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For years, lovers of exquisite sprite designs have clamoured for Vanillaware to bring their action RPGs and strategy games to PC. Games like time-rewinding mecha soap opera 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, or prancing kingdom saver Unicorn Overlord. The rationale for these games not appearing outside console has been nebulous, to date: at one point in 2024, Vanillaware and publishers Atlus appeared to blame each other for Unicorn Overlord's absence from desktops.

Valve updated a help article recently, noting that they will no longer be supplying physical Steam gift cards due to scammers

Many were surprised to learn that Gears of War: E-Day would be an Xbox console exclusive on its release and skip PlayStation 5, but the series' original creator believes this is a wise move by the platform holder.

Apple this week revealed what its most advanced on-device AI model does, and the feature list is shorter than the hardware requirements might suggest. In its Siri AI announcement during WWDC 2026, Apple confirmed that the model powers two things: more expressive Siri voices and a major accuracy gain for systemwide dictation. Both require 12GB of unified memory. Among current iPhones, that limits the more powerful AI model to the iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max, alongside iPad mo...

A24 is now in the business of making video game adaptations, and while everyone's eyes are on Elden Ring, it sounds like Death Stranding could be rapidly approaching production, too. During a recent chat about The Death of Robin Hood, writer-director Michael Sarnoski - who directed 2024's A Quiet Place: Day One, as well - shared information about his upcoming Death Stranding movie.

Waterful is that most appropriate and disquieting of things, a "nature-builder". It's a soft and colourful chillout game in which you cut rivers through procedurally generated landscapes with a cursor, drawing from a limited supply of water that is topped up by connecting springs. Importantly, and perhaps dispiritingly, you can dig and refill the terrain as you please. Depending on the shape of the river and the depth of its bed, you'll cultivate different vegetation. The vegetation, in turn, at...

Apple Music is bringing Hi-Res Lossless Audio to tvOS 27, in addition to standard Lossless Audio. Apple says subscribers with compatible external speaker outputs will be able to enjoy their favorite songs in the highest audio quality and experience studio-quality sound directly through their Apple TV 4K. As of tvOS 26, Apple TV 4K supports Apple Music Lossless audio up to 24-bit/48 kHz, but does not support Hi-Res Lossless playback (above 48 kHz, or up to 24-bit/192 kHz). Lossless audio refers t...

A point and click adventure game with no words, set in prehistoric times where dinos lurk around every corner - the new Theropods trailer looks great

A beautiful looking new puzzle-platforming adventure, Moss: The Forgotten Relic is arriving in July and now it is Steam Deck Verified

We are hopefully (finally) getting close to the stable release of SteamOS 3.8 now, with another small Beta update with some needed fixes

The Mobi Fold is an excellent travel accessory for anyone who wants something that's better than the built-in touchpad on their laptop.

The Seattle City Council has approved a moratorium on the construction of large data centers.

Experience the "complete edition" of Team Ninja's action RPG. Earlier this week, Koei Tecmo announced it was bringing Team Ninja's action RPG Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember to the Switch 2 early next year in 2027. If you're wondering about the first entry, the good news is Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition has now also been announced for Nintendo's new system. It will be arriving later this year on 3rd September 2026 and comes with the base game and the expansion content.

Returning next month. One of the highlights of the latest Nintendo Direct was the news Xenoblade Chronicles 1,2 and 3 are all getting Switch 2 Editions. If you're wondering about Torna - The Golden Country it's getting a free upgrade featuring enhancements. Here's the fine print from Nintendo's official eShop game page, which mentions the release on 30th July 2026 (lining up with the main game's release).

Wake up, DK! Apart from the announcement of DK Challenges this week, Nintendo has also revealed a new Donkey Kong-themed update for its Alarmo sound clock.

Dengeki Daisy returns to the spotlight with a brand-new anime adaptation scheduled for 2027

Another update is also on the way. Nintendo has announced Splatoon 3 will be getting an update this week bumping the game up to Version 11.2.0. Inklings and Octlings can expect changes to the game's multiplayer, including weapon adjustments, and changes to X Battles.

