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Ubisoft has confirmed a new Ghost Recon game during the franchise’s 25th anniversary event, while Wildlands receives a sizeable free update.
GTA 6 trailer 3 will debut on Netflix before reaching YouTube six hours later, creating an unusual marketing moment ahead of the game’s November launch.
Find the Rainbow Run speed trap on Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo City, then use the right approach and an S1-class car to chase three stars.
Track down every legendary and mythical Pokémon in Pokémon Pokopia, from Dream Island encounters to Bubbly Basin DLC residents and weather-based visitors.
Claim Ghost Recon: Future Soldier permanently on PC until August 13, while Ubisoft celebrates the franchise’s 25th anniversary and teases its next game.
Uli Latukefu has been cast as Ganondorf in Nintendo and Sony’s live-action Zelda film, which is scheduled for release in April 2027.
Black Adam has missed its theatrical expectations, but Dwayne Johnson’s superhero film is attracting fresh attention after landing in Netflix’s top ten.
Bubbly Basin adds a gorgeous underwater town and useful movement upgrades to Pokémon Pokopia, but its familiar chores delay the sandbox’s best ideas.
Find both Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 Gem hours, including the exact AEST times for players on Australia’s east coast.
Doug Cockle revisits memorable lines from The Witcher games in a quick test of voice-acting recall and Geralt knowledge.
Larian’s latest Baldur’s Gate 3 statistics reveal an unexpected pattern: regular characters have killed Alfira more often than Dark Urge players.
Deadpool’s Marvel Tōkon moveset draws on Street Fighter, Virtua Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom and Arc System Works’ own fighting-game catalogue.
Devolver Digital plans to delist from London’s stock exchange after its market value fell 95.3%, citing industry volatility and pressure from public markets.
Nintendo’s latest figures show Switch 2 outselling the Wii, while original Switch sales, software performance and digital buying trends offer further clues.
Final Fantasy XIV performs strongly on Switch 2, pairing smooth visuals and reliable connections with a known black-screen glitch, battery drain and interface clutter.
New PS5 packaging reportedly warns that newly released PlayStation games will be digital-only from January 2028, while older discs remain playable.
A handshake in Spider-Man: Brand New Day may connect Ned’s mysterious memory of Peter Parker to the magical abilities revealed in No Way Home.
Capcom says digital sales now account for about 90 per cent of its units, leaving the publisher unconcerned about the shrinking physical games market.
The next GTA 6 presentation premieres on Netflix before YouTube. Here is what Rockstar’s history suggests about its footage, length and release timing.
WWE has applied to trademark “Vice City” for wrestling entertainment, creating an unexpected overlap with GTA 6’s famous Miami-inspired setting.
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls can become stuck after language selection. Waiting for the PlayStation 5 download to reach 100% may help bypass the error.
Japanese officials have reportedly asked the Trump administration to stop using Pokémon, Nintendo and other Japanese game franchises in political memes.
A Brotherhood of Steel flag spotted during Fallout season 3 filming has fans wondering whether the series could revisit Fallout 3’s Capital Wasteland.
Ubisoft’s free Ghost Recon Wildlands: Last Rites update adds a new mission, tougher options and 4K 60FPS improvements for current-generation consoles.
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie follows an ordinary courier through a modern-day Raccoon City outbreak, with original characters and a survival-horror focus.
Sam Neill is set to appear in The Legend of Zelda movie, while Uli Latukefu and Dichen Lachman take on Ganondorf and Impa.
A fan-made Destiny 2 exploration tool is reopening access to vaulted locations such as Leviathan, though it will not restore enemies, quests or combat.
A preservationist has restored a lost Final Fantasy VII mobile spin-off by decrypting its files with a GPU farm built from more than 90 servers.
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls has launched on PC amid reports of heavy resource use, Linux difficulties, low Steam reviews and uncertain performance improvements.
GTA 6 will cost $80 at launch, but Take-Two says its pricing reflects value rather than maximum profit despite record-breaking interest.
Take-Two says more than 90 per cent of its business is digital, while GTA 6 may launch as a download code rather than a conventional disc.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick predicts low-latency game streaming could dramatically expand gaming’s audience within three years, despite rising hardware costs.
Community Shaders now supports popular ENB presets, giving Skyrim players improved lighting and detail with a more performance-friendly open-source approach.
Mafia: The Old Country’s Man of Honor expansion adds story chapters, challenges and new rewards to the previously sparse Free Ride open world.
