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Update: The PlayStation Network Is Back Online After Going Down For Roughly 8 Hours
Update, 2:37 p.m. ET, 07/24/26After being down for roughly eight hours, the majority of PlayStation Network services are back online. The only PSN service…
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Top 10 Adventure Games To Play Right Now
Far from describing a game with adventure in it (that would include a lot of games!), the adventure genre is loosely defined as one that emphasizes narrative…
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Onimusha: Way Of The Sword Isn’t Connected To Previous Games, But There Are Homages
Onimusha is finally back after a 20-year hiatus with Way of the Sword, which launches this September. In anticipation of its release, and for Game Informer’s…
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Atari And Universal Sign Deal For The Rights To Adapt 10 Classic Games Like Pong And Breakout Into Films
Over the past few years, video game adaptations have gone from "almost always bad" to "sometimes pretty good," so it's no surprise that more and more of…
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Phoenix Cyclops Revealed As First DLC Character In Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls At San Diego Comic Con
We're just weeks away from the release of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, but developer Arc System Works intends to support the game well past launch, and they…
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How Capcom Decided On Miyamoto Musashi For Its Onimusha: Way Of The Sword Protagonist
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer, and after playing it for a few hours, experiencing never-before-seen parts…
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Star Wars Zero Company Cast Includes Actors From Clone Wars, Hades II, Resident Evil, And More
Star Wars Zero Company is a turn-based tactics game set in a galaxy far far away, and today, ahead of a July 25 panel at San Diego Comic Con, we got a rundown…
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Halo: Campaign Evolved Review - Rollicking Revival
Reviewed on: PlayStation 5 Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC Publisher: Xbox Game Studios Developer: Halo Studios Release: July 28, 2026 Halo…
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New Zach Cregger Resident Evil Trailer Features Bullet Scavenging And Raccoon City
Resident Evil, a movie adaptation of the massively successful video game franchise directed by Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian), comes to theaters on…
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Poinpy, A Mobile Game From The Downwell Creator, Has Been Re-Released For Free
Poinpy is free, now. There's nothing holding them back. For the unfamiliar, Poinpy is a mobile platforming game developed by Moppin, also known as Ojiro…
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Carveout 2160 Is An Upcoming Sci-Fi Snowboarding Game That Is Giving Serious SSX Tricky Vibes
There has been a giant SSX Tricky-sized hole in my life for many, many years now, which is why I became immediately interested in developer byteparrot's…
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Insomniac Interview Reveals Marvel's Wolverine Takes Place When 'The X-Men Don't Yet Exist'
Marvel's Wolverine, Spider-Man developer Insomniac's upcoming action game, launches in less than two months, but we still know very little about its world and…
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EA Sports UFC 6 Leads Game Sales For June, A Month Where Spending Fell 21% Compared To Last Year
U.S. video game spending in June of this year dropped a substantial 21% compared to June of 2025. While that kind of decline might sound dismal, especially…
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Why Kyoto Was The Perfect Setting For Onimusha: Way Of The Sword
Onimusha: Way of the Sword marks the return of Capcom’s samurai action series after a 20-year hiatus. While previous entries were set during Japan’s Sengoku…
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Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution – Pitch Black | The Coolest Cards We Pulled
The Mega Evolution series of Pokémon Trading Card Game's expansions rolls on with Pitch Black. This latest expansion from the popular Pokémon Trading Card Game…
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NBA 2K27 Cover Athletes Revealed Alongside Roadmap To Launch
Another year, another NBA 2K game – this year, NBA 2K27 will hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC on September 4, with more expensive…
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Why 2026 Was The Year To Bring Onimusha Back After A 20-Year Gap With Way Of The Sword
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer, and while the game has made quite a splash in the samurai-action scene, it’s…
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Cover Reveal – Onimusha: Way Of The Sword
Miyamoto Musashi is Japan's most famous samurai. Presumed to have been born around 1583 (though the history surrounding his origins are murky at best) Musashi…
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Promising Time-Loop Metroidvania Echo Weaver Arrives On Consoles And PC This October
Since we first learned about it, Echo Weaver has been an indie Metroid-inspired game we've been keeping our eyes on it. Thanks to its persistent time-loop…
