Fling to the Finish Review
There is a moment, about four minutes into your first race, when you realize the other person is not a teammate so much as a weather system. They lean left. You lean right. The elastic between you stores that disagreement like a grudge, then spends it all at once. One of you is suddenly airborne. The other is face first in a hazard you both saw coming. Fling to the Finish, the co-op racer from Spl...[Read More]
ZOE Begone! Review
Zoe is a triangle. That sentence should not work as a pitch, and yet it is the most honest way into ZOE Begone!, the debut from Glasgow animator Graeme Hawkins and his one-person studio Retchy Games. She is a little wedge of a heroine with one modest wish, peace and quiet, and one catastrophic problem. Someone just off the edge of the frame, the Animator, keeps drawing her world back into chaos. E...[Read More]
Prop Haunt Review
There is a particular kind of dread that only arrives when a chair slides three inches to the left and nobody in the room will admit they did it. Prop Haunt, the budget 4v1 horror game from Raleigh indie Silent Forest Games, is built entirely on that feeling. It is not a hunt through a cursed manor with a flashlight and a prayer. It is a night spent watching everyday objects misbehave, while four ...[Read More]
Fortnite Override Drops Thursday With Sonic, Sora, and a Whole Arcade
Fortnite: Override lands Thursday, August 20, 2026, and the official trailer does not bother with a slow tease. Chapter 7 Season 4 is an arcade season in the literal sense. Epic is dropping a cabinet’s worth of newcomers onto the Island at once, then asking you to override the system, take back that Island, and stop Geno before it is game over. That line is straight from the official Fortnit...[Read More]
The Blood of Dawnwalker Explains Itself Before September 3
Rebel Wolves and Bandai Namco put a six-minute feature video on the official Dawnwalker YouTube. The title is the brief: Everything You Need to Know. I fetched that page. The channel is Dawnwalker, not a recap upload. Bandai Namco’s US game page dates the launch September 3 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Steam currently lists a September 2 unlock. I am using Bandai’s Septem...[Read More]
Super Mario Sunshine Joins GameCube Nintendo Classics on Switch 2
Super Mario Sunshine is live in Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics on Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo of America’s what’s-new post is dated August 13. You need a Switch 2 and an active Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership. I opened nintendo.com/us/online. Individual Expansion Pack is $49.99 a year. Family, up to eight Nintendo Accounts, is $79.99 a year. Those dollar...[Read More]
Ghost of Yotei Complete Edition and Echoes of Sekigahara Land October 1
Sucker Punch dated the rest of Ghost of Yotei for October 1. The PlayStation Blog post went up August 12 and got a clarification on August 14. Complete Edition is $69.99. The upgrade, if you already own the game, is $14.99. Echoes of Sekigahara and Most Wanted arrive that day. A free patch lands for every owner that same day, which is the part a lot of people will skip in the headline and then be ...[Read More]
Gears of War: E-Day Gets a Limited Xbox Controller, and a Playable Campaign at Gamescom
The Gears of War: E-Day Limited Edition Xbox Wireless Controller went up for pre-order on August 12 at participating retailers worldwide, including Xbox.com and Microsoft Store. It is $89.99. I checked Xbox’s own post. That dollar figure is printed in USD, not a conversion I ran through a currency widget. The game itself still launches October 6, 2026 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, cloud, X...[Read More]
Helldivers 2 Hits PlayStation Plus Extra Today, Kingdom Come on August 18
Helldivers 2 is in the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium Game Catalog today, August 12, worldwide. PlayStation’s catalog post is the source. I opened it. The rest of the month is staggered on purpose, not because someone forgot to hit publish. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and Vampire Survivors follow Tuesday, August 18, along with everything that is not called out with its own date. In the ...[Read More]
Oblivion Remastered Is Out on Switch 2, Gyro, Mouse Mode, and All
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is out now on Nintendo Switch 2. Bethesda’s launch post went up August 11. I opened the US eShop. Standard is $49.99. Deluxe Edition is $59.99. The Deluxe Edition Upgrade is $9.99 if you already own the digital base game. Those are Nintendo of America’s printed dollars, not a conversion I ran through a widget. This is the Unreal Engine 5 remast...[Read More]
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls Review
Heroes, Villains, and the Art of the Tag Arc System Works has long specialized in turning colorful casts into high-speed, high-style combat, and MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls represents their most ambitious licensed effort yet. Published by PlayStation Studios in partnership with Marvel Games, this 4v4 tag team fighter reimagines iconic heroes and villains through a bold anime-inspired lens while i...[Read More]
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls
Assemble your team of legendary Marvel characters in the ultimate 4v4 tag team fighter from PlayStation Studios, Arc System Works and Marvel Games. It’s time to build your dream team and break some spirits in blistering 4v4 fighting action. Choose from an expanding roster of 20 iconic Marvel characters at launch, each rendered in a bold new anime-inspired art style and members of their own uniq...[Read More]