Is Steam Down? Is It Tuesday? It May Just Be Maintenance Day

About half an hour ago, I logged off my work computer and went to my living room, where we’ve got a PC setup attached to a TV so we can play our Steam games on a Good Screen instead of a Bad Screen. I was going to boot up some Fields of Mistria and continue…

You can play new, realistic FPS Wardogs for free this weekend

Wardogs is having a closed test this weekend, giving players another chance to jump into the tactical FPS game for free before launch. The game has amassed over one million wishlists on Steam and will be released on September 10, so this may very well be your last chance to play for free, if you’re…

PlayStation Store Update Worldwide August 18, 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…

GTA 6 leaks show a game that looks like more GTA, but not a revolution

The exciting thing about Rockstar games is not that they have the most advanced technology behind them, the best stories, or the most avant-garde game systems. It’s the extraordinary amount of work the studio invests into the little details that make up its big worlds. Red Dead Redemption’s dynamic horse testicles (they shrink when it’s…

Deus Ex, Epic Mickey Creator Warren Spector – Aug 18, 2026

Warren Spector has announced that his 40+ year game development career has come to an end. The designer, known as one of the pioneers of the immersive sim genre thanks to his work on series such as System Shock, Deus Ex, and Thief, is stepping away from the industry.  In a LinkedIn post, Spector is…

GTA 6 Gameplay Leaks Ahead Of Netflix Reveal

New videos showcasing what appears to be gameplay from the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 have leaked online and are spreading like wildfire. And while Kotaku can’t 100 percent confirm their authenticity, they do seem to be real and are part of a larger, possible hack tied to GTA 6‘s lack of physical copies at…

Is a $1,200 gaming PC build in 2026 still possible?

With the AI boom causing the prices of key PC gaming components such as graphics cards and DDR5 RAM to rise to record highs, the prospect of building a new gaming PC between the $1,000 and $1,500 mark is getting trickier, particularly if you’re opting to use the latest and greatest hardware. There are component…

Gallery: Celebrating Oblivion Remastered’s Switch 2 Physical With Some Bethesda Goodies

Image: Jim Norman / Nintendo Life It didn’t take long for the mood to dampen around Oblivion Remastered‘s Switch 2 launch, as Bethesda followed up the reveal with the announcement that it (alongside the Skyrim and Fallout 4 ports) would be relegated to a code-in-a-box physical release. Things got brighter four months later, as the…

Cozy PS5 RPG Is Out Today on PlayStation Store

Chinese developer Seed Sparkle Lab has released its cozy PS5 RPG on the PlayStation Store today. The game, called Starsand Island, includes several life sim mechanics such as fishing, relationship building, home building, and farming. The game was previously available in early access on PC and other consoles. The final 1.0 release of the game…

I modded GTA 5 into a life-sim RPG with mining, foraging, a mini-economy, and the ability to fall asleep in the middle of the road

Grand Theft Auto 6 will, I’m assured, be the most immersive videogame of all time. You simply won’t be able to discern reality from fiction anymore. Your gaze will drift from your television, to outside, to the television, to outside, and the sheer fidelity of Rockstar’s opus will be such that you can no longer…