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Neues Design enthüllt: So sehen die Fritz!Box-Router der Zukunft aus

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Nvidias Zukunft: Milliarden für MediaTek und Rubin CPX feiert ein Comeback

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Trainingspause und mehr Schutz: Anthropics Lehren aus den KI-Sicherheitsvorfällen

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Wie gut ist The Blood of Dawnwalker?: Harte Entscheidungen sorgen für Frische

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Dwarf Fortress Creator Calls Out One Of AI’s Biggest Issues: The Bosses Who Force Us To Use It

'Everyone I know, their bosses are slowly getting psychosis'

Everyone Is Here And Looks Stupid (Complimentary) In Street Fighter Movie’s New Trailer

Pretty much everyone is accounted for in the latest look at the live-action film

New Transformers Short Hitting Theaters Soon Will Feature Peter Cullen’s Last Performance As Optimus Prime

Optimus Prime: Awakening is a 12-minute animated short that will follow some upcoming screenings of the original movie

The Witcher 3 Devs Just Answered My Two Biggest Concerns About The Remaster

Save data and trophies will carry over to the new version

TikToks Arguing That Dating In GTA 6 Is Cheating IRL Are Going Viral

Grand Theft Auto 6's dating options are catching some flak on TikTok, but is it all just engagement bait?

Hasbro’s CEO Just Took Direct Control of Magic and D&D

Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks has taken direct oversight of Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons following John Hight’s departure.

New 'Street Fighter' Trailer Is About Ken and Ryu’s Beef, but Guile Steals the Show

The new 'Street Fighter' trailer shows Ryu and Ken duking it out, alongside some sick fight sequences.

Nvidia’s Hated AI Filter Will Also Officially Make Games Run Worse

Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5, which uses AI generated images, will also cause a 50-60% performance hit.

Star Trek Is Officially Switching Genre In 2027 With New Release

Star Trek: Shadow Frontier is exploring the horror side of Trek, with inspiration from Alien, Resident Evil, and Dead Space.

Tim Curry’s 9 Most Iconic Video Game Roles

Tim Curry brought full commitment to every video game role he played, from a 1990s horror adventure to Dragon Age: Origins.

All the RPS Supporter rewards for August 2026: fatty felines, GTA 6 pondering, and a heap of barely washed radishes

You there. Have you completed the RPS Supporters survey? You don’t even need to be a Supporter. In fact, it’s better for certain questions if you aren’t. Either way, this is your chance to play a part in making sure our subscription rewards are as rewarding as rewards can be, which some might say is a reward in itself. Read more

Double Fine are all in on making Brutal Legend 2, if you're willing to give them $100 million in their game jam Kickstarter, anyway

Under Microsoft's ownership, it was probably a safe bet that Double Fine would never get to make a Brutal Legend 2, even in this IP-obsessed world we find ourselves in. However! Microsoft don't own Double Fine anymore, and so the once again indie developer can more or less do what they want. Which they're already doing, in fact, as they're currently hosting a game jam Kickstarter that includes a stretch goal that'll see them making Brutal Legend 2. If you give them $100 million. Read more

Life is Strange developer Don't Nod look primed for layoffs, as the studio announces a "transformation initiative"

It is unfortunately that time of day again (because this truly does seem to be a daily occurrence at this point). Back in June, things weren't looking so hot for Life is Strange studio Don't Nod, as it appeared that they'd be out of cash come this November. Now, it looks like the studio is preparing for layoffs. Read more

Nvidia DLSS 5 releases this week with NBA 2K27, so the AI yassification filter's busy beautifying basketballers early doors

After being prematurely dug out of game files by modders late last week, Nvidia's DLSS 5 neural rendering tech is making its official debut in a matter of days. Yes, it's the filter which was criticised on reveal earlier this year for giving a bunch of game characters weird genAI makeovers. Unsurprisingly, given where those modders pulled the aformentioned files from, the tech's arriving with NBA 2K27. Read more

