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Board Games (76 articles)

Official Galileo’s Truth campaign image showing the game box, table components, telescope, candles, and starry astronomy backdrop.

Galileo's Truth is over EUR936K on Gamefound, with the final window now close enough to matter

Galileo's Truth has passed EUR936K on Gamefound with more than 6,400 backers, a July 28 end date, and final-day board-game heat.

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Official Defenders of Hogwarts campaign art from MinaLima showing the board game box and project title.

Board Games

Defenders of Hogwarts passed £1.1M as MinaLima's Harry Potter board game hit its closing window

Defenders of Hogwarts crossed £1.1M and 9,000 backers near the end of its Kickstarter campaign, giving MinaLima's board-game debut real heat.

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Official Gen Con photo showing the convention mascot greeting attendees in a busy Indianapolis convention corridor.

Board Games

Gen Con 2026 board-game previews are already too big to browse blindly

Gen Con 2026 starts July 30, and current board-game preview coverage points to more than 500 new or demoed tabletop games.

Board Games

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Official Dune: Awakening key art showing a figure facing a giant sandworm on Arrakis.

Console

Dune: Awakening on PS5 is trying to fix two buyer doubts at once, but the real console verdict still is not here

Funcom says Dune: Awakening hits PS5 on September 22 with a physical edition and full single-player mode, but console proof still matters.

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Console

PlayStation discs end for new games in 2028, and the buyer math changes before the hardware does

Sony will stop producing discs for new PlayStation games in January 2028. Existing and pre-2028 disc releases are not being cut off.

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Official Nintendo store key art for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered on Switch 2.

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Oblivion Remastered on Switch 2 finally has a real cartridge story, but Bethesda still has not answered the hard buyer questions

Bethesda set Oblivion Remastered on Switch 2 for August 11 and confirmed a physical Deluxe cartridge path, but the port still needs real tech answers.

Console

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Gaming (143 articles)

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Official Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000 Alpha Strike livestream thumbnail showing the game title over a large battlefield scene.

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Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000 finally showed the part that can make or break it

Creative Assembly's July 23 Alpha Strike stream gave Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000 its first real ranged-combat test.

Gaming

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Official God of War: Laufey environment art showing the misty Everywhen landscape under multiple glowing celestial bodies.

Gaming

God of War: Laufey gets a February 2027 date, but Sony's bigger move is the handoff

PlayStation locked God of War: Laufey to February 16, 2027 on PS5, and the sharper read is what Sony is setting up around Faye first and Kratos later.

Gaming

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Owned editorial chart showing the rise in Steam AI disclosures from roughly 1% in early 2024 to about 31% by mid-2026.

Gaming

Steam's AI disclosure is turning into a real shopping signal

Valve's Steam AI disclosure is no longer rare, and that changes how players should read the label on store pages.

Gaming

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Hardware (17 articles)

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Official Nintendo image showing the Nintendo Switch 2 console, dock, and Joy-Con controllers.

Hardware

Switch 2 just hit 5.9 million U.S. units in year one, and Nintendo's hardware story looks a lot cleaner now

Circana-derived May 2026 data puts Switch 2 at 5.9 million U.S. units in its first year. Here's why that matters more than another console-war spin cycle.

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Hardware

Xbox just put another console price hike on the calendar, and the buyer math gets worse on August 1

Xbox says console prices rise worldwide on August 1, 2026. The useful part is the new US buyer math and the refurbished fallback.

Hardware

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Official Valve Steam Machine product image showing the black small-form-factor PC from the front on a beige background.

Hardware

Steam Machine is finally a real buying decision, and Valve's $1,049 opening price changes the whole pitch

Valve's Steam Machine starts at $1,049 with a randomized queue and June 29 purchase emails. The buyer story is the price, not the nostalgia.

Hardware

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Indie Games (24 articles)

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Official Denshattack key art from Steam showing the colorful train-skating platformer and its main cast.

Indie Games

Denshattack is out now, but the launch-day signal is not a verdict

Denshattack is live on July 15 with big EG7 wishlist and demo claims, but Steam still has no full-game user-review sample.

Indie Games

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Official Paralives image showing the life sim's cozy neighborhood style and character-driven presentation.

Indie Games

Paralives is finally live, but Early Access buyers should keep one caveat attached

Paralives is now live on Steam at $35.99 with a Mostly Positive start, but the honest buyer read is still about what this Early Access build already includes.

Indie Games

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Official Phonopolis key art from Amanita Design showing Felix moving through the game's cardboard-built dystopian city.

Indie Games

Phonopolis launches on Steam today, and Amanita's cardboard dystopia still looks worth watching

Phonopolis launches on Steam on May 20 with Amanita's cardboard-built dystopia, a playable demo, and Windows plus Mac support, but no user verdict yet.

Indie Games

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Reviews (24 articles)

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Official Halo: Campaign Evolved key art showing Master Chief in front of Halo ringworld scenery.

Reviews

Halo: Campaign Evolved review snapshot: the remake looks real, but Game Pass is still the cleanest day-one play

Halo: Campaign Evolved reviews are strong before the July 28 launch, but mixed early Steam signal and price-value caveats still matter.

Reviews

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Official Nintendo Splatoon Raiders launch image showing the Mechanic and Deep Cut against the Spirhalite Islands backdrop.

Reviews

Splatoon Raiders review snapshot: Nintendo's PvE spin-off looks real, but one buyer question still hangs over launch week

Splatoon Raiders launches on Switch 2 with an 81 Metacritic, a clearly positive critic spread, and one real buyer caveat: player reception is still too early.

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Reviews

Avatar Legends review snapshot: strong critics, but one launch-day caveat still matters

Avatar Legends opens July 23 with strong critic scores and an Xbox delay, but Steam still showed coming soon and no user reviews at our final check.

Reviews

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