Big Walk’s unnamed red puzzle item has become a co-op conversation starter, with players inventing names ranging from “Kong” and “egg” to “my son”.
Dropout is bringing Don Hertzfeldt’s acclaimed animated shorts together, including Rejected, the World of Tomorrow trilogy and upcoming feature Paper Trail.
Marvel Rivals Season 9.5 adds The Hood, a Vanguard hero who combines twin-pistol fire, mystical barriers and a devastating Gun Demon transformation.
Find every Arc Raiders Phantom Targets challenge, reward and completion tip, including antenna locations, Arc parts, weapons and Part 2 timing.
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave has revealed an unexpected weapon: Anatolia carries a modern-looking gun classified as a gauntlet.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day may be planting clues for Cindy Moon, also known as Silk, to become the MCU’s next major spider hero.
Vinyl collectors are frustrated by albums arriving with missing songs, altered mixes and unfinished tracks as physical manufacturing struggles to match digital releases.
Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe arrives on Netflix on 31 August 2026, with new Gundam anime and game projects also ahead.
Sega’s Shining Force introduced accessible tactical battles, eccentric recruits and inventive maps years before Fire Emblem became a worldwide hit.
Quantic Dream faces union criticism over roughly 115 layoffs, compensation negotiations and claims that Star Wars Eclipse development remains unaffected.
RyzaChat brings AI conversations, generated quests and a virtual Ryza to mobile, while raising fresh questions about storytelling, ethics and player attachment.
Find the Gears of War: E-Day early access multiplayer beta times, Australian start and finish times, modes, progression limits and unlockable rewards.
Eli Roth says generative AI appears in only a very small portion of a few Ice Cream Man scenes, clarifying earlier comments about its hand-drawn animation.
Minecraft’s Java snapshot finally adds concrete stairs and slabs, giving builders long-requested options nearly nine years after concrete first appeared.
Danganronpa 2×2 has been delayed until early 2027, with creator Kazuta Kodaka saying Grand Theft Auto 6 and development time both influenced the move.
Beast of Reincarnation’s wolf companion Koo brings elemental powers, teleporting entrances and remarkably consistent pet-inspired jump scares to Emma’s quiet adventure.
An 18-year-old developer’s $200 Steam joke generated $1.3 million in revenue before most buyers refunded it, leaving a surprisingly small final return.
Electronic Arts has completed its $55 billion sale to a Saudi-led consortium, changing the publisher’s ownership, transparency and accountability.
Electronic Arts is now privately owned after a $55 billion acquisition by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners.
Larian Studios’ latest Baldur’s Gate 3 statistics reveal the NPCs players kill most, mod download milestones and some remarkably unusual play habits.
George R. R. Martin’s latest blog post focuses on grief, depression, ageing and an overwhelming year, alongside positive news about Emmy-nominated work.
Find the Australian release time for Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, plus the complete 20-character launch roster for PS5 and Windows PC.
Final Fantasy XIV has arrived on Nintendo Switch 2, but its expanded free trial covers four major story arcs before you need to buy the game.
Duskfade blends magical exploration, clockwork scenery and fast 3D platforming into a promising adventure for players waiting on Kingdom Hearts 4.
Zero Dark Thirty gave Chris Pratt the chance to be taken seriously as an action performer, helping pave the way for his casting as Star-Lord.
The Ninth Jedi expands Star Wars: Visions into an eight-part anime adventure with fresh mythology, a formidable villain and spectacular lightsaber action.
X-Men ’97 season 2 finally reveals Candra’s history, connecting the X-Ternal to Apocalypse, Gambit and a mystery dating back to the original animated series.
Pokémon Pokopia update 2.0.0 adds underwater exploration, Bubbly Basin content, cross-region storage, building improvements and an extensive bug-fix list.
Ti West’s X trilogy combines grimy grindhouse horror, Mia Goth’s standout performances and a surprisingly serious approach to three connected slasher films.
A Fortnite leak points to a possible Kingdom Hearts crossover as players speculate about a Gaming Legends season celebrating video game history.
Twin Engine and Bandai will invest ¥4 billion in a long-term anime partnership spanning original manga, animation, merchandise and licensing.
EA’s leveraged buyout has added $18 billion in debt, putting annual interest payments and major workforce and game-portfolio cuts under scrutiny.
