“Buying any of our games helps support the studio”: Psychonauts studio Double Fine are the latest former Xbox-owned studio to get the rights to their games back | Gaming

Earlier this week, South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games shared word that they now own all of the publishing rights to their games, a welcome update in light of…

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Xbox App on PC Merges Steam, Epic Libraries [2026] | Gaming

Microsoft has quietly flipped a switch that changes what “the Xbox app” means. As of the week of August 17, 2026, the Xbox app on Windows PCs is no longer…

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The Blood of Dawnwalker’s console modes top out at 40fps, with no 60fps option at launch | Gaming

New console gameplay from developer Rebel Wolves and publisher Bandai Namco has confirmed The Blood of Dawnwalker won’t offer a 60fps mode on PS5 or Xbox Series X/S when it…

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Gorgeous and hazy pixel art horror farming sim Neverway has been pushed to 2027, but you can at least have a gander at some of the NPCs you can smooch | Gaming

Sorry folks, some bad news: Neverway, the horror life sim and RPG combo from one of the artists behind Celeste and the composer of Fez, has been delayed into…

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Can the Epic Games Store turn things around? ‘I don’t see how they can recover at this point,’ says Newzoo analyst | Gaming

Back in February Epic Games told us about its plan to overhaul the Epic launcher, with an update in June mentioning it would start up five times faster on average….

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Mega City Force Is Ready To Clean Up The Mean Streets | Gaming

Mega City Force – on Xbox Crime has taken over Mega City, and the authorities are running out of options. Mega City Force puts you in control of a squad…

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Roblox makes three of its AI safety tools open source | Gaming

Roblox is open-sourcing three of its AI safety models via the Robust Open Online Safety Tools Model Community (ROOST). ROOST is an independent nonprofit that develops and maintains open-source infrastructure…

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Raise up a mech pilot and make sure she doesn’t get Evangelion-level depressed in the sci-fi visual novel Valkyrie Iteration: Mecha Pilot Raising Pocket Simulator | Gaming

Raising sims aren’t a genre I’ve partaken in, partially because so many of them are geared towards a sort of father, daughter vibe that doesn’t quite fit me. Raising…

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Pop culture and comic book convention returns to Morgantown | News World

MORGANTOWN , W.Va (WDTV) – The Pop Culture and Cosmic Book Convention kicked off this weekend in Morgantown for its 13th show. The event, known as PopCon, brings together pop…

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Here’s What Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Looks Like On Xbox Series X|S | Gaming

Images: Pure Xbox The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta supports two performance modes across both current-gen Xbox consoles. On the Xbox Series X, both the 60Hz and 120Hz…

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Chromatic aberration is made manifest in NECHROMIA, a high contrast survival horror set in a castle made of something else’s memories | Gaming

Look, I love a PS1 horror throwback as much as the next whatever Gonzo is, but they don’t all have to look like Silent Hill or Resident Evil, do…

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Psalm 5:9-13 – A Short, Unsettling Horror Experience On Xbox And PlayStation | Gaming

Psalm 5 9 13 – out on Xbox Psalm 5:9-13 invites players into an apparently ordinary location, where things gradually begin to feel very wrong. Available now on Xbox Series…

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Modern Warfare 4 beta’s first update is live, adding a new map, mode, and toned-down footsteps | Gaming

Infinity Ward has deployed the first proper update to the Modern Warfare 4 beta, addressing a chunk of the feedback from the beta’s opening day, including footstep audio, weapon lethality,…

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Compulsion Games’ buyout is complete, so now Microsoft won’t get a cut if you buy South of Midnight | Gaming

South of Midnight was one of 2025’s seemingly innumerable highlights—in their 83% review, evergreen writer Andrea Shearon called it “a Deep South delight drenched in superstition and pain.” If you’ve…

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Tulpa the Unseen Lover is a psychological visual novel about a depressed manga artist manifesting a cute, ominous anime girl made by former Spider-Verse animators | Gaming

It’s very rare that I’m not thinking about the works of Satoshi Kon (pop on Tokyo Godfathers this Christmas, you won’t regret it), but the one that I always…

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Rover’s Tale developer Observer Interactive parts ways with Team17 as it moves to self-publishing | Gaming

