One Year Later, What Do You Think Of Xbox’s Most Recent Gears Of War Release? | Gaming

We’re obviously all eagerly awaiting the release of Gears of War: E-Day later in 2026, but before we get there, we thought we’d take a quick look back at the…

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10 Most Anticipated DC Comics For August 2026 | News World

DC Comics is on a tear lately, and even in the doldrums of summer that doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon. Basically, you’ve got nothing but bangers coming…

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What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 1-2) | Gaming

It’s weekend time! We’ve obviously got some big new Xbox Game Pass titles to check out including Halo: Campaign Evolved and Mistfall Hunter, and don’t forget that the Xbox Ultimate…

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I was excited for this Quake port of Half-Life until I discovered the creator’s wild AI conspiracy theories | Gaming

Students of first-person shooter history will likely know that the technology Half-Life runs on—GoldSrc—is a heavily modified version of the Quake engine. It’s one of many, many branches of id-tech’s…

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What are we all playing this weekend? | Gaming

I wonder what’s going to happen when we eventually run out of crusty old public-domain drawings to put in these. Hopefully by that point the standards of what’s considered ‘old’…

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What we’ve been playing – “The dev team all moved to Hawaii to make this one, and you can tell” | Gaming

1st August Hello, pinch, punch and all that, and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we’ve been playing. This week, Marie goes…

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Halo Campaign Evolved performed well on Xbox, but PS5 gamers give it a collective shrug — just 1% of PS5 gamers tried it, hurting Xbox’s brand identity for no real return | Gaming

Nobody could’ve seen this one coming! Much has been said about Xbox’s previous approach to its gaming portfolio. In a sprint to boost margin mandates seeded by Microsoft CFO Amy…

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Unity announces dedicated engine support for Netflix Games | Gaming

Unity has launched dedicated engine support for Netflix platforms, making it easier for developers to ship titles on the streaming platform’s ecosystem. Netflix has maintained a strong relationship with Unity…

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MY MAKER MANTRAS: Not Where, But Who You Are | News World

Not Where, But Who You Are July 31, 2026 Could YOU do what Marvel Comics has done? No, I’m not asking if you could build a 90-year-old multi-billion dollar multimedia…

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BeamNG.drive, Steam’s finest car pancake maker, gets its biggest update yet with overhauled graphics, fresh rally stages and a sporty new coupe | Gaming

BeamNG.drive‘s long been one of the easiest games to reccomend to a car lover cruising the streets of Steam. As Graham wrote in 2017, it’s a moddable sandbox dedicated to…

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Flamecraft Announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC | Gaming

by William D’Angelo , posted 2 hours ago / 342 Views Developer Monster Couch have announced the tabletop strategy game, Flamecraft, for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and…

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RuneScape: Dragonwilds revamps the agility skill and gives you Wipeout style courses to test your mettle on | Gaming

Skills in RuneScape have always tickled me because of the sheer variety on display, and this extends to Dragonwilds too. There’s magic, but then there’s woodcutting. You’ve got prayer,…

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Palworld 1.0 review: A solid creature collector with a mild identity crisis | Gaming

As a child of the ’90s-era pocket monster craze, I had what I suspect historians will call Monster-Taming Madness. A not-so-terrible, but sort of annoying affliction that meant I always…

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How a Bucket Full of Pink Cow Dung Became an Item in The Immortal John Triptych | Gaming

Summary How an improvised design element snowballed into a strange puzzle. The unexpected chain of reactions that weaved three titles together. A look into my design process for The…

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EA Sports FC 26 may have almost 10 million daily active users, a far larger player count than public data may have you believe | Gaming

It seems like EA Sports FC 26 has a staggering number of daily active users, according to one content creator who claims to have heard first-hand about its popularity from…

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A former Assassin’s Creed dev is making a ghost-hunting horror mystery based on visits to abandoned convents, in which your greatest weapon is a chunky instant camera | Gaming

What’s the next logical games industry career step after being a cinematic director on Deus Ex: Human Revolution, a lead cinematic consultant on XCOM: The Bureau, and a director…

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Nexus Mods update their generative AI-made mod tagging policy, dividing one label into three for more specific search filtering | Gaming

As you might be aware, mods made using generative AI – either to directly generate the likes of character voices or for tasks linked to development – seem to be…

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Xbox is officially getting 5 brand-new must-play games in August | Gaming

It’s been a strange summer for Xbox players, to say the least. While July should have been a celebratory month spent reminiscing about Halo, it was overshadowed by drastic business…

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“We will not live on past successes or be trapped by past failures” – Xbox CEO outlines priorities to turn platform around in FY27 | Gaming

Asha Sharma has outlined key priorities to help Xbox recover after it reported a $1.7 billion decline in revenue last year. In a memo obtained by CNBC, the head of…

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Satirical cartoons, tributes, lecture take stage at Tel Aviv’s Animix festival | News World

The Animix International Animation, Comics, and Caricature Festival will return to the Tel Aviv Cinematheque from August 4-8, offering five days of funny, thought-provoking, and visually stunning exhibitions, performances, film…

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The PS6 and Next Xbox Will Still Probably Cost $1,000, Even After the RAM Crisis Ends | Gaming

Gaming hardware is more expensive than ever. There’s a few different reasons things are as bad as they are, and I’ll get into them in a moment, but regardless of…

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Ubisoft’s NFT tactics game, a thing that still exists, is shutting down in October | Gaming

Nobody could have foreseen this. Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, Ubisoft‘s NFT tactics game, will be shutting down in October, as announced on its website and its official Discord. If you…

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All the RPS Supporter rewards for July 2026: space battles, messy desks, and puzzling dreams | Gaming

As previously explainderised, not only do we want to do a better job of rewarding RPS Supporters with exclusive articles and other fineries, we want to a better job of…

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Massive Fallout: New Vegas mod Fallout: New California hits GOG, offering another way to get some “proper, story-driven Fallout” in your belly | Gaming

DLC-sized Fallout: New Vegas mod Fallout: New California‘s now available via GOG, offering an easy way to give it a go if it’s long sat on your lost of mods…

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Waterpark Simulator Makes A Splash On Xbox | Gaming

Waterpark Simulator – making waves on Xbox For years, management game fans have been busy creating impossible rollercoasters, sprawling zoos and thriving theme parks. Now it’s time to swap loop-the-loops…

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Star Wars, Metal Gear, and Halo composer Kazuma Jinnouchi confirmed as lead composer for Guild Wars 3 | Gaming

ArenaNet has revealed the lead composer for its upcoming MMORPG Guild Wars 3. Kazuma Jinnouchi, known for his work on Star Wars, Metal Gear, and post-Bungie Halo games, is collaborating…

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Review: THE HORROR OF GODZILLA #1 | News World

From writers Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan and artist Tristan Jones comes a harrowing new take on cinema’s most legendary monster in the pages of The Horror of Godzilla #1….

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Xbox is (probably) not for sale | Opinion | Gaming

For much of this year, each new week has brought with it a new impetus for a rash of articles on Microsoft’s Xbox misfortunes. From deep wounds like layoffs and…

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Xbox CEO declares priorities after ‘reset’ | Gaming

After a major “reset” that saw 1600 workers laid off in early July (with 1600 more coming in the next fiscal year), and a number of studio divestments, Xbox CEO…

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20 years ago, Dead Rising showed a different path for open worlds, and more games should pinch its ideas | Gaming

Photojournalist Frank West is heli-dropped into the Willamette Parkview mall, following a tip-off that there’s something sinister going down in the sleepy Colorado town. Impressively undeterred by the sight of…

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