// GAMINGARTICLES
Release news, guides, opinion, and deep dives from the CriticalPixel community.
PlayStation Tells Court Reasonable Consumers Already Know They Do Not Own Their Digital Games
Sony tells a California court no reasonable consumer ever thought they owned digital games, citing Resident Evil Requiem $69.99 in a class action filing.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-01
NVIDIA DLSS 5 With 3D-Guided Neural Rendering Lands September 3 in NBA 2K27, Costs 50 to 60 Percent Performance
NVIDIA DLSS 5 ships Sept 3 in NBA 2K27 with 3D-Guided Neural Rendering, RTX 50 series only, and a 50-60 percent performance hit that has PC gamers furious.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-01
Sony Stops Aggressively Marketing PS5 as Xbox Refuses to Confirm a Disc Drive on Project Helix
Sony admits the PS5 is in the latter half of its life cycle. Xbox refuses to confirm a disc drive on Helix. Both moves point to an all-digital next gen.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-01
Bit Reactor Furloughs 80 Percent of Star Wars Zero Company Team Weeks Before Launch
Bit Reactor put 80 percent of its Star Wars Zero Company team on unpaid leave two weeks before launch. Cash dried up, a founder lawsuit is in the background.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-01
Konami Press Start Showcase on September 3 for Belmont's Curse, Townfall, Rev. Noir
Konami locks a 30 minute Press Start showcase for September 3 at 8 AM PT with Castlevania Belmont's Curse, Silent Hill Townfall, Rev. Noir, and Project Zircon.
CriticalPixel · 2026-09-01
Forza Horizon 6 PS5 Port Reportedly Scrubbed From 2026, Tom Warren and IGN Confirm the Quiet Delay
Forza Horizon 6 PS5 port looks set to slip past 2026 as Tom Warren and IGN confirm the quiet delay. Microsoft has not commented on the report.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-31
Housemarque Co-Founder Ilari Kuittinen Exits After 31 Years as Sami Hakala Takes Over the Studio
Housemarque co-founder Ilari Kuittinen steps down after 31 years, with managing director Sami Hakala now leading the Saros studio under PlayStation.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-31
Sony Drops Free Live TV on PS5 With 100 Plus Ad-Supported Channels Days Before Deleting 551 Paid Movies
PS5 gets a free Live TV hub with 100 plus channels from Crunchyroll, FOX and UFC. On September 1, 551 purchased Studio Canal movies disappear with no refunds.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-31
PlayStation State of Play Returns September 3 With Final Fantasy VII Revelation As The Closer, Japan Follows Live
Sony pairs State of Play and State of Play Japan on September 3 at 6am PT, with FF7R closing the English show and Yuki Kaji hosting the Japan segment.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-31
Sony's First PlayStation 27" Gaming Monitor Hits $349.99 With a Built-In DualSense Dock and IGN Calls It a 7
Sony's first PlayStation-branded 27-inch gaming monitor lands at $349.99 with a DualSense dock, 240Hz, VRR, and an IGN 7/10 verdict. EU gets nothing yet.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-31
12TB of Old Valve Steam Builds Leak Online, Hinting at Half-Life 2: Episode Three
A 12TB Valve archive of internal dev builds from 2003 to 2013 surfaced online, with early Portal 2 builds and a Weaponizer asset tied to Episode Three.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-31
SEGA Revives Crazy Taxi With World Tour, Closed Network Test Goes Live September 11
SEGA revives Crazy Taxi for Xbox, PS5, PC and Switch 2 with a 2027 launch, online multiplayer CNT Sept 11-13, and a full Brazilian Portuguese dub.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-29
Rockstar Confirms GTA 6 Will Ship at 30 FPS on Consoles With 60 FPS Mode Still Undecided
Rob Nelson told Davy Jones that GTA 6 runs at 30 FPS on PS5 and Xbox Series consoles at launch, with the 60 FPS performance mode still undecided.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-29
Saber CCO Tim Willits Bets on a Half Life 2 of AI as Rideshare Stimulator Row Refuses to Die
Saber CCO Tim Willits told PC Gamer and Eurogamer the industry needs a Half Life 2 of AI, doubling down on Rideshare Stimulator post Steam disclosure fallout.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-28
Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta Goes Free This Weekend as Infinity Ward Overhauls TTK, Aim Assist and Spawns
Modern Warfare 4 free Open Beta runs August 28 to September 1 with new maps, modes, Switch 2 support, and major Infinity Ward gameplay overhauls.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-28
Capcom Unveils Lady Dimitrescu and Wesker Statues for RE 30th Anniversary Exhibition
Capcom is making life-sized Lady Dimitrescu and Wesker statues for the Resident Evil 30th anniversary exhibition in Shibuya, Oct 30 to Dec 24, 2026.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-28
EA Motive's Iron Man Game Resurfaces After Four Years of Silence With Blistering Leaked Gameplay
EA Motive's long-MIA Iron Man single-player game leaked four years of build-up in two minutes of flight footage, suit customization, and S.H.I.E.L.D. setpieces.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-28
Squadron 42 Gets Slipped to Q2 2027 So It Can Avoid the GTA 6 Coverage Buzzsaw, Says Chris Roberts
Cloud Imperium Games pushes Squadron 42 into Q2 2027 with Chris Roberts blaming GTA 6 coverage for the new slip, twelve years after the project started.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-28
Official Pokemon X Account Hacked for 30 Minutes to Promote a $POKEMON Memecoin Scam on August 27
The official Pokemon X account was compromised for around 30 minutes on August 27 and used to push a fake $POKEMON memecoin tied to the brand 30th anniversary.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-27
Rockstar Drops 26 Minutes of GTA VI Gameplay on Netflix Ahead of November 19 Launch With Smarter Cops and Petable Dogs
Rockstar's 26-minute GTA VI Extended Look hit Netflix on August 27, 2026, showing smart cops, petable dogs, sweat physics, and the locked November 19 launch.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-27
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Launches Into a Mixed Steam Debut as Cold Iron Rushes to Patch Launch Bugs
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 from Cold Iron Studios lands on Steam at 39.99 to a 60 percent Mixed rating, with review-bomb concerns and the dev posting bug reports.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-27
Star Wars Zero Company Launches With 86 on Metacritic as Bit Reactor Lands the Franchise's Best Reviews in Two Decades
Bit Reactor's Star Wars Zero Company launches today with an 86 Metacritic, the best Star Wars reviews in 20 years. XCOM-style Clone Wars tactics at $49.99.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-27
Konami Puts Silent Hill on an Annual Release Cadence as Okamoto Outlines an Outsourced Roadmap
Konami producer Motoi Okamoto tells GamesRadar at gamescom 2026 that Silent Hill will ship annually, with many unannounced projects across external studios.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-27
LEGO Skylines Lands at Gamescom as Paradox and Iceflake Studios Bet Big on Cozy Brick Building
LEGO Skylines was announced at Gamescom ONL 2026 by Paradox Interactive and Iceflake Studios, the team patching Cities Skylines 2. PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch 2.
CriticalPixel · 2026-08-27