18 embargoes from Summer Game Fest just lifted, so let’s rank everything I saw in LA
Greetings from my desk, a place I have not seen much in the month of June. I just got back from Summer Game Fest’s in-person event, Play Days, in Los Angeles. I saw and played a boatload of cool games that I’m eager to talk about. If you’ll allow me to step behind the curtain…
Guide: DK Challenge Event: Challenge Card List & Event End Date
Complete NSO challenges across Donkey Kong history to earn time-limited rewards. The DK Challenge event tasks Switch players with completing a series of Donkey Kong challenges to win themed Challenge Cards. The challenges have you jump into Donkey Kong games across the Nintendo Classics library, as well as the most recent series release, Donkey Kong…
All 26 new catalysts in Destiny 2’s final update
Strange as it is, Destiny 2‘s massive final update is here, marking the end of an era. But Bungie’s gone out with a bang here, not least because it’s added 26 new catalysts and updated nine old ones. No Exotic weapons have been left behind, and that’s a fitting way to leave things. Below, I’ll…
Defining JRPG – by Ben Magnet
What makes a JRPG a JRPG? Is it the sweeping stories? The protagonists with super spikey or multicolored hair? Or the simple fact that if an RPG video game was made in Japan, it qualifies as a JRPG? Most of you reading this may instantly go with the last option and call it a day….
Minecraft Dungeons II Blows the Doors of the ARPG Wide Open
Category: XBOX Games Showcase June 10, 2026 Minecraft Dungeons II Blows the Doors of the ARPG Wide Open Will Fulton, XBOX Wire Editor Summary Minecraft Dungeons II builds on the original game with an all-new story, an emerging threat, an Overworld map, new gear slots, among many other tweaks and enhancements. With added mechanical depth…
After a ‘corporate mandate’ demanded they help with Call of Duty, Toys for Bob studio head says it took ‘many mini miracles’ to buy their independence from Activision
It’s been a bit of a journey for Toys for Bob, the studio behind the very good Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, that’s now making its own original Spyro game as an independent studio, as announced at the Xbox Games Showcase. Despite Reignited’s smashing success selling over 11 million copies, Toys for Bob was shifted to be…
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Storms Onto Switch 2 Later This Year
Another third-party banger. If some publishers made the mistake of not supporting the original Switch enough, it seems that many have learnt their lesson for the Switch 2. The recent Direct was stuffed to the brim with third-party titles, and one that snuck in during a late sizzle reel was the rather excellent Warhammer 40,000:…
PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for June: Final Fantasy XVI, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and more
This month, explore the once-prosperous dark fantasy world of Valisthea in the grip of a blight in Final Fantasy XVI, spin dash through the dark past of the one known as the ultimate lifeform in Sonic X Shadow Generations, work your way up from a humble blacksmith’s forge in medieval Bohemia in Kingdom Come: Deliverance,…
Halo: Campaign Evolved Hands-On Demo – It’s The Halo You Love, But Even Better
Category: XBOX Games Showcase Halo: Campaign Evolved Hands-On Demo – It’s The Halo You Love, But Even Better Danielle Partis, XBOX Wire Editor Published June 10, 2026 Summary We went hands-on with Halo: Campaign Evolved’s remake of Assault on the Control Room, Combat Evolved’s memorable fifth – and longest – campaign level. Halo: Campaign Evolved…