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Nathan Lees

Gaming journalist and founder of XP Gained. Covering patch notes, breaking news, and updates across 160+ games.

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Unturned survival game with base building and zombie combat
Patch Notes

Unturned 3.26.3.3 Patch Notes (11th June 2026)

The latest Unturned patch tackles backend optimizations and fixes a handful of lingering bugs across building, particles, and editor tools.

Nathan Lees2 min read
EA Sports FC Spain national team celebrating a World Cup victory simulation
Gaming News

Can EA Go 5 for 5? World Cup Sim Picks Spain for 2026

EA Sports has correctly simulated the World Cup winner four tournaments running. Now the sim is backing Spain for 2026, with 18-year-old Lamine Yamal as the top scorer.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Evie, the new protagonist of Stellar Blade Blood Rain, in combat stance
Gaming News

Too Young? Stellar Blade Boss Says Play It Before You Judge

Shift Up's CEO says players won't have concerns about Evie's young appearance once they play the game. He also promised her outfits will be 'even more appealing' than Eve's, which is a hell of a thing to say right now.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma presenting at the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 event
Gaming News

3% Profit Margin Forces Xbox Into Sweeping Layoffs

Xbox will end its fiscal year with a 3% profit margin despite spending over $20 billion on the platform. CEO Asha Sharma is now planning significant layoffs in July as part of a full business reset.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Master Chief from Halo Campaign Evolved standing in front of Xbox and PlayStation logos
Gaming News

Sharma Pulled Halo Trailer From PlayStation State of Play

Bloomberg reports that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma pulled a Halo trailer from Sony's State of Play presentation, a move that could damage the fragile Xbox-PlayStation relationship just as Xbox prepares for sweeping layoffs and budget cuts.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Alien Isolation 2 Xenomorph stalking through a dark corridor in gameplay
Gaming News

Alien: Isolation 2 Previews Confirm Your Worst Fears

Every hands-on preview of Alien: Isolation 2 is saying the same thing: Creative Assembly hasn't lost a step. The Xenomorph is back, it's smarter, and now it hunts you outdoors too.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Xbox Project Helix next-gen console concept design on a dark stage backdrop
Gaming News

A $900 Xbox? Sharma Pushes Radical New Plans for Helix

With RAM costs spiralling and Project Helix potentially hitting $900 or more, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says the old console playbook is dead and new business models are coming this year.

Nathan Lees5 min read
Saw Genesis gameplay showing the Judge stalking Accused players through a dark maze
Gaming News

Hack Off Your Own Limbs in Saw: Genesis

Bloober Team's new 3v1 horror game doesn't just threaten you with death traps. It asks you to saw off your own arm to keep playing.

Nathan Lees5 min read
Stupid Never Dies protagonist Davy the zombie in combat with monsters
Gaming News

Ex-Capcom Team's Monster-Eating RPG Hits PS5 This Fall

GPTRACK50, a studio led by the producer behind Resident Evil and Devil May Cry, just revealed a fall 2026 release window for Stupid Never Dies, an action RPG where you eat monsters to steal their powers.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Dragon Quest Monsters The Withered World protagonists Bianca and Nera with monsters
Gaming News

Dragon Quest Monsters Returns to PlayStation After 24 Years

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World hits PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC on December 3, bringing the monster-catching spin-off back to PlayStation for the first time since 2002.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Pokemon Pokopia underwater scene showing submerged structures and aquatic Pokemon habitats
Gaming News

Build Underwater Cities in Pokemon Pokopia This August

A free update in August will let Pokemon Pokopia players build entire towns on the ocean floor, while the game's first paid Expansion Pass kicks off with a new underwater area called Bubbly Basin.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Crazy Taxi World Tour screenshot showing Axel driving through a colorful city
Gaming News

Every Asset Is Human-Made, Crazy Taxi Dev Insists

Series creator Kenji Kanno clarified at Summer Game Fest that generative AI was used purely as reference material for artists, and that every asset shipping in Crazy Taxi: World Tour is human-made.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers detached from the console on a flat surface
Gaming News

France Fines Nintendo $40M for Hiding Joy-Con Drift

France's consumer watchdog hit Nintendo of Europe with a €35 million fine, not for selling defective Joy-Cons, but for deliberately keeping customers in the dark about the problem for years.

Nathan Lees4 min read
The Duskbloods medieval world and Bloodsworn characters in FromSoftware key art
Gaming News

A Year of Silence Broken by Duskbloods Network Test

After more than a year without a single update, FromSoftware finally resurfaced The Duskbloods during the Nintendo Direct with a closed network test set for this summer.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Stellar Blade protagonist Eve in combat gear from the Switch 2 port announcement
Gaming News

Stellar Blade, Lies of P, and 5 More RPGs Storm Switch 2

The June Nintendo Direct dropped a wave of third-party RPG ports for Switch 2, from Stellar Blade to Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen. The message is clear: big studios are treating Nintendo's new console as a serious platform.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Fox McCloud in the Star Fox remake cockpit on Nintendo Switch 2
Gaming News

Knockout City Devs Revealed as Star Fox Remake Studio

The team that made one of the best arcade sports games of the last decade is now remaking a Nintendo classic. Velan Studios has been confirmed as the developer behind the new Star Fox.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Deltarune Chapter 5 characters in a colorful Dark World battle scene
Gaming News

One Year Later, Deltarune Chapter 5 Hits June 24

Toby Fox's Deltarune Chapter 5 arrives June 24 as a free update, marking the fastest turnaround in the series' history. Development on Chapter 6 is already progressing fast.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort characters playing sports on Wuhu Island on Switch 2
Gaming News

Thumb Wrestling? Switch Sports Resort Unveiled for Oct.

Nintendo announced Switch Sports Resort during today's Direct, bringing 12 sports to Switch 2 this October. Skateboarding and prop plane flying are in. So is thumb wrestling, apparently.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Xenoblade Genesis protagonist wielding a blade imbued with Anima crystone in reveal trailer
Gaming News

4 Xenoblade Games Hit Switch 2 After Direct Reveal

Nintendo revealed Xenoblade Genesis during today's Direct and announced Switch 2 editions of all three Xenoblade Chronicles games, with the first available digitally right now.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Valorant agents lineup with My VALORANT Card interface overlay
Patch Notes

Valorant Patch Notes 12.11 (9th June 2026)

A light patch wraps Act 3 with a new social feature and a pile of bug fixes. Act 4 kicks off in two weeks with bigger changes ahead.

Nathan Lees5 min read
State of Decay 3 gameplay screenshot showing zombie combat in a ruined settlement
Gaming News

6 Years Later, State of Decay 3 Proves It Exists

After nearly six years of radio silence and one forgettable CG trailer, Undead Labs dropped a full gameplay reveal for State of Decay 3 and confirmed a 2027 release window.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Sea of Stars Sunset Edition key art featuring the full party in sunset colors
Gaming News

6M Players Later, Sea of Stars Ships Its Final Update

Sabotage Studio has released the Sunset Edition, the final content update for Sea of Stars, alongside a Switch 2 port and news of its next project, codenamed Project Sparrow.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Wario grinning menacingly in front of a Nintendo Switch 2 console
Gaming News

Wario May Crash Today's Nintendo Direct

Everyone's expecting the Ocarina of Time remake to headline today's Nintendo Direct. A leaker with a strong track record thinks Wario has other plans.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Senua stands in a dark purgatory landscape in Hellblade 3 Senua key art
Gaming News

Project Mara Is Dead So Hellblade 3 Can Live

Ninja Theory's experimental horror game Project Mara is officially dead. Studio head Dom Matthews confirmed the cancellation to focus the entire 85-person team on Senua, the next Hellblade game.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Garrett lurking in shadows in Thief The Dark Project Remastered key art
Gaming News

Thief Remaster Lands This Winter at 4K/120fps

Nightdive Studios has announced Thief: The Dark Project Remastered, bringing the 1998 stealth classic to PC and consoles this winter with up to 4K/120fps, a weapon wheel, and all Thief Gold content.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Minecraft Dungeons 2 key art showing heroes battling enemies in a blocky dungeon
Gaming News

25M Players Later, Minecraft Dungeons 2 Arrives Sept 29

Mojang's dungeon-crawling sequel has a firm September 29 release date, a $29.99 price point, and deeper buildcrafting. The original hit 25 million players, so the audience is already there.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 DMZ extraction mode soldiers in the Hajin map
Gaming News

MW4's DMZ Claims Better Weapon Feel Than Arc Raiders

Infinity Ward's multiplayer creative director Joe Cecot says Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's revamped DMZ mode has weapon feel and movement "a step above" the competition.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Spyro the dragon soaring through colorful skies in Spyro A Realm Beyond
Gaming News

New Spyro Ditches Gliding for True Dragon Flight

Spyro: A Realm Beyond gives the purple dragon full free flight for the first time, and Toys for Bob says the entire game world was designed around that single promise.

Nathan Lees4 min read
DOOM The Dark Ages Revelations DLC showing the Slayer wielding the Chain Spear
Gaming News

One Month Out, DOOM's First Campaign DLC Revealed

Id Software revealed DOOM: The Dark Ages - Revelations at the Xbox Games Showcase, and it's launching in just one month on July 7 with a new Chain Spear weapon and campaign.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Crazy Taxi World Tour gameplay showing Axel driving through a colorful city
Gaming News

Hype Killed in Hours as Crazy Taxi Confirms AI Use

Crazy Taxi: World Tour was one of the best reveals at the Xbox Showcase. Then players found the generative AI disclosure on its Steam page, and the goodwill evaporated.

