Beast of Reincarnation is the most interesting thing Game Freak has done in years, and that has nothing to do with Pokémon. This is the studio’s first major original game outside that franchise and its first release ever on PlayStation and Xbox. Published by Fictions and out since August 4, it is a mature action … Read more
Wuthering Waves arrived on Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass on July 10, giving console players a free way into one of the more demanding free-to-play RPGs around. It is a big, fast game with a lot of systems layered on top of each other. This guide covers what actually matters in your first several … 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
Gen Con opens in Indianapolis on July 30 — one month from today — and for four days the Indiana Convention Center becomes the closest thing tabletop gaming has to a world capital. Last year drew a record 72,000 attendees. This year’s lineup gives them good reason to return. What Gen Con Is Gen Con … 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
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
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
Daggerheart, the original tabletop RPG from Critical Role’s publishing arm Darrington Press, released on May 20, 2025 and immediately sold out worldwide. Business Insider reported the launch sold out in under a week, with the company’s chief operating officer noting that a year’s expected supply lasted just two weeks. More than a year later, the … Read more
The Steam Summer Sale runs June 25 through July 9, 2026, opening at 10am Pacific and closing at the same time two weeks later. It is Valve’s biggest discount event of the year, and one mechanic matters more than usual this time: prices lock on day one. There are no flash deals, no daily rotations, … Read more
Sandfall Interactive is a French studio that had never released a game before April 24, 2025. Their internal target for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was a Metacritic score around 80. They would have been happy with that, they said. The game ended up at 92 on Metacritic with a user score of 9.5 across over … Read more