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IGNTomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Could Be Great, But There's Some Things We Can't Ignore...IGN14 Predictions for the September 2026 Nintendo Direct and Zelda 40th Anniversary DirectIGN'No One Puts Double Fine Out of Business Except for Me' — Tim Schafer Explains How He Kept Double Fine Afloat After Leaving XboxIGNgamescom Apologizes for Its Initial Response to Thefts, Promises Improved Security MeasuresIGNHalloween: The Game Review So FarIGNFury of Dracula (5th Edition) Board Game ReviewIGNTetris Responds After Trump Administration Launches 'Build the Wall' Clone GameIGN9 Game and Movie Trailers Worth Watching This WeekIGNRockstar Censors GTA 6 Extended Look Trailer for ChinaIGNBungie Confirms Plans to Sublease Parts of Its Enormous Bellevue Headquarters Following Mass LayoffsIGNTomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Could Be Great, But There's Some Things We Can't Ignore...IGN14 Predictions for the September 2026 Nintendo Direct and Zelda 40th Anniversary DirectIGN'No One Puts Double Fine Out of Business Except for Me' — Tim Schafer Explains How He Kept Double Fine Afloat After Leaving XboxIGNgamescom Apologizes for Its Initial Response to Thefts, Promises Improved Security MeasuresIGNHalloween: The Game Review So FarIGNFury of Dracula (5th Edition) Board Game ReviewIGNTetris Responds After Trump Administration Launches 'Build the Wall' Clone GameIGN9 Game and Movie Trailers Worth Watching This WeekIGNRockstar Censors GTA 6 Extended Look Trailer for ChinaIGNBungie Confirms Plans to Sublease Parts of Its Enormous Bellevue Headquarters Following Mass Layoffs
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IGNNewsabout 2 hours agoTomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Could Be Great, But There's Some Things We Can't Ignore...Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis shows massive potential, but controversial changes like skill trees and modern hand-holding threaten to frustrate fans. And some of that food looks very suspicious.
IGNNewsabout 11 hours ago14 Predictions for the September 2026 Nintendo Direct and Zelda 40th Anniversary DirectIGN's Logan Plant shares 14 predictions for the pair of Nintendo Directs airing in the coming days.
IGNNewsabout 12 hours ago'No One Puts Double Fine Out of Business Except for Me' — Tim Schafer Explains How He Kept Double Fine Afloat After Leaving XboxTim Schafer, game designer and founder of Psychonauts developer Double Fine, gave a strong response after Xbox divested the studio as part of its massive restructuring efforts this summer.
IGNNewsabout 13 hours agogamescom Apologizes for Its Initial Response to Thefts, Promises Improved Security Measuresgamescom has provided a second response regarding the theft of developers’ equipment during its event, offering an apology for its initial reaction to the ordeal.
IGNNewsabout 13 hours agoHalloween: The Game Review So FarSo far this asymmetrical horror game is more trick than treat.
IGNNewsabout 13 hours agoFury of Dracula (5th Edition) Board Game Review
IGNLaunchabout 14 hours agoTetris Responds After Trump Administration Launches 'Build the Wall' Clone GameOfficial Tetris pages have responded after the Trump administration launched a clone video game called 'Build the Wall.'
IGNNewsabout 15 hours ago9 Game and Movie Trailers Worth Watching This WeekStreet Fighter, Stranger Than Heaven, buzzy festival movies, horror schlock, a super-stylish indie, and more.
IGNNewsabout 16 hours agoRockstar Censors GTA 6 Extended Look Trailer for ChinaRockstar Games has published a heavily censored version of the Grand Theft Auto 6 extended look reveal for China.
IGNNewsabout 16 hours agoBungie Confirms Plans to Sublease Parts of Its Enormous Bellevue Headquarters Following Mass LayoffsBungie has responded after announcing plans to sublease 210,984-square feet of its massive headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, saying this move reflects its continued focus on a “digital first” model.
IGNNewsabout 17 hours agoUpcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games: Release Dates for 2026 and BeyondBuilding up the Switch 2 library.- XboxLaunchabout 17 hours agoRack up Points in Arcade Hit Railbreak DX, Out Now on XBOX Series X|S & XPAHello and welcome to the highest-octane arcade experience of your life! I’m Julia Wolbach, and I’m stoked to tell you all about Railbreak DX, a gore-geous on-rails shooter releasing today on XBOX Series X|S & XPA today w
IGNNewsabout 17 hours agoGTA 6 for Xbox: You Can Save $10, Today OnlyXbox owners can save $10 on Grand Theft Auto 6's ultimate edition using this simple workaround (but it's only available today).- PlayStationNewsabout 20 hours agoShare of the Week: TreesLast week, we asked you to share trees from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: honeysinghzzz shares Atsu beneath a windswept tree in Ghost of Yōtei lumxte shares Aloy wanderi
NintendoLaunchabout 20 hours agoNintendo and Laced Records - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild vinyl soundtrack collection available today!The score from the epic adventure in a collectible double LP or premium 8-LP box set now available From the haunting piano notes of its main theme to the heart-swelling orchestral finale of “Epilogue,” The Legend of Zelda™: Breath of the Wild has on…
GameSpotNewsabout 20 hours agoGame Director Finally Addresses His Rumored Foot Fetish–Wait, Not Kojima, The Other OneA prolific Japanese game developer has finally addressed all that weird foot imagery in his video games. What? No, I'm not talking about Hideo Kojima (he's busy hanging out with The Backrooms director right now, anyway).
