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You know what I might have most about games? There’s no universal way to play them. You buy a DVD, you buy a DVD player, and aside from maybe a region lock issue you’re as good as gold. If I buy Snowboard Kids for the N64, and I don’t have one of those, well, I’m up a particular creek. That has meant that many a game over the years has been stuck to particular platforms, one of the most surprising being Jet Set Radio Future, to this day a game that’s still only available on the original Xbox, and…

With Baldur’s Gate 3 proving more than ever that the CRPG is very much alive and well, bringing a whole new audience into the world of digital D&D, I’m excited to see more games able to capitalize on that with all manner of new settings. Starfinder: Afterlight is already high on my 2026 wishlist, combining plenty of agonizing decision-making with a tactical battle system. It also boasts an impressive cast, and its first gameplay reveal during the New Game Plus showcase gives us a taste of the combat along with a glimpse of narrator Roger Clark at work. Starfinder: Afterlight…

Xbox and Obsidian’s action RPG, Avowed, is coming to PlayStation 5 next month.Announced in the New Game Plus showcase on Thursday, the PS5 version will release alongside Avowed’s anniversary update on February 17, along with a New Game Plus mode, new races, new weapon types, a Photo Mode, and more.Avowed’s PS5 release arrives one year after it debuted on Xbox consoles and PC, and continues Microsoft’s modern strategy of releasing its games across multiple platforms.Avowed is a first-person fantasy action RPG set in the world of Eora, which was originally introduced in the studio’s Pillars of Eternity franchise.Speaking during the…

The history of the Fallout games is a complicated one, but it was Bethesda’s almost $6 million offer that ensured it would be the steward of the franchise, no matter what it’s original creators might have hoped for.The Fallout IP was originally owned, published, and created by Interplay, whose internal Black Isle Studios made Fallout 2. Interplay licensed the franchise to Bethesda, but hit dire financial straits in the mid-2000s and was forced to sell assets in order to pay its staff. According to Brian Fargo, co-founder of Interplay, “the only asset they really had to sell was Fallout.”Speaking to…

Update 8th January 2026: Posting on Bluesky, Jason Schreier has called this article “a complete misunderstanding of what I said, which is that I wouldn’t be shocked if GTA6 does come out this fall, following the same delay pattern as RDR2”. I think this is a fair criticism of the introductory paragraph below and the fifth paragraph, in which I misread the line about not being “super shocked” as referring to the possibility of another delay. Apologies, Jason! Original story follows: GTA 6 may not yet be “content complete”, according to anonymous sources cited by Bloomberg’s scooper-dooper journoman Jason Schreier,…

How the tables have turned… AMD, once the king of delivering the most powerful integrated graphics on its CPUs, has just had its derrière delivered to it by long-time rival Intel and its just-launched range of laptop chips. The Intel Core Ultra 300 series – based on the Panther Lake architecture – includes a GPU that’s 50% faster than Intel’s previous Core Ultra 200 Arrow Lake chips and is far, far faster than AMD’s current standard laptop chips, its Ryzen AI 300 range. Intel itself claims the new Arc B390 GPU inside its top-tier Panther Lake chips is 73% faster…

Peak’s $8 price tag is easy on the wallet, particularly if you’re trying to convince a cash-strapped friend group to all jump into a new co-op romp. Co-creator Nick Kaman jokes that the $8 investment really reads more like a $5 to players’ eyes, and this is one of those jokes that has the unmistakable ring of truth about it.”We had this joke of, like, how much is a game really?” Kaman says in an interview with Game File (paid article link). “In a player’s mind, what does it mean to spend five bucks? Well, that’s five bucks. But six…

PUBG: Blindspot, the PUBG spin-off previously dubbed Project Arc, is set to take the early access plunge on February 5th, 2026. In case you’ve understadably started wondering if this is the extraction shooter which prompted my last bit of newsing about a PUBG spin-off, it isn’t. That’s PUBG: Black Budget, PUBG: Blindspot’s all about fights in which you’re staring at the tops of folks’ heads.

Lords of the Fallen is one of the most Souls-like soulslikes to come from outside of FromSoftware. There are some great innovations that still make it stand out – its dual-reality Umbral lamp mechanic lets you seamlessly view a dark realm layered beneath the actual overworld, for example. But its medieval gothic fantasy vibes and challenging combat will make any FromSoft enjoyer feel right at home. However, following the recent reveal of a new enemy type for upcoming sequel Lords of the Fallen 2, developer CI Games has been forced to defend itself from plagiarism allegations, with the company’s CEO…

Nintendo has released a new overview trailer for Mario Tennis Fever, confirming that the game will feature the most playable characters in the series’ history.The game will feature classic characters, including Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Princess Peach, and more returning Mushroom Kingdom favourites. Mario Tennis Fever will also include the debuts of Goomba, Nabbit, Piranha Plant, Baby Wario, and Baby Waluigi.Mario Tennis Fever will be released for Nintendo Switch 2 on February 12. You can watch the new gameplay overview trailer below.Mario Tennis Fever introduces Fever Rackets. These new rackets each have unique abilities, such as the Ice Racket, which can…