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The First Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs Of The Past Footage Will Be Revealed During Gamescom's Opening Night Live Stream
In case you missed the announcement a few months ago – and there wasn't much fanfare, so I couldn't blame you – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting a brand new…
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The Incident At Galley House Review – A Clever Blast From The Past
Reviewed on: PC Platform: PC Publisher: Evil Trout Developer: William Rous, Evil Trout Release: July 14, 2026 A big part of me wants to forgo explaining what…
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Splatoon Raiders Review - A Fresh Take
Reviewed on: Switch 2 Platform: Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo Release: July 23, 2026 Though known primarily for its competitive multiplayer gameplay…
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Clair Obscur Actor Jennifer English Steps Away From Tides Of Annihilation Protagonist Role
Jennifer English, the award-winning voice actor of Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, has stepped away from voicing protagonist Gwendolyn in the upcoming…
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The Video Games You Should Play This Weekend – July 17, 2026
It's always a good time on gameinformer.com, and this week is no different. But, we did load up the end of the week with a quite a lot of stuff. And Bethesda…
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Castlevania Returns With Belmont's Curse + Denshattack! Review
It's a hot one on The Game Informer Show this week, as Charles, Marcus, and Kyle gather to discuss the sheer smorgasbord of new games they've been playing to…
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Magic: The Gathering Unveils Its 2027 In-Universe Sets
Magic: The Gathering is starting to look ahead to 2027. While a handful of sets remain to launch this year, Wizards of the Coast used its stage time at…
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Revisiting The Bold And Controversial DmC Devil May Cry | Replay
In 2010, Heavenly Sword and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West developer Ninja Theory took on the tall task of rebooting Capcom's beloved Devil May Cry franchise…
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Stardew Valley Is Coming To Magic: The Gathering Later This Month With A Limited Secret Lair Drop
Stardew Valley is coming to Magic: The Gathering later this month with a limited Secret Lair drop, and we have our first look at the cards. Revealed during…
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Bethesda Confirms Fallout 5 In Preproduction, Obsidian’s Fallout Game, Fallout 3 And New Vegas Remasters, And Updates On Elder Scrolls VI And Starfield
Bethesda Game Studios has penned a lengthy studio letter on the developer’s project pipeline for the next several years. Among the updates are confirmation of…
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Amazon's God Of War TV Series Will Reportedly Recast Kratos Actor After Ryan Hurst Suffers Serious Injury On Set
We got our first look at Ryan Hurst and Callum Vinson as Kratos and Atreus in Amazon Prime's God of War TV series adaptation back in February, and though the…
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The Unlikely Story Of How Konami Asked Evil Empire To Make Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
A few weeks ago, I traveled to Paris to play three hours of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, and while there, I had the chance to speak with some of the…
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Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Has 'No AI,' Developer Evil Empire Says
We were recently invited out to Paris, France to play three hours of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, and while we were there, we got to speak to the development…
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The Open Beta For Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Starts Next Week
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, the superhero-themed fighter from Arc System Works, is still a few weeks away from its release on PlayStation 5 and PC, but if…
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Lady Deathstrike Faces Logan In New Marvel’s Wolverine Cinematic Trailer
A new cinematic trailer for Marvel’s Wolverine trades gameplay for an action-packed look at another villain closely tied to the titular mutant: Lady…
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Heave Ho 2 Review - Silly And Smart Go Hand In Hand
Reviewed on: Switch 2 Platform: Switch, PC Publisher: Devolver Digital Developer: Le Cartel Studio Release: July 16, 2026 I enjoy dying in Heave Ho 2. I'm not…
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Crimson Desert Gets Cross-Save Support Today
A new update for Crimson Desert adds cross-save today. This means that if you own the RPG on multiple platforms, you can now transfer save data between those…
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One Of Last Year's Best Horror Games, Total Chaos, Is Getting A Low-Poly Retro Mode And It Looks Awesome
Developer Trigger Happy Interactive released its first-person horror game Total Chaos last year on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, and it became one of…
