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RuneScape: Dragonwilds' final update before the Scorned Wilderness Raid brings Agility, a long-overdue new skill that rewards speed and exploration with passive stamina savings and unlockable shortcuts.
Konami has confirmed Castlevania: Belmont's Curse will run at 30fps on Nintendo Switch, half the 60fps target on PS5, Xbox, and PC. No Switch 2 version is currently planned.
Microsoft's ad-supported cloud streaming test is live for Xbox Insiders, and the most interesting angle isn't the ads themselves. It's that Xbox One owners can now stream Series X games without buying new hardware.
Sega's president told Famitsu the company values physical media and won't abandon it. Fans are pointing out that almost every Sega game on Switch 2 ships as a key card, not a cartridge.
Xbox has started testing ad-supported cloud streaming with Insiders, offering one-hour sessions in exchange for pre-roll ads. The specific math behind the deal tells you whether this is a fair bargain or a slippery slope.
A focused patch addresses audio bugs, breeding problems, and several quality-of-life friction points across Genesis Part 1 and the wider game.
The Diablo IV team has patched several critical spawning issues plaguing Season of Death Awakening, plus a Rogue damage fix that should smooth out endgame runs.
Sunkenland's latest patch lets you roll back to older character saves, fixes Eva's quest tracking, and stops ships from sinking too fast.
Amazon's gaming chief Jeffrey Gattis buried an one-year delay for Tomb Raider Catalyst inside a sprawling interview about cloud gaming. No press release, no announcement, just a passing mention.
Project Zomboid Build 42.20 hits stable next Wednesday with fixes for character spawns, controllers, butcher hooks, vehicle towing, and multiplayer zombie culling.
A trademark filed with the EU's intellectual property office reveals the next Kingdom Come game's name and includes repeated references to online functionality, a first for the single-player series.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot is the first major publisher boss to weigh in on Sony's disc discontinuation, and he's firmly in Sony's corner.
Update #5 lands today with terrain optimisations, artifact rebalancing, and fixes for item duplication and softlocks that plagued extraction.
The latest '83 patch brings player-driven leadership accountability via votekick, plus audio refinements and performance tweaks ahead of the first major content update.
War Thunder's latest patch addresses visibility bugs, countermeasure issues, and rebalances Nuclear Escalation matchmaking across multiple nations.
It's time to nominate your favourite RuneScape content creators, artists, and community members for the 2026 Golden Gnomes, with the awards ceremony live at RuneFest on 3 October.
World of Warships is gearing up for a substantial overhaul of aircraft carrier and anti-aircraft mechanics, while opening Early Access to a new Pan-American destroyer line and adding a historic Spanish commander.
OneBGS claims Bethesda Montreal workers received termination emails offering the legal minimum in severance on July 17, the same day the studio celebrated its Fallout and Elder Scrolls roadmap. The union has filed a legal complaint.
Microsoft's answer to its own $800 console price tag? Watch an ad and stream for an hour. The irony writes itself.
Cold Iron Studios' co-op shooter sequel bumps the squad count to four, adds cross-platform play, and launches next month at $49.99.
Version 1.15.00 is now live across Steam platforms, tackling visibility glitches and several frustrating gameplay blockers that were preventing progression.
A legal filing reveals Xbox eliminated roughly 435 unionised employees out of 1,205 in just six months, while Bethesda Montreal workers say they were promised employment through September before receiving bare-minimum termination emails.
The latest PEAK patch squashes the annoying item-clipping bug that's plagued wall interactions, fixes a stamina drain issue with Helping Hand, and optimises performance.
Bit Reactor's XCOM-style Star Wars tactics game gives you exactly one Jedi, and if she dies, she's gone for good. A new developer Q&A lays out what to expect from the 30-40 hour campaign.