Stalker 2’s engine upgrade and first story expansion are due out in August

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope — Release Date Reveal – YouTube Watch On The week I spent in Chornobyl in Stalker 2’s pre-release review period is a demented blur in my memory at this point. I remember: gunfire randomly muting itself, multiple main quests that failed to progress until I ran about two kilometres away…

Hit 2023 PS5 Action Game 75% Off on PS Store, Lowest Price

An acclaimed PS5 and PS4 action game is 75% off in a limited-time PS Store deal that later this week. A sequel to the surprise hit 2019 action adventure sidescroller Blasphemous, 2023’s Blasphemous 2 is at its lowest price until this Thursday, July 30. Blasphemous 2 is just $7.49 in limited-time PS Store deal PS5 and PS4 players can…

Mads Mikkelsen’s three-part psychological thriller is a spine-chilling masterpiece you’ll watch in 1 week

As Obsession and Interview with the Vampire have proven, people are hungry for horror in which the line between psychological terror and possessive romance is as blurry as my eyesight when I’ve misplaced my glasses. The love for dark romance largely stems from Gothic literature, where there is something inherently thrilling about exploring the taboo….

God Of War Laufey Releases In February

On Friday, Sony Santa Monica Studios revealed that the upcoming God of War Laufey is coming sooner than expected. The game arrives February 16, 2027. 2.16.27 pic.twitter.com/RQZov8MqGx — Santa Monica Studio – God of War Laufey (@SonySantaMonica) July 25, 2026   God of War Laufey was revealed during PlayStation’s Summer State of Play event, where…

PlayStation ‘Blackout’ Planned In August To Protest Discless Future

It’s been almost a month since Sony announced that it will end disc production for all new PlayStation games starting in 2028, and the internet is still pissed. Case in point, angry fans are now organizing an “economic and gameplay blackout” for August, which urges PlayStation owners to turn off their consoles and log out…

Cyan’s new Myst game has been cancelled, but we’ve got a glimpse of what it could have been

Cyan Worlds, developer of the 30-something-year-old Myst game series, has revealed that its prototype Project Anglerfish will not move forward “for a variety of reasons.” The news was shared in a video on Cyan’s YouTube account titled “A path not taken: Project Anglerfish” on Sunday, July 26. In the three-minute clip, Development Director Hannah Gamiel,…

Random: Splatoon Raiders’ Interactive Loading Screen Secret Can Crash The Game

Image: Nintendo Did you know the new Switch 2 exclusive Splatoon Raiders actually has an interactive loading screen on boot up? When playing in handheld mode, you can swirl the clouds on the screen as the game loads. What’s not so great about this is that there’s actually a bug associated with it that crashes…

Steam Week in Review: A torrent of janky retail sims continues to flood Steam, and there’s no end in sight

The flood of retail simulators on Steam is nothing new: the trend seemed to land with torrential force in late 2024. But it’s fascinating, to me at least, how many of these things are still being released every week, and how many of them seem to actually reach an audience despite their rudimentary appearance. Last…

Pokémon Company Announces Facial Recognition Scans In Japan

In a bid to counter Pokémon TCG scalping and ‘prevent crime,’ Pokémon card stores in Japan are introducing a new facial recognition system The Pokémon Company in Japan has introduced a new measure to counter Pokémon TCG scalpers: a “facial recognition system” that will check to see if someone has entered a store “more than…

Task Bar Hero has normalized real money item auction houses, and Blizzard must be raging

Tim is the CEO and co-founder of Publisher Collective, Project N, and Network N Media, and as such was also PCGamesN’s very first Editor. Published: July 26, 2026 The fifth most popular game on Steam, right now, is Task Bar Hero. Over the last few days, I’ve become semi-obsessed with it. It’s a side-scrolling RPG…