// GAMINGARTICLES
Release news, guides, opinion, and deep dives from the CriticalPixel community.
Stop Killing Games Backs 457M Dutch Class-Action Against Sony's PlayStation Store Monopoly
Stop Killing Games backs a 457M Dutch class-action against Sony over the PlayStation Store monopoly and the so-called Sony Tax on digital game prices.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-13
Nintendo Switch 2 In-Store Kiosks Now Warn Shoppers About September 1 Price Hike to $499.99
Nintendo Switch 2 demo kiosks in US stores are now flashing a September 1 price hike notice. The console rises from $449.99 to $499.99 in the US.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-13
PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium August 2026 Drop Helldivers 2, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, and Six More Heavy Hitters
PS Plus Extra and Premium August 2026 adds Helldivers 2, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Vampire Survivors, Hell is Us, and four more big titles.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-13
Epic Games Sells ArtStation and Sketchfab to KitBash3D, and the 10M-User Art Community Is Cheering
Epic Games is out of the artist platform business. KitBash3D now owns ArtStation and Sketchfab, and the art community is celebrating a fresh start.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-12
CD Projekt Confirms Project Sirius Layoffs as the Witcher Multiplayer Spinoff Shrinks Again
CD Projekt confirms nine Project Sirius layoffs in Boston and Warsaw, shrinking the Witcher multiplayer spinoff team from 83 to 65 as the troubled game slips.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-12
Ghost of Yotei Complete Edition Lands October 1 With Echoes of Sekigahara Expansion and a Roguelike Mode
Ghost of Yotei Complete Edition arrives October 1 with the Echoes of Sekigahara expansion, the Most Wanted roguelike mode, and a $14.99 upgrade for owners.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-12
Alan Wake 2 Quietly Crosses 3 Million Sales as Remedy Banks on Control Resonant and the Max Payne 1&2 Remakes
Alan Wake 2 hits 3 million lifetime sales per Remedy's H1 2026 financial report, while Control Resonant looms and Max Payne 1&2 remakes roll on.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-11
Supermassive Games Confirms Third Round of Layoffs in Three Years, Up to 75 Staff at Risk After Directive 8020
Supermassive Games is laying off up to 75 staff in its third round of cuts in three years, citing sustainability after Directive 8020's mixed Steam reception.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-11
Saber CEO Confirms Rideshare Stimulator Trailer Takes a Deliberate Shot at Gearbox's Randy Pitchford
Matt Karch admits the USB DRV plate and Texas marker in the Rideshare Stimulator trailer are payback for Borderlands 4's Embracer's Bluff joke.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-11
Marvel's Wolverine PS5 Bundle and Adamantium Covers Hit Sept 15 at $649, Pre-orders Open Aug 19
Sony and Insomniac just dropped the Marvel's Wolverine PS5 Digital Edition bundle, DualSense, and Adamantium covers at $649. Pre-orders open August 19.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-11
Halloween The Game Refused Classification in Australia Over a Weed Mechanic, New Zealand Locked Out Too
Illfonic's Halloween The Game is refused classification in Australia over a marijuana smoke-spotting buff, and New Zealand is locked out alongside it.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-11
Valve Confirms CEVA Logistics Cyberattack Likely Exposed European Steam Hardware Customer Data
Valve is warning European Steam hardware buyers that CEVA Logistics, its regional shipping partner, was hacked between July 29 and August 1, exposing orders.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-11
Lies of P Studio Round 8 Rebrands to NOUGH, Hypes a Sequel With a 16-Minute Documentary
Round 8 Studio, the team behind Lies of P, rebrands to NOUGH Studio and drops a 16-minute Games by Gamers documentary teasing the in-production sequel.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-10
Demon's Souls 2007 Prototype Footage Reveals a Scrapped First-Person Mode and MMO-Style Files
Lance McDonald unearthed a 2007 Gameshare presentation showing Demon's Souls with a first-person camera, Oblivion-style controls, and unused snake-men enemies.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-09
Halo: Campaign Evolved's Troubled Development Reportedly Killed a Standalone Multiplayer Halo Game
A Rebs Gaming report details Halo: Campaign Evolved's troubled Unreal Engine 5 development and how it killed Halo Studios' next multiplayer game.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-09
FNAF World 2 Gets Revealed by Mega Cat on FNaF's 12th Anniversary, Plus Security Breach 2 and a Real Freddy Fazbear's
Mega Cat Studios confirms FNAF World 2, Steel Wool teases Security Breach 2, and American Dream announces a real Freddy Fazbear's Pizza for 2027.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-08
Bethesda's 40th Anniversary Sale Cuts DOOM: The Dark Ages DLC 50 Percent One Month After Launch
Bethesda's 40th sale cuts DOOM: The Dark Ages base and one-month-old Revelations DLC by 50 percent, with up to 75 percent off Oblivion Remastered.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-08
WoW Devs Say Midnight's First Season Landed, but the AddOn Purge Forced a New Kind of Raid Design
Blizzard encounter designers explain why Midnight season one worked, how Death's Dirge works without WeakAuras, and what is coming in Curse of Ulatek.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-08
Stalker 2 Cost of Hope DLC Finally Opens the Chornobyl Power Plant on August 20 With Dozens of Hours
GSC Game World shows off the first story expansion for Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, with the Chornobyl Power Plant and Iron Forest opening up on August 20.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-08
Nintendo Switch 2 Crosses 23.68 Million Sold in Its First Year, Tomodachi Life Tops 7.94 Million
Nintendo's Q1 FY27 results show the Switch 2 sold 23.68 million consoles worldwide with 58.17 million games, while Tomodachi Life hit 7.94M copies.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-08
id Software's Chris Hays Says Xbox Layoffs Make a New Doom 'Impossible'
id Software's Chris Hays tells the Well Played podcast that after Xbox's July layoffs gutted id of entire departments, another Doom-tier AAA is impossible.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-07
The Sinking City 2 Goes Gold and Locks August 18 Launch at $49.99 With a Flooded Arkham Waiting
Frogwares locks The Sinking City 2 to August 18, 2026 at $49.99 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series with full Brazilian Portuguese and flooded Lovecraftian Arkham.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-07
Black Ops 1 and 2 PS Ports Sold 11.2M Copies in a Month, and Most Buyers Are 30-40 Years Old
Alinea estimates the Black Ops 1 and 2 PS4 and PS5 ports sold 11.2M units in a month, 8.2M from Black Ops 2 alone, earning Microsoft around 435M dollars.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-07
Quake Gets a Brand-New 19-Map Free Expansion on Its 30th Birthday, and id Software Plus MachineGames Delivered the Goods
Quake Dawn of the Machine is a free 19-map expansion from id Software and MachineGames for Quake's 30th birthday. Available on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-07