PS5 Metroidvania Game Gets Perfect Reviews, New PlayStation GOTY Contender

An upcoming PS5 Metroidvania game has impressed critics ahead of its release, emerging as a potential GOTY contender. Wych Elm Games developed the title, while Team17 is the publisher. The atmospheric game Silver Pines has earned near-perfect reviews before its debut this week. At the time of publication, Silver Pines has a phenomenal Top Critic…

PSA: Star Wars Galactic Racer pilots, put some points in resilience before you hit the acid planet

The multiplayer tour mode in Galactic Racer lets you upgrade a speeder over the course of six races while other players manically shunt you into the wall on every track. It’s a best-of-both-worlds mode that adds a little of the campaign’s run-based progression to a multiplayer tournament. But since you only get one race on…

A Scary-Looking New Conjuring Game Just Got Announced, And It’s Out Next Week On Netflix

Out of nowhere, Netflix and Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games announced a new The Conjuring game, and it’s out next week. The Conjuring: Unspoken releases on October 13 through Netflix, so you don’t need any dedicated hardware or controller to play it. The game is an “interactive paranormal investigation” experience where players decide how the…

Storage Unit Full Of Priceless Video Game History Sold Off To Collectors

A collection of a video game developer’s prototypes, design documents, and more has been sold off to collectors, spurring a conversation about video game preservation, privacy, and ethics online. Earlier this week, the Pixel Game Squad YouTube channel posted a video about a storage unit the channel’s owners had bought at auction. Contained among various…

GTA 6 age rating – is Grand Theft Auto suitable for younger players?

If there’s one game series known for portraying adult themes, it’s Grand Theft Auto. We all know about the rumors – and subsequent testing – of various services you could use way back in the game’s history, and as visual fidelity and the sheer size of the world increase, you would imagine the range of…

Sega Responds To Sonic’s Wild Start On Discord

Image: SEGA If you didn’t catch the official announcement, Sega this week launched an official Sonic the Hedgehog Discord server. Since then, there have been multiple stories shared online about the server being “on fire” and Sega has now issued a response. It comes via Sega Japan’s Aaron Webber, who recently announced his return. In…

PlayStation Store Update Worldwide October 6, 2026

Each week Sony brings PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR, and PlayStation Plus owners new content, add-ons, games, and more. Here is the complete global PlayStation Store update. PlayStation LifeStyle catalogs the PlayStation Store updates for the major regions across the globe. Check back every Tuesday to keep up to date with each week’s PlayStation…

8 Most Unhinged Dark Urge Lines in BG3

The Dark Urge — an origin character afflicted with amnesia and the most intense bloodlust of all time — has some extremely memorable dialogue in Baldur’s Gate 3. At every turn, when you pause to review your response options, you’ll get lines that are funny, chilling, and heartbreaking. Sometimes, that voice belongs to the character…

My most-played album of 2026? Sorry, Mitski—it’s Final Fantasy 10: House Grooves, a real thing that exists

Final Fantasy music is presumably so profitable for Square Enix that there are always new ways to slice the pie, whether we’re talking piano covers, guitar versions, or expensive anniversary vinyl releases of its classic RPG soundtracks. Final Fantasy 10 is getting one of the latter next month to mark its 25th anniversary. And as…

Xbox Lands Exclusive Streaming Rights For GTA 6 At Launch

Xbox has reportedly obtained exclusive game streaming rights for Grand Theft Auto 6 at launch. This comes from a report by The Verge, which says Xbox head Asha Sharma shared this news with employees during an all-hands this morning. What this means in practice is that users of Xbox’s cloud gaming service will be able…