27 August 2026
Platform & Hardware
- "All of the industry needs to start to innovate on affordability and efficiency" - Xbox's Asha Sharma wants change and "more choice" for people buying consoles 4
- The Most Expensive Xbox Ever Sold Out, And People Are Already Flipping It For Thousands 4
- Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that lets you digitise physical Xbox One and Series X games 4
- 10 Game Pass Titles Get New Reveals In Xbox's Second Gamescom 2026 Stream 3
- Forza Horizon 6 PS5 Launch Reportedly Scrubbed for 2026 2
- GTA 6 Skipping PC At Launch And Having No Online Right Away Is Good, Helldivers Boss Says 2
- If You Thought Console Prices Were Too High, Things Could Get Even Worse 2
- Review: Alienware AW3926QW makes a convincing case for 5K ultrawide OLED gaming monitors 2
- Apple’s App Store team reveal their tips and tricks for getting featured
- Critical Role's Big Upgrade Will Forever Change the Way You Watch the Show
- Critically-Acclaimed The Séance Of Blake Manor Is Coming To Switch 2
- Crunchyroll Anime App For Switch Shuts Down This October
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses Returns In Nintendo Music's Latest Album Update
- Google launches Pokémon Sleep special-edition Fitbit Air
- Guide: The Xbox Series X25 Is Now Available To Pre-Order, And Here's Where You Can Buy It
- Microsoft finalizes Windows 11 version 26H2 for general availability: Next version of Windows 11 enters final preview phase before rollout begins
- Of course Samsung made a 1,100Hz gaming monitor
- PC Gamers Can Get 2 Great Games Completely Free of Charge for a Limited Time
- Phantom Blade Zero’s New XR Glasses Actually Have Tiny Swords On Them
- Prime Video’s Reacher Replacement Officially Arrives in 3 Weeks
- Roblox to establish Saudi Arabia headquarters to support MENA creators
- The First 5K G-Sync Pulsar Monitor Has My Full Attention
- Twitch suffers major outage following Grand Theft Auto 6's extended look gameplay trailer premiere
- Your phone may soon be able to shut down or restart your PC with just a couple of taps
Publishers, Studios & Industry
- CD Projekt Red Enlisted Modder to Help Make The Witcher 3 Look Better Than Ever in New Remaster 5
- Konami is aiming for a new Silent Hill game every year with producer Motoi Okamoto trying to quell fears by promising fans that they 'will be able to provide positive kinds of surprises' 4
- Playdate maker Panic refunds tariff surcharges to customers 3
- The massive GTA 6 leaks might be done for good as Cyberleek cashes out nearly £200,000 from their crypto scheme 3
- Devolver Digital Reveals Its GTA 6 Competitor, And It’s A Remaster Of A Nonexistent Remake 2
- Peter Cullen, The Voice Behind Transformers’ Optimus Prime, Has Died 2
- Pokémon Responds After Hacker Compromises Its X Account to Hawk MemeCoin 2
- As Xbox and PlayStation look towards a world beyond physical media, some PC gamers have started making their own discs
- CD Projekt Red has The Witcher 4 running on all target platforms after Cyberpunk 2077 lesson
- Crimson Desert will be slowing down its free updates in preparation for its paid DLC, and I'm just glad Pearl Abyss is finally pacing itself
- Elden Ring’s Messmer The Impaler Actor Is Reportedly In The Running To Be The Next James Bond
- European Games Developer Federation announces 2026-28 board, Hendrik Lesser re-elected as president
- European games industry revenue reached €30bn in 2025
- Linus Torvalds details his 'debug session from hell' pushing an AI to fix an error it repeatedly said was 'impossible and unsolvable'. He then made it write the report
- Newzoo: 2026 console revenue would be flat year-on-year without Grand Theft Auto 6
- Saber exec: The game industry must look beyond North America and dilute risk
- Saudi media conglomerate MBC expands into video game industry with new studio
Game Coverage
- GTA 6 officially has character weight and exercise systems, and even "multi-day benders" reportedly have a visible effect 84
- What's the best starting class in Star Wars Zero Company? 6
- Elden Ring Update Patch Notes Reveal Biggest Changes in Years 4
- Fable Gets Another 30 Minutes Of Raw Gameplay Footage In New Combat Video 3
- Sebulba Did Nothing Wrong, Say Star Wars Galactic Racer Devs 3
- Holy crap, it's happening: Dwarf Fortress gets its first Myth and Magic update later this year, bringing each player's world its own procedural magic system 2
- Star Citizen Spinoff Squadron 42 Delayed to 2027, Dev Insists It's Because of GTA 6 2
- Warlock The New D&D Action-RPG Is Not Afraid To Ditch Tradition – Preview 2
- Zero Company Is The Rare Star Wars Game To Meaningfully Push A Genre Forward 2
- 'From Hell It Rose' lens puzzle solution in Resonance A Plague Tale Legacy
- 'From Hell It Rose' maze puzzle solution in Resonance A Plague Tale Legacy
- 'From Hell It Rose' spike trap puzzle solution in Resonance A Plague Tale Legacy
- "We're not doing something that everyone [would] do": After Cost of Hope, Stalker 2 devs are working on multiplayer which won't be "session-based" like Counter Strike
- Almost 20 years later, Arkane's founder says he understands why Valve cancelled the Ravenholm game that never was: 'It all came down to the economics'
- Arc Raiders is adding a camera mode as part of October's major update, but some fans need more proof that the game's not going to wither away
- Beat 'Em Up 'TMNT: Wrath Of The Mutants' Gets A Switch 2 'Ninja Edition' Next Month
- Despite Being The End Of The World, State Of Decay 3 Is Surprisingly Welcoming
- Dispatch Is Getting A Super Steelbook Release On Switch 2
- Dragon's Dogma 2's Game-Changing PS5 Patch Dated, But Slightly Delayed
- Exclusive: The Lancer TTRPG Is Getting New Hardcover Editions in 2027
- Exodus will likely win the Mass Effect spiritual successor war, thanks partly to its Cool Octopus, but I think it has a boring hero problem
- Exterminauts Devs Talk Helldivers Comparisons And How It Separates Itself
- Fable Was Previously Aiming for an October Launch, Director Reveals, Insisting That the Game's Delay Wasn't Due to Being 'Scared of Other Big Games'
- Fans asking for more Kingdom Hearts 4 information will have to wait after ‘a bit of a gap’
- Feature: 15 New Xbox Games Are Releasing Today, Plus A Day One Game Pass Launch
- Feature: 40+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Gamescom Sale
- Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (August 27-30)
- Godfall Dev's Single Player Action Shooter Armatus Takes Aim at January Release Date on PS5
- Hall of Legends’ Caps’ Best Ever Tristana Plays
- Here's 13 Minutes of Witcher 3: Songs of the Past DLC Gameplay
- Is Forza Horizon 6 on PS5 Still on Course for Release in 2026?
