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Game Awards 2026: All Game of the Year Front-Runners and Predictions

• Resident Evil Requiem is Polygon’s early favourite.
• Big Walk is a highly rated challenger.
• GTA 6’s eligibility depends on release timing.

Polygon’s early Game Awards 2026 predictions place Resident Evil Requiem first and Big Walk second among likely Game of the Year nominees. - Resident Evil Requiem leads because of the series’ awards record, its polished action-horror appeal and broad accessibility, although review scores in the high 80s may…

Mel Gibson Says He Still Wants to Direct Lethal Weapon 5, Although It Sounds Like It’s in Development Hell

Lethal Weapon 5 is still on Mel Gibson’s radar, although it sounds mired in development trouble.

God of War star Christopher Judge criticizes The Last of Us and similar adaptations for excluding people who made the games: “What are you thinking?”

• Christopher Judge wants game creators included in adaptations.
• He criticised adaptations that exclude original contributors.
• He cited The Last of Us among similar projects.

Christopher Judge, who plays Kratos in the God of War games, has criticised screen adaptations such as HBO’s The Last of Us for failing to involve the people who created or performed in the original games. He argued that excluding those contributors risks losing valuable knowledge of the…

The “untranslatable” book that inspired Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been translated, and you can buy it later this year

• Expedition 33-inspired novel receives its first English translation.
• US hardback arrives on 13 October 2026.
• UK date is listed as 12 November, unconfirmed.

Alain Damasio’s cult French science-fiction novel *The Horde of the Counterwind*, a key inspiration for *Clair Obscur: Expedition 33*, will receive its first English translation later this year. Its release matters because the book’s distinctive prose has long been considered exceptionally difficult to translate, allowing English-speaking readers to…

Action RPG Phantom Blade Zero tapped John Wick and Rogue One star Donnie Yen for its kung fu combat – his first video game role since the failed Sleeping Dogs movie

• Donnie Yen is contributing to Phantom Blade Zero’s kung fu combat.
• His involvement supports the game’s martial-arts focus.
• It is his first game-related role since Sleeping Dogs.

Phantom Blade Zero has enlisted actor and martial artist Donnie Yen to contribute to its kung fu combat, marking a notable collaboration between the action RPG and a performer known for films including John Wick and Rogue One. The involvement may strengthen the game’s emphasis on choreographed, cinematic…

The 7 Worst FPS Games From the 2000s

• The article revisits shooters that no longer hold up.
• Later games exposed flaws in Call of Duty and BlackSite.
• Fallout 3 succeeds as an RPG, not a shooter.

Polygon lists seven 2000s shooters it believes have aged poorly, arguing that technical flaws, disappointing execution or stronger later rivals have undermined their reputations. The article matters chiefly as a retrospective comparison: it distinguishes games that were influential or enjoyable in their day from those whose mechanics now…

Someone hooked an RX 9070 XT up to their Steam Machine and it works surprisingly well, like fitting a V8 engine into your Honda Civic

• A Steam Machine reportedly ran with an RX 9070 XT.
• The unusual upgrade performed better than expected.
• Key technical details and benchmarks are not provided.

A PC Gamer article reports that someone connected an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card to an older Steam Machine, achieving unexpectedly strong results. The experiment matters because it suggests that ageing compact gaming hardware may still benefit from a major graphics upgrade, though the arrangement is…

Multiplayer Witcher spin-off Project Sirius reportedly hit by layoffs again, in “broader shift in development strategy” at CD Projekt Red

• Project Sirius reportedly lost nine staff amid a strategic development shift.
• Another nine employees are reportedly being reassigned internally.
• The Witcher 4 remains CD Projekt Red’s top priority.

CD Projekt Red has reportedly made nine redundancies on Project Sirius, its multiplayer-linked Witcher spin-off, while moving another nine staff to other internal teams. The reported changes are said to reflect a broader shift in development strategy, adding fresh uncertainty around a project that has already been rebooted…

“The world’s becoming so bleak”: How Soulframe hopes to escape Warframe’s shadow, with a little insight from Elden Ring

• Soulframe aims for hopeful fantasy rather than Warframe-style excess.
• Combat will be slower, melee-focused and skill-based.
• Digital Extremes wants to attract players beyond Warframe’s audience.

Digital Extremes hopes Soulframe will establish its own identity beyond the long-running success of Warframe by offering a more hopeful fantasy world and slower, more deliberate combat. The studio believes its new game matters because it provides a contrast to increasingly bleak real-world conditions and to the bombastic…

Oblivion Remastered shines on Switch 2 despite persistent bugs

• Switch 2 handles Oblivion Remastered surprisingly well.
• Persistent bugs still undermine the remaster.
• Strong port, but an imperfect game.

The article describes The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered on Nintendo Switch 2 as an unexpectedly accomplished port, successfully making a technically demanding modern role-playing game playable on portable hardware. It matters because the release demonstrates the Switch 2’s potential, while also drawing attention to unresolved flaws in…