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Ikea unveils nine-piece Xbox gaming furniture range

  • Ikea and Xbox launch nine-piece YXSTABY gaming range.
  • Designs combine Xbox references with practical home storage.
  • US sales begin on 30 September.

Ikea has unveiled YXSTABY, a nine-piece Xbox-themed gaming furniture collection created with Microsoft to mark Xbox’s 25th anniversary. Revealed at Gamescom in Germany, the range combines recognisable controller-inspired designs with practical storage and home-gaming furniture, aiming to make gaming setups more functional without abandoning Ikea’s minimalist style. Items…

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Dark Sun Original Creators Reunite for New D&D Book That You Can Play Like in the 1990s

  • Dark Sun's original creators launch spiritual successor Dragon Kings via Strange Owl Games
  • Positioned as alternative to Wizards of the Coast's own Dark Sun revival
  • Backerkit crowdfunding launches 22 September, with 2nd-edition-style rules included

Strange Owl Games has announced Dragon Kings, a new tabletop role-playing book reuniting several original creators of Dungeons & Dragons' Dark Sun setting, including Timothy Brown, Troy Denning, Brom, Bill Slavicsek, Rich Baker and Shane Hensley. The project is being pitched as a "spiritual successor" to Dark Sun,…

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OLED gaming monitors have finally gotten so good that a Counter-Strike 2 tournament is using one

  • OLED monitor used in a Counter-Strike 2 esports tournament for the first time
  • Signals OLED tech has overcome past esports performance concerns
  • Could boost wider competitive gaming adoption of OLED displays

An esports tournament has begun using an OLED gaming monitor for competitive Counter-Strike 2 play, a notable milestone given that OLED panels were long considered unsuitable for esports due to concerns over motion clarity, brightness and burn-in risk compared with traditional fast LCD monitors. This marks a shift…

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How Ikea Turned a Controller Thumbstick Into the Star of Its Xbox Gaming Range

  • Ikea and Xbox launch Yxstaby, a co-designed gaming furniture range.
  • Standout item is a stool shaped like a controller thumbstick.
  • Range includes controller-charging tables, cable storage and a TV stand.

Ikea has launched Yxstaby, a new gaming furniture range developed in collaboration with Xbox, which takes design cues directly from console controllers. The partnership grew out of a chance meeting in Milan between Ikea and Xbox designers, and builds on Ikea's earlier Brännboll gaming collection, which aimed to…

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Ikea’s Xbox collection includes a giant thumbstick stool

  • Ikea and Microsoft launch nine-piece Xbox homeware range.
  • The collection marks the original Xbox’s 25th anniversary.
  • Storage-focused designs blend Scandinavian styling with Xbox motifs.

Ikea and Microsoft have launched Yxstaby, a nine-piece Xbox-inspired furniture and accessories collection marking 25 years since the first Xbox console. The range aims to make gaming equipment easier to integrate into living spaces, reflecting Ikea’s view that home gaming increasingly centres on relaxation and social connection as…

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Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival – a game so grotesque it scares its own director

  • New Hellraiser game overseen by Clive Barker launches 8 October
  • Doug Bradley returns as Pinhead after two decades away
  • Game design prioritises sustained discomfort over jump scares

Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival is a forthcoming first-person action-horror game set in Barker's universe, developed with his direct oversight and featuring Doug Bradley reprising his role as Pinhead for the first time in two decades. Game director Emil Esov says the team deliberately prioritised sustained discomfort over jump…

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The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past’s First Gameplay Demo Showcases Geralt’s New Weapon and Deadly Enemies

  • New Witcher 3 expansion retains the familiar formula.
  • Geralt gains a chain weapon with new combat uses.
  • Songs of the Past is due in 2027.

Polygon’s Gamescom preview of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Songs of the Past shows an expansion that closely follows the series’ established open-world role-playing formula, with a new region, quests, characters and monsters. Its significance lies in offering a substantial new adventure for Geralt while adding combat…

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Korea’s DRX Signs Strategic Partnership With Indonesia’s Nuon to Expand Gaming and Entertainment Ties (EXCLUSIVE)

  • DRX (Korea) and Nuon (Indonesia) sign gaming and entertainment partnership.
  • Plans include a Jakarta festival and joint game publishing initiative.
  • Deal also covers esports talent development and training pathways.

South Korean esports and entertainment company DRX Corp has signed a strategic partnership with Indonesian firm PT Nuon Digital Indonesia, aiming to deepen gaming and entertainment ties between the two countries. Announced in Jakarta, the deal combines DRX's esports, content production and fan engagement expertise with Nuon's local…

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered

  • The Witcher 3 gets a full remastered re-release
  • Visual and technical upgrades bring the RPG to current hardware

CD Projekt Red returns to their acclaimed RPG with a remastered edition of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, bringing Geralt of Rivia's epic monster-hunting saga to current-generation hardware with a fresh visual overhaul. The remaster promises enhanced graphics, improved performance, and refined mechanics, giving both newcomers and returning…

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10 Years Ago, Anime’s Most Powerful Quote Is Still an All Time Classic

  • Mob Psycho 100 turns 10; its "chosen one" subversion still resonates
  • Reigen's line "you're the protagonist of your own life" redefines self-worth
  • Show argues talent shouldn't define a person's humanity or value

An anime opinion piece marks ten years since Mob Psycho 100's debut by revisiting a scene widely regarded as one of the genre's most powerful lines. The article argues that the show subverts the classic "chosen one" trope by making its psychically gifted protagonist, Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama, someone…

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