Your First Chance To Play The Duskbloods Early Is Next Month

From Software’s upcoming game The Duskbloods looks be quite the departure from the studio’s previous work, and if you want a chance to play it ahead of its official launch, you’ll soon have your chance. The game will be running a closed network test in August, with registration for a chance to participate starting very…

Mario Tennis Fever Free ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Update Out Now, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Nintendo has today released a free update for Mario Tennis Fever on the Switch 2. It bumps the game up to Version 1.1.0 and adds a new court and much more inspired by the Super Mario Galaxy series. There’s also the new special match “Galaxy Court Match”, new colors for Luma, a new Fever Racket,…

Xbox Lays Off Elder Scrolls Studio Head Who Took Over After Last Layoffs

Teams across Xbox are still just beginning to feel the deep impact of this month’s 1,600 layoffs. Those cuts have now been revealed to include leadership at ZeniMax Online Studios, the team that makes The Elder Scrolls Online. Studio head Jo Burba, who took over last July after the last round of mass Xbox layoffs,…

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced player finds rare Explorer Outfit “by pure chance” while taking a swim

An Assassin’s Creed fan looks to be one of the first to have discovered the Explorer Outfit in Black Flag Resynced, after speculation over whether it was in the remake at all. Previously accessible by completing community challenges in the original action-adventure game, Ubisoft hadn’t confirmed the iconic outfit’s reappearance. On Monday, July 13, however,…

Was Assassin’s Creed Origins’ Egypt the best open world in the series?

Archive Spelunker Archive Spelunker Wes Fenlon Senior Editor From the archives: This Extra Life columb was originally published in PC Gamer 313 (January 2018). It appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and presentation. In the years since Andy celebrated AC Origins’ Egypt with this magazine column, Ubisoft has made a few…

Ubisoft’s Upcoming PlayStation 3 Remake Gets Gorgeous Gameplay Trailer

One of Ubisoft‘s upcoming PlayStation 3 remakes is coming out soon. As we get closer, a new gameplay trailer for it is out, previewing some of the gorgeous-looking action. Ubisoft’s upcoming remake of Rayman Origins, titled Rayman Origins: Enhanced Edition, was announced last month. The enhanced edition of the 2011 platformer will be included in…

PlayStation Shares New Details For Mobile Hero Shooter, Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble

Last November, PlayStation unveiled Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, a new mobile hero shooter take on Insomniac Games’ flagship franchise. After soft-launching in various non-US regions over the last few months, a new blog post reveals more details about the game ahead of its yet-to-be-revealed global launch. Developed by Oh Bibi in collaboration with Insomniac,…

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Scores 98% On Rotten Tomatoes, Which Homer Would Probably Love If He Could Read

For as long as humans have had spoken language, we have told stories, and for only a bit shorter than that, we’ve been telling one in particular: The Odyssey. It would please the shit outta Homer to know his tale (as dubious as it is to ascribe this epic to a single source) still has…

Get 10 games to play with your friends for $10 with Humble’s Squad Goals bundle

If you’re anything like my friends and me, you’re constantly switching between new games to play as a squad. Warzone has been and gone for us, Arc Raiders lived a short life, and now we’re on the search for something new. If you’re looking for some options, the Humble Bundle Squad Goals bundle is the…

Magic: The Gathering’s best Commander precons of 2026, ranked

Magic: The Gathering’s new Marvel Super Heroes set adds another four Commander precons to an already well-stocked list. That means if you’re looking for a box to grab off of shelves and play with instantly, you have no fewer than 12 to choose from. That’s on top of the Foundations decks to come, and one…