GameSpotNewsabout 21 hours agoXbox’s New TCL Partnership Couldn’t Come At A Worse TimeXbox has announced a new partnership with TCL, which will see the Xbox app added to "select" models from the brand. This means that owners of those TCL TVs won't need to spend $500 on an Xbox Series S or $800 on an Xbox 
GameSpotNewsabout 22 hours agoTwo Nintendo Directs Announced For Next Week, Including A Zelda PresentationNot one, but two Nintendo Directs are coming next week. Nintendo has confirmed that a Legend of Zelda Direct will be held on September 8 at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET, and it'll be followed by a Nintendo Direct on September 9 at- PlayStationNewsabout 24 hours agoPlayStation Store: August 2026’s top downloadsIt’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped last month’s download charts. In August, EA Sports Madden NFL 27 and MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls led the PS5 charts in the US. In the EU, Call of Du
GameSpotNewsabout 24 hours agoSteam Has Generated $15 Billion In Revenue So Far In 2026, And New Games Are A Big Part Of ItAs the platform that gets the lion's share of PC game sales, Steam naturally makes a lot of money every year from commissions, publishing fees, and more through its storefront. But how much cash has it made so far in 202
GameSpotLaunch1 day agoGTA 6 Online Could Struggle To Pull Players Away From GTA Online, Says Valve VeteranWhat's the biggest question about Grand Theft Auto 6 ? Easily Rockstar's plans for GTA Online, and how it'll factor into the post-launch plans of GTA 6. Considering just how consistently popular GTA Online has been for t- PlayStationLaunch1 day ago(For Southeast Asia) Until Dawn 2 launches January 28Hi everyone! I’m Stu Tilley from Firesprite, and I’m thrilled to say it: Until Dawn 2 launches on PS5 on January 28, 2027. Get ready, because every choice you make is going to matter. Will you guide all the team of fake
GameSpotNews1 day agoGTA 6 Is Completely Changing How You Steal CarsCarjacking in Grand Theft Auto games has been, as the title denotes, a staple of the series. Up until now, it's largely been the same. While there have been more details and animations added over the years, the premise h
GameSpotNews1 day agoThe Last of Us Season 3 Did Not Include Naughty Dog’s Involvement For Creative ChoicesWriter-director Neil Druckmann dropped out of HBO's The Last of Us TV show to focus on Naughty Dog's gaming output, including Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. In a new interview, he said Season 3--which, again, he had
GameSpotNews1 day agoDungeons And Dragons Icons Could Take The TTRPG To A Modern-Day SettingThe D&D Icons initiative , led by actor and longtime D&D fanatic Joe Manganiello, brings today's Dungeons & Dragons game together with famous series creators of the past, like author R.A. Salvatore's The Legend of Drizzt
GameSpotNews1 day agoThe New Gundam Game Has A Collector’s Edition Just For Gunpla Sickos Like MeGundam Rogue Orbit is a break from tradition for Bandai Namco, as new entries in the franchise typically debut as an anime series first, then as a line of collectible model kits. But this Gundam is arriving first as a vi
GameSpotNews2 days agoGame Pass Is Getting Worse, And More ExpensiveMicrosoft has made a big announcement about one of the big perks of Xbox Game Pass, cloud streaming, and the news is not great. Starting in November, Microsoft will put limits on how many hours per month people can use t
GameSpotLaunch2 days agoA Long-Dormant Blizzard Franchise Could Be Coming To Dungeons And DragonsDungeons & Dragons is no stranger to crossovers with other IP, and a collaboration with Blizzard's World of Warcraft also already on the way. However, that may not be the only Blizzard crossover we get in D&D, as both Wi
GameSpotLaunch2 days agoD&D’s World Of Warcraft Crossover May Not Be A One-Way StreetDungeons & Dragons fans will soon be exploring the dangerous lands of Azeroth, as World of Warcraft is coming to the tabletop game . Wizards of the Coast (WotC) and Blizzard have gone all-out with this crossover, as not NintendoLaunch2 days agoBlast off on an out-of-this-world adventure in Orbitals!Grab a friend and launch into Orbitals, an intergalactic 2-player co-op adventure set in a wholly new retro anime world. Team up as Maki and Omura, two inseparable explorers with a whole lot more determination than experience. You’ll brave the peril…
- PlayStationNews2 days agoState of Play & State of Play Japan: all announcements, trailersTwo shows, over 30 games. Today’s double-sized State of Play brings together creatives from the world over to debut new games, share deep gameplay dives and fresh insights, reveal release dates, and much more. We’ve wrap
- PlayStationNews2 days agoRhapsody in Scarlet announced for PS5We’re thrilled to have revealed Rhapsody in Scarlet, a brand-new action game for PlayStation 5, during today’s State of Play and State of Play Japan. Set in the jazz-filled streets of 1920s New York, Rhapsody in Scarlet
