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18 most-wanted games of early 2026

With all the great titles 2025 has graced us with, there’s barely been time to put down the DualSense wireless controller these past 12 months. No matter what genre you favor chances are you’ve been eating well, whether it’s been big budget blockbusters like Death Stranding 2: On the Beach ...
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Guide: 65 Switch 1 & 2 Games To Check Out In Nintendo’s Holiday eShop Sale (Europe)

Update: Some fresh titles have been added for 2026.Update: As of 31st December 2025, a bunch of games previously included in this guide have now returned to their usual price. To compensate for this, newly-discounted games have been added and will remain on sale until 11th January. The full list ...
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What To Expect From PlayStation in 2026

2025 was somewhat of a quiet year for PlayStation. Yes, we got the Game of the Year-nominated Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, and Sucker Punch’s exciting sequel to Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yotei. But aside from that, there wasn’t really a lot of activity from Sony’s first-party studios ...
/ IGN

The most important PC gaming news stories in 2026

It's a bad idea to predict a year's worth of Videogame Happenings while you are delirious with cold, but one of the advantages of being delirious with cold is that you become incapable of noticing that ideas are bad. In the brief interval before I eat a bowl of cakemix ...
/ Rock, Paper, Shotgun

As Pokémon Fans Expect a Gen 10 Reveal Next Month, Fat Pikachu Heralds 30th Anniversary Celebrations

The Pokémon franchise has begun its 30th anniversary celebrations with the reveal of a special new logo, an animation featuring Fat Pikachu, and the promise of more to share in less than two months' time.2026 is the 30th anniversary of Pokémon, which began its path to world domination with the ...
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PSA: Make Sure You’ve Enabled These Opt-In Settings If You Want Your Nintendo 2025 ‘Year In Review’

When it eventually drops.Back in December, Nintendo announced that the 2025 edition of its annual 'Year in Review' — where your play stats for the year are collected and displayed in a fun little round-up — wouldn't be arriving until January this time. We're still waiting for further word, although ...
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Jeremy’s most anticipated games for 2026

Oodles of games are coming out in 2026, and many look impressive. There's the new Resident Evil, yet another reimagining of Tomb Raider 1, and a 007 game that reminds me of the often-forgotten cartoon series James Bond Jr. All will probably be decent, and some might even dictate my ...
/ Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Fan Wins Ridiculous 8-Hour Boss Battle With 10,545 Successful Parries and No Dodges

Eight hours and more than 10,000 parries later, a Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 superfan is being praised for beating one of the game's toughest bosses in frankly ridiculous conditions.Underpowered but undeterred, Reddit user Recordbreaks has posted a screenshot showing that they beat the super strong Duollistes boss after managing 10,545 ...
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‘Backtracking Development Again Was Out of The Question’ — Nintendo Says Metroid Prime 4’s Open World Hub Was a Victim of The Game’s Lengthy Development

Nintendo has said it was unwilling to backtrack on the design of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond's controversial open world hub despite seeing "changed" attitudes to open-world games, as the project had already been rebooted once already.The Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 blockbuster launched last month to mostly positive reviews, but ...
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A Pokémon-Inspired RPG More Than 20 Years In The Making Is Finally Heading To The Switch

Better late than never.If you're a fan of pixel art RPGs with a hint of Pokémon in its gameplay, then you'll want to keep an eye out for Navinosuke – The Yo-kai Buster – on the Switch. Originally developed in the early 2000s but never officially released, it's now been ...
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