NASA’ trailer for its Artemis III mission is sick as hell. How could anyone not be hyped for this crew?

PlayStation and Xbox are going old-school, and GTA VI was everywhere and nowhere at the same time.








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Summer Game Fest Live 2026: Play on / All the news, trailers, and announcements from Friday’s event.


Remedy is exploring its supernatural universe from a brand-new perspective.

The months ahead of GTA’s November launch are becoming increasingly crowded.

Square Enix has shared details about the third game in the FFVII trilogy.

It’s called N Plus Infinity Times Two and it’s launching in 2027.
DIY it / From modding to vibe coding, customizable tech is here to stay.


And I only broke it a little.

I wanted less complexity, more flexibility, and maximum value for money.

From prompt to phone in minutes flat.

The DynaCap system lets you combine the best qualities of Topre and MX keyboards for a semi-reasonable price.
Juiced up / New battery upgrades are pushing our phones, and cars, even further.



It will be available by February 2027, when new EU rules go into effect.

Finnish startup Donut Lab claims it’s made a solid-state battery breakthrough. Whether you believe it or not, the technology does appear to be more than just hype.

Verge-tested, Lumafield-scanned: USB-C rechargeable lithium-ion AA batteries.
Weekend reads / Catch up on our favorite stories of the week.


The Trump administration might not want trans kids to exist, but they’re living their lives anyway.

Online platforms could prove whether AI labels work by giving us a filter option, but then they’d have to face reality.

The company promises to replenish more water than it uses by 2030.

‘We have to prove that we can do everything that we need to from the ground up,’ said AI chief Mustafa Suleyman.
And honestly, at this point, a huge loser. (Before I even tell you what this is about, just buy our tee, it’ll look great on you.) The guy’s latest comments on Scott Pelley’s firing would be contemptible even if he were just a random online troll. So it definitely sucks that he’s the FCC chairman.
The National Gallery of Art’s social videos are outrageously Gen Z — and excellent. (They even won a Webby.)


The LCVG base layer will provide cooling and comfort to astronauts inside their spacesuits.
Computer magazines, “programs” (not apps), Amiga, Acorn, and so many unnecessary Dutch angles. This clip from the BBC’s Computers Don’t Bite is ‘90s to its very core.


PlayStation and Xbox are going old-school, and GTA VI was everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
It’s the first film of 2026 to rake in more than a billion dollars, and on a budget of only $110 million. It’s unlikely to be the last movie to cross that threshold this year, however, with two Marvel movies and Toy Story 5 on the horizon.
Both Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution are Xbox console exclusive titles, a phrase we haven’t heard for quite some time given Microsoft’s multiplatform push. “These are not timed exclusives,” says Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire editor-in-chief. “Games already announced for multiplatform releases will stick to that plan – we’re committed to investing in and growing XBOX both on console and beyond.”
We’ve been waiting to hear more about inXile’s new steampunk RPG, and during the Xbox Games Showcase today we finally got a rough release window: 2027. Clockwork Revolution will also be an Xbox console exclusive, just like Gears of War: E-Day.


Atlus announced the game at the Xbox Games Showcase.


The anniversary-edition console includes an Xbox button that lights up green and a translucent green controller.


Return to the Minecraft dungeons once more.
Recently-fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley has some words for the clowns now running CBS. “It would have been so much better if Bari Weiss had been offered this job and said ‘Oh, that’s not for me; I don’t know how to do that,’” he tells the Times. The full interview is worth your attention:
[The New York Times]


The game has been in development for a very long time, but it will launch next year.






A weekly Q&A about browser tabs, unplugging, and GIFs.


Microsoft wraps up Summer Game Fest with its annual gaming showcase.
The event kicks off at 1PM ET. Once the showcase is over, it will transition directly into a presentation focused on Gears of War: E-Day, which is scheduled to launch sometime this year.


Illuminate your evenings with this weatherproof, 360-degree RGB lamp post.


Kylie Lee Baker’s latest is my favorite novel of the year (so far).


From mainframes, to Mac OS, and everything in between.

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”You might see some characters from the game pop up,” Michael Sarnoski told IGN, but don’t expect a straightforward adaptation of the games. He’s working on revisions to the script with Hideo Kojima and A24 right now and said:
“Kojima has been really generous in letting me play in his world but letting me tell a story with my own characters and my own sort of corner of this world, but keeping it honest to the game and doing something that fans will really like. So it’s been a great process so far, and I’m really excited to share it.”


Casual browser games, light-hearted rabbit holes, and internet curiosities for when you need a break.

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Fellow Traveller just hosted a whole event about story games.


The company sent a newsletter that included the double-S symbol associated with the Nazi Schutzstaffel.
First reported by Medpage Today, police in New Orleans pushed out medical experts at an American Diabetes Association meeting for the grave crime of… distributing an editorial that was critical of the Trump administration’s war on science. I’ve stopped being able to keep score on the actual censorship happening in this country.


A Hidden Folks sequel, a new Moomins adventure, and plenty more cozy games.
Yes, and he wasn’t the only deceased figure to make an appearance in the “Tupac & Cast Reveal Trailer,” at last night’s event. It also featured the likeness of Bunta Sugawara, a legendary Japanese actor who died in 2014.
Stranger Than Heaven, from Yakuza developer RGG Studio, highlighted Snoop Dogg as a cast member in a trailer last month, and there’s plenty of time for more reveals before its scheduled release in 2027.




Over 100 4K Blu-rays are included in this promotion, letting you save up to $9 or so per movie.
If you need a change of pace from the bombast of last night’s SGF Live, the Wholesome Direct, an indie-focused showcase, is streaming at 12PM ET. It’s always full of cute things to play.


Residents of the city say Scott Furgeson was disrespectful.



Build your dream team to try and score a perfect season.


Meta said it would pull the feature after The Verge asked questions about it.








