10 August 2026
Platform & Hardware
- PSA: Steam Machine and Steam Controller Customers in Europe Hit by Cyber Attack 11
- This Switch Game You Might Have Bought Is Now Totally Unplayable 4
- Battlefield 6 Player With Over 400 Hours Gets Full Refund from Steam After Key Modes Were Removed 3
- XBOX CTO Gives Update On July Outage Cause 3
- "I'm sure you're going to watch it because everyone is" - GTA 6 premiering on Netflix represents Rockstar "trying new things", says Take-Two boss 2
- “‘We’re fixing that," Microsoft admits error that caused new OneDrive Photos app to appear on millions of Windows 11 PCs 2
- SanDisk Announces Three New Expansion Cards For Xbox Series X|S 2
- Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware
- Component pricing is out of control — but one of our favorite PC gaming CPUs has escaped the inflation for a short time
- Corsair isn't rolling in money from its mega-expensive RAM kits—and it's all thanks to higher component costs and lower demand
- Dell's massive XPS 14 deal drops the 3.2K OLED laptop with 32GB of RAM to a ludicrous $1,549
- Genki's New Controller Is Chunky, Boasts Haptic Feedback, And Its Own Screen
- I used the two best new $699 Windows laptops to see which one you should buy — Does Acer's Swift Air 14 beat Dell's awesome XPS 13?
- Keychron is experimenting with a mic-equipped mini keeb that lets you chat to your AI agent while it vibe codes, and I have my head in my hands
- Microsoft confirms that it won't be bringing a transparency slider to Windows 11 anytime soon: Says developers have the freedom to build their own tools to allow this
- Notchify brings macOS-style “Dynamic Island” flair to Windows 11 — and it’s surprisingly useful if you can get by the ick factor
- SanDisk is the third company to release Xbox Series X/S Expansion Cards, with 2TB storage costing $340
- The 'world's first' water-cooled Steam Machine is a Frankenstein's monster of neon pink tubing and external hardware
- The Steam Machine design makes for a frightfully good tissue box, and now you can 3D print your own
- The video game site backed by Walmart has laid off its editorial team
- Unity credits AI advertising platform for driving its 'best quarter ever'
- Valve has added 'initial' SteamOS gamepad support for several new gaming handhelds, including the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+
- Venmo payments now available on Google Play
- Windows 11 is pulling picture passwords and pushing people to PINs, passwords, and biometrics
- Xodus: Project to Run Xbox PC Games on Linux and Mac Hits Important Milestone
- You Can Play PS Plus Games Without Owning a PS5, but There’s a Catch
- Your Steam Deck Can Now Moonlight as a PS Portal, with PS Plus Cloud Streaming
- YouTube Doubles Requirements To Join Partner Program
Publishers, Studios & Industry
- Blizzard is Microsoft's "top performing" studio, thanks largely to Diablo 4 and Overwatch 5
- Halloween: The Game denied classification in Australia and New Zealand over drug depiction 5
- Xbox now requires Australians to prove their age to access games rated 18+, though "games you already own won't be affected" 4
- After eBay’s Resounding Rejection, GameStop Reconsiders Its $56 Billion Acquisition Bid 3
- Black Myth: Zhong Kui Devs Aren’t Rushing to Use AI 3
- Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson Joins Payday TV Show as Executive Producer 3
- Square Enix Operating Income Rises by 88% In Latest Earnings 3
- "They don't understand art" - id Software lead slams Xbox, says it's "impossible" to make games like 2016's Doom now 2
- Indie Games Are Breaking Out–But It’s Still Tough Out There 2
- 'It's Complicated': Daredevil Star Charlie Cox Responds to Spider-Man: Brand New Day, And The Punisher's Claim He's Never Had a Friend Like Peter Parker
- 2,000 Fortnite Players Hired as Air Traffic Controllers by US Government
- A Cult Favorite Marvel Character's Dominance Officially Continues in New Release
- Bandai Namco achieves record Q1 sales, but Digital segment operating profit drops 30.9%
- Chloe Bailey Wants to Play Storm in Marvel's X-Men Movie
- Don’t Expect To Hear About GTA 6’s Online Mode Soon
- EVE Online studio hires former Icelandic minister to lead autonomous AI efforts
- Former Ubisoft Barcelona workers launch Dark Ritual Studios, an indie developer focused on "craftsmanship over scale"
- Grand Theft Auto Players Fundraise $50k for Sick Fan Trying to Make It to GTA 6
