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NEWS THIS WEEK EA shutting down BioWare, officially cancels new Mass Effect Mass Effect 5 Trailer Leaks Online With 'Mass Effect: Universe' Title, Reveals Returning Characters and Much More Video game ownership bill introduced in Congress Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought RELEASE RADAR EMBERVILLE - 27 October 2026 - PC PHANTOM BLADE ZERO - 29...

NEWS THIS WEEK Australian Game Developer Awards 2026: full list of winners   SIFTER - Catch up on High Score, GCAP and ACMI Showcase at Melbourne International Games Week 2026 SIFTER - We hit the PAX Australia 2026 show floor in a big way and here are our highlights SIFTER - THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME remake is everything I dreamed it would be Sega is selling a $21,000 Sonic figure conta...

NEWS THIS WEEK Minecraft Is Adding Its First New Dimension In More Than A Decade Xbox Discs To Digital Is Now Live For All Xbox Owners So Get Converting Your Discs GTA 6 Launch Could Cost U.S. Businesses $1 Billion In Lost Workdays From Employees Calling Out The Witcher 3 Remastered Nintendo Switch 2 Can Be Unlocked for Free Even if You Borrow a Switch Physical Copy From a Friend RELEASE RADAR GEA...

We're taking a break this week to prepare for Melbourne International Games Week, but that doesn't mean that we won't be giving you an update on all the titles out this week. RELEASE RADAR NIVALIS NIGHTS – 29 September 2026 - PC MINECRAFT DUNGEONS II – 30 September 2026 - PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Switch, Switch 2 END OF ABYSS – 1 October 2026 - Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5...

NEWS THIS WEEK Everything Announced at BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony The Steam Frame’s Aussie Price And Release Date Have Been Revealed And There’s Another Ballot Bill Skarsgård is the lead role in Kojima’s Physint. Loftia - Official Release Date Trailer Loftia interview with SIFTER at PAX Australia 2025 RELEASE RADAR WELL DWELLER - 22 September 2026 - PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch,...

NEWS THIS WEEK Everything announced at Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct Everything Announced At The Zelda 40th Anniversary Nintendo Direct Everything Announced At The September 2026 Nintendo Direct Steam’s R18+ Age Verification Requires An Actual Credit Card Magic: The Gathering Reality Fracture – New Cards, Mechanics, and Mythic Sphinxes Revealed! Finalists Announced for...

NEWS THIS WEEK Everything Announced At The September 2026 PlayStation State Of Play ‘Most’ of Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor was furloughed ahead of launch CD Projekt Red opens its 'Arasaka hardware archives' to help an indie dev whose gear was stolen during 1 of at least 4 Gamescom thefts 'That criticism is justified': Gamescom apologizes for its callous response to dev...

NEWS THIS WEEK Xbox's disc-to-digital program officially revealed, launches next week Sony Sends Out Email Reminding PlayStation Users Their Digital Games Are “Licensed To You, Not Sold” Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026: The biggest announcements and trailers James Turner, the first Westerner to design a Pokémon, has rejoined the franchise RELEASE RADAR BREATHEDGE 2 - 31 August 2026 - PC WHEEL...

NEWS THIS WEEK The entire GTA6 map along with additional footage has been leaked by protesters  Take-Two stocks are plummeting amidst data leak  Kingdom Hearts D23 blowout confirms anime series, release window, and more The Simpsons: Hit & Run is coming back, according to Matt Groening PlayStation Reboots ‘Horizon Hunters Gathering’ as Live-Service Strategy Struggles RELEASE RADAR STAR WARS ZE...

NEWS THIS WEEK ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ to Open Real Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Location in 2027 Saber Interactive Denies Replacing Lead Writer With ChatGPT, CEO Responds to Accusations 'I would frankly have been happy to replace her with AI' - extraordinary public spat between Saber CEO and writer "replaced with ChatGPT" intensifies Pokémon Is Finally Burning The Bridge Between Old A...

NEWS THIS WEEK The Late Sam Neill Is In The Zelda Movie But He’s Not Playing Ganondorf Metacritic’s Best games this year A retro Pokémon game collection just sold for a record-breaking $2 million Electronic Arts Officially Belongs To Saudi Arabia, Private Equity, And Jared Kushner Now RELEASE RADAR ECHOES OF MYSTRALIA - 11 August 2026 - PC PRO JANK FOOTY - 13 August 2026 - PC, Xbox Series X|S, Pla...

NEWS THIS WEEK GTA Online Casino Gambling Minigames Become Restricted in Australia User-made maps from Steam top-seller Meccha Chameleon have been found to contain malware, just as the game's official Discord server got hacked Will you power down your PS5 for a week in protest of Sony's all-digital future? A new petition encourages you to pull the plug on PlayStation Valve has released the...

NEWS THIS WEEK EA Sports FC simulations correctly predicted the FIFA World Cup winner would be Spain, and it's not the first time it has happened Data set for EA Sports FC simulations Magic: The Gathering Reveals Star Trek Universes Beyond Set New MTG Stardew Valley and Hatsune Miku Secret Lairs revealed, with 79 cards total! Jurassic Park Fans Go Viral With Tear-Jerking Tribute to Sam Neill I...