Nathan Lees5 min read
Trine 6 Together in Time co-op fantasy puzzle platformer key art with heroes
Gaming News

Trine 6, a Yooka-Laylee Racer, and 13 More Indies

Day of the Devs 2026 quietly dropped 15 indie reveals right after Summer Game Fest, and several of them deserve way more attention than they're getting.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Gen Atlas giant robot and small character on an abandoned alien planet
Gaming News

Gen Atlas Marks Fumito Ueda's First Xbox Game Ever

After three PlayStation-exclusive classics spanning two decades, Fumito Ueda's new open-world action-adventure Gen Atlas is coming to Xbox for the first time in his career.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered kaiju battling in a destroyed city
Gaming News

2002's Cult Godzilla Fighter Reborn in Unreal Engine 5

The GameCube kaiju brawler is getting a full UE5 remake from its original developer, complete with online multiplayer and a revamped unlock system. It launches November 3 at $29.99.

Nathan Lees4 min read
The Sinking City 2 flooded Arkham streets with Lovecraftian horrors lurking
Gaming News

Built Through Air Raids, Sinking City 2 Ships Aug 18

Frogwares built The Sinking City 2 through power outages, air raid sirens, and team members called up to serve. The Lovecraftian survival horror sequel launches August 18, with an one-hour demo available now on Steam.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Star Trek Shadow Frontier key art showing Ro Laren on a dark alien planet
Gaming News

Silent Hill 2's Devs Turn Star Trek Into a Horror Game

Bloober Team, the studio behind the Silent Hill 2 remake, just announced Star Trek: Shadow Frontier, a psychological thriller set on a hostile uncharted planet, starring TNG's Ro Laren.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Claire Redfield in a dark Paris apartment from the Resident Evil Veronica reveal trailer
Gaming News

RE Veronica's First-Person Trailer Was a Fake-Out

Capcom deliberately misled viewers with a first-person reveal trailer for Resident Evil Veronica. The remake is third-person only, and a lot more has changed than the camera angle.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Paralives characters in a colorful home interior with Unpacking game elements visible on a computer screen
Patch Notes

Paralives Patch Notes 0.1.3 (6th June 2026)

The life sim gets an Unpacking collab, group eating, and a major bug-squashing update that finally addresses save file corruption.

Nathan Lees6 min read
Summer Game Fest 2026 stage at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles with crowd
Gaming News

Summer Game Fest 2026 Dropped 30+ Reveals in Two Hours

Geoff Keighley's two-hour showcase delivered Resident Evil Veronica, Alien Isolation 2, genAtlas, Guild Wars 3, and a staggering number of reveals that made it one of the densest Summer Game Fests yet.

Nathan Lees5 min read
Virtua Fighter Crossroads new character Cielo in the city of Vilasapara
Gaming News

David Hayter's First Game Writing Gig? Virtua Fighter.

The voice of Solid Snake has been quietly working on Virtua Fighter Crossroads for over a year. His writing team includes talent from Ghost of Tsushima, Persona, and Like a Dragon.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Alien Isolation 2 stormy colony world environment with xenomorph silhouette
Gaming News

No More Corridors: Alien Isolation 2 Hunts You Planetside

Creative Assembly finally showed proper footage of Alien: Isolation 2 at Summer Game Fest 2026, confirming the sequel trades Sevastopol's corridors for a storm-battered colony world.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Guild Wars 3 announcement trailer screenshot showing the fantasy world of Orr
Gaming News

Guild Wars 3 Confirmed, but You Can't Play Until 2027

ArenaNet officially unveiled Guild Wars 3 at Summer Game Fest, promising a momentum-based movement system and a prequel set over a thousand years before the original. The catch? Even the beta is more than a year away.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Path of Exile 2 temple dungeon environment with glowing loot and ancient architecture
Gaming News

A Broken Temple Nearly Tanked Path of Exile 2's Economy

A temple farming exploit in Path of Exile 2's newest season was raining Divine Orbs on anyone who knew the trick, and Grinding Gear Games had to act fast before the economy spiralled.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Subnautica 2 underwater scene with a massive Leviathan creature lurking in the deep
Gaming News

Subnautica 2's Scariest Update Yet Revives the Prawn Suit

Unknown Worlds is pairing the most requested vehicle from the original Subnautica with what it calls the scariest content the sequel has produced. The first major early access update adds a new region home to the Collector Leviathan.

Nathan Lees4 min read
CD Projekt Red logo with a dark atmospheric background representing Project Hadar
Gaming News

24 Devs, One Dream: CDPR's Secret Third Franchise

CD Projekt Red is quietly building a third tentpole franchise called Hadar with a skeleton crew of 24 developers, and a new job listing just confirmed it's another open-world game.

Nathan Lees4 min read
No Rest for the Wicked dark fantasy action RPG combat gameplay screenshot
Gaming News

"Not Far From Mobile", Dev Roasts Series S Specs

Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler didn't hold back when explaining why No Rest for the Wicked won't hit Xbox alongside PS5 in October, calling Series S specs "not far from mobile."

Nathan Lees5 min read
Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow Across the Galaxy art print featuring alien characters
Gaming News

DC Accidentally Put a Star Wars Alien in Supergirl Art

DC's official store is selling a $119.95 Supergirl metal print that accidentally features an alien from a deleted Star Wars: The Last Jedi scene. The mix-up involves one of the most obscure characters in the entire Lucasfilm archive.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Nintendo Direct logo on a Switch 2 console promotional background
Gaming News

Multiple Insiders Point to June 9 Nintendo Direct

Three separate insiders are now converging on the same date for the first general Nintendo Direct in nine months, and the lineup of unannounced games makes the timing feel overdue.

Nathan Lees4 min read
WWE 2K26 gameplay showing a wrestler entrance in a packed arena
Gaming News

You Can Now Body-Slam the GTA 6 Publisher in WWE 2K26

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick quietly appeared as a playable character in WWE 2K26's Season 3 update, complete with his own entrance set to Frank Sinatra's 'My Way.' He's rated 77 overall, which puts him above several real WWE legends.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Silent Hill Townfall protagonist Simon Ordell exploring foggy Scottish town St. Amelia
Gaming News

Three Septembers in a Row: Silent Hill Won't Stop

Konami has locked in September 24 for Silent Hill: Townfall, continuing a streak of annual September releases that started with the Silent Hill 2 remake in 2024.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Stuntman Hollywood gameplay showing the DeLorean launching off a ramp
Gaming News

Stuntman Returns After 19 Years With KITT and the DeLorean

Stuntman: Hollywood brings back the cult stunt-driving series with licensed vehicles from Knight Rider, Back to the Future, and more. Saber Interactive revealed the game during Sony's State of Play.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Skater performing a trick in skate. open world environment during Season 4
Patch Notes

skate. 0.31.1 Patch Notes (2nd June 2026)

Fingerflips, a reworked camera system, and a much louder open world headline skate.'s 0.31.1 update, which dropped June 2.

Nathan Lees8 min read
Black Desert Online character in dark fantasy armor standing in a dramatic landscape
Patch Notes

Black Desert Online Patch Notes (4th June 2026)

124 updates land in today's Black Desert Online patch, headlined by a sweeping crop growth rework that should finally stop farmers from babysitting their fields.

Nathan Lees14 min read
Mina the Hollower pixel art protagonist Mina exploring a dark haunted environment
Gaming News

300K in 3 Days: Mina's $20 Price Tag Was a Gamble

Yacht Club Games planned to charge $30 for Mina the Hollower. A last-minute price cut to $20 turned a make-or-break launch into 300,000 sales in three days.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Rockstar North office building in Edinburgh where GTA 6 is in development
Gaming News

Cops Warned GTA 6 YouTuber He'd Be Blamed for Leaks

After walking into Rockstar North's lobby on GTA 6's original release date, a German YouTuber claims police warned him he'd be held responsible for any future leaks.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Brighter Shores key art showing colourful fantasy world with adventuring characters
Patch Notes

Brighter Shores Patch Notes (2nd June 2026)

A small but tidy patch lands for Brighter Shores, clearing up quest bugs and fixing passive foes that had apparently taken root.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Avatar Legends The Fighting Game character roster with hand-drawn 2D art style
Gaming News

July 2 Launch? Avatar Legends Swaps It for a Beta

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game won't hit its July 2 launch date. Instead, that date becomes a closed beta for pre-order players, with the full release pushed to July 23.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Prologue Go Wayback survival roguelike wilderness landscape with procedural terrain
Gaming News

Go Wayback Killed by Its Own Creator's Empty Wallet

The man behind PUBG couldn't keep the lights on for his next game. PlayerUnknown Productions is laying off staff and making Go Wayback free after Brendan Greene ran out of money.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Forza Horizon 6 BMW M4 interior view with customised racing seats and steering wheel
Gaming News

Modder Cracks Open Forza Horizon 6's Car Interiors

Modder Smidgeee has released a mod that lets you swap seats, steering wheels, and interior colours in Forza Horizon 6, starting with the 2014 BMW M4 Coupé.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Clutch open-world racing game reveal screenshot from Maverick Games
Gaming News

He Made Forza Horizon 5, Now He's Building Its Rival

Maverick Games creative director Mike Brown helped define Forza Horizon. Now his new studio's debut, Clutch, is gunning straight for Playground Games with deeper customisation and action movie set pieces.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Marvel's Wolverine PS5 gameplay showing Logan in bloody combat with claws extended
Gaming News

5 PS5 Heavy Hitters in 10 Days: September 2026 Is Wild

Marvel's Wolverine, Dune: Awakening, Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, and Onimusha all land on PS5 between September 15 and September 25. That's not a release window, it's a pileup.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Prologue Go Wayback survival game wilderness landscape with procedural terrain
Gaming News

PUBG Creator Ran Out of Money for His Next Game

Brendan Greene helped popularize an entire genre with PUBG. Now he says he's hit the financial wall trying to fund his follow-up, and the studio is shrinking.

