If you were hoping prices anywhere to come down soon - Valve have some bad news for you, as it's only going to continue getting worse. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
EA has continued its lengthy streak of correctly predicting who will win the FIFA Men’s World Cup. The publisher may no longer have the official FIFA licence, but last month it continued its tradition of predicting who would win the tournament. As in previous years, EA ran simulations of every match in the group stages, followed by simulations of the knockout rounds generated by these predictions. Read More... View the full article
Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered has been released as a nice upgrade for the classic, and the code is open source too. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
FUMES is a vehicle combat game made like some of the classics, and now it has full online co-op support for a whole lot of extra action. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Sweet Hamster Days was initially rejected by Steam, perhaps because Valve is more restrictive of games that feature ********* explicit images of real people, or possibly for some other reason we'll never know. As a designer called Oda told Automaton, "We still don’t know exactly how the platform saw things, but after revising details such as the age rating settings and re-submitting the game, it was eventually approved.".. Read more.View the full article
Members subscribed to PlayStation Plus are getting treated to a massive open-world RPG for free within the next 48 hours, and it may instantly jump to the top of your backlog. Earlier this month, Sony revealed the free Essential games for PS Plus in July, which include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, For The King 2, and CrossCode, arguably one of the best RPGs you can currently play with your membership. However, that is not all, as more games are arriving soon. View the full article
Microsoft has published the provisional list of seven Xbox Game Pass titles scheduled to leave the service on July 31. Two of them rank in the top 1% of the highest-rated games on the platform, making their near-future departure a notable setback for the Xbox Game Pass catalog's overall critical profile. View the full article
40k deep cuts give me life, and, after decades of waiting, Games Workshop is finally bringing us one of the deepest. Exodite Aeldari, otherwise known as dinosaur-riding space elves, have finally gotten an official preview. This means that they will almost certainly be up for pre-order next week - exciting times. The same can be said for the brand new 40k terrain box for Combat Patrol as well as a wide range of standalone Kill Teams and some Horus Heresy Marines in MkIV Power Armor. Read the full story on Wargamer: After decades hiding in the jungle, 40k's Exodite Aeldari are finally on the horizon View the full article
A new official Ghost Recon release is now available to PS5 and Xbox Series X owners, with Ubisoft quietly launching Ghost Recon: Wildlands Definitive Edition nearly a decade after the original game. Ghost Recon: Wildlands remains one of Ubisoft's most popular and enduring entries in the franchise, still maintaining solid player counts despite being ten years old and even outperforming newer games in the series. View the full article
Star Ocean has long been one of Square Enix's most understated but most unique franchises. And on its 30th anniversary, we celebrate what's made the franchise so distinct. View the full article
Have you ever wanted to fall asleep to the sound of Call of Duty players screaming through a $5 mic and into your ear? No? Well, Call of Duty Ambience is here anyway. Erected by app-maker Mike Wing, {LINK REMOVED}Call of Duty Ambience is a new website that, for some reason, allows you to tap back into multiplayer lobbies like it's 2010 all over again. Fit with an Xbox 360 theme, cringy gamertags, and other classic visuals, the site allows anyone to log in and get some shuteye while strangers argue in the background. Three Call of Duty games are supported at the moment: Modern Warfare 2, ****** Ops, and ****** Ops 2. If you ever played a few games of team deathmatch for any of these first-person shooter classics, you should immediately feel right at home. most people fall asleep to white noise i fall asleep to grown men arguing in cod lobbies so i made a website that plays Call of Duty voice chat 24/7 [Hidden Content] — mike wing (@immike_wing) July 16, 2026 "Most people fall asleep to white noise," Wing said in an X/Twitter post. "I fall asleep to grown men arguing in CoD lobbies. So I made a website that plays Call of Duty voice chat 24/7." Most old-school Call of Duty fans might remember "CoD lobbies" more than the games themselves. In the early days of multiplayer for the Infinity Ward and Treyarch titles, players would stick around between matches to chat amongst themselves. These almost always devolved into trash-talking shouting matches that would go on without any real rhyme or reason. It was terrible – but for some, it was peaceful in its own way, too. CoD lobbies added a social element to the games that's largely been done away with in recent installments. The recently released ****** Ops 1 and 2 ports for PS4 and PS5 helped bring back the glory days in their own way, but Call of Duty Ambience feels like an especially nostalgic – and loud – nod, too. For more, you can read about how Activision is combating exploits in its new ports. You can also learn about how crossplay works here. Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe). View the full article
The PS5 exclusive game Astro Bot can now be started on a PC emulator, thanks to users booting up the game on an emulator dedicated to playing PS5 titles on modern PC operating systems. However, getting Astro Bot to be fully playable on the aforementioned PS5 emulator is still a work-in-progress. View the full article
