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On Tuesday, July 28, Sony announced the next batch of PlayStation Plus monthly games for August, and these games confirm for me that gaming inside to beat the heat all summer was one of my better ideas. People online rave about Signalis, and Dying Light 2 has generally favorable reviews on Metacritic. Big Walk seems…

The next major installment in the Fire Emblem franchise is due out September 17, but ahead of its release, Nintendo is hosting a livestream to showcase more in-depth information about Fortune’s Weave. Here’s how to watch it for yourself.

The PlayStation Vita was Sony’s last stab at a truly portable game console — the PlayStation Portal (which is worth buying) doesn’t count since you need an internet connection to play. Sony might be phasing out Vita support, but modders are keeping it alive thanks to mods and hacks, and you can now use them to…

In 2015, Game Freak put out its first console game outside of a Nintendo platform since 1999’s Click Medic with Tembo the Badass Elephant. The colorful platformer still very much felt like a Game Freak game, with lots of lovely art and a fun style. If you had told me a little over a decade…

Designed to foster connections and playfulness … Big Walk. Illustration: PanicDesigned to foster connections and playfulness … Big Walk. Illustration: Panic Review

With Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Editionlaunching on the Nintendo Switch 2, I was eager to revisit my favourite entry into the franchise since first playing it back in 2017. For an original Nintendo Switch title, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 felt like an ambitious JRPG adventure that showed off the power of Nintendo’s hybrid…

A taxing and often monotonous journey … Beast of Reincarnation. Illustration: Game FreakA taxing and often monotonous journey … Beast of Reincarnation. Illustration: Game Freak Review

The list of games that get played the most on PlayStation and Xbox is nearly identical across the two console platforms, and the games themselves are either long-running live service titles or annualised sports games. This has been the case for years, and analyst Mat Piscatella recently reminded everyone that no real change has occurred.

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TL;DR: Steam’s July 2026 survey shows 16GB VRAM GPUs now slightly outnumber 8GB ones (25.9% vs 25.3%), driven partly by better Radeon reporting and new RDNA 4 cards, though most gamers still use under-16GB cards and 8-12GB GPUs remain common. Voice: Kosta AndreadisSpeed 0:00 / 2:57 Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio.