“My earnest hope is that the community can anticipate some uplifting announcements down the road.” Image: Square Enix The monumentally-successful MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV — on the verge of ringing in its 12th anniversary (after the relaunch) — consistently tops the list of Switch 2 wish-lists in our inbox, at least from this keyboard. It
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Read More(Image credit: Sony) Sony has confirmed that every single version of the PS5 will get a price hike starting tomorrow, August 21, 2025. The ongoing tariff situation in the US has impacted the games industry greatly. Not only did they cause Nintendo to delay pre-orders for the Switch 2 in the country, but we’ve seen
Read MoreP.A. Works founder Kenji Horikawa has shared his thoughts about the state of anime production – and he has worries about the future. Horikawa’s studio is behind hits like Angel Beats and the first season of Umamusume: Pretty Derby, with the first ever anime adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, titled Fushigi no Kuni de Alice
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Multiplayer in Call of Duty games has become colorful over the last few years, as players have been able to dress up as their favorite celebrities and pop-culture icons before dropping into a match. Between WWE performers
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Sony is raising PS5 prices in the US, with every system going up by $50. The company said it is continuing to “navigate a challenging economic environment” and will pass the cost on to consumers in the
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. After far too many hours struggling to climb the hero shooter’s ranks, I realized Marvel Rivals was bringing out the worst in me By Alyssa Mercante on August 20, 2025 at 8:00AM PDT A few weeks ago,
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Read MoreHeads-up: A sixth entry snuck onto the roster after the curtains fell! authored by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 9:53pm : Surprise number six! Shortly after yesterday’s broadcast wrapped, it was revealed that Denshattack! will ride straight onto Xbox Game Pass at its launch next spring 2026. We’ve folded the new intel
Read MoreWe haven’t even had Wukong on Xbox yet! by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 9:25pm Surprise! There’s a new game in the Black Myth series in development and it’s officially called Black Myth: Zhong Kui. The title was revealed as part of the surprise segment at the end of Gamescom Opening Night Live earlier today. Game Science
Read MoreRE9 is cooking by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 9:15pm Earlier this summer, we got the surprise reveal of Capcom’s next RE epic in Resident Evil Requiem – and now the team has detailed a bit more of the game’s story ahead of its February 2026 Xbox launch. As part of the team’s new Gamescom 2025 trailer,
Read MoreMissed the event? Here’s a recap by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 9:06pm Weren’t able to catch the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 event earlier today? No worries! You can always go back and watch the on-demand version for yourself, which you’ll find elsewhere on Pure Xbox. If you don’t want to watch it all the way
Read MoreGive us your verdict by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 9pm The dust is now beginning to settle on Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025! If you haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, you can catch the full thing over at our live coverage page, and we’ve also provided an extensive recap of everything (Xbox-related) that
Read MoreGameSpot may earn income from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this material and from purchases via links. Deadlock‘s roster is about to swell substantially over the coming fortnight, with six fresh champions landing in a staggered roll-out. The incoming lineup for Valve’s steampunk MOBA includes a bloodsucker, a doorkeeper, a Frankenstein–inspired brute, and a
Read MoreThe publisher might earn income from affiliate arrangements and promotional collaborations while generating this material, plus through any purchases made via on-page links. The upcoming complimentary patch for Disney Dreamlight Valley lands later this week, centering on Pixar’s Inside Out. Dubbed Emotional Rescue, the patch opens a realm modeled after Inside Out’s Headquarters and brings
Read MoreGameSpot could earn money via affiliate and advertising deals for circulating this material, and from purchases made through contained links. Even with the dragon-type icon’s massive fan-base, tons of Trainers are still mispronouncing Rayquaza—and The Pokémon Company is stepping in to give us the proper way to say it. If you’ve been saying ray-KWAH-zuh, official
Read MoreGameSpot might earn revenue via affiliate and advertising alliances when sharing this material, as well as from purchases made through provided links. At long last, Aggro Crab has lifted the veil on a mystery everyone’s been puzzling over regarding Peak, its sudden co-op-climbing smash collaboration with Landfall—does Bing Bong have consciousness? The verdict is affirmative,
Read MoreGameSpot might earn income through affiliate and advertising collaborations when sharing this material and via linked purchases. Nvidia disclosed that the RTX Hair capability will arrive in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle come September 4. To simplify, RTX Hair relies on Disjoint Orthogonal Triangle Strips (DOTS) to enhance light and shadow on in-game hair—a
Read More(Illustration accountability: Team Cherry) Just before Gamescom 2025‘s Opening Night Live kicks off later today, emcee Geoff Keighley has published what the most optimistic members of the Hollow Knight fandom are interpreting as a Silksong wink. Another expo has rolled around, which means once more Hollow Knight devotees have geared themselves up for what now
Read MoreThe legendary kaiju has once again dominated the North American box office, with 2016’s Shin Godzilla triumphantly returning in a fresh 4K restoration. The re-issued title raked in $2.5 million during its debut weekend—already surpassing its entire original domestic tally of $1.9 million, an eye-catching feat for any foreign-language re-release. Toho Studios crafted the picture,
Read More(Image credit: HBO) Hardly a mystery—devotees are starved for George R. R. Martin to drop the sixth volume of the Game of Thrones saga: The Winds of Winter. The novelist has been laboring over the manuscript for well beyond a decade, penning four chapters before the TV adaptation’s 2011 debut—yet the tome remains unfinished. At
Read MoreAlthough Ben Stiller won’t be in the director’s seat for any chapters of Severance season 3, he has assured followers that his fingerprints are still all over the forthcoming Apple TV series installment. When The LA Times asked why he’s stepping away from calling the shots this time, the filmmaker explained, “These projects need time
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