A Pokémon Card Thief Now Has A $6,000 Bounty On His Head

A card shop owner in Japan’s Gifu Prefecture has offered a 1 million yen reward (roughly $6,100) for the capture of a Pokémon and One Piece TCG thief who raided their shop on July 22, but with the disclaimer that said thief must be returned in PSA 10 condition–or, as they put it, “alive” and…

Mark Darrah thinks that Dragon Age is dead. If it ever were to continue, it needs to be reset

Lauren spends most of her time dead in League of Legends, or equally as dead in Valorant. Don’t ask her about Vampire: The Masquerade. Published: July 28, 2026 In a new episode of FRVR’s podcast, BioWare veteran Mark Darrah says that Dragon Age is likely dead. 2024’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard was a commercial failure,…

Exclusive: ‘The Immortal John Triptych’ Will Split Sides On Switch 1 & 2 Next Month

We could all do with a good laugh sometimes, and that’s exactly what The Immortal John Triptych is promising on the Switch and Switch 2. Previously announced back in April, we can now reveal that it’s launching just under a month from now on 27th August 2026. Developed by Joe Richardson, The Immortal John Triptych…

Final Fantasy 14 On Switch 2 Is A Sobering Reminder That Storage Isn’t Cheap

One of the biggest MMOs of all time, Final Fantasy 14, is coming to Switch 2 next month, and you’re going to want to clear a lot of space to install the game. According to the Switch eShop listing for the game, Final Fantasy 14 will take up 117.2GB of available storage capacity, gobbling up…

The Steam Frame subreddit is currently losing its collective mind praying for a release date

Over on the Steam Frame subreddit, the top post at the time of writing is one declaring “this sub has lost its mind”. It follows this up by acknowledging that, with Valve not releasing Steam Frame preorders on July 27th as the subreddit previously thought, “Now most of the new posts are just brainrot, and…

Spider-Man 2 Gets Surprise July 2026 PS5 Update With Free DLC

Insomniac Games has released a new Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 PS5 update for July 2026 to start the day, which adds free DLC. All players can now don two new suits for Peter Parker and enjoy new enhancements on PS5 Pro. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 PS5 update for July 2026 adds new features alongside free DLC Today’s…

Star Wars just officially changed the meaning of Rise of Skywalker’s most important twist

The Star Wars sequel trilogy is not known for being particularly cohesive. Disney seemingly had far too many cooks in the kitchen and overreacted to angry fan feedback. By the time The Rise of Skywalker was released in 2019, the biggest question wasn’t what would come next from that galaxy far away, but how a…

Puzzle Boxes Are Gone In Onimusha: Way Of The Sword, But Bigger Environmental Puzzles Have Taken Their Place

Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer, and you can read my cover story about Capcom’s return to its samurai action series right now. I traveled to Osaka, Japan, to play the game for a few hours and interview the development leads, and one of the more surprising…

Japan Studio Was Closed As It Couldn’t ‘Drive Hardware Sales’

In the years that have followed Japan Studio’s closure in April 2021, many have wondered exactly how Sony could have ever justified shutting down the once beloved studio. Were sales truly so bad that the team behind Ape Escape, Shadow of the Colossus, and Ico–games that inarguably defined the early years of PlayStation–deserved to be…

Epic Games just hired former Battle.net head, as studio gears up for “the era of Unreal Engine 6”

As Epic gears up for Unreal Engine 6, CEO Tim Sweeney has shared that ex-Battle.net Senior Vice President, Technology and Services, Martin Keely, will be stepping into the role of Epic Games Store and Epic Online services’ new Vice President/General Manager. The repost from Sweeney, which was shared on his X page on Monday, July…