a terrifying game that will probably make me need a fresh set of pants after playing it.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Another way to build up your Steam gaming library with the Redline Racing Humble Bundle featuring 7 highly rated games.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Ah cool, that reboot of 90s arcade classic Crazy Taxi Sega have been teasing for a little while, I thought during an otherwise rather meh Xbox showcase yesterday. Ah bollocks, I subsequently thought upon logging on this morning and seeing that Sega have disclosed their use of generative AI as part o...
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, a game that genuinely only seems to come up when it's getting delayed, has been… delayed yet again. That's according to Paramount Games Studio boss, who revealed that the ambitious game is playable, but won't be out for some time. Read more
Open-world survival game Valheim is officially going to leave Early Access on September 9th, bringing with it a huge update to the game.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Despite making the jump to video-on-demand on digital platforms last month, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is still holding its theatrical position in cinemas in some locations. Now, it's finally pushed its global box office haul past the $1bn mark. Read more
Cassette Beasts 2002 is one of the real highlight announcements from Summer Game Fest 2026 during the PC Gaming Show. From Bytten Studio, I can't wait!Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Misfits Attic revealed Duskers 2.0 at the PC Gaming Show 2026 as part of Summer Game Fest 2026. We're getting more spooky sci-fi goodness with this one.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Viking survival and crafting hit, Valheim, which first appeared in early access in early 2021, is almost ready for its full release. Developer Iron Gate announced at the PC Gaming Show that the game will officially launch on 9th September. Read more
Not only are we getting the horror-adventure Star Trek: Shadow Frontier, we're also getting a colony builder with Star Trek: Outposts Unknown.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
As part of Summer Games Fest 2026 we also had XBOX Games Showcase 2026, which did have some pretty nice announcements in it - here's some highlights.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
SEGA recently revealed the new Crazy Taxi: World Tour, a game many were excited about but it's another that was instantly hit with controversy thanks to AI.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
It's once again time for the annual deluge of gaming showcases surrounding Summer Game Fest. Most of them have plenty of great games, but there's also a lot of trailers to parse through, and the PC Gaming Show is perhaps the most stuffed of all. To simplify things, we watched the showcase live and a...
Citizen Sleeper creator Gareth Damian Martin's new game is something quite different: a first-person "fungalpunk" narrative role-playing game inspired by post-punk Britain, in which you play as a literal parasite, infecting and navigating the lives of people in Signet City. Read more
Retro specialist Nightdive is at it again. After successfully tackling System Shock and its sequel (giving them the remake and remaster treatment respectively), Nightdive is once again returning to the world of legendary developer Looking Glass Studios and sprucing up another of its beloved early im...
Surprise. the follow-up to Misfits Attic's Duskers is called Duskers 2.0. Get ready for more spooky and strategic scavenging of shipwrecks hovering ominously above planets, this time with the goal of establishing colonies which can give the denizens of a doomed universe a second chance.
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It may, as I write this, be summer showcase season. However, you should get ready to wrap up warm. Co-op Viking survivor Valheim's set to get very cold soon, as its 1.0 release brings a final new biome, the Deep North. "A frigid land encased in ice and mystery" this dangerous locale and Valheim 1.0 ...
The 2026 Summer Xbox Games Showcase is over, and we just got a slew of announcements, exclusive reveals, updates, gameplay trailers, and more. It was another excellent showcase in a jam-packed week of SGF-related showcases, but there was quite a lot. We covered much of it on Game Informer (quite lit...
There are very few studios with an output as varied as Strange Scaffold's. They've got games about trading organs and babies, NSFW clicking, cooking delicious meals for kaiju, and, soon enough, sending pedestrians into a fantasy world to help an elf girl level up by running them over with your car. ...
I'm afraid to tell you, dear reader, that you're a parasite. Living on the lifeblood of others, that's you. Or, you will be if you choose to play Signet City, the new game from Jump Over The Age, creators of In Other Waters and Citizen Sleeper. That's because it's a first-person fungalpunk RPG in wh...
UPDATE: We spoke directly with the lead producer of the game regarding this topic. Read his full response here.Crazy Taxi: World Tour was just announced at the Xbox Games Showcase and players were quick to notice that the game's Steam page contained a generative AI disclaimer which reads, "At SEGA C...
Publisher Fellow Traveler and Citizen Sleeper creator Gareth Damian Martin have unveiled Signit City, a first-person "fungalpunk" RPG where you play as a parasite. There's no release date for it yet, but Fellow Traveler says it's "coming soon" to PC. In Signet City, you control a parasite in the tit...
Metro 2039 is the fourth mainline game in the ongoing Metro series, and though we've been aware of its existence, today offered the first substantial public look at its gameplay. Along with showing off the visuals and environments, we also get to see gunplay and other mechanics, and learn about the ...
Amid a sea of zombies, shooters, and high-violence reveals at today’s Xbox Games Showcase, Vivarium was one of a small handful of games that offered a decidedly cozier aesthetic. Originally revealed back in 2023, this is the first time we've seen the game in action for some time.Crafted by Studio Me...
We just got another look at Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution at this evening's Xbox Games Showcase. While many had assumed that Gears of War: E-Day specifically would be coming to PlayStation 5 as well as part of Xbox's recent drive to release its game across multiple platforms, that is ...
Revealed during the 2026 Xbox Game Showcase, Revelations is a new expansion for Doom: The Dark Ages that will be available on July 7. Id is using terms like "Hell freezes over" to describe the expansion and writes, "Wounded and betrayed, the Slayer is thrust into a merciless purgatory only escapable...
