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Motorsport is an incredibly dangerous thing to take part in. Think about it: you’re strapping yourself to a machine that harnesses the energy of explosions to propel you forward at speeds that, should you strike another object, will likely prove lethal. And yet so many racing games fail to convey the white-knuckle line between thrill and fear. A whole generation of digital drivers have grown up with on-screen racing lines that show them the perfect acceleration path through a hazardous corner and rewind systems that negate the impact of crashes. I did not expect Star Wars: Galactic Racer to be the game that addresses those problems. And yet it all makes sense – in a galaxy far, far away, motorsport takes place at vastly higher speeds...
Owlcat began life as a small developer, as so many do, but with plenty of expertise on the team. 2018's Pathfinder: Kingmaker, its first game, was successful, so the natural thing to do next was to make a bigger and better sequel. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous followed in 2021. Another Pathfinder might have followed, but Owlcat took a significant step forward with 2023’s Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, a sort of Baldur’s Gate 3 set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe game, rougher around the edges than Larian’s masterpiece, but no less meaty and with just as good writing. It’s a fantastic role-playing game, with plenty of choice and consequence. Many feel it’s one of the best Warhammer 40,000 video games ever made. It might even be...
Game Freak might be best known as the studio behind Pokémon, but Beast of Reincarnation looks like something very different indeed. This new action RPG swaps colourful creature collecting for a bleak, beautiful vision of post-apocalyptic Japan, where a lone warrior and her dog must survive a world twisted by blight. From the Beast of Reincarnation release date and story details to its one-person, one-dog combat system, PC specs, pre-order bonuses, and latest trailer, here’s everything you need to know before Emma and Koo begin their journey. Beast of Reincarnation Release Date Beast of Reincarnation launches on August 4, 2026 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. On PC, Beast of Reincarnation will be available via Steam and...
As promised, we have the full reveal of the Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond today, a first look at the weapons and armor it will include, and a release date. “Roll the dice to break the traitorous enemies of Super Earth in this historic crossover Legendary Warbond,” developer Arrowhead said. “Fight for Liberty without measuring distance, line-of-sight or your target’s chances of survival with potent weapons, formidable armor, and so much more.” In a post on Steam, Arrowhead said the Warbond is inspired by the Astra Militarum regiment, the Cadian Kasrkin, which most fans had predicted. “This deployment of advanced firearms, armor, patterns and more, has been recreated in honor of the valiant Helldivers who gave...
Ubisoft's excellent Assassin's Creed Odyssey is enjoying a big spike in active players, following the launch of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. Nolan's Ancient Greek blockbuster is on track to make a billion dollars at the box office, and has clearly sparked further interest in its setting. Indeed, engagement statistics published by Alinea Analytics analyst Rhys Elliot show that the film's launch has also driven thousands of players back to Ubisoft's 2018 epic. Assassin's Creed Odyssey has nearly doubled its active userbase over the past week across a combination of PlayStation, Xbox and PC via Steam. Xbox engagement was particularly strong, up from 36,000 to 84,000 daily active users, a leap of 134%. In what seems to be a canny...
Cyberpunk 2077 is nearly six years old, but fans are still reminiscing about some of its best parts, and its developers are still revealing fresh insights into its creation. Warning! Spoilers for Cyberpunk 2077 follow… The Hunt is a side quest where you join forces with River Ward to investigate a serial killer called Anthony Harris, who River believes has kidnapped his nephew, Randy. Fans have praised The Hunt for how it reveals the serial killer, who at the start of the quest is in a coma in hospital having been apprehended by police. The player picks up snippets of insight into Harris’ character as they search for clues as to Randy's whereabouts. You learn how Harris grew up and delve deep into his psychology through detective...
From the D-Day landing that opened Medal of Honor: Frontline to the Battle of the Bulge that capped off the American campaign in the original Call of Duty, it feels like videogames have already told and retold most of the major conflicts that occurred during the second world war. However, while players have previously stepped into the combat boots of soldiers on the ground in various settings from Sicily to Stalingrad, the events of China’s War of Resistance against the Japanese invasion have largely been overlooked. That’s where The Defiant comes in. This story-driven singleplayer shooter from developer Hangzhou Hoothanes Entertainment is set to explore the prolonged and devastating conflict from the perspective of multiple Chinese...
Giants Software and Straight4 Studios have launched a new, free DLC pack alongside a “significant new update” for Project Motor Racing. Update 2.1 includes a total rebuild of the handling model for the GT3 and GT4 categories, Alpha triple-screen support on PC, and more. The ‘Aussie Rivals’ pack brings one of the greatest rivalries in motorsport to Project Motor Racing for the first time, introducing the 2013 Holden VF Commodore and a “completely reworked” 2013 Ford Falcon FG. These Australian domestic models represented the last truly local clash between Holden and Ford, before Holden transitioned to the imported ZB Commodore shell in 2018 and the death of car manufacturing in Australia saw the Supercars series subsequently shift to...
