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A bit of a sleeper. In the lead-up to Kingdom Hearts 3, Square Enix needed some fresh content to rebuild interest in the franchise after it had been dormant for years outside of mobile games. After porting over the collections of most of the earlier games to more modern platforms, the company then decided to squeeze out one last collection to hoover up the stragglers into one package. Dubbed Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, the value proposition on this one is undeniably lesser, but...

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has joined the ranks of September-October releases that have done very well commercially. The sequel, which officially launched on 2nd October following three days of early access, has been very popular on Steam.

Not a cloud in sight. The Kingdom Hearts series has a long and storied history with Nintendo handhelds dating back all the way to the GBA, though (debatably) there have never been any mainline titles developed for them. The ultimate monkey's paw then curled with the Switch, when Square Enix answered fan wishes to port over remastered collections, but they were delivered as icky cloud games. Luckily the company has since seen the error of its ways, and it's now released native versions for Switch...

Both the classics and the games they inspired.

Happy this week, all! I regret to inform you that the videogame developers have been at it again. Sometimes, I find that the promising new releases distribute themselves evenly throughout the week, like butter perfectly spread over just the right amount of toast. And sometimes, as with this week's haul, they congregate weirdly on Thursday and Friday. It's as though they were trying to get away from me, like rats ambushed in the pantry, pawing frantically against the weekend's closed and bolted d...

Fable creator Peter Molyneux seems pensively excited about Playground Games' highly anticipated reboot, even if he wasn't sure at first.

Final Fantasy Resonance, a game made from the ashes of closed-down mobile game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, is good. Very good, in fact, as I learned at Gamescom 2026. It's basically a pixel-first FF RPG that takes old-school turn-based combat and modernises it. It feels like Octopath Traveler, but with all the classic Final Fantasy stuff in there, supported by some stunning HD-2D sprite work that looks simply divine.

Valve have expanded their feedback for developers whose games are Steam Deck Verified to provide more performance data

Code explorer pdfu has shared a new feature tidbit for the upcoming iPhone Duo. Apple is reportedly introducing new Focus mode controls on the device's Lock Screen. When a Focus mode is active, a new button appears above the bottom controls that lets you toggle it off and on while you remain on the Lock Screen. The active Focus also appears in the status bar above the clock when you unlock the device. Apple has rebuilt iOS 27 to adapt in real time to the company's first foldable iPhone, reshapin...

The RAM crisis continues to deepen thanks to the mass hardware buying from data centres, with Raspberry Pi yet again raising some prices

New interview reveals Grand Theft Auto 6 put hundreds of hours into NPC design and dialogue and tried its best to make an accurate-to-the-times GTA.

Forget the Eli Roth movie, this 1995 horror movie belongs in the pantheon of so-bad-it's-good classics.

Rivi-awesome. Getting The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to run on the original Nintendo Switch was an achievement in itself. Some obvious concessions had to be made, especially surrounding the visuals. Character models looked rather murky and the foliage around our protagonist Geralt had to be drastically toned down. With The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered, that issue has mostly been resolved. Thanks to the increased power of the Switch 2, this adventure has never looked better. Although some performa...

A fourth entry in the RuneScape series of MMOs has been announced by developers Jagex at this year's RuneFest. It's going by the obvious placeholder name of RuneScape 4 for now, is being developed using the Unreal Engine, and is still a decent way off.

Apple's upgraded Siri AI could remain unavailable in the European Union for several months yet, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman said a delay of around five months would be the "absolute best-case scenario," with European users potentially facing an even longer wait while Apple negotiates its compliance with the bloc's digital rules. Gurman reckons Apple is withholding the upgrade to pressure the European Commission, hoping that frustrated customers...

Denparessing. Genius Sonority, the developer and publisher behind the 2024 free-to-play RPG The New Denpa Men, has announced that it is wrapping up the game's service later this year. The game's regular service will end on 7th December at 8pm GMT / 9pm CET / 12pm PT / 3pm ET, with all in-game data such as Jewels and items no longer being available — the studio recommends you use any paid Jewels before things come to a close, though it sounds like some refunds will be available.

RuneScape creator Jagex recently hosted its annual convention RuneFest, a hub for community events and new reveals for the British developer's many games. Sadly, one of those reveals has spoilt the fun somewhat due to unexpected generative AI use.

15 years ago today, Steve Jobs passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. It was the day after Apple executives introduced the iPhone 4s at a media event on the company's Infinite Loop headquarters campus. In the days following his passing, Apple began posting comments from fans on its "Remembering Steve" webpage. Apple continues to maintain the page, highlighting some of the over one million submissions from people around the world who "shared their memories, thoughts, and feelings ab...

Awesome Games Studio recently did the big 1.0 release for Yet Another Zombie Survivors and it seems like quite an indie success - so here's a little chat

Reacher season 4 may be over, but Jack Reacher is already returning this October in a new book by Lee Child.

The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of the Past is still in development after the Skydance merger, despite rumors to the contrary.

While Xenoblade Chronicles 2: NS2 Edition makes its debut. The latest UK charts data is in, and we have a few new releases this time to highlight. First up, Minecraft Dungeons II lands at number 2 for its debut, just behind EA Sports FC 27. The new title comfortably sold the most on Switch 2, garnering 70% of the platform split. Next, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition received its own physical release on 1st October, so it too has entered the charts at number 25. A good result c...

Here's some of the highest-rated Steam Deck Verified games released on Steam during September 2026. Helping you find something great to play on the go! Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

March of Giants’ MOBA/RTS blend could help it stand out from the crowd, but its Creative Director is more interested in the challenge.

On iPhone 18 Pro models, Apple slimmed down the cutout where the Dynamic Island lives, allowing the latter to support up to three simultaneous Live Activities. But it turns out there's a catch. As noted by code explorer pdfu, the third Live Activity in iOS 27 is only ever a system activity, such as Now Playing or navigation – it can't be another app. So if you own a new iPhone 18 Pro and were wondering why you hadn't seen as many Live Activities in the Dynamic Island as perhaps you were expectin...

Arc Raiders studio Embark is making the extraction shooter free to play for four days alongside the launch of the game's biggest update yet, Frozen Trail. The studio spent the last few days detailing all the new aspects of the update, and has now announced a way for players curious about the game to try it out.

The upcoming Fitbit Edge looks like a replacement for the Fitbit Charge last seen in 2023.

Lost season 2 is where the show's mysteries really began to deepen, and "Orientation" marked a real turning point.

An exclusive early look at the upcoming playtest for Blood Bowl's next iteration.

The AI machine continues to cause problems for some developers - with System76 now banning LLM-generated content in code Pull Requests for COSMIC

Here are the biggest differences between Critical Role's D&D actual play and the animated show, Vox Machina

Crowbar Collective are coming back to Black Mesa for another set of upgrades including enhanced visuals and improved performance

METRO 2033 Redux and METRO Last Light Redux from 4A Games are getting some great sounding free upgrades later this month

The popular Proton-CachyOS for running Windows games on SteamOS / Linux has a fresh release out now to update various parts of it

The 1961 epsidoe of The Twilight Zone, "The Shelter" was all about the worst of human nature