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Game Pass Ultimate is limited to just 15 hours per month.

XBOX is about to place some laughably bad time restrictions on cloud gaming for Game Pass subscribers. Starting in November, players will get, at most, just 15 hours per month of cloud gaming access, and that is only for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.

Those with lesser subscription tiers will get even less time to game on the cloud. Game Pass Premium subs will get just 10 hours per month, and Game Pass Essential...

Featuring the reintroduction of species.

The folks over at Frontier Developments shared the fifth episode of their Feature Focus series for Planet Zoo 2. Today's latest shines a bright light on the "reintroduction of species, the rewilding of land, and conservation research." Fans also get a look at a new Planet Zoo 2 feature: Wildlife Reserves.

This trailer takes a look at the Sumatran Wildlife Reserve, a location that was unfortunately hit hard by "human...

A two-week anniversary event, map revisions, and more.

Season 4 of Battlefield 6 is rolling into its final phase, and EA has just pulled the curtain back on the upcoming Tidal Strike update. While fans of the Top Gun collaboration will be happy to hear that Carrier Strike and Fighter Sweep are sticking around, Battlefield Studios is bringing plenty of new changes. From an upcoming anniversary celebration to massive structural map reworks being tested for the game's future, here is...

The focus now is on making money.

After 13 years of operating as an independent resource, the popular Steam tracking platform SteamDB has officially been acquired by Nexus Mods. Originally launched in 2013 as a hobby project by Pavel "xPaw" Djundik and Marlamin, SteamDB grew into a massive platform used by millions to track player counts, pricing history, and backend game updates.

The decision to sell the platform came after its creator experienced severe burnout...

Though still available in Early Access now.

Moon Studios says that the 1.0 release for No Rest for the Wicked has been delayed until March 2027 for both PlayStation 5 and PC. The XBOX Series X|S and Switch 2 releases are currently "to be determined." Pre-orders for the PlayStation 5 version will open in January 2027.

In a post addressed to their fans, Moon Studios says that the extra time will give their studio more time for general polish "and the litany...

Embrace the gamer stereotype for exclusive content.

Monster Energy and Call of Duty have teamed up for a special promotion for the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. This new promotion allows players to unlock exclusive in-game content such as Double XP. It is even possible to win one of four Monster Energy X Polaris off-road vehicles.

Even though Modern Warfare 4 isn't out until October 23, Mon-heads (that's what I think Monster Energy fans probably call themselves)...

Will thankfully be limited to the RTX 50 Series and completely optional.

Nvidia will officially release DLSS 5 on September 3, starting with NBA 2K27. This new "3D-Guided Neural Rendering" iteration of DLSS will be possible only for those with Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs and laptops. It will also be completely optional if you aren't a fan of what it does to the games it's used in.

Nvidia claims that DLSS 5 is "a major step forward in using AI to...

Ah, a new entry in the PPU.

Escape from Playtime is a newly announced 4-player co-op title set in the Poppy Playtime universe. Mob Entertainment shared a first look at this title.

In Escape from Playtime, players take on the role of the "Cute-yet-disturbing Smiling Critters." As these Smiling Critters, you are tasked with finding materials that will be used to build a mysterious project "that promises escape from the factory." Players will have to...

Cut the grass and then touch it.

Lawn Mowing Simulator 2 is set for release on September 23 on PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, and PC. This is "the sequel to the original fan-favourite mowing sim played by over 3 million players."

Really? 3 million players for the first game? Wild.

Lawn Mowing Simulator 3 tasks you with kicking off an entirely new career in the wild world of lawn care. You will use a range of licensed, real-world equipment. Missions...

An "untold chapter" from the book turned movie.

A new mixed reality experience is coming this fall for both mixed reality and VR platforms that is based on Project Hail Mary. The "experience" is called Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars, claiming to be "an untold chapter in the Hail Mary mission."

A trailer for Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars was shared today and should give fans a general idea of what this experience...

Online wagering offers two distinct experiences: learning in demo mode and engaging in real-money play. Both approaches bring enjoyment, strategy and different levels of excitement. It's always a big question when playing on a site. Should you go with a demo game or a real money game? If this is something you have been asking yourself for a while, here are some tips to bear in mind. Online sports betting continues to attract interest for its mixture of entertainment and strategy. Demo modes ...

Can you survive... this new Steam Fest?

This week opens with a new Steam Fest from Valve. The Steam PvE Survival Crafting Fest includes deals on, well, games that focus on survival. These are the games where you forage, hunt, craft, and just try to survive in all sorts of exotic locations such as out at sea, in space, and even your own backyard.

Touching grass has never been more frightening for a gamer.

Looking at some of the most popular games currently...

I'm also Iron Man?

Earlier this week, we announced that gameplay footage from a previously canceled Iron Man game had been leaked online. This footage originated from a project that Avalanche Studios was developing in the early 2010s. In the conclusion of that article, we emphasized that although Avalanche's Iron Man game is no longer in production, EA Motive is actively developing a new Iron Man game.

Well, it seems like footage from that EA Motive developed Iron Man...

Oh, is everything an XBOX again?

XBOX's new CEO Asha Sharma says the next XBOX, still dubbed Project Helix, will be more than one device. Sharma says that Microsoft has been working on a "great family of devices."

This super huge news was teased by Sharma during an interview with the BBC at gamescom 2026. This is really just about everything Sharma had to say about Project Helix and XBOX's new hardware. The following statement was made after the BBC asked if...

Missing those 90% shots in a galaxy far, far away.

Star Wars Zero Company is now available on PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, Steam, Epic, and the EA app. Take control of former Republic officer Hawks and the Zero Company, an "elite squad of unconventional professionals for hire," as they are recruited for an operation by Republic Intelligence.

Their singular mission is to "Stop the Infinite Coil, a Separatist-aligned cult, and their leader Kundri Fathom...