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Quake Champions ditches free-to-play and kills off its Microsoft Store version eight years after its original release

Eurogamer icon 27 days, 10 hours, 34 minutes ago by Sherif Saed

Quake Champions ditches free-to-play and kills off its Microsoft Store version eight years after its original release

In an unusual move, developer id Software's free-to-play shooter Quake Champions is transitioning into a paid product, eight years after its original release. As part of the same move, the Microsoft studio is killing off the Microsoft Store version, meaning it's now only available on Steam.

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Ahead of FF14 Evercold, the MMO's most desirable mount is back, but you need to be fast

PCGamesN icon 27 days, 10 hours, 46 minutes ago by Ken Allsop

Ahead of FF14 Evercold, the MMO's most desirable mount is back, but you need to be fast

The FF14 Regalia mount returns courtesy of A Nocturne for Heroes, with just three weeks to snag the FF15 car if you want it for Evercold.

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Quick! Switch 2 Consoles Have Just Been Heavily Discounted In The UK

Nintendo Life icon 27 days, 10 hours, 55 minutes ago

Quick! Switch 2 Consoles Have Just Been Heavily Discounted In The UK

Now's the time to pounce. Earlier this year, Nintendo increased the price of the Switch 2 across multiple regions, including the UK. While the console launched at £395.99 back in June 2025, its price was raised to £419.99 thanks to global component shortages. Right now, however, you can pick up a Switch 2 for £354.99 from either Argos or Smyths in the UK. This is comfortably the cheapest price you can currently find for the console anywhere in the country, saving you a cool £65 – enough to add a...

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Steam Frame-ready VR rhythm game Beat Saber is adding hand-tracking and a punchy new mode in its "biggest update ever"

Rock Paper Shotgun icon 27 days, 10 hours, 58 minutes ago by James Archer

Steam Frame-ready VR rhythm game Beat Saber is adding hand-tracking and a punchy new mode in its "biggest update ever"

I’m not saying that the reveal of Beat Saber’s "biggest update ever" was timed to coincide with a swell of VR interest induced by the new Steam Frame. But I am going to infer it, without evidence, before immediately moving on to what the sweaty sword-slashing rhythm game can expect when said update lands in Spring of 2027. First and foremost is an entire new mode, Flux. This sees Beat Saber ditch the sabers and dial up the beating, demanding your own bare hands punch, prod, and slap their way th...

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Smash Bros. owes millions of dollars in OSHA violations | Unraveled

Polygon icon 27 days, 10 hours, 59 minutes ago by Polygon Staff

Smash Bros. owes millions of dollars in OSHA violations | Unraveled

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has a ridiculous amount of stages... but are they all death traps? Brian David Gilbert consults the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to discover how many violations each stage has... and how much money they need to pay.

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Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Quietly Changed the Series in 4 Essential Ways

Polygon icon 27 days, 11 hours ago by Jen Glennon

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Quietly Changed the Series in 4 Essential Ways

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave adds numerous quality-of-life tweaks to the game that seem small on the surface, but significantly boost the fun factor

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I wasted 3 weeks of my life finding Castlevania's hottest monster | Unraveled

Polygon icon 27 days, 11 hours, 3 minutes ago by Polygon Staff

I wasted 3 weeks of my life finding Castlevania's hottest monster | Unraveled

Castlevania's bestiary is terrifyingly large. In this Unraveled, Brian David Gilbert tries, multiple times, to understand the monstrosity of Dracula's domain, and ends up with something strangely hot.

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Qualcomm's Snapdragon Sound Elite is a new AI chip for audio wearables

Engadget icon 27 days, 11 hours, 7 minutes ago by Mariella Moon

Qualcomm's Snapdragon Sound Elite is a new AI chip for audio wearables

Qualcomm has launched a new chip that will enable AI features on small audio devices.

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Ranking all 200+ Mega Man robots | Unraveled

Polygon icon 27 days, 11 hours, 7 minutes ago by Polygon Staff

Ranking all 200+ Mega Man robots | Unraveled

The Mega Man robot masters were helpful before they became evil. But just how helpful were they? Brian David Gilbert locks himself in a studio to rank which ones were useful enough to be worth the risk of a robot uprising.

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I read all 337 books in Skyrim so you don't have to | Unraveled

Polygon icon 27 days, 11 hours, 13 minutes ago by Polygon Staff

I read all 337 books in Skyrim so you don't have to | Unraveled

Should you read every book in Skyrim? And what are the top five books in Skyrim? Brian David Gilbert is once again put in a suit and locked in a room in order to answer those eternal questions in this episode of Unraveled.

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One Of The Switch's Most Underrated Gems Is Now Free For Switch Online Users

Nintendo Life icon 27 days, 11 hours, 15 minutes ago

One Of The Switch's Most Underrated Gems Is Now Free For Switch Online Users

Play it, for goodness' sake. Nintendo has announced that Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is the latest title to receive a free trial for Switch Online subscribers. Available in both North America and Europe, you can download the full game from the eShop at no extra cost, with availability lasting until 30th September 2026. Save data will also be stored, so if you decide you want to go ahead and purchase the game outright, you can carry on from where you left off.

