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 22, 2026 12 3
Xbox 360 on PC: a Game Pass leak confirms improved retrocompatibility support
An Xbox Game Pass PC preview leak reveals "improved Xbox 360 console support on PC." The Xbox 360 emulator Microsoft hid in its files is starting to emerge—and it's very good news.
Aug 24, 2026 4 2
The Witcher 4 targets 2028—and physical copies are already sparking debate
CD Projekt Red has confirmed at Gamescom the 2028 release window for *The Witcher 4*. Good news—except that physical editions are already posing a major issue.
Aug 24, 2026 8 2
Riot Games halts development of its League of Legends fighting game 2XKO in late 2026
Insufficient adoption, low retention: Riot Games to end active development of 2XKO in December 2026. The League of Legends IP failed to convince fighting game players.
Aug 20, 2026 11 3
Phantom Blade Zero: State of Play dives deep into gameplay and story
S-GAME took advantage of a State of Play to unveil new gameplay sequences and delve deeper into the story of Phantom Blade Zero. A Chinese action-RPG that is increasingly establishing itself as one of the most anticipated titles on PS5 and PC.
Aug 18, 2026 13 3
GameTrailers.com: two film buffs, a TiVo, and the invention of gaming hype on the web
Before YouTube, before Nintendo Direct, there was GameTrailers.com. Kotaku recounts the story of Geoff Grotz and Brandon Jones, two film school graduates who changed the way the video game industry creates its moments of collective anticipation.
Aug 14, 2026 3 1
Hogwarts Legacy 2: Everything We Know - Release Date, Gameplay, Story
The Journal du Geek compiles everything we know about the sequel to the Harry Potter RPG. Here's the current state of knowledge about Hogwarts Legacy 2: release date, price, narrative context, and gameplay evolutions.
Aug 13, 2026 4 1
Buckshot Roulette creator Machine Party unleashes a bloody, deconstructed Mario Party
Mike Klubnika, the creator of *Buckshot Roulette*, is back with *Machine Party*—a collection of gory micro-games where you run, crawl, carve, and smoke to survive. Combat as absurd theater.
Aug 8, 2026 16 4
Arise Dark Lord: Raise your undead army on a Tolkien-style map
Arise Dark Lord is an action-RTS indie game that puts you in the role of the villain: stylized Lord of the Rings map, undead army to build, humans to exterminate. We're hooked.
Aug 7, 2026 23 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