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Gamescom Opening Night Live goes by pretty quickly. In just a blink of an eye, you might miss a big reveal. Other times, you’re barely done with one intriguing game while another giant trailer drops immediately after to replace it. The 2026 show was particularly relentless, covering everything from established franchises to games I’d never heard of before Geoff Keighley introduced them. So picking six that stood out wasn’t a simple task. There’s something for almost every kind of gamer. But some still had me thinking about them, even after the livestream ended. We did see a few familiar franchises,…

We’re only a month out from another terrifying adventure, and the chance of both fog and scary creatures is very high. Today’s Opening Night Live presentation gave us a new look at Silent Hill: Townfall. Konami’s long-running horror franchise continues to impress in the latest video, where we got a look at both some eerie new scenes from the game, as well as a good listen to the strong cast that will help to carry the project. Horror games often lean heavily on voice acting to help carry the weight of the implied terror, and the new Silent Hill has some impressive…

Claude Cowork just got its own browser, built directly into the desktop app. Until now, giving Claude web access inside Cowork meant handing it your actual Chrome browser through Claude in Chrome extension. Now there’s a second option. Claude can open its own separate browser inside the Cowork side panel and handle the web part of a task on its own, while you keep working on whatever you’re doing. So how is it different from Claude in Chrome? Claude in Chrome uses your browser, your tabs, logins, the page you already have open. That setup makes sense when you’re already…

During Opening Night Live at Gamescom, Ubisoft revealed that its remake of Rayman Legends, Rayman Legends Retold, will have at least one new musical level. The song being covered in Rayman’s unique style is Los Del Rio’s “Macarena”. You can check out gameplay of the level above. Rayman Legends Retold, which remakes Rayman Legends with a new 3D art style and adds some news levels, is releasing for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC on October 1.For more on Rayman Legends Retold, head here.

I’ve spent some time with the Pixel 11 Pro XL, and out of all the aspects Google talked about at the launch event, including the new Magic Capture feature, the RGB HiLight module on the back, and Gemini Intelligence, I was concerned about one that didn’t get much stage time: battery life. Google actually cut the physical battery capacity this year, from 5,200mAh to 5,115mAh. And if there’s one thing AI can’t magically make up for, it’s the physical limits of a battery. Yes, manufacturers have increasingly aggressive AI-based battery management systems that squeeze more runtime from the same cell,…

Of all the companions in Exodus, I’m glad that Salt was the one who got the spotlight on the cover of this month’s Game Informer, because I find her to be the most interesting. It’s not only because Salt is an octopus who pilots a mech suit, while most other companions are humans, but I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t a big draw. That said, while the octopus of it all is the first thing you notice about Salt, she’s got a lot going on underneath the surface, which I got a glimpse of in our exclusive cover story demo.Salt isn’t…

We all ramble, backtrack, and stumble over our words when we speak out loud. Google‘s new Gemini 3.5 Transcribe is built keeping our imperfect speech in mind. Announced as the company’s most precise speech-to-text model yet, it takes your messy, unpolished speech and turns it into clean, formatted text without expecting you to sound like a news anchor first. It arrives alongside two companion models, Gemini 3.5 Live and Gemini 3.5 Live Experimental, and together the three make up what Google is branding “Gemini Audio.” We’re introducing Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, our most precise speech-to-text model yet 🔊It turns audio into…

Grand Theft Auto VI launches on November 19, and developer Rockstar Games has been very secretive about what’s included in the upcoming game. In fact, it comes out in less than three months and nobody has even seen gameplay yet. Well, official gameplay, that is. Last week, anonymous leakers started sharing videos of Grand Theft Auto VI online. At first, people questioned whether the footage was legitimate, but Rockstar’s statement erases any room for doubt. Needless to say, the company isn’t happy about the situation.Here’s the statement in full:Dear all,We know that many of you have been waiting to hear…

Ridley Scott just confirmed something fans have waited years to hear. In a new interview with L.A. Times, the director revealed he’s developing a follow-up to Alien: Covenant, and this time the whole story centers on Michael Fassbender’s David. It’s a big deal for anyone who remembers Covenant‘s ending, where the android secretly took control of a colony ship carrying thousands of unsuspecting passengers. What happens to David next Scott says the new film picks up with David building what he calls a “brave new world for himself”. That’s a chilling idea considering how Alien: Covenant left things, with David…

Dungeons & Dragons: Long Rest Tavern eschews the role-playing game’s tradition of controlling adventurers on epic quests. Instead, it puts players in the shoes of an innkeeper, a role usually reserved for NPCs in a D&D campaign, running their very own tavern.Operating your tavern involves building it from scratch, hiring employees such as servers and bartenders, and running shifts to serve the many adventurers roaming Faerûn. You can cook dishes, brew drinks, and earn money during night shifts, which helps you purchase resources during the day, a period you can also spend exploring areas outside the tavern. When you can’t…