- GTA 6 Preorder Numbers Won’t Be Revealed Because They Could Be Misleading, Take-Two CEO Says
- HandyGames rebrands as THQ Nordic Mobile
- id Software dev says mass layoffs like Microsoft's are weakening the games industry, because developers 'don't have the incentive to care anymore'
- Jobs digest: moves and promotions at EA, Nazara, Unity, Epic, Scopely, Kabam and more
- Mobile’s lead narrows at Take-Two, but still represents over half its earnings
- One Piece Follows in Pokémon’s Footsteps With Controversial ID Measures
- Professional Smash Bros. Melee Payer Hungrybox Popped Off So Hard After Winning a Game That He Literally Fainted
- Roundup: All The Xbox Games From The THQ Nordic Showcase 2026
- Rovio sales hold steady in Sega financials after write-down and rebuild
- Samara Weaving | Shelf Quest Episode 5
Game Coverage
- As developer Arc System Works promises a fix, Marvel Tōkon's suffering PC players are creating some bizarre home remedies for its dire performance woes 6
- I've seen much more of 1666: Amsterdam, and the witchy game by the creator of Assassin's Creed has some surprising ideas 6
- No Man’s Sky 10th Anniversary Trailer 6
- Sean Murray reflects on 10 years of No Man's Sky, its future, and why Hello Games' "redemption arc" narrative "isn't really the story" of the developer 5
- Sonic the Hedgehog is Joining Fortnite, and Yes You'll Be Able to Dash Up Walls in the Green Hill Zone 5
- Atlus Producer Says 'I Think We Have to Do' Persona 1 and 2 Remakes 4
- Brand New Day Is Giving Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Its Biggest Sales Boost In Years 3
- How Long To Beat Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls 3
- 20 Years Later, One of the Best Platformers Ever Officially Makes A Comeback 2
- Bethesda Veteran Reveals How He Would Have Designed Starfield Differently 2
- GTA 6 Boss Says More People Are Pre-Ordering the $100 Version of the Game 2
- Overwatch’s Battle Pass Overhaul Will Let You Swap Out Skins You Don’t Want 2
- Random: Metroid Prime In 2D Is Now A Reality Thanks To New Fan Project 2
- Ryan Hurst Shows Off How Shredded He Got For God Of War, Before Misfortune Struck 2
- The vibey offroading game with more than a million Steam wishlists has a release date 2
- 'We're Totally Supporting It' — Take-Two Boss Says Borderlands 4 Performance 'Has Not Affected Our Plans at All' as Fans Await Year 2 Roadmap
- ‘I don’t think this is a good idea’: Veteran Bethesda world artist says Starfield having 1,000+ planets was the wrong move
- A New Mario Party Clone Just Arrived On Xbox, And It's Surprisingly Not Bad
- All Escape from Tarkov Codes—Active Reward Codes and Free Items
- All Escape from Tarkov Codes—Active Reward Codes and Free Items
- An Xbox Game With 50% One-Star Reviews Is Still the Top Game With a Million Players in Week 1
- Assassin’s Black Flag Resynced Unarmed Combat Now Possible Through Mods
- Battlefield 6 Removed A Fan-Favorite Mode, As Devs Look For “Best” Way To Bring It Back
- Beast of Reincarnation's First PS5 Update Adjusts Camera, Text Size, and Much More
- Big Walk's Award-winning Predecessor is a Must Play PlayStation Plus Game
- Blood of Dawnwalker Steam Achievements Revealed
- Complete Mortal Shell 2 Trophy List—How To Get All Achievements & Trophies
- Cut A Gem Codes (August 2026)
- Darkest Dungeon Is Getting an Expansion from a Dark Souls Veteran
- Feature: "It's Disingenuous To Call It A Remake" - Bethesda On Why Oblivion For Switch 2 Is A Remaster
- Feature: Last Chance to Buy These 75+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Big Summer Sale
- Final Fantasy 9 Remake Was ‘Very Far Along’ Before Being Stalled, It’s Claimed
- Final Fantasy Fans Convinced Dirge of Cerberus Remake on the Way After Gackt Posts Photo in Genesis Cosplay
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Has Solid Start On Xbox, Despite Launching Two Years Later
- Genshin Impact 7.0 release time in your time zone
- Gothic 1 Remake devs hint at next game while announcing a photo mode, "Marvin mode" for cheaters, and some mysterious "alternative progression systems"
- Grand Theft Auto 5 averages more copies sold per year than most megahits manage in their entire lifetime, with a total of 230 million since 2013
- GTA 6 On A Disc Doesn’t Make Sense But Could Happen, Take-Two CEO Says
- Guide: These 18+ PS5 Games Are Coming Out This Week (10th-16th August)
- Here's the Brutal Method of Getting a Metal Gear Solid 4 PS5 Platinum Trophy