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Solving the Zelda Timeline in 15 Minutes | Unraveled

Polygon icon 27 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes ago by Polygon Staff

Solving the Zelda Timeline in 15 Minutes | Unraveled

Everyone knows the Zelda timeline is pretty incomprehensible. So in this episode of Unraveled, Brian David Gilbert puts every piece of Zelda media, canonical and noncanonical, into the timeline to make it a bit easier to understand.

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Razer Reclusa X Mini 65% gaming keyboard review

PC Gamer icon 27 days, 11 hours, 25 minutes ago by Andy Edser

Razer Reclusa X Mini 65% gaming keyboard review

A budget mini keeb that somehow manages to feel high-end.

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I applied DLSS 5 to my Miku Hatsune game of choice, and I have some regrets

PC Gamer icon 27 days, 11 hours, 27 minutes ago by Jess Kinghorn

I applied DLSS 5 to my Miku Hatsune game of choice, and I have some regrets

Welcome to anime Hell.

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Steven Spielberg's Forgotten Fantasy Masterpiece Officially Says Goodbye to Netflix

Polygon icon 27 days, 11 hours, 30 minutes ago by Thomas Hindmarch

Steven Spielberg's Forgotten Fantasy Masterpiece Officially Says Goodbye to Netflix

As you may be aware, they didn't invent irony until 1996, so 'Always' has none of it

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Bethesda say new underlings Obsidian will retain their "distinct" creative identity, despite no longer being as free to work on their own creatively distinct series

Rock Paper Shotgun icon 27 days, 11 hours, 30 minutes ago by Mark Warren

Bethesda say new underlings Obsidian will retain their "distinct" creative identity, despite no longer being as free to work on their own creatively distinct series

Obsidian will remain a "distinct" Obsidian with their own "creative identity and strengths", despite no longer operating independently of fellow Xbox-owned RPG makers Bethesda. That's according to Jill Braff, president of Bethesda and Microsoft's casual games division, in a memo sent to staff at the former following this week's layoffs and reorganising of studios at Xbox.

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Xbox's version of PlayStation's Platinum Trophy achievement seems to leak, and it's got a sound-effect that's 15 seconds long

Eurogamer icon 27 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes ago by Robert Purchese

Xbox's version of PlayStation's Platinum Trophy achievement seems to leak, and it's got a sound-effect that's 15 seconds long

I'm not sure what's more surprising: that Xbox never had a Platinum Trophy equivalent, that Xbox feels the need to have a Platinum Trophy equivalent, or that it's adding a Platinum Trophy equivalent now while restructuring the company.

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VAXEE NP-01 Ergo Wireless (8K) mouse thoughts

GamingOnLinux icon 27 days, 11 hours, 52 minutes ago by Liam Squires-Hand

VAXEE sent over another mouse to take a look at with the VAXEE NP-01 Ergo Wireless (8K), so I've been using it for a few weeks to see what I think

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Bethesda says that Obsidian's 'creative identity' will be preserved, just months after multiple projects were cancelled and it was told to make a Fallout game

PC Gamer icon 27 days, 11 hours, 56 minutes ago by Harvey Randall

Bethesda says that Obsidian's 'creative identity' will be preserved, just months after multiple projects were cancelled and it was told to make a Fallout game

I don't know about that one, chief.

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After eighteen years of jaggedy bowling, a new mod bestows GTA 4 with DLSS and FSR support

Rock Paper Shotgun icon 27 days, 12 hours ago by James Archer

After eighteen years of jaggedy bowling, a new mod bestows GTA 4 with DLSS and FSR support

Rockstar’s modding guidelines, recently updated in advance of GTA 6, say much about how you can’t dream up unofficial story missions, or give the upcoming instalment a cheeky unofficial PC port. But they don’t say a goddamn thing about crowbarring DLSS, DLAA, and FSR into 2008’s Grand Theft Auto IV, which is exactly what ChunkLeChuck’s DLSS IV mod has gone and done.

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1080° Snowboarding Had "A Ton Of Questionable Stuff" Removed, Says Veteran Nintendo Producer

Nintendo Life icon 27 days, 12 hours ago

1080° Snowboarding Had "A Ton Of Questionable Stuff" Removed, Says Veteran Nintendo Producer

See, now we want to know more. 1080° Snowboarding is one of the most commercially successful and critically-acclaimed N64 titles, bringing gorgeous visuals, realistic gameplay, and some kick-ass music to the console, making it one of the coolest titles around at the time. In an interview with Hyrule Interviews, however, veteran Nintendo producer and graphic designer Jim Wornell states that the game actually had "a ton of questionable stuff" removed in order to clear certification.

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Race Horses codes (September 2026)

PCGamesN icon 27 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes ago by Joshua Brown

Race Horses codes (September 2026)

Make sure to redeem these new Race Horses codes on Roblox and you’ll be swimming in the free rewards it takes to keep a horse racing with the best.