After years of anticipation, The Elder Scrolls 6 remains one of the most eagerly awaited games in the industry, even as Bethesda and XBOX have weathered a turbulent few weeks. Microsoft's sweeping restructuring and layoffs across its gaming division sparked fresh fears that development on Bethesda's next fantasy epic could be delayed, particularly after reports that several veteran developers were among those affected. View the full article
The internet has fallen in love with a viral raccoon named Jimothy, and so has the gaming industry. In case you've somehow dodged this adorable little friend on social media, Jimothy is a small raccoon in Seattle who has scurried his way through X/Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, and just about every other online platform you can think of. His unique size, seemingly caused by what many believe is a rare condition called Short Spine Syndrome, has made him hard to miss, and almost impossible to forget. Locals seem to have taken notice of this specific masked critter before, but it wasn't until Instagram user Kiana Hall captured a video that he became the latest internet-famous animal. She told The Seattle Times that she came up with his name because he simply "looked like a Jimothy." The millions of social media impressions, hundreds of fan edits, and countless stories he's racked up since came naturally. /www.instagram.com/p/DayHOfryG7Z/embed Jimothy with his family as a baby [Hidden Content] — sitka ($jimothy maxxing) (@sitkapetrodolla) July 17, 2026 Forget spices, I'd go to war for Jimothy [Hidden Content] — BossLogic (@Bosslogic) July 19, 2026 The internet embraced Jimothy the raccoon so quickly that he's become inescapable in less than a week since Hall's original post. Most recently, some game developers have started to show the love with more than just a simple post or two. For example, you probably shouldn't be surprised to hear Dee Dee Creations, the studio behind 2024's Squirrel With a Gun, put together a Jimothy skin tribute for their game. This is a miraculous 43-second video that arms the viral raccoon, making him more powerful than ever before. Perhaps the most popular take on Jimothy in the gaming world comes from Blizzard Entertainment, which created a render for what the stout creature would look like in World of Warcraft. Old School RuneScape then followed suit with a rough (but still very cute) upload. Jimothy tribute [Hidden Content] — Squirrel with a GunSwitch2/PC/PS5/XBX! (@QuiteDan) July 18, 2026 Jimothy [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] — World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) July 18, 2026 Jimothy [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] — Old School RuneScape (@OldSchoolRS) July 18, 2026 Despite being relatively high-effort posts, it doesn't look like Jimothy is actually available to download in any of the aforementioned games. Dee Dee, for example, admitted in a follow-up post that this was a quick mod for a pre-existing raccoon skin and not actually something available to all players. Do players still want Jimothy in their games? Of course. "Make him a battle ****, and a big Jim for a mount," one World of Warcraft player suggested. "The people want a Jimothy Rocky transmog," a RuneScape player proclaimed. "If they add him I hope they make him unattackable," another said with a sad face. [Hidden Content] — Squirrel with a GunSwitch2/PC/PS5/XBX! (@QuiteDan) July 19, 2026 For now, Jimothy will just have to live on as another addition in the history book of viral memes. For more, you can read about how Tekken 8 tapped into a viral video of a man punching a kangaroo with its own crossover. Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe). View the full article
PC gamers have until August 7 to purchase 15 titles for just $15 rather than the combined MSRP of $465 via Humble Bundle's collaboration with 2K. All bundles purchased will give PC players access to each title via Steam, though users have just a few months to redeem any Steam keys included in the bundle. View the full article
League of Legends and Valorant have implemented brand-new parental features aimed at protecting children, though the features are reportedly producing unintended side effects. Players are reporting unexpected restrictions on everything from League of Legends' chat system to friend requests. View the full article
A new Halo leak claims Halo Studios currently has no original campaign or multiplayer game in active development following the reported cancellation of two major projects. Formerly known as 343 Industries, Halo Studios is gearing up to release the much-anticipated remake of the first Halo game, titled Halo: Campaign Evolved, describing its transition to Unreal Engine 5 as the beginning of a new chapter spanning multiple projects. View the full article
Fans of Bloodborne and 2025 Game of the Year, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, have a new game to check out next month. Lord of Mysteries is a free-to-play MMORPG from developer SPARK NEXA based on the popular ******** web novel of the same name. Those craving more of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's mix of fantasy and Belle Epoque setting will enjoy the Victorian England aesthetic of Lord of Mysteries. View the full article
