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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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![After about 27 hours of in-game playtime, I finally hit level 85 this afternoon, about halfway through Cataclysm’s final new zone, Twilight Highlands. It’s been one of the better zones […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/catalevel85-165x115.jpg "Cataclysm: 85!")
Cataclysm: 85!
Posted on December 10, 2010 | No CommentsAfter about 27 hours of in-game playtime, I finally hit level 85 this afternoon, about halfway through Cataclysm’s final new zone, Twilight Highlands. It’s been one of the better zones […] -
![The guys who designed WoW‘s new Uldum zone must really like movies. In particular, they clearly adore Indiana Jones. But in general, they just seem to love movies, because Uldum […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/uldum2-165x115.jpg "Cataclysm Day 3: Uldum: The Motion Picture")
Cataclysm Day 3: Uldum: The Motion Picture
Posted on December 10, 2010 | No CommentsThe guys who designed WoW‘s new Uldum zone must really like movies. In particular, they clearly adore Indiana Jones. But in general, they just seem to love movies, because Uldum […] -
![After spending Cataclysm‘s launch day clearing out Hyjal and leveling my warrior to 82, I decided to skip Vash’jir (the other level 80 “starter” zone) and go straight to the […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/deepholm2-165x115.jpg "Cataclysm Day 2: Deepholm")
Cataclysm Day 2: Deepholm
Posted on December 9, 2010 | No CommentsAfter spending Cataclysm‘s launch day clearing out Hyjal and leveling my warrior to 82, I decided to skip Vash’jir (the other level 80 “starter” zone) and go straight to the […] -
![To wrap up my first day in Cataclysm, I finished Hyjal, ported back to Stormwind and decided to play around with the new Archaeology profession. After a half an hour, […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/arch3-165x115.jpg "Cataclysm: I Dig Archaeology")
Cataclysm: I Dig Archaeology
Posted on December 8, 2010 | No CommentsTo wrap up my first day in Cataclysm, I finished Hyjal, ported back to Stormwind and decided to play around with the new Archaeology profession. After a half an hour, […] -
![I’d played through the new Hyjal zone in the Cataclysm beta, but at a very early point where many quests hadn’t been implemented. So a lot of my first day […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/hyjal3-165x115.jpg "Cataclysm: The First 24 Hours (Hyjal)")
Cataclysm: The First 24 Hours (Hyjal)
Posted on December 8, 2010 | No CommentsI’d played through the new Hyjal zone in the Cataclysm beta, but at a very early point where many quests hadn’t been implemented. So a lot of my first day […] -
![The picture above is one that even long-time veterans of WoW are just now getting familiar with: a view of Stormwind from above. For all the new content Blizzard has […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sw_aerial-165x115.jpg "Cataclysm: The First 24 Hours (part 1)")
Cataclysm: The First 24 Hours (part 1)
Posted on December 8, 2010 | No CommentsThe picture above is one that even long-time veterans of WoW are just now getting familiar with: a view of Stormwind from above. For all the new content Blizzard has […] -
![Not yet, but almost. I haven’t played much WoW in the past few months, but I’m pretty excited about the Cataclysm expansion launching tonight, and plan to be on at […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/wowcata-165x115.jpg "WoW: Is It December 7th Yet?")
WoW: Is It December 7th Yet?
Posted on December 6, 2010 | No CommentsNot yet, but almost. I haven’t played much WoW in the past few months, but I’m pretty excited about the Cataclysm expansion launching tonight, and plan to be on at […] -
![I’ve been a Call of Duty fan since the beginning, so I’ve been trying hard to get on board with Black Ops. I really have. But so far, the game […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/blackops-165x115.jpg "Call of Duty: Black Oops?")
Call of Duty: Black Oops?
Posted on November 15, 2010 | No CommentsI’ve been a Call of Duty fan since the beginning, so I’ve been trying hard to get on board with Black Ops. I really have. But so far, the game […] -
![I finished my main pass through Rock Band 3‘s Expert vocals this week, which turned out pretty well. The totals: all 83 songs gold-starred, 63/83 FCs (100%’s), and 8th place overall […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/expvox_8thplace-165x115.jpg "RB3: Expert Vocal Domination, Thoughts")
RB3: Expert Vocal Domination, Thoughts
Posted on November 9, 2010 | No CommentsI finished my main pass through Rock Band 3‘s Expert vocals this week, which turned out pretty well. The totals: all 83 songs gold-starred, 63/83 FCs (100%’s), and 8th place overall […] -
![If you were the kind of person who was familar with the Guitar Hero community, you’d probably recognize several names on the above scoreboard as some of the game’s earliest […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/rb3_prokeyswhipit-165x115.jpg "RB3: Pro Keys, Whipped Into Shape")
RB3: Pro Keys, Whipped Into Shape
Posted on October 29, 2010 | No CommentsIf you were the kind of person who was familar with the Guitar Hero community, you’d probably recognize several names on the above scoreboard as some of the game’s earliest […]