Elden Ring Tarnished Edition Hits Switch 2 on August 28
ELDEN RING Tarnished Edition hits Nintendo Switch 2 on August 28, 2026. I checked Nintendo’s own news post and the US store page. Both say August 28. The store lists it at $79.99. That is the number Nintendo of America put on the product, not a guess from a listing aggregator. Nintendo’s August write-up is the “rise, Tarnished” recap. The store SKU is dated 2026-08-28. If y...[Read More]
Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta Closes as Horde Siege Heads to October 6
The Gears of War: E-Day open beta closed today at 10:00am PT (1:00pm ET). The Coalition ran two weekends of multiplayer on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, and Steam. October 6 is still the launch. This was the last public look at Horde Siege and the refined 4v4 Versus before the full game ships. Early Access ran August 6 at 12:00pm PT through August 10 at 10:00am PT for pre-orders and for Game Pass U...[Read More]
Sony Hands S-Game a Whole State of Play, and Phantom Blade Zero Is Not a Souls-like
Sony handed S-Game a whole State of Play on August 17, about twenty minutes, and founder Soulframe Liang used it the way a studio should use a solo show: combat, maps, difficulty, and a hard line on what Phantom Blade Zero is not. North America gets the game on October 28, 2026, on PlayStation 5. The rest of the world follows October 29. S-Game’s own site and Steam page also list PC for that...[Read More]
The Cabin Factory Review
There is a particular kind of doubt, rare in a medium that usually hands you a flashlight and a map, in watching a newly hired inspector walk through a cabin that is supposed to be a movie prop and deciding whether the family in the portrait just moved. The elevator has terms. The contract updates without notice. The Cabin Factory, the short anomaly-hunting horror from International Cat Studios an...[Read More]
Before Exit: Gas Station Review
There is a particular kind of sweat, rare in a medium that usually hands you a gun and a map, in watching a gas station employee flip a sign to Closed while a pump in the dark asks whether you checked the oil stain. The boss is not a metaphor. Miss three tasks and he is outside. Before Exit: Gas Station, the anomaly-detection closer from Katowice’s Take IT Studio, is built on that audit, and...[Read More]
Halls of Torment Review
There is a particular kind of greed, rare in a medium that usually hands you a skill tree and a map, in watching a pre-rendered hero spin in place while a thousand undead pay rent on the same pixel. The clock is a dare. The Lord is a calendar appointment. Halls of Torment, the horde-survival roguelite from Stuttgart’s Chasing Carrots, is built on that appointment, and the appointment is deep...[Read More]
Fresh Tracks Review
There is a particular kind of flow, rare in a medium that usually hands you a highway and a combo meter, in watching a skier named Skaii cut a line through a forest that is also a song. The trees keep time. The sword keeps a secret. A god in your ear is arguing about genre. Fresh Tracks, the music-action roguelite from Buffalo Buffalo, is built on that line, and the line is ruder and kinder than a...[Read More]
Darkenstein 3D Review
There is a particular kind of loyalty, rare in a medium that usually hands you a nameless marine and a red key, in watching a furious American drifter empty a shotgun because someone took his dog. The castle is not a metaphor. The pie is not a metaphor either. Darkenstein 3D, the bullet-dodging retro shooter from Rowye and MicroProse, is built on that rescue, and the rescue is funnier and meaner t...[Read More]
SHOCK Review
There is a particular kind of dread, rare in a medium that usually hands you a sprint button and a gun, in watching a wheelchair scrape across wet concrete while something with too many joints listens for the wheels. The elevator is dead. The lights are a rumor. You do not remember the drive in. SHOCK, the third-person psychological horror from Hero’s Punch Productions, is built on that scra...[Read More]
CloverPit Review
There is a particular kind of panic, rare in a medium that usually hands you a health bar and a map, in watching a number on an ATM climb while a slot machine in a rusty cell asks you to pull the lever one more time. The floor is not a metaphor. Miss the deadline and the grating opens. You fall. CloverPit, the rogue-lite slot machine horror from Panik Arcade and Future Friends Games, is built on t...[Read More]