gamescom Award 2026: CDPR, Sega, Capcom, and Xbox Take the Night
gamescom award 2026 handed out its trophies on Friday, August 28, at the gamescom studio in Cologne. The official winners post is up. CD PROJEKT RED and SEGA each took three. Capcom and Ubisoft each took two. That is the night in a sentence, before the categories start arguing with each other. I am not walking nineteen plaques like a checklist. The big publishers carried the room. The Witcher 3 re...[Read More]
Elden Ring Tarnished Edition Is Out on Switch 2
Elden Ring Tarnished Edition is out on Nintendo Switch 2 as of August 28, 2026, for $79.99 on Nintendo’s US store. FromSoftware built it and Bandai Namco is selling it, which is the usual arrangement, except this is the first time the Lands Between sit on a Nintendo platform. The download bundles the original Elden Ring and Shadow of the Erdtree, docked or handheld, and Bandai Namco Entertai...[Read More]
Gravhounds Revealed for Game Preview on November 2
Gravhounds is the first game from Octopus Panic, a seven-person studio, and Xbox put the official page up today, August 27, 2026. Josh Holmes, co-founder, is the byline. Game Preview is November 2, 2026 on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC. Day-one Xbox Game Pass. That is the date package. I am not printing a retail sticker because that Wire page does not have one. The team, as Holmes named it, worke...[Read More]
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Is Out, Day One on Game Pass
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is out today, August 27, 2026. This is the launch, not another trailer rewrite. Focus Entertainment published it. Asobo Studio built it. PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, and Epic. Day-one Xbox Game Pass. Xbox Play Anywhere is on the Xbox tile I opened this morning. Handheld Optimized is on that same tile. Cloud is on Ultimate. The launch trailer we already ran...[Read More]
Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 Is Out, and MGS4 Leaves the PS3
METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol. 2 is out today, August 27, 2026. I opened Steam this morning. $49.99 USD. Windows. KONAMI. ESRB M. The official platform list is Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam. MGS4 has not had a port since 2008. That is the sentence the collection is selling, and it is the one I checked against Konami’s own page. The Ko...[Read More]
Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 Review
Konami’s second collection is slimmer than Volume 1 and more overdue. Guns of the Patriots finally runs on hardware that is still sold. Peace Walker and Ghost Babel ride along. Konami Digital Entertainment developed and published Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2. It launched August 27, 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC. Street price is $49.99. I reviewed ...[Read More]
Lou’s Lagoon
Lou's Lagoon Release Date Trailer A cozy exploration-and-crafting adventure: fly your seaplane between tropical islands, collect resources with the Swirler, rebuild storm damaged communities, and unravel the mystery surrounding Uncle Lou's disappearance. About This Game Take to the skies in your trusty seaplane on a heartfelt adventure across the tropical Limbo archipelago. After receivin...[Read More]