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Metal Gear Solid 4 Remaster Is Leaving Online Multiplayer In The Past

But Peace Walker's coop mode is back

By Ethan Gach Published February 16, 2026

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Massive Open-World Adventure Crimson Desert Promises No Microtransaction Cash Grab At Launch

The MMO maker promises no cosmetic store to start

Lewis Parker Published February 16, 2026
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6-Year-Old Smashes Girl Scout Cookie Leaderboard And Breaks The Website After Selling Over 100,000 Boxes

Welcome to the new Thin Mint grind

Bee Wertheimer Published February 16, 2026
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Highguard Dev Bullied By Toxic Gamers Into Deleting Post About Toxic Gamers

People have only gotten more unhinged about Highguard after its studio's layoffs

By Ethan Gach Published February 16, 2026
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Guy Deletes His Fiance’s Red Dead Redemption 2 Save, Begs Arthur Morgan For Help

Actor Roger Clark describes one of his favorite Cameo requests

By John Walker Published February 16, 2026

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I Really Hope We Aren’t Actually Getting A New Resident Evil Game Every Year

Also: when are we getting a Dragon Ball racing game?

By Ethan Gach Published February 16, 2026
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Features A Deep-Dive Character From 1985

R.O.B. the robot appears in some of the already-revealed movie merch

By John Walker Published February 16, 2026
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One Switch Emulation Dev Is Fighting Back Against Nintendo’s New Takedowns: ‘We Want To Keep Continuing The Work In The Preservation Of Video Games’

The crackdown continues despite the launch of the Switch 2

Lewis Parker Published February 16, 2026
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The ROG Xbox Ally X Price Shoots Up Nearly $200 In Japan

The PC gaming handheld seems poised for potential price hikes around the globe

By Ethan Gach Published February 16, 2026
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McDonald’s Just Announced Its Own TCG, And Ronald McDonald Is The Chase [Update]

Featuring your favorite characters, Grimace, um, Fry Girl, and, er, Cheeseburger Chair?

By John Walker Published February 16, 2026

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The PS6 Launch Could Be Delayed Multiple Years By AI Hyperscalers

Rising memory costs could torpedo a "carefully orchestrated strategy"

By Ethan Gach Published February 16, 2026
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Mewgenics’ Astonishing Success Means Its Kittens Are Going To Spread Far Further

More people are playing the single-player RPG than Hades 2 and Overwatch

By John Walker Published February 16, 2026
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Logan Paul Sells A Single Pokémon Card For Over $16 Million

The Illustrator Pikachu was bought for $5.3 million in 2022, and wasn't worth that then

By John Walker Published February 16, 2026
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Billionaires Found The Next Dumb Thing To Gamble The Economy On And It’s The Moon

A space race is kicking off between our brightest billionaires

Zack Kotzer Published February 15, 2026
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David Hayter Voices Metal Gear Solid’s Snake As He Bros Out With Splinter Cell’s Sam Fisher In Rainbow Six Siege Reveal

Snake is the latest new operator to come to Ubisoft's tactical multiplayer shooter

By Ethan Gach Published February 15, 2026

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Cult-Classic ’90s PC Game Comes To Steam Under A Bizarre New Name

It was Shakespeare who said ‘a rose by any other name’ but it’s Edgar Allan Poe who’s going to find out if there’s any truth to that

Zack Kotzer Published February 15, 2026
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Silent Hill 2 Remake Studio Bloober Team’s Big Surprise Reveal Is Layers of Fear 3

The horror team is returning to their first major franchise

Zack Kotzer Published February 15, 2026
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Mad Bus Is A Bonkers Driving Sim That Let’s You Go Full Mad Max On Traffic Jams

We could have had a cross-town railway by now, instead we’re turning the streets into a battleground

Zack Kotzer Published February 15, 2026
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Games Keep Nerfing Their PC Requirements As RAM Prices Skyrocket

Lego Batman just cleaved its recommended RAM in half

By Ethan Gach Published February 14, 2026
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WarioWare Captcha Tests Your Speed And Your Humanity

Maybe the secret to making the internet fun is making it incomprehensibly fast

Zack Kotzer Published February 14, 2026

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