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Archives for August 2026

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Return to Night City.

CD Projekt Red revealed a new trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, which will feature a new story and cast of characters set in the same futuristic metropolis of Night City. The 10-episode anime will premiere on Netflix on October 20th.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
FromSoftware closes its first network test of The Duskbloods early due to server issues.

The Duskbloods’ network test was set to start at 6am ET, but the first session ended early while developer FromSoftware works to improve the servers. As inconvenient as this is for those trying to demo the game, a network test is of course meant to test the network.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Dave Bautista is now Kratos.

After Ryan Hurst was forced to step away from the leading role in Amazon’s God of War TV series due to an injury, Bautista will be taking over, Variety reports. Bautista was recently rumored to be in talks for the role.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
HyperX’s new Cloud Alpha Air is its first open-back gaming headset.

HyperX is announcing a slew of new gaming accessories for its Level Awakening livestream event — most notable is the $149.99 Cloud Alpha Air, due out in September.

The open-back headset allows users to stay more in-tune with their surroundings while gaming. The wired headphones weigh just 10.1 ounces / 287g (with detachable boom mic) and connect to PCs or consoles via 3.5mm audio jack, USB-C, or USB-A.

<em>The HyperX Cloud Atlas Air. At $150 it’ll be about $50 cheaper than Sony’s <a href="https://thevergetoday.pages.dev/tech/908132/sony-inzone-h6-air-open-back-gaming-headset-hands-on" target="_blank">InZone H6 Air</a> open-back headset from earlier this year.</em>
<em>HyperX claims its bass tube inside the Atlas Air’s earcups maintains big bass in an open-back design.</em>
<em>The boom mic and 3.9ft / 1.2m cable are detachable.</em>
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The HyperX Cloud Atlas Air. At $150 it’ll be about $50 cheaper than Sony’s InZone H6 Air open-back headset from earlier this year.
Image: HyperX
We played The Duskbloods, the Switch 2’s wildest new exclusive

Hands-on with the upcoming multiplayer vampire game from Elden Ring studio FromSoftware.

Andrew Webster
FromSoftware can do anything

The Elden Ring studio continues to chart new paths through games like The Duskbloods.

Andrew Webster
Tom Warren
Tom Warren
Xbox + Ikea at gamescom.

Microsoft and Ikea started teasing a collaboration earlier this month. The pair are teaming up for a co-designed collection of items, including cushions and stools that could pair well with an Xbox fridge. The items will be shown first at Microsoft’s Xbox booth at gamescom next week.

The Xbox stool.
A green Xbox cushion.
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The Xbox stool.
Image: Ikea
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
A GTA VI leaker seemingly has a playable build.

A new clip shared by the person or group identifying themselves as “CyberLeek” shows Jason Duval, one of the game’s protagonists, shooting the word “LEEK” into a wall, which suggests an actual copy of the game has escaped Rockstar Games’ containment. It’s the latest of several leaks ahead of GTA VI’s launch on November 19th.

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Yes, a 16-year-old Canon DSLR plays Doom.

Runs beautifully on the Canon T2i / 550D, too. But a missed opportunity for the shutter button to shoot! Not sure why it’s making the rounds now, as Doom-playing Canon DSLRs are nothing new. And have you seen it on the Kodak digicam from 1998? PowerShot pocket cams may be able to play too.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Sony is reportedly rebooting its live-service Horizon spinoff.

Horizon Hunters Gathering was announced earlier this year, but developer Guerrilla Games has been “working to reboot the game since June” after negative test feedback, according to Bloomberg. The live service elements are apparently being removed, marking yet another live service stumble from Sony. Jason Schreier, who reported the Hunters Gathering news for Bloomberg, has a rundown of Sony’s mostly-failed live service efforts in his video for the story.

As of late, PlayStation has been focusing more on the types of premium single-player games it’s known for. But the next single-player Horizon title “remains years away from completion,” Bloomberg says.

Update: Added Schreier’s video.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Xbox is giving you more control over your local saves.

Beginning today, Xbox Insiders will be able to “view, sort, and delete local game saves that aren’t currently in use,” according to a blog post about a few new features in testing. Your saves will remain backed up in the cloud.