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A screenshot of the Chief saying we'll be fine.

CultureNews

Xbox Swings Into Damage Control Mode And Calls Extended Outage That Locked Players Out Of Their Games ‘Unacceptable’

The executive said Xbox is working on the issue to prevent outages like this in the future

By Ethan Gach Published July 28, 2026

CultureNews

PlayStation Veteran Says Japan Studio Was Closed Because It Couldn’t Make Games That ‘Drive Hardware Sales’ Like God Of War Or Uncharted

Even SIE's former president, Shuhei Yoshida, thinks its 'unbelievable' that the company chose to shut down Japan Studio

By Lewis Parker Published July 28, 2026

CultureNews

Ex–Dragon Age Producer Calls EA A ‘Hedge Fund With A Video Game Hobby’

Hard to argue with that

By Ethan Gach Published July 27, 2026

CulturePokemon

A Pokémon Fan Explains Why He Set Up 58 Consoles Searching For A One-In-Nine-Million Shiny

Shiny Golduck may not seem like anything special, but the math behind this one makes it near-impossible to find

Kenneth Shepard and John Walker Published July 27, 2026

CultureNews

Physical Copies Of GTA 6 In Japan Will Expire After A Few Months

You'd better use that code in 170 days or less...

By Zack Zwiezen Published July 27, 2026

CulturePokemon

Pokémon Fans Are Battling Over A Mew Card That Might Not Even Be Real

The 30th anniversary set is coming in September, and a Mew card has ignited a new conspiracy

By Kenneth Shepard Published July 27, 2026

CultureNews

The Week In Games: Halo And Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Get Prettier

Master Chief and Red finally have something in common

By Ethan Gach Published July 27, 2026

CultureNews

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 Players Are Begging People To Stop Voting For The Same Three Maps: ‘Literally So Annoying And Borderline Unplayable’

It's 2012 all over again as people keep voting for Nuketown, Raid, and Hijacked match after match

By Zack Zwiezen Published July 27, 2026

CulturePokemon

Nintendo Of America’s Original Pokémon Pitch From E3 1998 Is Wild To Watch Nearly 30 Years Later

The series was already a hit in Japan, but Nintendo still had to convince Americans

By Kenneth Shepard Published July 27, 2026

CultureOdds and Ends

Splatoon Raiders Is Now A Top-10 Highest User-Rated Game On Metacritic

Stay fresh!

By Ethan Gach Published July 27, 2026

CultureNews

Indie Dev Surprised To Find People Are Using His Old Game To Play Undertale Online

Take care of yourself kid, ‘cause someone really cares about you (because you enable them to play Undertale together online)

By Lewis Parker Published July 27, 2026

CultureNews

New Baldur’s Gate 3 Mod Has Given Me All The Excuse I Need To Play The Game Again

Oh no! A third-person camera mod that makes it feel just like Dragon Age? Guess I'll just have to spend another 100 hours testing it out.

By Ash Parrish Published July 27, 2026

CultureNews

Xbox Servers Go Down And Lock Fans Out Of Games As A Grim Reminder Of Our All-Digital Future [Update: ‘Things Are Slowly Improving’]

The outage prevented players from accessing their libraries or launch games

By Zack Zwiezen Updated July 27, 2026

Entertainment

The New Big Bang Theory Spin-Off Insists You Don’t Skip Its AI-Generated Intro: ‘You’ll Be Missing Out’

Featuring beloved comic book genres like ‘befttjl’ and ‘minoiiigns’

By Kenneth Shepard Published July 27, 2026

CultureNews

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trilogy Director Praised As The Guy Fans Want Square Enix To Put In Charge Of Final Fantasy 17

Naoki Hamaguchi made a surprise ppearance onstage at the latest FF14 Fan Fest

By Ethan Gach Published July 27, 2026

CultureNews

GTA 5 And Red Dead Redemption 2 Writer Dan Houser Says Companies Should Sell Game Discs If Players Want Them

GTA 6 is the first major game release to go digital-only

By Ethan Gach Published July 27, 2026

CultureNews

PlayStation ‘Blackout’ Week Is Coming To Protest Sony’s Disc-Less Future

The PSBlackout organizers are asking PlayStation owners to refrain from logging into and purchasing any content on PlayStation platforms from August 23 to August 30

By Lewis Parker Published July 27, 2026

Culture

Cyan Worlds Gives A Look At What Could Have Been A New Myst Sequel

‘Project Anglerfish’ would have been the first new Myst entry in 20 years, which isn’t to say there won't be more journeys through the Ages

By Zack Kotzer Published July 26, 2026

Culture

Miyamoto Believes Gamers Have Lost Interest In Hardware Specs, And Who Could Blame Them

Gaming trends have the Mario creator feeling that cutting edge graphics and performance are no longer the priority for customers, and the evidence seems to be on his side

By Zack Kotzer Published July 26, 2026

Promo Image From The Pokemon Card Store Website

CultureNews

Pokémon Company Strikes Blow Against Scalpers With Facial Recognition Checks To ‘Prevent Crime’ At Card Stores In Japan

In a bid to counter Pokémon TCG scalping and 'prevent crime,' Pokémon card stores in Japan are introducing a new facial recognition system

By Lewis Parker Published July 26, 2026