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5 top tips from World of Warcraft housing creators for making amazing masterworks
Improve your housing game with advice from some of WoW's best home designers.
That Grand Theft Auto 6 exclusive reveal worked out pretty well for Netflix: It was the platform's biggest show last week
The GTA 6 reveal showcase pulled in more than 31 million views over just four days.
Rockstar touts new invite-only Nopixel V GTA roleplaying server as the 'next evolution' of the RP community
Rockstar collaborated with Nopixel Studios for the latest version of its custom GTA 5 roleplaying experience, which includes 1,000 ownable properties.
"It's just such a huge galaxy to fill": Don't expect any Total War: Warhammer 40,000 sequels, but do expect lots of updates that builds upon its sandbox
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 feels like one of those games where you think to yourself, "wait, how doesn't this exist already?" There have been previous Total War: Warhammer games, three of them in fact, but all set in the original, fantasy setting, not the far flung futuristic sci-fi one. We still don't know when Creative Assembly's Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is coming out, though they have shared one thing that will be different compared to the previous Warhammer games: they have no plans for any sequels. Read more
Skyrim and Fallout made Bethesda devs feel "safe" from mass layoffs before Xbox ended decades-long careers in two-minute meetings
“I don't know how you create games at the quality level we were without the institutional knowledge that’s been lost"
The GTA 6 extended look was Netflix's most-watched title for the week with 31.1 million views
It's no Stranger Things, but it was huge
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy review
Rat's all, folks.
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss is "very much aware" you hate Chadley for being a socially inept doofus, but he will soon have "a very integral part" in the story anyway
We can do it the easy way, or the Chadley way
Images Of The Upcoming LEGO PlayStation 1 Set Has Leaked
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! Well, it looks like the rumours were true , even down to the piece size. The LEGO PlayStation 1 is coming, and two images of the box have been
Sick: Ace Combat 8 has online airbase lobbies where you can bum around as your own bespoke pilotsona
Unfortunately, it also has battle passes. War is hell.
Drive a train around an ash-covered world collecting ingredients for the last ever s'more as an anthropomorphic bird in the surreal and comically ominous Cinderline
There is perhaps no genre I love more in this world than "game where you run around as a little guy," for the subgenres within that are almost endless. A new entry is soon to find itself within that genre, and it's called Cinderline, a game where you play as an anthropomorphic, silent bird who wants to make the last ever s'more, gathering the various pieces required to do so by travelling from town to town in a tiny train. Read more
Steam Deck hits 30,000 compatible games, according to SteamDB
Valve's portable gaming PC now has confirmed compatibility with over 30,000 games, according to new data from SteamDB.
CD Projekt "never thought about" charging The Witcher 3 owners for the remaster: "This is the CDPR way"
"The commercial bit of it is the expansion, obviously"
New Street Fighter trailer brings action, camp, and some of the game's most iconic moves to life
Street Fighter hits theaters in October
Ken and Ryu work things out in a new trailer for Street Fighter
And Cody Rhodes isn't happy about what happened to his face.
Rockstar Games unveils its official GTA Online RP server, mere months before GTA 6
Rockstar Games hasn't said much of anything about GTA 6 's potential multiplayer offerings, but the developer is making strides for GTA Online 's roleplaying community. A watch-only nopixel 5 closed beta is coming next week. Read more
GTA 6's story is too important for Rockstar to let you swap between Lucia and Jason whenever you want
Outside of the story, however, you'll be free to swap whenever.
The Witcher 3 DLC, Warlock, and open-world anime RPG Ananta gained the most Steam wishlists of everything we saw at Gamescom 2026
The biggest game at Gamescom 2026 wasn't even a game
Cyberpunk 2077 launched when it did because its devs wanted it "out the door" says CD Projekt Red CEO, but I wonder if he forgot about that reported mandatory crunch
Look, I know I don't need to tell you how much of a mess Cyberpunk 2077 's launch was. There were tons of bugs , it didn't play smoothly , and your saves could even get corrupted fairly easily , so it wasn't an ideal experience at the time. The game has had something of a redemption arc in the almost six years since launch (one that CD Projekt Red thinks still needs to be finished ), but despite whispers of investors pushing to get the game out the door at the time, joint CEO Michał Nowakowski says that wasn't the case. Read more
Acclaimed Shmup BIRDCAGE Is Winging Its Way To Consoles This Month
Poly(gon) want a cracker? Publisher Eastasiasoft has announced that Polygon Bird's debutante shmup Birdcage is coming to console platforms later this month. Originally released for Steam in November 2025, the frenetic shooter will blast off September 23 on PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. The first release from Greek/Scottish studio Polygon Bird Games, Birdcage is a loving tribute to critically acclaimed shmups of yesteryear - such as Ikaruga and Radiant Silvergun - with a narrative setting inspired by the mechanised dystopia of classic sci-fi and anime. Read the full article on timeextension.com
August was a milestone month if you love watching robots completely eat it
The World Robot Humanoid Games gave us more footage of malfunctioning robots than we know what to do with.
Double Fine will finally make Brutal Legend 2, but only if its new Kickstarter campaign reaches an almost impossible $100m
Almost two decades on from its first heavy-metal-infused open-world game, Double Fine pinky promises it'll finally make Brutal Legend 2… if the developer's new Kickstarter campaign somehow manages to scrape together $100m (about £74m). Read more
No Rest for the Wicked, which was slated to hit 1.0 a month before Grand Theft Auto 6, is delayed into 2027
Moon Studios said the extra time will "help us improve performance, tighten the class system, and polish the whole game," and made no mention at all of GTA 6.
Dwarf Fortress creator says we can learn something from simply walling up dwarf nobles to maintain an equal society—but notes you have to abolish the dwarf cops, too: 'Another lesson to be had there'
Much to consider.