Here are the full patch notes. During this week's Nintendo Direct, The Pokémon Company revealed its relaxing life-sim Pokémon Pokopia would be getting new content and an expansion pass. Following this announcement, it's now released a patch for the title bumping the software up to Version 1.1.0. Similar to previous updates, this patch includes a bunch of improvements and fixes. You can see the official patch notes from Nintendo's support page below.

Knowing Alien: Isolation 2 is on the way makes it easier to enjoy the vastly improved action of Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 from Cold Iron Studios

They will remain playable until June 2027. One of the highlights of the latest Nintendo Direct was the news Square Enix would finally be releasing proper versions of the Kingdom Hearts games on the Switch and Switch 2. This followed on from the news in May about the cloud version demos being removed from the eShop in certain locations. Now, in an update, Square Enix's support page has officially confirmed the discontinuation of the cloud versions of the game.

Many are accusing Square Enix of using ugly generative AI to create the box art for the new Kingdom Hearts Collection.

Work on Chapter 7 may also start this year. Following the announcement Deltarune Chapter 5 will be coming to the Switch and Switch 2 on 24th June 2026, Toby Fox has shared an update about Deltarune Chapter 6. In the latest newsletter, it's mentioned how this particular chapter is "developing well" and that it's actually been easier to make than others. In fact, it's going so well, development on Chapter 7 might be underway before the end of 2026.

The action RPG's developer says the response has been "incredible," and it has begun fixing bugs and "tightening the experience."

The Summer Game Fest 2026 events have been dominated by JRPGs from the release date of Persona 4 Revival to a better look at Kingdom Hearts 4

At long last, a corporate training you might actually enjoy.

Apple updated its App Store Review Guidelines this week, adding stricter language around low-quality apps. The 4.3 Spam rule already barred overly simple apps in saturated categories, but Apple now includes language saying low-effort apps could be pulled from the App Store. Apps in oversaturated categories that are not updated, improved, or do not attract customers may be removed, according to Apple. App Guideline 4.3(b) New Language: Don't submit apps that are indistinguishable from what's alre...

Vanillaware is getting with the times.

NVIDIA GPUs with Confidential Computing are now used for confidential inference in Apple’s Private Cloud Compute (PCC), as it expands beyond Apple’s data centers to Google Cloud.  Unveiled during Apple’s annual WWDC gathering for developers from around the globe, NVIDIA GPUs will support server-side inference for Apple Foundation Models, custom-built by Apple and Google, leveraging...

Yup, it looks like we've got another one.

Anthropic today announced the launch of Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class model that it says is safe for general use. According to Anthropic, Fable 5's capabilities exceed those of any model it has made generally available, and Fable has demonstrated "exceptional performance" for software engineering, knowledge work, vision, scientific research, and more. It outperforms Opus models on longer, more complex tasks. Fable 5 can work autonomously for longer than any prior Claude model. Fable 5 is being ...

Sony's "Future of Gaming" 2020 event revealed the PlayStation 5 and plenty of games that would come to it. Only one hasn't been released yet.

Oh dear, here's an existentially uncomfortable (and genuinely potentially triggering around themes of abuse) one for you. Am I Nima, shown off this weekend during the Story Rich Showcase, is a visual novel in which you take on the role of the titular Nima, who is trying to convince her mother that she really is her daughter by combining words in her brain.

Messaging app Telegram now has a native Apple Watch app. The app supports viewing and responding to Telegram messages from the wrist. Features like stickers, voice messages, and location information can be shared from the Apple Watch app. Telegram had an Apple Watch app back in 2015, but it was discontinued and removed from the App Store a few years back. There have been third-party Telegram apps for the Apple Watch, but now Telegram users can once again use a first-party solution.Related Roundu...

Decklists for the Marvel Super Heroes Commander precons have been revealed, and the Fantastic Four deck includes a perfect reprint from Doctor Who.