Beast of Reincarnation: Game Freak releases its action-RPG on August 4
Game Freak, the historic studio behind Pokémon, is releasing its action-RPG *Beast of Reincarnation* on August 4 - another step away from the world of Pikachu.
Jul 23, 2026 12 3
Bosgame E6 ECO: Intel's Wildcat Lake arrives in a mini-PC for $380
A 0.7-liter case, 12GB of LPDDR5X, two 2.5GbE ports and Wi-Fi 7 for $379.99: Bosgame kicks off the Wildcat Lake mini-PCs, Intel's low-power platform that succeeds Twin Lake.
Jul 24, 2026 21 4
The Zilog Z80 celebrates its 50th anniversary: a chronicle of the chip that populated our teenage bedrooms
The Zilog Z80, released in July 1976, is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. Much more than an 8-bit CPU: the matrix of our first machines, from the ZX Spectrum to the Japanese MSX, via the Game Boy and its direct descendants.
Jul 21, 2026 13 3
Game Pass, the admission of failure: when the director of Forza Horizon 5 talks about "faceplant"
Interviewed by Rock Paper Shotgun, the director of Forza Horizon 5 judges that "the Game Pass concept was good," but concedes that its economic failure contributes to the waves of layoffs sweeping through Microsoft Gaming.
Jul 21, 2026 21 4
The Apple Game Porting Toolkit finally changes the game for Mac gaming
A new beta version of Apple's Game Porting Toolkit turns an Apple Silicon Mac into a nearly respectable gaming machine. Proof that historical disdain for video games was not inevitable.
Jul 18, 2026 24 3
Ayaneo and Retroid: the new wave of retro handhelds steps up even further
Ayaneo finally reveals the name of its Game Boy Advance-inspired handheld, while Retroid increases the price of its Pocket 5 and Flip 2 in exchange for more RAM. Overview of a segment that refuses to stabilize.
Jul 17, 2026 6 2
My Hero Academia: United Survival - Confirmed Release Date for Mobile and PC
My Hero Academia: UA Battle Survival, the multiplayer survival game based on the My Hero Academia universe, has just received an official release date for mobile and PC. A Battle Royale filled with Quirks.
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Death Stranding 2: Kojima unveils a transparent CD player mimicking the BB Pod capsule
Hideo Kojima strikes again with a hallucinatory collectible: a transparent CD player tied to Death Stranding 2, its design replicating the game’s BB Pod capsule. Cult objects from Kojima Productions.
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Xbox Helix: Microsoft's next console would play all Xbox games in history
An internal leaked memo reveals that the next Xbox (codename Helix) aims for full backward compatibility—original Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, including discs. And this week, an Xbox outage made legitimately purchased physical games unreadable.
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Stellar Blade: Even hardcore fans reject Shift Up's 100% GenAI promo clip
Shift Up has released a music video generated by AI for the sequel to Stellar Blade—and the game's most loyal community, known for being uncompromising in their defense of the studio, is refusing to go along this time.
Jul 31, 2026 25 4
Palworld 1.0: 30 million sales, ~$700M revenue and one million concurrent players - the Japanese survival game finally enters the big leagues
The 1.0 release of Palworld propels Pocketpair's game to nearly a million concurrent Steam players and surpasses 30 million cumulative sales. A textbook case for a 60-person Japanese indie studio that shook up Nintendo.
Jul 27, 2026 6 2
FFXIV on Switch 2: 117 GB, the largest game on the console - microSD Express becomes a purchase variable
The porting of Final Fantasy XIV Online to Switch 2 weighs 117 GB and will occupy 46 % of the console's storage capacity on its own. Released on August 4, a mandatory monthly subscription is required.
Jul 26, 2026 8 2