The Ninth Jedi takes Star Wars into a forgotten future, showing how the franchise can build a fresh saga without relying on the Skywalker family.
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has sold 7.96 million copies, putting the unusual Nintendo Switch life simulator ahead of several Switch 2 releases.
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls impresses with comic-book visuals and a promising story, but sluggish combat and troubled Windows performance undermine its launch.
After more than 200 hours across two years, this first-time FromSoftware player still has not beaten Elden Ring—and knows why.
Rust’s Power Trip update transforms monument control, power access and crude-oil gathering during the August force wipe, while raising concerns for solo players.
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock power Speed, a relentlessly paced 1990s action thriller about a bus that cannot safely slow down, now streaming on Netflix.
PlayStation faces legal challenges in five countries as consumer groups question Sony’s digital-store control and the possible end of physical game discs.
Rockstar will premiere an extended Grand Theft Auto VI look on Netflix on August 27, with YouTube and the official website following six hours later.
Nintendo’s 2026 results combine strong Switch 2 sales, rising game revenue, a US tariff refund and blockbuster returns from The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
Will Gluck answers nine unusually precise questions about One Night Only, examining the lore behind its dystopian romantic-comedy setting.
Find every Pokémon in Pokémon Pokopia’s Bubbly Basin DLC, including specialties, required habitats, day-only encounters and Mythical Pokémon requirements.
Find every Pokémon Pokopia outfit and hairstyle, including fixed island locations, Bubbly Basin DLC cosmetics and rare Dream Island unlocks.
Sam Neill may have completed an unknown role in Nintendo’s live-action Zelda film, which is scheduled for Australian cinemas in April 2027.
Quake’s 30th anniversary update adds Dawn of the Machine, a 19-level campaign with new weapons, enemies, replay paths and multiplayer content.
Koo is meant to make Beast of Reincarnation’s world feel alive, but constant alerts and repetitive barks drain the mystery from exploration.
Eli Roth has revised his claim about Ice Cream Man, acknowledging limited AI use after a preview credit raised questions about the film’s animation.
Big Walk turns its tutorial into a shared playground, teaching movement and interaction through exploration, noisy experiments and unrestricted multiplayer play.
The Ninth Jedi finale establishes Kara’s new Jedi Order, defeats Nawaam and leaves Lah Zhima’s fate unresolved ahead of a possible second season.
Moonlighter, the acclaimed shopkeeping and dungeon-crawling RPG, is free on Steam through August 9 ahead of its sequel’s September launch.
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault launches fully on 2 September with new story content, equipment and platforms during a packed release season.
EA’s $55 billion Saudi-led sale is complete, but the publisher now faces a $700 million annual savings target and renewed fears of widespread layoffs.
Learn how to unlock Dive in Pokémon Pokopia, find Manaphy, build Lapras’ habitat, learn Surf, and raise Bleak Beach to Environment Level 5.
Big Walk turns expressive hand gestures into a clever co-op language, making non-verbal communication central to puzzles, accessibility and shared play.
King has rejected a Swedish collective bargaining agreement after nearly a year of negotiations, citing its benefits package and operating model.
Closed captions may have revealed the name of MJ’s new boyfriend in Spider-Man: Brand New Day—and it could connect the film to a divisive comic character.
Eli Roth says the Borderlands film lost its identity by trying to satisfy children, gamers and mainstream audiences at the same time.
Pokémon Pokopia’s free 2.0 update adds underwater building, broad quality-of-life improvements and fixes the habitat system’s most dramatic reactions.
Disney Plus is adding selected TikTok videos through a new mobile feature, shortly after cancelling the planned second season of Marvel’s Wonder Man.
Marvel Rivals season 9.5 overhauls texture compression, reducing storage requirements by 15 GB on consoles and 40 GB on PC.
Game Freak promises continuous updates for Beast of Reincarnation after technical issues, tiny text and mixed reactions from critics and Steam players.
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave expands the series’ range of representation, but inconsistent rendering leaves several dark-skinned characters looking unnaturally ashy.
Game Freak’s first Beast of Reincarnation patch will target text size, camera behaviour, story pacing, graphics defaults and bugs after mixed player feedback.
Banned horror game Vile: Exhumed is being prepared for a $10 physical release, with half of proceeds pledged to a charity supporting people escaping violence.
RuneScape’s $12 party-decoration bundles faced criticism over limited-use items, prompting Jagex to add blueprints, offer refunds and adopt a buy-once model.
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