Rock Paper Shotgun / Sep 19, 2026

What are we all playing this weekend?

It's well and truly not summer now. I'm writing this with the lights on because the screen's backlight is suddenly too bright for these eyes grown weak and lazy by the abundance of natural illumination. Read more

Eurogamer / Sep 19, 2026

What we've been playing - "the rest of the party is, frankly, absolutely feral, so I've been trying to balance that out"

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, it's a Chris Tapsell (that's me!) triple-bill - a triple-Tap? - as the team's been either quite stretched or rightfully enjoying a few days off here and there to catch up from a hectic Gamescom period, leaving me to do a proper bodge job of filling in. Expect the usual mobile game addiction, late revie

MassivelyOP / Sep 18, 2026

The Stream Team: Catching a first look at the cute critters of Aniimo

Another new game is out, and it has really adorable critters you can capture and collect. Since when could Massively OP’s MJ resist having cute companion pets? Into Aniimo she goes! Now the question is, will MJ be able to obtain something cuddle and fluffy? Will she even notice gameplay other than the creatures or […]

MassivelyOP / Sep 18, 2026

Betawatch: World of Warcraft Forever begins beta, Aniimo and RuneScape Dragonwilds leave early access

So I could try to make jokes about World of Warcraft Forever going into beta, but they won’t really land, because the beta is not going to last forever. It’s actually only going to last for about two months, because there’s already a set launch date. That isn’t forever. That’s significantly different than forever. Forever would […]

PC Gamer / Sep 18, 2026

Dueling industry surveys show Japanese game devs are embracing AI, while North American ones are still skeptical

As reported by Automaton, the 2026 CESA Videogame Industry Report, a survey-based assessment of the Japanese games business, shows a sharp uptick in AI adoption by Japanese developers: 85.8% in 2026, up from 51% just last year. In July, a separate survey covering just online game devs showed a 100% rate of AI adoption.Breaking things down further, 63% of total respondents claim to use generative AI tools on a daily b