The Journal
Release guides, honest reviews and the business behind the games you play.
November 2026 Game Calendar: GTA 6, the Awards Show, and the Four Weeks That Decide the Year
November 2026 at a glance: Golden Joystick winners on the 11th, GTA 6 preload on the 12th, launch…
Phantom Blade Zero Is Out Today: Day-One Scores and the Award Vote That Closes Tomorrow
Phantom Blade Zero launches October 29 on PS5 and PC with 88 on Metacritic. What shipped, what the…
Switch 2 Hits 23 Million Sales — and the Price Is Now $500
Switch 2 has sold 23.68 million units but the US price rose to $500 on September 1. Here…
Golden Joystick Awards 2026: The 12 Game of the Year Nominees
The Golden Joystick Awards 2026 shortlist is out: 12 Game of the Year nominees, no GTA 6, no…
Cloud Gaming in 2026: GeForce Now vs Xbox Cloud vs Luna
GeForce Now vs Xbox Cloud Gaming vs Amazon Luna in 2026: real monthly cost, latency limits, library ownership,…
Why Your PC Games Still Stutter in 2026 (and the 9 Settings That Actually Fix It)
Your fps counter says 90 and the game still stutters. Nine settings that actually fix frame pacing in…
Xbox Game Pass vs PlayStation Plus in 2026: Which Subscription Actually Pays Off?
Game Pass vs PS Plus in 2026, priced out tier by tier: monthly costs, day-one releases, PC support,…
GTA 6 Is Almost Here: Release Date, Price, Preload, and Everything Confirmed
GTA 6 arrives on November 19, 2026 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Everything confirmed so far: price,…
Why Indie Games Are Outselling AAA in 2026
A $6 indie became 2026's best-selling game. Sensor Tower says successful indie launches are up 2.5x year over…