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A discounted OLED monitor, a fresh ultrawide review, a cheap mobile controller, and a stack of game bundles all landed at once. Here's what's worth your money and what to skip.
GTA 6 Pre-Orders Are Booming — Should You Buy a PS5 Now or Wait for PS6?
GTA 6 is topping the PlayStation Store worldwide and one French retailer is already discounting it. The harder question is whether to buy a PS5 now or hold out for its successor.
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SyndicatedSteam On Linux Dips Below 4% For August
Valve just published the Steam Survey results for August 2026. After jumping above 4% in July, in August it fell back below that threshold. Meanwhile CachyOS continues gaining ground among Linux gamers...
Read at sourceGood reviews are a 'great relief,' says Blood of Dawnwalker director, as former CD Projekt coworkers line up to offer congratulations
Rebel Wolves' vampire RPG is holding an aggregate 83 score on Metacritic.
Read at sourceStar Wars Zero Company Is the Andor Replacement No One Expected
Despite not caring much for Star Wars, Zero Company has drawn me in by focusing on the little weirdos who are just scraping by.
Read at source5 top tips from World of Warcraft housing creators for making amazing masterworks
Improve your housing game with advice from some of WoW's best home designers.
Read at sourceThat Grand Theft Auto 6 exclusive reveal worked out pretty well for Netflix: It was the platform's biggest show last week
The GTA 6 reveal showcase pulled in more than 31 million views over just four days.
Read at sourceThe future of GTA roleplaying remains in GTA 5 for now, as Rockstar touts new invite-only Nopixel V RP server
Rockstar collaborated with Nopixel Studios for the latest version of its custom GTA 5 roleplaying experience, which includes 1,000 ownable properties.
Read at sourceSkip the 5K monitor for gaming and go with a 4K instead — here's why
5K is even sharper than 4K UHD, but it's for a specific audience. As a gamer, you won't be able to get as much use out of it as you might think.
Read at sourceFinal Fantasy Meets Zelda in Steam's Best New RPG
Final Fantasy meets Zelda in Zenonia, the mobile-first RPG that's finally on PC.
Read at sourceResonance: A Plague Tale Legacy review
Rat's all, folks.
Read at sourceNew Avengers: Secret Wars Casting Announcement Sparks Wild Fan Theories
Avengers: Secret Wars is adding a Quiet Place actor Noah Jupe to the Doomsday sequel, leading to speculation about new X-Men and time jumps.
Read at sourceSick: Ace Combat 8 has online airbase lobbies where you can bum around as your own bespoke pilotsona
Unfortunately, it also has battle passes. War is hell.
Read at sourceThe Blood of Dawnwalker is a dark, moody, ambitious RPG that's brilliant one minute and broken the next
The Blood of Dawnwalker is a superbly written vampire RPG undercut by clunky combat and rough performance. It’s ambitious, flawed, and worth it for the story.
Read at sourceKen and Ryu work things out in a new trailer for Street Fighter
And Cody Rhodes isn't happy about what happened to his face.
Read at sourceRockstar Games unveils its official GTA Online RP server, mere months before GTA 6
Rockstar Games hasn't said much of anything about GTA 6 's potential multiplayer offerings, but the developer is making strides for GTA Online 's roleplaying community. A watch-only nopixel 5 closed beta is coming next week. Read more
Read at sourceDouble Fine will finally make Brutal Legend 2, but only if its new Kickstarter campaign reaches an almost impossible $100m
Almost two decades on from its first heavy-metal-infused open-world game, Double Fine pinky promises it'll finally make Brutal Legend 2… if the developer's new Kickstarter campaign somehow manages to scrape together $100m (about £74m). Read more
Read at sourcePlayStation argues "reasonable consumers" already know they don't actually own their digital games
As PlayStation's plan to scrap the production of game discs inches closer, Sony's lawyers are arguing that "reasonable consumers" already know that they don't own digital games. Read more
Read at sourceCD Projekt Red never considered charging for The Witcher 3 remaster, and says expansion Songs of the Past came from a couple of "happy accidents"
Polish developer CD Projekt Red apparently never considered charging players for the recently revealed Remastered edition of The Witcher 3 , and it has explained more about how the expansion Songs of the Past came to be, citing a couple of "happy accidents". Read more
Read at source« Avancer sans tuer personne » : GTA 6 cache une nouveauté qui va complètement changer votre façon de jouer
Dans une interview accordée au magazine Famitsu, Rockstar Games confirme l'arrivée d’une mécanique de jeu inédite dans GTA 6 qui permettra d'intimider les forces de l'ordre et les civils sans avoir à les tuer lors des missions. Une manière de répondre à certaines critiques…
Read at sourceParadox's Afterworld feels like the first grand strategy game I can properly wrap my head around
I've got a bit of a funny relationship with Paradox's grand strategy games. I love the idea of them, of waging and flirting my way across history on the most granular of levels. But despite my enthusiasm, and despite my best efforts, I've never properly cracked one: it doesn't…
Read at sourceAlienware 16X Aurora review: A thoroughly competent gaming laptop
The Alienware 16X Aurora pairs a gorgeous 240 Hz OLED display with solid performance, sturdy build quality, and strong upgradeability, though its size and battery life limit portability.
Read at sourceMortal Shell 2 dramatically improved in almost every way by first major update
On Saturday, Mortal Shell 2 received its biggest update yet, a little over a week after release. Developer Cold Symmetry was seemingly keen to address as many points of criticism as possible because the update touches almost every aspect of the game. The patch is available now…
Read at sourceCEO of Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group Brian Ward steps down after overseeing billions in mobile gaming acquisitions
Brian Ward, the CEO of the Saudi-Arabian-state-owned Savvy Games Group, has left his role. During his tenure, he oversaw $38bn of investment into various gaming companies, including Pokemon Go developer Niantic, and Monopoly Go's Scopely. Read more
Read at sourceLife is Strange and Aphelion studio Don't Nod probably facing layoffs again, as it announces ominous-sounding "transformation initiative"
French game developer and publisher Don't Nod - creator of the Life is Strange series and games like Remember Me , Vampyr , Banishers , Jusant and most recently Aphelion - seems as though it's about to enter another round of layoffs. Read more
Read at sourceLe moniteur gaming qu’on attendait tous est là : 4K UHD, QD-OLED, 240 Hz… voici l’AGON PRO AG326UZD2
Préparez-vous à revoir vos standards ! L’AGON PRO AG326UZD2 envoie du lourd, du très lourd même : dalle QD-OLED de 4e génération, définition 4 K UHD, fréquence de rafraîchissement de 240 Hz et temps de réponse ultra-rapide.
Read at sourceNvidia's top-end RTX 5090 gaming GPU now costs at least $5,000 — Blackwell cards continue to endure drastic price hikes
The entire PC hardware industry is in shambles when it comes to consumer products, and GPUs are one of the most affected components. Everything from budget options to high-end models is now significantly more expensive than what it could be had for a year ago.
Read at sourcePlayStation wants to replace The Roku Channel
Sony has just launched Live TV on PS5, a new free streaming service for PS5 players in the US.
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