Why bring guns when you can throw motorbikes? Overwatch‘s Season 3 plans to answer that important question with the new hero Shion. She brings both, so guns and weaponised motorbikes must fill different, invaluable niches, I suppose. Below, I’ll explain when Overwatch Season 3: Into the Tiger’s Den releases in your time zone, as well…
Category: Games Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Mixes Anime and Aviation to Deliver a Stunning Action-Adventure Mike Nelson, XBOX Wire Editor Published June 15, 2026 Summary We go hands-on with Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve and came away impressed with how this next entry in the long-running series is looking to be the…
“We could not convince people to fund Baldur’s Gate 3,” says Trent Oster. It’s a stunning statement to hear now, on the other side of Larian’s smash hit bear sex extravaganza. But for two decades beforehand, other developers tried and failed to get Baldur’s Gate 3 made. The first was Black Isle, which slapped the…
What’s the problem with Microsoft’s attitude towards videogames, one might ask? Could it be acquiring Activision-Blizzard for $68.7 billion and then laying off 1,900 people? Could it be shutting down projects that’ve been in development for years, which were actively liked by leadership? No, it’s the monetisation that’s the problem, obviously. Dummy. So sayeth Microsoft…
MSI might not be the first name you think of when it comes to gaming mice, but the brand has been quietly toiling away with its peripherals in recent times and has come up with the Versa 300 Wireless 8K as its latest entry. On the face of it, with a 26,000 DPI sensor, 8000…
Old School Gamer’s Patrick Hickey Jr. brings out a classic out of his archive and chats with “West of Loathing” developer Zack Johnson to get the skinny on the nifty western RPG that actually plays a bit like “Skyrim.” Old School Gamer: What inspired this game? Zack Johnson: I’ve always felt like the Wild West…
Category: Games June 15, 2026 The Hunt Awaits: Everything You Need to Know About the Mistfall Hunter Open Beta on XBOX Jeremy Yang, Senior Marketing Manager, Bellring Games The Gyldenmist is calling, and for the first time, XBOX players are invited to join the hunt. Mistfall Hunter, the upcoming dark fantasy action extraction RPG, is…
During the recent Xbox Games Showcase, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said, “It’s only fitting that as we return to Xbox, we return to Gears.” With that, Gears of War: E-Day was revealed, and with it plenty of excitement for an early-days take on the war with the Locust. It’s an Xbox exclusive, but that just…
I’m very intrigued by the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+. For one, I enjoyed my time with the previous iteration, the MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM. For a second, it’s got Intel’s new Arc G3 Extreme processor nestled inside. And for a third, our Dave got his hands on one at Computex, and said it…
Almost exactly two years ago, EA CEO Andrew Wilson was asked in an earnings call about sticking ads in games. His response was, obviously, a yes: “We have teams internally in the company right now looking at how we do very thoughtful implementations inside of our game experiences.” As inevitable as the passage of time,…