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Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Review - Crete Without the Rats
Asobo swaps plague-choked France for Minoan Crete and finally makes combat that feels good - but the series loses the dread that defined it. Score: 8/10.
DLSS 5 Leaked Early, and the Frame Budget Is the Part Nobody's Talking About
An unfinished DLSS 5 build escaped into the wild and modders shoved it into everything. The internet is busy laughing at 'Claude Strife' - but the number that actually matters is the performance cost.
The Switch 2 Gets $50 More Expensive on September 1, and I Hate That This Is Normal Now
Nintendo is lifting the US Switch 2 MSRP from $449.99 to $499.99 starting September 1 - the console's first price change since launch, and it's going the wrong way. Here's what moves, what doesn't, and why a mid-generation hike deserves a side-eye.
GTA 6's Real Gamble Isn't Scale - It's Friction
Rockstar's reveal night threw out enormous numbers, but the actual news is that driving, stealing cars and even walking around armed are all getting harder. Why an 80-hour game with more resistance might be the smarter buy for players in our region.
Squadron 42 slips to Q2 2027 to dodge a GTA 6 that still has no PC date
Cloud Imperium pushed Squadron 42 out of Q4 2026 and into Q2 2027, and the reason isn't a broken build - it's Rockstar. Chris Roberts doesn't want to launch into what he called the attention buzz saw of GTA 6. For a HOTAS-first PC campaign, that's a strange hill to slip on.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope Review - The Zone Finally Feels Alive
GSC's first big expansion for Heart of Chornobyl drops you into the Duty-Freedom war across two new regions, and the free Update 2.0 fixes the thing that always bothered me. Score: 8/10.
Xbox and Ikea's YXSTABY Collection Turns a Thumbstick Into a Stool
Xbox and Ikea are launching a collection called YXSTABY this fall, teased with a giant thumbstick stool and D-pad cushions in green and black. It marks 25 years of Xbox, and the full range is being shown at Gamescom in Cologne.
Ubisoft Put Heroes 3 on Steam and Forgot to Include Heroes 3
Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete Edition arrived on Steam with everything except the game: a 23 KB stub executable, a Mostly Negative score, and a release checklist nobody bothered to run.
The Witcher 3 Remastered Costs Nothing, and That's the News
CD Projekt Red is rebuilding The Witcher 3 and giving the upgrade away to everyone who already owns it. The fact that this counts as a surprise says a lot about the last decade of remasters.
Mortal Shell II Review: The Sequel That Grew a Spine
Cold Symmetry turned a scrappy budget soulslike into a genuinely confident one - faster, deeper, and priced below full AAA. It is also still rough around the edges, and the fast travel is a crime. Score: 8/10.
Half a Million Players Stress-Tested Wardogs, and the Servers Blinked First
Bulkhead's 100-player milsim pulled close to 500,000 people through its closed beta and peaked at 105,774 concurrents - above Squad, Hell Let Loose and Arma. The servers buckled on day one anyway, 16 days before Early Access.
The Witcher 4 Is a 2028 Game, and the Word "Targeting" Is Doing Heavy Lifting
CD Projekt Red says it is targeting 2028 for The Witcher 4, with more than 500 developers on the project and still no exact date. That is a plan, not a promise - and for players in our region it is also two more years of not spending money.