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Hands-on with the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X — possibly the best gaming handheld ever, still has some big questions to answer

We finally got to try the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X at Gamescom, but with no mention of price, battery life, and user confusion over compatibility — there are still some big unanswered questions left.

Windows Central

Left 4 Dead has held the horde shooter crown for 17 years, but John Carpenter's Toxic Commando is the best challenger yet

Gamescom 2025 | 17 years later, could a new zombie shooter claim the crown?

GamesRadar

US Studio Unearths Fossilized Dinosaur Game 'Turok'

Everything old is new again, especially for gamers at the Gamescom trade fair, who got a preview of upcoming video game "Turok: Origins" -- a third-person shooter pitting the player against dinosaurs and aliens.

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'I'm working on other stuff': Double Fine chief Tim Schafer squashes hopes for Psychonauts 3 any time soon

Schafer doubled down on Double Fine's pause on sequels for now.

PC Gamer

Best gaming laptops of Gamescom 2025 - top picks from MSI, Samsung and more

Gaming laptops may not be the focus of Gamescom, but that doesn’t stop big brands from bringing their all.

TechRadar

Best of Gamescom 2025: The top 7 gadgets and games we couldn’t stop playing

Gamescom 2025 gave us a taste of all the highly anticipated games and gadgets arriving soon, from the powerful ROG Xbox Ally to the amazingly horrifying Resident Evil Requiem. Here’s our top picks from the show.

Tom’s Guide

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from Google's Pixel 10 release to Gamescom's biggest reveals

The week's biggest news from Made by Google, Gamescom, and Spotify fopr August 23, 2025.

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Firefighting Games Spark At Gamescom 2025

In a video gaming landscape often dominated by fantasy duels and kinetic gunfights, one different genre is standing out in the Gamescom trade fair in Germany: firefighting.

International Business Times

Silent Hill f remains true to the franchise’s ‘beautiful and horrible’ tone and atmosphere despite 1960s Japan setting, devs say

Speaking with Destructoid at gamescom, the game's producer and director say they have faith in what they're making.

Destructoid

Destructoid Gamescom Awards 2025: Best Game – LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

The big winner of the show.

Destructoid

Destructoid Gamescom Awards 2025: Most Excited For – Reanimal

What were you expecting?

Destructoid

Silksong is powerful, but a new foe emerges at Gamescom: over 70 million horny otome game players – "Today is truly a momentous day"

GTA 6? Hollow Knight? Sorry, I only know my hot stepbrother in Love and Deepspace

GamesRadar

Gamescom congress 2025 was bigger than ever before – here's why that matters to gamers

Gamescom congress, Europe's leading conference on the potential of computer and video games for society and the economy, has broken its attendance record for this year.

TechRadar

The Blood of Dawnwalker dev says comparisons to The Witcher 3 are inevitable, but it's OK because "we are not compared to a bad game" and "we are making our own kind of beasts"

It's flattering, really

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Final Fantasy 14 director has a pretty simple explanation for why the Monster Hunter Wilds collab will feature Omega – 'In the Monster Hunter team, there are many Warriors of Light'

Naoki Yoshida has said Monster Hunter Wilds' upcoming Final Fantasy 14 collaboration will feature Omega because the Monster Hunter team wanted it to happen.

International Business Times

Chinese Tiger, French Berets And Space Cannons Mark Gamescom 2025

A new instalment in Chinese action saga "Black Myth", a long-awaited indie favourite and stereotypically French cosplay have all marked the vast Gamescom trade fair this week in Cologne.

Destructoid

Gamescom Hands-On: Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight

Arkham is back in brick form.

Windows Central

The Division 2 teases an impressive new opponent for its next season — we have to wait a little longer to find out what the snow is all about, though

Ubisoft has used the first of its Gamescom streams for The Division 2 to outline what's coming next, including the next season, and the one after that.

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Tom’s Hardware

Samsung expands Odyssey G7 series with 37 and 40-inch gaming monitors — VA panels offer up to 5120 x 2160 at 180 Hz

Samsung is at Gamescom showcasing the latest large format additions to its Odyssey G7 gaming monitor series

Destructoid

BF6 trounces BO7, according to fans. But will it really matter in the end?

Where do you stand in this FPS war?

TechRadar

JBL launches new Quantum 950, 650, and 250 gaming headsets featuring pro-grade audio

During Gamescom 2025 JBL unveiled three new models in its Quantum headset series.

Dot Esports

The highlight of Gamescom ONL was this roguelite FPS—and I’m already addicted

It's a banger.

Euronews

Black Ops 7, Lego Batman and Nintendo Switch 2 take centre stage at Gamescom 2025

More than 300,000 visitors are expected at this year's gaming extravaganza, flocking to try out blockbuster releases like Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and test new hardware such as the Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Handheld.

GamesRadar

The design of Asus' previous controller made no sense, and the updated version revealed at Gamescom proves it

Asus has ditched the gimmicky screen and rubbish back buttons of its Xbox controller in favor of TMR goodness with the Raikiri 2, revealed at Gamescom.

TechRadar

Stunning open-world Chinese fantasy RPG Where Winds Meet gets an official release date

Everstone Studio has finally revealed the release date for its highly anticipated open-world action-adventure game, Where Winds Meet.

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