Open-world games frequently benefit from fan speculations due to their intricate and absorbing world design, as well as ample room left for creators to insert hidden mysteries. While numerous fan theories can be readily debunked, there are instances when they are extremely captivating and seamlessly fit into the shared understanding of most gamers as additional lore.
As a gaming enthusiast, I must admit that open-world games aren’t as prevalent as other genres out there. For instance, August 2025 doesn’t seem to have a blockbuster open-world title like Death Stranding 2 or Ghost of Yotei on the horizon. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that Steam won’t see any notable releases in August. Instead, we might need to explore beyond the AAA sector to find some exciting games.
In the universe of “My Hero Academia”, a single character stands out as the strongest hero, and that’s All Might. Renowned for his incredibly potent abilities granted by the One For All Quirk, All Might was the only one prior to Izuku Midoriya who successfully defeated All For One.
For Madden 26, several game modes have undergone significant improvements. In Franchise mode, enhancements include diverse coach archetypes, weekly playsheet updates, a fresh weekly highlights show, and more. Superstar mode introduces Game Day Beats, Sphere of Influence, and Career Chapters, which challenge you to accomplish specific goals and foster off-field relationships.
Madden 26 has revamped several game modes. In Franchise, updates include varied coach archetypes, weekly playsheet modifications, a new highlights show each week, and more. Superstar mode offers Game Day Beats, Sphere of Influence, and Career Chapters that challenge you to meet specific objectives and cultivate off-field connections.
And the crowd? Oh, they’re all over the place. Some nodding, some arguing-mostly about how much dough the protocol pulls in, while everyone’s pretending the native token, UNI, is worth something. Spoiler: It’s not. It’s like giving a participation trophy for not messing up the blockchain.
Yet, let us not hold our breath; SBI isn’t exactly rushing to the altar of officialdom until the legal clouds part and the bureaucratic gods smile upon them. Still, this firm is no stranger to XRP; if anyone’s poised to sprint ahead in Japan’s ETF marathon, they are the dark horses with a history as tangled and fascinating as a intricately woven kimono. 🥷
The AI press, yours truly included, gets high on version numbers. But step back: gpt-oss-120B is arguably the bigger disruptor. An Apache-licensed, 117 B-parameter model that runs on a single 80 GB GPU guts the moat OpenAI spent five years digging. If GPT-5 is merely “GPT-4-plus-epsilon,” the open-weight release could prove the real story by commoditizing good-enough reasoning for the masses. 🤯🌍
The Xbox Design Lab is a service that lets you customize your own controller, which was first introduced during E3 back in 2016. However, it was paused in October 2020 so Microsoft could concentrate on the Xbox Series X|S. It resumed at a later date but had to be stopped again in December 2024 due to modifications in the payment system.
The Legend of Zelda series, dating back to 1986 on the NES, is nearly as ancient as the video game industry itself. It introduced Link, a brave but silent protagonist, to the world who not only captured players’ hearts but also left an indelible mark on the industry. Although the initial game may not have been its finest hour, it set the stage for a string of titles that significantly influenced the medium, including A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, and Breath of the Wild. As such, The Legend of Zelda franchise has become one of the most renowned in gaming history. Despite visual transformations throughout the years due to different consoles and games, an artist recently reinterpreted Link in a distinctive style.
Although Nihon Falcom’s Ys series has been around for as long or longer than some well-known and enduring RPG franchises, it has surprisingly remained quite obscure in the Western world. However, this has begun to shift in recent times as the 3D installments of the Ys series have garnered attention, setting the stage for the action RPG franchise to finally match the rising popularity of its turn-based counterparts, The Legend of Heroes/Trails games. With The Adventures of Elliot, Square Enix is entering a specific niche of action RPG genre that should delight longtime fans of the often-overlooked Ys series, and potentially attract new players as well.