Assassin's Creed Shadows' Claws of Awaji DLC arrives this month, and here's how you can jump into the content
Naoe and Yasuke will have to progress quite a way through the main story to access the DLC, which is free to you if you pre-ordered the game.
Hollow Knight: Silksong Guide - How to get all the Crests and the best Builds to use them
These must-have items allow you to customise your gameplay experience with Hornet to enjoy Silksong the way you want, and Gamereactor tells you where to find each one.
Star Wars Outlaws gets a Nintendo Switch 2 tune-up with first patch
Update 1 fixes minor glitches in what is already widely regarded as an outstanding version of Massive Entertainment's open-world title.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle
We have just come out of the cinema after attending the most important anime event of 2025 and we are still catching our breath.
Here is the interactive map of Hollow Knight: Silksong with everything you need to find and know to finish the game
All the powers, skills, quest locations, bosses... Everything you need is here.
Hollow Knight: Silksong Guide - Tips and Tricks to advance quickly and safely through Pharloom
Although we're still exploring the last corners of the Realm Pharloom, we have enough silk reel (wink wink) to give you the best tips to enjoy the game.
First impressions of Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake: Erdrick's legacy is fully updated and safe
We had the chance to try out both of the two instalments that complete the first HD-2D Remake trilogy and to appreciate their slight novelties compared to their originals.
Surprise! Void Crew releases its 1.0 version on PC... And also on consoles!
Hutlihut and Focus announce and surprise release of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of their co-operative roguelite space adventure.
Check out the new N7 B850 AMD motherboard from NZXT
Optimised for Ryzen 9000, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, PCIe 5.0 slot, and three M.2 slots: The new motherboard unveiled at Gamescom aims to be the new standard for PCs based on AMD architecture.
The Soul of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: Sandfall devs talk about influences for the soundtrack, favourite characters and what will happen when "tomorrow comes"
Sandfall Interactive talks about anime touches, the charm of Monoco and the Paintresse and what's to come next.
Sandfall devs tell us the design decisions that shaped the heart of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
From the advent of parrying to boss breakdancing, the team at Sandfall Interactive let us in on their best secrets for such a small team to create one of the great games of 2025.
This is the time you can start playing Hollow Knight: Silksong on the 4th... and at this official price!
Team Cherry unveils the latest mystery surrounding the game and causes an earthquake across the industry.
The Schism, the fifth playable faction in Heroes of Might and Magic: The Olden Era, unveiled
It's a group of rebellious heroes specialising in ice magic, forbidden rituals, and drawing heavily from the horrors of Lovecraft
Tetris 99 also celebrates the launch of Kirby and the Forgotten Land on Nintendo Switch 2 with a special event
From now until 2 September you can get exclusive Kirby tracks that were only available once for a very limited time.
Lucasfilm announces casting for Star Wars: Starfighter
Production on the film has begun and a host of familiar names will join Ryan Gosling as he makes his debut in a galaxy far, far away.
Nintendo celebrates the launch of Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + The Star-Crossed World with an update for Alarmo
If you're one of the few users of Nintendo's alarm clock, this is sure to interest you.
Sonic Racing: Crossworlds preview: Sega has a competitive karting with a lot of promise for the future
We played Sonic Team's new racing title at Gamescom and can see that the race of 2025 isn't over until the first person across the finish line.
No Man's Sky introduces its Voyagers update, which allows you to form star crews with friends
Spacewalk, new ship class, more modifications, and new mission lines... And as always, for free.
IOI releases a patch for Hitman: World of Assassination that fixes the Nintendo Switch 2 save bug
The patch also fixes aspect ratio, lighting, and performance issues on the new console.
Nintendo reinforces its commitment to cinema with the rebranding of its subsidiary Warpstars to Nintendo Stars
It aims to "familiarise people around the world with Nintendo's intellectual property and provide new ways to experience it".
San Diego Comic-Con Málaga is gaining momentum with a lot of confirmations of personalities and companies involved
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and Talamasca: The Secret Order castings, Bandai Namco, Nintendo, and more big names are joining the first edition of the event outside the United States.
Nintendo releases three stop-motion animation shorts from the It's Me, Mario! series on YouTube
They are part of the marketing strategy for Nintendo's new My Mario line of children's products in Japan, although the global reach of the products is already in sight.
Koei Tecmo reports that Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment will be on display for the first time at Tokyo Game Show 2025
The announcement reinforces rumours of a September Direct.

Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar
Marvelous delivers a new instalment of the popular series with a focus on relationships and commerce, but without losing sight of the peaceful life on the farm. Is it worth moving to the farm one more time?
Spanish actress and director Verónica Echegui dies at 42
The Goya winner has died in the 12 de Octubre hospital in Madrid, where she had been admitted for days due to an illness.
Critical Role announces the return of the eight founding members to participate in Campaign 4
The new chapter of the company specialised in streaming tabletop role-playing games will feature a new film set and many surprises.
After a decade of activity, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius will close its servers on 31 October
The game has been active only in Japan, and will say goodbye with a "Grand Finale campaign".
Rumour: Next Nintendo Direct to take place on 12 September
Will we finally get a release date for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond?
Metroidvania Aeterna Lucis delays release to 2026 as Hollow Knight: Silksong date announced
And it's not the only game that has decided to move its release to make room for Team Cherry's eagerly awaited title.
PlayStation gives Sucker Punch absolute freedom with Ghost of Yotei, but warns them that there may be others doing something similar
There are more teams at PlayStation Studios developing similar ideas, it seems.
Supermassive Games shows its progress with The Dark Pictures: Directive 8020
Their space horror offering may have been delayed to 2026, but the team is putting a lot of effort into this second phase of The Dark Pictures anthology.
First impressions with Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition: Disaster Looms in The Lands Between
We've tried FromSoftware's masterpiece on Nintendo Switch 2, handheld and Dock, and on neither of them would I even dare to take on Patches.
Hollow Knight: Silksong preview: It's exactly what you'd expect
We've spent a good part of our first day at Gamescom trying to play Team Cherry's highly anticipated title, and we'll leave you with our thoughts before the smile of the moment is lost on the crowd.
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault sets Early Access release date in October
Digital Sun's new game is much more than just a sequel, as shown in the Opening Night Live trailer at Gamescom.
X4: Foundations introduces its next DLC, X4: Envoy Pack, along with update 8.00
The space-sim and strategy title will add a new diplomacy system this year, as well as a new sector to explore, music, ships, and more.
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma has had the best debut of the entire series, selling over 500,000 copies in two months
Its predecessor Rune Factory 5 took almost three years to reach that milestone.
Bandai Namco will announce a new Tales of Remastered tomorrow
It'll be a few hours before Gamescom ONL, so tomorrow afternoon should be a lively one.
First images of Fallout Season 2 on Prime Video
Fans of New Vegas are in for a treat with nods to Obsidian's title and a new look for the main characters.
Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree preview: If Hades and Eastern mythology had a baby
We've been testing the roguelite action game by BROWNIES and Bandai Namco to see if it has what it takes to stand out.
Opus: Prism Peak hands-on preview: When magic comes through your camera's lens
We tried out Sigono's delightful adventure that straddles Firewatch, Pokémon Snap, and Spirited Away, and boy do we like it.

DXRacer Craft Gaming Chair
We've been working and playing on this DXRacer model for a few weeks now and we've already given our verdict.

Whimside
An idle game to entertain you in the background that has a lot more to it than meets the eye.
US doubles reward for capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
The US government is accusing him and other top Venezuelan officials of drug trafficking, and raising the reward to $50 million.
Nintendo Indie World announces release date for Ball x Pit
The base-building roguelite is coming to Nintendo Switch 1 and PC in mid-October, and to Switch 2 in autumn.

Dead Take
Surgent Studios leaves us with a creepy horror story with a lot of plot and a lot of familiar faces.
Content Warning is coming to Switch consoles next year
There are many layers of meta in this simulator of... a YouTuber who plays horror titles with friends?
Neverway confirms Nintendo Switch version coming next year
That means we should also expect a PC version in 2026.
Hollow Knight: Silksong to be playable at Gamescom on Nintendo Switch 2
Looks like the release date reveal could take place at ONL hosted by Geoff Keighley.
Opponents of Indonesia's centralised regime use the pirate flag from One Piece as a symbol
They are demonstrating their stance on the current policies of an increasingly authoritarian government, and the government accuses them of dividing the nation and even treason.
Devcom announces two new sessions and results of its survey of the current state of the video game industry
The event for development industry professionals parallel to Gamescom is finalising its programme for the 2025 edition.