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• We Got Our First Look at Riftbound’s 2027 Release Lineup

  03-08-2026 22:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Riftbound, the League of Legends trading card game (TCG) from Riot Games, just saw the release of its fourth expansion Vendetta on July 31, the first set to achieve release parity among all of the game's available languages. We still have one more expansion to come in 2026, with Radiance dropping October 23, but today's State of the Game update detailed even more products players can get their hands on before year's end.
  The biannual update also discussed the game's release roadmap for 2027, sta
  
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• Riftbound’s Card Templates Are Getting A Big Overhaul in 2027

  03-08-2026 22:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Riftbound, Riot Games' League of Legends trading card game (TCG), recently celebrated its one-year anniversary on August 1 during GenCon. Since its launch late last year, the game's undergone dozens of changes, errata, rules updates, and even card bans. In its first of three State of the Game updates this week (and second overall this year), Riot broke down some of the biggest changes coming to Riftbound starting in January of 2027 with the release of the game's sixth set, Legacy.Two State of th
  
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• A New Palworld Game Has Been Announced, And It’s Releasing Pretty Soon

  03-08-2026 21:55 via gamespot.com
  
  The Palworld series is expanding. Garena has announced Palworld Online, a new MMORPG for mobile, which the developer is making under a licensing deal with Palworld developer Pocketpair.
  Garena will develop and publish Palworld Online for iOS and Android. The game aims to reimagine the "depth, freedom, and scale" of the main game for mobile. Palworld Online will have new, original story elements, along with MMO features like a "seamless, interconnected open world," Garena said. The game has coope
  
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• No Matter Which You Choose, Graphics Cards Are About To Get A Lot More Expensive

  03-08-2026 21:53 via gamespot.com
  
  Hold on tight to the graphics cards you have, because those sitting on retailer shelves are about to get a lot more expensive, irrespective of whether you prefer AMD or Nvidia.Last week, Nvidia GPUs were confirmed to be getting a substantial price hike, with anything between 20% and 30% being reported. That gave AMD the perfect moment to communicate a price increase of its own, with market analyst Harukaze571 reporting that the company had been waiting for Nvidia to make the first move.The repor
  
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• Baldur’s Gate 3 Third-Person Mod Revitalizes The Game

  03-08-2026 21:51 via gamespot.com
  
  When Baldur's Gate 3 launched in 2023, it didn't take long for modders to add new camera options, including a third-person view. Now, a new third-person mod is expanding the view of Baldur's Gate 3 and allowing veteran players a chance to revisit the game from a fresh perspective.The true third-person mod was created and posted by Nexus mods user Relysia, who acknowledges that it builds upon the previously released native camera tweeks mod and retains its features. However, the new mod adds a wa
  
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• Xbox Price Hikes Are Now In Effect Worldwide

  03-08-2026 18:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Buying a new Xbox just got a lot more expensive in the US, Europe, and UK. The previously announced Xbox Series X|S price hikes are now in effect as of August 1, and people should expect to pay significantly more.In the US, all 512GB Xbox models went up by $100, while the 1 TB systems are now $150 more expensive. All 2 TB models are discontinued. You can see all the new US prices below, and prices for other regions further down (via VGC).
  Xbox Series S 512GB - $500
  Xbox Series S 1TB - $600Xbox S
  
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• Love And Deepspace’s Biggest Controversy Is Now Hitting Its Wallet

  03-08-2026 17:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Love and Deepspace just had its worst financial month to date, as the dating gacha sim's revenue has cratered. While it was pulling in around $30 - $60 million in revenue every month (per Sensor Data), July saw the game make a noticeably smaller amount of cash, to the tune of $10.3 million. That's a massive 73% drop when compared to June 2026 ($38 million), and the fall can all be traced back to the announcement--and subsequent cancellation--of Valko, who would have been the game's six
  
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• Viral Steam Game Made $1.3 Million But Creator Only Got $2,000 After Mass Refunds

  03-08-2026 17:12 via gamespot.com
  
  An 18-year-old from New Hampshire released a game called This Game Costs $200 earlier this year as a joke--but a lot of people bought it. The game generated $1.3 million in sales, but creator Michael Major didn't get anywhere near that big of a payday.He told WMUR that he set the price at $200 because that was the maximum a game could be listed for on Steam, and he expected no one to buy it. When he saw revenue of $1.3 million, he "almost died," Major said. To be sure, there are games on Steam t
  
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• The World’s Gone To Hell, But You Still Have To Go To Work, Just Like In This Horror Game

  03-08-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  A famous poet once said, "Work sucks; I know." That timeless truth is the backdrop for HR: Human Remains, an upcoming first-person horror game in which demons have taken over the world, but you're still clocking in for your desk job. Today, GameSpot can exclusively reveal the release date; it's coming to Steam on September 22. Check out the brand-new release date trailer below for more.With an aesthetic reminiscent of the original PlayStation era, HR: Human Remains has a darkly humorous ton
  
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• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Nintendo Direct Announced For This Week

  03-08-2026 16:22 via gamespot.com
  
  A new Nintendo Direct has been announced, and this time, the focus is on Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. If you're interested, you can tune in at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET on August 4 to watch the broadcast. Nintendo says that you can expect "roughly 20 minutes" of new information about the game.One of several big first-party games from Nintendo scheduled for launch this year, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is the first game in the longrunning tactical-RPG series to be developed exclusively for Switch
  
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• Marvel’s Wolverine Might Be Continuing Hugh Jackman’s Infamous Bare Butt Tradition

  03-08-2026 16:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Marvel's Wolverine is finally slashing its way onto PS5 next month, and ahead of its release, it looks like the game is going to earn its Mature 17+ rating with blood and ass. According to the Entertainment Software Rating Board, the game contains blood, gore, drug references, strong language, and "partial nudity," but it's not specified whose gluteus maximus is on display."A handful of sequences briefly depict a character's exposed buttocks," the ESRB rating reads. That's a pretty vague descrip
  
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• The Last Of Us Co-Director Asks Why You Even Care About GTA 6, And The Internet Has Thoughts

  03-08-2026 16:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Bruce Straley, the Naughty Dog veteran who worked on the Jak, Uncharted, and The Last of Us franchises before leaving to start his own studio, is asking his followers why they are excited for GTA 6.
  Posting on social media, Straley said he's asking this question out of genuine curiosity, and not simply to stir the pot. "No shade, just curious," he said.Straley said he's unsure if he's interested in playing GTA 6, so he was asking followers to share the reasons why they are excited for Rockstar's
  
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• Obsession Star Inde Navarrette Has Been Offered Video Game Roles, Loves Shrek

  03-08-2026 15:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Inde Navarrette reached a new level of fame this year after starring in Curry Barker's horror movie Obsession. She's also a big fan of video games. She's now revealed that she's been offered roles in games, and that she loves Shrek."Yes, and I'm starting my journey with that soon," she told Variety when asked if any studios had come calling to ask her to be in a video game. "I want to try something smaller to test the waters and then later, different. Video games are, obviously, a big interest o
  
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• Cody Rhodes Went Full Street Fighter For SummerSlam

  03-08-2026 14:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Summerslam weekend saw several new champions emerge, but Cody Rhodes wasn't one of them. While the American Nightmare failed in his bid to dethrone CM Punk as the WWE Undisputed Champion, at least he managed to turn heads with his ring outfit, which went all in with Street Fighter influences. Rhodes--who plays Guile in the upcoming Street Fighter movie--hit the ring with a mask that captured the absurdity of Guile's signature hairdo and M. Bison's Shadaloo organization.
  Given that the Street Fig
  
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