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Path of Exile 3.30 Promises an 'Extreme Shakeup' - GGG Finally Admits the Endgame Went Stale
A Grinding Gear Games developer says patch 3.30 will bring an extreme shakeup of Path of Exile's endgame: reworked league mechanics that actually interact, and loot that drops from monsters instead of chests.
Project Zomboid Tops 121,000 Players 13 Years Into Early Access
Build 42.20 doubled the map, rebuilt seven towns and stuffed 400 procedural basements under Knox County - and 121,603 concurrent players showed up, nearly double the old record. The price went up too, and honestly, it earned it.
Beast of Reincarnation Is Out Now - and Game Freak's Big Gamble Sounds Wonderful
Beast of Reincarnation launched yesterday, August 4, and PlayStation Blog's pre-launch hands-on praised Game Freak's parry-heavy combat, its post-apocalyptic Japan setting - and one very good mutant dog.
Big Walk Review - The Goose Devs Made Me Love My Friends Again
House House follows Untitled Goose Game with a 2-12 player co-op hike built entirely around talking. It is the best twenty dollars your friend group will spend this year - if you have a friend group. Score: 9/10.
EA's $55 Billion Buyout Is Done - and Someone Has to Pay for It
Electronic Arts is now privately owned by Saudi Arabia's PIF, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners. The deal closed at $210 per share, mass layoffs are reportedly expected - and the debt behind the buyout will be serviced from what players spend.
Pokémon Pokopia Goes Underwater: Update 2.0.0 and Bubbly Basin Are Live
Pokémon Pokopia's big 2.0.0 update is live on Switch 2, bringing a free Dive move and underwater building for everyone, plus Bubbly Basin - the first part of the paid Expansion Pass.
9.8 Million a Day? The FC 26 Number EA Won't Confirm - and Why It Matters
A YouTuber claims a developer told him EA Sports FC 26 tops 9.8 million daily active users - far beyond what public Steam data shows. EA hasn't confirmed anything, but the claim says a lot about why this series never has to change.
Xbox Keeps Losing Money, but Its New CEO Swears Growth Is Coming
Microsoft's latest filing shows Xbox revenue sliding again, yet CEO Asha Sharma says the brand will return to growth by the end of FY27. Honestly, I want her to be right.
Shift at Midnight Review - Papers, Please With Doppelgangers, and It Works
Bun Muen's viral co-op horror puts you behind a 1993 gas station counter, checking IDs to spot doppelgangers among the customers. Brilliant with friends, thin solo - and it costs less than a pizza. Score: 8/10.
Samsung Says the Memory Crunch Lasts Until 2028 - So When Do You Upgrade?
Samsung expects memory supply to stay constrained through 2027 and the shortage to drag on until at least 2028, while AMD reportedly joins Nvidia in raising GPU and memory prices. Here's what that actually means for anyone in our region planning a PC upgrade.
Xbox 360 games on PC? Great leak - until you read the fine print
Leaked documents point to Microsoft bringing Xbox 360 games to PC in a gradual rollout between 2027 and 2028 - but the publisher opt-in model could decide how much of the catalogue actually survives the trip.
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Gets Its Own Nintendo Direct Today
Nintendo is dedicating a roughly 20-minute Direct entirely to Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave today, ahead of the tactical RPG's launch as the first Fire Emblem built for Switch 2.