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GameStop Proclaims Console Wars Over After Halo on PS, White House Responds With AI Trump in Spartan Armor

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Halo: Campaign Evolved marked the official confirmation of something that felt like it would never happen just a short few years ago, with Halo officially coming to PlayStation. Following that announcement, GameStop, the retailer that was initially known for selling physical video games that's now more known for turning into a glorified Pop Funko and merch store called the 'Console Wars' over. Of all entities, the White House, which would normally have more important things to post about, responded with an AI-generated image of President Trump in Spartan armor with the caption "Power to the players." GameStop's original post comes […]

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New Underwater Survival Game Anchor Mashes Rust and Subnautica Together

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Anchor is a new underwater survival game from developer Fearem, which essentially mashes the kind of harsher survival crafting that players love in Rust with the underwater setting of Subnautica to create a new experience. Set in a dystopian world where a nuclear apocalypse has sent humanity into the ocean to try and find a new way to survive, you'll be able to join up with other players in the 150-player servers or lone shark your underwater journey as you try to survive on your own. It'll also feature PvE modes for those who don't want to deal with the […]

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The Battlefield 6 F2P Battle Royale Mode Is Called Battlefield REDSEC and Launches Tomorrow

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The Battlefield 6 battle royale mode has finally been revealed and will officially be called Battlefield REDSEC. As rumoured, it'll launch tomorrow, and it'll be free-to-play. EA and Battlefield Studios revealed the mode with a short post on the official Battlefield X (formerly Twitter) account, which included a link to a gameplay trailer that'll go live tomorrow, alongside the mode itself going live. We'll have more official knowledge on the mode tomorrow when the gameplay trailer goes live, which will likely be followed by a blog post on the Battlefield 6 website, though for now we do have other claims […]

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The Next-Gen Xbox Will Reportedly Be The Best of the PC and Console Worlds

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The current generation of Xbox and PlayStation consoles is now more than five years old, making it well past the time we would start hearing about what the next generation of consoles will look like. We've seen several rumours on what the next-generation Xbox hardware will include, and on top of comments from Xbox president Sarah Bond, a picture of Xbox's next console is starting to form. Now, a new report from Windows Central seems to piece it together a bit more clearly, framing the next Microsoft console as a best of both worlds between the PC and console experience. […]

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt Servers Will Burn Up In The Sun In April 2026

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Just as Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 finally arrives on the scene after years of development, another Vampire: The Masquerade game disappears for good. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt, the free-to-play battle royale that initially launched in its 1.0 state on April 27, 2022 (after an early access release on September 7, 2021), is shutting down its servers on April 28, 2026, almost exactly four years since its 1.0 arrival. Developer Sharkmob confirmed the shutdown in a statement on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt's official website, citing the dwindling player population as "no longer sustainable" to keep the game […]

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The Outer Worlds 2 Guide – Do These Five Things First

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Obsidian Entertainment's latest role-playing game, The Outer Worlds 2, is here, and there's a lot to do in this new space-faring adventure. The planets you visit have bigger maps to run through, there are more weapons to use and modify, people to meet and talk to, and plenty more. But there are five things that you should absolutely do first, right when you get off your ship, the Incognito, and touch down on the planet Eden and on Paradise Island. They'll make your playthrough run a lot smoother, and start you off on the right foot. The Outer Worlds 2 […]

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The Halo CE Remake, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Has Been Revealed, Comes to PlayStation, Xbox, and PC in 2026

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The Halo: Combat Evolved remake we've all been anticipating today, as part of the Halo WCC, has finally been announced. Halo: Campaign Evolved is a remake that Halo Studios and Xbox describe as "a faithful yet modernized remake of Halo: Combat Evolved’s campaign." It'll arrive on Xbox Series X/S, PC, and PlayStation 5 sometime in 2026. We've officially seen it all now, with all of Microsoft and Xbox's biggest first-party franchises making their way to PlayStation. It was the inevitable endpoint we all saw when Halo Studios (formerly 343 Studios) confirmed that it would be dropping the Slipspace Engine and […]

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Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 Is “Coming Along Really Well,” Says Director, “I’m Very Confident in the Game I’m Making”

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It's been a decade-long journey so far, and it'll have been over a decade by the time its finished, but we're nearing the completion of the Final Fantasy VII Remake Trilogy. With Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 currently in development, we're on the lookout for any bit of information we can get, and in a recent interview with VGC, game director Naoki Hamaguchi provided a little more insight into the game's development. Recently, Hamaguchi spoke about how he's looking to provide "a new gaming experience" for players with Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3, by which he meant Part […]

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The Outer Worlds 2 Tips and Tricks Guide

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The Outer Worlds 2 is finally here, and before you jump into Obsidian Entertainment's new space-faring adventure in its dystopian world, this guide will help give you a leg-up with some tips and tricks to survive and thrive in The Outer Worlds 2. It should go without saying that I won't be delving into any story spoilers, but incase it needed to be said, there it is. If you want to check out more about The Outer Worlds 2, then go look at my full review for the game. The Outer Worlds 2 Tips and Tricks Guide ABL: Always Be […]

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Twin Peaks-Inspired 2D Horror Metroidvania Silver Pines Arrives On PC and Consoles in 2026

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Silver Pines is a Twin Peaks-inspired 2D survival horror metroidvania game (how often does one of those come along) that'll arrive on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5 sometime in 2026 from developer Wych Elm Games and publisher Team17. The game follows Red Walker, a private investigator who has been hired to find Eddie Velvet, a musician who has mysteriously vanished, though, as you might already suspect, while looking for Velvet, Walker begins to uncover a deeper plot and darker mystery behind Velvet's disappearance. Its art style and survival horror gameplay make it seem like […]

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New Battlefield 6 Update Tweaks Custom Search, Player Movement and Progression Updates Still to Come

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Now that Battlefield 6 has been out and in players' hands for a full two weeks at the time of this writing, EA and Battlefield Studios have begun updating, tweaking, and refining the experience to squash bugs and address player feedback. The latest update, which went live today in preparation for Season 1, includes tweaks to the Custom Search queue option and a fix for a vehicle spawn bug. What's more intriguing about the update is what's still to come, as Battlefield Studios lists changes and refinements to player movement and continued changes to player progression that Battlefield Studios began […]

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