We’ve rounded up everything announced in today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast focused on Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, including a big reveal of the game’s true protagonist, several big choices and some heroic timey-wimey shenanigans.
Today’s broadcast featured 20 minutes of new details for Nintendo’s upcoming Switch 2 exclusive, which is set to launch in just over a month on September…
The first half of August will see a long list of games join Xbox Game Pass, as well as the Gears of War: E-Day open beta for Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass subscribers.
This early trial of E-Day will include the new Horde Siege PvE mode, which transports the series’…
Pokémon TCG’s latest Mega Evolution expansion, Pitch Black, has been out for a few weeks now, and things are likely a lot better for those of us unwilling to pay an arm and a leg for shiny cardboard.
Amazon has once again restocked Pitch Black Booster Bundles, and…
Beast of Reincarnation Review
August 4, 2026
Like an above-ground swimming pool, Beast of Reincarnation is one of those things that feels like it should be great in theory, but leaves something to be desired once you actually spend some time in it. On a surface level, everything from the aesthetics and otherworldly apocalyptic setting to the battles against giant, diseased creatures has the makings of something really special. In practice…
A Rust player left paralyzed by cops in a swatting incident is now suing the police for $176 million.
Back in April of this year, 23-year-old Tucson resident Axeel Melendez was shot in his leg and spine by two officers who stormed into his house via his bedroom window. The…
Rockstar Games Killed Midnight Club 5 Because It Wasn't as Big as GTA, Ex-Designer Claims
August 4, 2026
An ex-Rockstar Games designer claims that the studio killed the Midnight Club franchise as it wasn’t as big as Grand Theft Auto.
In an interview with Insider Gaming, former Rockstar senior designer Kris Roberts was asked about Midnight Club’s fate, having worked on the…
Stellar Blade: Blood Rain developer Shift Up has sparked a backlash for releasing an entirely AI-generated music video starring protagonist Evie.
“Wanna be in LOVE” Feat. Evie | Stellar Blade: BLOODRAIN was published to South Korean developer Shift Up’s YouTube channel on July 31, as a K-pop twist on the upcoming action game. It shows Evie singing an upbeat pop song in Stellar Blade’s…
Tom Holland thinks that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 game did the symbiote suit so well that he’s unsure if they could pull it off in live-action.
Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Tom Holland had high praise for Tobey Maguire’s black symbiote suit in Spider-Man 3.
Dungeons & Dragons will soon include a mature-rated expansion that’ll come shrink-wrapped to protect minors from seeing its pages containing “violence, bloodshed, nudity and sexuality.”
Wizards of the Coast laid out its D&D roadmap for the next 12 months this evening…
As promised, we have the full reveal of the Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond today, a first look at the weapons and armor it will include, and a release date.
“Roll the dice to break the traitorous enemies of Super Earth in this historic crossover Legendary Warbond,” developer Arrowhead said. “Fight for Liberty without measuring distance, line-of-sight or your target’s…
