Well, I think we all knew we'd end up here eventually, right?
It seems that Cyberleek, perpetrator of the last week's GTA 6 leaks and perhaps the world's least-convincing self-appointed champion of consumer rights, may not have ultimately been encouraging the use of their $CYBERLEEK cryptocurrency for benevolent purposes: As of this morning, it seems the leaker has cashed out on their scheme to the tune of over $200,000 in a rug pull that just about everyone saw coming.
Thirteen years is a long time. It can feel especially long when you’re developing a game in a series that loves nothing more than to satirize the times we live in. GTA 6 has the challenge, then, of not feeling out of touch with the world its trying to find the funny side of.
The new Elden Ring Tarnished Edition has arrived with two new starting classes, the Idus Knight and Heavy Knight, and also new armor sets, some new weapons, and Torrent skins for your trusty steed. You can get one of the new armor sets and weapons straight off by starting the game with either Idus Knight or Heavy Knight, but otherwise here's where to get the others.
For gamers, 2026 has been a truly abysmal year for buying expensive things cheaply. The AI-induced component shortage crisis has blighted the market for RAM, storage and GPUs, which has had a knock-on effect to most other gaming-related gear. I guess the logic is: If people can't buy a stick of RAM cheaply, or a Nintendo Switch 2 cheaply, then they're not going to expect to pay less for—as an example—a headset.
During the gamescom Studio livestream, IGN exclusively revealed the trailer for LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Deluxe Edition - Mayhem Collection DLC, which features an exciting look at the new story mission starring Harley Quinn and the Joker, the Mayhem Mode, and the Sinister Pack.
It makes a lot of sense that Star Wars Zero Company is the result of a collaboration between developers of XCOM 2 (now at Bitreactor) and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (at Respawn). Those two excellent games couldn't be much more different from each other, but their strengths come together here to create a great-looking, clever tactics game that also tells one of the better Star Wars stories we've seen since Rogue One. Excellent characters, writing, music, and cinematic flair give context and weight to a campaign that centers around a diverse group of mercenaries, with Force powers and lightsabers refreshingly taking a back seat to blasters and thermal detonators. And while its turn-based gameplay is instantly familiar to XCOM veterans like me, its more aggressive playstyle and flexible characters make it far more than a simple Star Wars reskin.
(Image credit: Respawn Entertainment (left) / Future (right))
Apex Legends seems to be having trouble working with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT right now. As relayed by the Apex Legends account ApexCommunityJP on X (machine translated), "We have confirmed an issue causing crashes for players using the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU, and we are currently investigating the cause."
My earliest video game memories are tied to the Blue Bomber. Barely four years old and playing through Mega Man 2 and 3 on the NES, I somehow made my way through their challenging levels. I won’t say that at that age I could comprehend the precision engineering behind their action-platforming, but I always knew there was something about those games that just felt fantastic. Fast forward 30 years, and I found myself sitting in Capcom’s offices feeling the same sensation. Mega Man: Dual Override understands that it's part of a series built firmly on its tight gameplay foundations, and from my brief time going hands-on with it, it’s looking like a worthy return for Dr Light’s most loyal creation.
Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars is a post-apocalyptic odyssey like no other
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Hig pilots his small, vintage plane up into the Colorado mountains, cuts the engine, and glides. Surrounded by endless sky and soft green forest, there’s a look of uneasy peace on the young man’s face. Serenity, grief, and a glimmer of a death wish swirl together against the canvas of Jacob Elordi’s perpetual 5 o'clock shadow as he soars silently through the air, waiting until the last possible minute to restart the engine and fly back home.
Image: 20th Century Studios