Nathan Lees4 min read
s&box game engine editor showing terrain and volumetric fog rendering tools
Patch Notes

s&box 26.06.03 Patch Notes (3rd June 2026)

Physical sound simulation, volumetric fog fixes, terrain overhauls, and a new package quality system land in s&box's June 3rd update.

Nathan Lees20 min read
Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth key art with party members
Gaming News

Square Enix Admits the Timed Exclusive Era Is Over

While FF7 Rebirth launches on Switch 2 to strong reviews, director Naoki Hamaguchi's comments about Part 3 tell a much bigger story about where Square Enix is heading.

Nathan Lees4 min read
PEAK game key art showing mountain climbers navigating a dangerous snowy peak
Patch Notes

PEAK Small patch 1.63.a Notes (3rd June 2026)

New maps, a Kiln lighting fix, and a quiet confirmation that the final biome is still in progress, PEAK's latest small patch is live.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Nintendo Direct logo displayed on a screen with Switch 2 console in background
Gaming News

Nintendo Direct Reportedly Drops June 9

Jeff Grubb and NateTheHate both point to a June 9 Nintendo Direct, which would cap off Summer Game Fest season with a proper showcase.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Logan slashing through enemies with his claws in Marvel's Wolverine on PS5
Gaming News

No X-Men, No Spider-Man in Marvel's Wolverine

Insomniac's creative director confirms there are no X-Men and no Spider-Man crossover in Marvel's Wolverine, stripping the game down to a focused solo Logan story.

Nathan Lees4 min read
STALCRAFT: X key art showing a stalker in a post-apocalyptic zone under stormy skies
Patch Notes

STALCRAFT: X Patch Notes (3rd June 2026)

STALCRAFT: X's June 3 update brings sweeping economic changes to the Act and Season systems, new summer weather, and a fresh legendary pistol.

Nathan Lees56 min read
Dune Awakening deep desert base surrounded by sand dunes on Arrakis
Gaming News

No More Weekly Wipes: Dune Awakening's Solo Mode

Funcom is adding a full singleplayer mode to Dune: Awakening on September 22, and the biggest change might be the simplest: your deep desert bases won't get wiped every week.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Phranque the gelatinous cube companion in God of War Laufey on PS5
Gaming News

Fans Already Want to Kill God of War Laufey's Jell-O Cube

Sony Santa Monica revealed God of War Laufey with 20 minutes of gameplay, but all anyone can talk about is the giant talking Jell-O cube named Phranque. Fans are already plotting its demise.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Dylan Faden stands in a distorted Manhattan in Control Resonant key art
Gaming News

Control Resonant Drops September 24, No Jesse

Remedy confirmed Control Resonant's September 24 release date during Sony's State of Play, with Dylan Faden stepping into the spotlight as the only playable character while Jesse takes a backseat.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Jean Grey using telekinetic powers alongside Wolverine in Marvel's Wolverine PS5 gameplay
Gaming News

Jean Grey Joins Wolverine as a Stranger, Not a Lover

The new Wolverine gameplay from State of Play reveals Jean Grey and Logan meeting for the first time, with no history between them. It's a bold narrative choice that rewrites one of Marvel's most iconic relationships.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Phantom Blade Zero protagonist wielding a blade in a dark wuxia environment
Gaming News

Phantom Blade Zero's Day-One Vision Costs 50 Days

S-Game is pushing Phantom Blade Zero from September 9 to October 29, trading 50 days for upgraded visuals and a launch the studio believes players deserve from the start.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Until Dawn 2 ghost hunters exploring a dark abandoned tropical island at night
Gaming News

Fake Ghost Hunters Face Real Horror in Until Dawn 2

Sony revealed Until Dawn 2 at its June State of Play, swapping snowy mountains for a tropical island where a crew of fraudulent ghost hunters discover the paranormal is very real.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Magneto using magnetic powers in Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls gameplay
Gaming News

MvC2's Most Infamous Fighter Returns in Marvel Tokon

Magneto, one of fighting game history's most iconic characters, is back in a Marvel fighter. Arc System Works revealed him alongside Green Goblin and Carnage during today's State of Play.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Lara Croft exploring ancient ruins in Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis remake
Gaming News

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Dodges GTA 6

Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider remake moves to February 12, 2027, sidestepping GTA 6 and joining Fable in the growing pile of games that would rather not compete with Rockstar.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Wolverine Fierce Fighter card from Magic The Gathering Marvel Super Heroes set
Gaming News

Wolverine Forced Wizards to Invent a New MTG Mechanic

Magic: The Gathering's Marvel Super Heroes set gave Wolverine a damage ability that has never existed on any card in the game's history, and it's sparking debate among fans.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Star Wars Eclipse key art showing the High Republic era galaxy and Quantic Dream logo
Gaming News

NetEase Wants Out of Quantic Dream as Eclipse Rots

NetEase paid roughly €100 million for Quantic Dream in 2023. Now, with Star Wars Eclipse still mired in development hell and a backup MOBA already dead, the Chinese publisher reportedly wants out.

Nathan Lees4 min read
League of Legends Runeterra fantasy landscape with champions and magical environments
Gaming News

Riot's Invisible MMO Keeps Poaching WoW Veterans

Brian Holinka, who spent 11 years at Blizzard working on World of Warcraft's combat and PvP systems, just started as principal game designer on Riot's LoL MMO. He's at least the third WoW veteran to join a project that still hasn't shown a single frame of gameplay.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Vanessa VanCleef leading a prison break in Hearthstone's Escape from Violet Hold key art
Patch Notes

Hearthstone 35.6 Patch Notes (2nd June 2026)

Patch 35.6 is live, and it's essentially the starting pistol for Hearthstone's next expansion, Escape from Violet Hold arrives July 7.

Nathan Lees17 min read
Crimson Desert protagonist Kliff standing in the open world of Pywel
Gaming News

Patching Bad Stories Is 'Fine,' Says New Vegas Director

Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer has weighed in on Pearl Abyss' decision to rework Crimson Desert's widely criticized narrative, calling it "fine / good even if it isn't ideal."

Nathan Lees4 min read
Fallout 76 wasteland landscape with power armor character in Appalachia
Gaming News

8 Years Later, Fallout 76 Ships a Native PS5 Build

Bethesda has announced native PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of Fallout 76, targeting 60fps and up to 4K resolution. Public testing begins this month, with a full release planned for later this summer.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Fox McCloud in his Arwing cockpit in Star Fox for Nintendo Switch 2
Gaming News

Fox McCloud Is a Cold Mercenary Now in Star Fox Remake

The Star Fox Switch 2 remake keeps the classic rail-shooting gameplay almost untouched, but Fox McCloud himself has undergone a dramatic personality transplant that changes the tone of the entire game.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Woody and Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story 3 Complete Edition remaster key art
Gaming News

Toy Story 3's Long-Lost PS3 Game Revived in New Remaster

Digital Eclipse is bringing back Toy Story 3's beloved 2010 game as a full remaster, alongside an 11-game retro collection spanning SNES, PlayStation, and Game Boy. Both launch October 15.

Nathan Lees4 min read
V Rising vampire lord standing in a dark gothic castle environment at night
Patch Notes

V Rising 1.1 Hot Fix 11 Patch Notes (2nd June 2026)

Stunlock Studios has pushed a small but necessary fix for V Rising, resolving a localization bug that left non-English players staring at the wrong language.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Marathon Season 2 key art featuring Runners in a dark sci-fi environment
Patch Notes

Marathon Update 1.1.0 Patch Notes (2nd June 2026)

Marathon's Season 2 launch patch reworks Sponsored Kits, overhauls matchmaking, and adds a brand new Sentinel Runner with a deployable explosive-neutralising platform.

Nathan Lees40 min read
Baldur's Gate 2 Shadows of Amn classic RPG party exploring a dungeon
Gaming News

Both Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 Reportedly Being Remade

It's not just Baldur's Gate 2. Reports suggest both classic BioWare RPGs are being remade, with original co-lead designer Kevin Martens back on the project.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Mario Kart World racers speeding through a vibrant track on Nintendo Switch 2
Gaming News

4 Hours of Mario Kart World Music Just Dropped

130 tracks, four hours and thirteen minutes of runtime, and free roam music still to come. Nintendo Music just got its biggest single soundtrack drop yet.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Summer Game Fest 2026 stage logo with colorful lighting and reveal trailers
Gaming News

SGF 2026 Packs Sony, Xbox, and 12 Shows Into 6 Days

From Sony's 60-minute State of Play on Tuesday to Xbox's showcase on Sunday, this week is a six-day sprint of reveals, trailers, and announcements. Here's everything you need to know.

