Title: The Most Viral Roblox Games Are About To Break Containment Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:30:59 +0000 Link: https://kotaku.com/the-most-viral-roblox-games-are-about-to-break-containment-2000733606 Creators will soon be able to upload their games as standalone apps

Title: Steam’s Latest Super Hit Is A Massive 100-Player Warzone Simulator Fueled By Cash That Has Me Hooked Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:54:49 +0000 Link: https://kotaku.com/steams-latest-super-hit-is-a-massive-100-player-warzone-simulator-fueled-by-cash-that-has-me-hooked-2000733568 Wardogs is a slower, bigger and in many ways better Battlefield-like military shooter that won't appeal to everyone

Title: Hero GTA V Modder Adds 235 Flock Cameras Specifically For Players To Destroy Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:00:45 +0000 Link: https://kotaku.com/hero-gta-v-modder-adds-235-flock-cameras-specifically-for-players-to-destroy-2000733594 'Flock is a scourge on America'

Title: Twitch Plans To Shove More AI Down Creators’ Throats With Stream Coach Tool Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:45:43 +0000 Link: https://kotaku.com/twitch-ai-stream-coach-tool-ai-content-training-opt-out-2000733578 Twitch is testing an AI-powered stream coach that will offer suggestions on how creators can improve their channel

Title: Blood of The Dawnwalker’s Biggest Threats Aren’t All The Vampires Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:34:23 +0000 Link: https://kotaku.com/blood-of-the-dawnwalker-bears-difficulty-dragon-age-inquisition-hinterlands-2000733559 Exit: pursued by a bear

Title: Monopoly Go x The Simpsons crossover is almost here Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:41:21 +0000 Link: https://www.vg247.com/monopoly-go-the-simpsons-crossover-details Monopoly Go players have been looking forward to a major crossover event for what felt like months, and though most of the details ended up leaking, nothing actually beats official information. Read more

Title: Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.3 will take us deeper into the World in Canvas and make Mortenax Blade playable Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 13:43:44 +0000 Link: https://www.vg247.com/honkai-star-rail-version-4-3-all-details HoYoverse has today delivered full details on the next major update for Honkai: Star Rail. Version 4.3, dubbed The Lethe Below the Living, will be available for all players on June 1. The upcoming update adds a new chapter to the Planarcadia arc, and introduce a new playable character. Read more

Title: Forza Horizon 6 explodes on Steam even before it's officially out Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:02 +0000 Link: https://www.vg247.com/forza-horizon-6-steam-numbers-big-launch Steam is abuzz this week with a couple of long-anticipated launches, but in Forza Horizon 6’s case, at least, the game isn’t even out for what will be most of its players. The anticipated sequel in the open-world driving game series doesn’t officially launch until May 19, but owners of its most expensive version - the Premium Edition - can play it right now. Read more

Title: Mystic Messenger's most loyal players are getting banned in droves for seemingly playing the game too much Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 10:02:10 +0000 Link: https://www.vg247.com/mystic-messenger-ban-wave-thousands-of-hourglasses-anniversary Mystic Messenger, arguably one of the best dating sims around, has been dormant for about seven years. Despite not receiving new content or any meaningful updates in all that time, the game remains popular with its core fans, many of whom just woke up to some shocking news about their accounts. Read more

Title: Forza Horizon 6 review - The driving game for everyone still can’t seem to escape its car-collecting legacy Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 12:00:03 +0000 Link: https://www.vg247.com/forza-horizon-6-review There is this idea that, for a long-running series to remain as consistently popular as Forza Horizon has been, it needs to diminish itself somewhat with each new entry, gradually losing more and more of its edge in a bid to appeal to the widest possible audience. Read more

Title: Why Are Fortnite’s Player Numbers Falling So Hard This Season? Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:07:34 +0000 Link: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/why-are-fortnites-player-numbers-falling-so-hard-this-season/ Ever since Fortnite started publicly posting player numbers back in 2023, the doomsayers have come out in full force any time there's a decline in concurrent or average player numbers. We're in exactly one of those situations right now, as player counts for the game's main mode, Battle Royale, have fallen significantly since Chapter 7 Season 4 started on August 14. After the summer season saw a big bump in engagement, thanks to some combination of the sprite-focused gameplay and the nearly entirely new map that Epic dropped at the start of Season 3, player counts have been heading back towards the sort of numbers we saw in Season 1 and 2. In other words: Not great, Bob! According to fortnite.gg, which collates players numbers from the Fortnite API, the average number of players in BR is down 37% in September from August so far. We had the usual big spike of players right at the start of Season 4 in the middle of August, but the falloff has been steady ever since, and the "Fortnite is dead" crowd has emerged once again. But what's going on, really? Is Fortnite dying, or is this just the usual seasonal ebb and flow of player traffic? It's not an easy question to answer from the outside, even with the data we have. To get a better idea of what's going on, we looked at four potential factors. School's back This is one of the more obvious factors we could blame–the kids and college students who had lots of free time to game all day during the summer are now busy with school again. Typically, though, the biggest difference in terms of player numbers when comparing the summer versus. the rest of the year is not that more people are playing, but that they're playing at all hours instead of being concentrated at peak times. For most of the year, there's a big difference in the number of concurrent players between peak hours and the middle of the night, but during the summer, the highs and the lows each day are closer together.  So being back in school doesn't seem to stop people from playing--it just makes them play more in the evening. The data we have for past fall seasons supports this idea, as average numbers largely stayed flat between the summer and fall seasons in 2023, and the averages took a nice jump up for the Marvel-themed Chapter 5 Season 4 in 2024. Player numbers have fallen pretty hard both in Chapter 6 Season 4 and in this year's gaming-focused Chapter 7 Season 4, but it seems like we'll need something other than school schedules to blame for that. Keeping the sprites Fortnite introduced sprites as the main gameplay gimmick in Chapter 7 Season 3, and since player engagement was way up, Epic decided to keep them around in Season 4. This is pretty much unheard of in modern Fortnite, where each season introduces some major new tweak to the Battle Royale formula to keep it fresh, before shuffling it out the door for something new when the season ends. It's not hard to understand the thinking there, however. Fortnite's player counts had been dropping steadily during Chapter 7, to some of the game's lowest numbers ever in Season 2. Then, the sprite-collection gameplay was added for Season 3 alongside a new map, and player numbers went back up. Clearly, the people liked that mechanic, and it was something the powers-that-be could point to as being "something that works."  But there's a reason they basically never keep the same gimmick two seasons in a row–by the end of the season, players are usually over whatever the bit is and ready for something new. That was certainly the case even with sprites as we got to the end of Season 3, but Epic pushed ahead with a new batch of sprites anyway.  Anecdotally, players in my matches rarely seem to engage with the sprite-collecting mechanics in the new season--I rarely hear extractors going off in matches anymore, and my random-fill teammates and I tend to treat the sprites as just another type of loot to find rather than a core mechanic. It wasn't like that at any point during Season 3, even in my overly sweaty matches--folks were grinding those sprites to the very end last season. Too many gimmicks Season 4 has a bit of an identity crisis, because it introduced an entirely new season gimmick while also keeping the one from last season. In a normal season of Fortnite, the new map changes, the override consoles--which let players change the rules of the game mid-match--and the new loot would be more than enough to shake things up. But in Season 4 we have all that and a new set of sprites, each with its own new ability. Having two seasons' worth of gimmicks at the same time has made Season 4 feel harder to comprehend, because it's so unnecessarily busy. With so much going on, it's easy to lose a fight without really understanding what happened or why. It's exactly the kind of situation that overwhelms a lot of players, which then inspires a new generation of Redditors to claim everyone who beats them in a fight is cheating because they're frustrated. And since the sprite-collection gameplay is more appealing to those casual players who are put off by the overly complicated gameplay, Season 4 ends up feeling overstimulating and lacking cohesion.  We saw the same thing happen in the Helldivers-like Chapter 6 Season 4, when the map was filled with alien bugs that made it more difficult to track other players. The numbers fell pretty hard that season, too. They've been relying too much on engagement farming  In 2026, Fortnite has been trying some new techniques for drumming up engagement, the most notable being the Power Hours the game runs in Battle Royale each weekend, which adds some wacky quirks to gameplay, like big head mode, and makes it easier to find and extract sprites. It's essentially a marketing tactic to coerce people to play at a specific time each Saturday so they can get a nice big spike in the concurrent player count, and drag the average player numbers for the rest of the week upward a little bit. But that sort of thing is a bald manipulation, a new layer of FOMO on a game that already has too many of them. At some point, this kind of thing can easily change from being a nice bonus to feeling like an obligation, especially if they continue to center these events around sprites, which--again--was last season's gimmick, instead of coming up with new ideas for them. Maybe we've already reached that point--the August 29 and September 5 Power Hours were the only ones to draw under a million players since the beginning of June, when Epic first started doing them. All this means that the rest of the year will be pivotal for Fortnite. There are several big opportunities for the numbers to recover in the next few months--Fortnitemares in October, the expected mini-season in November, and the start of Chapter 8 in December. The last time Fortnite was able to generate a big, sustained spike in players was in 2023, with the original OG season and the start of Chapter 5. But if Epic wants to pull off that sort of recovery this year, especially with the juggernaut that is GTA 6 looming in November, it'll have to come up with something genuinely special that people actually want to play without having to be coerced into it.