- Hideki Kamiya Gives Fans Hope That He Will Direct Another Devil May Cry Game
- Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush's PS5 Trophy List Appears Online, I Hope You Like Drifting
- How to upgrade the Cargo Elevator antennas in Arc Raiders
- I Played the Game Recommended by the Weeknd, and It Could Be 2026’s Sleeper Hit
- If you drove yourself mad building computers in Minecraft, Pight's redstone-inspired puzzling is an affordable palate cleanser
- In cosmic roguelike The Carcass, you build a colony inside the corpse of a god that's slowly becoming aware of you
- It Takes Two is Reportedly Getting a Nintendo Switch 2 Release This October
- Large lost sunken relics list in Pokémon Pokopia
- Marvel Rivals hits the Ozempic, comes back 40 GB lighter
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Mod Brings First-Person Mode
- Mortal Shell 2 Release Date & Launch Times
- NBA Champions Basketball Codes (August 2026)
- NBA The Run Patch Notes For August 2026
- NYT Connections Hints Today (#1157)—Answers for Tuesday, August 11
- Payday has come to Fortnite, because today's cool gamers are 'discovering legendary IPs in entirely new ways'
- Play-Ins Upsets Show Valorant is Ready for 2027 Revamp but VCT EMEA Teams Are Not
- Review: LEGO Party! Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2) - Comes At The Party King And Doesn't Miss
- Review: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls (PS5) - The Most Exciting Fighting Game in Years
- Someone's head is killing me in Memoirium, a PSX-styled soulslike about battling through bizarre dreamscapes and decorating your bedroom
- Sovereign Tower review
- Super Mario Bros. Players Are Closing In on a Perfect Playthrough
- Switch 2 Just Got One of the Decade’s Best Soulslikes
- The 9 Best RPGs Like Dragon Age
- The Division Resurgence, the free-to-play mobile off-shoot, is now on Steam and players are confused and a little miffed
- These Are PlayStation 5’s Most Downloaded Games Of July 2026
- This week in PC games: GoldenEye returns (sort of), plus janky arcade football, ballpoint cities, and a game about keeping the monsters inside Area 51
- Today’s NYT Strands #890 Hints, Answers, and Spangram for August 10
- Today’s Wordle #1879: Hints and Answer for August 11, 2026
- Today’s Wordle #1879: Hints and Answer for August 11, 2026
- Unsettling 'Cosy' Game Village in the Shade Arrives on PS5 for Halloween
- Wardogs 'Hits Different' and Could Be the Next Big FPS, Those Who Managed to Get Into the Recent Private Playtest Say
- You can now check if you've been selected for The Duskbloods network test - here's how
Other
- 'House of the Dragon' Officially Rewrites the Saddest Downfall in Game of Thrones History 2
- 'Thank you so much for the best weekend ever': The id Software gang got together at QuakeCon, and it sure looks like everyone had a great time
- 40 Years Later, This Is Still The Greatest Video Game Quote of All Time
- Avengers: Doomsday Will Be 'Brutal' for Steve Rogers, Chris Evans Says, as Fans Fear for the Fate of His Child
- Call of Duty Esports Fans Need To Shut Up and Let Them Play
- Chiikawa the Movie Is Killing It in Japan's Cinemas — While Leaving Children Crying in Fear
- Counter-Strike 2 at the Esports World Cup 2026 Tournament Guide—Schedule, Format, and Teams
- Geoff Keighley Reveals Date for The Game Awards 2026
- Harry Potter Fan Protest Diverts Power Line Planned to 'Go Straight Through' Dobby's Grave
- HBO’s House of the Dragon Replacement Officially Arrives in 1 Week
- How 'Camp Miasma’s Crew Revived a Pre-CGI Technique with "Old-School Film Nerd" Ambition
- Netflix's The Last House ending explained by director: 'We humans are the bad guys of this planet'
- New York Citizen Receives Letters to Spider-Man Because He Shares a Home With Marvel's Peter Parker
- Nikki From Obsession Will Be at Halloween Horror Nights in a 'Where's Waldo' Way, but Fans Are Divided
- Ser Roderick Dustin? Why Roddy the Ruin Was the Best Part of 'House of the Dragon's Season 3 Finale
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day 4K Steelbook Designs Seemingly Revealed, Since Removed by Amazon
- The Most Unhinged Sci-Fi Anime of 2026 Already Feels Like an Instant Cult Classic
- Uniqlo's Sweet Mario Kart World T-Shirts Are Now Available
- We now know exactly when uBlock Origin will stop working on Microsoft Edge
- Why a Warhammer 40,000 Book Just Sold for $3,150 on eBay