EA’s CEO got an $8 million raise thanks to how well Battlefield 6 performed — four months after the devs responsible for making the game got laid off. Battlefield 6 was the highest-selling game of 2025, beating out Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and NBA 2K26. It sold over seven million copies in just three days and was the best-selling title across both Xbox and PC at the time. However, in March 2026 — just five months after celebrating the most successful launch in the Battlefield franchise ever — EA laid off an undetermined number of employees across all its Battlefield teams to “better align” itself around “what matters most to our community.” Now, come July, one of EA’s SEC filings have been released, showing that CEO Andrew Wilson’s...
The Steam Machine has been out for a little over a month, and while I spent the first couple of weeks testing it against the PS5 and different graphics cards, I wasn’t sure how or even if it’d fit into my daily rotation. But then this last weekend I came down with a cold, and I fell back in love with this little computer. Plugging it into my TV while laying on the couch, turning off the meters and just playing my Steam library? Let’s just say I see the vision. I still don’t think it’s necessarily worth the high price for everyone, especially if you don’t already have a robust PC gaming library, but now, all I ever want out of this thing is to pick up whatever PC game I’m playing at my desk, and run it on the TV without tying up my...
There's a chance that Final Fantasy 7 Revelation may not have a physical edition, but the director of the game is actively pushing to avoid that. When speaking with GamesRadar, director Naoki Hamaguchi was asked about the state of physical games and whether or not Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will receive a physical disc. Given the game is still almost a year away from release, Hamaguchi was unable to make any guarantees, but admitted that it is something important to him. “We’re still having internal discussions on what the exact SKU product lineup is going to be for Revelation,” said Hamaguchi, “So, I can’t say anything particularly definitive at this point in time. But I am working to make the arrangements to allow us to have some...
Speaking with IGN as part of our IGN30 Icon Series, Guillermo del Toro opened up about his favorite games — and while he gushed about many, one definitely stood out from the rest. It’s no secret that Guillermo del Toro is a die-hard gamer. He’s spoken at length about his favorite titles, most recently retweeting a sculpture of Resident Evil 2’s Super Tyrant with an excited, “Aaaaah~.” We got the chance to sit down with the acclaimed filmmaker at San Diego Comic Con 2026, where he celebrated the 20th anniversary of Pan's Labyrinth. During our chat, del Toro waxed poetic about the many games that have impacted him over the years, citing titles like Journey, Left 4 Dead, and Monument Valley. “Death Stranding made me cry,” he told us...
Halo: Campaign Evolved already has a bunch of mods, some of which are genuine quality-of-life upgrades, while others make silly additions, such as replacing Master Chief with Iron Man and CJ from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Halo: Campaign Evolved officially released earlier this week, and fans were quick to back all of its layers. Players swiftly discovered that the game has a secret ending, which seems to point to a remake of Halo 2. However, people are now using the foundation of Halo's Unreal Engine debut to mod the game to oblivion. Some of these mods are actually very helpful and make the game better, while others are, admittedly, very absurd. For starters, Halo: Campaign Evolved has a mod where you can swap out the ever-stoic...
Don't hold your breath for remasters of the original Dragon Age trilogy - they're pretty much impossible, BioWare's former Dragon Age boss has said. In an interview with FRVR, ex-Dragon Age series producer Mark Darrah was asked about the chances of a remastered collection of the first three Dragon Age games, similar to the Mass Effect collection. He noted that while he had previously envisioned a "Champion's Trilogy" that would attempt to unify all three games (since they're quite different from each other), he doesn't think it's likely anymore. Why? Because no one currently at BioWare understands the engine those games were built on, and as a result, it also can't be outsourced because all that institutional knowledge is gone...
“A good open world has a meaning,” Konrad Tomaszkiewicz tells me. And he’d know a thing or two about that – he directed The Witcher 3, after all. And so for The Blood of Dawnwalker, his upcoming open world RPG at new studio Rebel Wolves, it was clear that he and his team had to build upon the foundations of his previous project. “That was our starting point, that it needed to have meaning.” “When I'm exploring it, can I learn more about the lore, more about the story of this region, about the people who are living there?” he asks, all things that make The Witcher 3’s world rich and immersive. “When I'm playing open world games where I just have activities which give me XP and items, I don't get this enjoyment and fun from it.”...
