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Activision releases body cam footage of Call of Duty cheat maker being served a cease and desist order: "We're taking the fight directly to cheat sellers"

"Cheat makers operate around the world. So do we"

GamesRadar · Aug 28

The '90s are a "perfect time for horror," says Silent Hill: Townfall dev who wants the game to make you feel technologically vulnerable

No Google Maps?!

GamesRadar · Aug 28

Epic Games Store Free Games: 'Breathedge' Returns 18 Days After Steam Giveaway

Epic Games Store free games this week are Breathedge and Rival Stars Horse Racing, available through September 3 before Alone With You arrives.

Player One · Aug 28

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How to Fish Is Steam's Newest Viral Hit — Why Are Chaotic Co-Op Games Taking Over?

How to Fish became one of Steam's biggest surprise hits, reaching one million players in two days. Here's why chaotic co-op games keep taking over.

Player One · Aug 28

Dokimon Quest Was Claimed Over 1 Million Times After Going Free — Is Giving Away a Game the Best Way to Sell Its Sequel?

Dokimon Quest passed one million claims after going free on Steam just as its sequel was revealed. Could giving away the first game be indie marketing at its smartest?

Player One · Aug 28

Big Walk Multiplayer Guide: Crossplay, Player Limits and Voice Chat Explained

Big Walk supports 2–12 players, full crossplay and proximity-based voice chat. Here's how hosting, Join Codes, communication and group size work.

Player One · Aug 28

Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a "sports movie" story set after Return of the Jedi because it mirrors the real-life post-WW2 motorsports boom

Galactic Racer's narrative "makes the racing better, which is the most important thing for a racing game"

GamesRadar · Aug 28

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Dune: Awakening Is Adding Full Single-Player — Did Players Quietly Turn a Multiplayer Survival Game Into an RPG?

Dune: Awakening adds full single-player on September 22 after Funcom revealed most players prefer PvE. Is the survival game quietly becoming a Dune RPG?

Player One · Aug 28

ANANTA Wants to Make Its Anime City Feel Actually Alive — Can It Deliver GTA-Level Freedom?

ANANTA returned at Gamescom 2026 with another look at its sprawling anime city. NetEase is promising freedom, reactive NPCs and a world built to feel lived in.

Player One · Aug 28

Snoop Dogg Is Coming to Hitman — Have Celebrity Crossovers Become Gaming's New Expansion Pack?

Snoop Dogg joins Hitman World of Assassination on August 27 as Dr. Cyrus Cane in The Herbalist, another example of celebrity crossovers becoming playable game content.

Player One · Aug 28

Nodusfall Looks Nothing Like Genshin Impact — HoYoverse's Gamescom Reveal May Be Its Biggest Shift Yet

HoYoverse officially revealed Nodusfall at Gamescom 2026, showing a darker, more realistic fantasy world that looks far removed from Genshin Impact.

Player One · Aug 28

Switch 2 Price Rises Monday: Buying Now Beats Nintendo's New $549.99 Bundle

The Switch 2 goes to $499.99 on September 1. Buying the console and Mario Kart World now costs less than Nintendo's new bundle. Here's the math.

Player One · Aug 28

Persona 4 Revival boss knows you want to romance Yosuke, but you can't because then the devs would have to do that for "all the other male characters"

Scrapped gay romance won't be revived in Persona 4 Revival

GamesRadar · Aug 28

GTA 6 extended look breakdown: 7 things you might have missed

It's all about the little details in the GTA 6 extended look

GamesRadar · Aug 28

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GamesRadar · Aug 28

Resident Evil 4 Remake mod makes Ashley's cut prologue finally playable

Ashley deserved better

Player One · Aug 28

Capybaras vs Plants Finally Added Trading — Did Roblox's Weirdest Tower Defense Game Just Get Better?

Capybaras VS Plants added player-to-player trading on August 22, turning its hatch-and-collect loop into a real economy. We look at whether trading gives this Roblox tower defense game the long-term hook it needed.

Player One · Aug 28

Clean All the Leaves Is Suddenly One of Roblox's Biggest Games — Why Are Players Raking Leaves?

Clean all the leaves! has racked up tens of millions of plays and a huge concurrent player count on Roblox — all for a game about raking a virtual yard. We look at how a mystery ending turns mundane chores into a compelling progression loop.

Player One · Aug 28

DUST: Origins Is Turning Survival Horror Into a Top-Down Shooter — Does Every Bullet Really Matter?

Origins turns survival horror into a top-down shooter where every bullet is scarce aboard a collapsing prison station. We look at whether Airship Syndicate's isometric camera can still deliver genuine horror tension.

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Player One · Aug 28

Showa American Story Might Be Gamescom's Weirdest RPG — And That Could Be Its Biggest Strength

Showa American Story's Gamescom trailer shows a resurrected stuntwoman fighting zombies with a drill arm and an American flag across a Japanese-transformed alternate America. We look at why its bizarre premise might be its biggest competitive advantage.

Player One · Aug 28

Path of Exile 2 Is Finally Leaving Early Access — Is 1.0 the Comeback Players Have Been Waiting For?

Path of Exile 2 leaves Early Access and goes free-to-play on December 11, bringing its first sword class alongside two years of balance fixes. We look at whether 1.0 can turn a rocky Early Access into a real long-term ARPG.

Player One · Aug 28

LEGO Skylines Is Basically Cities: Skylines With LEGO — Why Does That Combination Make So Much Sense?

Paradox and Iceflake Studios revealed LEGO Skylines at Gamescom — a standalone city-builder, not Cities: Skylines DLC. We look at why pairing LEGO's creativity with genuine city simulation feels like an idea that should have existed years ago.

Player One · Aug 28

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Adds a Destiny-Like Loot System — Is This the Endgame Dragon's Dogma Needed?

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen introduces a Destiny-like unidentified loot system called the Relic Expedition Cycle. We look at how Capcom is deliberately reviving the original Dark Arisen's endgame loop rather than just copying a modern trend.

Player One · Aug 28

Crazy Taxi Finally Shows Multiplayer — Is Racing Other Cabbies for Passengers the Mode the Series Always Needed?

Crazy Taxi: World Tour showed its multiplayer for the first time at Gamescom, with rival cabbies competing for fares in a shared city. We look at whether competitive multiplayer was the missing piece the formula needed all along.

Player One · Aug 28

Elden Ring on Switch 2 Looked Like a Disaster Last Year — How Did FromSoftware Turn It Around?

Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition went from a 15fps Gamescom disaster to a mostly stable 30fps Switch 2 port. We look at how FromSoftware's delay turned one of the platform's biggest worries into a genuine turnaround story.

International Business Times · Aug 28

'Grand Theft Auto 6' Preview Overwhelms Streaming Platforms. Analysts See Blockbuster Demand Ahead.

The highly anticipated extended look at gameplay for "GTA 6" debuted Thursday, August 27, on Netflix.

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