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Leaker says Obsidian's rumored Avowed 2 is safe, despite Xbox Game Studios layoffs
Avowed 2 could escape the fallout from anticipated Xbox Game Studios closures and layoffs. The Obsidian Entertainment co-founder previously confirmed the game was in development. An insider has rejected a rumor about the RPG's cancellation,
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SEGA's acclaimed management-sim, loved by 92% of players, is now 85% off on Steam
Deal | SEGA's popular hospital management sim, Two Point Hospital, has hit its all-time Steam low of $4.49 (-85%) in a special promotion ending June 25. SteamDB confirms the game has never sold for less on Steam, which basically makes this
SanDisk's new 8TB PS5 SSD costs more than three times as much as the PS5 Pro
The highest capacity Optimus GX Pro 850P drive for the PS5 almost tops the $3,000 mark.
The brand-new Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5 can be yours at up to a $200 Black Friday in June discount
If you know what buttons to press and what promo codes to use, Lenovo's latest gaming powerhouse can be marked down to $649.99.
Nintendo Has Finally Updated The eShop To Fix A Nearly Decade-Old Problem
Browsing Nintendo's eShop on the original Switch has been a chore for years, but it seems Nintendo has finally fixed the underlying issue.
Every new game we played at Summer Game Fest 2026
Every new game we played at Summer Games Fest 2026
Free upgrade for GTA 5 announced as GTA 6 marketing kicks off
GTA 5 and GTA Online have had an active community since their launch in 2013. Rockstar has now announced a free upgrade for the game as we move closer to the launch of GTA 6.
Rockstar will offer free GTA 5 upgrades from older console and PC versions
Not quite the Grand Theft Auto news everyone's been waiting for, but we'll take it.
We got free GTA V upgrades before GTA VI
Rockstar Games will allow players to upgrade older versions of Grand Theft Auto V for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S for free just months before the launch of GTA VI. Starting June 18th, players with any version of GTA V on PS4 or the
SanDisk’s new PlayStation 5 SSD will cost you more than three PS5 Pros
SanDisk has announced an expensive way to boost the PlayStation 5's storage capacity. The company's new Optimus GX PRO 850P NVMe SSD is an officially licensed PS5 accessory in capacities ranging from 1TB to 8TB. The largest option can store
Epic Games announces Lore version control system
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Galaxy S26 Ultra: The gaming performance test!
Here's how the Galaxy S26 Ultra performs in some of the most-played Androide games.
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The ASUS ROG Swift OLED 32" monitor is on a limited-time 35% discount courtesy of Amazon hosting some deals in preparation for its June 2026 Prime Day event. It can render games and other media at an astounding 4K resolution at 240Hz withou
Microsoft: Please let your Xbox studios cook — they shouldn't be punished for previous experiments and mismanagement
Studios like Ninja Theory and others are reportedly on the block at Microsoft. It shouldn't be like this so soon after the Xbox Showcase.
Steam Workshop abused to spread malware via Wallpaper Engine app
Threat actors are abusing Steam Workshop, Valve's community hub for downloading game-related content, to push various malware hidden in wallpaper packages. [...]
The most hated Call of Duty game gets another chance at life in Xbox Game Pass' second wave of titles for June 2026
Microsoft has announced the second batch of games coming and leaving Xbox Game Pass for the second half of June 2026, including Call of Duty: Vanguard, EA Sports FC 26, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4.
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"Context matters a lot": New Steam Machine CPU benchmark numbers are underwhelming, but they're far from the full picture
New Geekbench 6 CPU performance numbers from the Steam Machine have appeared online, and compared to gaming handhelds already on the market, they're perfectly middling. Here's why I'm not worried.
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"The rumors are false": No, Microsoft isn't already looking to 'reverse course' on Xbox exclusives — but it's not hard to understand why these rumors spread
Rumors picked up over the weekend spread by anonymous forum posters that Microsoft wasn't truly committed to exclusive games. Microsoft has denied them.
Lilbits: Half Life on ReactOS, a mouse with a horizontal scroll wheel, and MS PowerToys 0.100
These days you can play plenty of Windows games on Linux PCs thanks to Valve’s proton software. And a growing number of games that were originally made for Windows have also been ported to run natively on Linux. All of which is to say that