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The Most Expensive Xbox Ever Now Includes Another Special Perk

Microsoft has announced that preorders for the 25th-anniversary edition of the Xbox Series X are now open (at least to some), and if you want one, it's going to cost you. As rumored, the 1TB console will cost $900, which is $100 more than the standard Xbox Series X. It features a translucent green design and sports an "Xbox 25" logo to celebrate the milestone. The bundle comes with a special-edition 25th-anniversary translucent green Xbox controller as well. Each console unit is individually num

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PlayStation Plus Free Games For September 2026 Revealed

PlayStation has revealed this month's batch of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers. All PS Plus members will be able to claim four freebies starting September 1--Sniper Elite: Resistance, MLB The Show 26, Chained Echoes, and Wobbly Life. If you haven't claimed August's PlayStation Plus free games yet, make sure to do so before next Tuesday. Sniper Elite: Resistance is the main event for September, and if you haven't checked out this series yet, then you've missed out on a gruesomely fun

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A Legendary Star Wars Vending Machine Is At The Center Of A Major Conspiracy

More than 27 years ago, Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace released in theaters, ushering in a new wave of fandom for one of the most important media franchises of all time. Since the film's release, one relic has been a constant: the Pepsi vending machine on Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh. It has remained and kept stocked with drinks ever since then, but it appears that has finally changed as part of some bizarre prank or heist. Below, you can see what the vending machine looks like--or lo

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Following Xbox Breakup, State Of Decay 3 Will Return With A Closed Beta Playtest

While Microsoft reportedly sold developer Undead Labs to a mystery buyer, the Washington-based studio is keeping its zombie survival game State of Decay 3 alive and well. And now, it plans to host another playtest sometime later this year. In an August 26 Xbox Wire post, Undead Labs' community manager, Bruce Dugan, announced that the upcoming zombie survival sim will begin a closed beta playtest "before the end of 2026." An exact date for when this beta will start wasn't confirmed, but you can r

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Metro 2039 devs say the ongoing war in Ukraine has changed how they write morality: 'The franchise's very nature is getting too close to reality'

"Our team has been living in a state of war for the last four and a half years."

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Micron, the trillion-dollar memory company, refused to replace a crucial drive for current market value until Reddit got mad

'Pushing back actually worked.'

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Xbox’s Disc-To-Digital Program Officially Announced, And It Sounds Pretty Great

Microsoft has officially announced a new Xbox feature that lets you digitize your physical game discs. In a blog post, Microsoft revealed a new system that allows players to "bring the benefits of digital to physical discs," with the aim of giving people more flexibility. This disc-to-digital program was leaked a while back. Xbox's new disc-to-digital program has been officially announced. Microsoft said "most" Xbox One and Xbox Series X disc-based games will support the new feature. Here's how

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MSI Stealth 16 AI+ B3W review

Hella nice, but hella expensive. Thanks, 2026.

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The Witcher 3’s Remaster Didn’t Leak, And That Made The Reveal “Hit Different,” Dev Says

One of the big surprises from Gamescom's Opening Night Live event this week was the announcement of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered. Everyone was expecting news about The Witcher 3's Songs of the Past expansion, but no almost no one had The Witcher 3 Remastered on their bingo card. Marcin Momot, the global community and social media director for CD Projekt Red, said on social media that he is "so happy" the remaster did not leak. "Reveals just hit different when they don't leak," he said. ht

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Exterminauts Season Pass Won’t Make You Pay If You’re Willing To Play

Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive is venturing into new live-service territory with the upcoming release of Exterminauts, a new third-person shooter that merges the blue-collar energy of Ghostbusters with Starship Troopers. The game is already drawing comparisons to Helldivers 2, and while these are two distinctly different experiences, Behaviour Interactive is taking a page from Arrowhead's book with how it'll give players the opportunity to unlock Battle Passes by simply playing

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I'm still not convinced The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past is worth pasting over the perfect ending that was Blood and Wine

Since the persistent rumours of a cheeky extra DLC for The Witcher 3 turned into confirmation from CD Projekt Red that such a thing is on the way prior to The Witcher 4, there's been a nagging voice in the back of my mind. On one hand, Songs of the Past is more of an RPG I love, the kind of unexpected gift it seems foolish to have reservations about getting a decade and change on from release. On the other, The Witcher 3 in its current form has long felt like as close to the ideal complete packa

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Elden Ring plays much better than I'd expected on Switch 2, but it isn't without its flaws

The power of the Nintendo Switch 2 definitely knows its bounds, but that hasn't stopped Nintendo and its fellow publishers from trying to push the handheld device to its limits by porting some of the more demanding and gargantuan of games to the console. The release of Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition is one example of that ambition. I've only been able to spend about ten hours with it so far, which saw me clearing out Weeping Peninsula, Stormveil Castle, and Liurnia of the Lakes before moving onto

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How Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons Is Expanding D&D’s Darkest Corner With New Monsters And Magic

The Dungeons & Dragons franchise has continued to evolve over the decades, and in the upcoming Warlock from Invoke Studios, players will get the opportunity to explore a darker corner of that popular tabletop fantasy IP. Following its gameplay reveal during Gamescom Opening Night Live, GameSpot had the chance to sit down and chat with Invoke's general manager Dominic Guay and VP Jeff Hattem about the game. Set beyond the Mists of Darkon, players will make a pact with the warlock Taasha to wield

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Lord Of The Rings’ Pippin Actor Just Showed Up In A Video Game In An Unexpected Way

As part of Gamescom this week, it was announced that The Lord of the Rings actor Billy Boyd will show up in a new game, or at least his voice will. Boyd, who played the "Fool of a Took" Peregrin Took AKA Pippin in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is playing Robert C. MacBrushy in There Are No Ghosts at the Grand from developer Friday Sundae. If you're just catching up, this is a musical mystery game where players inherit a crumbling English hotel. By day, they work to restore it. B

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Here's the Star Wars Zero Company release time for your region

Get the band together and battle through the Clone Wars.

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Fool's Theory explains where The Witcher 3's expansion region Letten actually is, and it's close to the setting of The Witcher 4

CD Projekt Red properly revealed new Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past yesterday during Opening Night Live, confirming the new playable location as Letten, the place Geralt's best friend bard pal Dandelion comes from. But where exactly is Letten on the map? It's bloody hard to find. Read more

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Witcher 3 Songs Of The Past Expansion Fixes A Major Issue With The Original Game

CD Projekt Red has shared new footage and disclosed more details about The Witcher 3's upcoming Songs of the Past expansion, and that includes confirmation that you can indeed pet the dog. Finally. This is very welcome news, as The Witcher 3 did not originally allow players to do this (except for in one mission where Geralt saves a dog from wolves). Geralt has been able to give horses nice pats, but never dogs--until now. https://twitter.com/thewitcher/status/2092584978785640532 Coming in 2027,

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Star Wars Zero Company review

Getting tactical with the boys.

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AI is 'just a plagiarism machine that makes people lose their jobs' in the eyes of The Talos Principle 3's writers

"They're basically incredibly intelligent versions of the autocorrect."

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Rockstar responds to GTA 6 leaks: 'This is not how we intended for you see the game after all this time'

The studio has described the leaks as "heartbreaking for our team".

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