On June 1, 2026, The Pokémon Company announced its biggest anniversary set ever: every card foil, every pack containing one of 30 unique Pikachu cards, and a simultaneous global launch. For...
Note: This quiz publishes a day early to prep for State of Play. Though dated June 2, it went live on June 1 at 6:00 AM EDT, standard practice for the series, similar to crossword puzzles. The Quiz...
In just nine months, the Tekken franchise has lost three of its most senior creative leaders. The latest departure is Kohei Ikeda, the game director of Tekken 7 and Tekken 8 , who announced his exit...
For two years, Arc Raiders has built its reputation on the razor-thin line between cooperation and betrayal. The PvPvE extraction shooter from Embark Studios pits teams of players against hostile ARC...
As the games industry reels from yet another wave of high-profile live-service failures, including the rapid rise and fall of Highguard in 2026, a veteran of BioWare’s most beloved single-player RPGs...
When Linux gaming was celebrating its best year yet, Proton making nearly all Steam titles playable, the Steam Deck proving portable PC gaming can work, kernel-level anti-cheat remained the...
The Bold Promise vs. the Harsh Reality Aevermann's claim was unequivocal: RTX Spark gaming battery life will be "much better than anything you've seen before on RTX laptops." He added that for light...
An A24 film born from a 4chan creepypasta just grossed $118 million worldwide in its opening weekend. On Steam, over 500 games already bear the same name: The Backrooms. You would expect the week of...
The Lake Region’s Puzzle Landscape All three puzzles are encountered within minutes of each other in Chapter 4, immediately after the Del Lago boss fight. The path leads into a cave complex with two...
The Logo Debacle, A Tale of Two Executives in One Day The chronology is key. On the morning of May 29, Booty told listeners of the Official Xbox Podcast that Xbox would "continue the precedent" of...
What's Inside Update 2.1, The Final Polish Update 2.1 has been in development for eight months and is expected to arrive as an experimental build by the end of June 2026. Wube plans to keep it in...
For gamers who treat every loading screen as an opportunity to test their knowledge, the Daily Crossword Mini offers the perfect morning warm-up, a rapid-fire quiz of gaming history before the first...