Title: Go Ahead And Take Vacation Time To Play GTA 6 Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:39:30 +0000 Link: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/go-ahead-and-take-vacation-time-to-play-gta-6/ Are you planning to disappear into Vice City when Grand Theft Auto 6 arrives in just over two months? You’re not alone and doing so definitely isn't uncommon. For decades, fans have been calling in sick or taking vacation time when a new game in a series they love drops. For franchises like Call of Duty, which receives new titles on an annual basis, this theoretically adds up to a lot of time off. GTA games, however, are so infrequent that it’s almost become a generational event for one to arrive. It’s only natural that some players don’t want to wait any longer than necessary to experience it. AAA games are more than just singular luxury purchases. They’re an investment of time that the vast majority of people can’t easily make without cutting into their normal lives. That’s why a growing number of gamers have figured out that one of the best ways to fully experience a title like GTA 6 is to make sure you’ve already carved out some time for yourself to play it. Even if that means clearing it with your job and significant other before picking up a controller. Bud Burruss--a video game streamer and married father of three--spoke with The Wall Street Journal and noted that he’ll be taking a five-day vacation before Thanksgiving to devote to the game. “We’ve got a couple of days where we’re like, ‘Daddy’s very busy,’” Burruss told WSJ. “I’ll have the cave door shut.” Although Burruss noted that he told his wife about his plans a year in advance, his GTA 6 staycation has been mocked by some online. “His wife has four children,” wrote a poster on Facebook. “Our men are children,” added another. It's clear that Burruss’ GTA 6 plans may seem excessive to some, and that parts of our shared culture still look down at gaming as a waste of time rather than a mainstream activity that’s been a part of our lives for decades. That’s why I'm firmly on the side of Burruss and anyone else who wants to treat November 19 like an unofficial holiday. If you worked your ass off to afford the time off and squared things with your family or significant other, then why shouldn’t you take some vacation time to play GTA 6? Its $80 price is far from cheap, but it’s a lot less expensive than an actual vacation. And if it’s something you enjoy, then the investment of time and money is worth it. It’s not as if the real world hasn’t noticed all of the excitement surrounding the game. Last month, it was reported that the 9th Engineer Battalion in Fort Stewart, Georgia offered soldiers a reenlistment perk--four days off to play GTA 6--if they re-upped their contracts with the army. Thankfully, most of us don’t have to go to the same extreme to set aside some time off.  Grand Theft Auto 6 may or may not be a once-in-a-lifetime game, but it’s anyone’s guess when another installment in the long-running series will arrive. If GTA 7 is a decade or more away, then there’s an even greater incentive to enjoy the one that’s finally on the verge of release. Regardless of how many players take a time out from their lives in November, we can safely predict that the crime rates in Vice City are going to go way up. We’ll see you on the mean streets.

Title: 8 Big Changes That Prove The Ocarina Of Time Remake Is More Than A Link To The Past Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:19:04 +0000 Link: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/8-big-changes-that-prove-the-ocarina-of-time-remake-is-more-than-a-link-to-the-past/ Nintendo has finally revealed its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake with a lengthy gameplay demonstration and luscious release date trailer. This long-awaited revival of the seminal masterpiece looks incredible, and is poised to be a very faithful take on Link’s first 3D adventure.  But this dedication doesn’t mean that Nintendo isn’t introducing a bunch of new features to the game or updating aspects of the experience so it looks and plays better than ever. Here are eight major changes coming to the Ocarina of Time remake and why they might impact how the game looks, plays, and departs from the 1998 masterpiece. The jump button changes everything  In the original Ocarina of Time, and several iterations of Zelda afterward, there was no dedicated jump button. Instead, Link simply had to run toward a ledge and hopefully use this momentum to land on a nearby platform without plummeting to oblivion.  While the game was ahead of its time several decades ago, the lack of a jump button is awfully frustrating to anyone hoping to revisit it in 2026. Unless the angle was just right or you had wrestled with the camera ahead of time, there was always a chance of Link accidentally yeeting himself in the wrong direction. You could die or end up back at a much earlier point in a dungeon all because the controls refused to play ball.  The remake is going to be much more fun to play in the moment with a jump button that offers more control over Link’s movement, not to mention when trying to reach treasures that sit just out of reach. Heck, I wouldn’t say no to a platforming challenge or two.  Free camera movement transforms our vision of Hyrule While Ocarina of Time didn’t have a completely fixed camera like Resident Evil or Dino Crisis, the original game did limit exactly how the player could view certain locations. It prevented the player from moving around some of its three-dimensional spaces with an absolute sense of freedom, meaning places like Castle Town or the Temple of Time housing the Master Sword were designed to be viewed from one perspective alone.  The remake removes that restriction entirely and gives players the freedom to move the camera around however they like in presumably every single location in the game. This really excites me, and should utterly transform how we approach places like Castle Town, which previously left so much up to the imagination. With any luck, Nintendo will fill these additional nooks and crannies with secrets that weren’t present in the original game.  Threads of Time adds more depth to Link's journey One of the major new features introduced by Nintendo for the remake is Threads of Time, which on the surface kind of sounds like a glorified quest log. It’s described as a means of figuring out where to go next and checking how far you’ve progressed in the story. Ocarina of Time isn’t the most complicated game in the world, but it also didn’t tell you where to go outright back on the Nintendo 64, so it makes sense to introduce something that does.  We’re used to AAA games holding our hands and chances are this remake will be the first time millions of players have experienced the classic, so why not modernise it? The minimap is also significantly more detailed this time around, making it easy for Threads of Time to pop down a pin and show players exactly where their next objective is. I’m most excited for some of the additional flavour text alongside the visually arresting tapestry that slowly builds out as you progress. If you’re a lore nerd, this is one new feature worth paying attention to.  Castle town will invite more exploration than ever before I’ve always considered Castle Town to be the core location in Ocarina of Time. It's a hub Link will return to again and again as the plot progresses in order to see exactly what has changed as he picks up new items, meets new characters, and watches how the passage of time comes to ravage a once bustling bastion of civilization. But the aforementioned fixed camera angles made it difficult to appreciate sometimes, not to mention the size of Castle Town was also a smidge limited.  In the remake however, Nintendo has confirmed that it will be bigger than ever. Parts of town that were once pre-rendered backdrops are now living, breathing spaces with new faces and dialogue that add an extra layer of depth to what was already one of the game’s densest locations. It’s described as a place where you can take a break during your adventures, and to me this suggests that the game will actively encourage you to revisit Castle Town several times to see exactly what’s changed and whether new avenues of exploration have opened up.  Listening to gossip and playing minigames gives the game more life Speaking of Castle Town, the expanded dialogue in the remake also extends to the NPCs there, who will often possess new gossip for Link to listen in on or minigames that weren’t present in the original game. We don’t yet know what these are, but Ocarina of Time loves forcing Link to catch chickens or jump into a shooting range, so expect more things along those lines.  I’m also willing to bet this improved world building will also extend to the Goron and Zora towns as well. Can we expect expanded map design and additional supporting characters there too, with a smattering of gossip and minigames to discover that will offer those who have played through Ocarina of Time countless times over the years a reason to care? It would make a whole lot of sense.  Voice acting is going to have a massive impact on the narrative As expected, Link will not have a voice in the Ocarina of Time remake that goes beyond excessive grunts and triumphant cheers, but the same can’t be said for everyone else. In quite a surprising move, it seems the majority of characters will be fully voiced and come with updated dialogue to boot. We only hear a handful of performances in the gameplay demonstration and reveal trailer, but the delivery seems quite similar to Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. Navi sounds endearing with the potential to become incredibly grating, while Zelda has the adorable naivety of a monarch in way over her head. It feels like a modern anime dub with the enthusiasm of a Saturday-morning cartoon. With the original game lacking voice acting entirely, it goes without saying that the remake adopting it so passionately is going to bring substantial pacing changes to the narrative. Perhaps we’ll spend more time with some of the characters or even receive greater depth and context to certain events?  Dashing could risk making its open world feel small While it blew our socks off back in 1998, compared to modern games, the open world in Ocarina of Time isn’t very big. You can ride across the entirety of Hyrule Field on Epona in just a few minutes, while there isn’t a whole lot to discover on it beyond random enemies and the occasional item drops. It was a means of connecting Castle Town, the neighbouring civilizations, and dungeons in a way that made Hyrule feel real. But having to march across it again and again in order to explore became a bit of a slog, which explains why Nintendo is introducing a dash option for Link. You don’t just run at a relatively slow speed now--you can rush across Hyrule Field with urgency, leaving all the monsters chasing you in your dust. One of my fears is that this will risk making the open world feel small, especially to new players who will come in expecting more.  Maybe it would have been wise to slow down the movement and let Link smell the roses ... Loading screen have changed, but aren't gone Loading screens are here to stay in the Ocarina of Time remake because Nintendo wants to keep the spirit of the original game intact. I understand this approach, since it would be a bit strange going straight from Kakariko Village into the Lost Woods and right onto Hyrule Field. In my head I always imagined there were other locations across Hyrule we simply didn’t see as the player, leaving my imagination to fill in the gaps. By removing loading screens, you’re confirming this illusion never existed.  But the loading screens have been removed in some instances, with Link going straight into local shops in the starting village without opening a door or vanishing into a black void. The world has been seamlessly connected in ways that make sense for the experience without sacrificing immersion. Removing the time it takes to step through a door in a dungeon or go into a building in Castle Town is a smart evolution of the original game that doesn’t change Ocarina into something unrecognisable.