Executives at Xbox have once again attempted to clarify the company's approach to exclusives, promising that "Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution are not the only titles" it's planning. Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball and chief content officer Matt Booty tried to further explain how Microsoft is handling exclusives during a conversation with GamesRadar. Their clarification arrived amid the company's renewed interest in the strategy, which kicked off just last month with confirmation that two of its biggest first-party games would not come to PlayStation consoles. "I can assure you, Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution are not the only titles we're planning," Ball promised. "To grow a platform like ours, you have to have exclusive games and services. These are not going to be the only two titles." Microsoft shocked the industry at its Xbox Games Showcase last month when it declared The Coalition's Gears of War: E-Day would not be releasing on PS5 as many had expected. The announcement that inXile Entertainment's Clockwork Revolution would also be console exclusive arrived sooner after. Both were also confirmed to be pure console exclusives with no timed-exclusivity deals in place. What's emerged in the weeks since is muddy messaging that's led to some confusion amongst fans. Just as rumors that Xbox had hastily decided to make the Gears prequel exclusive began to dissipate, theories were reignited when the company leaked an image for the game featuring a PS5 logo. Meanwhile, as games like Gears of War: Reloaded, Halo: Campaign Evolved, and Fable come to PS5, players have been left uncertain about how Microsoft will determine what is an exclusive and what isn't. So, what does the future of Xbox exclusive games look like? For the most die-hard fans – and maybe even Microsoft itself – it's hard to say, for now. In June, Booty said the company will choose which titles get the exclusive treatment on a "case-by-case basis." Today, he's being a tad more direct, promising that, while "large live-service titles" will be multiplatform going forward, players shouldn't expect all single-player titles to be Xbox exclusive. "I wouldn't overly fixate on single-player," he clarified. "I think that's a good rule of thumb, but it certainly isn't something that's carved in stone." He continued: "We are the stewards of over 20 game franchises that have made a billion dollars in their lifetime. There are a lot of different games in our portfolio, and we have to think about how different games serve different purposes within it." Ball said Microsoft does "have a framework for these selections, including how we evaluate them." He noted that it's a strategy that may not be "obvious to all of our players," saying the Xbox team is "committed to making this clearer." As Xbox CEO Asha Sharma brings "energy" to the team, Booty said he's hoping they strike "the right balance between the work that the teams have invested and a strategy pivot." The new gaming boss said in June that exclusives are needed to build a platform. Ball echoed that thought in the new interview. "There is scant evidence of any platform ever being built, let alone sustained, without having exclusive content," he said. "It doesn't matter whether we're talking about cable networks, streaming video channels, broadcast, terrestrial radio, a Hollywood studio, a music label – you need it." We're still in the early days of Xbox's new strategy, so it's tough to say how it will change its troubled ecosystem in the months and years ahead. As the company attempts to clear the air when it comes to its new exclusive strategy, it's still trudging through the aftermath of layoffs that arrived alongside what Sharma called the "most significant restructure" in its history. The resustructure in question, which resulted in 1,600 laid off staff with another 1,600 arriving through the rest of the financial year, happened earlier this month. Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe). View the full article
The arrival of Baldur’s Gate 4 is likely still years away from arriving, even after the confirmation that it is in the production pipeline. Wizards of the Coast has confirmed Baldur’s Gate 4 for release in the future. It’s also been confirmed that Larian Studios, responsible for the award-winning Baldur’s Gate 3, will not be involved in the development of the next entry in the series. Aside from its confirmation, there hasn’t really been much revealed about the upcoming title. View the full article
League of Legends Classic, the new mode which remixes the MOBA by deleting most of the roster and restoring all sorts of old builds and character kits from 2013 and prior, has hit Riot's public test environment... Read more.View the full article
LawBreakers was, by many accounts, a great game. But the 2017 shooter was a commercial failure, and developer Boss Key shut it down just a year after release. There's been much speculation about why it stumbled, including from Boss Key co-founder and Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski himself. In a new interview with 80.lv, he offered his latest theories... Read more.View the full article
Ahead of Path of Exile 3.29 and the Curse of the Allflame league, I asked Grinding Gear Games about breaking rules, mysteries, and Exilecon. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Path of Exile is ripping up the rulebook, and nothing is "untouchable" - but don't get your hopes up for a campaign skip View the full article
A new Manor Lords developer update shows multiple features in the works for the medieval city builder and management sim, due in beta soon. Read the full story on PCGamesN: With its tech debt settled, here's what's coming to Manor Lords next View the full article
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EA has continued its lengthy streak of correctly predicting who will win the FIFA Men’s World Cup. The publisher may no longer have the official FIFA licence, but last month it continued its tradition of predicting who would win the tournament. As in previous years, EA ran simulations of every match in the group stages, followed by simulations of the knockout rounds generated by these predictions. Read More... View the full article