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It’s a new week on The Game Informer Show, and we’ve got a new FromSoftware game to sink our teeth into. The Duskbloods is a new multiplayer Switch 2 exclusive from the makers of the Souls series, and Marcus has some hands-on impressions to share on its elaborate multi-phase multiplayer mayhem.Then, we dig into The Sinking City 2, another Lovecraftian mystery from Frogwares, and check in with Fields of Mistria’s 1.0 launch. Then, the trio answer some of our listeners’ most burning and pertinent questions. Grab a beverage and settle in.The Game Informer Show is a weekly podcast covering the…

Sixty thousand charge cycles for industrial or grid-scale batteries is the kind of number that sounds like a typo at first, but Australian researchers say their new battery technology actually achieves it. A team at Flinders University has solved a longstanding stability problem in water-based zinc-iodine batteries. It opens the door to energy storage systems that barely degrade even after decades of daily recharges. What did the researchers figure out? Zinc-iodine batteries have long struggled with a specific problem. The iodine compounds can move away from the cathode (the positive electrode), attack the zinc electrode, and slowly damage the battery.…

Riot Games is ending active development of 2XKO, its ambitious League of Legends fighting game, in December 2026. The decision comes less than a year after its full launch, with Riot saying it simply hasn’t seen enough players stick around to put the game on a sustainable path. Importantly, 2XKO isn’t being shut down: its servers will remain online, and the game will continue to be playable. 2XKO isn’t dead… just mostly finished growing Riot says it spent the past few months tracking 2XKO’s revenue, retention, new-player numbers, and engagement, and while plenty of players gave the game a shot,…

I’ve always heard The Sinking City described as a respectable but flawed survival-horror experience (though practically a must-play if you love H.P. Lovecraft). I never played it, but that’s okay because The Sinking City 2 is a completely standalone story starring a different protagonist, making it a perfect entry point. I’m several hours into the adventure and am generally enjoying its eerie atmosphere and its 1920’s Lovecraftian art direction, even if its Resident Evil-inspired gameplay, while serviceable, is a step or two below the lofty bar set by Capcom’s flagship horror series. I like the game’s emphasis on puzzle-solving and…

Beijing Hyundai just opened pre-sales for the Ioniq V, a sleek mid-size sedan and the very first production model under Hyundai‘s new China-only Ioniq sub-brand. Pricing starts at 119,900 yuan, or roughly $17,600, and tops out at 139,900 yuan ($20,600) for the fully loaded trim. For context, America’s cheapest EV, the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt, starts at $28,995, making the Ioniq V’s top trim still over $8,000 cheaper than the least expensive EV sold in the US today. Hyundai Ioniq V specs, price, and range across all three trims According to CarNewsChina, the lineup includes three variants: the 540 Max, 540…

Apple is cutting more than 200 jobs across teams working on the Vision Pro, Siri, and AI software as it reshapes some of its biggest hardware and software projects. The Vision Pro side is taking a particularly noticeable hit. Bloomberg reports that roughly 100 jobs are being cut from the organization behind the headset, including staff working on gaming and immersive video. Apple’s wider restructuring also reaches its software business. Jobs are disappearing from Siri and the Intelligent Systems Experience team, which is involved in the company’s growing AI efforts. Vision Pro is feeling the cuts hardest The layoffs add…

The freshly independent Double Fine Productions has announced a new Amnesia Fortnight, a game jam that will be livestreamed to Kickstarter backers to decide which of its game ideas will be made into its next title. The event will also be filmed as part of a new documentary on the studio behind Psychonauts, Keeper, and Brütal Legend. Amnesia Fortnight 2026 – Indie Reboot: A Double Fine Productions Game Jam, Documentary and Kickstarter Campaign begins on August 31 and runs through “most of September,” according to Double Fine. The studio’s Kickstarter post reads, “We’re going to do a Game Jam, live on…

Nintendo’s war against Switch emulation isn’t slowing down. The company has reportedly targeted more than 400 Switch emulator-related repositories on GitHub in a single day, in another sweeping takedown campaign against projects it believes facilitate piracy. The latest action comes as Nintendo continues aggressively policing software and repositories connected to unauthorized copies of its games. Another day, another GitHub cleanup According to TorrentFreak’s report, the latest sweep affected hundreds of repositories, with Suyu, a fork of the now-defunct Yuzu emulator, accounting for a large portion of the takedowns. Other projects, including MonoNX and Skyline, were also reportedly caught up in…

Oura has built much of its reputation around helping people understand what happens while they sleep. Its rings provide an overall Sleep Score each day, alongside estimates for light, deep, and REM sleep. A new proposed class-action lawsuit is now questioning just how much confidence people should put in those numbers. Filed on August 20 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the complaint accuses Oura of misleading customers by advertising highly accurate sleep-stage tracking despite relying on signals from the wearer’s finger rather than directly measuring brain activity. Oura has made some big accuracy claims…

China-based developer Eclipse Glow Games revealed last month that Baldur’s Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 voice actor Jennifer English was stepping away from the protagonist role of Gwendolyn in Tides of Annihilation. Since that departure, and especially in light of new gameplay released earlier this week alongside hands-on previews of the action game, many have speculated about who could take over the role. While we still don’t officially know who, we won’t have to wait much longer. That’s because an Elipse Glow Games representative tells Game Informer that the new voice of Gwendolyn will be revealed at Gamescom next…