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Katie Nicholl, royal correspondent for Vanity Fair and co-host of “The Royals Uncensored,” discusses Harry’s UK security battle, the king’s offer of a royal residence and growing palace frustration

The 2026 World Cup quarter-final stage comes to a close with two major clashes today. First up is England vs. Norway, a match that sees familiar opponents and teammates from the Premir League do their duty for their respective countries — all with an eye on the spot in the semi finals

Welcome to Next Week on XBOX! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One, XBOX on PC, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!

After prolific video game creator Hideo Kojima split with Konami, the first game that he and his studio Kojima Production made was “Death Stranding.” Originally released in 2019 for the PlayStation 4, it is one of the most unique titles around, rethinking what’s possible for a sci-fi adventure game. The entire “Death Stranding” story hinges on…

Following the news that Nintendo is ending production of the Switch consoles, we take a look back at some of the best games that helped to define its era

The Sega Genesis was one of the most popular 16-bit consoles on the market back in the late 1980s and 1990s. Powered by the signature Sega Genesis blast processing, the console provided a more technically impressive presentation and ambitious gameplay than prior platforms. It saw the introduction of several new and ultimately enduring franchises, and…

While 16-bit platforms like the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo led console gaming into the ’90s, more advanced options quickly took shape. This included 32-bit consoles like the Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn, and the original PlayStation as the industry pushed hardware capabilities forward. Some of the biggest franchises today were initially introduced as 32-bit games…

This supplementary website accompanies the paper “Augmentations for Robust and Efficient Imitation Learning in Streamed Video Games,” published at the Conference on Games 2026. The paper studies whether spatiotemporal augmentations that mimic common streaming artifacts like pixelation, blur, scrubs, and ghosting, can improve the sample efficiency and robustness of imitation learning agents trained from limited…

Gaming has never exactly been an inexpensive hobby. People used to hoard quarters and unload their weekly allowance at the arcade. Home consoles gave gamers another way to spend their hard-earned cash, and it definitely feels like those have only gotten more expensive over time. A new PlayStation 5 currently costs between $650 and $900…

A pair of PlayStation 5 and PS4 action games that launched just yesterday are already 50% off in a rare PS Store deal. The July 2026 ports of PS3 games Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 & 2 cost an eye-popping $39.99 each, but not if you purchase them before August 6