DOOM: The Dark Ages just got its first major expansion, and the question for anyone who finished the base game last year is simple. Is Revelations worth coming back for? The short answer is yes, if you liked the shield-and-melee combat the first time. If you did not, this will not change your mind. Revelations … Read more
Where Winds Meet is one of the more ambitious free games you can download right now, and its arrival on Xbox with a new expansion makes this a fair moment to assess it. It is an open-world wuxia action RPG, meaning it draws on Chinese martial-arts fiction, with swordplay, roaming heroes, and a historical setting. … Read more
Halo: Campaign Evolved launches July 28, 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, ending 25 years as a Microsoft platform exclusive and placing the franchise on Sony hardware for the first time in its history. The game is a full remake of Halo: Combat Evolved (2001), built by Halo Studios (the rebranded 343 … Read more
The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series defined a particular kind of early-2000s gaming — fast, musical, technically rewarding, and broadly accessible. The 2020 remake of Pro Skater 1 + 2, handled by Vicarious Visions, was received well enough that a follow-up felt inevitable. That follow-up arrived in July 2025, developed this time by Iron Galaxy … Read more
What Is Star Fox? Star Fox is a rail shooter, which means the game controls your forward movement while you steer, shoot, and dodge within the available space. You are not flying freely through an open environment. The game moves you through each level on a set path, and your job is to survive what … Read more
Sony revealed God of War Laufey at its State of Play on June 2, presenting more than 20 minutes of gameplay for the next entry in the franchise. It is the first game in the series where Kratos is not the main character. That distinction now belongs to Laufey, his wife, known in the series … Read more
Free-to-play has a credibility problem. Years of games that offered a free entry point and then charged for everything that mattered have made players understandably cautious. The titles below earned inclusion by offering a complete experience at no cost, with any paid elements limited to cosmetics or optional convenience. None require spending money to be … Read more
Sony Interactive Entertainment confirmed on June 25 that it is laying off a significant portion of Bungie’s workforce, affecting most of the Destiny team and some Marathon staff. The studio, which Sony acquired for $3.6 billion in 2022, will simultaneously end all live content updates for Destiny 2. The game will remain playable, but no … Read more
Hollow Knight: Silksong launched in September 2025, crashed every major digital storefront on day one, sold seven million copies, and won awards at the Golden Joysticks, The Game Awards, and the Steam Awards. That part of the story is settled. What is new is what comes next — and there is enough of it to … Read more
Building a gaming PC on a budget in 2026 costs more than it did even a year ago, and it is worth saying that plainly before getting into specific parts. RAM prices have roughly doubled since late 2025 due to an AI-driven DRAM shortage, and GPU prices remain above MSRP across most of the market. … Read more