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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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![Am I just getting too old and jaded to get excited by new videogames, or are the games simply less impressive? In the case of Microsoft’s E3 2012 press conference, […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/halo4-165x115.jpg "E3 2012: Microsoft Treads Water")
E3 2012: Microsoft Treads Water
Posted on June 4, 2012 | No CommentsAm I just getting too old and jaded to get excited by new videogames, or are the games simply less impressive? In the case of Microsoft’s E3 2012 press conference, […] -
![I DEBATED what to call this post, because there are two key headlines for this year’s Tiger Woods game. One is a focus on microtransactions so obnoxious it’s often hard […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tigermasters13-165x115.jpg "Tiger Woods Hurricane Simulator 2013")
Tiger Woods Hurricane Simulator 2013
Posted on May 31, 2012 | No CommentsI DEBATED what to call this post, because there are two key headlines for this year’s Tiger Woods game. One is a focus on microtransactions so obnoxious it’s often hard […] -
![I STARTED WRITING A POST about this a few days ago, since which time Blizzard added a small hotfix to how loot is distributed via the new Looking For Raid […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wowlfrloot-165x115.jpg "WoW v4.3: Fixing LFR Loot")
WoW v4.3: Fixing LFR Loot
Posted on December 15, 2011 | No CommentsI STARTED WRITING A POST about this a few days ago, since which time Blizzard added a small hotfix to how loot is distributed via the new Looking For Raid […] -
![I WASN’T INITIALLY OVERWHELMED with WoW’s 4.3 patch, released one week ago today. But as I’ve been playing through the new Hour of Twilight dungeons and Dragon Soul raid, I […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dmf-165x115.jpg "WoW v4.3: One Week Later")
WoW v4.3: One Week Later
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No CommentsI WASN’T INITIALLY OVERWHELMED with WoW’s 4.3 patch, released one week ago today. But as I’ve been playing through the new Hour of Twilight dungeons and Dragon Soul raid, I […] -
![TODAY IS AN UNOFFICIAL HOLIDAY for WoW players: the release of the v4.3 “Deathwing” patch. There’s a fair amount of cool stuff in this patch: the new “Dragon Soul” raid; […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wowtransmog-165x115.jpg "WoW v4.3: Patch Day and a Look Back")
WoW v4.3: Patch Day and a Look Back
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsTODAY IS AN UNOFFICIAL HOLIDAY for WoW players: the release of the v4.3 “Deathwing” patch. There’s a fair amount of cool stuff in this patch: the new “Dragon Soul” raid; […] -
![IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE it’s been over a decade since Diablo II came out. How is that possible? I remember so many nights at the GameSpy offices where we had […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/d3_04-165x115.jpg "Diablo III: Beta Impressions")
Diablo III: Beta Impressions
Posted on November 16, 2011 | No CommentsIT’S HARD TO BELIEVE it’s been over a decade since Diablo II came out. How is that possible? I remember so many nights at the GameSpy offices where we had […] -
![FORÂ THE LAST WEEK, all my reviewer buddies have been telling me how awesome The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is. How open the world is, how much stuff there is to […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/skyrim1-165x115.jpg "Skyrim: The Awesomeness Begins")
Skyrim: The Awesomeness Begins
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsFORÂ THE LAST WEEK, all my reviewer buddies have been telling me how awesome The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is. How open the world is, how much stuff there is to […] -
![I FINISHED MODERN WARFARE 3’s CAMPAIGN this week, and can’t help but feel I’ve done all this before. Which isn’t to say it wasn’t fun – there’s something comfortable and enjoyable […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/codmw3A-165x115.jpg "Modern Warfare 3: Define “Modern”")
Modern Warfare 3: Define “Modern”
Posted on November 11, 2011 | No CommentsI FINISHED MODERN WARFARE 3’s CAMPAIGN this week, and can’t help but feel I’ve done all this before. Which isn’t to say it wasn’t fun – there’s something comfortable and enjoyable […] -
![ROCKSMITH is a fascinating game, if it’s even fair to call it that. Ubisoft’s new entry into the rhythm-music genre ditches our trusty plastic 5-button controllers in favor of real […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/rocksmith2-165x115.jpg "RockSmith: No! More! Plastic! Guitars!")
RockSmith: No! More! Plastic! Guitars!
Posted on November 6, 2011 | No CommentsROCKSMITH is a fascinating game, if it’s even fair to call it that. Ubisoft’s new entry into the rhythm-music genre ditches our trusty plastic 5-button controllers in favor of real […] -
![I HAVE A LONG HISTORY with football videogames and the Madden NFL series. I was hooked on Realsports Football on the Atari 2600 and Tecmo Bowl on the GameBoy. I […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/madden12-165x115.jpg "Madden 12: How Did I Get So Bad?")
Madden 12: How Did I Get So Bad?
Posted on September 7, 2011 | 12 CommentsI HAVE A LONG HISTORY with football videogames and the Madden NFL series. I was hooked on Realsports Football on the Atari 2600 and Tecmo Bowl on the GameBoy. I […]