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Notable 2026 Game Releases
Feb 27 - Pokémon FireRed/Leafgreen
Feb 27 - Resident Evil: Requiem
Mar 2 - World of Warcraft: Midnight
Mar 5 - Marathon
Mar 26 - Life is Strange: Reunion
May 19 - Forza Horizon 6
May 27 - 007 First Light
Sep 15 - Marvel's Wolverine
TBD - Grand Theft Auto VI
TBD - Control Resonant
TBD - Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
TBD - Professor Layton/World of Steam -
2026 Videogame Events
GDC Festival of Gaming
Mar 9-13 / San Francisco, CA
PAX East 2026
Mar 26-29 / Boston, MA
Summer Game Fest 2026
June 5-8 / Los Angeles, CA
Summer Games Done Quick
July 5-11 / Minneapolis, MN
QuakeCon 2026
Aug 6-9 / Grapevine, TX
GamesCom 2026
Aug 26-30 / Cologne, Germany
PAX West
Sept 4-7 / Seattle, WA
Blizzcon 2026
Sept 12-13 / Anaheim, CA
Tokyo Game Show
Sep 17-21 / Chiba, Japan
The Game Awards 2026
Dec 10 / Los Angeles, CA Archives
Game Commentary Archive
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![AS I OFTEN DO, I took a summer break from WoW, because I live in southern California and I’m a weird brand of geek who enjoys things like sunlight and […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wow50_panda-165x115.jpg "WoW v5.0: Rolling With The Changes")
WoW v5.0: Rolling With The Changes
Posted on September 14, 2012 | No CommentsAS I OFTEN DO, I took a summer break from WoW, because I live in southern California and I’m a weird brand of geek who enjoys things like sunlight and […] -
![YOU MAY NOT HAVE REALIZED it was coming, but Harmonix released a new Rock Band game last week. Called Blitz, it’s an arcade game that ditches the plastic guitars and […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/rbblitz-165x115.jpg "Rock Band Blitz: I Like To Score")
Rock Band Blitz: I Like To Score
Posted on September 4, 2012 | No CommentsYOU MAY NOT HAVE REALIZED it was coming, but Harmonix released a new Rock Band game last week. Called Blitz, it’s an arcade game that ditches the plastic guitars and […] -
![I WAS ORGINALLY going to write something about the recent slap fight between the ex-Blizzard North folks and the current Diablo III team (and I still might), but for now, […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/d3_hardcoretag-165x115.jpg "Diablo III: v1.0.4 and Hardcore 60")
Diablo III: v1.0.4 and Hardcore 60
Posted on August 29, 2012 | No CommentsI WAS ORGINALLY going to write something about the recent slap fight between the ex-Blizzard North folks and the current Diablo III team (and I still might), but for now, […] -
![A FEW DAYS AGO, Valve released a free “Mann vs. Machine†update for Team Fortress 2, offering a new riff on the co-op/survival gametype. In MVM, a team of up […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tf2_mvm-165x115.jpg "TF2: “Mann vs. Machine†Mode Released")
TF2: “Mann vs. Machine†Mode Released
Posted on August 20, 2012 | No CommentsA FEW DAYS AGO, Valve released a free “Mann vs. Machine†update for Team Fortress 2, offering a new riff on the co-op/survival gametype. In MVM, a team of up […] -
![THE ESA ANNOUNCED TODAY that they’d signed an agreement to keep E3 in Los Angeles for the next three years, running through 2015. The news was met with the predictable […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/e3LACC-165x115.jpg "E3 Loves L.A. Through 2015")
E3 Loves L.A. Through 2015
Posted on July 30, 2012 | No CommentsTHE ESA ANNOUNCED TODAY that they’d signed an agreement to keep E3 in Los Angeles for the next three years, running through 2015. The news was met with the predictable […] -
![From the Well, Duh Department: Blizzard announced today that World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria will be released exactly two months from today, on September 25. And this post isn’t […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mop-165x115.jpg "WoW: Pandaria Coming Sept 25")
WoW: Pandaria Coming Sept 25
Posted on July 25, 2012 | No CommentsFrom the Well, Duh Department: Blizzard announced today that World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria will be released exactly two months from today, on September 25. And this post isn’t […] -
![TWO WEEKS after Diablo III was released, I’d completed the game on Nightmare and was midway through Act III on Hardcore when my gaming PC suffered a catastrophic meltdown. I […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/diablo3_c-165x115.jpg "Diablo III Review: Hardcore Down")
Diablo III Review: Hardcore Down
Posted on July 24, 2012 | No CommentsTWO WEEKS after Diablo III was released, I’d completed the game on Nightmare and was midway through Act III on Hardcore when my gaming PC suffered a catastrophic meltdown. I […] -
![Yesterday, I was lamenting how bad the presenters at these E3 conferences have been. As if to punctuate that point, Nintendo’s Tuesday morning presentation was both consistently awkward and entirely […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/pikmin3-165x115.jpg "E3 2012: Nintendo, Wii U and Pikmin")
E3 2012: Nintendo, Wii U and Pikmin
Posted on June 5, 2012 | No CommentsYesterday, I was lamenting how bad the presenters at these E3 conferences have been. As if to punctuate that point, Nintendo’s Tuesday morning presentation was both consistently awkward and entirely […] -
![For the first few minutes of the Sony press conference tonight, I thought they might blow everyone else out of the water. But partway through, it felt like the presentation […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/beyond-165x115.jpg "E3 2012: Sony Checks In")
E3 2012: Sony Checks In
Posted on June 4, 2012 | No CommentsFor the first few minutes of the Sony press conference tonight, I thought they might blow everyone else out of the water. But partway through, it felt like the presentation […] -
![Of all the various E3 conferences, I like EA’s current format the best: game, game, game. Every title may not be spectacular, but in recent years EA has streamlined their […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/deadspace3-165x115.jpg "E3 2012: EA Keeps It Rolling")
E3 2012: EA Keeps It Rolling
Posted on June 4, 2012 | No CommentsOf all the various E3 conferences, I like EA’s current format the best: game, game, game. Every title may not be spectacular, but in recent years EA has streamlined their […]