Title: Magic The Gathering’s Jace Has Turned Into A Flock Camera In This New Card Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Link: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/magic-the-gatherings-jace-has-turned-into-a-flock-camera-in-this-new-card/ Spoiler season has officially begun for Reality Fracture, Magic: The Gathering's upcoming multiversal set that serves as the culmination of the TCG's three-year story arc. Set in an alternate universe (referred to as the Echoverse) in which Planeswalker Jace Beleren has oh-so-generously taken it upon himself to "fix" everything he finds wrong with the world, Reality Fracture depicts his hostile, perfectly curated world and the other Planeswalkers of Lorwyn's efforts to demolish it. Ahead of the set's official release on October 2, Wizard of the Coast offered GameSpot an exclusive look at three cards: Surveillance Phantasm, Silence the Echo, and Chandra's Emberling. Each of these cards depicts a moment from Reality Fracture's 10-part story, which just wrapped up earlier this week. Surveillance Phantasm In Reality Fracture's Echoverse, Jace (now known as The Theorist) has become all but omnipresent. Surveillance Phantasm depicts this, echoing Tam's warning to Vraska that those opposing Jace should "stay away from the statues and birds." The two-drop Bird Illusion Creature boasts Flying and Vigilance, though it's slightly hindered by being a Defender. However, if its controller has scried or surveilled this turn, Surveillance Phantasm can attack as if it didn't have the keyword attached to it. It also features the ability to pay four mana to Surveil 1, giving you a somewhat pricey albeit useful way to ensure the Surveillance Phantasm can attack, as well as allowing the controller to cycle through cards a bit faster. Silence the Echo Silence the Echo depicts the events leading up to Reality Fracture's heart-wrenching finale, as the true Vraska finally finds a way to destroy her Echoverse counterpart. "When she locks eyes with her other self, all she sees is a pair of lovely blue irises, dull and mundane, not a flicker of gorgon magic within them," the excerpt reads. "She's already won. She's been charging her gaze since she launched into the air. She grabs her double by the shoulders, holding her in place. Skin turns to stone, and the other Vraska solidifies with a look of mild confusion on her face." As such, Silence the Echo allows its player to destroy a target creature or Planeswalker--albeit at a cost. The two-drop requires its player to either sacrifice a creature or Planeswalker or pay an additional three colorless mana to cast it. Chandra's Emberling Finally, Chandra's Emberling is a Gremlin Elemental with Haste that accumulates +1/+1 counters as its controller casts noncreature spells, making it a solid addition to your spellslinger decks. The card costs three mana to cast it and features a power and toughness of 2. Chandra's Emberling refers to Chandra, Gremlin Wrangler, Magic: The Gathering's first Heroes of the Realm card and one that was given exclusively to Wizards of the Coast employees. As such, it is a notoriously difficult (if not impossible) card to find. Prerelease events for Reality Fracture kick off September 25, a week before its official release date on October 2.

Title: GTA 6 Developer Is Fighting Drones And Hackers To Keep The Game’s Secrets Safe Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:12:00 +0000 Link: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gta-6-developer-is-fighting-drones-and-hackers-to-keep-the-games-secrets-safe/ As the studio behind one of the most highly anticipated games of all time, GTA 6 developer Rockstar Games has divulged more details on how it keeps its secrets. As part of a hearing, which began yesterday at the Glasgow Employment Tribunal--in which Rockstar Games has been accused of unlawfully firing 34 GTA 6 developers based in the UK and Canada last year--the studio compared keeping a lid on GTA 6 to be on the same level as Apple or the Coca-Cola Company protecting its trade secrets. "Guarding the secrets of the unique gameplay and design are akin to Apple protecting the iPhone or Coke protecting its formula," Rockstar said in its opening note (via IGN). "The standards and expectations regarding information security and privacy are exponentially beyond that of most employers." The company claims that people are so hell-bent on peeking behind the curtain that it was forced to coat its building windows with a privacy film after aerial drones were used to spy on employees and photograph the inside of the building. Because of that, Rockstar has had to implement numerous security measures, such as enforcing strict no-photography rules for visitors, banning external storage devices on office premises, and restricting remote work for employees. The developer also has a full-time team of five investigators and a director who keep an eye out for potential leaks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1c75QjeqrI All of those measures are designed to create a layer of secrecy between the studio and the public, but that hasn't stopped it from being hit by security breaches in the past. Following a massive data breach in 2022, another wave of GTA 6 gameplay leaks started circulating last month, right before the game's extended premiere on Netflix. "It would be an understatement to say that having videos of GTA 6 gameplay leak in this way has been heartbreaking for our team, and this is obviously not how we intended for you to see the game after all this time," Rockstar wrote in a statement. Rockstar's hearing at the Glasgow Employment Tribunal also relates to matters of internal secrecy, as the company says the 34 dismissed members were fired for leaking GTA 6 game features via Discord. The former employees have hit back at those claims, with the Independent Workers of Great Britain union alleging that Rockstar fired those workers because of their union ties and activities--something that Rockstar has denied. The former Rockstar workers have asked people not to boycott GTA 6, but instead to purchase t-shirts to help raise funds for their legal battle. While this hearing is underway, great strides have been made across the pond at Blizzard, as the company officially signed a new agreement between its union and Microsoft earlier this week.

Title: Fallout 5 and Classic Fallout Remasters Coming from Bethesda and Obsidian Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:02:44 GMT Link: https://www.polygon.com/new-fallout-games-remasters-bethesda-softworks/ Xbox wants more Fallout, and after a yearslong drought of new games, Bethesda Softworks is making it happen. Bethesda plans to release remasters of both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas for modern platforms, the company said in July in a massive roadmap of the developer's future.

Title: Pokémon Go Gible Community Day Classic event guide Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:02:14 GMT Link: https://www.polygon.com/pokemon-go-gible-community-day-classic-shiny-garchomp-moveset/ Pokémon Go is having a Gible Community Day Classic event on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 2-5 p.m. in your local time.