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Star Ocean: The Second Story R Gets Switch 2 Edition, But With The Usual Square Enix Caveats
Square Enix has surprise-released a Nintendo Switch 2 version of Star Ocean: The Second Story R, its sci-fi RPG that launched on Switch (and PlayStation and…
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Here Are Three Reasons Why Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Has The Same Subtitle As Its Predecessor
Dragon's Dogma 2, which launched in 2024 to positive critical reception, is coming back later this year as Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, adding a new region…
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PlayStation Shares New Details For Mobile Hero Shooter, Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble
Last November, PlayStation unveiled Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, a new mobile hero shooter take on Insomniac Games’ flagship franchise. After soft-launching…
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Dispatch Will Finally Make Its Way To Xbox Later This Month
Dispatch, the "superhero workplace comedy" game from former Telltale developers, launched on PlayStation 5 and PC last October. It then made its way to…
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Dragon's Dogma 2 Developers Say New Updates Don't Remove Friction, Just Add Options
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen is a new gameplay expansion coming later this year, but developer Capcom is preceding that new content with some major free…
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You Might Be Able To Play From Software's The Duskbloods During A Network Test Next Month
Elden Ring developer revealed during a June Nintendo Direct that its upcoming Switch 2 exclusive action game, The Duskbloods, would be getting a closed network…
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Infinity Ward Details New Kill Block Multiplayer Mode For Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Infinity Ward has revealed a new competitive destination for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 called Kill Block. Described as an “adaptive multiplayer…
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Denshattack Review - Come On, Ride The Train
Reviewed on: PlayStation 5 Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC Publisher: Fireshine Games Developer: Undercoders Release: July 15, 2026 Rating…
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FX’s Live-Action Far Cry Anthology Series Casts Steve Buscemi
FX’s upcoming live-action Far Cry anthology series has cast Steve Buscemi. The actor joins an evolving cast that so far includes It's Always Sunny in…
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Update: Ubisoft Barcelona Employee Says Ubisoft Is Offering 'Very Bad Offer That Goes Below Any Reasonable Standard' In Light Of Strike To Protest Proposed Layoffs
Update, 7/15/26:Following the publication of the original story yesterday, a Ubisoft Barcelona employee set to be affected by proposed layoffs there reached…
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Techland Cancels PlayStation 4 And Xbox One Versions Of Dying Light: The Beast
Techland launched Dying Light: The Beast last September for current consoles and PC, but had planned to bring the game to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at a later…
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Top 10 Puzzle Games To Play Right Now
A good puzzle is one of the best things in life. Some are relaxing time-killers, while others test our skills in critical problem solving or quick mental…
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The Mermaid Mask Review - Grimoire's Greatest
Reviewed on: PC Platform: PlayStation 5, Switch, PC Publisher: SFB Games Developer: SFB Games Release: July 16, 2026 The murder mystery genre clings tightly to…
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D23's Lineup Includes 'Deep Dive' Kingdom Hearts Panel To Commemorate 25 Years Of The Series
Kingdom Hearts will celebrate 25 years next year, as the first game in the RPG series, which began life as a crossover between Disney and Final Fantasy…
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Agent 64, A Retro-Inspired Loveletter To GoldenEye And Perfect Dark, Launches Next Month
Agent 64: Spies Never Die is a retro-inspired homage to Nintendo 64 shooters, namely Rare’s classics GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark. First revealed as a…
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In Beast Of Reincarnation, Parrying Helps Your Dog
Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC Publisher: Fictions Developer: Game Freak Release: August 4, 2026 Rating: Teen “Growth” is what makes a good RPG…
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The 2026 Star Fox 64 And Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remakes Make Sense For Both Franchises
The Legend of Zelda franchise has been soaring high for the vast majority of its lifespan, while the Star Fox franchise has struggled to gain traction over the…
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Aerial Knight's MrFreezy Is A 'Light-hearted' Puzzle Game About An Axe Murderer Who Decapitates Men
Developer Aerial Knight makes some interesting (and fun) games, so I'm always looking forward to what's next from the team. Today, I learned about Aerial…