Team17 is no longer publishing Observer Interactive’s debut title Rover’s Tale. Although separating from a publisher before release is uncommon and risky, the Middlesbrough-based studio’s CCO and design director tells…

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50+ Xbox Games Are Reduced By 90-95% In August’s Latest Xbox Sales | Gaming

Beyond that though, there are over 50 games on the Xbox Store right now that have been reduced by 90% or more, so we thought we’d do what we often…

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Shredder (Comic Book Variant) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1:2 scale collectible statue unveiled by PCS | News World

Premium Collectibles Studio has revealed its 1:3 scale Comic Book Variant edition deluxe collectible statue of the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles villain Shredder. Limited to 200 units and measuring…

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Deus Ex director and immersive sim legend Warren Spector is retiring, despite having “three games in particular” he’d still like to make | Gaming

Warren Spector, Deus Ex director and general household name of the PC gamingverse, has announced his retirement from game development. Though, he’s not completely closed the door on making a…

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Trainwatch is a life sim, a horror game, and a time management experience rolled up into a haunting story about the eerie places you see from a speeding carriage | Gaming

Recently, RPS has seen a mighty renaissance of train game reporting. Look to east, and you will find James doing locomotive kickflips in Denshattack, a J-pop stunt racer turbocharged by…

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What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 22-23) | Gaming

Image: Pure Xbox It’s the penultimate weekend before everything goes gaga for Gamescom 2026! Of course, I’m sure plenty of you will be playing a certain Call of Duty: Modern…

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This mod transforms Doom into a terrifying tactical shooter, and it’s partly inspired by another PC gaming classic | Gaming

It takes a brave soul to ask the question “What if Doom was an incredibly slow-moving tactical shooter?” In fact, it’s not a question I ever thought I’d want an…

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Silent Hill: Townfall’s new gameplay trailer quietly confirms how long its PS5 exclusivity will last | Gaming

A new Silent Hill: Townfall gameplay trailer has offered up over 18 minutes of first-look footage while also quietly confirming exactly how long the game’s PlayStation 5 exclusivity will last….

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Microsoft Prepares Expensive Xbox Series X25: Insider Reveals Price and Release Date | Gaming

The special edition console for Xbox’s 25th anniversary appears to be going on sale on Black Friday. Microsoft confirmed the release of the anniversary Xbox Series X back in June,…

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Compulsion Games officially separates from Xbox – “The team told me we would rather eat rocks and drink gasoline than be split up” | Gaming

Compulsion Games is now independent from Xbox, with management acquiring both the studio and its staff. “I did this deal for the team first and foremost,” CEO Guillaume Provost told…

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All of the pirates in Hooded Horse city builder Corsair Cove hate me because I can’t make them eyepatches fast enough | Gaming

Stories of pirates are full of swashbuckling, daring-do, and grog. But Limbic Entertainment’s city builder Corsair Cove reveals those hijinx are only a sideshow: logistics is the star. As the…

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Death Stranding meets party-based tactical combat in open world RPG Fog’n’Silence, in which you lead twisted humans through the Afterlife | Gaming

On viewing the trailer for Fog’n’Silence, I transformed instantly into a caricature of a Texan oilman. “Hoowee!!” I whooped, hurling down my ten gallon hat and firing my ivory-handled six…

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DC Just Gave Superman and Supergirl a Reunion That Proves This Elseworld Deserves More Attention | News World

Supergirl’s origin is based in tragedy. That much is obvious, given that, like Superman, she was rocketed from a dying homeworld. Kara, however, has a few extra layers of grief….

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Double Fine Owns IP and Publishing Rights Its Games After Xbox Split Psychonauts Studio Confirms | Gaming

Psychonauts and Brutal Legend developer Double Fine Productions has confirmed it has regained the IP and publishing rights for all of its games released under Microsoft following its split from…

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Still more GTA 6 details from the latest leaked video: traffic cameras, car trackers, and drivers that put up a fight | Gaming

Another seemingly legit GTA 6 video surfaced today via Cyberleek, this time showing a couple minutes of high-speed driving through Vice City. The clip (which we can’t link here, but…

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