23 August 2026
Platform & Hardware
- Sony sends PlayStation users a reminder they don't own their digital games just as a fan boycott over ending discs kicks off 3
- Epic Games Store overhaul might be "too little, too late", says Newzoo analyst
- Feature: Viture Pro 2 and Beast XR Glasses: Switch 2 Docked Mode OLED Gaming On The Go
- I think Microsoft is finally fixing the customization problems that held Windows 11 back
- Mewgenics' Xbox Port Is Coming Sooner Than Expected, Store Leak Suggests
- Netflix Just Quietly Added the Worst Vampire Series of 2025
- PS5's Best-Selling Games List Is Broken on the PS Store
- Two 'Day One' Releases Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass Over The Next Few Days
- Xbox Now Has 88 Profile Badges, And Here's What They Mean
- You’d Be Shocked What You Can Game On A $150 Potato PC
Publishers, Studios & Industry
- Double Fine Revives Amnesia Fortnight After XBOX Split 2
- Ori Director Says Ori 3 Rumors Are ‘Nonsense’ 2
- 'It Ends' Director Alex Ullom Reveals the Movie's Meaning and His Surprising Sequel Plan
- 'We didn't have layoffs before, and now all of a sudden we have yearly layoffs': Bethesda artist says 'something has changed' under Microsoft
- 5 Years Ago, Double Fine Boldly Tried to Reimagine the AAA Machine
- Every Officially Confirmed Marvel Movie and TV Show Coming Through 2029
- Ray Chase, the voice of Cyclops in X-Men '97, has '1,000 freaking hours' in Slay the Spire and is running a 'smell build' in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2: ' I wear perfumes and walk into battle with my fancy boy outfit'
- Twitch faces a class action lawsuit over using streamers' content to train Amazon's AI
Game Coverage
- 'One Piece Card Game' Is Collaborating With 'Final Fantasy's Best Artist
- Arc Raiders' fifth Expedition will be its last until early 2027
- Big Walk is a new co-op puzzle game classic
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's first beta patch adds a new map and mode, as Infinity Ward responds to complaints about footstep noise and weapon lethality
- D&D's New Hardcore Setting Fixes the Game's Most Iconic Monster
- Denshattack! Sells 150,000 Copies, Hits 300,000 Players
- Evercade Details How It Modernized Banjo-Kazooie and Tooie
- EverQuest Legends dev says 'I'm sure we would' add new classes, races 'in the longer-term vision of the game'
- Feature: Going Platinum: I Only Played Sound Shapes Because I Wanted at Least One PS Vita Plat
- Gamescom Directors Address GTA 6 Netflix Competition
- GTA VI: all the news on Rockstar’s next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series
- Gunstoppable gives me the same head-empty unbridled joy as Ultrakill—it doesn't hurt that Gabriel's voice actor is in it too
- HLE Beat T1 to Claim LCK Second Seed as T1 Fans Show Concern for Team’s Form
- If you're desperate for more Baldur's Gate 3, here's a 6-hour mini-campaign all about Astarion with 4 different endings and 6 new companions
- It's been 25 years and I'm still not over one of the greatest songs to grace JRPGs
- Miyazaki explains how The Duskbloods plans to protect newcomers from its best players
- Nintendo’s Forgotten ‘90s Mario Spinoff Deserves a Switch 2 Reboot
- Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: SimCity (SNES)
- Steam Week in Review: A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics
- The 10 Best SNES Games to Play on Nintendo Switch Online
- The 10 Greatest Soulslikes of the Past 10 years, Ranked
- The Best Dog Game You’ve Never Played Is Waiting Patiently for You on PS Plus
- The Sunday Papers
- This newly announced soulslike has a main character inspired by Dark Souls' most heartbreaking boss fight
- Today’s NYT Strands #903 Hints, Answers, and Spangram for August 23
Other
- “My main goal is to win the Grand Slam” – tN1R 2
- HBO's 8-Part "Stephen King Meets X-Files" Detective Thriller Series Is a Perfect Weekend Binge 2
- The 7 Most-Anticipated Games at Gamescom 2026, the Show's Biggest Year Yet 2
- 18 Years Later, the Best 'XKCD' Comic Strip Quote Still Lives in My Head Rent Free
- Feature: I Searched for Merch from My Fave PS5 Games in Chengdu's Enormous Anime Mall
- Gamescom Is Officially the Biggest Gaming Event in the World. So What’s Next?
- One Piece Will Get Two More Movies Before The End Of The Decade
- Sentinels Suffer Early Exit in VCT Americas to End to Nightmare Year
- Team Spirit Win Historic Third TI at The International 2026 in Thrilling Grand Final
- The 5 Best Sci-Fi Movie Quotes of the Decade So Far
- What's your video game happy place?
- Windows 11’s September update reshapes key parts of the OS, and these 3 customizations instantly make the new release feel faster, cleaner, and more personal to use