The Witcher 3: Songs of Past looked alright in its behind-closed-doors preview, though I'm more enticed by the remaster’s combat upgrades

Well, I say behind-closed-doors. It turns out that if I wanted to watch a prerecorded saunter through a chunk of The Witcher III: Wild Hunt’s Songs of the Past expansion, I could have just tuned into the Gamescom livestream, rather than travelling to Germany before parking myself in an almost pitch-black miniature theatre for 45 minutes. Now my by-touch handwritten notes are completely illegible, and I don’t even get to feel smug about attending a super secret preview. Still, the preview – which like Songs of the Past itself, was a joint operation between CD Projekt Red and co-devs Fool’s Theory – didn’t show off the expansion alone. It also focused repeatedly on the combat, movement, UI and role-playing reworks being introduced in the base game’s Remastered upgrade, which is coming months ahead of Songs of the Past on September 29th. And, usual hands-off disclaimers applying, looks like it could be the more appealing package for lapsed Witchers – especially as it’s free to owners of the original. Read more

"Hopefully a meteor will strike the earth soon": Game devs talk genAI witchhunts and the importance of honing your visual literacy

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The era of generative AI has kindled an era of generative AI witchhunts. It's routine right now for videogame developers to fend off accusations of using the technology, even when they are full-throated in their disapproval of ChatGPT, Claude and their ilk. Recent examples include Sandustry, the 2D factory builder from Hooded Horse with strangely haunting physics, and the just-announced Humankind 2, whose creators Amplitude have rushed to assure players that their announcement trailer is genuine live action film. The conversation reflects a shifting idea of what AI-generated imagery 'looks like' - shifting because, strictly speaking, AI-generated imagery has no fixed style or quality. It's derived from whatever data the model is 'fed'. The confusion is exacerbated by the fact that the technology is changing, with new or updated buzzwordy tools being added to the pile. Established hallmarks of generated imagery go out of date fast. Meanwhile, generative AI's richest advocates often muddy the waters, conflating tools and framing their capabilities in ludicrously open-ended, investor-baiting terms. Still, some responsibility falls on regular users who've become accustomed to chucking around claims of "AI slop". Read more

The Sunday Papers

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Sundays are for resting, so I hear, though by the time you read this I’ll have got up at 5:30am to drive my parents-in-law to Gatwick Airport. As such, I’m probably not the best authority on resting, or, indeed, Sundays. Nonetheless, I have gathered some quality game-related articles to help you fill yours. Read more

What are we all playing this weekend?

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Saturdays are for actually remembering that it's a Bank Holiday weekend, rather than forgetting and coming in on Monday and getting viciously annoyed with Julian and Mark for seeming to ignore your Gchat messages. (They do that anyway, regardless of whether it's a day off.) Read more

Date Everything! Teams Up With Wild Cards For Its New Battle Pass Season

The collaboration with Wild Cards marks the first venture into other gaming media for Sassy Chap Games after their signing with CAA earlier this year.

Dragon Age: Thedas At War Developers Explain How This Crusader Kings 3 Mod Was Made

Thedas at War is a Dragon Age-themed overhaul for Crusader Kings 3. The devs walk us through the years-long development, and future updates.

Nioh 3 Hell Rising Review - Familiar, But Still A Hell Of A Time

Nioh 3’s Hell Rising DLC is basically just more of the base game, and you won’t hear me complaining.

Pokopia's Bubbly Basin Strikes The Perfect Balance Between Fresh And Familiar

The first part of Pokopia's DLC, Bubbly Basin, does a masterful job of adding to the game without taking you out of the world you've rebuilt.

The Duskbloods Is Not The PvPvE Experience I Expected

The Duskbloods Network Test may have kicked off to a rough start, but after several hours with the game now, I'm dying for the full release.

