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Microsoft's new Xbox Nano controller fits in your pocket
The $49.99 Xbox Nano is barely longer than five inches, aimed at kids, small hands, and anyone who wants console-grade controls without the bulk.
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Epic's New Game Launcher Was Built With AI Vibe Coding
Epic previewed a faster, Linux-ready game launcher it says was vibe coded with AI, part of Tim Sweeney's broader push to retool for AI acceleration.
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Epic Games Launcher Lands on Linux, Fortnite Still Missing
Epic's launcher is now in preview on Linux, but Fortnite itself remains absent while the company works out anti-cheat on the open platform.
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Rockstar says new tools should speed up next GTA
Technical lead Phil Hooker says GTA VI's engine and tools should let Rockstar move faster next time, though he stopped short of promising a shorter wait.
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Ocarina of Time Remake Is Scarier and Sharper Than You Remember
A hands-on preview of Nintendo's Switch 2 remake finds the 1998 classic rebuilt to feel modern, without losing what made it work in the first place.
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Ocarina of Time Remake Keeps the Dungeons, Changes the Face
Nintendo's puppet-like remake keeps Ocarina of Time's dungeons intact but swaps its foggy N64 look for hyper-detailed, diorama-style visuals.
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Ocarina of Time Remake Swaps MIDI for a Real Orchestra
Nintendo replaced the original game's synthesized score with real instruments for the Switch 2 remake, and the result outshines the visuals.
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Pokemon's $700 Anniversary Card Box Arrives on Amazon
Pokemon's two $700 Ultra-Premium Collections are up for preorder on Amazon, though only one of them actually matches the trading-card market's going rate.
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Microsoft Launches Xbox Labs to Track AI Game Mods
Microsoft is forming a new team, Xbox Labs, to study the wave of AI-assisted decompilations and mashups reshaping retro gaming.
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GTA 6 PC Release Reportedly Coming Early 2027
Industry sources say Rockstar could bring GTA 6 to PC within months of the console launch, a sharp break from its usual multi-year wait.
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Epic Pivots Disney Shooter to AI First Development
Epic is reportedly handing code and art for its delayed Disney shooter to AI models like Claude, with human developers relegated to overseeing the output.
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A TikTok Crocheter Built a 10-Foot Appa in 16 Days
She built a 10-foot Appa in 16 days for a Comic Con esports event, forgot to leave a hole for its head, and turned the fumble into the whole appeal.
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AI Tools Are Speeding Up the PS5 Jailbreak Wave
A wave of PS5 jailbreaks and AI-assisted decompilation projects suggests coding tools are speeding up the console hacking cycle Sony relies on.
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PS4 Horror Classic P.T. Gets an Unofficial PC Port
A coder rebuilt Kojima's canceled Silent Hills teaser in C++ and Vulkan, but you still need your own copy of the original PS4 files.
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Rockstar opens GTA 6 merch store before the game ships
Rockstar's new Grand Theft Auto VI merch spans a $30 cap to a $400 box set, and pieces are already selling out before the game ships.
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Forza Horizon 6 Lands on PS5 January 26
Microsoft's open-world racer is coming to PlayStation 5 on January 26, with its first expansion following soon after.
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Rockstar unveils GTA 6 radio stations and podcasts
Rockstar detailed six GTA 6 radio stations, from reggaeton to a Slayer-hosted metal show, about five weeks before launch.
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Google launches Playground, a space for user-made games
Google's new experimental platform lets anyone build, play, and share custom games, testing whether user-generated content can work in gaming too.
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Xbox Elite Controller 3 Leak Points to Drift-Free Joysticks
A spec leak via Xbox's own Design Lab customizer suggests the Elite Controller 3 will finally fix stick drift.
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Arc Raiders and The Finals Head to TV and Film
Arc Raiders and The Finals are both getting screen adaptations, though neither has a cast, writers, or a release timeline yet.
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Steam Is on Pace to Top $20 Billion in Revenue This Year
A record September and blockbuster Q3 push Steam past $16.5 billion for the year, with Valve's own hardware lineup still to come in October.
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Halo Combat Evolved Now Runs in a Browser With Multiplayer
A fan-made browser port of Halo Combat Evolved supports real multiplayer, and nobody knows how long Microsoft will let it stay up.
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Microsoft Says Xbox Is Not For Sale, But Overhaul Continues
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma denies Microsoft is exploring a sale, even as reports describe internal plans to restructure the gaming unit's operating model.
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New PS5 Jailbreak Hits Firmware Just Two Months Old
The Relapse exploit works on any PS5 running firmware up to version 13.6, closing the gap that kept jailbreaking stuck years behind Sony's updates.
