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Gaming News July 20, 2026, 09:26 AM
Enthusiast YesterMester released a native port of The Simpsons Game for PC: the game never had an official release on the platform, and this build now runs without an emulator. -
A fan gifted the "Obsession" breakout star an ultra-rare Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 — the very game her father hooked her on as a kid
Gaming News July 19, 2026, 04:51 PM
At Fanatics Fest 2026 in New York, actress Inde Navarrette received an unexpected and genuinely valuable gift from a fan — a sealed copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in its original 2009 edition, housed in a protective display case. According to the actress herself, it's one of the earliest and rarest copies of the game out there: a similar one recently sold at auction for around $1,000. Navarrette flatly refused to part with the rarity — laughing that she'd keep it at home, in her own room, as seen in a video that made its way online. -
Gaming News July 17, 2026, 08:33 PM
Bethesda Game Studios says The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is still drawing players 15 years after launch, and the studio used the milestone to place the RPG among gaming's all-time best sellers. Bethesda said the game has now reached 65 million copies sold, tying it with The Witcher 3. -
Gaming News July 16, 2026, 01:21 PM
Former Sony Interactive Entertainment president Shawn Layden said the PS3 and Xbox 360 era showed why rivalry matters, arguing that close competition between Sony and Microsoft helped drive innovation. In an interview, he said the two companies were closely matched at the time and that the rivalry lifted the entire industry. -
Top And The Best July 15, 2026, 04:00 PM
The best post-apocalyptic games go far beyond Fallout and Metro: RPGs, shooters, survival sims, and indie gems. Here are 52 of the best post-apocalyptic games on PC, PS5, Xbox, and Switch. -
Xbox Is Giving Away 32 Free DLC Packs for the Call of Duty: Black Ops II Remaster — But You Shouldn't Wait Around
Gaming News July 14, 2026, 12:54 AM
If you own Call of Duty: Black Ops II on Xbox, now's a good time to pad out your collection for free: the Microsoft Store is temporarily handing out 32 DLC packs that used to cost money. Owners of the game on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series can all grab them — the latter two access the 2012 shooter through backward compatibility. The key thing is not to wait: there's no official end date for the promotion, but everything points to it being temporary, while any packs you claim now stay in your library for good. -
Gaming News July 13, 2026, 04:30 PM
Josh Sawyer, director of Fallout: New Vegas and a longtime Obsidian developer, has explained how the team designed the game so that danger wasn't tied to every area equally, but instead depended on the route players chose. According to Sawyer, New Vegas was built around the idea that threats should be determined by direction and player decisions rather than character level, making it clear from the very beginning that this wasn't Fallout 3. -
Articles July 12, 2026, 06:00 PM
Instead of getting caught up in this never-ending debate, I suggest we look at the issue of difficulty from a different angle and figure out why games from the ’80s and ’90s were so difficult, why their creators opted for a hardcore approach, and how the “economics” of the gaming industry influenced game design. Simply put, why is it that, because of capitalism, Mario has only three lives, and in Castlevania, every hit threatens to send Belmont tumbling into the nearest abyss? -
A Gamer Fired Up Fallout: New Vegas at Danny Trejo's Restaurant — You Won't Find a Better Spot for It Anywhere in LA
Gaming News July 11, 2026, 04:32 PM
You can play Fallout: New Vegas almost anywhere — on an overclocked PC loaded with a hundred mods, on a Steam Deck on the go, or, if you're stubborn enough, even on a calculator. But one player found a spot where the setting itself turns a regular gaming session into a small performance. As one player shared, he booted up New Vegas on a portable analog TV with a pull-out antenna right at a table inside Trejo's Tacos in Los Angeles. -
Gaming News July 11, 2026, 03:20 PM
Microsoft may present Project Positron in the next Xbox Insider update as soon as next week, according to a new report. The rumored feature would let players convert eligible physical games into account-linked digital licenses.
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