If you need some more games as we come close to the weekend, and perhaps for the Summer holidays - two fresh Humble Bundles are live with plenty of choices. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
On August 20th, the excellent Yet Another Zombie Survivors 1.0 finally launches - we have a new trailer and new details of what to expect from it. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
On Wednesday, Slitherine Games announced that it had partnered with Asmodee to release a digital edition of Richard Borg's iconic WW2 strategy board game Memoir '44. I got a behind the scenes peek at an early alpha demo with developer Volcanite, and I think Slitherine is underselling the project - more than half of what I saw (and sadly am not allowed to show you) was completely new for the digital edition. Read the full story on Wargamer: Exclusive: Memoir '44's digital edition will be far more than just a board game port View the full article
METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2 from KONAMI arrives on August 27th, and they've now given a bit more detail on what you'll need for it. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Valve just upgraded the Steam Wishlist and Steam Gifts system - to bring new features and they sounds like truly major upgrades. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Despite being one of the most iconic Star Wars characters outside of its major live-action and animated projects, Mara ***** is one character that unfortunately hasn't been able to claw her way back into the canon side of the franchise. While some concepts from Star Wars Legends have trickled through into canon Star Wars projects over the years to allow for new storytelling potential, Disney has refused to allow certain fan-favorite characters like Mara to make their way over. View the full article
A new Steam Client update has been released and will be automatically downloaded. Downloads Fix bug negatively affecting the efficiency of the Steam content delivery system. View the full article
A new Steam Client update has been released and will be automatically downloaded. Downloads Fix bug negatively affecting the efficiency of the Steam content delivery system. View the full article
There are few horror projects quite as compelling as Supernatural and Resident Evil. Sure, both have had their ups and downs, but, for the most part, save a handful of less-than-stellar entries, they've delivered fairly consistent scares, adventures, and iconic characters that have inspired future generations of video games, TV series, and films. So, it is only natural that fans of both would want a new project to come along and continue their excellence. View the full article
From the archives: This feature was originally published in PC Gamer #305 (***, June 2017). It appears below as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and presentation... Read more.View the full article
t this point being into the digital versions of Blood Bowl is basically masochism. In the 1990s MicroLeague published a version that was so cheap and ****** I said, "to call it barebones would be an insult to skeletons." Cyanide picked up the licence after that, releasing two decent adaptations whose DLC model was controversial at the time but seems blessedly sensible compared to Blood Bowl 3, a live-service seasonal microtransaction confusatron that's basically a poster child for "look how they massacred my boy" memes... Read more.View the full article
A brand-new update to Steam has added new features for gifting games, fulfilling a long-standing request from the userbase. This is just the latest in recent changes to Steam's game gifting options in recent months. View the full article
Dell is offering a steep discount on its most powerful desktop computer. The Alienware Area-51 AMD Ryzen X3D edition gaming PC equipped with a GeForce RTX 5090 GPU and 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM has dropped to $5,399.99 shipped after a $1,500 instant discount. No, it's still not even remotely affordable for most people, but if you've got deep pockets, this is a substantial discount on a beastly Alienware system. If you look at the prices of the individual components in today's market, it's (sadly) not as ridiculous as your initial sticker shock might lead you to believe. Alienware Area-51 Ryzen X3D RTX 5090 Gaming PC w/ 64GB RAM The Alienware Area-51 is Dell's flagship gaming PC. The product photos don't give it due justice; this is a big chassis that towers over the Aurora R16 model with superior build quality and a redesigned cooling system with even greater airflow. This $5,400 config is equipped with an AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU, GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GPU, 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM, and a 1TB SSD. Additional system details include a 360mm all-in-one liquid cooling system for the CPU and a massive 1,500W 80Plus Platinum power supply that allows plenty of headroom for future upgrades. AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D is the best gaming CPU for most people Dell is currently offering a free upgrade from a 9800X3D to the 9850X3D. AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D is considered to be one of the best gaming processors on the market and outperforms any Intel or AMD non-X3D chip in games thanks to AMD's 3D-V-Cache technology. It only has eight cores, but that makes no difference in gaming since most games can't utilize more than eight cores (if that) anyways. That's why its gaming performance is better than the 9900X3D and negligibly close to the 9950X3D, even though both are considerably pricier. 