Keanu Reeves has never guest starred on The Simpsons, but if he did, this is how his iconic assassin John Wick might look. Why has Wick been Simpson-fied? Well, of course, it's because he's the star of a new Fortnite update — specifically for its popular Reload spinoff mode. Players will be able to meet and unlock Wick for themselves (as long as they own the current battle pass) as they delve back into the game's excellent recreation of Springfield. Fortnite first hosted The Simpsons' home town during a popular mini-season at the end of last year. Now, the map is back for the game's Reload offering, which grants players three lives and quick respawns before they're out completely. With a match size of 50 players and Simpsons items...
From a distance, The Relic: First Guardian looks like it could be a solid addition to the growing ranks of B-list action games that punch above their weight. The sort of recommendation you drop your friends who are looking for something to scratch that itch between big games to let them know you’re into this action-game lifestyle, for real. Upclose, The Relic is the exact opposite. It’s clearly inspired by bigger games within and around the FromSoftware lineage, but doesn’t even come close to meeting the high bars they set. It doesn’t even execute its own goals well – shoddy and broken throughout, barely propped up by its engaging combat and let down by how lackluster or straight up unacceptable every other piece of it is. Visually...
The Ascent is set for a surprise major update to coincide with the game’s fifth anniversary — and it sounds like a sequel is on the way. Neon Giant’s twin-stick action RPG impressed players upon its 2021 release for its punchy action, highly detailed environments, and beautiful cyberpunk aesthetic. In IGN’s The Ascent review, we said, “The Ascent’s satisfying gun-tastic action-RPG gameplay loop mixes with its beautiful cyberpunk aesthetic to create an overall enjoyable experience. Neither its story nor its characters are all that memorable, and its enemy encounters can stumble toward the end, but its gunplay and ultra-violence in a neon-soaked world combine to craft a co-op-friendly game you don’t see every day.” Now, publisher...
During Amazon’s Gaming Week sale a few months ago, we spotted a selection of physical Resident Evil PS5 games - Resident Evil 2 remake, Resident Evil 3 remake, Resident Evil 4 remake, and Resident Evil 7 - on sale for just $16 each at the retailer. If you missed out on those excellent offers then, we have very good news: they're all back! While these aren’t the lowest prices ever for these games - that would be just a dollar less at $15, according to price tracker camelcamelcamel’s pages for RE2, RE3, RE4, and RE7 - they’re still the lowest points we’ve seen in a while for some of them. According to their store pages, this is a 30-day low for RE7 and RE4 remake, and a 90-day low for the remake of RE2. If you don't already have these...
Pragmata, Capcom's sci-fi adventure with an android girl sidekick, looks likely to get a sequel. That's according to Capcom corporate officer Yoshikazu Shimauchi, who stated that the chances of a Pragmata follow-up were high during a discussion of the company's impressive latest financial results (thanks, Bloomberg). As reported yesterday, Pragmata has now shifted 2.51 million units worldwide in just three months, which is certainly a solid figure for a new franchise. Already, there had been positive noises that Pragmata might get a sequel. This latest comment from Shimauchi seems to all but confirm it. "We're to a point now where we’ve got another IP that Capcom — and god bless them, has an arsenal — that we can continue to go...
Soulslike success Wuchang: Fallen Feathers will get a sequel, it's been announced, despite previous reports that the game's original development team had disbanded. Indeed, the project appears to have been greenlit at a new studio founded by Wuchang: Fallen Feathers creative director Xia Siyuan, with the aid of publisher 505 Games, which announced it had acquired the full rights to the franchise back in April. Despite a positive critical and commercial response, a follow-up to Wuchang previously appeared unlikely. Numerous reports stated that Siyuan had departed developer Leenzee, followed by various other colleagues, after studio bosses reportedly told staff to pivot away from post-launch support and onto other projects. Exactly...
There's always a foggy town that instills a certain fear, cryptic puzzles within that tense atmosphere, and an underlying trauma to ground the chilling horror. I had an inkling that Silent Hill: Townfall could nail the series' particular style of horror, and after getting three hours of hands-on time with it, I'm thrilled to say my intuition was spot on. This being in first-person definitely sparked the thought of what P.T. could have been, because my time with Townfall showed that the more intimate interaction with the environment can bring you closer to both the story it's trying to tell and the gameplay elements that give rise to such dread. I came in thinking Townfall would be just another direction the series could explore, and...
Rockstar has unexpectedly blocked in-game gambling features in GTA Online for players accessing the game from Australia. Australians are no longer able to activate gambling mini-games in GTA Online’s Diamond Casino, including blackjack, slots, poker, roulette, or the Inside Track horse racing mode. The free-to-spin lucky wheel is also disabled. These minigames were previously operating in Australia for the last seven years, since the establishment of the casino location in GTA Online in The Diamond Casino & Resort update on July 23, 2019. Other functionality and missions involving the casino remain intact and playable. The sudden block subsequently comes as a curious move in July 2026, several months after the March introduction of...
