Aug 10-16, 2026

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Video Games

Video Games O Empire makes survival feel like carrying a burden O EMPIRE! WARD OFF THY ROT has one of the clearer indie hooks in this week's research batch: carry a cursed object across a ruined medieval world and survive the... Read it

Video Games India's $1B game market changes the mobile and payment conversation India's game market has crossed a line publishers cannot ignore. Niko Partners says India generated $1.04 billion in game revenue in 2025, up 14.8% year over year, with... Read it

Video Games ARC Raiders passes 16.3 million sales as Nexon points to Frozen Trail for October Nexon's latest earnings update gives ARC Raiders two useful signals at once. The extraction shooter has reached 16.3 million cumulative unit sales, and its next major... Read it

Video Games 2K launches Small Axe Studios with EA Sports veterans for its next big sports franchise 2K has launched Small Axe Studios, a Vancouver-based AAA sports developer led by former EA Sports veteran Aaron McHardy. The confirmed story is about staffing, ambition,... Read it

Video Games Paralives 0.1.7 fixes weird babies, dead Paras, and daily life friction in early access Paralives patch 0.1.7 could have been reduced to one joke about strange-looking babies. The update is broader than that. It is a quality-of-life pass that gives... Read it

Video Games Over the Hill gets an October 14 Steam release date for cozy-but-demanding off-road co-op Over the Hill has an October Steam date and a better family pitch than another loud co-op grind Funselektor and Strelka Games have set an October 14, 2026 Steam release... Read it

TTRPGs

TTRPGs 100 Dead Heroes brings anti-superhero violence to a rules-light TTRPG table Rookie Jet Studio's 100 Dead Heroes is selling a sharp tabletop pitch: ordinary people with no powers take on corrupt, corporate-backed superheroes in a rules-light RPG... Read it

TTRPGs Paizo's 13 Omens gives horror one-shots a dice-bag pressure system families should understand Paizo's 13 Omens looks like a horror table decision before it looks like a rules purchase Paizo's 13 Omens now has enough public preview material for a useful Crosspad... Read it

Board Games

Board Games Dead by Daylight board game returns to crowdfunding with a 10th anniversary Auris Box campaign Level 99 Games has brought Dead by Daylight: The Board Game back to crowdfunding with the Auris Box, a 10th anniversary campaign built around storage, upgrade paths, and... Read it

Board Games Old Ones Origins brings Forbidden Stars' strategy into Cthulhu at Gen Con Chaosium is bringing the strategic foundation of Forbidden Stars into the Cthulhu Mythos with Call of Cthulhu: Old Ones Origins. Read it

CCGs/TCGs

CCGs/TCGs Pokémon TCG Pocket's player decline turns digital collecting into a retention story DeNA's latest numbers make Pokémon TCG Pocket look less like a runaway mobile hit and more like a digital card game entering the hard part of its life cycle. Read it

CCGs/TCGs MTG Star Trek Klingon Script cards put collector flair ahead of table readability Magic: The Gathering's Star Trek crossover now has a very Star Trek kind of collectible problem. Klingon Script cards are official, flashy, deeply on-theme, and... Read it

CCGs/TCGs MTG's August bans slow Standard by removing Badgermole Cub, Stormchaser's Talent, and Gran-Gran MTG's August bans are a warning against buying last week's Standard list on autopilot Wizards of the Coast has made a sharp August move in Magic: The Gathering's... Read it

Wargames

Wargames Mantic opens the Siege of Samarik global campaign for Kings of War players Mantic Games has opened The Siege of Samarik, a live global campaign for Kings of War players that runs from August 14 through Sunday, August 30. Read it

Wargames Necromunda's Goliath Forge Bosses add leaders, Sumpkrocs, and House of Chains rules hooks Necromunda's new Goliath Forge Bosses and Sumpkrocs are more than another plastic reveal. Games Workshop is selling a six-model box, a gang identity update, and a rules... Read it

Family & Table

Family & Table In Co-op Board Games, Ask Before You Solve Someone Else's Turn A three-step advice covenant keeps strategy shared and leaves the active player with a real choice. Read it

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