Call of Duty is one of the leading names in first-person shooters, but with so many competitors over the years, even it has to adapt to stay relevant. DMZ is its most recent answer to that, bringing the trendy extraction shooter gameplay popularized by Escape from Tarkov, Arc Raiders, and Marathon t...
It's been a rollercoaster day for Crazy Taxi. Today, at Xbox's showcase, we saw the first trailer for the long-teased rebooted game in the series. In a new trailer (below) Sega announced that the game is set to launch on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X in 2027. Read m...
It's Xbox's 25th birthday this year, don't you know, and Microsoft is celebrating in a multitude of ways. It's made its logo transparent, for starters, and it's decided to go all-caps. But if that's still not enough to be getting on with, the company has now revealed a special transparent green Xbox...
The team at inXile has been hard at work on Clockwork Revolution, but every new showing is increasingly impressive. Today’s presentation showed off some of the major cast members that will be joining in on the adventure, but also highlighted the way the game will feature time travel as a core mechan...
During the 2026 Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft revealed a new special edition Xbox Series X console that will be available in November of this year. The console is a standard Xbox Series X with 1 TB of storage, but it has a number of classic Xbox details. Firstly, the system and controller and are a...
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, the highly anticipated 2D action game from the teams behind Dead Cells, launches this October. More specifically, developers Evil Empire and Motion Twin, and publisher Konami, will release the next installment of Castlevania on October 15 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X...
Spyro: A Realm Beyond is not a remake of a previous Spyro game. Instead, it is a brand new adventure where the purple dragon is apparently stranded in "a realm beyond" and trying to find a way home while battling an invading force called the Scavs. The brief gameplay footage shown of the game, after...
Magic users in video games typically go the high-fantasy route, like a wizard in Baldur's Gate 3, or a mythical, supernatural route, like Hazel in South of Midnight, but it's not too often you see magic used by people who look like real-life stage magicians. In Magicians: The Devil's Deal, you play ...
Persona 6 has finally been revealed – it's real! It's been nearly 10 years since the last new mainline Persona game. Unfortunately, the existence of Persona 6 is quite literally all we know. In the teaser reveal trailer, which aired during today's Xbox Games Showcase, we got a strange and mysterious...
Prayers have been answered and the coping can end at last. Spyro is back at long last, with Spyro: A Realm Beyond set to release in spring 2027 on the Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2. Read more
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, the third game in developer Asobo's acclaimed historical action-adventure series, is coming to Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC on 27th August. Read more
It's been a while, but we've finally learned more about Persona 4 Revival during today's Xbox livestream. Per a new trailer from Atlus, Persona 4 Revival launches on 18th February on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
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Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember has been revealed at the Xbox Games Showcase. It's releasing in early 2027 for the Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2. Read more
We're getting a third Hellblade game except it's not called Hellblade 3 because it's a different thing to what's come before. Senua, as it's simply known, is a full-fat action-adventure, with more exploration, more puzzles, and deeper combat. Read more
Following Metro 2039's striking cinematic unveiling back in April, developer 4A Games has revealed first proper gameplay of its gritty post-apocalyptic horror shooter, narrowing down its previously announced "winter" release date to February next year. Read more
One of the easiest guesses you could've made going into the 2026 summer showcase season was that Xbox would announce the release date for Halo: Campaign Evolved. The game, which had been rumoured for about a year, was only officially unveiled last October. Read more
Fable has just got a new release date trailer at the Xbox Games Showcase. It'll be releasing on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC on the 23rd February, 2027.
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UPDATE 6.09pm: And, just when I hit publish, Asha Sharma confirmed that Gears of War: E-Day will be an Xbox console exclusive. It arrives on 6th October, and will be available day one with Game Pass. Read more
Another remade classic is coming soon! The retro Amiga game Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns with multiple game modes on August 13th.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
The Xbox Games Showcase is today, Sunday 7th June, at 6pm BST (7pm CEST / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT), and we're covering all the news and announcements from live, right here, in this article. Read more
Developer poncle has released a fresh free upgrade for Vampire Survivors giving extra content, along with the Legacy of the Bloodmoon DLC announcement.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Another classic returns - Atari and Pipeworks Studios revealed Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered, which is set to arrive November 3rd.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Star Trek: Shadow Frontier was revealed by Bloober Team - the same developers responsible for SILENT HILL 2 and Cronos: The New Dawn.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Here's one I wasn't quite expecting: Silent Hill 2 remake and Cronos: The New Dawn developers Bloober Team are working on a Star Trek game in collaboration with license owners Paramount. As you might imagine, given Bloober's pedigree, it doesn't appear to be a very uplifting Star Trek game. It is no...
Self-cloning sci-fi strategy game The Alters is getting a DLC expansion in which you terraform the world of the original game, using cryosleep to fast-forward the years, even as your hard-working alternate selves age and wither. Out on 13th July, it's a 20 hour epilogue starring Jan Scientist, one o...
Frogwares' are ready for you to dip your toes into their survival horror game The Sinking City 2. What happens to said toes in those tentacle-filled Lovecraftian waters is your responsibility. As well as a release date – August 18th –, the Ukrainian developers have released the game's first hour as ...
Another event with some real gems were shown off! Here's the round-up highlights of Day of the Devs - Summer Game Fest 2026 for you.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
After recently launching a big stable SteamVR update with a whole lot of fixes and Linux improvements, a fresh SteamVR Beta arrived.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
There's plenty to be excited about from the Summer Game Fest 2026 main show - here's the main highlight announcements for you to go through over a coffee.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Saber Interactive with IO Interactive have announced the HITMAN Classic Trilogy Remastered collection due for release in 2027.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Last updated: June 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM Pacific Time