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM is a $900+ upgrade, and that won't change in 2026 A quick check on Amazon and Newegg reveals that 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM currently sells for at least $850, with most options closer to $1,000+. Thanks to the overwhelming success of the AI market, RAM pricing is not expected to get any better in the near future. Even heavy hitters like Valve have stated that "it has no bargaining power when it comes to buying memory from the limited number of companies that produce it at scale and control the bulk of the market." The RTX 5090 is the most powerful graphics card ever and costs $4,000+ by itself If you thought GPUs were going down in price, guess again. Although some of the mid-range cards (particularly on the AMD side) have indeed seen recent discounts, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU is actually even more expensive that it was at the beginning of the year. The cost to acquire one of these golden eggs standalone is now north of $4,000. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 is still far and away the most powerful consumer GPU on the market. Although with this generation Nvidia has prioritized software updates, AI features, and DLSS 4 technology to improve gameplay performance, the 5090 still boasts an impressive 25%-30% uplift over the RTX 4090 in hardware-based raster performance. If you want the absolute best performance for your gaming PC, there is literally no other option from any other brand. How to Follow IGN Deals Recommendations The IGN Deals team has over 30 years of combined experience finding the best discounts and preorders available online. If you want the latest updates from our trusted team, here’s how to follow our coverage: Sign up for our IGN Deals NewsletterSet IGN as a preferred source in GoogleShop on our Amazon StorefrontFollow us on social mediaIGN Finds on XIGN Finds on InstagramIGN Finds on FacebookIGN Deals on Tiktok[/url] Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time. View the full article
Though Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game launches on Thursday, July 23, across all current-gen platforms, reviews from several media outlets have trended in a slightly positive direction for the upcoming title. Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game includes a dozen characters from Nickelodeon's Avatar franchise for players to pick from at launch. View the full article
Famed British political figure Count Binface has issued a public demand to ***** to quit horsing around and finish Shenmue 4, and suggested the company may be nationalized by the *** government if it doesn't move with sufficient haste... Read more.View the full article
It seems Japan's Patent Office is getting tired of Nintendo's ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Palworld as both the Office and Nintendo spar over a particular, related patent application whose rejection is now under review. Patent Publication No. 2026-077713 describes Pokemon's typical "in-game monster-capturing system," according to Automaton, which also points out that even Japanese patent law professionals are surprised how the Patent Office and Nintendo are sparring over how "inventive" it is to huck a Pokeball, using language "rarely seen in standard patent practice," according to attorney Kiyoshi Kurihara. The Office was apparently unimpressed by the fact that "selecting a Poke Ball displayed at the bottom right of the screen causes Ash to throw it; if it hits Pikachu, Pikachu can be captured," but it expressed this while citing a gameplay video from 13 years ago, of the unofficial indie game Pokemon: Generations. The video now has new comments reading, "This game defeated Nintendo in court," and, "You saved Palworld." But it's not that simple! Nintendo fired back at the Patent Office in a counterargument, telling the Office it "acted extremely inappropriately" by citing a copyright-infringing game like Pokemon: Generations in its rejection of its ball-throwing patent. [Hidden Content] The Patent Office then came back with a tommy gun, saying "this argument has no bearing on determining inventive step," but if Nintendo really wanted to talk about copyright infringement, "accuracy should take precedence." "In that case," it continues, "the notice would need to use cumbersome descriptions such as 'an object in the form of a small animal' instead of Pokemon, 'an object in the form of a boy wearing a red cap' instead of Ash, 'an object in the form of a small yellow animal' instead of Pikachu, 'an object in the form of a small green animal' instead of Bulbasaur, and 'a spherical object with a red upper half and a white lower half' instead of Poke Ball." "However," continues the Patent Office, "even with such rephrasing, the logical structure of the grounds for refusal remains unchanged." Ouch – but Nintendo has a band-aid, and it seemingly successfully filed a petition against the rejection. The Patent Office's website now categorizes Patent Publication No. 2026-077713 as having its "rejection decision under review." This patent isn't the one at the center of Pokemon's legal battle against Palworld, but it does belong to the same patent family, and its approval certainly wouldn't help Palworld. Japanese patent law expert says Nintendo may have strengthened its claims specifically to target Palworld. [/url]View the full article