NEWS THIS WEEK Roblox Will Let Anyone Use AI to Turn Text Prompts Into a Basic Game on Their Phone Nintendo Pulling Bikini Chef Kawasaki Fan Designs From Kirby Air Riders, Players Say Bungie's mixing up Marathon with a new 'experimental PvE mode' in next update Pro Jank Footy Release Date Confirmed, Arrives August RELEASE RADAR FADING ECHO - 21 July 2026 - PC TEARS OF METAL - 22 July 2...

NEWS THIS WEEK Xbox cuts four (but really five) studios and thousands of jobs Resetting XBOX Update from Compulsion Games Double Fine is Independent again ‍ 17 years later, Minecraft is finally adding somewhere to sit Two brothers admit to stealing more than £71,000 worth of Pokémon TCG cards after failing to escape the police and hide the loot ‍ RELEASE RADAR TEETO - 15 July 2026 - PC, PlayStatio...

NEWS THIS WEEK Sony Just Killed Discs: Physical Disc Production to End January 2028 for New Games Releasing on PlayStation Consoles PlayStation Removes Access to 500+ Movies Users Already Purchased Splatoon Raiders Nintendo Direct: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It? Mario Kart World gets two new Knockout Tour routes and a new Photo Mode feature in latest update Subnautica 2 studio Unknown...

NEWS THIS WEEK Here’s The Aussie Grand Theft Auto 6 Prices Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders begin at midnight, there's no disc in the box, and physical editions are going out five days early Valve says original plan for Steam Machine is ‘no longer viable’ as AI drives up component costs MTG Arena workers have successfully unionized with a landslide 83% vote RELEASE RADAR BLOOD GAUNTLET - 29 June...

NEWS THIS WEEK EA Launches New Advertising Platform Allowing "Brands to Integrate Directly Into Gameplay" Battlefield 2142, Other EA Titles to Have In-Game Ads Xbox studios Compulsion, Double Fine, and Ninja Theory facing closure, it’s claimed Life is Strange Creators Don't Nod Could Run Out of Cash by November Fortnite Is Getting Over 30 New Gaming Collabs in 2026 – Sonic, Vampire Sur...

NEWS THIS WEEK Xbox Games Showcase 2026 Reveals New Spyro Game and Bonus Halo: Campaign Evolved Missions Everything Announced At The June 2026 Nintendo Direct Nintendo Fined €35 Million Over Widespread Joy-Con Defects Every game, trailer, and announcement in the PC Gaming Show 2026 Frosty Games Fest: 51 big games revealed during 2026 showcase Nom’s Denshattack interview  RELEASE RADAR DENSHATTACK!...

NEWS THIS WEEK Summer Game Fest Live 2026: The biggest news, trailers, and announcements Everything Announced At The June 2026 PlayStation State Of Play ‍ Valve Confirms Steam Machine Will Ship This Summer ‍ Pokémon card crime spree spreads across Australia RELEASE RADAR SOLARPUNK - June 8 - Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 WITCHSPIRE - June 10 - PC STARSEEKER - June 11 - PC TOME OF THE...

NEWS THIS WEEK Dragon Quest XII restarted development, now subtitled Beyond Dreams Dragon Quest press release Steam decks are skyrocketing back into the market in more way than one A potential LEGO Cities: Skylines game has appeared via Korea’s ratings board Rayman Legends Remake Dubbed ‘Retold’ Leaks Online The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past Expansion DLC Announced, First Details Confir...

NEWS THIS WEEK Destiny 2: Every End is a New Beginning Bungie Plans Layoffs After Ending ‘Destiny 2’ Development Sony Announces PlayStation Plus Price Increases 'Due to Ongoing Market Conditions' Forza Horizon 6 immediately beats its predecessor's all-time Steam record with 130,000 concurrent players – and that's only counting people willing to pay $120 for early access RELEASE RAD...

NEWS THIS WEEK Party Animals holds an AI-Slop contest, leading to their Steam page getting review bombed AI Video Contest: Statement and Community Vote Leaked images show Microsoft’s new Xbox Cloud Gaming controller Leaked images reveal Xbox Elite 3 controller with mysterious new buttons Valve snuck a Wilhelm scream Easter egg into the new Steam Controller New sci-fi D&D adventure crashes Kick...

NEWS THIS WEEK Star Fox announced for Switch 2, out June 25th Star Fox Direct 5.6.2026 Valve opens Steam Controller reservations, but it's "limited to one" per person, so you better act fast Diablo 4′s Secret Cow Level Has Finally Been Found, So Now Obviously Players Are Trying To Summon The Cow God The Nintendo Switch 2 Just Got A Price Increase Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 cruises...

NEWS THIS WEEK Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced preview – release date, new details revealed Australian Government Orders Steam, Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox to Outline Child Grooming and Extremism Prevention Measures Game Pass Gets Price Drop, New Call Of Duty Games No Longer Included Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Just Got A Massive Price Drop And Here’s The New Aussie Pricing The Lenovo Legion Go...