Nathan Lees4 min read
EA Sports F1 25 race car on the new Madring street circuit with ray tracing
Gaming News

No F1 26, So F1 25 Ships 8K Ray Tracing Instead

Codemasters is skipping F1 26 entirely and dropping a DLC expansion with 8K resolution, enhanced ray tracing, and the full 2026 season instead.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Age of Empires IV medieval soldiers and siege weapons in a large-scale battlefield
Patch Notes

Age of Empires IV - Patch 16.2 Notes (1st June 2026)

Patch 16.2.10475 brings Jin Dynasty rebalancing, sweeping map symmetry fixes, and a new option to run the controller UI on PC, including Steam Deck and ROG Ally.

Nathan Lees16 min read
Theos Cities of Myth ancient Greek city overlooking pastel blue seas
Gaming News

Tetris Puzzles Meet Greek Gods in New City Builder

Triskell Interactive's follow-up to Pharaoh: A New Era asks you to puzzle out Tetris-shaped farm plots while building a polis under the watchful eye of one of seven Greek gods.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

skate. 0.31.1 Patch Notes (1st June 2026)

Fingerflips, a reworked camera follow system, and thousands of new pedestrian voice lines headline skate.'s 0.31.1 update, going live June 2.

Nathan Lees7 min read
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Gaming News

Pokémon TCG's 30th Anniversary Set Is All Foil, No Bulk

The Pokémon TCG's 30th Celebration expansion launches worldwide on September 16 with an unprecedented all-foil set, 30 unique Pikachu cards, and a new Futuristic Rare rarity illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Want the New OLED Xbox Ally? Hope You Have $2,000

Asus finally gave the Xbox Ally the OLED screen fans have been demanding since day one. The catch? You can't buy it without a pair of AR glasses that cost $849 on their own.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Dragon Age Vet Says Live Service Is Killing Entire Genres

Mark Darrah, who spent 23 years at BioWare and produced the Dragon Age series, argues the industry's dependence on microtransactions is strangling genre diversity and suggests games should borrow revenue models from Hollywood.

Nathan Lees5 min read
Jet Set Radio Footage Leaks Days Before SGF characters and urban setting
Gaming News

Jet Set Radio Footage Leaks Days Before SGF

A short clip from the Jet Set Radio reboot has surfaced online just days before Summer Game Fest, but Sega's shifting live-service strategy raises real questions about what we'll actually see on Friday.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Still in Early Access, PoE 2 Just Drew 421K Players

Path of Exile 2's Return of the Ancients update and a free weekend pushed the early access ARPG past 421,000 concurrent Steam players, its best showing since launch day.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Three Tekken Leads Gone in One Year as Director Exits

Kohei Ikeda, game director of Tekken 7 and Tekken 8, has left Bandai Namco after 20 years. He's the third senior Tekken figure to walk out the door since August 2025.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

100fps in a 14mm Laptop? Nvidia RTX Spark Says Yes

Nvidia's Arm-based RTX Spark superchip promises AAA gaming at 1440p and over 100fps in laptops as thin as 14mm, with DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction arriving in August.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

No Next-Gen Hardware at Xbox's June 7 Showcase

Xbox's Matt Booty has confirmed the June 7 showcase will focus entirely on games, shutting down any hopes of a Project Helix reveal at the company's biggest event of the year.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

FFT's Composer Would Pick Ogre Battle Over Tactics

Hitoshi Sakimoto, the composer behind Final Fantasy Tactics' iconic soundtrack, says he'd choose Ogre Battle over FFT if he could only pick one. For fans of Yasumi Matsuno's work, that answer speaks volumes.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

$2,000 for Rayman? Xbox Store Leaks Origins Remaster

A remastered Rayman Origins briefly appeared on the Xbox Store for $1,999.99, revealing 4K resolution, 60fps, and previously Vita-exclusive content before Ubisoft could pull the listing.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

FF7 Rebirth Hits Switch 2 and Xbox on the Same Day

Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth arrives on both Switch 2 and Xbox on June 3, making it the headline release of an already packed first week of June.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Game Pass Leak Spoils Xbox's June 7 Showcase

A Game Pass update appears to have outed at least six titles before Xbox could reveal them at its June 7 showcase, including Clockwork Revolution, a new Plague Tale, and Witchbrook.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Two 'Squared' Movie Sequels in 2026? Really?

Warner Bros. Just named the Minecraft movie sequel 'A Minecraft Movie Squared,' making it the second film this year to use that exact naming gimmick.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

California Passes Bill to Stop Publishers Killing Games

The Protect Our Games Act passed California's State Assembly 43-16, requiring publishers to give 60 days' notice before killing a game and either keep it playable or issue refunds.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Naoki Yoshida presenting Final Fantasy 14 Evercold expansion details at Fan Fest 2026
Gaming News

Nothing Changed in FF14 Yet and Players Love It

Final Fantasy 14's community is buzzing with renewed energy after Fan Fest, even though not a single Evercold feature has actually shipped. Promises and tone, it turns out, can be enough.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Car Parkour and Chain Slides Star in MW4's New Movement

Infinity Ward's co-studio heads break down Modern Warfare 4's movement philosophy, showing off mantling into slides, car parkour, and chained transitions that feel like a direct response to MW2's restrictive controls.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Warzone's PS4 Version Dies June 4 After 13 Years

Warzone's PS4 client gets pulled from the PS Store on June 4, with servers following in November. It's one of the biggest signs yet that the PS4's 13-year run is reaching its end.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

GTA 6, God of War, Nioh 3, and 100+ More Hit 2026

From GTA 6 in November to God of War and Nioh 3 in February, 2026's release schedule is absurdly packed with major titles across every genre and platform.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Denshattack gameplay showing a high-speed train grinding rails in futuristic Japan
Gaming News

June's Wildest PS5 Game Lets You Kickflip a Train

June's PS5 lineup is smaller than May's blockbuster month, but Denshattack!, a skating game where your board is a high-speed train, might be the most creative thing hitting the console all summer.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A $1B Panned Movie Spawns a Sequel Called 'Squared'

Critics savaged it. Audiences made it a billion-dollar hit. Now A Minecraft Movie is getting a sequel called Squared, and it's bringing Kirsten Dunst along for the ride.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Every CoD Looks the Same and This Quiz Proves It

A quiz using 12 screenshots from different Call of Duty games is making the rounds, and it's brutally hard to tell them apart. That's not a bug, it's a decade of chasing photorealism.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Xbox Ran From GTA 6. Remedy Won't.

Xbox delayed Fable to February 2027 to avoid GTA 6's shadow. Remedy's new CEO isn't flinching, saying GTA 6 will 'raise the tide' for Control Resonant.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Announced in 2020, Fable Won't Ship Until 2027

Playground Games' Fable reboot was first revealed in 2020. After slipping from 2025 to 2026, it's now been bumped again to February 2027.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Infinity Ward Admits MW2's Movement Was Broken

Infinity Ward co-studio head Mark Grigsby has directly acknowledged that Modern Warfare 2's movement stripped away player freedom, and says MW4 is designed to correct course.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

45% of Voters Call June's PS Plus Lineup 'Crap'

A Push Square poll shows 45% of voters think June's PS Plus Essential games are a crap selection, with a second poll revealing 63% aren't looking forward to any of the three titles.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Forget Hitman and Bond, IO's Building a Fantasy RPG

007 First Light just sold 1.5 million copies in a day, but IO Interactive's largest active development team is already somewhere else entirely: building an online fantasy RPG called Project Fantasy.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

No Lady Gaga, No Omni-Man in MW4, Says Infinity Ward

Infinity Ward's community team has gone amusingly specific in promising no goofy crossover skins in Modern Warfare 4. What they haven't addressed is the AI-generated art that's been quietly plaguing the series for years.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Xbox's PS5 Logo U-Turn Took Less Than a Day

Matt Booty confirmed PS5 logos would stay in Xbox's showcase. Hours later, Asha Sharma called it 'a miss' and promised to rethink the policy.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Did Nintendo Stealth-Nerf Love in Tomodachi Life?

