What's happening in gaming.

Polygon·2h

Larys Strong and Aegon II hit 'rock bottom' in this week's House of the Dragon

Matthew Needham says his scheming character has 'bitten off way more than he can chew'

PC Gamer·2h

Watch a new Total War: Warhammer 40,000 gameplay video and weep for your graphics card

It's gonna get krumped.

Polygon·3h

Denzel Washington's Equalizer trilogy is finally streaming on HBO Max

All three installments of The Equalizer are now on HBO Max. The action thriller franchise stars Denzel Washington as an ex-spy and current vigilante.

Kotaku·4h

Phoebe Bridgers Launches Itch.io Page With An Infinite Runner

The indie superstar breaks her hiatus with a RuneScape inspired single and a Subway Surfers style micro game

PC Gamer·5h

Dutch consumer group suing PlayStation argues the end of physical discs just proves its point: 'Sony alone decides what a game costs and even how long you are allowed to use it'

Sony's facing a challenge Steam is better poised to handle.

IGN·5h

Obsidian Director Blasts People 'Running Their Mouths' About How the Studio Has Changed Following Xbox Layoffs

Obsidian Entertainment director Brandon Adler is tired of seeing "cold take artists" who are "running their mouths" about the studio following recent Xbox layoffs.

Kotaku·5h

Expensive Games Are Fueling Steam’s Most Lucrative Year Despite Players Trending Towards Older Releases

While the industry crumbles around it, the leading PC gaming portal is seeing its highest gross revenues off surprise hits, new demographics and higher priced blockbusters

Polygon·6h

Christopher Nolan's first movie is waiting to be rediscovered (and for free)

Before Memento made him a star, Christopher Nolan directed Following. The acclaimed microbudget thriller is now free to stream on Kanopy.

IGN·6h

The Best Deals Today: RayNeo Air 4 Pro AR Glasses, Nintendo Switch 2 Camera, Apple AirPods Pro 3, and More

Kotaku·6h

Ubisoft Drops Claim That Monetization Makes Games ‘More Fun’ From Annual Report

Unclear if they can hear themselves talk, the new internal report also cautions against game development cycles taking too long

PC Gamer·7h

Christopher Nolan celebrates Backrooms' success, believes younger generations are rejecting AI: 'Their judgement of AI slop has been immediate and harsh'

I sure hope so.

Polygon·7h

7 years ago, Nintendo officially released the best anime RPG dramas of all time

Nintendo followed a soap opera model for Fire Emblem: Three Houses' storytelling, and it elevated it to one of the best Fire Emblem games

IGN·8h

Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 Support Crossplay Between PS4 and PS5, Activision Confirms

Activision has clarified that its recently released Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 ports do in fact support crossplay between PS4 and PS5, following confusion from players online.

Polygon·8h

Spider-Man is at his best when Peter Parker can't catch a break

Spider-Man has endured for decades because Peter Parker never stops sacrificing. Here's why Parker Luck is essential to Marvel's greatest hero.

Kotaku·8h

Brazilian Court Forces Xbox To Restore Hacked Account And Pay Damages As Players Grapple With An All-Digital Future

Microsoft reportedly assigned 12 lawyers to argue over $400 and some video games

Polygon·9h

Anime's top creators explain why AI can't replace the human touch

Ghost in the Shell, ZAN, and other anime creators say hand-drawn artistry, human imperfections, and creative intent still matter in the age of AI.

Kotaku·9h

Vanillaware Artist Moved Into The Mountains For Six Years To Create Lush Love Letter To Old School RPGs

Yoshio Nishimura’s Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle is a delightfully quirky love letter to the likes of Grailquest and Deathtrap Dungeon

PC Gamer·9h

Going from skull-cracker to safecracker in Dishonored 2

Revisiting the fiendish Jindosh Lock in all its frustrating glory.

PC Gamer·9h

Elder Scrolls Online studio echoes id Software, claims to now be the same size it was 10 years ago following Xbox layoffs

As far as silver linings go, this one feels stepped-on.

Kotaku·10h

Warframe Dev Calls The Sudden Death Of Destiny 2 Horrible News And Says It’s Terrifying To Not Be In Charge Of Your Own ‘Goodbye’

Business realities remain an existential threat to live service art

Polygon·10h

Moana's poor box office performance proves a decade is too soon for a Disney remake

Disney's Moana live-action remake had a similar opening weekend to flops like Dumbo and Snow White, indicating that Moana was remade too soon

Polygon·10h

After The Odyssey, Matt Damon can't wait to get stranded again: 'I've seen those memes'

The Oscar-winning actor reflects on those 'stranded Matt Damon' memes and his history of playing extremely smart characters

PC Gamer·10h

We're not quite done with 2026, but here are 9 videogame bangers that have defined the year so far

The best VGM of... well, the last seven months.

PC Gamer·10h

Analyst says Sony going all-in on digital is like the death of PC disc drives: 'Not a single person is complaining about it today'

"The conversation needs to shift to consumer rights and what a license should enable."

Eurogamer·10h

Summer Games Done Quick 2026 raises another $2.4 million for Doctors Without Borders

Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) 2026 has finished up raising another $2.4 million (£1.8m) for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. Read more

Polygon·10h

Nintendo Switch 2 Camera drops to an all-time low price

A GameSpot deal is offering the official Nintendo Switch 2 Camera for just $10 right now, so you can use one of Star Fox's funniest features

Eurogamer·11h

Steam's "no questions asked" refund policy makes it "super easy for players to abuse this rule", says indie developer

An indie developer who says they have had to refund 55,000 sales allegedly due to Steam's two-hour refund policy said it "should not be possible" for players to be refunded for games they leave positive reviews for. Read more

Polygon·11h

10 best Marvel Super Heroes cards for your Commander deck (in the 99)

Looking beyond the legendary creatures? Here are the 10 best Magic: The Gathering Marvel Super Heroes cards to add to the 99 of your Commander deck.