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Pokemon Legends Z-A gets one physical bundle with all its DLC
Nintendo is finally selling the base game and Mega Dimension DLC together in one physical package, with no eShop download required.
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Candy Crush Maker Averts Strike With Union Contract
King, the studio behind Candy Crush, signed a collective bargaining agreement with its workers, heading off a threatened strike.
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Rockstar's $400 GTA 6 Box Doesn't Include GTA 6
Rockstar is charging $399.99 for an 11-piece Vice City merch crate, including Oakleys and a map of Leonida, while the actual GTA 6 game ships separately.
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Meta rolls out AI tools to build games for Horizon
Horizon Create and Horizon Studio let anyone prompt an AI to build a game, then push it straight into Facebook and Instagram feeds.
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Microsoft Hands Next Halo to Activision Amid Xbox Layoffs
Microsoft is outsourcing Halo's next game to Activision while continuing layoffs at Halo Studios, the team behind the recent remake.
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Microsoft Cuts 268 More Xbox Jobs, Ninja Theory Faces Closure
The cuts hit Halo Studios and other first-party teams, marking Xbox's second layoff round since July as Microsoft presses its gaming reset.
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Wiki Compiles Sony's Own Wording On Digital Game Ownership
A crowdsourced wiki catalogs how Sony has described PlayStation digital purchases as owned property, fueling debate over what buying a digital game means.
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Blizzard Workers Ratify First Union Contracts
About 1,900 Blizzard workers ratified their first union contracts, though pay and term details remain undisclosed.
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EA Used AI to Find NHL 26 Goalie Exploits Before Playtesters Could
A reinforcement learning system called RAID found six scoring exploits in EA's NHL 26 in one automated run, matching what human testers took hours to discover.
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Dbrand Refunds Companion Cube After Skipping Valve's Permission
Dbrand launched a Portal-themed Steam Machine accessory, took preorders, and only then discovered it never had a license from Valve.
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Steam Machine Sells Out in Japan as Scalpers Double the Price
Valve's gaming PC is already gone from Japanese shelves, while US eBay listings hit $3,500 and cheap Chinese clones carry serious red flags.
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Xbox Prices Jump Again as Memory Costs Spiral
Microsoft is raising Xbox Series S and X prices by $100 to $150 starting August 1st, blaming a memory shortage that has already pushed component costs up 2.5x.
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GTA VI Will Cost $80 and Its Disc Box Has No Disc
Rockstar is pricing Grand Theft Auto VI at $80 at launch — $10 above the current AAA standard — and its physical edition ships without an actual disc.
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GTA VI Starts at $80 - and Locks Shops Behind a $100 Tier
Rockstar priced Grand Theft Auto VI at $79.99 standard and $99.99 for an Ultimate Edition that gates entire in-game shops from base buyers.
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Star Fox Switch 2 Battle Mode Is Fun and Over Too Fast
Nintendo's Switch 2 Star Fox reboot finally delivers real online dogfighting, but only three mode-and-map pairings cap how long anyone will stick around.
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Star Fox Remake Is the Switch 2's Best-Looking Game Yet
A Nintendo 64 remake built on tight, linear design delivers visuals that Nintendo's open-world exclusives haven't managed to match.
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GTA 6 Will Cost $80 When Pre-Orders Open June 25
Rockstar has priced Grand Theft Auto 6 at $80, with pre-orders going live at midnight on June 25th.
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Steam Machine Starts at $1,049 as Valve Blames Component Costs
Valve's SteamOS gaming PC launches with a randomized reservation system and prices shaped by a year-long memory and storage cost surge.
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Roblox Takes Its Age-Gated Tiers Global
The platform is applying age-based account restrictions worldwide, framing it as child safety but leaving open how well it will actually work.
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EA Turns 120 Million Players Into an Ad Audience
EA Advertising sells real-time brand placements inside Madden, EA SPORTS FC, and College Football, packaged for media buyers as a 120 million-player audience.
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Xbox Loses Studio Head and Compulsion Games in One Week
New Xbox boss Asha Sharma warned of a company reset; now Craig Duncan is out and Compulsion Games may be closing.
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Anbernic Opens a Repair Parts Store for Its Handheld Consoles
Anbernic now sells spare screens, joysticks, batteries, motherboards, and buttons, putting basic self-repair within reach for its handheld owners.
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Valve Pulls Physical Steam Gift Cards, Blaming Scam Abuse
Valve will stop restocking physical Steam gift cards once retail inventory sells through, citing their chronic role as a tool for consumer fraud.
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Xbox Spent $89 Billion on Gaming and Still Lost Ground
New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Studios chief Matt Booty admitted the division is earning 3% margins after spending nearly $90 billion on gaming.
