Warren Spector Says He Is Retiring, and This Time He Thinks He Means It
Warren Spector posted the news on LinkedIn on August 18, 2026, then set his profile to Retired, which is a cleaner status line than most farewell essays. “I’m retiring from game development. At least I think so. I’ve been here before and changed my mind but this time I’m pretty sure I mean it.” That is the quote, and the hedge is doing as much work as the announcement...[Read More]
Xbox Game Pass Wave 2 Puts Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy on Day One
Xbox Game Pass August Wave 2 puts Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on day one, August 27. Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC. I opened Xbox’s August 18 post. That is the official list, not a wishlist screenshot. The game still launches that same day on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC through Steam and the Epic Games Store. Xbox Play Anywhere...[Read More]
NBA 2K27 Early Access Starts August 26 After 2K’s Game Reveal
2K spent August 18 walking through NBA 2K27, then moved Early Access up. Deluxe and Ultra owners can play at 9:00am PT (12:00pm ET) on August 26, up to nine days before the worldwide launch on September 4. Standard is $69.99. Deluxe is $99.99. Ultra is $149.99. Visual Concepts is on the game. 2K is on the box. The three covers are Victor Wembanyama on Standard, Caitlin Clark on Deluxe, and Derrick...[Read More]
Pulse Elevate Speakers Hit $219.99 and Launch November 12
PlayStation put a date and a dollar figure on Pulse Elevate. The wireless desktop speakers launch November 12 at $219.99. Pre-orders open September 1 at 7:00am PT (10:00am ET) on PlayStation Direct and at participating retailers. These are Sony Interactive Entertainment’s first speakers, not a rebadge of a living-room soundbar. Midnight Black is the global color. White stays on Direct in the...[Read More]
Sony’s CEO Still Will Not Put a Date on the PS6
Hiroki Totoki still will not put a date on PlayStation 6. Sony’s president and CEO said this week that the company has not fixed a launch date for the next console. That is the same answer he gave on Sony’s May results briefing. The next box does not have a year on it because Sony has not written one down. I checked playstation.com and the PlayStation Store. There is no PS6 hardware pa...[Read More]
The Blood of Dawnwalker Editions: Eclipse, Day One, and the Sangoran Armor
Bandai Namco published an edition guide on August 18 for The Blood of Dawnwalker, which is the first time the four boxes have been laid out clearly enough to actually pick one. Rebel Wolves built the game and Bandai Namco is publishing it on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on September 3. The four editions are Standard, Eclipse, Day One, and Collector’s, and none of them include early...[Read More]
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]
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]
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]
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]
SHOCK Review
Jack River woke on wet concrete with both legs already gone and no memory of the drive in. SHOCK keeps a disabled war veteran inside an abandoned indoor lot, in a wheelchair, while a man-made hunter works the ramps above him. I sat down for a scare and stayed for the cost of a turn. Hero’s Punch Productions developed and published the PC version I played. Jack River Wakes on Wet Concrete Mos...[Read More]
CloverPit Review
Falling through the grate after a missed payment is a ruder restart than a health bar, and that drop is why I sat down again. CloverPit holds the evening in one rusty cell, a slot machine in front of me and an ATM on the wall, and covering a number I could see was the whole sitting. Panik Arcade developed it, Future Friends Games published it, and I played the PC version that arrived on September ...[Read More]