Title: Supergirl Lands Official Streaming Date on HBO Max Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:32:16 GMT Link: https://www.polygon.com/supergirl-hbo-max-streaming-date-announced/ DC Studios and Warner Bros. released Supergirlearlier this year in theaters as the second film in James Gunn's nascent cinematic DC Universe. Despite a solid star in the lead role and a story adapted from one of the character's most well-received comics, the movie failed to garner widespread critical and commercial success. Supergirl ended its theatrical run with just $126 million earned at the global box office.

Title: The 17 Best Games of Gamescom 2026 Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:42:45 GMT Link: https://www.polygon.com/best-games-gamescom-2026/ But what were the absolute best games we played while we were out in Cologne, Germany? Here's our list of the top 17 games we played at Gamescom 2026, in no particular order.

Title: Silksong's New Replacement Is About to Become the Best Action Game of the Year Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:09:42 GMT Link: https://www.polygon.com/chronoscript-endless-end-demo-preview/ What to do when you're a writer incapable of finishing a story? Simple: you kidnap an editor. Optionally, you may use your vampire powers to trap said editor inside your manuscript and have him fight demonic creatures until he's cleared up your work. But should the editor really complain about his fate, when the manuscript looks as gorgeous as it does in Chronoscript: The Endless End? I got the chance to find out during a 20-minute online presentation followed by an exclusive hands-on demo.

Title: Boots on the Ground: ‘WARDOGS’ Goes All Out on GeForce NOW at Early-Access Launch Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:00:18 +0000 Link: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-wardogs/ Gear up: The latest PC games and major updates are ready to play on GeForce NOW this week. WARDOGS drops onto the cloud at early-access launch, alongside the Valheim 1.0 Deep North update and Bus Simulator 27 — part of nine new titles joining the cloud. The newest PC releases can demand serious hardware, storage space and upgrade budgets. GeForce NOW puts GeForce RTX-powered performance in the cloud, so members can jump into the newest titles across supported devices without needing expensive PC upgrades to keep up. From a 100-player tactical firefight to a frozen Viking frontier and a growing bus empire, every adventure is ready when members are — no downloads or storage management required. Who Let the ‘WARDOGS’ Out?   Take on the Control Zone: WARDOGS launches on GeForce NOW today, bringing BULKHEAD’s large-scale tactical first-person shooter to the cloud at early-access launch. Up to 100 players across three teams battle to control randomized zones in a large-scale military sandbox, where tactical gunplay, combined-arms combat, building and destruction can change the course of a match. There’s no single route to victory. Outfit a loadout, coordinate a squad, fortify a strategic position or take the fight to the enemy in vehicles. Every team play action earns cash, giving players more ways to invest in gear and vehicles that can turn the tide. Ultimate members can stream the fight with GeForce RTX 5080-class performance in the cloud for a tactical advantage. Pick up the battle across supported devices without waiting on a huge game install or clearing local storage first. Ice, Ice in the Deep North, Baby Sharpen the axes and raise the shields – Valheim has left early access with its 1.0 update, letting members stream the final biome in Iron Gate’s Viking survival saga through Steam and Xbox Store.  Set sail for the Deep North, a frozen frontier filled with new enemies to face, weapons to craft and strongholds to build before the cold closes in. The 1.0 launch also arrives alongside new platform versions with full crossplay support, making it easier to rally the clan. Whether returning to a long-running world on a PC or Mac or beginning a fresh voyage on a Steam Deck or Amazon Fire TV Stick, members can head to the Deep North across supported devices without waiting for downloads. The Wheels on the Bus Go ‘Round in the Cloud The route to the top starts here. Hop into the driver’s seat. Bus Simulator 27 is now streaming from GeForce NOW.  Drive a fleet of more than 45 officially licensed buses from 13 manufacturers through Felicia Bay, a sunny region with two cities, 20 districts and a full day-and-night cycle. Build routes, manage timetables and grow a successful bus company in Story, Career or Sandbox mode. And there’s even more to stream from the GeForce NOW library this week: Bus Simulator 27 (New release on Steam, Sept. 8) Halloween: The Game (New release on Steam, Sept. 8) Honeycomb: The World Beyond (New release on Steam, Sept. 8) Wanderburg (New release on Steam, Sept. 8) Shroom and Gloom (New release on Steam, Sept. 10) Train Sim World 7 – Advanced Access (New release on Steam, Sept. 10) WARDOGS (New release on Steam, Sept. 10) Welcome to Elderfield (New release on Steam, Sept. 10) Death Stranding Director’s Cut (Epic Games Store) Dates listed above reflect when games are released on their respective stores. GeForce NOW availability may vary, as games are onboarded after release and added throughout the week. Keep an eye on GeForce NOW channels and GFN Thursdays for availability updates on announced titles. One GFN community member recently returned after six years, saying NVIDIA DLSS 5 technology renewed their interest in GeForce NOW cloud gaming. Ready to try it out, too? Start with a day pass to test premium cloud gaming before committing to a membership. For those who decide to keep playing, the cost can be applied toward their first monthly membership. What are you planning to play this weekend? Let us know on X or in the comments below.

Title: ‘NBA 2K27’ With NVIDIA DLSS 5 Leads 28 New Games Coming to GeForce NOW Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:00:35 +0000 Link: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-september-2026-games-list/ September is here with 28 more games streaming on GeForce NOW this month, led by a slam dunk: NBA 2K27 with the NVIDIA DLSS 5 3D-Guided Neural Rendering feature. Through NVIDIA’s close collaboration with Visual Concepts and 2K, DLSS 5 brings a new level of lifelike lighting and material detail to the court — tuned by developers to support the game’s authentic broadcast-style presentation. Members can also walk the line between human and vampire in Rebel Wolves’ The Blood of Dawnwalker and step into genma-haunted Kyoto in Capcom’s Onimusha: Way of the Sword — part of the 10 games joining the GeForce NOW library this week. Take the Court With DLSS 5 Showcase your moves. NVIDIA, Visual Concepts and 2K have brought DLSS 5 3D-Guided Neural Rendering to NBA 2K27, delivering a new level of sports realism for players streaming from the cloud at launch.  DLSS 5 enhances and tunes lighting and materials to make the action feel even more lifelike — from how light catches hair and skin to the detail preserved in the facial geometry of real-world athletes — achieving new levels of authenticity.  GeForce NOW Ultimate members in NVIDIA-operated regions can stream NBA 2K27 across PCs, Macs, handhelds, mobile devices, TVs and more. DLSS 5 is available when streaming from a GeForce RTX 5080-powered rig in the cloud. Tip off without waiting for downloads or managing storage, and experience NBA 2K27 from the cloud with the visual fidelity of DLSS 5. Walk the Line Between Day and Night Human by day. Vampire by night. Rebel Wolves’ newly launched The Blood of Dawnwalker is streaming from GeForce NOW. The open-world, dark-fantasy action role-playing game transports players to 14th-century Europe, where war, plague and rising vampire powers have reshaped history. Play as Coen, a young Dawnwalker fighting to save his family while caught between his humanity and cursed vampiric strength. His abilities — and the choices available to him — change between day and night, shaping how players explore, fight and uncover the secrets of the world around them. Sink teeth into the fresh adventure from nearly any supported device, with Ultimate members tapping into GeForce RTX 5080-class performance in the cloud. Skip the installs and let GeForce NOW handle the heavy lifting, leaving more time to take a bite out of everything Coen’s new world has to offer. Skip the Downloads and Sharpen the Sword Pick up the Oni Gauntlet. Capcom’s Onimusha: Way of the Sword arrives on GeForce NOW at launch, giving members a way to jump straight into the series’ return instantly from the cloud. Fight across a twisted vision of Edo-period Kyoto as a lone samurai wielding the mystical Oni Gauntlet. Master precise swordplay, unleash powerful abilities and absorb the souls of fallen enemies while battling relentless Genma beneath mysterious clouds of Malice. Ultimate members can stream every clash with GeForce RTX 5080-class performance in the cloud across PCs, Macs, handhelds, mobile devices, TVs, the newly supported Firefox browser and more. Cut to the chase by skipping any downloads and storage management and step into battle. In addition, members can look for the following titles streaming this week: Breathedge 2 (New release on Steam, Aug. 31) Serious Sam: Shatterverse (New release on Steam, Aug. 31) Crimson Moon (New release on Steam, Sept. 1) The Blood of Dawnwalker (New release on Steam, Sept. 2) NBA 2K27 (New release on Steam, Sept. 3) SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed (New release on Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass, Sept. 3) Onimusha: Way of the Sword (New release on Steam, Sept. 4) How to Fish (Steam) Shelves and Sorcery: Tidy Up the Enchanted Shop (Steam) VHOLUME (Steam) And look forward to the games coming throughout the month: Bus Simulator 27 (New release on Steam, Sept. 8) Halloween: The Game (New release on Steam, Sept. 8) Honeycomb: The World Beyond (New release on Steam, Sept. 8) Wanderburg (New release on Steam, Sept. 8) Shroom and Gloom (New release on Steam, Sept. 10) WARDOGS (New release on Steam, Sept. 10) Welcome to Elderfield (New release on Steam, Sept. 10) Active Matter (New release on Steam, Sept. 15) Aniimo (New release on Steam, Sept. 15) Train Sim World 7 (New release on Steam, Sept. 15) The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410 (New release on Steam, Sept. 17) CONTROL Resonant (New release on Steam, Sept. 24) Nivalis Nights (New release on Steam, Sept. 29) Mixtape (Steam)  Neon White (Steam)  Outer Wilds (Steam)  Stray (Steam) What Remains of Edith Finch (Steam) All the Extras From August In addition to the 26 games announced last month, 18 more joined the GeForce NOW library.  Cat Mail Co. (Steam) Monster Hunter Wilds Prologue Demo (Steam) Stars Reach (Steam) DIVE or DIE – Children of Rain (Steam) Escape the Backroom (Xbox, available on Game Pass) Hell Is Us (Xbox, available on Game Pass) Parcel Simulator (Steam) The Thaumaturge (Xbox, available on Game Pass) Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered (Epic Games Store) STAR WARS Zero Company (EA app and Steam) Baldur’s Gate 3 (GOG) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (GOG) Cold Fear (GOG) IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator (Steam) Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (GOG) Mount & Blade: Bannerlord II (GOG) No Man’s Sky (GOG) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (GOG) Dates listed above reflect when games are released on their respective stores. GeForce NOW availability may vary, as games are onboarded after release and added throughout the week. Keep an eye on GeForce NOW channels and GFN Thursdays for availability updates on announced titles. New to GeForce NOW? Start with a day pass to try premium cloud gaming before committing to a membership. Better yet, the cost of the day pass can be applied toward a first monthly membership — making it easy to try GeForce RTX-powered cloud gaming with the latest releases, then level up for more. What are you planning to play this weekend? Let us know on X or in the comments below.

