RTX 50 series prices climb up to 41% over MSRP in August
Nvidia’s Gamescom presence confirmed no new GPU hardware is coming this year. The standing advice to wait for early 2027 still holds, but the price gap is widening.
Guerrilla Games strips live-service elements from Horizon Hunters Gathering
Poor internal playtests have pushed Guerrilla toward a smaller, story-focused co-op game instead, with a December deadline to prove the new direction.
Mortal Shell II’s Balance Patch 1 fixes most launch issues, one boss bug remains
Balance Patch 1 cleared up several crash and UI issues, but fighting the boss Zmey can still cause weapons to disappear entirely.
Gamescom Opening Night Live: Witcher 3 Remastered, Path of Exile 2’s 1.0 date, and more
The Witcher 3: Remastered is a free upgrade launching September 29, Path of Exile 2 finally has its 1.0 date, and Silent Hill: Townfall got a release window too.
GTA 6 leaks trigger a federal lawsuit and a wave of malware scams
Real gameplay footage keeps leaking ahead of GTA 6’s November launch. Take-Two is pursuing federal subpoenas, and scammers are exploiting the chaos with fake “playable build” malware.
What’s launching between now and the end of August
Mortal Shell II, a major STALKER 2 expansion, Gamescom, and a stacked August 27 all land in the next two weeks.
Forza Horizon 6 save data issues persist, plus what to know before Gears E-Day’s full launch
Forza Horizon 6’s save data loss bug remains unresolved since June, and Gears of War: E-Day’s beta revealed a few things worth knowing ahead of October.
Xbox pushes mandatory fix for the recent server outage bug
A client-side fix for a major recent Xbox outage became a required update starting August 17.
August Patch Tuesday fixes a kernel flaw
Windows August patch update includes quality-of-life fixes, but it also patches a kernel vulnerability that North Korea’s Lazarus Group has been exploiting since July.
Elder Scrolls VI speculation collides with layoffs and protests at Bethesda
n eight-asterisk tease from Xbox’s CEO reignited Elder Scrolls VI subtitle speculation the same week Bethesda workers held coordinated layoff protests.