Twin Peaks and X-Files-inspired Thimbleweed Park 2 announced

Published Jul 30, 2026, 10:15 AM EDT Somehow, Thimbleweed Park returned Image: Terrible Toybox It’s been nearly a decade since point-and-click mystery Thimbleweed Park was released to critical acclaim. While the game did receive a small spinoff in 2020 that wrapped up some loose threads, the classic adventure game seemed finished. So it came as a…

Gears of War: E-Day Preview – Back To The Front Lines

Gears of War has been on a strange journey over the past seven years. 2019 saw the release of Gears Pop, a Clash Royale-inspired mobile game featuring Funko Pop Gears of War characters and the mainline canon entry, Gears 5 (dropping the “of War” – it’s cleaner). In 2020, spin-off Gears Tactics was released to…

SK Hynix’s Q2 2026 Earnings Dip Triggers RAM Stock Fall

As the price of RAM and basically every single component that goes into building video game consoles and PCs continues to rise, there is a faint, borderline imperceptible glimmer of light at the end of the AI datacenter-induced RAMageddon: SK Hynix, one of the three largest chip and DRAM manufacturers in the world, recently had…

A new Path of Exile 2 patch finally fixes the frustrating freezes that have plagued players since day one

If you’ve played Path of Exile 2, particularly if you’ve been grinding your way through the endgame, there’s a good chance you’ve run into crashes or temporary freezes where your gameplay briefly locks up, then reloads the area completely. It’s a problem that’s been persistently plaguing the action RPG “since the very first version of…

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country Updated To Version 2.0.0

Alongside the launch of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition today, Nintendo has also released an update for Torna – The Golden Country. This bumps the adventure up to Version 2.0.0. As previously detailed, this is a free Switch 2 upgrade enabling 4K resolution and 60fps in TV mode, and 1080p resolution and…

PlayStation Store Drops Addictive PS5 Game for Free

The PlayStation Store has a new addition. Players can pick up an addictive new PS5 game for free today. Polygon Mayhem is a free PS5 puzzle game that challenges your reflexes Polgyon Mayhem is available today on the PS Store for free. The puzzle game has players navigating through complex geometric levels, solving intricate puzzles…

BeamNG.drive just had a graphics overhaul so we can finally watch a family hatchback navigate a speedbump at 100mph with dynamic ambient lighting

BeamNG.drive – Graphics and Lighting Overhaul – YouTube Watch On BeamNG.drive, a mainstay of our list of the best racing games thanks to its dedication to being a vehicular sandbox for soft-body crash-damage enthusiasts, as well as its PvP and modability, just had its biggest update. The patch includes “massive graphics changes”, which means shadows…

Microsoft Reports $1.7 Billion Drop In Xbox Revenue For The Year

Microsoft reported a huge jump in profits last quarter, but not in its gaming division. Xbox trailed the tech giant’s other divisions with a double-digit decline in revenue year-over-year. The numbers come in the midst of a strategy reset and ongoing mass layoffs. Its fourth-quarter earnings report showed a 10-percent drop in content and services…

Warden codes (July 2026)

Multiplayer is inherently a bit embarrassing if you’re free-to-play, but if you have Warden codes, you can hang with all the coolest people in the lobbies. Money is no longer an object with these developer-distributed freebies, so you can kick back and relax as you work with others to achieve your common goal – it’s…

Studio Ghibli’s worst movie returns to theaters for its 20th anniversary next month

Studio Ghibli has weathered surprisingly few genuine critical disappointments across its four-decade history. It’s a studio best known for anime masterpieces, which is why calling a Studio Ghibli movie “bad” almost feels like a contradiction. While it does have a few “lesser” films in its catalog, from Earwig and the Witch to Ocean Waves (a…