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Xbox adds new boot animation, Gamerscore badges, and library filters
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (220+ words) Xbox has tweaked its UI for Xbox Insiders, adding a new boot animation and sound, Gamerscore badges, and library filters. "We've updated the console boot up experience with a new animation and sound, featuring the new Xbox logo with the…...
Apple Arcade June 2026 additions and updates
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (306+ words) Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor. com, the country's leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen....
Marathon will add "experimental" Pv E modes from Season 2
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (165+ words) In Season 2, we will be experimenting with two modes, one at the beginning of the season and one towards the middle/latter half of the season," game director Joe Ziegler said as part of a far later update. The experimental…...
Pokemon Go Fest 2026 goes free in July, with a community event in Melbourne too
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (242+ words) Pokemon Go'Fest 2026 will offer a free global event to all players without the need to purchase pricey event tickets. What's more, a free community event will also be taking place in Melbourne at the same time. This year's festival takes…...
Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth Review: Yakuza on vacation
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (916+ words) Stevivor's Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth'review: "it's devoted to trying all-new things while still reserving time for celebrating its long and storied history," writes Matt....
Forza Horizon 6 Review
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (329+ words) I am not a car person " I drive a 1999 Mitsubishi Lancer that carries less resale value than the laptop I am writing this review on. Yet, the Forza Horizon series has been an immense source of joy for me since…...
Sega cancels Super Game concept, focusing on sequels, remakes, and reboots
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (165+ words) Sega has cancelled its vague Super Game notion, instead focusing on sequels, remakes, and reboots. The news comes by way of the company's financials, which states that Sega "[d]ecided to cancel Super Game" and did not incur any additional…...
Battlestar Galactica Scattered Hopes Review
1+ week, 1+ day ago (302+ words) I'm incredibly pleased to tell you that the new single-player roguelike Battlestar Galactica Scattered Hopes does an equally impressive job adapting the iconic series to the video game medium. If the health of the fleet's population hits zero at any…...
Directive 8020 Review: Sci-fi Dark Pictures
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (326+ words) Directive 8020 is the latest from Supermassive Games, the studio most famous for interactive horror titles including Until Dawn and The Quarry. This one, however, sits within Bandai Namco's Dark Pictures anthology, and as such was teased way back in 2022 at…...
Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 announced, coming later this year
1+ week, 1+ day ago (128+ words) Aliens Fireteam Elite 2was announced by Daybreak Game Company and Cold Iron Studios, and is expected to release later this year. "Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 expands the fight to four-player co-op, dropping a fireteam of hardened colonial marines into the most dangerous…...