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The GoldenEye homage that left us 'shaken and stirred' in 2022 is finally launching in August
A demo for Agent 64: Spies Never Die is still playable on Steam.
It's Monday, and Steam is currently struggling just like the rest of us
The Steam store is currently "very slow" with intermittent errors.
Marvel Rivals has upset players yet again with some peculiar balances that buff some of the strongest heroes
"Adapt, react, and rule them all."
Anime Overseer codes (July 2026)
Score plenty of free traits, gems, gold, meat (?), crystals, and the odd rare unit when you redeem these new Anime Overseer codes on Roblox.
Square Enix scores an own goal: Octopath Traveler Switch 2 ports revive 2 great JRPGs, but with no upgrade path or save data transfer
But hey, you can pay $60 again!
Palworld devs have "a few other little secret things in development" amid plans to "keep expanding" the survival game's universe
More Than Just Pals is not the only spin-off in the works
Outlaws + Handful Of Missions Is Coming To Switch 2, Free Upgrade Confirmed
Atari doing what Squeenix don't. Don't you just love it when a new announcement makes a previous announcement look even worse? Case in point, Square Enix confirmed today that Octopath Traveler 1 & 2 are coming to the Switch 2 , but no upgrades are being offered to current owners. Naff, indeed. Now, a new eShop listing reveals that Atari and Nightdive Studio's Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster is also coming to the Switch 2, but this time, current owners on Switch can upgrade for free. Lovely stuff. Otherwise, you're looking at £24.99 / $29.99 if you're a newcomer. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Destiny 2 has over 10x more players than Marathon on Steam, despite end of service
Despite Marathon being the newer game, Destiny 2 still has a higher player count overall, despite being in it's end-of-service state.
Grand Alfheim codes (July 2026)
Get a few free white credits and some choice survival supplies when you redeem new Grand Alfheim codes in the new anime-inspired Roblox MMO.
Palworld was originally a "factory game like Satisfactory" until it evolved into an open-world survival crafting hit, lead says
"The game has changed a lot from the original concept," says John Buckley
PlayStation is ditching a $402 million market and destroying consumer "freedoms" by abandoning physical games, says major UK retail association
Everybody loses
More Windows security updates to come as Microsoft leverages AI vulnerability detection, but 'only the highest-confidence findings reach the engineering team'
Humans still make the key decisions and handle fixes, though.
Meccha Chameleon awarded Steam's highest honor: a fast-follow AI ripoff that even uses the same name in some regions
Scribble Hunt, who?
The SupCase Unicorn Beetle Pro adds grips that actually fit inside my Nintendo Switch 2 case, but it drops a few features in the process
The SupCase Unicorn Beetle Pro offers a sturdy, versatile slimline shell case option for Nintendo Switch 2
Halo Studios reportedly cancels Halo multiplayer project Ekur, which had customisable Spartans and Elites and large player battles
Halo Studios has reportedly cancelled a multiplayer project called Ekur, in a move that seems to align with the wide-ranging Xbox cuts announced last week. Read more
Baldur's Gate 3 devs take urgent action after My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way admits he hasn't played the critically acclaimed D&D RPG: "I did play the Icewind Dale expansion, I just ran out of time"
He put a good shift in on the first, though
Zombie Island codes (July 2026)
Every new Zombie Island code you redeem in the lobby before heading into a fight for your survival will net you one thousand free gems.
New Lego Pokemon sets just got their first discount, this is not a drill
You can save on Lego Munchlax and Arcanine in the UK for the first time with this suprise Lego Pokemon deal
"A kick in the teeth for the fired workers": Unionised former MindsEye devs protest alleged fan playtest at Build A Rocket Boy
The IWGB union have held a protest with former Build a Rocket Boy (BARB) staff outside of the MindsEye studio's offices. The union accused the company of hosting an expenses-paid fan playtest event following layoffs , with IWGB chair Spring McParlin-Jones dubbing it "a kick in the teeth for the fired workers who are seeing fans brought in to do jobs that would otherwise have been theirs". Read more
The GoldenEye and Perfect Dark inspired Agent 64: Spies Never Die is coming to PC next month
The love letter to Rare's N64 FPS games includes local and online multiplayer
Violent criminals keep escaping justice, but I sure am taking some nice photos of evidence in this crime scene simulator
I can't catch killers, but I like labeling blood stains and bullet holes. Is that a job?
July 2026's big releases let you return to some of the best games of the last 20 years
As the summer continues, July 2026’s new game highlights are two big remakes and a 1.0 release, both of which you can pick up on G2A.COM.
Games Done Quick announces and then quickly cancels SNK-sponsored stream because of company's Saudi ownership
Summer Games Done Quick 2026 is now over, and while it's been a grand time as usual, one of the group's post-event streams - dedicated to celebrating Metal Slug's 30th anniversary - was ended early after many viewers expressed disappointment due to developer-publisher SNK's ties to the Saudi-owned Electronic Gaming Development Company. Read more
Too hot to handle: A leaked internal Nvidia tool re-enables blocked GPU hotspot sensor data for RTX 50-series graphics cards
Exactly how hot are we talking?