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Assassin's Creed Hexe Will Not Launch Until Late 2027 At Earliest, Insider Says, as Director Walkouts Pile Up
Insider NateTheHate confirms AC Hexe targets late 2027 at the earliest and Ubisoft has no urgency to reveal it soon. Director walkouts add the context.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-02
AI Is Making Gaming Hardware More Expensive, And The Price Hikes Keep Coming in 2026
Nvidia and AMD have raised GPU prices again as the AI-fueled RAM shortage hits its ninth month. Gamers keep paying for slop features nobody asked for.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-01
Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation Leaks Three Days Before Launch, and Pirates Are Already Streaming It
Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation leaked August 1, three days before its August 4 launch, with pirates streaming playthroughs and early performance numbers.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-01
Former PlayStation Boss Shuhei Yoshida Calls Bloodborne PC Silence a Complete Mystery at CEDEC 2026
Former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida told CEDEC 2026 that Bloodborne's lack of a PS5 or PC release is a complete mystery, even to him. We break it down.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-01
Crimson Desert Patch 1.16 Lands 133 New Trading Posts and a Real Pearl Abyss Economy Overhaul
Crimson Desert 1.16 adds 133 trading posts, supply and demand pricing, quadrupled royal post payouts, and a new Bond Shop. The first real economy overhaul.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-01
Palworld 1.0 Lands at a 70 on PC Gamer and 3 of 5 on VGC, a Solid Creature Collector Held Back by Busywork
PC Gamer and VGC posted their Palworld 1.0 reviews this week, landing at 70 and 3 of 5. The verdict: a solid creature collector held back by busywork.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-01
Nintendo Ocarina of Time Switch 2 Remake Tipped for November 11, Eight Days Before GTA 6
Two new amiibo dated for November 11 point to a Switch 2 Ocarina of Time remake launch just eight days before GTA 6 finally arrives on November 19.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-01
Motion Twin Tells Del Toro The Dead Cells Mode He Begged For Already Existed In 2022
Motion Twin points at Dead Cells' Assist Mode and Continue Mode, both shipped in 2022, after director Guillermo del Toro's no-respawn build plea on IGN.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-01
Tencent Reportedly Pulls the Plug on Last Sentinel After Six Years and Hundreds of Millions at Lightspeed LA
Bloomberg reports Tencent has walked away from Last Sentinel after a six-year, hundreds-of-millions-dollar run, with 80 layoffs at Lightspeed LA.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-31
EA Confirms August 4 Close On Its $55B Saudi PIF-Led Buyout With 93.4 Percent Stake
EA confirms August 4 close for the $55 billion Saudi PIF-led buyout, with PIF taking 93.4 percent and Silver Lake plus Affinity Partners sharing the rest.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-31
Frictional's Annual Report Quietly Confirms a New Amnesia: The Dark Descent for Late 2026
Frictional's 2025 annual report confirms a new Amnesia: The Dark Descent is planned for late 2026, leaving fans to guess: remake, remaster, or port.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-30
Gears of War: E-Day Confirms No Battle Pass, No Live-Service Grind, and October 6 Release Day
The Coalition confirms Gears of War: E-Day ships on October 6 with no battle pass and earnable cosmetics across Versus and Horde Siege multiplayer.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-30
Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40k Legendary Warbond Lands August 12 With Hot-Shot Rifles, Bolters, and Meltamines
Helldivers 2's Warhammer 40k Legendary Warbond, Castellan's Creed, hits August 12 with Hot-Shot rifles, bolt pistols, meltaguns, and Cadian Kasrkin armor sets.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-30
Owlcat Games Grew From 15 to 600 People to Ship Dark Heresy and The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
Owlcat Games has scaled from 15 to 600 staff to ship Warhammer 40K: Dark Heresy and The Expanse: Osiris Reborn. Co-founder Alexander Mishulin opens up.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-30
Nvidia's Third GPU Price Hike of 2026 Hits 30 Percent and Spreads Beyond the RTX 5090
Nvidia's third GPU price hike of 2026 lands at up to 30 percent, hitting the full RTX stack as the Samsung DRAM crisis pushes board partners to charge more.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-30
Arc Raiders Rats Are Jumping In Front Of Bullets To Game The New Self-Defence Matchmaking Patch
Embark's latest Arc Raiders matchmaking tweak was meant to stop griefers, but rats have flipped it by jumping in front of friendly fire within 48 hours.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-30
Canadian man spent 18 months in jail over a one-underscore typo in his Skyrim username, and police never noticed
Brandon Klayme of Halifax spent 18 months in jail after police misread his Skyrim Kik username as fus_ro_dah instead of fus__ro_dah. Single underscore.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-30
Nadella Says Xbox Will 'Return To Growth' This Fiscal Year, but the Numbers Already Say Otherwise
Satya Nadella told investors Xbox will return to growth in fiscal 2027, but the just-released FY26 results show a $1.7B revenue drop and 29% hardware decline.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-29
Capcom Says Pragmata Sequel Is Likely, Citing 2.5M Sales and Diana's Strong Appeal
Capcom corporate officer Yoshikazu Shimauchi said a Pragmata sequel is likely, with 2.5M sales, strong Q1, and a 19 percent stock rally. Full details here.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-29
Sandfall Says Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Switch 2 Port Is In The Works, but UE5 Is a Big Technical Challenge
Sandfall confirms a Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Switch 2 version is in development, but calls Unreal Engine 5 a big technical challenge for the 30 person studio.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-29
Xbox and Ubisoft Hand Console Owners 13 Free PC Versions, Premium Editions Included
Xbox and Ubisoft expanded their partnership on July 27, letting console owners claim free PC versions of 13 games including Valhalla and Rainbow Six Siege.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-29
Silent Hill: Townfall Hands-On Pushes First-Person Horror Into Foggy Scottish Streets
Silent Hill: Townfall hands-on: Screen Burn's first-person horror set in 1990s Scotland, with stealth combat, a CRTV puzzle tool, and a Sept 24 PS5 launch.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-29
505 Games Funds a Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Sequel With Creator Xia Siyuan
505 Games signs a deal for a Wuchang sequel. Indolphinity, a new Chengdu studio led by creator Xia Siyuan, leads development with Digital Bros funding.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-29
EA's Andrew Wilson Pockets $38.7M Bonus While Battlefield 6 Devs Were Laid Off, 10K Report Reveals
EA CEO Andrew Wilson earned $38.7M in stock and bonus for FY2026 while Battlefield 6 devs at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive were laid off in March.
CriticalPixel · 2026-07-29