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NewsAug 12, 2026Sacred 2 Remaster lands on Switch for $29.99THQ Nordic has released Sacred 2 Remaster on Nintendo Switch for $29.99, a year after the 2008 action RPG's remaster hit PC, PS5, and Xbox.→

NewsAug 12, 2026Aspyr shadow-drops a War in the North Legacy Edition for $19.99Aspyr's Legacy Edition remaster of the 2011 co-op action RPG is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, and PC for $19.99.→

NewsAug 7, 2026Quake turns 30 and gets 19 new levels for freeMachineGames has shipped Dawn of the Machine, a free 19-map episode for Quake's 30th, with new enemies, new weapons and persistent upgrades.→

NewsAug 6, 2026Microsoft reportedly plans to bring Xbox 360 games to PCA leaked document reportedly details Microsoft's plan to let developers sell Xbox 360 games on PC, with a gradual rollout between 2027 and 2028.→

NewsAug 2, 2026Dread Delusion is getting physical PS5 and Switch 2 editionsLost in Cult is releasing physical editions of open-world RPG Dread Delusion on PS5 and Switch 2, up for pre-order now and shipping early 2027.→

NewsJul 31, 2026Croc 2: Kingdom of the Gobbos remaster announced for Q4 2026Argonaut Games is remastering Croc 2: Kingdom of the Gobbos for Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, targeting a Q4 2026 release.→

NewsJul 27, 2026The Xbox Outage Took the Discs Down TooA day-long Xbox outage stopped digital games, and then it stopped disc-based and backward-compatible ones too. The plastic did not save anybody.→

NewsJul 26, 2026Xbox Series growth cannot offset US hardware’s post-Switch 2 comparisonUS hardware spending fell 62% year-over-year to $383 million in June, driven by the impossible comparison with Switch 2's 2025 launch, even as Xbox Series spending doubled.→

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