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I’m at the point in Fields of Mistria where I’ve started talking to my dragon statue, Caldarus, and telling my pink dog to do chores. If that interests you, even without context, then you probably have a lot to look forward to. Fields of Mistria is the type of farming sim I wish I had in my youth – it resembles early 2000s cozy classics from Harvest Moon to Animal Crossing, all mixed together into an anime-coded concoction. The world of Mistria is brimming with lore and its villagers have distinct personalities that shine through in their dialogue. I can tell I still have a while before I’ve seen everything its newly released 1.0 update has to offer, but I already can’t wait to learn more about my new home and neighbors. This fantasy farming sim takes place in a pastel pixel art world where mythical creatures and magic exist, but not in a way that dominates the otherwise down to earth tasks that are asked of you. I sometimes forget I’m in a magical world when I’m just farming and talki...

A Battlefield 6 player with hundreds of hours of playtime has scored a full refund of the game after Battlefield Studios removed key modes from its quick-play matchmaking. Over on Reddit , the player revealed that Steam granted them a full $110 refund of the game's Phantom Edition, saying they got upset after developers continued to pull modes from the game's quick play matchmaking. They noted that it began with Squad Deathmatch and King of the Hill, but once Rush (a Battlefield staple) was pulled, they requested a refund. Steam famously refuses to grant most refunds unless the game was purchased in the last two weeks and you've barely played it. However, the player wrote a note to a support agent explaining their feelings and why they wanted a refund. Valve seemingly thought it was a valid enough reason and granted the refund outside of the usual terms. Whether or not this will spark more refunds remains to be seen, but it does show that some fans are fed up with games ra...

Professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player Juan ‘Hungrybox’ Debiedma went viral over the weekend after fainting while celebrating a victory over fellow player Hugh ‘SluG’ Hegarty. Supernova is a massive Smash Bros. tournament in Baltimore that takes place every summer. 33-year-old Hungrybox — known as one of the ‘Five Gods’ of the competitive Melee scene — was in attendance, and he celebrated a victory so hard that he literally passed out. Hungrybox was facing off against SluG to secure a spot in the Top 16 bracket when the viral moment happened. It was an extremely close game, with Hbox saying he went down to the wire against his opponent in a nail-biting 3-2 set , going down to his last stock in game five. just fainted for the second time ever playing melee, AMA (Won game 5 last stock vs SluG for Top 16) pic.twitter.com/qc4W6fNH8Z — hungrybox (@LiquidHbox) August 8, 2026 As is tradition within the fighting game community, Hungrybox popped off after winning the final game… but...

A Warhammer 40,000 book just sold on eBay for an eye-watering $3,150 — leaving fans stunned. A signed and numbered limited edition of Dan Abnett’s Warhammer 40,000 novel, Hive, went for the huge sum on the auction site on Sunday after over 50 bids pushed up the eventual sale price to an astronomical level. But why would a Warhammer 40,000 book command such a fee in the first place? There’s a unique backstory to this particular version of Hive, which released in standard formats in May. Games Workshop, which owns and operates the hugely popular grimdark far future setting primarily for tabletop wargames, had announced a limited run of signed and numbered premium editions of Hive for sale only in Warhammer stores. This sparked an uproar within the community, with some saying it was unfair of Games Workshop to release this coveted limited edition in Warhammer stores only when not all fans have a store within reaching distance. In response, Games Workshop caved to the FOMO pressure , canc...

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls ' launch weekend has been filled with so many PC issues that even famed fighting game community (FGC) content creator Maximilian Christiansen (a.k.a. Maximilian Dood) couldn't help but uninstall the game on stream. If publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Arc System Works weren't already sounding alarm bells, they should be now. Maximilian Dood, who has earned his place as one of the go-to creators for fighting game content, uninstalled Marvel Tokon after spending just two days with the 4v4 superhero tag fighter, saying its PC port was "really s**t." "This is bad, chat. I don't think I can play this anymore," he said during an August 7 livestream titled " Last day with PC version, sheesh ." "It's making me like the game significantly less. The game is un-fun when we have to deal with all this. It's un-fun. It's fun coming up with solutions and stuff like that to issues, to comba...

A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save on Civilization VII, select LEGO sets, AirPods Pro 3, Saros, Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, and more. Check out our top picks for Sunday, August 9, below. Civilization VII for $19.99 Amazon has Civilization VII on sale for $19.99 this weekend, saving you $20 off a physical copy. In our 7/10 review , we wrote, "Civilization 7's improved warfare and added bits of narrative flair give me reasons to keep clicking one more turn late into the night, but the desire to streamline and simplify this legendary 4X series feels like it has also gone a bit too far, particularly when it comes to the interface." AirPods Pro 3 for $189 AirPods Pro 3 are a fantastic upgrade over the 2nd generation, bringing a built-in heart rate sensor, redesigned eartips for better noise cancellation, and improved sound quality. Right now, you can score a pair for only $189 at Amazon. I've had a pair since launch and have been incredibly happy...