Since the 1.0.2 patch, Tomodachi Life players say their Miis are fighting constantly and refusing to form relationships. Nintendo's patch notes don't mention the change at all.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Sonic's Co-Creator Wanted to Name a Sega Game 'Giant Cock'

Former Sega VP Mike Fischer has shared stories about working with Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka, including a naming suggestion for Billy Hatcher that would have been catastrophic in English-speaking markets.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Blizzard Rips Up StarCraft 2's Economy in Shock Patch

Blizzard dropped PTR patch 5.0.16 for StarCraft 2, cutting starting workers from 12 to 8 and overhauling the economy of a 16-year-old RTS most assumed was on life support.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

$151M Deal Hands Balatro Publisher to Fandom's Owner

TruFin is selling its 84.5% stake in Playstack to a subsidiary of Integrated Media Company, the TPG-owned group behind Fandom and GameSpot, for approximately $151 million.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

One Price Cut Won't Save Xbox, Sharma Warns Staff

Game Pass subscriber numbers are recovering after the price reduction, but Asha Sharma's internal memo makes clear that Xbox's turnaround is far from finished.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Xbox Bumps Fable to 2027 to Dodge GTA 6

Playground Games' Fable reboot won't make its fall 2026 window after all. Xbox is retreating to February 2027, and the reason is spelled out in three letters.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Patch Notes

PEAK SMALL patch 1.62.b Notes (29th May 2026)

A small one from the PEAK team today: fresh maps in the daily rotation, a nod to Aggro Crab, and a quiet confirmation that the final biome is in progress.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

One Line in a Product Listing Divided Silksong Fans

Fangamer's new Silksong physical edition includes a note about the Sea of Sorrow DLC. Fans are split on whether it confirms a release before or after October 16.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

A Sonic CD Remake? Ex-Sega VP Says It's Real

Former Sega of America VP Mike Fischer casually dropped that a Sonic CD remake is in development. The timing lines up almost too well with Sonic the Hedgehog 4's movie adaptation of the game.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Dragon Quest 12 Beyond Dreams protagonist and lizard character from reveal trailer
Gaming News

New Name, New Team, No Date: Dragon Quest 12 Rebooted

Square Enix confirmed during the Dragon Quest 40th anniversary stream that DQ12 has been rebooted from scratch, renamed Beyond Dreams, and given to a reshuffled team with no release date in sight.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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Gaming News

Is Dragon Quest 12's Hero Also That Lizard Guy?

Dragon Quest 12's new protagonist has drawn mixed reactions, but a fan theory connecting him to the trailer's lizard character might explain everything.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

HoMM Olden Era Broke Even Day One, Now Tops 1M Sold

Unfrozen's early access strategy hit recouped development costs within 24 hours and has now crossed a million units, with a full roadmap laying out what's next.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Only 8 Hours to Try NBA The Run's First Open Beta

NBA The Run's first open beta hits PS5, Xbox, and PC this Saturday, but you've only got an eight-hour window to try it. Here's everything you need to know.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

1.5M in One Day? 007 First Light Crushes Its Launch

IO Interactive confirmed that 007 First Light moved 1.5 million units within its first day on sale, a blockbuster opening for the studio's first self-published Bond game.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

StarCraft II 5.0.16 PTR Patch Notes (28th May 2026)

Blizzard's 5.0.16 PTR cuts starting workers from 12 to 8 and restructures Warpgate research, pushing StarCraft II toward longer, more strategic early games.

Nathan Lees12 min read
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Gaming News

Outsourcing Studio Blows Persona 6 Wide Open

Concept art and character names for Persona 6 have surfaced online, reportedly originating from an outsourcing studio working on the game's animation.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Witcher 3 Modder Built the New Expansion Sword in Hours

CD Projekt Red announced Songs of the Past on May 27th. By 5:41PM that same day, a REDkit modder had already recreated the expansion's signature sword and uploaded it to Nexus Mods.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

SCUM Hotfix - 1.3.0.1 Patch Notes (28th May 2026)

Gamepires drops a quick follow-up to the Into the Wild update, targeting server access problems, smoking exploits, and a handful of DLC balance issues.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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Gaming News

Nintendo Drops DK 64 News on Harambe's Anniversary

Nintendo picked May 28 to announce Donkey Kong 64 is finally joining Switch Online's N64 library. That also happens to be the 10th anniversary of Harambe's death.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

$45 for Silksong? Physical Edition Leaked for October

A leaked report pegs Silksong's physical edition at $44.99 on Switch 2 and $39.99 on PS5 and Xbox, more than double the digital price. It launches October 16 with a manual and fold-out Pharloom map.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

An 11-Year-Old RPG Just Dropped Windows 10 Support

CD Projekt Red is overhauling The Witcher 3's system requirements ahead of Songs of the Past, cutting Windows 10, HDD support, and DirectX 11 from an 11-year-old game.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Arma Reforger 1.7 Patch Notes (28th May 2026)

The FIA is now a playable faction in Conflict scenarios, and the driving model has been overhauled, here's everything in Arma Reforger 1.7.

Nathan Lees6 min read
Patch Notes

Black Desert Online Patch Notes (28th May 2026)

116 changes land in today's Black Desert Online update, wrapping up the weekly PvP balance cycle with notable adjustments to Kunoichi, Lahn, Striker, and more.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Walmart Banned Forza Horizon 6's Viral Nightmare AI

Forza Horizon 6's most feared AI racer has been "banned" from Walmart stores. The bowieknife99 saga has spiralled from in-game annoyance to full-blown internet phenomenon.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Destiny 2 Fans Plan to Crash Servers on Final Day

With Destiny 2's final update dropping June 9, fans are organizing a 'server slam party' to prove Sony made a mistake walking away from the franchise.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Marathon Season 2 Turns Dead Runners Into Monsters

Bungie's Season 2 cinematic trailer shows dead Runner shells sprouting extra limbs and reanimating on the new Night Marsh map. Marathon is leaning into survival horror, and it might be exactly what the game needs.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Rayman Legends Remake Adds 3D Sections This October

Rayman Legends Retold isn't just a fresh coat of paint. The leaked remake reportedly adds 3D gameplay sections to one of the best 2D platformers ever made, and it could be out by October.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Sony Kills Destruction AllStars Servers Without Warning

Sony pulled the plug on Destruction AllStars without any public announcement, delisting the game and killing its servers in a single day. It's the latest first-party live service casualty, and the way it happened is worse than the closure itself.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

s&box 26.05.27 Patch Notes (27th May 2026)

s&box's latest update overhauls the audio threading model, doubles spatial audio performance, and brings a runtime mesh morphs API to developers.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Steam Controller Finally Works in KCD 2

Valve's latest Steam Beta update squashes a Steam Controller bug in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, alongside overlay and Remote Play fixes.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

A 93 on Metacritic: Mina the Hollower Is 2026's Best

Yacht Club Games' long-awaited follow-up to Shovel Knight has landed with a 93 on Metacritic, topping everything else released this year including Forza Horizon 6 and Resident Evil Requiem.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A Steam Deck Now Costs More Than a PS5 Pro

Valve has hiked Steam Deck OLED prices by nearly 50%, with the 1TB model now sitting at $949. That's more than a PS5 Pro.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Marvel Rivals 20260528 Patch Notes (27th May 2026)

A new map set in Nueva York 2099, sweeping Blood Hunt stat changes, and a long-overdue anti-cheat compensation system headline Marvel Rivals' latest update.

Nathan Lees8 min read
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Gaming News

Activision Silenced One Leaker, but MW4 Leaked Anyway

Activision took legal action against one Call of Duty leaker earlier this year. A different leaker just posted the MW4 cover art anyway, seemingly confirming everything the first one said.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

A Death Star Just Invaded No Man's Sky's Galaxy

Hello Games' latest free update drops a colossal laser-armed construct into No Man's Sky's galaxy, and players will need to unite across three factions to destroy it.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Capcom Drops Surprise RE Requiem Demo Three Months Late

Three months after Resident Evil Requiem shattered sales records, Capcom has dropped a free demo on every platform. It's the first time a mainline RE game has gotten its demo after launch rather than before.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Fragpunk Patch Notes (27th May 2026)

A small Fragpunk update lands today, setting the stage for tomorrow's Ranked event and a new Ultimate skin prize pool.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes

Core Keeper 1.2.1.4 - Stability Patch Notes (27th May 2026)

A small but targeted stability patch for Core Keeper lands today, fixing beds that were immediately booting players and a long-standing issue with enemies destroying tiles they shouldn't be able to touch.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Forza Horizon's Creator Left Over Xbox's Fear of Change

Gavin Raeburn founded Playground Games and created Forza Horizon. He left because Xbox wouldn't let him change it, and now he's building a rival studio to prove them wrong.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

MLB The Show Swaps Lineups for Card Decks on Mobile

San Diego Studio's first mobile MLB The Show ditches traditional lineups for a Momentum-driven deck-building system, and it launched globally yesterday as a free-to-play title.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Beat by a Tricycle: Forza Horizon 6's Bowie Knife99

One AI drivatar in Forza Horizon 6 has become the game's unofficial villain, ramming players off roads, winning drag races in a Peel P50, and uniting millions of players against a common enemy.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Take-Two Kills Another GTA Online RP Platform Before GTA 6

Rage:MP, one of the biggest unofficial GTA Online multiplayer platforms, is shutting down after Take-Two issued a cease and desist. Server owners have until August 31 to migrate to Rockstar-owned FiveM.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Xbox-Owned Grounded Headlines PS Plus for June

An Xbox Game Studios title is the marquee offering on PlayStation's own subscription service this June, and that barely raises eyebrows anymore.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A Chainsaw, a Rock, and $12K in Stolen Pokémon Cards

Clayton Warren allegedly tried a rock first, then upgraded to a battery-powered chainsaw to break into a Pokémon card shop in Lake Park, Florida. He left behind blood, his license plate, and one of the most incompetent heist stories of the year.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes

Overwatch 2 (Legacy) Patch Notes (26th May 2026)

A small but tidy bug fix patch lands for Overwatch 2 Legacy today, clearing up store issues, Junker Queen stat errors, and a missing Nano Boost VFX.

