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Played Quake Champions on the Microsoft Store? Link Bethesda.net to Steam before 7 October
A short how-to for Microsoft Store players: how to link your Bethesda.net account to Steam before the 7 October deadline, what to do if you miss it, and who gets Platinum refunded.
Control Resonant Review: Remedy Swaps Guns for an Axe and Mostly Wins
Remedy's Control sequel trades the Oldest House for Manhattan and gunplay for a shapeshifting melee weapon. The combat is the best thing Remedy has built, the side content is not. Score: 8/10.
Is Sony Having Second Thoughts About Killing PlayStation Discs? A Developer Survey Says Maybe
Sony is reportedly sending game developers a huge survey that asks how they sell physical games - months after announcing that disc production for new PlayStation games ends in January 2028. It's unconfirmed, but it's the first sign the backlash may have landed.
Warzone's new skin toggle is a readability fix wearing a nostalgia costume
Warzone's Operator Skin toggle arrives with Modern Warfare 4 Season 1 and swaps other players' crossover skins for MW4 Operators on your screen only. Good for readability, but it doesn't make Warzone fully tactical again.
Discord's age checks are back - and they're landing here too, law or no law
Discord has started rolling out age verification worldwide, this time with credit card, Apple Pay, Google Play, Google Wallet and AgeKey options instead of only ID scans and face videos. Here's what that means for players in our region.
Quake Champions dumps the live-service junk and goes $10 - the arena shooter finally gets out of its own way
Battle pass, loot boxes, shards and champion grind are gone. Quake Champions is now a $10 Steam game, free to keep if you already played it - with framerate limiter and network fixes, plus a datacenter consolidation worth watching.
Metroid Ravenous has everyone hunting for Dread - and sealed copies now cost a fortune
The announcement of Switch 2 exclusive Metroid Ravenous has sent people back to Metroid Dread, pushing sealed physical copies of the out-of-print game well above $100. Ana has a gentle plea for Nintendo - and for anyone about to overpay.
Silent Hill: Townfall Review - The Fog Moves to Scotland and It Works
Screen Burn Interactive takes Silent Hill out of America, into first person and onto a Scottish coast in 1996. The atmosphere is the best the series has had in years; the stealth is not. Score: 8/10.
Sony is quietly testing PS Store cashback - and it's not a discount, it's a leash
PlayStation Store buyers in the US are seeing 'includes wallet credit' offers on select new games, with no announcement from Sony. Here's what the test actually means for a player in our region who pays 70-80 euros for a game.
Xbox Patent Imagines Ads After Boss Fights in Exchange for Playtime - Please, No
A newly published Microsoft patent describes pausing a game at the OS level to play an ad, then handing you a credit worth a limited chunk of playtime. It's only a patent, but it says a lot about where Xbox's head is at.
CS2 pros say 360 Hz is where the refresh-rate race stops paying - and the frame math agrees
Two Luminosity Counter-Strike 2 players told PC Gamer that going past 360 Hz brings smaller, more personal gains - and that most PCs can't feed a 600 Hz panel anyway. Rene runs the numbers and explains why your bottleneck is probably not the monitor.
Graveyard Keeper 2 Review: Bigger Cemetery, Same Old Grind
Lazy Bear Games' sequel adds a town to rebuild, an undead army to command and smarter automation - but it still expects you to pay in hours. A great loop with a rough edge. Score: 7/10.