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Global foldable smartphone shipments are expected to grow 20% in 2026 compared to last year, with Apple's first entry into the category cited as one of the factors driving the increase, according to industry sources cited by DigiTimes. The report notes that the broader smartphone market is contending with tighter supply of upstream logic chips and higher memory prices, but says the foldable segment is expected to keep expanding regardless. Samsung is expected to retain its lead in the category, ...

In a world afflicted with ever-increasing storage and RAM costs, it's nice to see a game make a serious effort to reduce its footprint on your SSD. Cue Marvel Rivals. On PS5 and Xbox, you will see an install-size reduction of roughly 15GB - down from 73GB - whilst the PC version reduces by a whopping 40GB. This means we're getting a reduction of roughly 20 percent on consoles, whereas on PC the file size will shrink by over 57 percent.

Well, it's happened. EA's thumbs up from the European Commission, the $55 billion leveraged buyout by Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner-founded investment firm Affinity Partners has gone through. With the publishers now privately owned and saddled with a bunch of debt, questions loom about what their future will look like. The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead, Shams Jorjani, hopes the answer won't be EA narrowing further into "a sequel-and-mega-franchis​e machine".

Arctic, a well-known manufacturer of PC air and water coolers, has made a commitment to use the tariff refunds it received from the US government to lower the price of its products. This is notable because it's in stark contrast to the approach Nintendo has opted for, believing it has no obligation to pass these refunds onto consumers.

Meeting them halfway.

During an online safety panel at Crimecon 2026, Chris Hansen’s account is banned from Roblox while he is demonstrating a user chat feature.

The Ninth Jedi proves that the future of Star Wars should have nothing to do with anybody named Skywalker

It's already gone on Switch. Strategy-based RPG Star Trek: Legends is to be delisted from all digital storefronts from 20th August 2026. However, those on Switch might notice that the game has already beamed its way off the eShop, so you're no longer able to purchase it. Announced via a community post on Steam (thanks, VGC), it's also been confirmed that those who already own the game will have until 3rd September 2026 to play, after which it will be taken offline entirely. Now, it's not complet...

Another rather good month for Humble Choice subscribers, with a fresh set of games for August 2026 bringing some fun experiences

Strikers Club is a free to play multiplayer football game where everyone controls a single player, and now it has Easy Anti-Cheat

EA has told debt investors that it will cut $700 million annually, including $170 million in 'organizational efficiencies.'

The $55 billion EA deal is complete, as the company goes private under the control of buyers that include Saudi’s Public Investment Fund.

Twin Engine and Bandai Co., Ltd. have signed a massive deal to develop new IPs from manga to anime, and it will shake up the industry

If you want to play various Anime games on Linux like Honkai: Star Rail, dwproton is likely the best one to use with many tweaks to make them playable

Combolands is a mini citybuilding roguelike! Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts

The art of the duel

Kingdom Hearts is expected to join the roster of collaborations in Fortnite this month, according to a recent leak.

Check out Mia Goth's starmaking role as Maxine Minx, together for the first time on Hulu

The French Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV) union have called for an open-ended strike at Star Wars Eclipse developers Quantic Dream, as negotiations over the laying off of staff following the decision to end development of MOBA Spellcasters Chronicles rumble on. The union say around 115 workers are affected, and are demanding an extension to the negotiating period over these planned cuts.

Throw out the whole AI agent, I say.

A beleaguered Xbox has revealed the next batch of games coming to the Game Pass subscription during the first few weeks of August, and there are a few eye-catching additions among them.

Throw ducks down a void, unlock helpful contraptions and keep on optimizing in the quirky Project P.I.T.T. with the release date announced for August 19th

Samsung's latest memory and storage tech is mostly designed for data centers, not consoles or PCs.

Building underwater, a multi-region storage solution, appraising multiple lost relics at once, the list goes on for Pokopia improvements.

Electronic Arts (EA) announced the big deal has been completed, and the company has now been sold off privately to a group of investors including Saudi Arabia

"We're excited to support the company". Electronic Arts has announced that it has now been fully acquired by Saudi Arabia's PIF (Public Investment Fund), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners (known collectively as the 'Consortium') following regulatory approvals in July. Previously announced to be in the works in September 2025, this means that EA is now no longer a publicly-traded company, with PIF owning 93.4% of the business, Silver Lake 5.5%, and Affinity Partners 1.1%. Notably, the latter was...

CXMT is having a big couple of months.

You may have heard that Big Walk, the 12-player open world bumble-a-thon from Untitled Goose Game developers House House, is "a cooperative multiplayer adventure about teamwork and talking". You may have been tempted to call it a "hangout game", or the "antidote to friendslop". You may have read that it's a "sleepy, post-apocalyptic Center Parcs resort", in which players kick rolling lamps around and solve puzzles that involve rocks with keyholes. Such laughable fabrications! Big Walk is actuall...

The UK AI Security Institute says OpenAI's and and Anthropic's models engaged in deceptive behavior and harmful activity during testing.

The months-long process of Electronic Art's acquisition finally came to a close late last night.

Who is the X-Ternal in X-Men '97? The answer goes back more than three decades.

Capcom announced that Resident Evil Veronica - a remake of Code: Veronica - has achieved an impressive milestone well before it's even out. The game has topped 2 million wishlists across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox and Switch 2.

If you're searching for an on-water nav app that also includes tunes, WhatsApp and other apps, there's finally a solution.

Water we have here? Bubbly Basin is the first major DLC update for Pokémon Pokopia. Available for those with the Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass, it introduces an underwater town for you to explore, complete with new Water-type Pokémon to befriend.

The move is free for all players - no DLC purchase required. Dive is a move that's been introduced to Pokémon Pokopia post-release. Though it's a requirement for starting the Bubbly Basin DLC, the Dive move is free for all players as part of August 2026's 2.0.0 update, allowing you to start exploring beneath the waves without needing to fork out for the Expansion Pass.