24 August 2026
Platform & Hardware
- Playstation Doubles Down on Ditching PC in New PS5 Video 3
- PlayStation Owners Begin Sony Boycott with Digital Blackout Protest 2
- A faster OS and UI fixes won't save Windows 11 if Microsoft's apps remain laggy web wrappers
- Black Mirror Sets Official Return to Netflix for New Season
- Both AMD and Intel's desktop CPU sales are falling off a cliff but Ryzen is falling a little slower
- ESPN Unlimited Is Celebrating Its First Anniversary With a Price Hike
- Feature: I'm Halfway Towards Getting GTA 6 For Free On Xbox, But I've Run Into Some Issues
- Guy Richie’s Netflix Crime Series Is So Good It’s Already Been Renewed
- Lenovo confirms Legion Go issues after gamers report bricked devices
- Massive PC Hit 'Mewgenics' Is Coming To Xbox, And Much Sooner Than Expected
- PS5's Best-Selling Games List Fixed After Ordering Issue Over Weekend
- Sony Undecided on PS6 Price and Launch Date - but What Does It Mean for the Rumoured PS6 Handheld?
- There's a looming GPU supply crisis, which means prices are likely to get a whole lot worse. And it's not just because of memory
- Windows 11 is finally getting better, and the Windows Central Podcast breaks down all the improvements that have been announced and delivered since March
- Windows 11 will soon let you control unified memory, just in time for NVIDIA RTX Spark
- Windows update that breaks some multiplayer games linked to our desire for gaming PCs that light up all the colors of the rainbow
- Xbox 'Heard You', Purges PS5 Logos from Multiformat Game Trailers
Publishers, Studios & Industry
- "I want to keep pouring my energy into game creation going forward" - Hideo Kojima still wants to make games even at 63 4
- Amazon and Twitch Face Class-Action Lawsuit After Introducing Opt-Out Setting That Uses Streamers' Content to Train AI 2
- Paradox commits a classic blunder and accidentally leaks its own post-apocalyptic grand strategy game 2
- 'GTA 6' Leaks Take Dire Turn As Hackers Urge Fans To Harass Rockstar IRL
- 'This Is Illegal': Stop Killing Games Movement Distances Itself from GTA 6 Leaks
- 'We're Hoping to Continue the Remakes for a While': Falcom Doubles Down on Remaking Classic Trails Games
- 9 Years Ago, Jason Statham Perfectly Summed up His Entire Movie Career
- Anirudh Pisharody Says He's 'So Down' to Play Nightcrawler in Marvel's X-Men Movie
- Creative Artists Agency spins up indie funding venture Frame1Games
- Data: 96% of studios now run a direct-to-consumer web store or plan to
- Double Fine Productions regains ownership of IP and publishing rights following independence from Xbox
- Hideki Kamiya’s Clovers has hired composers behind Bayonetta and Okami
- James Pond Publisher Denies AI-Generated Trailer, But No One's Buying It
- Microsoft Announces New 'Xbox Gear' Merchandise Including Tees, Hoodies & Hats
- Playable Control Resonant and a Dune: Awakening Update Highlight Level Infinite’s Massive gamescom 2026 Plans
- Pokémon Artist & Plucky Squire Dev James Turner Starts New Role At The Pokémon Company International
- Pokémon Collector Poses as Buyer to Recover $4,000 Worth of Stolen Cards in 'Vigilante' Sting Operation
- Proposed class action lawsuit against Logitech demands money to be given back to customers after $61 million US tariff refund
- Take-Two Interactive files subpoenas against Microsoft, Discord, and X amid ongoing GTA 6 leaks
- The Next Game from the PixelJunk Devs Leaks Online as Gamescom Looms
- The people of video games on what gives them cause for hope
- Two Former Xbox Studios Confirm Their Independence And Plans For The Future
- Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook Includes AI Training Warning — Read Out by the Narrator
- Xbox and PlayStation Appear to Be Publicly Backing Down from Promoting Multiplatform Releases
Game Coverage
- The Witcher 4 Release Date Confirmed, Gamescom Songs of the Past Showcase Announced 12
- The Blood of Dawnwalker is getting a 60fps mode on PS5 and Xbox Series X, after all 6
- GTA 6 Leak Shows Off Apparent Nudist Colony 4
- GTA 6 Leaks Don’t Matter, So Please Calm Down, Ex-Rockstar Director Says 4
- Rumours of a third Ori game are "nonsense", confirms series creator 4
- First Impressions: Network Issues Aside, The Duskbloods Could Wind Up Being Really Special 3
