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I just had the best weekend of gaming I can remember –and it was completely free

Battlefield 6 blew me away

From Expedition 33 and Cyberpunk 2077 to F1 22 — these are the 5 PS5 and Switch games I always play to test gaming headsets

To test gaming headsets, I always play these 5 games to determine whether a set of cans sounds fantastic.

Tom’s Guide

As the dust settles on Battlefield 6's first beta weekend, devs confirm they're looking into "unexpectedly fast" kill times in the FPS

Did you get downed too quickly? Me too...

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I've been reporting on board games and tabletop RPGs for years, and I think these upcoming projects need to be on your wishlist

I've been to Gen Con many times, and these the board games impressed me most at the 2025 show

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BioWare considered paying a team to "do a remake" of Dragon Age: Origins, former executive producer reveals, and "there were lots of pitches" around upgrading the old RPG

The devs had contemplated "'is there a way we can bring Dragon Age: Origins forward?'"

GamesRadar

The much-requested Battlefield 6 server browser is on the way, and while it is still "under the Portal umbrella," it'll be accessible directly from the main menu

Hold your boos, it sounds like this could be a good solution

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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead defends Mafia: The Old Country's lack of swimming after clips go viral, says "endlessly layering on mechanics maketh a good game not"

Larian Studios' D&D RPG faced similar criticism

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Hideo Kojima initially had other ideas for Death Stranding 2's peculiar mannequin Charlie, including making them an invisible man, glowing silhouette, or "a 2D anime-style figure"

"While he has a somewhat inorganic feel, I still wanted to give him emotional depth as a character"

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2 studio CEO says Arrowhead's eventual next game will start pre-production with a smaller team: "HD2 started with a big team and that was baaaaad"

Arrowhead has learned "lots" of lessons from Helldivers 2, Shams Jorjani says

GamesRadar

Tiny Bookshop review – a truly cosy escape made with readers in mind

Real titles from Shakespeare to John Green line the shelves of your seaside shop in a rhythmic, mellow management simulator worth relaxing into

The Guardian - UK

UK toy sales rise as nostalgic adults turn to Pokémon and Lego

Increase of 8% this year in line with ‘strong rebound’ in global market, data shows

The Guardian - UK

"How do you even do this to a leaderboard of a popular game like Super Mario Bros?": Speedrunner beats the platformer's world record by 5 seconds, the biggest jump in over a decade

"That was full autopilot... It doesn't feel real."

GamesRadar

Subnautica 2 designer isn't alarmed by people taking a break, because survival games aren't as "monogamistic" as MMOs like World of Warcraft: "I know what they're doing"

"If I see people play through all the content of Subnautica and then they leave for a little bit until we do a content patch, that doesn't alarm me"

GamesRadar

BioWare apparently wanted to make a Mass Effect-style remaster collection for Dragon Age, but EA's not too keen: "It's strange for a publicly traded company to basically be against free money"

Ex-exec Mark Darrah says there was interest at the studio for a Dragon Age: Legendary Edition

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The Independent UK

Moses Itauma: Ben Davison’s planning helped me fall back in love with boxing

Moses Itauma has been tipped as a future world heavyweight champion, but started to fall out of love with boxing in 2024.

Windows Central

Madden NFL 26 Leads This Week’s Xbox Drops—But Don’t Miss These Hidden Gems

More new games are launching on Xbox this week from August 11 through 17, including Madden NFL 26.

Tom’s Hardware

Self-taught modder builds completely transparent Game Boy Color circuit board that actually works — PCB looks stunning when matched with fully transparent shell

Natalie built the schematics and circuit herself, but ordered the clear PCB from a third-party supplier.

Inverse

15 Years Ago, The Only Thing Better Than 'Scott Pilgrim’s Movie Was His Retro Video Game

'Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game' blended fun brawler mechanics, gorgeous pixel art, a banger soundtrack, and a healthy dose of nostalgia in one of the best licensed games of all time.

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Now that The Wind Waker is on Switch 2, I'm begging Nintendo to revive the Dark Souls of Zelda games

Opinion | Master Quest is an official, alternate version of Ocarina of Time that lives up to its name

Inverse

Xbox Game Pass Just Quietly Added The Ultimate, Tiny Survival Challenge

‘Grounded 2’ serves up miniaturized mayhem once again.

Creative Bloq

The 3 most beautiful-looking games from Nintendo's Indie World showcase

We don't have to wait long for one of them.

Creative Bloq

Please tell me Pokémon isn't using AI art

Fans have spotted suspicious signs in this picture of Pikachu.

The Guardian - AU

Tax relief and Carmen Sandiego: Australia’s once-dismissed video game industry is finally getting a leg-up

Government rebates and grants have finally put the country back on the map for the quick-moving field of professional game development

Tom’s Hardware

Battlefield 6 surpasses record half a million concurrent players on Steam, an all-time high for the franchise — 520K+ open beta surpasses every Call of Duty ever in player count

If success could be measured by numbers, Battlefield 6 would invent new math. The game, which is in its open beta right now, has just crossed the 500,000 player count on Steam, beating not only every other Battlefield before it, but also every COD title ever.

Tom’s Hardware

Blizzard's ex-CEO says Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" Call of Duty this year because the franchise has "gone downhill" — calls it a victory for players as COD "won't be lazy" anymore

Battlefield 6 has been receiving critical and fan acclaim over the past few days, and Mike Ybarro, Blizzard's former president, has shared a similar sentiment. He says Call of Duty has "gone downhill" and that Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" COD this year for several reasons.

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