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League of Legends' player satisfaction is "very high" right now, Riot says, even if gameplay is "stale" at higher levels

PCGamesN icon 27 days, 12 hours, 4 minutes ago by Lauren Bergin

League of Legends' player satisfaction is "very high" right now, Riot says, even if gameplay is "stale" at higher levels

As pros and prolific streamers remain divided on League of Legends, Riot says that it's nervous about making sweeping changes to the MOBA.

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Alienware is working on a fix for the one thing that stops its new 39-inch 5K2K OLED gaming monitor from being perfect

PC Gamer icon 27 days, 12 hours, 6 minutes ago by Jeremy Laird

Alienware is working on a fix for the one thing that stops its new 39-inch 5K2K OLED gaming monitor from being perfect

This fix could hurt my wallet.

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A fashion game where you're the ultimate Dressmaker has been "overrun" with love, earning 96% positive Steam reviews

PCGamesN icon 27 days, 12 hours, 10 minutes ago by Ken Allsop

A fashion game where you're the ultimate Dressmaker has been "overrun" with love, earning 96% positive Steam reviews

Dressmaker has won itself rave reviews, as creator Jonathan of Cozy Lives expresses their delight at players calling it their “dream game.”

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Meta's new VR headset isn't really a headset and doesn't look like it's meant for gamers

PC Gamer icon 27 days, 12 hours, 20 minutes ago by Jacob Ridley

Meta's new VR headset isn't really a headset and doesn't look like it's meant for gamers

Lightweight glasses with a pocket-size compute puck, micro-OLED displays, Snapdragon XR2 Gen 3 chip; however, just a 70-degree FOV and no controllers included.

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Revolut is piloting facial recognition at store checkouts in the UK

Engadget icon 27 days, 12 hours, 21 minutes ago by Steve Dent

Revolut is piloting facial recognition at store checkouts in the UK

Revolut is trialing a new facial recognition system in the UK that could be convenient but controversial.

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OpenAI's agent hacked into an Australian government website

Engadget icon 27 days, 12 hours, 28 minutes ago by Mariella Moon

OpenAI's agent hacked into an Australian government website

Researchers and the Prime Minister of Australia have revealed more instances of OpenAI's agents going rogue.

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Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Heroes, Ranked By How Fun They'd Be to Party With

Polygon icon 27 days, 12 hours, 30 minutes ago by Giovanni Colantonio

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Heroes, Ranked By How Fun They'd Be to Party With

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave has a memorable cast of heroes, but which one would be the best hang?

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Ubuntu to get quicker Linux kernel security updates due to so many AI reports

GamingOnLinux icon 27 days, 12 hours, 32 minutes ago by Liam Squires-Hand

Ubuntu to get quicker Linux kernel security updates due to so many AI reports

Ubuntu maker Canonical announced they're going to be pushing out Linux kernel upgrades more rapidly, due to the increasing amount of security issues

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Player discovers game-changing pair of pants in World of Warcraft: Forever

Eurogamer icon 27 days, 12 hours, 46 minutes ago by Connor Makar

Player discovers game-changing pair of pants in World of Warcraft: Forever

The times when a pair of pants prove newsworthy are tragically rare, and when they are it's usually not a good thing. Thankfully, a community discovery in World of Warcraft: Forever has remedied that.

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Avengers: Doomsday Just Got a Big Release Date Update

Polygon icon 27 days, 12 hours, 51 minutes ago by Ashely Claudino

Avengers: Doomsday Just Got a Big Release Date Update

Avengers: Doomsday's release date has been moved up in the UK, where it will be available two days before its US premiere.

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Matthew Lillard's Best Performance of 2026 Deserves to Live on Past Its Canceled Series

Polygon icon 27 days, 13 hours ago by Brian VanHooker

Matthew Lillard's Best Performance of 2026 Deserves to Live on Past Its Canceled Series

Daredevil: Born Again will end after season 3 on Disney, which hopefully doesn't spell the end for Matthew Lillard in the MCU

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Quake Champions goes from free to paid, with no more content updates planned

GamingOnLinux icon 27 days, 13 hours ago by Liam Squires-Hand

Seems like Bethesda Softworks are ready to say goodbye to Quake Champions as this is seemingly the final major update, and it's now a paid game

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Following id layoffs, Quake Champions drops free-to-play nonsense and becomes a £9 game on Steam

Rock Paper Shotgun icon 27 days, 13 hours, 10 minutes ago by Julian Benson

Following id layoffs, Quake Champions drops free-to-play nonsense and becomes a £9 game on Steam

After nearly a decade as a free-to-play game, Quake Champions is dropping all that nonsense in favour of being a nice and simple premium release on Steam. That means no more battle passes, no more loot boxes, no more premium currencies. They've even got rid of the store. If you've played the game through any free events on Steam in the past, then you will be upgraded to a full version of the game automatically. And if you've bought any premium currencies in the past two months will be refunded. ...

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