Sony Quietly Announces Mysterious PlayStation 5 Game Mode That Will 'Scale Back' Performance but Use Much Less Power

Tom Phillips / ign - Sony has announced Power Saver, a curious new PlayStation 5 game setting that will "scale back performance" of supported games but reduce your console's overall power consumption.

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The Nintendo Switch 2 Is the Fastest-Selling Gaming Hardware in U.S. History

Rebekah Valentine / ign - The Nintendo Switch 2 debuted in June to become the fastest-selling hardware ever in the U.S., shooting spending on games to new monthly records, according to the monthly report from Circana.

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Xbox's First $80 Game, The Outer Worlds 2, Gets A $10 Price Cut Ahead Of Launch

Zack Zwiezen / kotaku - The Outer Worlds 2, Obsidian’s bigger and wilder sequel to the original RPG from 2019, was planned to be the first Xbox game to be sold at $80 when it arrives on October 29. However, just about a month after making that announcement, Xbox and Obsidian hav…

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Julian LeFay, 'Father of The Elder Scrolls,' Has Died Aged 59, a Week After Stepping Back From Game Development Due to Cancer

Tom Phillips / ign - Julian LeFay, Bethesda's former chief engineer known among fans as the 'Father of The Elder Scrolls' series, has died aged 59.

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Assassin's Creed: Shadows Might Be Coming to Nintendo Switch 2

Rebekah Valentine / ign - Assassin's Creed: Shadows might be coming to Nintendo Switch 2, and Ubisoft executives might have just confirmed it.

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Borderlands 4 Will Launch on Nintendo Switch 2 on October 3

Rebekah Valentine / ign - Borderlands 4 now has a Nintendo Switch 2 release date of October 3, 2025.

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Splitgate 2 Fails To 'Make FPS Great Again,' Shuttering Before Relaunching Next Year

Ethan Gach / kotaku - Things have gone from bad to worse for Splitgate 2. The portal-based sci-fi multiplayer shooter has been bleeding players and continues to face negative Steam reviews, as fans clamor for basic features like leaderboards and balk at the free-to-play live s…

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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Heroes Will Make Its Playable Debut At Evo 2025

Jason Fanelli / gamespot - Arc System Works shocked the fighting game world when Marvel Tokon: Fighting Heroes debuted during the PlayStation State Of Play livestream on June 2. With a sleek anime style and new 4v4 mechanics, ASW's next project instantly became one of the most high…

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Battlefield 6 Officially Announced And Teasing Attack On NYC

Zack Zwiezen / kotaku - The next main entry in EA’s long-running Battlefield franchise has finally been given a name. Say hello to Battlefield 6 and get ready for a big new trailer on Thursday, revealing more about the upcoming military FPS. And is that New York City I see in th…

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There's a Switch 2 bundle with Pokémon Legends: Z-A dropping on October 16

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Now that AAA video games cost a full $70, console bundles are the way to go to save a few coins. Nintendo is dropping another Switch 2 bundle just in time for the holiday season, and it's a real treat for Pokémon fanatics. The Nintendo Switch 2 + Pokémon …

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Leaked Lenovo Legion Go 2 Will Make You Mad at Xbox and Nintendo

Kyle Barr / gizmodo - The Legion Go 2's upgraded screen and improved specs make it a contender, so long as it's not eye-gougingly expensive.

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Everything We Saw At Today's Pokémon Presents Showcase

Kenneth Shepard / kotaku - It’s time for another Pokémon Presents, the twice-a-year presentation The Pokémon Company puts on to tell the world about some of the projects it has in the works. This is usually where we get a bunch of updates on live-service games like Pokémon Unite, T…

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Critical Role Is Developing A Video Game

Blair Marnell / gamespot - The talent behind Critical Role have previously hinted at their collective desire to create a video game. Now, it's finally happening as Critical Role has partnered up with AdHoc, the developer behind the upcoming superhero action-RPG Dispatch.According t…

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Hellraiser: Revival Brings Pinhead And Pals To First-Person Survival Horror

Jason Fanelli / gamespot - After cryptic teases across social media--as well as a special teaser site created just for this new project--Saber Interactive has finally lifted the curtain on its next hellish adventure. Hellraiser: Revival is a new first-person survival horror adventu…

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Ubisoft Addresses The Stop Killing Games Movement

Blair Marnell / gamespot - The Stop Killing Games movement hits a bit closer for Ubisoft than some companies in part because the publisher is facing a lawsuit for shutting down the servers for The Crew last year. During an Ubisoft shareholders meeting, CEO Yves Guillemot was asked …

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Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Getting Third-Person Update Just Ahead Of Avatar 3

Eddie Makuch / gamespot - A third-person mode is coming to the game alongside New Game Plus.

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Xbox cloud games will soon follow you across Xbox, PC, and Windows handhelds

Tom Warren / theverge - Microsoft is starting to test updates to the Xbox PC app and Xbox consoles that will allow cloud games to follow you across devices. A new play history section of the Xbox PC app and Xbox console home UI will display cloud games as part of the recently pl…

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Ubisoft CEO Blames Outlaws' Struggles On 'Choppy' Star Wars Universe

John Walker / kotaku - Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot’s has made some comments on the sales issues of Star Wars Outlaws. The big boss claims that Outlaws’ middling performance last year was, in large part, because the whole Star Wars franchise was in “choppy waters.”Read more...

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Canada’s Digital Extremes says Warframe on Nintendo Switch 2 is coming — eventually

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - London, Ont.’s Digital Extremes says it’s planning to release a dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 version of its popular Warframe game, but there’s a catch. Speaking during a media preview ahead of its Warframe-focused TennoCon convention, the developer said it…

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Rockstar's GTA VI poised to become the biggest gaming release of all time

techspot - Analysts have little doubt that Grand Theft Auto VI will be a massive release across all supported platforms. Josh Chapman, Managing Director at venture capital firm Konvoy, says that Rockstar's upcoming sequel in the hit franchise is much more than just …

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