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Hulu has been quietly releasing one of the year's best TV thrillers, and you still have time to catch up
Furious should be the next show on your watchlist
Feature: "He Is Truly One Of A Kind" - A Celebration Of Nobuo Uematsu, The Maestro Of Video Game Music
"For me, in a way, he's the best music teacher there is". I first heard Nobuo Uematsu's music in 1997, when I was only five. To give you some background, I was standing in the hallway of my childhood home when my older brothers excitedly darted down the stairs, about to head to the nearest video game store to buy a mysterious new role-playing game they had read about: Final Fantasy VII . Like many kids in the UK, I didn't know what a "Final Fantasy" was (only a small handful of the previous games had been released in the PAL region). But I could tell from the excitement in their voices that, whatever it was, it was something special that I didn't want to miss out on. So, as all annoying younger brothers do, as soon as they got home from the shop, I hounded them to let me sit in the room as they loaded the game into the PlayStation disc tray. Read the full article on timeextension.com
INTERVIEW: Mega Man Dual Override devs discuss Proto Man’s return, and lessons from Mega Man 11
Capcom developers discuss the next mainline game
'Well, that didn't go as planned' says EA as it footage of its Iron Man game leaks online
"But now you know, we've got a lot more to show you."
‘It’s heartbreaking’: Numerous Gamescom devs say their equipment was stolen
At least three exhibitors have reported having their equipment stolen overnight at Gamescom
The 5 movies you need to watch in September 2026
Discover our list of the best new movies coming out in September
Don't expect the next Deadlock update until "late September," Valve announces
After hopes that a new Deadlock update was imminent, Valve developer ‘Yoshi’ confirms it has “taken longer than expected” in playtesting.
New Pokemon series from Wallace and Gromit animation studio Aardman is coming exclusively to Disney Plus, alongside Ash's first anime run
Pokemon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd and Pichu streams in 2027
MiSTer FPGA News – New Arcade Cores, DVD Players & More
Outrunners A core that runs Outrunners is available for download. It supports single screen mode and dual screen mode for two players on the same MiSTer. You can download the free core by visiting the Patreon page. The Sega System Multi 32 was a dual-screen variant of the System 32 arcade hardware. It was built […] The post MiSTer FPGA News – New Arcade Cores, DVD Players & More first appeared on RetroRGB .
Playdate maker Panic is passing tariff refunds on to customers
Panic, maker of the crank-powered handheld Playdate , is forwarding Supreme Court-ordered tariff refunds back to customers. Read more
The Witcher 4 narrative lead also wanted Geralt as the protagonist at first, but he "will always have an important role"
CDPR's Phillipp Weber can "understand that many people feel like this"
Hello Neighbor's multiplayer spinoff has been 'temporarily shut down' after a hacker wiped player progression and demanded the game's 'removal from sale across all platforms'
Secret Neighbor will remain offline until Hologryph and tinyBuild have addressed the breach.
Podcast: Live reaction from Gamescom and GTA 6’s big reveal
The VGC team share their thoughts on the big GTA reveal, plus live reporting from Gamescom
World of Warcraft private server Project Ascension confirms shutdown in "mutual agreement" with Blizzard
The Project Ascension team confirms its World of Warcraft realms will be shut down in early September, following an agreement with Blizzard.
Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd & Pichu gets first trailer and a Disney+ premiere date
The Pokémon Company International and Aardman have released the first teaser trailer for Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd & Pichu, a new stop-motion series set in the Galar region. Read more
Project Helix will be a ‘family of devices,’ Xbox CEO confirms
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says Project Helix will focus on affordability, amid rising costs
EA confirms leaked Iron Man game footage is real: ‘Now you know’
A trailer for EA Motive's previously-unseen Marvel game is being widely circulated online
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is aiming to be the "definitive" game for the setting, and I think it might be exactly that
In a small room inside a crowded Koelnesse convention centre, a short presentation on Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is shown to a gaggle of tired writers. Creative Assembly's brand manager says they're hoping to make the definitive game in the 40k universe. After playing the game for a little while, I think they may have pulled it off. Read more
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (29th August)
Kept you waiting, huh? Well folks, the weekend is here, which means it's time to kick back, forget the stress of the working week, and play some games. It's been quite the week for Nintendo fans. Gamescom ONL revealed some pretty sweet treats for us, not least in the form of The Witcher III: Wild Hunt- Remastered for Switch 2, an improved version of Geralt's most recent adventure that's absolutely free for current owners of the Switch game. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Rayman Legends Retold Wins Best Switch 2 Game Award At Gamescom 2026
Ubisoft also shares "Macarena" musical level video. Ahead of its release on the Switch 2 this October, the reimagined platform adventure Rayman Legends Retold has received an award at Gamescom this week. Ubisoft's upcoming release has officially won the best Nintendo Switch 2 game at the show. The nominees Retold was up against include Denshattack! , Mega Man: Dual Override , Nintendo Switch Sport Resort and OPUS: Prism Peak . Read the full article on nintendolife.com
What we've been playing - "Forget the classics: remaster the duds"
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Kelsey didn't have to sacrifice a limb to play Elden Ring for the first time again; Bertie mucks around in the Prancing Pony with edgy Aragorn; and... Read more
Pokémon Announces Global Streaming Deal With Disney+
Includes Aardman's stop-motion series & the original animation. During Pokémon XP this week, it was announced the new stop-motion series ' Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu ' by Aardman ( Wallace & Gromit ) would be a Disney exclusive. This included a new look teaser trailer, with the full series scheduled to stream worldwide "exclusively" on Disney+ in 2027 . It will also be available on Disney XD. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Mayday directors say the Top Gun-homaging action-comedy got Tom Cruise's permission to use footage from the '80s classic
Mayday has the Tom Cruise seal of approval
'Claude Strife': DLSS 5 has escaped into the wild, and things are immediately weird
The controversial generative AI tech can look alright when used subtly, but the 'AI look' seems to be inescapable.