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Microsoft has finally put a price and pre-order date on the Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition, its special console celebrating 25 years of Xbox. First unveiled earlier this year with a translucent green design inspired by the original Xbox, the limited-edition machine is now set to launch in November. The Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition will cost $899.99 / €899.99 / £759.99, with pre-orders opening on August 27 at 7 AM PT through the Xbox Store...

Game of Thrones: War for Westeros has finally gone hands-on, and the biggest surprise is how traditional it feels. Underneath the HBO licence is a straightforward base-building RTS, much closer to Age of Empires than to a soulless licensed IP. You set up an economy, expand across the map, take territory and raise an army. You win either by holding enough ground or by tearing down your opponent's seat.  ...

After months of rumors, Microsoft has officially confirmed a new way for Xbox players to bring their physical game libraries into the digital era. The company is beginning testing of a disc-to-digital feature that will let owners of supported Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S games convert their disc-based licenses into digital entitlements. The announcement came during Gamescom, where Microsoft described the feature as part of its broader effort to improve game preservation. The idea is fairly...

Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 delivered more than two hours of trailers, announcements and surprises yesterday, giving players plenty to talk about as Gamescom officially gets underway in Cologne. Hosted by Geoff Keighley, the showcase brought several major franchises back into the spotlight while also introducing some unexpected new projects. A show packed with announcements Among the biggest announcements were the return of The Witcher 3, a new Heroes of Might and Magic III remake, the long-awaited 1.0 launch of Path of...

Danger brings one of the strangest concepts in Marvel Comics into MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls. Created as the X-Men’s Danger Room, the artificial intelligence eventually developed consciousness and gained a physical humanoid form. Rather than simply being a training facility, Danger became an independent being with her own identity and perspective on the X-Men. MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls embraces this unusual history by placing her alongside Storm, Wolverine, and Magik as part of the Unbreakable X-Men. Her inclusion is particularly...

ASUS has finally put a price on the standalone ROG Xbox Ally X20, revealing at Gamescom that its flashy OLED handheld will cost $1,300 / €1,400 / £1,300. That's a hefty $300 premium over last year's ROG Xbox Ally X, but this isn't simply an anniversary-themed reskin. The ROG Xbox Ally X20 first caught attention when ASUS unveiled it in June as part of its 20th anniversary celebration. Its biggest upgrade is the display, swapping the standard Ally...

After announcing all the novelties coming to the popular football simulation franchise this year, including The Grounds, EA has officially revealed the PC system requirements for EA SPORTS FC 27, giving players a better idea of what kind of hardware they will need when the latest entry in the football franchise arrives. While the game can still run on relatively modest hardware, EA offers several performance targets for players who want to push the visuals and frame rate further. Can...

Commodore and CD Projekt Red are teaming up for a retro-tech crossover that feels almost tailor-made for the world of Cyberpunk 2077. The result is the Commodore 77, a special-edition Commodore 64 Ultimate designed to look like it was pulled straight out of Night City. The machine takes the familiar yellow "breadbox" design of the classic C64 and gives it a suitably dystopian makeover. The case features worn surfaces, graffiti, partially removed stickers, and a metal plate across the function-key...

A lot of AAA games nowadays spend their first months fixing their rough edges, but Crimson Desert had a plan and stuck to it. Pearl Abyss’ open-world action adventure launched on March 19, 2026, and its first few months have been ridiculously busy. The game passed 6 million copies sold worldwide in just 83 days, while Pearl Abyss kept piling on the trading update rather than simply moving on to the next big thing. By August, Crimson Desert had received 17...

Metro 2039 has just shown off its latest gameplay at Gamescom Opening Night Live, and the new “Renegade” trailer only needs around two minutes to make one thing clear: the Metro is still an absolutely miserable place to be. Thankfully, that is exactly why we want to go back. The footage immediately brings back memories of Metro 2033. Tight underground spaces, weak lighting, abandoned corners and the constant feeling that something unpleasant could be hiding just outside your flashlight beam...

Over a decade after its initial announcement and subsequent cancellation, Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Désilets has officially brought his long-lost passion project back to life. Developed and published by Panache Digital Games, 1666: Amsterdam is a dark fantasy action-adventure that shifts away from standard historical stealth to embrace dark witchcraft, time-bending narratives, and supernatural investigation.  ...

Farming Simulator 25 has revealed more details about Beans & Alpacas, the upcoming DLC for the game. This time, GIANTS Software is focusing on bananas, a crop that comes with its own dedicated cultivation system rather than simply being added to the existing farming mechanics. Players will be able to design their own banana plantations, use a rail system to transport the harvest, treat diseased plants, and send bananas through several different production chains. Alongside this, Beans & Alpacas will...