Halo: Campaign Evolved Review

Games like Halo don’t really exist anymore. Big enemies, tight hallways, small tactical arena sandboxes, and huge spectacle – all combined to create a linear campaign built around a single, perfectly executed gameplay mechanic: smooth and refined gunplay. When Halo introduced itself to our screens at the launch of the Xbox in 2001, the first-person shooter was a completely different beast to the one we know today.

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Nintendo Switch To Be Discontinued, Switch 2 Accessories Receiving Replaceable Batteries in EU

Nintendo will discontinue sales of all original Nintendo Switch models in Europe from mid-February 2027.

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Microsoft Raising Xbox Prices Again, Discontinuing 2TB Model

Microsoft has announced, from August 1, the price of all Xbox consoles will increase, by $100 US for 500GB models and $150 for 1TB models. The 2TB Xbox Series X will be discontinued. This marks the second increase in Xbox prices this generation following a $20-$70 US hike in October 2025. In a statement Xbox said "We hoped another price increase would not be necessary, and we have spent the last several months working with suppliers on options.

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8 Australian & New Zealand Demos To Play During Steam Next Fest

Here are our picks of demos to play during Steam's Next Fest

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Steam Machine & Steam Frame To Arrive Before September

Valve has confirmed the Steam Machine & Steam Frame will ship this US Summer, which covers the months of June to August.

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Nintendo Releasing Switch 2 Model With Replaceable Battery in EU

Nintendo has confirmed it will launch a Switch 2 model with an easily replaceable battery in the European Union.

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New FIFA Game to Release on Netflix

Football’s governing body, FIFA, has announced a new video game, FIFA World Cup - Launch Edition, will release on Netflix in June.

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Fable Delayed to 2027

The reboot of Fable, from developer Playground Games, has been delayed from August 2026 to February 2027.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Announced

Activision and Infinity Ward have unveiled the next entry in the Call of Duty franchise, Modern Warfare 4.

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New Middle Earth and Kingdom Come Deliverance Games Confirmed

Kingdom Come Deliverance developer Warhorse Studios has confirmed it has two new games in the works. In a social media post published May 20, the studio responsible for last year's award winning Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 confirmed another entry in the franchise was on the way. Warhorse also confirmed it was working on a “Middle-earth RPG”. “You might’ve heard the rumours, it’s time to reveal what we’re working on,” it said.

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“I Want Something In My Timezone” The Story of The ANZ Indiefest

We chat with ANZ Indiefest Creative Director, Bec Lumsden-Keys.

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Discord Nitro Adds Xbox Game Pass

Discord has announced it is including a new "Starter Edition" of Xbox Game Pass to Discord Nitro subscriptions.

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Roomspeed Preview

What if Wordle was a daily platformer, instead of a word-guessing game?

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Nintendo Announces Global Price Increases to Switch 2, Issues Apology.

Nintendo has announced it is increasing the price of its Switch 2 console by $50 in the US and Canada, and €30 in Europe from September 1. Nintendo has not released individual pricing for other regions outside of Japan but said they will be "revised." Nintendo will also increase the price of the Nintendo Switch Online service in Japan from July 1, and said it is "revising" the price of the service globally.

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Star Fox Remake Announced for Nintendo Switch 2

Star Fox, a remake of the Nintendo 64 classic, Star Fox 64 (known as Lylat Wars in some regions), has been announced during a suprise Nintendo Direct broadcast. It's announcement follows titular character Fox McCloud's appearance in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and a recent leak that pointed to the game's existence in March. It is the first entry in the franchise in a decade, and the second…

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Kiln Review

Is Double Fine's latest a smash hit?

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Roblox’s new ‘hybrid architecture’ overlays games with photorealism

Roblox has unveiled a new “hybrid” system, designed to “democratise” creation by overlaying photorealistic visuals onto a game. In an announcement on April 29, Roblox Reality was unveiled as a blend of systems which transformed a game from its original state into “breathtaking realism” and “dynamic environments”. In a statement, Roblox’s senior vice president of engineering, Anupam Singh, said the system would “empower creators of all sizes” to access unprecedented visual fidelity and motion, on top of traditional persistence and structure - without increasing development costs or time.

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Nullstar: Solus Review

The Tasmanian precision platformer “where speed is everything” could be your next interplanetary adventure.

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Steam Pulls Alleged White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter’s Game From Store

Steam has pulled a game developed by the man charged with attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump, from its store.

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The Weekly Byte 24/04

This week Xbox rebrand and drop the price of Game Pass, and Ubisoft announce Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced.

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Xbox to Re-Evaluate Exclusivity and AI Amid Rebrand

'Microsoft Gaming’ has formally rebranded back to ‘Xbox’ and outlined its priorities going forward.

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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Announced

Ubisoft has unveiled Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, a remake of the 2013 original.

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Epic Games Brings AI-Powered NPC Tools to Unreal Editor for Fortnite

Epic Games has unveiled a new 'conversations system' for Unreal Editor for Fortnite it claims allows developers to "create AI-powered characters."

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Nintendo Lowers the Price of Digital Switch 2 Games

Nintendo announced today it will be recommending separate retail prices for the physical and digital versions of its first-party Switch 2 titles.

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