Gaming

The wireless headset that gets hot-swappable batteries right

• Glorious InfinitePlay headset swaps batteries without losing audio
• Costs $229.99, undercutting $400 rivals like SteelSeries and Turtle Beach
• Includes two 85-hour batteries and a three-hour backup during swaps

The Verge has published a hands-on review of the Glorious GHS InfinitePlay, a $229.99 wireless gaming headset praised for solving a long-standing problem with hot-swappable batteries. Unlike rival high-end headsets from SteelSeries and Turtle Beach, which cut out audio the instant their battery is removed, the InfinitePlay keeps…

Nintendo keeps making shooters more friendly and approachable

• Nintendo's Splatoon Raiders swaps competitive multiplayer for looter-shooter gameplay.
• Players explore solo missions to earn gear, similar to Destiny or Borderlands.
• Core ink mechanics and Splatoon's cast remain central to the new format.

Nintendo has released Splatoon Raiders, a new spin-off that takes its family-friendly, ink-based shooter series away from competitive online multiplayer and into the looter-shooter genre popularised by games like Destiny and Borderlands. Rather than team-based matches, players take on missions and explore levels solo to earn gear and…

The stage seems set for the Steam Frame’s arrival as VR headset shipments are sitting in warehouses, but Valve is apparently still working on its “gamepad mode”

• Steam Frame VR headset stock reportedly already sitting in warehouses.
• Valve still finishing a "gamepad mode" feature before launch.
• Suggests release could be imminent once software is finalised.

Valve's upcoming Steam Frame VR headset appears close to launch, with reports suggesting shipments of the device are already sitting in warehouses ahead of a release. Despite this apparent readiness on the hardware side, Valve is said to still be finishing work on a "gamepad mode" feature for…

Once you see it, you can’t unsee it: Hilarity ensues as new DC Comics fighting game is named DCKO

• Warner Bros. and Dropfake unveil DC fighting game named DCKO
• Name widely read as ruder word; developers embraced the joke
• Free-to-play mobile 2v2 title launches next year, pre-registration open

Warner Bros. and indie developer Dropfake have announced DCKO, a free-to-play 2v2 fighting game for mobile devices set in the DC Comics universe. The reveal has caused amusement online, as the name is widely being read as a much ruder word, prompting jokes across social media that the…

Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe will become a TTRPG, even though Vampire: The Masquerade already exists

• Renegade Game Studios is making an Immortal Universe TTRPG based on AMC's adaptations
• It will rival Vampire: The Masquerade, which Renegade also publishes
• BackerKit crowdfunding launches this autumn, starting with an Interview with the Vampire set

Renegade Game Studios, publisher of Vampire: The Masquerade, is developing a new tabletop role-playing game based on Anne Rice's Immortal Universe, drawing specifically on AMC's television adaptations of her novels. The move sets the new game up as a direct rival to Vampire: The Masquerade, a gothic horror…

“Enjoy your last day in a future that works for everyone but you”: I adore the demo for Future? No Thanks, an open world comedy about a boomer trapped in leftwing paradise

• Demo reviewed for satirical open-world game Future? No Thanks!
• Boomer protagonist seeks euthanasia in an ecosocialist utopia
• Game pokes fun at both right and left political viewpoints

Future? No Thanks! is an upcoming open-world satirical game by Paulo "Molleindustria" Perdicini, in which players guide a grumpy older man named Harvey Huffstone through his final day in a fully realised ecosocialist utopia. Reviewed via a 30-minute Steam demo, the game is notable for satirising both the…

Final Fantasy 14’s Third Walk raid starts with FF11’s most infamous boss being bodied in a cutscene because a raid designer wanted to show off the true strength of your first foe

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Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Leaves Fans Convinced Marvel Has Hidden Characters From a Certain Shot

• Fans spot possible hidden edit in Avengers: Doomsday trailer shot
• Theory: Doctor Doom secretly cut from group assembly scene
• Marvel has a history of misleading trailer edits for past films

Fans watching the newly released Avengers: Doomsday trailer believe Marvel has deliberately edited a key group shot to hide certain characters, continuing the studio's long-running practice of using misleading trailer edits to protect plot secrets. The shot in question shows the Avengers, New Avengers and Fantastic Four assembling…

All Phasmophobia 13 Willow Street rework Cursed Possession locations

• 13 Willow Street map reworked on 21 July 2026 in Phasmophobia
• All seven Cursed Possession spawn locations have moved
• Guide details exact spots on main floor and basement

Phasmophobia's 13 Willow Street, the game's smallest map, underwent a significant rework on 21 July 2026, and while the overall layout stayed largely familiar, the spawn points for its Cursed Possessions have all changed. Players who rely on these powerful but risky items need updated location knowledge, since…

Did Tom Holland put Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day?

• Tom Holland teases a secret idea he pitched for Brand New Day
• Speculation grows that Sadie Sink is playing Jean Grey
• Film release date confirmed as 31 July

Tom Holland has hinted he personally proposed a major, still-secret story idea for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, fuelling speculation that he may be responsible for Sadie Sink's mystery character turning out to be Jean Grey. Holland, who has played Peter Parker for a decade and reportedly gained more…