- Japanese Charts: Nintendo's Trio Of 2026 Smash Hits Keep It On Top
- Kingdom Hearts' Story Has Gotten So Complex That Tetsuya Nomura Says Square Enix Hired a Loremaster to Keep the Plot Cohesive
- LCK All-Pro Team Led by HLE Topside, T1 Botside, and Chovy
- Magic’s Most Expensive Banned Card Is Officially Coming Back, but There’s a Catch
- Manor Lords celebrates 4 million copies sold with a new major update which gives players the chance to become 'a cow-herding mogul'
- Modern Warfare 4 Marks COD's First Switch 2 Outing with Open Beta This Weekend
- Mr. Records Could Be The Next Indie Sleeper Hit On Switch 2
- Nintendo Download: 27th August (North America)
- Nobody Remembers The DC Video Game That Introduced Lanterns' Villains
- NYT Connections Hints Today (#1174)—Answers for Friday, August 28
- Once Human Isles of the Abyss Expansion Preview: Venturing Into the Unknown
- One of my most anticipated samurai games isn't coming to Xbox (or Play Anywhere), but it finally locked in a release date for PC
- Poll: What's Your Verdict On Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's Beta Campaign On Switch 2?
- Project Motor Racing Adding Nine New Cars, New Track Next Month
- PSA: Modern Warfare 4's Switch 2 Retail Version Is A Code-In-A-Box
- Road Kings is sometimes American Truck Simulator in a disaster movie, but delivering crates of ellipticals is fun too
- State of Decay 3 Announces Closed Beta Playtests Later This Year
- Stellar Blade Will Be Playable On Switch 2 At Tokyo Game Show 2026
- Stuntman: Hollywood Welcomes You to Jurassic World in Latest Trailer
- Take to the skies in a Porco Rosso-esque seaplane and search for your missing uncle while you help rebuild an archipelago in Lou's Lagoon, out today
- The Battle of the Mass Effect-Likes Continues, as The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Drops New Gameplay
- The Witcher 3 Price Quietly Increased Ahead of Remaster Release
- The Witcher 3 Remastered PC Specs Revealed
- The Witcher 3's Phenomenal DLC Is Now Completely Free On Xbox Ahead Of Remaster
- The Wolf Among Us Remastered gets a new Noir Mode when it launches this October
- Total War: Warhammer 40k will let you stuff your 'almost dead' Space Marine characters into Dreadnoughts so they can keep fighting
- What time are the Sonic power hours in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4?
- Where to find every boss in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4
Other
- All Pokémon World Championships 2026 Pokémon Unite Twitch Drop Rewards & How To Get Them 5
- Nvidia says it would be making a whole lot more money if it weren't for the memory crisis it's contributing to 2
- The Esports World Cup 2026’s Most Watched Tournaments 2
- Vitality Stunned by Inner Circle on jL’s Vitality Debut 2
- 2026 Demacia Cup Global Invitational To See Mid-Table Teams Compete in International Tournament
- 35 Years Later, the Best 'Calvin and Hobbes' Quote About Touching Grass is Still a Stone Cold Classic
- 40 Years Later, Hollywood Still Hasn't Learned the Right Lesson from 'Highlander'
- 70 Years Later, Pig-Pen's Best 'Peanuts' Quote Is Still a Definitive Comic Strip Moment
- Avengers: Endgame Encore Disney+ Release Looks Likely, Fans Say
- Chun-Li's Actor Ate 12 Eggs A Day To Prepare For The Street Fighter Movie
- Forget GTA 6, Here's the Biggest Gaming Video to Drop Today
- Gallery: Here's A Look At The Xbox Booth At Gamescom 2026
- Germany’s President Warns Of Downsides To Gaming, Including Games With “Extremist Ideologies”
- How you (yes, you) can benefit from 1-on-1 synchronous playtesting
- I can't believe Microsoft is this desperate to push AI — its latest rebrand reeks of corpo speak
- I have solved the male loneliness epidemic in Grand Theft Auto 5
- Ridley Scott's 116-Minute Cosmic Sci-Fi Thriller Masterpiece Is Officially Coming to Streaming
- The Biggest Action Thriller Epic of the Year Officially Arrives in 3 Weeks
- Top Gear Revival Confirmed, With Comedian Jimmy Carr Reportedly Tipped for Presenter Role
- Toy Story 5 Is Coming to Disney+ Next Month