Feature: "He Is Truly One Of A Kind" - A Celebration Of Nobuo Uematsu, The Maestro Of Video Game Music

"For me, in a way, he's the best music teacher there is". I first heard Nobuo Uematsu's music in 1997, when I was only five. To give you some background, I was standing in the hallway of my childhood home when my older brothers excitedly darted down the stairs, about to head to the nearest video game store to buy a mysterious new role-playing game they had read about: Final Fantasy VII. Like many kids in the UK, I didn't know what a "Final Fantasy" was (only a small handful of the previous games had been released in the PAL region). But I could tell from the excitement in their voices that, whatever it was, it was something special that I didn't want to miss out on. So, as all annoying younger brothers do, as soon as they got home from the shop, I hounded them to let me sit in the room as they loaded the game into the PlayStation disc tray. Read the full article on timeextension.com

Feature: 5 Things A Short Trip Taught Me About Nintendo's Smallest Game Boy

Micro but mighty? I recently took a trip with my family down to London, and, given that we were intentionally travelling super-light, I decided to take the smallest portable console in my arsenal: the Game Boy Micro. Released around the same time as the Nintendo DS, the Micro was billed as the ultimate evolution of the Game Boy line. A scaled-down variant of the GBA, it dropped support for Game Boy and Game Boy Color games to offer a truly pocket-sized gaming experience. Read the full article on timeextension.com

Interview: "We Have To Lead By Example" - How Thalamus Is Doing Its Bit For Game Preservation With Armalyte: The Remake

"If we don't care about our own IP, then people will either turn on you or turn away". Released on the C64 in 1988, Cyberdyne Systems' Armalyte is considered to be one of the finest 8-bit home computer shooters ever made, scoring a whopping 97% in Zzap!64. In 2010, it was remade for PC by Psytronik Software, but that version became obsolete due to a lack of compatibility with Windows 10 and 11. Read the full article on timeextension.com

Retro Recap: All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (August 23rd 2026)

Golden Axe! James Pond! Zelda! Panzer Dragoon! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com

The Making Of: Starflight - "Don't Let Me Die Until This Game Is Out" - An Oral History Of The Trailblazing Space Sandbox Sim

"I borrowed $5,000 from a friend so I could survive". Open the original Starflight PC packaging, and you will find a large photograph of the development team: Greg Johnson, Alec Kercso, Bob Gonsalves, Tim Lee, and Rod McConnell, dressed as a space crew in the cockpit of a Boeing 747 at San Francisco International Airport. It is a fitting portrait of a game that could only have been made together. The roles in this story were clearly defined, even if their boundaries often blurred in daily work: Rod McConnell founded the development studio Binary Systems (originally Ambient Designs) and, as project leader, maintained contact with Electronic Arts; programmers Alec Kercso and Bob Gonsalves turned the technical ideas into a playable game; Greg Johnson shaped its world, characters, and story; and Tim Lee created the core software architecture. Read the full article on timeextension.com

A Temporary Peace for Marathon’s Difficulty with Vault Breakers

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Maybe I like the Twin Tap after all. The post A Temporary Peace for Marathon’s Difficulty with Vault Breakers appeared first on Unwinnable.

Play-By-Post: A Guide to Help Friends Stick Together and Play More RPGs

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I have noticed something, I am interested by something, screams of agony. The post Play-By-Post: A Guide to Help Friends Stick Together and Play More RPGs appeared first on Unwinnable.

Unwinnable Monthly – August 2026

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Many more words and two farewells. The post Unwinnable Monthly – August 2026 appeared first on Unwinnable.

BioWare’s Homosexual Progress

Gamers, it’s time to face the facts: one day, everyone you know and love is

How Women Saved Rune Factory

Farming, fantasy, and finding romance are at the heart of Rune Factory, a farming simulation

Slay the Princess and the Multiversal Language of Love

“You’re on a path in the woods. And at the end of that path is

The Digital Closet: How We Hacked Our Own Pride

Imagine you just bought a brand-new book. You’re excited to dive in, but as you

Why Wouldn’t Dynasty Warriors Origins be Gay?