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Frogwares trades detective work for desperate survival in a flooded Arkham, and the combat finally matches the atmosphere they've always nailed.

The visual leap is genuine, but the Switch 2 day-one commitment might be the real headline hiding in plain sight.

A promising debut action RPG launches this week, but PlayStation players still don't know if they're getting 30 or 60 frames per second — and for a small studio betting everything on launch momentum, that silence could cost them the audience they've earned.

Asobo trades rat hordes for light-bending puzzles in a Mediterranean prequel that ties the Macula's origins to Theseus himself, betting the franchise's future on a single glowing sphere instead of swarming infestation.

The Machinist brings turret-and-drone zone control that finally gives Fireteam squads a reason to coordinate — and it might be the class that keeps you playing past the first weekend.

The Simpsons take over Fortnite's Reload mode this Thursday with a 50-player Springfield map, nine iconic POIs, a brand-new Tactical Assault Rifle, and a mini-season that might be the most detailed crossover Epic's ever built — servers come back around 6 AM ET if all goes smooth.

The real Star Wars fantasy isn't the Force — it's scraping by as a scavenger, running a cantina, or navigating syndicate politics just to keep your ship in the air.

Lest you think GSC Game World was saving it for a big show, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl’s first paid expansion, Cost of Hope , will be launching on August 20th. A new trailer is available, highlighting the different locations that you’ll visit in the new Iron Forest and Chornobyl Nuclear Po

With the upcoming physical release of Grand Theft Auto 6 lacking a disc, as well as Sony’s announcement about the end of PlayStation discs in 2028, there has been quite a bit of discussion about the future of games and physical media. In an interview with IGN , former co-founder of Rockstar Games, D

H ell Let Loose is getting ready to take on an entirely new setting – the Vietnam war. With this, however, comes a host of challenges, ranging from new environments to more modern weaponry, and even different styles of combat. Game director Paul Ruschynsky, technical director Kieran D’Archambaud, au

While Capcom used to have a tradition of releasing spin-offs in its Resident Evil franchise between larger releases of mainline games, the company has seemingly left this strategy behind. Now, it instead opts for remakes of older mainline entries to fill in the gaps. In an interview with Game Inform

Elizbar Ramazashvili ival, Square Enix showed the extended trailer at the Berlin Fan Festival and revealed lots of new information about the upcoming expansion. Note that many of the reveals hold unmarked spoilers, so proceed carefully if you haven’t finished the story of Endwalker and Dawntrail . T

Image via Game Freak Category: General When is Beast of Reincarnation launching? Release date, platforms, gameplay, system requirements Game Freak s Beast of Reincarnation release date is almost upon us. Shreyansh Katsura | Published FR: Jul 27, 2026 02:52 am Beast of Reincarnation is a “one-person,

Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Gift Codes and How To Redeem Them Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road is now available worldwide. If you ve just bought it or are planning to, Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Gift features gift codes or passwords you can input to earn special rewards. Some of these require being c

26, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT Michael Ingram is a Senior Contributor from the United States of America. Michael has been writing for GameRant since 2021, writing both analytically and fiction for years beforehand. Michael is a lifelong gamer whose first memories with video games come from being a four-year-

As the first mainline title in the franchise in over 20 years and considering the story, it’s a little surprising that Onimusha: Way of the Sword has so little tying it to the previous games. Sure, there are the Genma that you’ll have to slay, the Oni Gauntlet, and Issen, but in terms of setting, ch

Star Wars Zero Company will be a lengthy adventure with a story playthrough possibly taking about 30 to 40 hours to complete (depending on the difficulty, of course). And while it won’t feature New Game Plus, it seems there’s still plenty of incentive to replay beyond customization options. In a new

New Game Plus, hiding Edward Kenway’s blowpipe because it makes sense, maybe DLC – even before Ubisoft revealed the latest sales, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has some post-launch content in the pipeline. However, while New Game Plus takes some notes from Assassin’s Creed Shadows, what about

Article / Highlight &middot News RPGs Coming This Week, July 26–August 1, 2026 – Everyone is Here! by,, and on July 26, 2026 Sometimes you wonder how so many releases happen on the same day. In this edition of RPGs Coming This Week, our special day is Thursday, July 30th, wherein most of our 11 (or

The Best RPGs To Play on PS5 Pro – Enhanced Games, Boost Mode, PSSR 2, and More Alongside our features covering the best RPGs on Steam Deck , RPGs on Switch 2 , and on Game Pass RPGs , I've put together one to cover the best RPGs playable on PS5 Pro. This will cover PS5 Pro Enhanced RPGs, PS5 games

Image via EA Category: EA Sports FC EA Sports FC 27 release date countdown, platforms, and system requirements All details sorted here. Sourav Banik | Published FR: Jul 26, 2026 07:45 am EA Sports FC 27 is set for a global launch in September 2026, with early access expected for select editions ahea

Lavish Hospitality can double Pal drops, but the real trick is catching the Pal first and checking whether it has the trait before you butcher it.