Robocop has been entertaining audiences for nearly four decades. The first film in the series debuted in 1987, starring Peter Weller as a half-man, half-machine cyborg law enforcement officer. The movie is considered by many as one of the best from the 80s, spawning two sequels as well as a... Read Entire Article View the full article
In May 2013, YouTuber JolteonPlays uploaded a video showcasing the rough prototype for an unofficial "3D indie Pokemon" game called Pokemon: Generations. To this day, it occasionally comes up among Pokemon fans dreaming about what new games in the series might look like. Today, recent comments on that 13-year-old video have been flooded with praise for a different reason: the existence of Pokemon: Generations has been used to dismiss potentially limiting patents filed by Nintendo amidst its Palworld lawsuit. As Automaton reports, the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) recently upheld its rejection of a Nintendo patent targeting an "in-game monster-capturing system" – the sort of system that the company's used to argue infringement by Palworld during an extended legal process that has seen developer Pocketpair quietly adjust a few of its own features and designs to be less Pokemon-like. This does not represent a direct shutdown of Nintendo's case against Palworld, however, as this is just one patent indirectly placed in the same family. (Last year, Pocketpair comms lead said patent infringement was something nobody considered during Palworld's exhaustive legal clearance.) [Hidden Content] The JPO cites that exact Pokemon: Generations demonstration in its rejection under "Reasons for Rejection," arguing that Nintendo's patented idea fails to demonstrate adequate "inventive step." Definitions vary between countries, but the World Intellectual Property Organization provides a useful baseline explanation: "The condition of inventive step/non-obviousness is fulfilled if the invention as a whole, compared to the prior art as a whole, would not have been obvious to a person skilled in the art." I pulled the URL for the Pokemon: Generations video straight from the translated notice of rejection posted to the JPO's logs, and it looks like plenty of other people, including several Japanese fans, have heard the news as well. It feels like some people may be overestimating the impact of this patent rejection on Nintendo or its relevance to Palworld's case, but there's an understandable celebratory spirit in the comments among folks happy to see ideas remain unconstrained by patents. "You saved the entire industry," one top comment reads. "To think years later this very footage would be used by the JPO to reject a Nintendo patent claim," adds another. "The butterfly effect in action," says a third. An auto-translated Japanese comment adds: "The comments section is going wild, lol. But even JPO must have thought, 'Nintendo, you're crazy...'" This goes on and on. A huge chunk, if not a majority, of the comments on the video appear to be recent. More than anything, I'm struck by how the JPO's usage of this old fan game has led to this exact discussion. I don't think JolteonPlays ever saw it coming. Palworld 1.0 has already moved over 1.8 million copies for Pocketpair, analyst estimates, with 65% of players on Steam. [/url]View the full article
A brand-new co-op hide-and-seek game called Hollow Hide has appeared on Steam, and it looks strikingly similar to Meccha Chameleon, the latest viral friendslop title on the platform. What makes this potential copycat case unusual is that Meccha Chameleon has only been available for just over a month, making it one of the fastest examples of a similar game appearing on Steam. View the full article
The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X is currently the best Windows gaming handheld PC on the market. It's powerful enough to run even the latest AAA Steam games thanks to the updated AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor. The Xbox interface is also intuitive and easy to use. In fact, IGN's Jackie Thomas recommends getting the Xbox Ally (and Ally X) over a Steam Deck. All the miniaturization comes at a cost, and the Xbox Ally X sells for $1,000 with no price drop in sight. Fortunately, there is a simple way to get one for a significantly lower price, and that's by getting an open box unit. Save $100 Off an Excellent Condition Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Best Buy has recently refreshed its inventory of open box Asus ROG Xbox Ally X handheld gaming PCs. Depending on the condition you choose, you can pay as little as $838.99 for the normally $1,000 system. These are Geek Squad verified preowned units that include a 15-day return policy. The better graded "excellent condition" units are in like-new condition both functionally and cosmetically with very low usage time that may even include most or all of its original warranty. The Xbox Ally X Is the New Handheld Gaming PC to Beat The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X is the most powerful handheld gaming PC you can get. It's equipped with the newest AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor, 24GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and a 1TB SSD. It runs off the Windows operating system, but with Xbox integration. The nomenclature might be confusing, but the Xbox Ally X is really more of an evolution of the the Asus ROG Ally X handheld than it is an actual Xbox console. Jacqueline Thomas sums it up quite well in her Xbox Ally X review: "The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X is a fascinating little device. Because while it’s being sold as a sort of handheld Xbox, it’s more of a sequel to last year’s incredible Asus ROG Ally X. But the Xbox side of it can’t be ignored, because it’s the first device to launch with support for the new Xbox Full Screen Experience. This allows the handheld to boot straight into the Xbox App within Windows, without loading Explorer or any of the non-gaming-related background tasks that typically load when you boot up Windows 11. In a lot of ways, this partnership feels like Microsoft’s response to the rise of the SteamOS, and for the first time since the Steam Deck came out in 2022 it might actually have something that’s as easy to use." [/url] Jackie also goes on to say that "the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X is easily the best handheld gaming PC available right now." Compared to other gaming handhelds equipped with the same Z2 Extreme CPU, the Xbox Ally X is actually reasonably priced. The Lenovo Legion Go 2 costs $1,100 (and actually recently increased in price) and the MSI Claw A8 costs $1,100. How to Follow IGN Deals Recommendations The IGN Deals team has over 30 years of combined experience finding the best discounts and preorders available online. If you want the latest updates from our trusted team, here’s how to follow our coverage: Sign up for our IGN Deals NewsletterSet IGN as a preferred source in GoogleShop on our Amazon StorefrontFollow us on social mediaIGN Finds on XIGN Finds on InstagramIGN Finds on FacebookIGN Deals on Tiktok[/url] Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time. View the full article
They don't make 'em like they used to, but this week, Season 5 of Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7 will introduce an updated matchmaking system that's more in line with how they used to make 'em. In a new tweet, the official Call of Duty Twitter account reflects, "Over the past year, we've continued to learn a lot about Multiplayer matchmaking through player data and community feedback." This comes on the heels of the recent PS4 and PS5 release of Call of Duty: ****** Ops and ****** Ops 2, which has finally given the latest PlayStation consoles official versions of the first two games in this sub-series. Their release also stoked discussion of how ****** Ops used to feel (spoilers: sometimes full of cheaters). "We're also excited to see all the recent love for ****** Ops and ****** Ops II, which reinforced that there are many elements of those experiences that players appreciate," Activision agrees. "Starting this week with Season 05, we're updating ****** Ops Classic, Quick Play, and Party Games in ****** Ops 7 with a new matchmaking system inspired by those classic games." With this change, the exact vibe of which will warrant some hands-on testing in the days ahead, ****** Ops 7 will "continue to offer" modern Open playlists, and Activision says "we'll also include Open playlist options in the upcoming Modern Warfare 4 Beta." But if you're an older Call of Duty fan who maintains that the newer games have lost a little something, you may be in better company than you realized. Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7 expands Ricochet anti-cheat to combat exploits in Ranked after banning over 263,000 cheaters already this year. [/url]View the full article
For years, Microsoft has leaned heavily into extensive backward compatibility across multiple generations of Xbox hardware as a major selling point for its consoles. Today, that effort expands past the console ecosystem, making select original Xbox titles officially playable (and purchasable) on Windows PCs for the first time. The appropriately and bluntly named "Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC" program kicks off today with compatibility for BLiNX: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, and Fuzion Frenzy. PC players can download each title for $10, but those with Xbox Game Pass subscriptions or existing digital licenses for these games on console will have instant access without an additional purchase (no such luck if you simply stick an original Xbox disc in your PC drive, alas). Playing these older Xbox titles on PC enables some bonus graphical features like Vsync support, anisotropic filtering, enhanced anti-aliasing, and up to 4x resolution scaling of the original SD signal (to 2560x1920). Games are limited to their original frame rates and aspect ratios, though, which means a 30 fps 4:3 image in most cases. Microsoft says this first batch of games should be playable with 11-year-old GTX 950 graphics hardware, but recommends a 2017-era GTX 1070 Ti with 8GB of VRAM for best performance. Read full article Comments View the full article
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If you need some more games as we come close to the weekend, and perhaps for the Summer holidays - two fresh Humble Bundles are live with plenty of choices. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article