Circana data for January to August 2026 shows Xbox units down 33% and PlayStation down 25%, with the average console price at its highest ever, weeks before GTA 6.
Store listings show Capcom's hit with rebuilt touch controls and a Netflix membership requirement. Neither company has announced it or given a date.
The claim, on behalf of about 20 million consumers, says commissions of up to 30% made apps and in-app purchases more expensive. Google rejects it.
The new Crossy Road is an Apple Arcade exclusive for up to four players. Kami 2 and Food Stylist join the service the same day, without ads or in-app purchases.
In-app purchases end by October 23 and the game leaves the stores on December 15. Fingersoft says no staff will lose their jobs.
This week's free PC games on the Epic Games Store can be claimed until October 15. Agent A and Bad Cheese are next, according to Kyber's Corner.
Apple handles refunds through its Report a Problem page. These are the steps, how long the answer takes and what to do if the purchase does not appear.
You can cancel a PlayStation Store purchase within 14 days, but only if you have not started downloading or streaming it. Here are the rules for each case.
The ESRB rates video games in North America. This guide covers its age categories, the content descriptors and the notices about purchases and online play.
Games that keep progressing while you are away have a genre of their own. This is how they work, where they come from and why people get hooked.
High difficulty, stamina-based combat and checkpoints that bring enemies back: these are the traits of a soulslike and the games that define it.
A quick guide to the five PEGI age labels and the content icons, including the 2026 rule that puts games with paid loot boxes at PEGI 16 or higher.
You can refund almost any Steam game if you ask within 14 days and have played less than two hours. Here are the rules for DLC, pre-orders, bundles and gifts.
The tactical shooter closes less than a year after its worldwide launch. One more season is coming, and Ubisoft has not yet explained what happens with purchases.
Apple is spotlighting seven independent games on the App Store this week. Six are out now, including Sifu and Vampire Crawlers; Hello Games' space epic follows on October 28.
After the 110 billion dollar merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, the studios behind Hogwarts Legacy and Mortal Kombat now answer to Tony Driscoll.
The experimental service lets anyone create, share and play AI-generated games in a browser. Unity has joined with Spark, a tool for more elaborate projects.
Two months after Electronic Arts went private, a group of bondholders wants better terms in case the 20 billion dollars of new debt costs the company its credit rating.
Playground Games has dated the PlayStation 5 version and opened pre-orders. It arrives with cross-play, cross-save and the game's first expansion.
Three games arrive on Game Pass on October 13, two of them brand new. Here is the rest of this month's first batch, and what is leaving.
Thirteen releases between October 13 and 16, from a new Castlevania to three Resident Evil games on Nintendo's console. Here is the full list with platforms.
Konami's new Castlevania comes from the teams behind Dead Cells. It arrives on PS5, Xbox Series and PC at 29.99 euros, with a Switch version due later.
A week of free demos of upcoming PC games starts next Monday on Steam. These are the times, the rules and what changes in this edition.