- How to Fish is the latest Steam indie sensation, selling 1 million copies in just two days 3
- The Best SNES RPG You Likely Never Played Is Getting A Modern Re-release 3
- Blood Dungeon review 2
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta's first weekend numbers are in, and they're good - just not as high as Modern Warfare 2 2
- Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Is Basically A Netflix Castlevania Reunion 2
- D&D Revives an Absurdly Powerful Gary Gygax Artifact After 26 Years 2
- Pokemon’s Creators Are Ready to Officially Ditch a 30-Year-Old Series Tradition 2
- Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Getting A Mexico Expansion Soon, But Not From Rockstar 2
- 'GTA 6' Leak Reveals New Feature Rockstar Was Probably Saving For Netflix
- "We ended up kind of cornered there": Mortal Shell 2 devs say they didn't intend to "lock everybody out" by disabling achievements for Slayer Seal "easy mode" users
- “How did we misjudge this so badly…?” What Supercell learned from upsetting Clash Royale players
- A disturbing '90s point-and-click horror game about waking up in a rundown asylum with no recollection of who you are is getting a glow up in 2026
- A game dev spent 40 days in the wilderness to make this new Steam survival game
- Alien Breed Returns Next Month with Massive PS5 Compilation, Complete with Horde Mode
- All admin panel lobby hack codes in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4
- All Fortnite Star Wars: Droid Tycoon Fusion Droid Crafting Recipes
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Adds New Dynamic Cosmetic Options for Certain Characters Like Ghost
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Devs Vow to Update Captain Price After Botched Haircut Goes Viral
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Switch 2 physical version is seemingly a code-in-box
- Canceled Iron Man Game Footage From Just Cause and Mad Max Developer Leaks Online
- Caps Hall of Legends Tristana and Orianna Skins Revealed
- DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction Found in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta, Official Reveal at Gamescom Expected
- Ex-Forza Horizon Devs Finally Find a Publisher for Clutch, PS5's Promising Open World Racer
- Fields Of Mistria 1.0 – Guide to Mining and Combat
- Fields Of Mistria 1.0 Tips And Tricks
- Final Fantasy Resonance Has More Going For It Than Just Its Impressive Cast
- Final Fantasy Resonance is getting a 120-song original soundtrack
- Forget GTA 6, Everyone is Obsessed with the 'Find a Needle in a Haystack' Game
- GTA 6 Leaks: A Timeline Of The Events So Far
- Guide: GTA 6 Netflix Extended Look: When and How to Watch
- Guide: These 26+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (24th-30th August)
- Haul a star through a labyrinth in Today's Star Is, a challenging free game from the Love Eternal devs with a new level coming every day
- He-Man's Bad Ass PS5 Brawler Now Launching in 2027
- Here's Your Best Look At Stellar Blade For Switch 2
- Honkai Star Rail version 4.5 release time in your time zone
- How to Fish is Steam's latest cursed co-op sensation, now updated with private lobbies, eight player support, and anti-griefer measures
- How to Fish: Strategies for beating the Pufferfish
- How to Fish: Strategies for beating the Spider Crab
- I Can’t Believe I Missed Mortal Shell 2’s Best Item, Silly Me
- I turned car friction off in GTA 5. Help
- I'm Hyped This Unknown Irem Beat-'em-Up Is Adding a Bases Loaded Stage
- Magic Is Officially Reprinting a Treasured Card with the Perfect '80s Throwback
- Massive Morrowind mod Tamriel Rebuilt's Poison Song expansion is out now, complete with new quests to join Great House Indoril and the Ordinators
- Modern Warfare 4 Isn’t Blowing Me Away, But Its New Smoke Sure Is
- Mortal Shell 2 Players Really Hate Those Bear Traps, And So Do I
- Nearly 500k players showed up for the Wardogs beta: 'The reaction from the FPS community has been insane'
- Nintendo Music Update Adds Final Mario Kart World Free Roam Songs
- Pokémon Legends: Z-A Mega Evolves With Game-Changing Rules This Week
- Poll: If You've Played It, What Do You Think Of The Modern Warfare 4 Beta So Far?
