August 6th, 2026 was the 40th anniversary of Metroid, one of the few videogames in history to be so influential it has a whole genre named (at least partially) after it. You'd be forgiven for not realizing last Thursday was such a significant date because Nintendo seemingly forgot itself—and not for the first time.But the anniversary didn't go completely uncelebrated. Posted to the Metroid subreddit last Thursday, a new fan...

We first started tracking the prices of individual graphics cards on August 14, 2025, and since then we've checked on an almost weekly cadence (we've got to have holidays, y'know). And it's not been a pretty year.In the interests of full disclosure, the methodology behind this data capture has been to have one editor spend an inordinate amount of their work day tracking down the cheapest available version of each...

I had the pleasure of playing Star Wars: Galactic Racer recently—it's an upcoming racing game by Fuse Games, a studio filled with Burnout alumni, and while I was intrigued by the roguelike elements of its singleplayer campaign, the real standout to me is its online multiplayer, which is doing something that I would otherwise call ill-advised: Making it a MOBA. Sort of.When I say the mode's been spliced with a...

Six months after laying off approximately 80 developers because "overall momentum hasn't reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term," Riot Games has announced that it is ending development of its fighting game 2XKO. Servers for online play will remain available and the game is also playable offline, but "active development will conclude at the end of 2026.""Over the last few months, we've been monitoring...

I'll be the first to admit that I have my reservations about enigmatic cryptopeddler / self-appointed anticorporate folk hero / world's most humdrum most wanted suspect Cyberleek. But I can't say their repeated leaks haven't done us all the service of answering our most burning GTA 6 questions—questions like, "If I play GTA 6, how often should I expect to confront someone who's just straight up hanging hog?"Thanks to Cyberleek's...

BlackShark V3 | 50 mm drivers: was $279.95 now $190.30The BlackShark V3 is the best gaming headset and has been since its launch in 2025. Thanks to some very impressive upgraded 50 mm drivers, the Razer unit sounds clear as a bell for gaming, with excellent mids and an overall response that makes it great for your music, too. Key specs: 50 mm Triforce Titanium Gen 2 drivers | 2.4...

Generative AI is a hot-button topic in the industry, and for good reason—it's been kinda destructive, whether that's jacking up hardware prices or putting people out of a job—and while there have been some fairly mundane use cases that seem helpful, it's been hard to escape the sheer sense of mania that's built around its use. Or the bad PR, juiced out of the sheer exhaustion we've all had from...

Need to knowWhat is it?: Plague Tale prequel goes full third-person action-adventure.Expect to pay: £44/$50Developer: AsoboPublisher: FrogwaresReviewed on: Windows 11, Intel Core i9, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 4060Multiplayer?: NoSteam Deck: PlayableLink: Official siteThe Plague Tale series were puzzle-stealth games about kids trying to survive a Horrible History version of France during the Hundred Years War, sneaking past soldiers and using light to frighten hordes of rats that could strip them...

After a quiet few months, September finally hits the gas, and our list of monthly PC game happenings is filled with brand new adventures, series continuations, 1.0 updates, and events galore. I'm still playing catch-up after Gamescom, and now we've got Tokyo Game Show queued up soon. It's the same schedule every year, but somehow I'm always caught off guard.The Blood of Dawnwalker kicked off the month with a delightfully...

After years of development, a shaky launch, and layoffs a mere three weeks later, the inevitable came for Riot's tag fighter 2XKO in August: shutdown of future development after this year, and refunds for everyone who had made in-game purchases up to that point.In its announcement post, Riot admitted that it was unable to find the momentum to keep 2XKO sustainable, a sentiment that co-founder Marc Merrill echoed during a...