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September 2026 Store Data: Kinguin Is the Cheapest for 59.4% of the Top 500 Discounted Games in USD
We checked which store holds the lowest price for the 500 most discounted games in USD, BRL and EUR. Kinguin leads USD with 59.4%, Steam wins 27.4% in BRL.
CriticalPixel · 2026-10-02
Steam Autumn Sale 2026 Is Live Through October 8 With Resident Evil Requiem, Lego Batman and 007 First Light at $48.99
Steam's Autumn Sale runs through October 8 at 10 AM PT. Resident Evil Requiem, Lego Batman and 007 First Light drop to $48.99, plus 44,000 games under $5.
CriticalPixel · 2026-10-02
Metro 2033 Redux and Last Light Redux Get a Free Next-Gen Update on October 22 for PC and October 29 for Consoles
Deep Silver confirms a free next-gen update for Metro 2033 Redux and Last Light Redux with 4K, PS5 Pro PSSR and DLSS, landing October 22 on PC.
CriticalPixel · 2026-10-01
Sony Brings AI Upscaling to the Base PS5 With QSSR, Starting With Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei
Sony's new QSSR upscaler brings PSSR-style AI image quality to the standard PS5, live today in Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei patches.
CriticalPixel · 2026-10-01
PS Plus October 2026 Lineup Is F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896 and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2
Sony's PS Plus Monthly Games for October 2026 are F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896 and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, claimable October 6 to November 2.
CriticalPixel · 2026-10-01
Valve Says Deadlock Is Still Too Unfinished for a Public Release, Even After Its Huge City Never Sleeps Update
Valve's first Deadlock dev update lands with City Never Sleeps: six new heroes, the Broker and a rebuilt map, but still no public release in sight.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-30
Ubisoft Renames Creative House 2 Massive Entertainment and Unites The Division, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell
Ubisoft renamed Creative House 2 as Massive Entertainment, uniting The Division, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell and March of Giants across four locations.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-30
Pokémon Legends: Z-A Gets a Switch 2 Cartridge With Mega Dimension on the Card, Landing October 29 With 100 Ultra Balls
The Pokémon Company confirms a Switch 2 cartridge with Legends: Z-A and the Mega Dimension DLC on one game card, arriving October 29, 2026 with Ultra Balls.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-30
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Tells The New York Times Xbox Is Not for Sale, but Leaves the Door Open on Partnerships
Asha Sharma told The New York Times Xbox is not for sale, but her talk of right partnerships and operating models leaves the spin-off question open.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-30
Suda51's Grasshopper Manufacture Goes Independent Again as NetEase Keeps Walking Away From Studios
Suda51's Grasshopper Manufacture has split from NetEase and is independent again, five years and one game after the 2021 acquisition. Here is what we know.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-30
Xbox Disc-to-Digital Rolls Out to All Consoles, but Losing or Selling the Disc Can Revoke Your License
Xbox's disc-to-digital feature is live for all Xbox One and Series consoles. Here is what it covers, what it does not, and why the disc still matters.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-30
Naughty Dog Confirms Two New Last of Us Games Beyond Part I and II, Pushes Intergalactic Reveal to 2027
Naughty Dog closed The Last of Us Day 2026 by confirming two new projects beyond Part I and II, while Intergalactic stays dark until a 2027 reveal.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-29
Fortnite Confirms Five Nights at Freddy's for October 1, and Epic's Reveal Is Now Its Most-Liked Post Ever
Epic confirms Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy as Fortnitemares bosses from October 1, and the reveal is now the account's most-liked post ever.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-28
ARC Raiders Tests a PvE Matchmaking Toggle From October 13 to 20, Embark Confirms
Embark Studios is testing a PvE matchmaking toggle in ARC Raiders from October 13 to 20, letting Raiders skip player combat entirely. Here is what changes.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-27
Xbox Layoffs Gut Age of Empires Studio World's Edge, Canceling Its Next Unannounced Project
World's Edge, the Age of Empires developer, lost nearly half its staff and had its next project canceled after Xbox folded the studio under Activision.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-27
Armed Fantasia Is Cancelled Four Years After Its Wild Arms Successor Kickstarter Raised $3 Million
Digital Bros has quietly killed Armed Fantasia, the Wild Arms successor whose 2022 Kickstarter raised nearly $3 million, four years after backers pledged.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-27
Sony's Own PlayStation Survey Turns Into a Protest Against Killing Physical Discs in 2028
Sony's own PlayStation satisfaction survey turned into a protest against ending physical game discs in 2028, and fans are not holding back their frustration.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-27
Minecraft Adds The Sift, Its First New Dimension Since The End, to Java and Bedrock in 2027
Mojang revealed The Sift at Minecraft Live: a fourth dimension debuting in Minecraft Dungeons II on Sept 29, then reaching Java and Bedrock in 2027.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-26
Rockstar's New Mod Rules Ban Story Expansions, Cross-Game Mashups and Console Ports Weeks Before GTA 6
Rockstar's updated guidelines ban story expansions, cross-game mashups and unofficial ports, and push multiplayer mods onto its Creator Platform.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-26
Nintendo Wins a $4.5 Million Default Judgment Against Switch Piracy Reddit Mod Archbox, and Collecting Looks Unlikely
A US judge granted Nintendo the full $4.5 million against r/SwitchPirates moderator Archbox, plus a permanent injunction, but the shops are already dead.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-26
Nadella Praises Xbox Layoffs as "Streamlining" and Says the Business Still Needs a Sustainable Model
Satya Nadella called Xbox's latest layoffs "streamlining" on the Sources Podcast and said the business still has to find a sustainable model.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-26
Switch 2 Hits an All-Time Low of £354.99 in the UK Weeks After Nintendo Raised the Price to £419.99
Nintendo Switch 2 fell to £354.99 at Smyths and Argos, a record low in the UK less than a month after the £419.99 price rise. Here is the math.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-25
SAW: Genesis Early Access Slips to Q1 2027 as Bloober Team Cites Feedback and Performance Notes
Bloober Team and the SAW: Genesis studios pushed the 3v1 horror game's Early Access to Q1 2027 after playtest feedback and performance notes.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-25
Sony Patent Puts NFC in the PlayStation Controller So You Can Tap a Phone or Card to Pay for Games
A published Sony patent describes NFC in the PlayStation controller for tap-to-pay purchases and account sign-in. It is only a patent, but the pitch is clear.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-25