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IGN's preview of Agefield High: Rock the School delivers a scathing assessment after six missions, calling the game unpolished, uninspired, and flat. Developer Refugium Games aims for Bully's crown but lands closer to a hollow nostalgia act with buggy physics, repetitive NPC dialogue, and minigames ripped from other titles. The game releases August 12.
Sega revealed Virtua Fighter Crossroads at Summer Game Fest, targeting a 2026 release with a bold new story mode set in the fictional Southeast Asian nation of Vilasapara. Producer Riichiro Yamada says the team wants to "go above the genre" by blending traditional three-button combat with branching narratives, minigames, and legacy characters who may become allies or enemies.
Halo: Campaign Evolved launches as a $50 Unreal Engine 5 remake of the original campaign, arriving on PlayStation for the first time. The package delivers authentic Halo combat and crossplay co-op, but omits multiplayer entirely and charges $10 more than the Master Chief Collection, which includes every mainline game.
Sony Interactive Entertainment reportedly anticipated massive backlash when it announced the end of PlayStation 5 physical discs, issuing employees the strictest social media guidelines they had ever seen. Former God of War writer Alanah Pearce revealed that staff were gagged from commenting on the controversy, which has drawn over 335,000 petition signatures and constant negative feedback across Sony's social channels.
Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has pushed back against criticism that the company relies too heavily on remakes, arguing they introduce classic games to new generations and lay groundwork for future projects. The comments arrive as both Star Fox and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time prepare for Switch 2 releases in 2026.
Paramount Games Studio has delayed Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game on Xbox Series X and S to September 3, just hours before its scheduled July 23 launch across all platforms. The Nintendo Switch version will also launch without crossplay, non-English language support, or the Deluxe Edition, prompting widespread backlash from the Xbox community over the last-minute announcement and vague explanation.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will finally introduce Galadriel's husband Celeborn in its third season, with Stranger Things star Jamie Campbell Bower taking on the role. The new season jumps several years forward to depict the height of the War of the Elves and Sauron, arriving on Prime Video before the end of 2026.
Dell has slashed $1,500 off its flagship Alienware Area-51 desktop, bringing the Ryzen 7 9850X3D and RTX 5090 configuration down to $5,399.99 shipped. The system packs 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM and a 360mm liquid cooler inside a chassis that dwarfs the Aurora R16.
The original Halo: Combat Evolved now supports cross-platform campaign co-op across Xbox, PlayStation, and PC through the Master Chief Collection. This guide breaks down exactly how to squad up with friends regardless of platform, covering party setup, matchmaking settings, and the specific steps needed to launch a cooperative session.
Molleindustria's political satire game Future? No Thanks! missed its planned July 22 release after Steam kept the build under review for more than three weeks. Developer Paolo Pedercini says the holdup centers on a brief sequence featuring low-polygon nudity that the demo version already passed months ago.