Title: GeForce NOW Gives Gamers More Ways to Play at Gamescom 2026 Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:00:33 +0000 Link: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-gamescom-2026/ NVIDIA’s Gamescom announcements are revealing what’s next for GeForce NOW, with new ways to play, more supported devices and platforms, and even more big PC games headed to the cloud. New NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 technology controls give members more ways to fine-tune gameplay, while expanded support for new Steam devices, GOG single sign-on, Firefox browser support and more Amazon Fire TV devices continue broadening where and how GeForce RTX-powered PC gaming can be enjoyed. Gamescom is also bringing a blockbuster lineup of PC games to GeForce NOW. CONTROL Resonant, Gears of War: E-Day, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, The Blood of Dawnwalker and STAR WARS Zero Company are all coming to the cloud at launch.  For a limited time, members can also get CONTROL Resonant with the purchase of a 12-month GeForce NOW Ultimate membership. The Gamescom extras don’t stop there. To celebrate, GeForce NOW is giving away more than 40 prizes in our Community Giveaway — including gaming hardware and GeForce NOW Ultimate memberships. There’s even more fun to come. Check out the list of 13 games joining the GeForce NOW library this week. Next-Level Cloud Gaming More ways to choose how to play. This fall, GeForce NOW is introducing new NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 controls in the cloud, giving Ultimate members more choice over how supported games look and perform, even without the latest hardware. Powered by NVIDIA RTX graphics, each control offers something different: DLSS Super Resolution sharpens image quality, while Dynamic Frame Generation delivers lower latency and stutter for smoother streaming, and Ray Reconstruction enhances ray-traced visuals. Together, these technologies make it easier to tune supported games for image quality, responsiveness or a preferred balance between the two.  Stay tuned to GFN Thursdays for details about best practices for enabling DLSS 4.5 overrides and how Dynamic Frame Generation can help Ultimate members enable more graphic settings while still getting smooth streaming. Stream full steam ahead with the Steam ecosystem. GeForce NOW is also adding community-requested support for Steam Machine with Steam Controller later this fall, and later for Windows and macOS, delivering more ways to play and making it even easier for longtime Steam players to jump into the cloud using familiar hardware. The additions build on existing Steam Deck support and expand compatibility across the Steam ecosystem. Get your GOG on with one click into the library. Launching GOG games just got even easier. With GOG single sign-on now available on GeForce NOW, members can securely link their account once, automatically sync supported games and launch them without having to sign in to GOG again — all with a single click. With fewer steps between opening the app, skipping any downloads and jumping into gameplay, it’s another way GeForce NOW continues streamlining access to PC gaming libraries, making it easier to play the GOG library of games on TV platforms since gamers are automatically logged into their GOG accounts. Find popular titles, like Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, in the app in the dedicated GOG row. Or search and filter for GOG games, then jump into supported titles from almost anywhere — all streamed from the cloud. Check back on GFN Thursdays for the latest games joining the GeForce NOW library, including newly supported games streaming from GOG. Outfox nearly any device with GeForce RTX gaming. Plus, GeForce NOW is now officially supported on Firefox, expanding browser access across all major Windows browsers. Members can jump into supported PC games directly from Firefox without downloading a dedicated app. Ultimate members can enjoy GeForce RTX-powered gaming at up to 1440p and 120 frames per second. Simply download the latest version of Firefox and visit play.geforcenow.com to get started. The cloud handles downloads, installs and updates, keeping local storage free while games stay ready to play in the cloud.  Bring the fire to living rooms with GeForce NOW. GeForce NOW is expanding support to additional Amazon Fire TV devices. GeForce NOW first launched on Fire TV devices earlier this year, and will soon expand to the Fire TV Stick 4K Select, a 4K streaming stick that’s ready to game right out of the box. Streaming from the cloud means supported PC games are ready to play using a compatible controller, making it easy to enjoy GeForce NOW on the biggest screen in the house with even more options to play from the comfort of the couch.  And that’s not all the awesomeness from Amazon. Later this year, Fire TV users will be able to purchase GeForce NOW memberships directly through Amazon, creating a more seamless path from device setup to gameplay. These new features will arrive alongside some of the biggest games coming to the cloud throughout the year. Get Ready for Launch Five newly announced and highly anticipated games are coming to GeForce NOW at launch: CONTROL Resonant, Gears of War: E-Day, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, The Blood of Dawnwalker and STAR WARS Zero Company.  Better yet, members can lock in one of them early: For a limited time, purchase a 12-month GeForce NOW Ultimate membership and receive CONTROL Resonant at launch at no additional cost, and be first to experience Faden’s next chapter. The offer is available Tuesday, Aug. 25, through Sunday, Sept. 27. Ultimate members can stream the full lineup with GeForce RTX 5080-class performance in the cloud, including NVIDIA DLSS 4, ray tracing, NVIDIA Reflex and Cinematic Quality Streaming technologies, with up to 5K high dynamic range on supported devices.  Whether diving into new worlds or returning to iconic franchises, GeForce NOW lets members skip expensive hardware upgrades, massive installs and storage management so they can jump straight into the action the moment each game launches. Here’s a closer look at what’s coming: Contain the chaos. Explore a warped Manhattan on the brink of paranatural annihilation in Remedy’s CONTROL Resonant. Harness Dylan Faden’s extraordinary powers to battle the Hiss, the Mold and other reality-bending threats while searching for his sister, Federal Bureau of CONTROL Director Jesse Faden. Emergence begins. Experience the horror and brutality of Emergence Day in the Coalition’s Gears of War: E-Day. Fourteen years before the original Gears of War, join Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago in a gripping origin-story campaign as the Locust Horde first erupt from below, igniting a desperate fight for survival. Rally squads and fight on in multiplayer with a reimagination of Gears’ iconic PvE mode, Horde Siege, or go head to head with a refined versus PvP. Pick up the Oni Gauntlet. Fight across a twisted vision of Edo-period Kyoto in Capcom’s Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Wield the mystical Oni Gauntlet, master intense swordplay and battle relentless demonic Genma beneath mysterious clouds of Malice. Walk the line between day and night. Step into 14th-century Europe in Bandai Namco’s The Blood of Dawnwalker, where war, plague and rising vampire powers have reshaped history. Play as Coen, a young Dawnwalker torn between humanity and cursed strength, and shape his path while fighting to save his family. Command the galaxy’s finest. Lead an elite squad behind enemy lines in STAR WARS Zero Company, a single-player turn-based game set during the twilight of the Clone Wars. Command former Republic officer Hawks and Zero Company through tactical battles and high-stakes missions where strategy, squad composition and player choices shape the fate of the galaxy. More Ways to Win Gaming gear and Ultimate memberships are up for grabs. GeForce NOW is marking Gamescom with a community giveaway featuring more than 40 prizes. Gamers will have a chance to score a MacBook Neo, Steam Deck or Chromebook — each paired with a one-year GeForce NOW Ultimate membership — along with Amazon Fire TV Sticks and GeForce NOW Ultimate memberships ranging from one month to one year. Head over to the GeForce NOW community on Reddit for all the giveaway details and how to enter. The Hunt Is On Squad up and fight for survival in Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, streaming on GeForce NOW this week at launch. Assemble a four-player fireteam of Colonial Marines and battle through swarms of Xenomorphs, deadly new threats and increasingly desperate encounters. With deeper squad mechanics, new and improved classes, smarter enemies and expanded customization, every mission puts teamwork — and nerves — to the test. Members can also look for the following games joining the cloud this week: Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 (New release on Steam, Aug. 25) Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (New release on Steam and Xbox, Aug. 27, available on Game Pass) STAR WARS Zero Company (New release on EA app and Steam, Aug. 27) Baldur’s Gate 3 (GOG) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – Open Beta Weekend (Battle.net, Steam and Xbox available from Aug. 28 10am PDT  to Sep. 1 at 10am PDT. For more information please visit the Call of Duty website). Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (GOG) Cold Fear (GOG) IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator (Steam) Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (GOG) Mount & Blade: Bannerlord II (GOG) No Man’s Sky (GOG) Paradise Killer (Steam) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (GOG) Dates listed above reflect when games are released on their respective stores. GeForce NOW availability may vary, as games are onboarded after release and added throughout the week. Keep an eye on GeForce NOW channels and GFN Thursdays for availability updates on announced titles. To experience GeForce NOW, gamers can start with a GeForce NOW day pass and try premium cloud gaming before committing to a membership. Better yet, the cost of a day pass can be applied toward a first membership purchase, making it even easier to level up when ready. Check back every GFN Thursday for new games, new features and even more ways to play on GeForce NOW. Which Gamescom announcement has you most excited? Let us know on X or in the comments below.  The future of PC gaming is on display with GeForce NOW. DLSS 4.5 controlsExpanded device support Upcoming AAA games More ways to play Community giveaway Firefox browser support… and more! #gamescom Details https://t.co/Rz6RnX0Pt4 pic.twitter.com/sShKRhzrD3 — NVIDIA GeForce NOW (@NVIDIAGFN) August 25, 2026