- Review: Starsand Island (Switch 2) – Perfectly Pleasant Yet Imperfect Life Sim
- Roundup: All The Biggest Xbox Reveals From The Pixel Arcadia Showcase 2026
- Steam’s Trippiest Game in Years Deserves a Second Shot Before GTA 6 Buries Everything
- The 'Black Mirror' of Roblox Games Disappears After Hitting No. 1
- The Duskbloods Playtest Was Even More Popular Than Elden Ring Nightreign’s
- The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past Expansion Confirmed to Include More Gwent, and Everyone Is Already Celebrating
- The Xbox release of Wuthering Waves still suffers from issues that make it hard to recommend (for now)
- These 10+ Commodore 64 Games Are Coming to PS5 Soon
- This Pokémon-inspired RPG is Free to Keep Forever on Steam Right Now
- This Promising PS5 Indie Doesn't Deserve Being Buried in Next Month's Crowded Release Calendar
- Today’s NYT Strands #904 Hints, Answers, and Spangram for August 24
- UK Charts: Oblivion Remastered Takes A Tumble After Its Strong Debut
- Why Everybody Loves Zork, The Duskbloods' Weirdest Character and Miyazaki's Favorite
Other
- Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Gets Frame-by-Frame Official LEGO Remake 2
- France and Saudi Arabia to Build $7 Billion Dragon Ball Z Theme Park Outside Paris 2
- Gamescom 2026: When Is Gamescom and How to Watch Opening Night Live 2
- 'Each event has to feel local and relevant to its market:' Gamescom wants responsible expansion after record-breaking year
- 'How Do We Get Them to Really Cry at This Scene' — Avengers: Infinity War Director Reveals How They Changed Spider-Man's Death Scene to Break Fans' Hearts
- 'The Guild' movie revival becomes highest-funded Kickstarter film ever, filling me with millennial nostalgia and making me very nervous
- “You are playing in the final. You make some decisions quickly, which you wouldn’t do in practice” – coolio Laments Lost Clutches but Praises FUT’s Progress
- 25 Years Later, Anime’s First Cinematic Masterpiece Is Officially Returning to Theaters
- 38 Years Later, The Best 'Calvin and Hobbes' Mom Quote Is Still Unmatched in Comic Strip History
- Akira Officially Returns to Theaters in IMAX and 4K for One Day Only
- Ambitious $140M Sci-Fi Thriller Guilty Pleasure Is Officially Streaming Free on YouTube
- Exclusive: PokémonXP and 2026 Pokémon World Championships Pokémon Center Merch Reveal
- Ichigo's New Form Has Bleach Anime Fans Asking Some Big Questions
- Lanterns Episode 3 Teaser Reveals First Look at Hal Jordan Wearing Iconic Green Lantern Domino Mask
- Lanterns Fans Say Episode 2 Is Hiding a Classic Green Lantern Villain in Plain Sight
- Live: Watch the Pixel Arcadia Retro Game Livestream Here, Featuring Terranigma
- Microsoft accidentally admits new Outlook looks bad
- Mutter and Blue Prince among winners at Gamescom Dev Awards 2026
- My Cat Doesn’t Care About The Metal Gear Box, Just The Box It Came In
- Nintendo Fan Loses Nearly Complete NES Collection in Heartbreaking Theft
- Persona Comes to Beard Papa's With Special 30th Anniversary Collaboration
- The Mandalorian and Grogu digital release date and Blu-ray announced
- Who’s spending money on booths at Gamescom Dev?
- Why A Nintendo Direct Is Likely To Happen Next Month
- Windows 95's redesign is still the most profound 31 years later — I take a look at what survived more than three decades of hardware evolution