PC Gamer·11h

2026's best RPG might look like Disco Elysium, but it was heavily inspired by Deus Ex, and its creator wants 'to do a first-person game at some point'

The designer of Esoteric Ebb guides us through the games on his PC.

PC Gamer·11h

League of Legends' 'classic' mode has a release date, and it isn't just an old version of the game—players will vote on new patches, Old School RuneScape-style

It's a blend of eras, but fan favorite builds are back.

Kotaku·11h

Minecraft Adds The Ability To Sit 17 Years Later And It’s Reinventing Everything

Mojang, please don't nerf the cushion

Eurogamer·11h

God of War Laufey studio hints at 2027 release window following tweet that assures players it "will be available on disc"

We may not know the precise release date of the upcoming God of War Laufey, but a new tweet suggests we'll get it before the end of 2027. Read more

Eurogamer·12h

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls' single-player Episode Modes have been written by legendary writer, Kieron Gillen

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls' single-player mode, Episode Mode, has been written by legendary comic writer and former games journalist, Kieron Gillen. Read more

Kotaku·12h

Christopher Nolan Says Young People Absolutely Hate AI: ‘In Filmmaking It’s Hitting At Exactly The Wrong Time’

The Odyssey director says it's hitting at the wrong time for Hollywood

PC Gamer·13h

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.

Eurogamer·13h

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis actor wraps up "on the last official session" of recording

Alix Wilton Regan, the new voice behind Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog's new Lara Croft, has confirmed she has finished up recording for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis. Read more

PC Gamer·14h

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."

PC Gamer·15h

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".

PC Gamer·16h

Valve has rewired Counter-Strike 2's bomb to make it more spectacular, but potentially less deadly

Bomb has been supplanted.

Eurogamer·17h

The Descent - how game devs learned to love ladders

Before Xbox closed Arkane Austin , the studio had 20 design philosophies plastered on its walls. One read, succinctly, "Fuck ladders." Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun·18h

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 person, have agreed to a ride across the cou

PC Gamer·23h

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.

PC Gamer·1d

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.

Eurogamer·1d

Warframe's next major update blends Blade Runner, The Sopranos, and film noir in a whole new solar system, coming later this year

Digital Extremes has wrapped up this year's Tennocon Live event with a massive reveal trailer for Warframe 's next major update: Warframe: Tau. This update brings players to a Blade Runner and Sopranos-inspired locale, and tackles themes of

Rock Paper Shotgun·1d

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 developers have just screened a first look a

IGN·1d

TennoCon 2026: Everything Announced at the Warframe and Soulframe Fan Event

Here's everything announced at TennoCon 2026, including all the latest news and trailers on Warframe and Soulframe.

Kotaku·1d

Official Avengers: Doomsday Art Gives Clearest Look At Returning X-Men, Mystique’s Awful New Haircut

Raven, Magneto is a fake friend he should not have let you leave the house looking like that

Eurogamer·1d

"This is our Spider-Man 3" - Soulfame's Warsong update adds "edgelord" progression path later this year

Digital Extremes has revealed a lenghty new gameplay trailer for its fantasy action game Soulframe. It's next major update - Warsong - adds a new quest. It'll also come with rideable mounts and "vegan" fishing. Read more

IGN·1d

The Best Deals Today: LEGO Technic McLaren P1, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, 4K Blu-rays, and More

Kotaku·1d

Meta Removes Latest AI Integration On Instagram Following SAG-AFTRA Backlash

Designed to feed its new ‘Muse Image’ tool, Meta opted in users' their posts used for training material without permission

Kotaku·1d

Microsoft Responds To Racist Conspiracy Theories About Layoffs: ‘They Were Not Made To Replace Employees With Foreign Workers’

After a miserable week at the company, Microsoft's communications lead makes time to address the least legitimate criticism of its CEO

PC Gamer·1d

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.

Kotaku·1d

EA Reverses Course On College Football 27 Microtransactions Following Player Revolt

The latest scandal between EA and student athletics stems from previously free progression features in the Road to Glory and Dynasty modes being paywalled

PC Gamer·1d

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.

Rock Paper Shotgun·1d

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" character into the lovechild of Soulcalibur's Iv

PC Gamer·1d

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."

Eurogamer·1d

id Software insists in new statement that it still has "the crew we need to build the games and tech we're known for"

id Software has posted a brief statement on social media, thanking players and well-wishers "for the support" and insisting that despite the recent job cuts, "we still have the crew we need to build the games." Read more

Kotaku·1d

Obsidian Game Director Hits Back At ‘Cold Take Artists’ ‘Running Their Mouths’ About The Studio In The Wake Of Layoffs

Obsidian is reportedly still working on Avowed 2 as it spins up a new Fallout

PC Gamer·1d

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.

Kotaku·1d

Palworld’s Massively Popular 1.0 Update Has Altered Several Designs To Make Them Less Pokémon-Like

Early access isn't the only thing that Palworld's is leaving behind in its 1.0 release, as several Pokémon -esque designs have been changed in the new update