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Guerrilla’s Horizon Hunters Gathering gets a second closed playtest from May 22 to May 25, with PS5 and PC access, new Hunters, a playable Episode, and a new region.
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Guerrilla’s Horizon Hunters Gathering gets a second closed playtest from May 22 to May 25, with PS5 and PC access, new Hunters, a playable Episode, and a new region.
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With the Steam Machine delayed and Steam Deck stock often unavailable, these are the best Steam Deck alternatives available now, from ROG Ally X to Legion Go S, PlayStation Portal, and other handheld gaming options.

Crimson Desert patch 1.05.00 adds a Boss Rematch system that lets players re-fight defeated bosses through Memory Fragments, with Reminisce and Resonate modes for practice and scaled challenges.

Valve's highly anticipated Steam Machine faces another crushing delay as the global memory crisis continues to devastate hardware launches across the industry.

The PS5 just hit $649. The PS5 Pro is $899. Xbox Series X is $649.99. The math has officially flipped — for the first time in two console generations, buying digital game keys is genuinely the only way Tier-1 gamers can keep their hobby affordable. Here are the live deals worth your money this week, the ones to skip, and the smart purchase strategy for May 2026.

Warzone Season 3 Reloaded just made footstep audio harder to read — Hot Pursuit's vehicle traffic, Prop Hunt's environmental noise, and Totenreich's directional Necropincer cues are exposing the limits of stock console headphones. Here are the seven gaming headsets that actually deliver the positional audio CoD demands in 2026, ranked by price tier and what each one does best.

Valve has officially ended the leaks. The Steam Controller 2 launches May 4, 2026 at $99 — drift-proof TMR sticks, dual trackpads, magnetic charging puck, 35+ hours of battery, and a price tag that sits awkwardly above every standard console controller on the market. Here's exactly what you're paying for, how it stacks up against the DualSense and Xbox Wireless, and whether the premium is worth it on day one.

Free PC gaming in 2026 looks nothing like it did five years ago. Pay-to-win is dead. Cosmetic-only monetization won. And some of the most-played, most polished games on PC right now cost nothing to download. We tested the top 10 free-to-play PC games of 2026 — from Counter-Strike 2's 1.8 million concurrent peak to deep RPG hits with hundreds of hours of free content. Here are the ones genuinely worth your time.

The mobile strategy genre in 2026 has more depth, polish, and free content than at any point in its history. We tested over 30 titles across iOS, Android, and PC, ranking them by progression depth, combat complexity, and how rewarding they remain after the first 30 days. Here are the 10 best free mobile strategy games of 2026 — and the one that earned our top pick.

Microsoft just dropped Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from $29.99 to $22.99 on April 21, 2026 — and PlayStation Plus Premium suddenly looks expensive at $17.99/month with significantly less content. So which subscription actually deserves your money in 2026? We compared every tier head-to-head — pricing, libraries, day-one releases, cloud gaming, and the hidden caveats. The honest answer might surprise you.

Two of 2026's biggest PS5 releases — Saros on April 30 and Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced on July 9 — are built around spatial audio that flat speakers cannot deliver. We tested the seven best PS5 wireless headsets under $200 across both titles. Here is what hits the price-to-performance sweet spot, what to skip, and the one official Sony pick that earns its premium.

Pearl Abyss dropped a third patch in two days for Crimson Desert on April 24. Version 1.04.02 fixes difficulty selection bugs, PS5 Pro brightness issues, pet name errors, and more — but Xbox and Mac players are still waiting. Here are the complete notes plus every known bug that is still open.

Ubisoft's reveal trailer for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced had no blood. Fans noticed immediately. Producer Justin Ng responded on X within 24 hours: "There WILL be blood in the final game, and it will not be a paid DLC." Here is the full breakdown — what is confirmed, what is gone, and whether the $59.99 Standard Edition is worth preordering today.
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