Halo: Campaign Evolved is playable now for Premium Edition buyers on Xbox Series X/S and PC, with the Standard Edition arriving later on July 28 — and Game Pass Ultimate players can jump in early with a $20 upgrade.

Beyond the Lifestream turns FF14’s first FF7 crossover into a full raid arc—with FF7’s story team, Nomura on art direction, and a new difficulty between normal and savage.

FFXIV’s brand-new Bastion tank job arrives with twin greatshields, Evolved Action Mode, and a new trailer from the 2026 Berlin Fan Festival.

Skulls are back in Halo Campaign Evolved, and activating them is as simple as starting a new campaign run and picking your modifiers before you jump back into any unlocked mission.

Evangelion gets the 24-person spectacle and FFVII gets the tighter, story-first raid as Square Enix maps out FFXIV’s crossover-heavy 2026–2027 plan.

Final Fantasy XIV is finally coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on August 4, 2026, and Square Enix is making the jump feel like a real event with three preorder bundles, a same-day free trial, and the first month of play included.

Bastion is Square Enix’s boldest Final Fantasy 14 Evercold job yet: a shield-wielding tank built around Evolved Combat, northern martial lore, and a much more aggressive front-line identity.

Mystery-heavy Metroidvanias are worth playing when the unknown changes how you move, fight, and explore — turning confusion into the point of discovery.

GTA 6 fans think Jason Duval’s house may be hiding in Key Lento, and if they’re right, the Keys could be where the whole story starts.

007 First Light’s Behind Enemy Lines update is already tackling 200+ issues and kicking off the game’s free DLC roadmap, giving players more reasons to stay in the Bond universe.

The Alters: Last Variable keeps the identity crisis and science mystery, but without the sunrise timer, the expansion turns a tense survival loop into a softer cosmic to-do list.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has 11 Edward Kenway enemy portraits to hunt down across the Caribbean, and collecting them all unlocks Haytham Keyway's Overcoat, a new weapon map, and the Memory of My Enemy achievement.

Free games are easy to miss, but the real trick is knowing which ones you actually get to keep before the clocks run out.

Final Fantasy XIV launches on Nintendo Switch 2 on August 4 with pre-orders live, a free first month, multiple edition choices, and a Switch 2-specific subscription requirement for existing players.

Final Fantasy XIV launches on August 4 for Nintendo Switch 2, pre-orders go live today Square Enix just announced that Final Fantasy XIV for Switch 2 will launch on August 4. The first month will be free for all as a stability test and a free trial will also be available. As revealed before, if you

The Switch version takes a 30 fps hit while handheld PCs run circles around it, and don't count on Switch 2 backward compatibility to save you.

Bad passive rolls used to be permanent, but the Surgery Table changes everything — if you know which reusable implants to grind for and when to burn disposable ones on your heavy hitters.

The Bloodroots follow-up nails chaotic co-op musou action on Game Pass day one, though locked characters and early repetition hint at the work still ahead.

With the PS5 Pro rumored at $700 and Luna now free for Prime members on a $40 Fire TV Stick, the console-or-cloud math just got a lot simpler for millions of households.

Sergeant Johnson just dropped a sequel tease, and Halo fans are already treating it like evidence—whether Microsoft has officially confirmed anything or not.

Leveling up in Avatar Legends is simple, but XP only comes from Story Mode, so farming earlier chapters is the safest way to keep your active character healthy and unlock more Energy Point Slots.

Crimson Desert’s Update 1.15 is less about new content and more about making Pywel feel like a place the game actually remembers to function properly.

Johnson's Legendary ending in Halo: Campaign Evolved finally turns Avery Johnson's missing finale into an in-game escape, giving Halo one of its longest-running continuity gaps a clean exit line.

Halo: Campaign Evolved is punishing players for doing what Halo fans have been doing since 2001: climbing toward the obvious mountain and seeing if the world lets them get there.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas tops the list as the series’ most complete statement — and GTA 6 will have to do more than succeed to dethrone it.

Naoki Hamaguchi says Final Fantasy VII Revelation will push Rebirth’s combat further by turning outfits into character-specific Jobs, giving players more freedom to reshape roles, abilities, and party builds.

Two new TacSim missions, three new weapons, and a Bond outfit arrive with 007 First Light’s first free DLC update, but the real win is that TacSim is clearly where IO Interactive is keeping the game alive.