2026 marks milestone anniversaries for some of the most popular Final Fantasy titles. Final Fantasy IV celebrates 35 years, while PlayStation 2 classic Final Fantasy X is now 25 years old. To mark the occasion, Square Enix has just released a new set of merch featuring exclusive anniversary art at…
Kingdom Hearts Is Getting New Pins At D23, And It's Yet Another Sign That Something Big Is Coming Disney has confirmed that an exclusive Kingdom Hearts pin set is going to be sold at D23, which is yet another good sign that Kingdom Hearts 4 could make an appearance. After nearly four whole years of…
Switch 1 players are capped at 30fps. Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2's resolution and frame rate details for its two main games - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - have been revealed. The headline is the Switch 2 edition will see 60 frames per…
The Pokémon franchise is celebrating a pretty major anniversary this year, with 30 years passing since the first games debuted in Japan, back in 1996. As part of that, a certain nostalgia has definitely overtaken the community as a whole, who have been returning to the older games in the series by…
The Spy Who's OP While it’s not a series of truly Hitman-scale murder sandboxes, 007 First Light does make good on its promise of enabling multiple Bond, James Bonding disciplines: shooting, sneaking, punching, and my personal favourite, getting immediately discovered then bullshitting something…
Earlier this month, Microsoft gutted The Elder Scrolls Online, with 379 staff across ZeniMax gone. And this is the second time it's happened in two years. As Harvey and I put it a few weeks ago, ESO's developers deserved better. The developer, now claiming to be the same size it was 10 years ago…
Disgaea Creator Says PlayStation May As Well Abandon Consoles If It Removes Physical Games Sohei Niikawa, creator of the Disgaea series, is critical of PlayStation's intention to discontinue the production of physical games from 2028 onward. In an interview with Noisy Pixel, Niikawa criticised…
Children of Time is among the most popular modern-day sci-fi sagas out there, becoming quintessential reading since Adrian Tchaikovsky's first novel was released 11 years ago now in 2015. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the book earned widespread acclaim for its ambitious exploration of…
Veteran Spider-Man producer Amy Pascal has said she hopes Tom Holland will play the role "forever" — despite the actor having already discussed handing over the part to a younger star. Holland is of course set to appear in this month's Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and has privately suggested he will…
If you’ve ever watched a professional streamer, there’s a good chance they’ve been using an Elgato Stream Deck device. These clever devices offer a bunch of customizable keys to switch scenes, adjust settings, and much more, but what you might not know is that they’re kind of great for just about…
Riftbound landed late in 2025, and the general vibe around Riot’s League of Legends card game has been that it’s fun to play - it’s just not always easy to get hold of. Still, with stock getting easier to come by, and with more sets on shelves, that could be a problem of the past. Is Riot's crack…
It’s hard to believe we’re approaching our fifth Magic: The Gathering set of the year, with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feeling like it was years ago - despite launching in March. One of the coolest parts of the set was Turtle Team Up, a unique co-op boxed product for 2 to 4 players, and now it’s…
Disney Lorcana has the unique advantage of being able to pull from the entire Disney universe for its collectible card game, and Ravensburger has been doing just that. 2026 began with a flurry with Winterspell, and Wilds Unknown followed in May. Now we're in Attack of the Vine territory, but…
Large formats are cool, but don't let FOMO or gatekeeping spoil a great movie experience for everyone I am not going to argue the point with Christoper Nolan that the ideal viewing format for his new film The Odyssey is IMAX 70mm. The images that I've seen, framed in the format's tall, squarish…
The long-running Zelda franchise has some weird and wonderful entries in its lore, and although the likes of Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon and Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland will likely never be beaten in that department, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is arguably the most out-there…
Games Workshop has confirmed that Ork Warboss Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub is not only getting a new miniature for the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop game, but that he’s also in Creative Assembly’s upcoming strategy game, Total War: Warhammer 40,000. Nazdreg is boss of the Bad Moon clan, sitting comfortably…
Google AI Is Hallucinating Duskbloods Bosses Thanks To Reddit AI loves Reddit. There are billions of posts and comments combined, offering a treasure trove of human-driven answers perfect for training models like Gemini and ChatGPT on how to sound authentic. Google even signed a $60 million a year…
Out in early access today Duh, duh, duh. Duh, duh, de-duh. Duh, duh, duh. Duh, duh. That's how the riff to Deep Purple's tune about a fire burning down a Swiss casino goes. As with any riff, it's just a sequence of inputs you make on your instrument of choice. Usually, this would be a guitar. I've…
Woot's latest update to its 'Summer of Gaming Sale' is absolutely your best option if you're hoping to score some decent video game deals right now. From now through to July 27, there's a whole bunch of Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox games with some hefty discounts up for grabs. But the real kicker is the…
Often, your devices have hidden beneficial features. They're concealed not because of some conspiracy, but simply because explaining everything your device can do would be impractical in a manual or tutorial app. The iPhone 17, for instance, lets you adjust the PWM of its display, which is helpful…
There have been plenty of great Final Fantasy games over the years, but arguably none are quite as underrated in 2026 as the tenth main release in the series. The story and world building are particularly exceptional, even if some of the major moments are let down a little by voice acting that…
The biggest thing to happen in Arc Raiders recently (if you don't count the Expedition near miss) was Embark's decision to rework the matchmaking to be more attuned to players' actions in solo, duo, and trio queues. The only problem with having better matchmaking is having to wait a bit longer in…
Gillian Anderson has reprised her X-Files role for a LEGO ad promoting a new set inspired by the popular sci-fi series. The set includes 1,478 pieces and eight minifigures, including one modelled on Anderson’s character Scully. Also included are minifigures of Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, Walter…
The World of Warcraft raiding community is up in arms following allegations of cheating in a high-rank Mythic+ dungeon. As one of the best ways to earn prestige among WoW's top players, reaching the uppermost tiers of these challenging encounters can be a showcase of your ability and dedication.…