Capcom’s Q1 report for the 2026 fiscal year is out, and it’s making a lot of players uneasy. A quick look at the data shows that an overwhelming majority of Capcom's sales for Q1 2026 were digital — a whopping 93.3% of them, in fact, including both new releases and older games. That leaves only 6.7% for physical media sales, something that players can’t help but feel antsy about, given the imminent death of physical discs for PlayStation games starting January 2028. A closer look at these numbers shows that 60.4% of these digital sales were for PC, while just 32.9% were for consoles. This breakdown doesn’t come as a massive surprise, given that physical disc drives haven’t exactly been a thing on PCs for the last decade or so, but...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is taking over Fortnite as part of a brand new crossover. Epic Games has revealed a Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossover with Fortnite, which will also bring back the beloved web shooters. For those who have never used them, players can find Spidey's web shooters as an equippable item and use them to swing around the map. It's actually a really great way to flank enemy players, as they can fling you pretty fast, making it hard for players to keep track of you. Additionally, Fortnite's Item Shop will be adding Spidey's Brand New Day suit (complete with a removable mask so you can see Tom Holland's face), a Hulk skin, and a skin of Jon Bernthal's Punisher. Will there be a skin for Sadie Sink's character, heavily...
Halo: Combat Evolved sits in a pantheon alongside some of the best games ever made, so it wasn’t surprising that Microsoft would release a second remake of it eventually. However, instead of using a bespoke, in-house engine, this time around Halo Studios opted for Unreal 5,. And while that’s awesome for anyone with a high-end machine, it does mean it struggles to scale to lower-end and older hardware. That doesn’t mean the game doesn’t look good though. If you have the hardware to juice up the settings a bit, Halo: Campaign Evolved looks stunning, with excellent lighting and environmental detail. But unlike a lot of games that have come out this year, like Resident Evil Requiem and Crimson Desert, which are on much more flexible...
Double Fine, best known for creating the 2005 platform game Psychonauts, has laid off 25.6% of its staff three weeks after Xbox’s massive restructuring efforts were revealed. The studio announced the layoffs on July 28, 2026, confirming that this downsizing was a direct result of becoming an independent company after Xbox unloaded them as part of its own restructuring earlier this month. “As a small, tightly-knit team, these actions are not taken lightly,” a statement from Double Fine reads. “Only the survival of our studio would ever make us consider such a painful action. Our transition to becoming an independent company also means becoming a size that we can sustain. The people we are losing were all important. They all made an...
Call of Duty: Black Ops fans are growing frustrated by players who refuse to vote for different maps. The recent ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops have been a strong source of nostalgia for many, but some are irritated by how it has created stubbornness among players when it comes to voting for maps. In the original Black Ops games, players can choose which map they want to play on in the next match. There are always two options, and then a third option lets you pick a random map. Players have noticed that, despite the fact there are over two dozen maps in each game, they end up playing on the same small handful of maps every time. Black Ops 1 and 2 have iconic maps like Nuketown, Firing Range, Hijacked, and Raid, and because they're...
Sony has confirmed the PlayStation Plus monthly games lineup for August 2026 — and it includes Dying Light 2: Stay Human: Reloaded Edition, plus a bonus Marvel Tōkon pack. Available on both PS4 and PS5, Dying Light 2: Stay Human is the post-apocalyptic zombie survival sequel with top-notch parkour and an awesome open world. You play as Aiden Caldwell, a wanderer with the power to change the fate of The City — and also boot zombies off the top of skyscrapers. You don't have to do it all alone, either, as there's the choice of up to four-player co-op. "No patch can fix the forgettable main plot or the protagonist I couldn’t pick out of a police lineup even after 80 hours in his shoes, but Dying Light 2’s streets tell their own stories,"...
The quick, slightly lazy, but undeniably useful elevator pitch for The Blood of Dawnwalker is this: imagine The Witcher, but you’re a vampire in the Carpathian Mountains. That premise alone is enough to make a lot of RPG fans pay attention. However, there’s far more to The Blood of Dawnwalker than that surface-level comparison. With its grim fantasy setting, reactive quest design, vampire-human duality, and serious RPG pedigree, Rebel Wolves’ debut is already looking like one of the most exciting action RPGs on the horizon. At the time of writing, The Blood of Dawnwalker has reportedly appeared on more than two million Steam wishlists. Clearly, plenty of players are already watching this one closely. A Soaring Vampire Action RPG From...