
Three Studios, One Day, Same AI Promise: No Layoffs
On May 8, Sony's CEO, an Epic senior manager, and a Warhorse creative director all delivered near-identical reassurances about AI and jobs. The timing is hard to ignore.
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On May 8, Sony's CEO, an Epic senior manager, and a Warhorse creative director all delivered near-identical reassurances about AI and jobs. The timing is hard to ignore.

Nintendo's controversial decision to sell two 33MB Game Boy Advance games for $20 each instead of adding them to Switch Online paid off spectacularly, with 4 million copies sold in six weeks.

Rather than rework Doormaker a second time, Mega Crit scrapped the divisive Act 3 boss completely and dropped a brand-new replacement into Slay the Spire 2.

Andy Serkis says the stigma around video game acting has flipped completely since his PS3 days on Heavenly Sword, with fresh drama school graduates now actively seeking game roles.

Diablo 4's 3.0.2 patch lands May 13 with a major Storm Shephard rework, sweeping Talisman fixes, and a long list of War Plan corrections.

Season 3 is almost here. Battlefield 6 Update 1.3.1.0 drops May 12 with Ranked Battle Royale, a new map, three weapons, and the biggest vehicle balance pass the game has seen.

Conan Exiles gets a small but server-focused hotfix today, addressing favorites not saving between sessions and IPv6 servers disappearing from the browser.

Takashi Tezuka, the director behind Super Mario World and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, is leaving Nintendo after a 42-year career spanning more than 150 games.

Takaya Imamura, the man who originally designed Fox McCloud and the Star Fox crew, has weighed in on the backlash over the Switch 2 game's realistic art direction. His verdict: the movie versions looked better.

Open Beta Update IV lands with a major naval AI overhaul, submarine rebalancing, and a preview of what's coming in the anniversary patch.

Sony's CEO admitted during an earnings call that the company hasn't decided when the PS6 will launch or what it will cost, citing skyrocketing memory prices driven by AI demand.

Sony's $3.6 billion Bungie acquisition continues to bleed value, with nearly $800 million written off in a single fiscal year as both Marathon and Destiny 2 hit historic lows.

Cyanide Studio, the team behind the Styx series, has revealed Dracula: The Disciple, a first-person puzzle game where you slowly transform into a vampire inside the Count's abandoned castle. They're calling it a 'Puzzlevania.'

Bungie's latest TWID brings Update 9.5.6.3 alongside Community Challenge progress and the Animal Instinct emblem distribution.

EU5's first hotfix after the 1.2 Encinades update targets two nasty issues: a multiplayer lobby blocker and a performance hit that was tanking framerates mid-session.

Nacon Connect 2026 shadow-dropped the final Greedfall: The Dying World DLC from Spiders, a studio that shut down just last week. The showcase tried to project strength, but the insolvency crisis hanging over the publisher made every reveal feel heavier.

Kuro Games is handing out a 5-star Cyberpunk: Edgerunners character for free in Wuthering Waves' biggest collab yet, with Lucy and Rebecca arriving in June 2026.

Warhorse's newly appointed creative director Prokop Jirsa explains why the studio ignores the standard advice to smooth out friction points, arguing the struggle is what makes KCD2 rewarding.

Ironmace drops a small but focused hotfix targeting a crash, broken quest displays, and a Steam Deck lockout affecting High-Roller and Arena.

Bungie is rolling out a more advanced cheat detection system and a new reporting pipeline that actually tells you when action was taken against someone you flagged.

Dungeoneering is getting its biggest overhaul in years, with Necromancy support, massively increased token gains, and the long-overdue removal of the Prestige system.

Week 231 brings new unique fish to every map and continues the quiet but meaningful work of trimming Icarus's memory footprint.

Crea-ture Studios is going from kickflips to lycanthropy. The Session: Skate Sim developer revealed Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Rageborn, a shape-shifting metroidvania set in Alaska.

Strauss Zelnick says Rockstar doesn't do all-nighters. Anonymous Glassdoor reviews and an ongoing union-busting dispute at Rockstar North suggest otherwise.