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Pokemon Scalpers Hit New Low with Outrageous Listings for McDonald’s Toy
Courtesy of The Pokemon Company It’s no secret at this point that resellers will try to profit on pretty much anything with Pikachu’s face on it. Though Pokemon TCG products are especially popular…
Black Flag Resynced certainly scratches my nostalgia itch, but do you know what else does? Assassin's Creed Black Flag
I'm not sure we ever needed a remake.
Helldivers 2 dev cracks down on 'suspicious super credit activity', though it would help if earning premium currency wasn't so boring to begin with
"We're starting to implement changes that will tackle issues like this."
Tempest Rising's elusive third faction will get its own singleplayer campaign as a paid expansion, and you can play the demo right now
The Veti's Wrath releases "later this year".
Valve has rewired Counter-Strike 2's bomb to make it more spectacular, but potentially less deadly
Bomb has been supplanted.
The Sunday Papers
Sundays are for waking up before the sun and getting a bike ride in before the tarmac gets hot enough to cook an egg. Any sensible person would skip the bike ride altogether, but I, a nonsensical…
You can mod out the yellow filter in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
It was all yellow. But it doesn't have to be.
Obsidian game director is sick of hearing bad takes about the state of the studio: 'The through line from KotOR2 to our current games is pretty clear'
It's a bit early to write off a new Obsidian Fallout game because you didn't like Avowed, hey.
Digital Extremes finally reveal Warframe: Tau, the sci-fi shooter's long-awaited second solar system, and it's a gruesome place indeed
Digital Extremes's venerable looty-shooty mechabody extravaganza Warframe is finally getting a full second solar system, after a warm-up flashback tour in last year's The Old Peace expansion. The…
I've found my perfect summer game: A stomach-churning horror story about Czech train conductors built over a bafflingly deep simulation of a fictional subway
Rancid vibes only.
Steam has raked in an estimated $11.1 billion gross revenue so far this year, says market analyst—its 'biggest-ever six months'
PC gaming continues to embiggen.
Fantasy action-RPG Soulframe is open to all players for a limited time, with a new dark progression path, wolf mounts, and a Warsongs origin quest on the way
Soulframe , the fantasy action-RPG from Warframe creators Digital Extremes, is getting wolf mounts, a Warsongs quest, and a new Vadagar progression path or "Pact" that transforms your "Envoy"…
College Football 27 to remove microtransactions after player backlash, though EA maintains they were only added to 'give players more choice'
The goal for CFB 28 is "greater transparency and communication."
The Elder Scrolls Online's developer deserved better than to get sucker-punched by Microsoft twice in two years
$2 billion over 10 years can't save you from Xbox.
Handheld gaming PCs are cooked
Fancy a spot of pessimism, perchance?
Star Citizen's next update will switch focus to fixing its bug-riddled previous update, with bigger changes shunted to a later patch
"We're moving Siege of Orison and all instance-related content out of Alpha 4.9.0".
After 17 years, a developer has finally revived the dream of Hannah Montana Linux, an open source operating system themed around Hannah Montana
The era of Windows is at an end.
Mortal Shell 2 is the latest game to join the Grand Theft Auto 6 release crush, but I don't think it has much to worry about because it looks sick as hell
Cold Symmetry's soulslike releases in August.
What are we all playing this weekend?
Another horrendously hot Saturday, another wedding to go to. I am all in favour of love, but could we please reschedule it to a cooler day in the year? Mercifully this one's a London wedding and it…
Dear Magical Girls combines a tale of burnout with a tactical defence puzzle in which you shape and reshape a field of sorcery
I am just savvy enough with anime and manga to hesitantly observe that there are at least two broad types of "magic girl" story. There are the naive and upbeat ones in which the magic girls sincerely…
The Video Games You Should Play This Weekend – July 10, 2026
The video game industry is experiencing what can politely be referred to as a rough patch. Last week, we learned of Sony's intention to abandon physical media , which is dispiriting, and this week…
Guide a living landship through a deadly fungal world in Trailblazers, a roguelite colony sim inspired by Rimworld, Moebius, and Darkest Dungeon
If you are fond of Nausicaa, Moebius , Andrei Tarkovski, Jeff Vandermeer, Rimworld , FTL: Faster Than Light , fungus, coral, and furiously bright colours in general, you may wish to take an interest…
Exclusive Riftbound Reveal - Ambessa's Overnumbered Legend
League of Legends' trading card game, Riftbound, is nearing the launch of its fourth official set, Vendetta. And true to its name, the set is embracing "enemy" color pairings; matching up both the…
Rockstar have stayed mum on GTA 6 multiplayer, but they might be hedging their bets with a new GTA Online heist that boasts a "unique new level of replayability"
Multiplayer crime sandbox and massive money sink GTA Online is getting its first new heist mission in a little while next week, with balaclavas set to be donned on July 14th. The target of this shady…