Title: Leading Publishers Bring Blockbuster PC Games and Technology to NVIDIA RTX Spark Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:30:48 +0000 Link: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/gamescom-rtx-spark-pc-games-technology/ NVIDIA is bringing the next wave of RTX gaming to the Gamescom conference running this week in Cologne, Germany, with support for new games, anti-cheat technologies and increased visual quality.  Electronic Arts, Embark and Ubisoft are among the latest game publishers and developers bringing their blockbuster titles to NVIDIA RTX Spark ahead of its launch this fall. They join the publishers that announced RTX Spark support at COMPUTEX in May, including KRAFTON, NetEase, Riot Games and XBOX.  NVIDIA is working closely with game developers and ecosystem partners to ensure today’s top PC games — including EA’s EA SPORTS F1 25 and Apex Legends, Ubisoft’s Anno 117: Pax Romana and Embark Studios’ ARC Raiders and THE FINALS — run seamlessly on RTX Spark devices. “We’re excited to bring Anno 117: Pax Romana to a new generation of RTX-powered PCs,” said Stéphane Jankowski, Ubisoft executive producer of Anno 117 : Pax Romana. “Our teams build the game to be seen wide: full districts, long sightlines, thousands of details at once. Seeing RTX Spark hold that level of fidelity from a single chip is genuinely impressive.” RTX Spark reinvents personal computing, bringing personal AI agents, advanced content creation and high-performance gaming together in a platform engineered from the ground up for the next wave of Windows PCs. For gamers, RTX Spark combines Windows devices with NVIDIA RTX technologies, including DLSS and Reflex.  Bringing Anti-Cheat to RTX Spark Supporting modern PC gaming goes beyond running the game itself. Many of today’s biggest online games rely on sophisticated anti-cheat technologies, to enable fair play across the multiple platforms these games run on.   NVIDIA has been working with EA to bring native EA Javelin Anticheat support to RTX Spark, including for EA’s biggest multiplayer games, such as EA SPORTS F1 25. RTX Spark launches this fall.  RTX Delivers Next-Generation Gaming RTX Spark is just one part of NVIDIA’s lineup of gaming announcements at Gamescom, including: DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction is available now, featuring NVIDIA’s latest second-generation transformer model to deliver even higher image quality in ray- and path-traced content. It replaces traditional denoisers with an NVIDIA supercomputer-trained AI network to reconstruct higher-quality pixels in the parts of a ray-traced frame where rays were not sampled. Path tracing comes to CONTROL Resonant and 007 First Light to deliver new levels of visual fidelity.  NVIDIA ACE technologies are coming to Aniimo in early 2027, letting players naturally interact with their creatures. Gears of War: E-Day includes RTX Mega Geometry integration, advancing image quality on GeForce RTX GPUs, alongside ray tracing and DLSS 4.5. RTX Remix keeps remastering PC classics, with a major Painkiller RTX mod update available now and The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind RTX coming soon. GeForce NOW gives members more ways to play with new DLSS 4.5 controls, expanded support for Steam Machine and other devices and platforms, plus blockbuster PC games including CONTROL Resonant, Gears of War: E-Day and more coming to the cloud at launch. Find more on NVIDIA’s announcements at Gamescom in this GeForce article. 

Title: Bring the Fire: Play Games on GeForce NOW With New Firefox Browser Support Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:00:24 +0000 Link: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-firefox/ It’s a new way into the cloud.  GeForce NOW welcomes Firefox support to the cloud, opening up another way to jump into high-performance PC gaming straight from the browser, starting today. Whether on a school laptop or everyday PC, it’s now even easier to play supported PC games without downloading a dedicated app. Plus, discover 12 new games streaming from the GeForce NOW library this week, led by Gallipoli.  No Downloads. Just Firefox. This cloud is on fire with new ways to play on Firefox. GeForce NOW is now supported on Firefox, expanding access across even more devices.  Members can outfox big downloads and jump into high-performance PC gaming directly from the browser — no waiting on lengthy game installs or updates. The experience delivers GeForce RTX-powered performance at up to 1440p and 120 frames per second for GeForce NOW Ultimate members.  Simply download the latest version of Firefox, head to play.geforcenow.com and start playing. The cloud handles the heavy lifting, so games are ready to play without taking up valuable storage space on the device. Firefox joins Chrome, Edge and Opera in supporting GeForce NOW on Windows browsers. Deploy the Games Land on the beaches of the Gallipoli Peninsula in BlackMill Games’ Gallipoli, the latest entry in the WW1 Game Series. Fight as soldiers of the British and Ottoman Empires in intense 25v25 objective-based battles across coastal shores, deserts and urban battlefields, with 10 historical classes and over 50 authentic weapons and equipment options. Teamwork is key in its grounded, one-shot-one-kill combat. Take command as an Officer, provide cover as a Heavy Machine Gunner or Sniper, keep the squad going as a Stretcher Bearer and more while navigating challenging campaigns. Head to the frontlines from the cloud with no lengthy game downloads or installs taking up local storage space. Play directly in the newly supported Firefox browser, or take the action across PCs, Macs, Chromebooks, handhelds and more with GeForce NOW cloud saves. In addition, members can look for the following games streaming throughout the week: Stars Reach (New release on Steam, Aug. 18) The Sinking City 2 (New release on Steam, Aug. 18) Gallipoli (New release on Steam, Aug. 20) DIVE or DIE – Children of Rain (Steam) Escape the Backroom (Xbox, available on Game Pass) Hell Is Us (Xbox, available on Game Pass) High on Life (Steam) High on Life 2 (Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass) Parcel Simulator (Steam) Starvester (Steam) The Thaumaturge (Xbox, available on Game Pass) Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered (Epic Games Store) Dates listed above reflect when games are released on their respective stores. GeForce NOW availability may vary, as games are onboarded after release and added throughout the week. Keep an eye on GeForce NOW channels and GFN Thursdays for availability updates on announced titles. To try GeForce NOW in Firefox, start with a GeForce NOW day pass and experience premium cloud gaming directly from the browser. If members later upgrade to a Performance or Ultimate membership, the cost of the day pass can be applied toward the first membership purchase. What are you planning to play this weekend? Let us know on X or in the comments below.

