The signal, not the noise
With more than 1,600 exhibitors from over 67 countries, a massive indie area, a ridiculous amount of games, demos, and more, there is so much to see at gamescom, and from year to year, it keeps getting bigger and better! We've toured its many halls to find the very best for you!
We could have had it all... Former Disney Interactive concept artist Ken Christiansen confirmed that Kingdom Hearts inspired a Smash Bros.-like crossover fighting game that never got off the ground.In 2013, Christiansen posted a slew of artworks to his online portfolio, some of which showed rough sketches of various Disney characters facing off …
Mystery man. Avengers: Secret Wars has added Noah Jupe to its cast in an undisclosed role.According to Deadline, Jupe has been tapped to join the cast of one of the biggest movies on the horizon ahead of a shoot date later this year.
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While memory and storage prices are still high, there are still good discounts on other gaming-related hardware. Take Alienware’s AW2726DM, for example.
The IGN UK podcast is back in living colour and live from gamescom 2026! We dive into The Witcher 3 expansion, Fable and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction.
CD Projekt Red announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered at Gamescom 2026, revealing a visual, performance, and gameplay upgrades coming as a free update to The Witcher 3 for existing owners.
Betting bigger on India. Krafton has announced plans to invest an additional USD ($) 250 million (around INR (₹) 2,300 crore) in India over the next three to four years, doubling its total planned investment in the country to $500 million.
Crazy Taxi is finally back, and this time, it's going global! The Outside Xbox crew have pulled up to the Sega gamescom booth with their thoughts on this quirky, world-faring adventure.
What crisis? Capcom looks like it has yet another hit video game on its hands, with Onimusha: Way of the Sword selling over 1 million copies on launch day.The milestone pushed total Onimusha franchise sales over the 10 million units sold mark, 20 years after the last new game in the …
The best gaming chair is actually an office chair. Here are our top picks from our real-life testing so far.
Don't miss the breakdown video of the Charge Blade in Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance. Learn how to wield the awesome power of the Charge Blade to stagger monsters and delivered massive critical damage.
Another September, another State of Play. Amidst the PlayStation debacle and doing away with physical media, Sony brings us yet another slew of game announcements for titles we can expect to play on PlayStation 5 in the coming months and well into 2027.
Fake news. Final Fantasy developer Square Enix has spoken out to address rumors that it's going private.Japanese business magazine Sentaku recently reported that Square Enix was looking into going private, leading to a nearly 12% increase in the company's stock price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is much more than a hyper fast arcade racer. It's a rogue-like that not only expands on Star Wars lore, it also has millions of combinations that allow every racer to make their own unique speeder.
Rockstar has been notorious for making PC players wait for GTA games, but GTA 6's PC release could follow a different pattern. With PS5 and Xbox prices climbing like there's no tomorrow, VGC's editor-in-chief Andy Robinson has shed light on why Rockstar might release GTA 6 on PC sooner than it has with previous titles.
That's rich, coming from the guy who made the sunken ship level in Okami! Hideki Kamiya has confirmed that he was “not joking” when he begged Capcom to make a less-scary version of Resident Evil Requiem for the faint of heart, even arguing that the company has become "numb" to how frightening the newer games have gotten.In March 2026, Clovers Inc.
"We’re focusing on recurring revenue from the recurrent userbase." Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki confirmed that the company is no longer “aggressively marketing” the PlayStation 5, saying it’s not necessary now that the console is in the later stages of its life cycle.It’s been nearly six years since the PlayStation 5 first released in November 2020. We’ve come a …
At IFA 2026, we visited the AWOL Vision booth to explore what the company had in store. The highlight was the AWOL LuxVision ultra-short-throw (UST) projector, the company's flagship model designed for high-end home entertainment and theater spaces.
"They left out a lot of the science." Since revealing his new relationship with Hollywood, Brandon Sanderson's weekly podcast has become increasingly focused on movie and book adaptations. This week, he and his co-host Dan Wells dove into the topic of the Project Hail Mary movie, and Sanderson makes a compelling case for reading …
Jason and Lucia visited a lot of households. Grand Theft Auto 6: An Extended Look dominated Netflix's top 10 chart in its first week (in the English Film category), racking up 31.1 million views in its first week, beating the second-place film on the list, the Robert DeNiro, Adam Scott, and Michelle Monaghan thriller The …
Chess.com has done one thing, and one thing very well, for almost 20 years, but now it's going beyond its domain name. The biggest name in online chess quietly launched its first companion site in beta back in May: Gambit, a free online poker website where players can learn the game without risking any real […]
Players are spending more than $2,000 on the translucent Series X. The Xbox Series X25 anniversary console is officially up for pre-order, so you know what that means: scalpers are cashing in.Like clockwork, pre-order pages for Microsoft's 25th anniversary console were bombarded by buyers when they went live yesterday, August 27, 2026.
Pearl Abyss has been on a roll lately, first announcing Crimson Desert: Enhanced Edition at Gamescom 2026 and following up that announcement with a PlayStation State of Play announcement revealing the game's first proper DLC: Charting the Unknown.
Wing Gundam Zero is coming to Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation 2. Watch the latest Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation 2 trailer for the free-to-play action game to see what to expect.
Early builds of Valve games from 2003 to 2013 have been found in a 12TB archive pulled from the company's old servers. These pre-release versions act like time capsules, preserving the state of the game from before it underwent massive changes.
We take a tour of the Lego booth at gamescom 2026 and show you some of the highlights, including a massive Chicken Jockey from Minecraft, cool giveaways for Lego Skylines, the brand-new Super Mario Lego sets coming in 2027, and more!
"They have made their choice." Gary Oldman has said Amazon has finally decided which actor will play the new James Bond, and he’s backing his Slow Horses co-star.Speaking to Canada’s The Morning Show to promote Slow Horses Season 6, Oldman teased 36-year-old Jack Lowden as Bond. Here’s exactly what Oldman said:“Jack… it’s …
Watch the Izuku Midoriya Overlay Full Style DLC Character Trailer for My Hero Academia: All’s Justice, a 3D anime fighter developed by Byking Inc. Players will fight as Young Midoriya in his 'Izuku Midoriya Overlay Full Style' look to lay waste to the opposition through the power of One For All.
Optimus Prime: Awakening will be presented following select 40th anniversary screenings of The Transformers: The Movie.