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Silent Hill: Townfall will release in September alongside a handful of other blockbuster games hellbent on avoiding GTA 6

During today's Sony State of Play a release date for Silent Hill: Townfall was confirmed. It'll land on September 24, which is pretty much exactly a year after Silent Hill f marked the full return of the classic horror series. The thing is, a lot of games are coming out in September. At a glance we have:Blood of the Da...

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New games in June 2026: It's a big month for Bungie and showcase reveals, but we're missing a key part of the monthly formula

It's been a relatively quiet year for new game releases, but even by 2026 standards, June feels extra slow. That applies to everything really—both big-budget releases and indie games—but that doesn't mean the month is a total wash. You'll just have to break out a few old reliables with new updates. I know I'll stay bus...

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How to Improve Personality Traits in Paralives

As you might have noticed in Paralives, Parafolk go through different emotions and needs throughout the day. They also have their own life goals compared to their siblings or other family members, and they form relationships in their own way. All of this comes from the personality traits set during character creation,...

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Server Issues Plague Marathon‘s Big Comeback Moment

Bungie's extraction shooter is facing outages on its biggest day since launch

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One Piece Creator Eiichiro Oda Sets Up Shanks' Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit

The Elbaf arc of One Piece has thrown quite a lot of focus on the character of red-haired Shanks, whom Eiichiro Oda introduced in the very first chapter of the story on July 19, 1997. The Loki flashback of Elbaf, which began in One Piece chapter 1152 in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #30 on June 23, 2025, threw a...

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Rockstar Just Made Its First Public GTA 6 Move in Ages

Rockstar Games has made a change to its official Discord and the way that Grand Theft Auto 6 is represented. While it's a small development, it's likely one more sign that the developer is locked in for the release and gearing up for Grand Theft Auto 6's arrival.

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Classic PS2 Franchise is Making a Comeback After 19 Years

In a completely unexpected reveal at the Sony State of Play for June 2026, the PlayStation 2 classic Stuntman is getting a brand-new release with Stuntman Hollywood. 19 years after its last release on PS2, Saber Interactive has resurrected the Stuntman franchise for new audiences, and it's looking pretty great.

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New Ill trailer sets a new bar for videogame ultraviolence, with at least three skull crushings

At the Sony State of Play showcase today unwitting viewers were subjected to one of the goriest videogame trailers I've ever seen, and I was around to witness the Hatred panic. In the trailer for Ill, a new survival horror game coming in 2027, and published by the company responsible for Atomic Heart, I saw:1 eye socke...

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Wolverine PS5 Game Will Let You Censor It

Marvel's Wolverine developer Insomniac Games stated that the upcoming PS5 title will include an option for players to turn off the game's blood and gore. The news came after Marvel's Wolverine was the first game shown off during the hour-long State of Play broadcast on June 2.

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How to Unlock Every Achievement in Crime Scene Cleaner

Crime Scene Cleaner, the dark and gritty cleaning simulator, has a lot of achievements that you can collect. While many of them are tied to the missions and getting perfect scores, some can be pretty tricky to get. Thankfully, none of these achievements are missable, and you can always replay the missions to unlock any...

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Bandai Namco just stealth announced that one of the coolest Ace Combat games is coming to PC for the first time as a pre-order freebie

In a blink-and-you'd-miss-it announcement at Sony's State of Play on Tuesday, a game about Norse mythology—not the new God of War—slipped in between the louder and longer trailers for third-person action games. That game was Ace Combat Zero. It is 20 years old, and later this year it will be only the third game in the...

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God of War Laufey Cast Revealed

God of War Laufey is the next main series God of War game, and we now know who will be playing who in the highly-anticipated release. God of War Laufey was the last big reveal of the latest PlayStation State of Play event, with Sony showing off about 20 minutes of gameplay. The God of War Laufey gameplay presentation l...

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