Need to knowWhat is it? A melancholy parry-happy action RPG from the creators of Pokémon gamesRelease date August 4, 2026Expect to pay $60Developer Game FreakPublisher FictionsReviewed on RTX 3060 (laptop), Ryzen 5 5600H, 16GB RAMSteam Deck Officially "Unknown", but unlikely to workLink SteamBeast of Reincarnation is a sci-fi action RPG whose parry-happy woman protagonist is on a mission to save an apocalypse-blighted humanity. On paper it sounds like Stellar Blade,...

As Games Workshop let slip in a financial report last week, acclaimed horror writer/director Mike Flanagan, fresh off an adaptation of Stephen King's novel Carrie, will be writing a new live action Warhammer 40,000 series in production at Amazon. Noted Warhammer hunk Henry Cavill is producing the series, but has also reiterated in an Instagram post today that he'll be in front of the camera, too."We have already been working...

I've owned an awful lot of ethernet cables in my life, in all sorts of colors. Black, blue, white, grey, yellow, green… even brown and red, I'm pretty sure. If you asked me what's the most common ethernet cable color outside black and white, I'd probably go with blue—but this weekend I learned that when ethernet was first designed in the 1970s, the first cables to use it were all...

You ever get the feeling that a game has been made, if not just for you, then for a small cohort of absolute freaks of which you are a proud member?That's the feeling I got when I encountered tabletop RPG 10,000 Swords Against Heaven, from author and game designer JK Saavedra, on social media. Billed as a "dark science fantasy cultivation RPG," it is a game about visiting spectacular and...

Noctua is pretty good at this whole cooling thing. It takes one swing at a liquid cooler and nails it first time. To be fair, it's not done it alone. Noctua developed the NC-LC1 atop of a high-end liquid cooling platform from the company that literally invented liquid coolers, Asetek. Nevertheless, it's a potent combination, combining a performant pump with world-class fans and sound dampening.The NL-LC1 is the best liquid...

August is another quiet month for new PC game releases in 2026, but use the lull to catch up on other games from this year (or month) before September. I don't know if you've looked at the calendar for the next few months—it's, uh, a lot. As Lincoln pointed out, the Summer Game Fest announcements piled on new game releases for this fall. I count three survival crafting game 1.0...

Let's take a look at the scoreboard: A 1TB Steam Deck costs $1,000. A top-of-the-line gaming PC costs $7,000. A PS5 starts at $650, an over 50% increase from its launch six years ago. A modest hard drive goes for rent money. The RAMpocalypse continues unabated. The Steam Machine is a hard sell out of the gate. The reasons for the slow, suffocating death of the hardware market are well-documented...

Sovereign Tower has genuinely surprised me. At first glance, it's a cosy-looking management romp with shades of Reigns and Yes, Your Grace. It's colourful, a little silly and chock-full of charming eccentrics. This is not an inaccurate assessment, but it's also so much more—and a lot darker than the soft colour palette and whimsical tone initially suggests. After opening the door to a magic tower, you become the Sovereign, the...

During my exclusive hands-on with Onimusha: Way of the Sword at Capcom's HQ in Osaka, I sat down with the game's audio director, Shunichi Suwa, to talk about how the music, environmental and character audio, as well as weapon sound effects were designed.And, for a game that has a huge focus on duelling with blades, I immediately asked Suwa about how Capcom's sound team had created the myriad of weapon...

With Electronic Arts now officially owned by Saudi Arabia, CEO Andrew Wilson has made some changes at the top, appointing former EA Sports president Cam Weber as president and chief studios officer, and former "chief experiences officer" David Tinson—basically the top marketing and communications role—as president and chief operating officer.The announcement of the promotions came in a message initially shared with employees that was presumably meant to be reassuring, but...