Nathan Lees16 min read
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Gaming News

Leaked LEGO Batman DLC Teases Full Suicide Squad

Twelve new villains including Deathstroke, Deadshot, King Shark, and Captain Boomerang appear to be heading to LEGO Batman as part of a Suicide Squad-themed DLC pack.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

World of Tanks: HEAT Tanks Its Own Steam Launch

Wargaming's free-to-play hero shooter spin-off World of Tanks: HEAT is live across PC, PS5, and Xbox, but its Steam user reviews have already cratered to Mostly Negative.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Marathon Update 1.0.9.1 Patch Notes (26th May 2026)

Marathon's latest patch tidies up loot UI, fixes Rook getting stuck inside shipping containers, and addresses a Cryo Archive exploit that let Crews sneak into the airlock after the Compiler engaged.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

VALORANT Patch Notes 12.10 (26th May 2026)

A light patch, but Replay sharing with friends is a useful addition, plus two new Skirmish maps and Masters London Pick'Ems are live.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

A Rating Board Just Blew Paradox's LEGO Skylines Reveal

South Korea's Game Rating and Administration Committee has rated an unannounced LEGO Skylines from Paradox Interactive, almost certainly spoiling a Summer Game Fest surprise.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Media Molecule Bets Its Future on Open World

A developer portfolio has surfaced revealing Media Molecule's next project involves open-world content, forage design, and POIs. It's a dramatic shift for a studio known for creative tools and platformers.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

World of Tanks Turned Into a Hero Shooter and It's Free

Wargaming just launched World of Tanks: HEAT, a free-to-play hero shooter spin-off with Agents, abilities, and a completely new engine. It's live now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Journey Was Born From One Peaceful WoW Encounter

Jenova Chen says a single moment of unexpected peace with an Alliance player in World of Warcraft planted the seed for Journey's wordless, judgement-free multiplayer.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

8 Hidden Videos Leak Square Enix's Dragon Quest Day Plans

Eight unlisted videos on Square Enix's official YouTube playlist suggest Dragon Quest's 40th anniversary celebration is going to be massive, and Dragon Quest 12 is almost certainly part of it.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

1993's Bicycle-Kick Platformer Revived for $10

QUByte Interactive is bringing back Soccer Kid, the 1993 platformer where you fight enemies with headers, volleys, and bicycle kicks instead of jumping on their heads. Both the SNES and MS-DOS versions launch June 18 for $9.99.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A Resume Just Blew Media Molecule's Open-World Secret

An artist's online portfolio just confirmed Media Molecule's unannounced new IP includes open-world content, marking a dramatic departure from the studio's creative sandbox roots.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Path of Exile 2 0.4.0l Patch Notes (25th May 2026)

Logbooks are getting another pass in 0.4.0l, with new seafaring content and surprises like Siren Eggs and trapped Wisps added to the island-hopping loop.

Nathan Lees1 min read
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Gaming News

Subnautica 2 Now Lets You Mock Its Own Publisher

Subnautica 2's original EULA included a clause barring players from harming publisher Krafton's reputation. Hotfix 2 removes it, along with other restrictive provisions.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Two Dream IPs Died So Dishonored Could Live

Arkane's Raphael Colantonio and Harvey Smith have revealed they were developing pitches for both Thief 4 and a Blade Runner game before Bethesda told them to just make Dishonored instead.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Seasons, Pets, All Free: Paralives Takes On Sims

Paralives' first development roadmap promises weather, seasons, and pets as free updates within two years, content The Sims has historically charged $40 a pop for.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

15-Year Wait for R-Type III Remake Ruined by Hitboxes

R-Type Dimensions III finally remakes the beloved 1993 SNES shmup, but inaccurate hitboxes and collision problems are undermining a genre built entirely on precision.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Nobody in Japan Wants GTA 6 More Than Rhythm Heaven

Famitsu's latest most wanted chart puts Rhythm Heaven Groove at #4 with 472 votes. GTA 6? Down at #11 with 207. Japan's taste in games continues to be fascinating.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

The First Legal Build Engine Game Vanishes June 15

Witchaven and its sequel are being pulled from digital storefronts on June 15. Before Duke Nukem 3D, before Blood, before Shadow Warrior, this was the Build Engine's debut.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

PoE 2 Nearly Killed Divine Orbs as a Troll Move

Grinding Gear Games considered nuking Divine Orbs from Path of Exile 2 entirely, just to stop players comparing loot between leagues. They went the other direction instead.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A Yoshi Game Just Outsold Pokemon Two Weeks Running

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book has topped the Switch 2 eShop charts for two consecutive weeks, beating Pokemon Pokopia even after its full launch. When was the last time a Yoshi game did that to anything?

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Microsoft Drops $250M to Kill Activision Merger Lawsuit

A Swedish pension fund argued Activision shareholders got shortchanged when Bobby Kotick rushed the Microsoft deal. Four years of legal drama later, Microsoft is writing a $250 million check to make it all go away.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

FF7 Remake's Most Annoying NPC Survives to Part 3

Naoki Hamaguchi has confirmed that Chadley, the FF7 Remake trilogy's most polarising NPC, will return with an expanded role in Part 3. The internet's reaction is exactly what you'd expect.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A 20-Year Wait? Insider Pegs Elder Scrolls 6 for 2028-2029

Xbox insider Jez Corden estimates The Elder Scrolls 6 is still years away, with a likely launch window of 2028-2029. If accurate, Skyrim's sequel will arrive nearly two decades after the original.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Ex-Brazzers Owners Now Pay Game Writers by the Click

Valnet's new contracts at TheGamer mean writers earn nothing if their articles don't hit a minimum view count. The company was founded by the former owners of Brazzers and Pornhub.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Nothing Can Knock Tomodachi Life Off Switch's #1 Spot

The latest Switch eShop charts are in, and Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is still sitting unchallenged at number one. The rest of the top ten is almost entirely Nintendo first-party staples.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A Kiss-Powered RPG Trapped in Japan for 13 Years

FuRyu's EXSTETRA, a fantasy RPG built entirely around kissing as a core battle mechanic, is finally escaping its 13-year Japan exclusivity with a global remaster launching on PC this July.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Dawn of War IV Won't Fight Total War for 40K Fans

King Art Games' creative director says Total War: Warhammer 40,000 isn't direct competition for Dawn of War IV, and that more great 40K games only help the franchise.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

13 Hours of Staring at a Cabin for One DBD Reveal

Behaviour Interactive revealed Jason Voorhees as Dead by Daylight's next killer after a nearly 13-hour livestream of a cabin in the woods. The reveal lands June 16, but the format left fans frustrated.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

$560M Price Tag May Be Why Destiny 3 Is Dead

With Destiny 2 winding down and no sequel in active development, the staggering financial reality of building a modern AAA live-service game from scratch may have killed Destiny 3 before it ever started.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Black Flag Resynced Cuts Every Modern-Day Scene

Ubisoft's Black Flag remake strips out every modern-day Abstergo sequence from the original, replacing them with new pirate-focused story content. It's a move that will thrill some fans and infuriate others.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

No Delay, No Exclusivity Pull. Fable Stays on PS5

Despite Xbox leadership floating the idea of reevaluating its exclusivity approach, Playground Games has confirmed Fable is still launching on PS5 at launch, and still on track for 2026.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A Turn-Based Game That Can't Hold 60fps? Mechanicus 2

Mechanicus 2 launched with performance issues bad enough that players are being told to cap at 60fps and drop settings to Low. For a turn-based strategy game, that's a tough sell.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

RE Movie Director Stands Firm on Ditching Game Characters

Zach Cregger isn't backing down from his decision to leave Leon, Jill, and the rest of the Resident Evil cast out of his upcoming film, arguing that a faithful retelling would leave everyone disappointed.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Bubsy 4D Nails Mario Odyssey-Style Platforming

Fabraz has turned Bubsy into a great platformer with chained aerial moves that feel like they belong in a Mario game. I did not expect to write that sentence in 2026.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Boltgun 2's New Sister of Battle Steals the Show

Previews for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 are in, and everyone's talking about the same thing: Nyra Veyrath, the new playable Sister of Battle who plays nothing like returning Ultramarine Malum Caedo.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Luminous Avenger iX 3 Lands on Switch 2 in 2027

Inti Creates revealed Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 3 at BitSummit 2026, bringing Copen back with new weapons and a character customization system for Switch 2 and PC in 2027.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (22nd May 2026)

Blizzard has dropped a fresh round of hotfixes for World of Warcraft, pulling caps off Bloody Tokens and upgrade Crests while cleaning up a handful of class and raid bugs.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

$6K Paperweights? Riot Walks Back Vanguard Bricking Talk

A cocky tweet about cheaters' hardware becoming "$6K paperweights" spiraled into full-blown panic about Riot's kernel-level anti-cheat destroying PCs. The company spent the next day in damage control.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes

Overwatch 2 Patch Notes (22nd May 2026)

A focused hotfix lands for Overwatch 2, rebalancing Stadium's Jetpack Cat powers and touching several heroes across all three roles.

