2026

Rust Drops Battle Pass From 2026 Roadmap as 'Power Trip' Update Adds Player-Maintained Monuments
The Roadmap Overhaul: Why the Battle Pass Had to Go The headline change is unambiguous: the Battle Pass is gone from the 2026 roadmap. Facepunch's official roadmap page now states that the plan...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Is Still a Chart-Topper in 2026: Why a 2012 Classic Outperforms Modern Warfare
In 2012, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 shipped a near-future campaign set in the year 2025, complete with drone warfare, cyber attacks, and a menacing AI villain named Raul Menendez. The real 2025 came...

Resident Evil Reboot Trailer Honors the Games' Atmosphere Without Using a Single Iconic Character
Note: The following details about Zach Cregger's upcoming film, including trailer content, release date, and character information, are based on early reporting and may change as the project...

Memory Prices Predicted to Rise 50% in Q3 2026 - Jefferies and Lenovo Warn of a Structural Crisis That Could Last Until 2030
A 32GB DDR5 kit that cost $110 in late 2024 now goes for over $280. A 2TB NVMe SSD that was $150 is now pushing $400. If you thought the 2025 memory price hikes were painful, the next two years are...

Seven Years of Work, One Month of Sales: The Luna Abyss Team Layoff Exposes Indie Gaming’s Brutal Reality
A Cosmic Horror Shooter That Won Critics Over Luna Abyss was never meant to be a corporate product. The studio began life as Bonsai Collective, founded in 2019 by Hollie Emery, Harry Corr, and Benni...

The Best Games from Tribeca Festival 2026: Indie Standouts and the Musical Lovecraftian Winner
The Winner: "There Are No Ghosts at the Grand" Developed by UK studio Friday Sundae and directed by the duo Anil and Rachel Glendinning, There Are No Ghosts at the Grand is a "musical Lovecraftian...

Title: From 20,000 to 16,000: Ubisoft’s Sixth Layoff Round of 2026 Closes Studios and Cuts 380 More Jobs
Six rounds. One year. Nearly 700 layoffs. Ubisoft’s 2026 cost-cutting campaign has become a grim, recurring headline, but this latest wave feels different. The closures of engine-development studios...

Super Mario Galaxy Movie Crosses $1 Billion Globally - First 2026 Film to Reach the Milestone
In a zero-gravity dash that even Bowser couldn't stop, the Super Mario Galaxy Movie has become the first film of 2026 to rocket past $1 billion at the global box office, and it did it in less time...

Steam Machine Summer 2026 Launch Confirmed: Specs, Price Fears, and What the Console Means for PC Gaming
After months of radio silence and supply chain anxiety, Valve has quietly but definitively confirmed that its next-generation Steam Machine console and Steam Frame VR headset will ship this summer....

Forza Horizon 6’s 155GB Leak: Playground Games Threatens “Franchise-Wide and Hardware Bans” for Downloaders
Imagine waiting a year for Forza Horizon 6 , only to find the entire 155GB build leaked online a week early—and then learning that downloading it could get you banned from every Forza game forever....