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Atelier Ryza "AI Chat RPG" Announced By Gust And Koei Tecmo

In one of the stranger stories of the day, Atelier developer Gust has announced a partnership with Tokyo-based artificial intelligence company Spiral to develop a game based on the Atelier Ryza subseries (thanks, Automaton).

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How to Prepare For Pokopia's Bubbly Basin DLC

Pokopia receives its first paid expansion on August 5, 2026, with Bubbly Basin! There are new worlds to explore, with an underwater town filled with new water PokΓ©mon and a fully aquatic environment. The release of this DLC is nigh, which is why there are some things that you will want to do in-game to get yourself rea...

1 month ago πŸ‘ 10
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Xbox Game Pass Adds Day-One Game from Pokemon Developer

Select Xbox Game Pass users have officially gained access to Beast of Reincarnation, the latest title from Pokemon developer Game Freak. This is the first official addition to the Xbox Game Pass library in August 2026, arriving alongside one new title for Premium-tier subscribers.

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GTA 6 Map May Have Once Again Been Found In GTA 5

Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick promised that Grand Theft Auto 6's marketing would begin this summer. He also promised that the game's marketing would be creative. With only one month of summer left, though, the marketing has been surprisingly quiet. Unless it hasn't.

1 month ago πŸ‘ 11
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Palworld Is Officially Expanding to More Platforms

Singapore-based studio Garena has just announced Palworld Online, a new, officially licensed spinoff that will bring the creature-collecting survival crafting experience to iOS and Android devices. Though an exact release date hasn't been given just yet, Palworld Online is set to launch sometime in 2026.

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A retired tennis pro built and launched Tennis Tycoon entirely with Claude Code

  Retired pro tennis player Iain Atkinson has used Claude Code to build and release his own tennis club management sim, Tennis Tycoon. He’s the latest amateur coder to use the AI platform to release a game without any prior experience, and follows on from Deniz Sancar’s hit football drafting game 38-0-...

1 month ago πŸ‘ 25
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How To Get All Of The Yo-kai Event Rewards In FFXIV

The Yo-kai Watch collaboration event has returned to Final Fantasy 14, so minion hunters, glamour-weapon enthusiasts, and people who love a few quirky mounts can all rejoice. For this new iteration, there's also a brand new Framer's Kit to earn, too, that you can apply to your character portrait!

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Stellar Blade: Blood Rain's AI music video should be viewed with "understanding in mind", says studio boss

The CEO of Stellar Blade developer, Shift Up, has taken to social media to respond to players criticising the release of an AI-generated music video promoting a sequel to the company's breakout hit, Blood Rain. Read more

1 month ago πŸ‘ 14
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How To Increase Bauera Capability In Beast Of Reincarnation

Leveling up the Bauera requires collecting memory chips while exploring the regions in Beast of Reincarnation. There are Power, Calculations, and Knowledge memory chips and each one upgrades one of the Bauera's abilities. You need to constantly be on the lookout while roaming the regions, as Koo will help point out som...

1 month ago πŸ‘ 13
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PlayStation and Xbox's most played games are, once again, exactly what you expect them to be

The list of games that get played the most on PlayStation and Xbox is nearly identical across the two console platforms, and the games themselves are either long-running live service titles or annualised sports games. This has been the case for years, and analyst Mat Piscatella recently reminded everyone that no real c...

1 month ago πŸ‘ 15
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Epic Games Dev Makes UFO Game 100% Free to Keep Until August 17

A first-person horror game called Project First Contact is free to keep on the Epic Games Store as part of a giveaway from developer Atomic Fabrik, with fans having until August 17 to claim it. The Epic Games Store runs its own weekly free game promotions that typically offer one to three titles to all users, but Proje...

1 month ago πŸ‘ 14
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Big Walk Is Currently One Of The Best-Reviewed Games Of 2026

Just when you thought the jostling at the top of the review charts might take a break for the summer ahead of what will be one of the busiest Septembers on record for new games, an unlikely contender has reared its head. Big Walk launches today, and it has some of the best review scores of the year so far.

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