Title: Official PlayStation Podcast Episode 547: Orb-solutely Fabulous Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:43:39 +0000 Link: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/09/11/official-playstation-podcast-episode-547-orb-solutely-fabulous/ Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or download here Hey, everybody! We’re back this week to discuss some of the big announcements from the recent State of Play and State of Play Japan, the new releases we’ve been playing, and look ahead to major releases dropping this month.Also in this episode, Kristen interviews actor Liam McIntyre, the voice of Logan in Marvel’s Wolverine. Stuff We Talked About Next week’s release highlights: Marvel’s Wolverine | PS5 RuneScape: Dragonwilds | PS5 Aniimo | PS5 Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter | PS5 Flamecraft | PS5 Trine 6: Together in Time | PS5 NASCAR 26 | PS5 Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 & Warzone The Haunting — Part of Season 6, The Haunting arrives on September 17 with Hordepoint, Haunted Hollow, and the Doom Slayers. Get ready for new maps, limited-time modes, and updates to Warzone and Zombies. Dead or Alive 6 Last Round’s new character —  Meet Minato, the dance enthusiast who is all about flashy moves. Having dominated the world of dancing, she looks to topple the world of fighters as well. Learn everything you need to know about her before you test out her skills, now available. No Man’s Sky 10th anniversary Cosmos update  — The Cosmos update is now live on PS5. Experience the biggest overhaul since launch, bringing picturesque asteroid belts of rock and ice formations, free-floating modular bases you can build anywhere in space, and much more. Muramasa: Revenant Blades gameplay details — Get a deep dive into the new trailer and upgraded visuals for Muramasa: Revenant Blades, launching February 4. Along with a walkthrough of the game’s systems, swords, and abilities. PlayStation Plus Monthly Games September Extra and Premium RuneScape: Dragonwilds | PS5 WWE 2K26 | PS5 Ball x Pit | PS5 Date Everything | PS5 Slitterhead | PS5, PS4 Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound | PS5, PS4 Dungeons of Hinterberg | PS5, PS4 Sniper Elite: Resistance | PS5, PS4 Premium Mega Man X Command Mission | PS5, PS4 Metro Redux | PS4 The Cast View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Sid Shuman – Senior Director of Content Communications, SIE View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image O’Dell Harmon Jr. – Content Communications Specialist, SIE View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Tim Turi – Content Communications Manager, SIE Thanks to Dormilón for our rad theme song and show music. [Editor’s note: PSN game release dates are subject to change without notice. Game details are gathered from press releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating descriptions.]

Title: Share of the Week: Water Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:00:32 +0000 Link: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/09/11/share-of-the-week-water/ Last week, we asked you to share moments highlighting water from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: honeysinghzzz shares the reflection of water in Forza Horizon 5 JAA_PhMode_0510 shares Snake wading through waters in Metal Gear Solid Delta Snakeater  fwto_ shares Jin paused along a river in Ghost of Tsushima DarrellNeloms shares Aloy wading through deep waters in Horizon Forbidden West ps5_gamerspov shares a beach island view from Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced rorottino shares Sam walking through a creek in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Search #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme, or be inspired by other great games featuring Photo Mode. Want to be featured in the next Share of the Week? View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image THEME: SeasonsSUBMIT BY: 11:59 PM PT on September 16, 2026  Next week, share a moment embodying one of the seasons from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured.

Title: Players’ Choice – Star Wars Zero Company voted August 2026’s top new game Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:00:02 +0000 Link: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/09/10/players-choice-vote-for-augusts-best-new-game-3/ Your votes have spoken: Star Wars Zero Company wins Players’ Choice for August. Congrats to Bit Reactor and Electronic Arts! What games have you been playing this month so far? Share predictions on September’s winner in the comments below. Last month was filled with superhero spectacles, bonding with friends, and a few heavy hitters! Some big new releases included MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls, Big Walk, Beast of Reincarnation, and Madden NFL 27. Which game was your favorite? How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game released that month. After the polls close we will tally your votes, and announce the winner on our social channels and PlayStation.Blog. What is the voting criteria? That’s up to you! If you were only able to recommend one new release to a friend that month, which would it be? Note: re-released games don’t qualify, but remakes do. We define remakes as ambitious, larger-scale rebuilds such as Resident Evil 4 (2023) and Final Fantasy VII Remake. How are nominees decided? The PlayStation Blog editorial team will gather a list of that month’s most noteworthy releases and use it to seed the poll. View Poll

Title: Play your way with Control Resonant’s expanded Assist Mode Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:17 +0000 Link: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/09/10/play-your-way-with-control-resonants-expanded-assist-mode/ Hi everyone. I’m Sergey, Lead Gameplay Designer on Control Resonant. We’re getting very close to our September 24 launch, and the team here in Espoo (and Stockholm) is incredibly excited to finally share what we’ve been building.With Control Resonant, we’re introducing a new combat system built around Dylan’s shapeshifting melee weapon, the Aberrant. Combat is close-range and demanding, with enemies that require you to read their attacks, manage staggers and status effects, and time your dodges.We knew that this new system would come with a new learning curve. So rather than relying on a handful of traditional difficulty levels, we wanted to give players much more control over individual parts of the experience. Customize your experience Control Resonant’s Assist Mode is a suite of customizable options designed to let you adjust the mechanics that might be getting in your way – without necessarily changing everything else. For example, if enemies are overwhelming you by attacking from multiple directions, you can reduce Enemy Aggression. If you’re having trouble reading the timing of an attack, you can widen the Perfect Dodge Window or reduce Enemy Projectile Speed.We spend a lot of time discussing the exact frame count of a standard dodge window – usually over far too much coffee – but the reality is that players have very different reaction times and ways of playing.The same approach applies to damage and combat resources. You can independently adjust Incoming Damage, Outgoing Damage, and Outgoing Falter, which controls how quickly you break an enemy’s posture.If managing Dylan’s supernatural abilities during a chaotic fight is becoming too much, you can increase Power Recovery Speed. You can also adjust Enhanced Melee Magnetizing to make positioning during melee attacks more forgiving.And if you want to focus on exploring Manhattan and experiencing the story without the stress of combat, Assist Mode includes options such as Immortality, One-Hit Kills, and the new One-Hit Falters.The idea is simple: instead of asking you to choose an overall difficulty, we let you change the specific parts of combat that aren’t working for you. Try the game first One thing we deliberately avoided was putting these settings in front of you before you even start your first playthrough.Every player is different, and you haven’t played Control Resonant yet. Asking you to make decisions about mechanics you haven’t experienced doesn’t make much sense to us.That’s why you can enable or disable Assist Mode at any point during gameplay. We want you to experience the intended combat rhythm first, get a feel for the game, and then adjust individual settings whenever you feel the need.You can also choose from a set of Assist Mode Presets created around different ways of playing and then fine-tune individual settings from there. Make it harder, too There’s another important change from the first Control: Assist Mode can now make the game harder.In the original game, the sliders could only reduce the challenge. In Control Resonant, they work in both directions. If you find the base game too forgiving, you can increase enemy aggression, make the Perfect Dodge Window smaller, and increase Incoming Damage to create a much more demanding experience.We know players enjoy different kinds of challenges, so we wanted Assist Mode to give you that flexibility, too. Play your way We talk a lot internally about designer intent. We have a carefully crafted experience in mind for Control Resonant, balanced to be tense, demanding, and rewarding.But our philosophy is straightforward: if you run into a wall and the friction becomes too much, we’d much rather you adjust the rules and keep playing than put the controller down and stop.Your time is valuable, and how you experience the game is ultimately up to you. That’s why we don’t gate any trophies or achievements behind Assist Mode. Use the settings however you need to and play Control Resonant on your terms. We can’t wait for you to get your hands on the Aberrant when Control Resonant launches on PS5 this September 24. See you in Manhattan.

