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’ traditional co-op wave survival offering to larger settings, and support for more players.
Elsewhere, today sees the day…
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…
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 cops were responding to a false report of an active shooter in the building — despite Melendez previously warning their unit…
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…
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…
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. However, he is unsure how they’d pull such a thing off in the MCU, especially following the Insomniac…
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…
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…
The Defiant is a Story-Driven Shooter that Explores a Rarely Seen Side of WW2 | IGN Preview
July 31, 2026
From the D-Day landing that opened Medal of Honor: Frontline to the Battle of the Bulge that capped off the American campaign in the original Call of Duty, it feels like videogames have already told and retold most of the major conflicts that occurred during the second world war. However, while players have previously stepped into the combat boots of soldiers on the ground in various settings from…