Nathan Lees16 min read
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Gaming News

God of War Faye Spin-Off Tipped for June State of Play

A God of War prequel starring Kratos' late wife Faye is reportedly headed to Sony's June 2 State of Play, alongside Marvel's Wolverine and potentially more PlayStation exclusives.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

The Arkham Sequel You Wanted Is a LEGO Game

Rocksteady co-developed LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, and its combat feels like a streamlined version of the Arkham series. Dismiss it as a kids' game at your own risk.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

No Destiny 3, No New Projects, No Safety Net

Bloomberg reports Bungie has no approved projects beyond Marathon, no Destiny 3 in the works, and significant layoffs coming. The studio that Sony paid $3.6 billion for is running out of road.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Crimson Desert Hands Kliff a Shotgun and a Baby Wyvern

Pearl Abyss keeps stacking features into Crimson Desert at a pace that's hard to believe. Patch 1.08 gives Kliff firearms, adds a baby wyvern pet that will eventually become a mount, and quietly slips in ray-traced sun and moon shadows.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

s&box Small Update 26.05.20b Patch Notes (22nd May 2026)

s&box drops a small follow-up patch fixing Platform Chat message delivery, editor video settings being overwritten, and a transparency bug introduced by recent opaque fade fixes.

Nathan Lees1 min read
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Gaming News

After Black Ops 7 Flopped, Infinity Ward Promises Bold MW4

Infinity Ward's new studio heads have posted a mission statement promising the "definitive Modern Warfare" experience, with a full reveal likely coming during the Xbox Games Showcase on June 7.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Price Hike? Nintendo Plans 20M Switch 2 Units by March 2027

Despite raising Switch 2 prices across the US, Canada, Japan, and Europe, Nintendo has reportedly bumped its production target to 20 million consoles by March 2027. Japanese sales are already spiking ahead of the hike.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Crazy Taxi's First Post in 7 Years Signals Imminent Reveal

After seven years of total silence, the official Crazy Taxi social media accounts flickered back to life with a five-second teaser clip. A full reveal at an upcoming summer showcase looks almost certain.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Big Tech Lied About AI Layoffs, Take-Two CEO Says

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick accuses big tech companies of lying about why they laid off thousands, calling it pandemic overhiring rather than AI displacement.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

888 Peak Players, 8 Years of Dev, 95 Jobs Lost

Quantic Dream's first multiplayer game never broke 888 concurrent players on Steam. Now 95 jobs are on the line, and a French labor union is calling for management to resign.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A $1 Billion Revenue Jump, All Riding on GTA 6

Take-Two's FY2027 revenue guidance jumps by over $1 billion compared to this year. Nearly all of that rides on a single game shipping on time.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Skaven Finally Star in Their Own Warhammer Game

Dotemu and Old Skull Games have announced Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Deathmaster, a 2D stealth-action platformer starring a Skaven assassin named Vihneek. It's coming to PC, PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2 in 2027.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Subnautica 2 Crushes 4 Million Sales in Five Days

Unknown Worlds' underwater survival sequel hit 4 million copies sold in under a week, and the studio is already responding to community pushback on creature encounters.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

September 17 for Dawn of War 4, Plus a Secret Faction

King Art Games locked in a September 17 release date for Dawn of War 4 during Warhammer Skulls, alongside a DLC roadmap that includes a mystery fifth faction and the return of Crusade Mode.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Destiny 2 Dies June 9 With One Final Update

Bungie announced that Destiny 2 will receive its final live-service content update on June 9, 2026, ending nearly a decade of active development on the MMO shooter.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Helldivers 2's Long-Awaited Warhammer Crossover Is Real

After more than a year of hints, failed scheduling, and one CEO's very expensive Warhammer miniature habit, the Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40,000 crossover is officially happening.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Factorio 2.0.77 Patch Notes (21st May 2026)

Factorio 2.0.77 lands with a pile of crash fixes, a nasty rocket silo bug resolved, and a small but useful scripting addition for mod authors.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Silent Hill Creator Walks Outside, Thinks He's in Forza Hori

Keiichiro Toyama, director of the original Silent Hill, stepped outside into Tokyo and thought he was still playing Forza Horizon 6. He's far from the only Japanese local blown away by Playground Games' recreation.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Hasbro Bet $1B on Games. Zero Are Live Service.

Hasbro has poured nearly $1 billion into game development since 2018 and deliberately avoided live service. The same week, Quantic Dream's MOBA died after three months.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

New Single-Player IP Brewing from Returnal Director's Studio

Harry Krueger, the director behind Returnal and Nex Machina, has launched a new Helsinki-based studio called Cosmic Division. Its first project is a single-player IP targeting consoles and PC.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Told to "Please Stop," FF Creator Shares More AI Art

After being publicly told to stop by fellow Square veteran Akitoshi Kawazu, Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi responded by sharing even more AI-generated game concepts.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Warhorse Drops Two Bombs: LOTR RPG, New Kingdom Come

Warhorse Studios just confirmed two projects at once: an open-world Middle-earth RPG and a new Kingdom Come game. The studio behind one of the most detail-obsessed RPG series in years is now tackling Tolkien.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

s&box 26.05.20 Patch Notes (20th May 2026)

s&box's latest update adds random item drops, a platform-wide chat overlay, and new performance analytics to help the team target CPU bottlenecks.

Nathan Lees9 min read
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Gaming News

7 Games Axed So Ubisoft Could Ship AC, Far Cry, Ghost Recon

Ubisoft's latest earnings report reveals the brutal math behind its next wave of blockbusters: seven cancelled projects, six delayed, 1,200 fewer employees, and a record €1.3 billion operating loss.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Europa Universalis V Patch 1.2.4 Notes (20th May 2026)

Patch 1.2.4 is live for Europa Universalis V, tackling frustrating stack wipes, sluggish pop growth, and a Reform Society disaster that was demanding near-total subject annexation.

Nathan Lees10 min read
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Gaming News

2026's First Full Nintendo Direct Rumored for June

We're nearly halfway through 2026 and Nintendo still hasn't held a proper Direct. Jeff Grubb says that's about to change, with a full presentation expected by mid-June.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

After Killing TimeSplitters, Embracer Wants Someone Else to

Embracer is splitting into two public companies and actively seeking external partners for franchises like Deus Ex, TimeSplitters, and Saints Row, the same IPs it cancelled projects for and shuttered studios around.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Mysterious Book Lands Yoshi His Best Scores Since 2006

With a Metacritic average sitting around 80, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is the highest-scoring Yoshi game since Yoshi's Island DS in 2006. Reviews range from a perfect 10 to a 6, but the consensus leans positive.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Far Far West Publisher Bans Gen-AI Art From All Partners

Fireshine Games, riding the momentum of Far Far West's million-copy breakout, has publicly declared it won't partner with any studio using generative AI art in game development.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

A GTX 750 Ti Can Run Outward 2, Says a Potato

Nine Dots Studio revealed Outward 2's early access date and system requirements via a talking potato, confirming the survival RPG will run on hardware from 2014.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Hearthstone 35.4.2 Patch Notes (19th May 2026)

Blizzard's latest Hearthstone patch buffs underperforming Class Set cards and overhauls Battlegrounds with minion, spell, and trinket changes across the board.

Nathan Lees12 min read
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Gaming News

Game Pass Dumps Its 2024 GOTY to Make Room for 13 New Titles

Metaphor: ReFantazio, GameSpot's 2024 Game of the Year, is leaving Xbox Game Pass on May 31 alongside Persona 4 Golden. Meanwhile, 13 new games are rolling in, headlined by Jurassic World Evolution 3 and Remnant II.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

6 Years Later, Fortnite Is Back on iPhones Worldwide

Epic Games has restored Fortnite to the Apple App Store in nearly every country, calling it "the beginning of the end of the Apple Tax worldwide" as the legal fight heads to the Supreme Court.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

Marathon Update 1.0.9 Patch Notes (19th May 2026)

Marathon's latest patch kicks off Warden Hunt, hands Rook some meaningful buffs, and kills a one-shot exploit that had no business being in the game.

Nathan Lees6 min read
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Gaming News

3 Free Minigames, 77 Paywalled in Nintendo's Pictonico

Nintendo's new WarioWare-style mobile game Pictonico launches May 28, but its free demo includes just three minigames out of 80. The rest cost $13.98 across two paid volumes.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

ARC Raiders Patch Notes 1.29.0 (19th May 2026)

ARC Raiders update 1.29.0 brings a new underground trader, a new weapon, and a long-overdue fix to the Queen and Matriarch knockback problem.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Six Years of PlayStation PC Ports, Now Over

Hermen Hulst told PlayStation staff in a town hall that narrative single-player games will now stay exclusive to PlayStation consoles. Multiplayer titles like Marathon and Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls will still ship on PC.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

WarioWare Studio Built a Game Around Your Photos

Intelligent Systems, the studio behind WarioWare and Fire Emblem, co-developed Nintendo's surprise new mobile game Pictonico, which turns your camera roll into playable minigames.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

PlayStation Locks Single-Player Games to PS5, Kills PC Ports

PlayStation Studios CEO Hermen Hulst confirmed in a staff town hall that first-party narrative single-player games will no longer come to PC. Multiplayer titles like Helldivers 2 remain multiplatform.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Square Enix's Best Classic Zelda Clone Lands a Demo

A free Prologue Demo for The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is available now on PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series, and PC, with save data carrying over to the full game.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Tom Kane, Voice of Yoda and CoD's Takeo, Dead at 64