Title: Muramasa: Revenant Blades launches February 4, 2027 Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:30:45 +0000 Link: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/09/10/muramasa-revenant-blades-launches-february-4-2027/ Hello, PlayStation players! Today we revealed that Muramasa: Revenant Blades, the stunning Japanese-inspired action-RPG from Vanillaware and Marvelous, will launch on February 4, 2027. Along with the release date, we also shared a new gameplay video that offers a closer look at the game’s exciting features, from exhilarating sword-fighting action to character progression and more. We know you’ve been looking forward to learning more about this gorgeous action game since it was announced, and we’re thrilled to be able to share more about what’s in store in Muramasa: Revenant Blades. Play Video The ultimate Muramasa The visually striking Japanese-inspired action RPG Muramasa: Rebirth, originally released for PlayStation Vita, and its side-story DLC, Genroku Legends, have been combined and further refined into a single, complete experience. Its beautiful and fantastical world has been revitalized in gorgeous high-definition. Alongside improvements to its deep and engaging sword-fighting action, new features, like the all-new English voice over, have been added to enhance the experience. Whether you’re discovering the game for the first time or returning as a fan of the original, Muramasa: Revenant Blades offers a fresh perspective on this epic adventure. Six stories unfold in a mysterious world Set in Japan during the Genroku era, a time when supernatural phenomena run rampant, Revenant Blades features six different playable protagonists, each with their own circumstances, goals, and journeys. From one who is possessed by the cursed sword Muramasa, to another who swears to avenge their master, and one who pursues love with unwavering passion, each protagonist has a unique story to tell. With each tale standing on its own, you’re free to experience all six in any order you choose. Discover six distinct tales as they unfold across a beautiful world steeped in the supernatural. Exhilarating sword-fighting action with intuitive controls and graceful movement Chain normal attacks together to naturally unleash combos, then mix in dashes and jumps for even more exhilarating combat as you move fluidly across the ground and the air. You can also parry enemy attacks, and with the right timing, even deflect ranged attacks. Muramasa’s controls are easy to grasp, yet offer plenty of depth for veteran players, giving everyone an opportunity to perform spectacular sword-fighting moves. Skills are the key to battle Unleash powerful single strikes, wide-area attacks, ranged attacks, all with a single button press. Combine them with normal attacks to overwhelm your enemies with relentless combos. Refine your swords, hone your skills, and develop your own unique fighting style With the help of the swordsmith Muramasa, Kisuke and Momohime can forge new swords imbued with powerful skills.  Alternatively, Okoi, Gonbe, Arashimaru, and Rajaki, can undergo training to learn new skills and create charms that grant special effects to their different forms or weapons. Through further forging and training, you’ll unlock new swords and skills, improve your stats, and steadily grow stronger. Both require souls obtained from defeated enemies, so collect as many as you can as you make your way through the adventure. Expand your tactical options by mastering skills, freely switching between them in battle.  As Kisuke and Momohime use swords imbued with skills in combat, they‘ll be able to master those techniques. You can assign up to three mastered skills for both ground and aerial combat, and switch between them freely with the directional pad. The more you use any skill, the more proficient you become, increasing its potency.  Experiment with different combinations to learn the strengths they offer, and find the pairings that suit your playstyle. New features to explore and a classic experience to relive This title features a variety of supplemental content, including the Scroll, a gallery packed with illustrations, a Character Viewer, where you can admire character animations and backgrounds, and a Replay mode that lets you relive events from your journey. In addition to the renewed experience, there’s also a classic mode featuring the PlayStation Vita versions of Muramasa: The Demon Blade and Genroku Legends. Experience these nostalgic adventures with the original gameplay experience, now with beautifully enhanced graphics.

Title: "Why do we need more graphics?": 2010's Alan Wake was as photoreal as videogames ever needed to be, reckons original Thief designer Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:29:41 +0000 Link: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/why-do-we-need-more-graphics-2010s-alan-wake-was-as-photoreal-as-videogames-ever-needed-to-be-reckons-original-thief-designer Former Thief: The Dark Project designer, Ion Storm game director, and sometime Spielberg collaborator Randy Smith Evergreen has shared his probably-incendiary view that photorealistic videogame graphics need not have advanced any further than Remedy's original Alan Wake. For context, Alan Wake released back in 2010, when some of you people were screaming babies. Every touted breakthrough in visual fidelity since that golden year? A pointless indulgence and a reckless travesty. A middle finger jammed up the nose of god. Smith Evergreen is entirely wrong, of course: videogame graphics actually topped out with PS1's MediEvil, still definitively the most faithful and convincing portrayal of an incompetent walking skeleton known to science. That said, this is an OG Thief designer we're talking about. Let's hear the poor soul out. Read more

Title: Rockstar had a mole in the union worker Discord server "for over two and a half years", GTA 6 company reveals during legal battle Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:31:24 +0000 Link: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-had-a-mole-in-the-union-worker-discord-server-for-over-two-and-a-half-years-gta-6-company-reveals-during-legal-battle Back in October 2025, GTA 6 developers Rockstar fired a group of 34, mostly UK-based employees on a charge of "gross misconduct", alleging that they had risked the leaking of confidential information while posting on a Discord server set up by union organisers. The ousted UK workers and their representatives have since taken Rockstar to court, accusing the company of getting rid of them to stop their union gaining enough members to win official recognition under UK law. This week, both parties filed opening submissions at an employment tribunal in Glasgow, which Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive have emailed to RPS and Game Developer, among others. Taken together, the filings amount to over 100 pages of claims and counterclaims, with thousands of pages of evidence to be discussed in the coming weeks. Amongst other things, the docs give us more sense of events leading up to the dismissals, including the revelation that Rockstar had a mole or "whistleblower" passing them information on the people using the Discord server. Read more

Title: PlayStation reportedly dumped Hideo Kojima spy action game Physint over exceeded budgets, missed deadlines, and Death Stranding sales Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:59:37 +0000 Link: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/playstation-reportedly-dumped-hideo-kojima-spy-action-game-physint-over-exceeded-budgets-missed-deadlines-and-death-stranding-sales Earlier this week, Hideo Kojima-helmed action espionage game Physint switched publishers from PlayStation to Xbox, a leap across the console divide which might make it more likely to get a PC port. At the time, Kojima claimed PlayStation had tried to can the game, while the console makers tried to paint the divorce as an amicable split. Now, a report's shed more light on why Sony decided to ditch Physint. Read more

Title: Wardogs presents a different kind of FPS power fantasy: making fat stacks as a pacifist rideshare driver Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:57:31 +0000 Link: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wardogs-presents-a-different-kind-of-fps-power-fantasy-making-fat-stacks-as-a-pacifist-rideshare-driver Because no-one entirely likes their job, I should be upfront about my issues with newly launched Early Access darling Wardogs, the mass-scale multiplayer shooter in which I’ve just found employment. Its "Play like to you used to" tagline and Halo 3-aping trailer smell a bit of reactionary, stuck-in-the-past thinking. It’s a mass-scale multiplayer shooter, so individual heroics rarely influence match outcomes. And, like pretty much everyone else who sucked down both those problems and tried playing on launch night regardless, I spent far too long attempting to communicate with server architecture that clearly had the resilience of overmilked cornflakes. Read more

Title: GTA 6 online mode appears to receive Rockstar's first public acknowledgment, via mention of in-development "32 player format" in legal docs Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:34:17 +0000 Link: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-6-online-mode-appears-to-receive-rockstars-first-public-acknowledgment-via-mention-of-in-development-32-player-format-in-legal-docs Up until now, Rockstar Games have kept mum about what plans they have for the future of Grand Theft Auto multiplayer once GTA 6 releases on consoles in November. Thanks to filings submitted by the studio as part of the final hearing in a legal battle over the firings of 34 developers last year, that silence appears to have been broken. Read more