
Alexander Cope
Alexander Cope is a gaming veteran with over 35 years of experience who primarily covers Xbox and PC gaming news and spotlights discounts on the best laptops, peripherals, and other electronics. He's also a diehard fan of JRPGs, action games, beat em’ ups, and Capcom’s Monster Hunter series
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Fable's first 30-minute gameplay showcases its life-sim elements
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Gaming Playground Games has uploaded a 30-minute gameplay deep dive of Fable, showcasing how the player can interact with NPCs, consequences for the player's actions, how they build reputation, and more.

Here are all the Xbox and PC games shown at the June 2026 Nintendo Direct
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Gaming A new Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer, an expansion for Dragon's Dogma 2, the first HD-2D Final Fantasy game, and more titles for Xbox and PC were shown off in the June 2026 Nintendo Direct

The chaos of Total War: Warhammer 40,000 might finally pull me in
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Gaming Creative Assembly, divulge what players can expect from Total War's first foray into the grimdark universe of Warhammer 40,000, including its gameplay, upcoming closed beta test, and more

Wo Long 2 shows how this overlooked Soulslike earned a second chance
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Xbox Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember is an upcoming sequel to Koei Tecmo's hit Soulslike action game, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, and it's heading for Xbox with Xbox Play Anywhere) and PC

One of the best mini PCs we tested drops its price before Amazon Prime Day
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Deals Geekom's A6 is a near-perfect, mid-range mini PC with an early price drop, thanks to a 20% promo code.

Persona 6 is finally happening, and it's coming to Xbox, PlayStation 5, and PC
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Gaming Persona's 30th anniversary has truly begun as Atlus confirms Persona 6 existance with a teaser trailer, and it's looking like the darkest Persona game in years

Persona 4: Revival's first gameplay trailer is here with its release date for Xbox and PC
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Gaming After months of speculation about Persona 4: Revival, its first proper trailer has dropped, and it's confirmed that fans will get to experience its drop-dead gorgeous visuals and gameplay on February 18, 2027, on consoles and PC

How to watch the Xbox Games Showcase and Gears: E-Day direct
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Xbox Xbox's grandest Game Showcase is coming. Here's how you watch its major announcements live, along with the highly anticipated Gears of War: E-Day direct stream.

Monster Hunter Wilds' DLC expansion has been unveiled, and it already looks insane
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Gaming Travel to the heavens, hunt new and classic monsters, and unlock powerful new supermoves in Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, Monster Hunter Wilds' new DLC expansion coming soon to Xbox, PlayStation 5, and PC in 2027

Defending strongholds in Crimson Deserts is more rewarding with this patch
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Gaming Defend strongholds with new mechanics, fly with new mounts, and chill with pinball minigames in Crimson Desert's 1.10.00 update.

Xbox 25th Anniversary: Counting down the most memorable announcements
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Xbox With the Xbox Game Showcase drawing near, it's time to look back at some of the most memorable announcements and reveals for Xbox games and consoles in celebration of the brand's 25th anniversary.

Rumors of Persona 6 have begun as SEGA takes down art seemingly from the game
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Gaming Atlus' Persona franchise is having its 30th anniversary this year, and we may finally get the successor to Persona 5 if this most recent rumored leak is to be believed

One of our favorite OLED gaming monitors offers 4K at 240Hz for less
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Deals ASUS' ROG Strix OLED 27 is a 4K gaming monitor with a 0.03ms response time, discounted ahead of Prime Day.

Save money and get digital jobs done early with this Inspiron laptop with 32GB
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Deals The Dell Inspiron 15 (3530) laptop, with its 32GB RAM and Intel Core i5 CPU, makes for a high-quality companion piece for budding students or workers looking for efficient ways to get work done faster

Xbox Game Pass kicks off June with Persona 5 Royal and more
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Gaming One of Atlus' most popular JRPGs, Persona 5: Royal, is coming back to Xbox Game Pass, and it's bringing with it a plethora of lesser-known titles like Herdling, Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions, and more to Xbox Game Pass.

Here's every Xbox and PC game announcement at Sony's State of Play
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Gaming Rayman Legends Retold, Onimusha: Way of the Sword's demo, and many more Xbox and PC games have been spotlighted at Sony's June 2026 State of Play event, and we've got the lowdown.

Open-world hit Crimson Desert reveals a summer update roadmap and DLC
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Gaming Pearl Abyss has released a new roadmap containing various gameplay and narrative improvements, along with a DLC update in the works for their hit open-world game, Crimson Desert.

Report: Gabe Newell funded an USD 815 million deep‑sea research ship
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Gaming Gabe Newell, the co-founder and president of Steam, has recently invested $815 million in the RV11000, a massive research vessel tasked with exploring uncharted regions of Earth's deep-sea oceans.

I played Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy, and it's another delightfully twisted CRPG
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Gaming I played Dark Heresy's beta, shaping up to be another riveting WH40K CRPG adventure rife with intriguing mysteries, complex characters, and in-depth gameplay.

I need more space for PC games, and this 2TB SSD with 7,450MB/s is just what I need
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Deals The Samsung Pro 990 SSD with its 2TB configuration is back on sale for PC users desperate for more space, and 7,450 MB/s Read Speeds to severely cut down videogame loading times so they don't interrupt your fun

The indie game that dethroned Forza Horizon 6's Metacritic score is now available on Xbox
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Gaming Mina the Hollower is a new 2D action-adventure game from the creators of the modern indie classic, Shovel Knight. If you're an old-school fan of Game Boy Color games or Zelda, here's why this should be on your wishlist

Lenovo's budget PC monitors offer smooth gaming at a great price
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Deals Lenovo is offering a Doorstopper discount on two high-quality gaming monitors, one of which earned a near-perfect score from us for its excellent performance and build.

Dragon Quest XII shows its first trailer while a new Monsters game joins Xbox and PC
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Gaming Square Enix celebrates the grandfather of JRPGs, Dragon Quest's 40th anniversary, by giving us a new trailer for Dragon Quest 12 and a new Dragon Quest Monsters spin-off game coming soon to consoles and PC
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