The Rings of Power season 3 is finally getting to the good stuff

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Published Jul 24, 2026, 2:40 PM EDT

A teaser trailer shows off the One Ring and the Nazgûl’s Black Wings

The Rings of Power season 3 is finally getting to the good stuff

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007 First Light free new DLC adds more missions and weapons

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Published Jul 24, 2026, 2:37 PM EDT

Plus loads of bug fixes and improvements

007 First Light's first big content update adds new missions and more

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10 Xbox games Microsoft should make backward-compatible on PC

Sometimes, it’s easy to forget how diverse the original Xbox game library really was. Early in its life, a handful of major Japanese publishers released some absolute bangers. Sega was surprisingly prolific, Tecmo truly came into its own, and Microsoft itself worked with skilled partners to develop a variety of hidden gems. Other third parties from around the world made terrific contributions that ensured there was always something new and compelling to play. Soon, it could be easy to revisit this halcyon era — or at least parts of it.

Sweeping, strafing and suppression: Total War: Warhammer 40,000 threatens to blow up Total War's combat fundamentals

Creative Assembly talk us through an Ork/Marine throwdown

Perhaps predictably, Creative Assembly's Total War: Warhammer 40,000 could be quite the step change for how Total War handles ranged combat. Yesterday, the developers livestreamed a battle between the Imperium and the Orks, while chatting enthusiastically about the nuances of drop pods and flamers and evasion stats.

Larian could return to Baldur's Gate 3 in new series by Dark Horse and Wizards of the Coast

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Published Jul 24, 2026, 5:07 AM EDT

The protagonists of Baldur's Gate 3 return in a new comic from Dark Horse

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Google slapped with $1 billion fine for violating EU's antitrust legislation

The European Commission announced today it will fine a total of Google €890 million—or about $1 billion—for two violations of the EU's Digital Markets Act. The Search giant has 60 days to either address the violations or risk further penalty payments of "up to 5% of its total worldwide turnover" in the future.

How to play third-person in Halo: Campaign Evolved

The new skull modifiers added in Halo: Campaign Evolved do all sorts of things. There are classics like Grunt Birthday Party, but you can also swap to third-person perspective, playing the entire game over the shoulder should you wish.

Virtua Fighter Crossroads Is a Bold New Step for a Fighting Game Genre Pioneer | IGN Preview

Very few fighting games are as historically important as Virtua Fighter. Street Fighter, of course, is the genre’s proud papa. But Virtua fighter was the first 3D fighting game. It pushed tech forward in incredible ways, and it’s been a pillar of the genre since. It also doesn’t hurt that the series is populated by some absolutely excellent games that have inspired a devoted community and one of the coolest competitive scenes in the space. But Virtua Fighter’s been absent from the scene for a while. Yeah, we got Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. in 2024 and its World Tour last year, but Virtua Fighter 5 itself is 20 years old. With the next game in the series, now titled Virtua Fighter Crossroads, Sega is at something of a…well, you know. What does it mean to be a Virtua Fighter game in 2026? How do you bring the series’ legacy forward while honoring what came before? During Summer Game Fest, I sat down for a presentation and Q&A with producer Riichiro Yamada and head of IP Toshihiro Nakaya to figure out what they thought Virtua Fighter was, and where it was going.

After months of surprising stability in graphics card prices, apparently Nvidia is now raising the cost of its GPU kits for AIB partners

It seems we can't catch a break lately when it comes to PC gaming hardware. All thanks to the global memory shortage, of course. Now, according to information Benchlife claims to have received, Nvidia is raising prices for its GDDR6 as well as GDDR7 GPU kits.

Hideo Kojima's worked out exactly how he wants to die: Kicking the popcorn bucket

Hideo Kojima sure has been thinking about death a lot lately. Though he's a pretty spritely 62 years old, the Metal Gear and Death Stranding creator has made our pages recently for things like: talking about deciding to make Physint after a brush with death in 2020, making a game where you get old and die, and how he has a USB stick full of ideas that he will one day leave to his staff that is "'kind of like a will".