- PlayStationLaunch2 days agoFate/Extra Record launches Jan 28 2027 on PS5 & PS4During today’s State of Play, we announced that Fate/Extra Record, developed by Type-Moon, will be releasing worldwide on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on January 28, 2027! We know everyone’s been patiently waiting to
- PlayStationLaunch2 days agoFinal Fantasy VII Revelation launches on PS5 April 8, 2027During today’s PlayStation State of Play broadcast, we revealed substantial new gameplay footage for Final Fantasy VII Revelation, and confirmed that the game will launch for PlayStation 5 on April 8, 2027. The anticipat
NintendoNews3 days agoIcon elements inspired by the Fire Emblem Engage game are here for a limited timeTime to refresh your user icon? Redeem your My Nintendo™ Platinum Points* for exclusive rewards, including icon elements you can use to create a new look for your user icon! Icon elements featuring the Fire Emblem™ Engage game are available at these…
NintendoLaunch4 days agoFree update now available for Mario Kart 8 DeluxeA free update* to the Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe game is available now. This update features several enhancements to the game when playing on the Nintendo Switch™ 2 system. Eight players on one system With one Nintendo Switch 2 system, and enough controll…
NintendoNews4 days agoNew update for Nintendo Switch Online members!Oh, hey, classic game fans! If you’ve been looking to create (or recreate) some retro memories, Nintendo Switch Online members* can get access to a wide variety of classic goodies from the following systems: Super NES™ Game Boy™ NES™ And would you l…
NintendoNews5 days agoMy Nintendo August Wrap-UpThe Pokémon™ Pokopia Expansion Pass Paid DLC* is available now! Check out fun rewards inspired by this title, along with other fun games like Star Fox™ and more! Rewards featuring the Pokémon™ Pokopia Pokémon Pokopia notebook Pokémon Pokopia noteboo…
NintendoNews5 days agoCause a bit of chaos with these example builds for Splatoon Raiders!If there's one thing to know about the Splatoon™ Raiders game, it's all about cooking up delicious weapon and gadget builds to creatively take out a sea of Salmonids. One can say there's a bit of fin-maxing involved… ... Anyway! Those eggheads over …
NintendoLaunch8 days agoThe path to becoming Elden Lord begins today!ELDEN RING Tarnished Edition is now available for the Nintendo Switch™ 2 system! This version of the game also includes the expansion, “Shadow of the Erdtree,” additional armor, and custom skins for Torrent, your spectral steed. Unravel the mysterie…
NintendoNews9 days agoThe classic stealth action series returns with METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2Experience Solid Snake's faithful last mission in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and the rise of Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (HD Collection version). Each of these games also includes a Screenplay Book containing the text fr…
NintendoNews9 days agoBlockbuster Sale: Save big on select digital games!From now until Sept. 9 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Go big with deals on hit digital games for the Nintendo Switch™ 2 and Nintendo Switch systems. Shop the full sale on Nintendo Store or Nintendo eShop on your device to purchase and download games so you can s…
NintendoNews10 days agoPlay the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta this weekend!Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 comes out for the Nintendo Switch™ 2 system on Oct. 23, but you can explore some of its multiplayer* and single-player content this weekend! From Aug. 28 at 10:00 a.m. PT to Sept. 1 at 10:00 a.m. PT, players with a N…
NintendoNews11 days agoTwo new Nintendo Switch 2 bundles deliver sun-soaked sports, high-speed thrills and extra valuePower up your play with two exciting Nintendo Switch 2 bundles, arriving in the coming months and bringing even more fun to players! Gather friends and family together, whether in the same room¹ or miles away², for some high-energy races across a sp…
- XboxNews15 days agoModern Warfare 4 Multiplayer: Movement, Gunplay, Modes, & Maps
- XboxLaunch15 days agoPre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and Play the Beta Today
- XboxNews23 days agoThe Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta is Available Now for Everyone
- SteamNewsabout 2 months agoTeam Fortress 2 Update ReleasedAn update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Updated Taxi Cabbed war paint Fixed mip settings on the stickers Fixed
SteamLaunchabout 2 months agoNow Available on Steam - Angels Fall First, 10% off!Angels Fall First is Now Available on Steam and is 10% off!* From commanding the battle standing on the bridge of your flagship all the way down to tactical infantry firefights - AFF brings together all the combat you ev
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