August might have kept you busy with Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Control and Astral Chain--all great games that can suck your life away. But as the year ticks along, plenty of great, smaller games with stellar ideas and executions come out, especially on PC, and they won't eat up dozens of hours if you're looking for something fresh. But they're easy to miss.There are a lot of games out there, and ... more.

The Persona video game franchise has set a new sales record. Developer Atlus announced in a blog post (translated by VentureBeat) that the entire series has now surpassed 10 million copies sold.This figure counts copies sold in the mainline series, which has so far spanned five entries, as well as the spin-offs. Atlus did not provide a breakdown of sales by title, but it was already announced that... more.

World of Warcraft Classic is officially launching very soon on August 27, and ahead of that, developer Blizzard has announced some important changes and updates.Starting off, Blizzard will eliminate the previous character limit of three per account. At launch, players can make up to 10 characters per realm; that works out to 50 across all Classic realms.On top of that, Blizzard announced it will o... more.

Grand Theft Auto V Online is serving up some major rewards as part of the Diamond Program this week, but you need to log in by August 21 to claim them.The recently opened Diamond Casino and Resort in GTA V's online mode is offering up a slew of rewards as part of The Diamond Program, which could net you up to GTA$400,000 just for logging on if you've reached Diamond status. Even if you haven't, th... more.

Sniper Ghost Warrior will return in November, with the latest game in the series taking place across five regions within Siberia.Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts will release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One on November 22, 2019. The news comes with a trailer, showing off a previously unseen area that you'll get to explore called Black Gold. The trailer shows off some of the upcoming sequel's stealthy gamep... more.

Nintendo is preparing for Gamescom. The biggest video game convention in Europe will include presentations from Microsoft, Google, and of course, Nintendo. The house of Mario will be presenting new trailers for its 2019 Nintendo Switch lineup throughout the Gamescom festivities, but is devoting its livestream presentation to indie games coming to its digital Nintendo Eshop.Nintendo says it will be... more.

Gris, last year's tremendous indie darling, is coming to iOS devices later this month. The game will release on the App Store on August 22. The game, which released on Switch and PC late last year, charmed critics with its extraordinary visuals, smart puzzles and engaging narrative. In his 9/10 review of the PC version, Tom Mc Shea praised the game for its "incredible artistic design", "freeing se... more.

Cooking Mama: Cookstar is a new game in the cooking series that started on the Nintendo DS back in 2006. It will be the eleventh Cooking Mama game, and the announcement frames it as a reboot. The last game in the series was Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop for the 3DS.Cooking Mama: Cookstar is due to arrive this fall on Nintendo Switch, and will be the first console game to integrate blockchain technology... more.

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince will release on October 8, and we've got a new trailer to go alongside the announcement. The game is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC.On the same day, Trine: Ultimate Collection will release, physically bundling all four games in the series. Trine 4 will retail for $29.99, while the Ultimate Collection will cost $49.99 on all systems.The Ultimate Editio... more.

The Evo organizers have now confirmed that the teaser video for Snake was only "a little joke." The group said it was "not intended to imply a character reveal, and was done on our own, without consulting Bandai Namco."Just to clear things up, the Snake cameo video that we showed during Tekken finals was our idea of a little joke. It was not intended to imply a character reveal, and was done on o... more.