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Kingdom Hearts 4 Confirms Hercules and Elemental Worlds, No Date
A new trailer locks in two Disney worlds and a four-platform release, but Square Enix still won't say when KH4 actually ships.
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Ocarina of Time Remake Confirmed for Switch 2
Nintendo announced the Zelda remake at a June Direct, promising a 2026 release and very little else.
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Ninja Theory Shelves Project Mara Six Years After Reveal
The Hellblade studio quietly canceled its psychological horror project, announced in 2020, with no explanation given.
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Control Resonant Bets the Franchise on New Combat
Remedy's Control sequel ditches gunplay for hack-and-slash combat, and early demo impressions suggest the experiment is still finding its footing.
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Nintendo Direct Lands June 9
Nintendo confirmed a Direct for the following day, its preferred channel for game reveals, with no agenda released and about 24 hours of lead time.
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Xbox Bets on Exclusivity Again With Gears and Clockwork Revolution
After years of releasing Xbox titles on PlayStation, Microsoft is locking two upcoming first-party games to its own console and PC ecosystem.
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Xbox Turns 25 with a Translucent Green Series X
Microsoft's limited-edition X25 console wraps a Series X in see-through green nostalgia — a birthday stunt aimed squarely at collectors.
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Citizen Sleeper Creator's Next Game Casts You as a Fungal Parasite
Signet City puts players inside a fungal parasite moving through a collapsing city, the next project from Citizen Sleeper creator Gareth Damian Martin.
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At Summer Game Fest, Sony and Microsoft Bet on the Old Playbook
Both console makers used the annual showcase to recommit to exclusives and single-player titles, while the industry's harder problems went unspoken.
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Valve's P2P Networking Has Been Broken for Two Months
A GitHub issue against Valve's GameNetworkingSockets library reports a peer-to-peer outage that has gone without public acknowledgment from Valve.
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Steam Machine and Steam Frame Are Coming This Summer
Valve announced both products in a developer blog post with no pricing attached, reviving a living-room PC concept that flopped a decade ago.
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Belkin's $100 Switch 2 Grip Adds Battery Life and Better Ergonomics
A 10,000mAh magnetic battery pack and redesigned Joy-Con handles promise three to four extra hours of Switch 2 playtime for $99.99.
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Corsair Folds Elgato Stream Deck Controls Into a Gaming Mouse
The Nightsword v2 Wireless SD adds a dedicated hotkey tied to Elgato's Stream Deck software, cutting the case for a second peripheral on your desk.
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Nintendo Is Building a Replaceable-Battery Switch 2 for Europe
An EU regulation taking effect in February 2027 is forcing Nintendo to redesign its console for European buyers, a first for the company.
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Asus ROG Marks 20 Years With a $600 24-Karat Gold Keyboard
The Azoth Extreme Edition 20 ships with a real 24-karat gold finish for $600, with a matching $260 mouse for those who want the full set.
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Intel's Handheld Chip Could Beat AMD at Its Own Game
A hands-on preview of the MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus suggests Intel's Arc G3 Extreme is a meaningful step up for portable gaming.
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Acer Nitro Blaze Link Is a Linux Streaming Handheld, Not a Steam Deck
Acer's new Nitro Blaze Link runs Linux but skips local game support entirely, positioning itself as a PC streaming companion with just 1GB of RAM.
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007 First Light Proves IO Interactive Was Born for This Job
The Hitman studio applies its sandbox stealth formula to the Bond license, and the match is so obvious it's almost embarrassing it took this long.
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Lego Batman leans into couch co-op for summer
Legacy of the Dark Knight is getting early praise for mixing Arkham-style combat with Lego’s family-friendly sandbox formula.
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The indie game scene keeps churning out weird, worthy stuff
A quick look at recent indie releases shows undead co-op shooters and stylish hack-and-slash games are having a moment.
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SteamOS Gained Ground on Windows. Memory Prices Just Helped Microsoft
Valve has carved out a real Windows alternative for PC gaming, but surging RAM costs threaten to slow the shift.
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Someone Built a Phone Mount for Steam Controllers
It works, but don't expect your mobile apps to cooperate anytime soon.
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Valve put a $100 price tag on its Steam Controller. Is it justified?
A new podcast digs into whether Valve's Steam Controller is worth the hundred bucks — and why it's not your typical PC gamepad.
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Microsoft brings Xbox interface to Windows 11
Microsoft is rolling out Xbox mode to Windows 11 PCs, giving desktop users a console-like home screen for gaming.
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Someone built a Linux loader for the PS5
A modder released a tool to run Linux on Sony's console, escalating the familiar standoff between gamers who want full hardware control and a company that doesn't.