Tom Kane, the prolific voice actor behind Yoda in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Takeo Masaki in Call of Duty Zombies, has died at 64 after complications from a stroke he suffered in 2020.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Sony Hikes PS Plus as Xbox Cuts Game Pass Prices

Sony is raising PlayStation Plus prices for new subscribers starting May 20, citing 'ongoing market conditions.' The timing is remarkable given Xbox just lowered Game Pass prices last month.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

99% Switch 2, 1% Everything Else: Indy's UK Chart Debut

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle launched on Switch 2 and absolutely dominated the platform split, with PS5 and Xbox each hovering below 1%. The demand for big third-party ports on Nintendo's new hardware is staggering.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

No Wonder Lego Batman Feels Like Arkham

Roughly 24 Rocksteady developers helped build Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, and WB Games Montreal pitched in too. That Arkham DNA isn't just inspiration, it's literal.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

$50M Hit Iron Lung Skips Netflix for YouTube

After grossing over $50 million in theaters, Markiplier's horror film Iron Lung is heading to YouTube as a paid exclusive on May 31, bypassing Netflix, Amazon, and every other traditional streaming platform.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

$50 Max Payout? Subnautica 2's EULA Alarms Fans

Fans digging into Subnautica 2's end-user license agreement found clauses capping damage payouts at $50, banning VPN use, and giving Krafton the right to revoke access at any time.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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Gaming News

Pac-Man Meets Suika Game in Namco Legendary Mountains

BeXide and Bandai Namco are turning classic arcade characters into voxels you toss, stack, and merge in a 3D twist on the Suika Game formula. It's launching this summer on Switch 2, Switch, and PC.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

GTA 5 and RDR2 on Switch? Virtuos Says It's Ready

Virtuos, the studio behind Metal Gear Solid Delta and the Oblivion Remastered port, says its team is eager to bring two of Rockstar's biggest games to Nintendo's hardware.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

'Honestly Not That Hard': N64 Emulator Cracks Rollback

A Nintendo 64 emulator fork just added rollback netcode across the entire library, and the programmer behind it says GekkoNet "did most of the lifting." Spain-to-Australia Smash 64 at four frames of delay is now a real thing.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Borderlands' Iconic Look Cost Take-Two $50 Million

Two months before Borderlands was supposed to ship, Take-Two approved a $50 million art style overhaul. CEO Strauss Zelnick says no other publisher would have done it.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

3.3M Sold, Yet Yotei Legends Already Abandoned

Ghost of Yotei sold 3.3 million copies in its first month, but Sucker Punch has already wrapped major support for its Legends multiplayer mode after a single content update.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Five 'Final' Updates Later, Terraria Stops Pretending

After years of promising 'final' updates that never were, Re-Logic has dropped the act. Terraria will keep getting updates beyond 1.4.6, crossplay is coming soon, and the game just hit 70 million copies sold.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Not Even Out Yet, Forza Horizon 6 Already Tops 1M Players

Forza Horizon 6 doesn't officially release until May 19, but over a million players have already paid a premium to get in early, doubling Forza Horizon 5's Steam record in the process.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

2M Copies in 12 Hours, and You Still Can't Kill Fish

Unknown Worlds sold 2 million copies of Subnautica 2 in half a day, and the studio's lead designer says the game's no-violence philosophy is a hill they're willing to die on.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

24 Years In, FF11 Finally Unlocks an Endless Trial

Square Enix is scrapping the 14-day cap on Final Fantasy 11's free trial and raising the level limit to 75. For a 24-year-old MMO still getting updates, it's a move that should have happened years ago.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Faker Stars in a K-Drama and It's Absurdly Good

Google Play Korea cast the greatest League of Legends player ever opposite one of K-pop's biggest stars in a romantic mini-drama ad series. It's stuffed with esports callbacks and it absolutely works.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A Warhammer First: Leagues of Votann Hit Mechanicus 2

Mechanicus 2 arrives May 21 on Xbox Series X|S with a franchise first: the Leagues of Votann make their video game debut alongside dual Adeptus Mechanicus and Necron campaigns.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A 2004 Pokemon Game Just Topped the Switch eShop

Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen are sitting at number one and two on the Switch eShop's download-only chart. A pair of 22-year-old Game Boy Advance remakes are outselling Hades 2, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and nearly everything else on the store.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

'That Was a Lie': Mixtape Won't Lose Its Music

Annapurna Interactive didn't hedge or issue a careful PR statement about Mixtape's music licensing. It called the delisting rumours a lie and told everyone to have a great weekend.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Horror VN Axed by Steam Despite 24,000 Wishlists

Japanese indie horror visual novel This Game Is Not Real has been pulled from Steam after Valve ruled it didn't meet platform criteria, despite 24,000 wishlists and months of community anticipation.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

007 First Light's Cocky Bond Is Hiding Something Dark

IO Interactive's younger Bond isn't just cocky for the sake of it. Beneath the smug grin is an orphan with rage issues, and the studio says that's exactly the point.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Two Months Flat? Sonic Movie 4 Already Done Filming

Director Jeff Fowler announced filming on Sonic the Hedgehog 4 has wrapped, sharing a behind-the-scenes look at Metal Sonic. The movie races into theatres March 19, 2027.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

A Returnal Dev's Geometry Wars Successor Hits Switch 2

Sektori slipped past most people when it launched last November. A Switch 2 release gives one of 2025's best arcade shooters a second chance at the audience it deserves.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A Solitaire Game Wanted 417 Days of Your Life on Xbox

Age of Solitaire: Build Civilization quietly vanished from the Xbox store this week, taking with it an achievement list so absurd it required over a year of continuous playtime.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

'A Disaster': WWE 2K26's Ringside Pass Led to Cuts

At least seven Visual Concepts employees have posted about being laid off, with reports linking the cuts to the fallout from WWE 2K26's controversial Ringside Pass system.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

3% on Rotten Tomatoes? Uwe Boll's Making a Sequel Anyway

Uwe Boll is coming out of retirement to make a spiritual sequel to his 2003 House of the Dead film, which holds a 3% score on Rotten Tomatoes. He says Paul W.S. Anderson's official reboot inspired him to do it better.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

A Dull Bond Is Worse Than a Divisive One, Says IO

IO Interactive's devs argue that a Bond nobody has strong feelings about would be a creative failure, and they're leaning into the backlash around Patrick Gibson's portrayal.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

After 23 Years, EVE Online Finally Bans PvP Somewhere

EVE Online's upcoming Cradle of War expansion introduces Exordium, a fully PvP-free starter zone where nobody can shoot you. For a game built entirely on the promise that anyone can betray anyone, that's a fascinating concession.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Overwatch Turns 10 and Fortnite Threw the Better Party

Blizzard's own 10th anniversary event landed so flat that Fortnite's Overwatch collab became the real celebration, and game director Aaron Keller had to publicly acknowledge the criticism.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

ARK: Survival Ascended Community Crunch 507: Tunnel (16th May 2026)

Fantastic Tames Season 1 launches next Tuesday with the Burrowbuck, a guerrilla-warfare specialist that digs tunnels and blinds enemies. A batch of inactive official servers are also heading for the sunset list on June 19th.

Nathan Lees7 min read
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Gaming News

Best Buy Leaks GTA 6 Pre-Orders Starting May 18

Affiliate emails from Best Buy have leaked a May 18 pre-order window for GTA 6, with insiders claiming six different editions including console bundles and early access.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

No Right Answers, Says FF7 Remake Trilogy Director

Naoki Hamaguchi explains why he refuses to confirm or deny the wildest FF7 Remake fan theories, calling the speculation a sign that the trilogy's design is working exactly as intended.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Lego 2K Drive Vanishes on Its Third Birthday

2K is quietly pulling Lego 2K Drive from every digital storefront on May 19, the exact third anniversary of its launch. Multiplayer servers follow in 2027.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Two Patches in Five Days? Crimson Desert Won't Slow Down

Pearl Abyss has shipped Crimson Desert update 1.07.00 just five days after the last major patch, continuing an MMO-style update cadence that's almost unheard of for a single-player game.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Steam Deck's AI Upscaling Upgrade Confirmed for 2027

AMD has confirmed that its AI-powered FSR 4.1 upscaling technology will arrive on RDNA 2 hardware, including the Steam Deck, in early 2027. RDNA 3 desktop cards get it first in July.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Switch 2 Price Hike Won't Be the Last, Nintendo Warns

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa says the memory and component price surge driving Switch 2's price increase isn't temporary, and could affect pricing well into next year.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Virtual Boy's Tiny 22-Game Library Is Half on NSO Now

With five new Virtual Boy additions to Nintendo Switch Online, Nintendo has already put over half of the console's entire library on the service. At this rate, they'll run out of games before the year is over.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Two Scroll Wheels? Xbox Elite 3 Leaked by Brazilian Agency

A Brazilian telecommunications regulator has inadvertently revealed the Xbox Elite 3 controller, complete with two mysterious scroll wheels, a removable battery, and a dedicated cloud gaming mode.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Launches June 18, Skips Early Access

Expression Games is shipping Hell Let Loose: Vietnam straight to 1.0 on June 18, a sharp contrast to the original's two-year early access stint. A free open beta weekend runs May 29 to June 1.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

No Date Yet, but Elden Ring on Switch 2 Ships in 2026

Kadokawa's fiscal year earnings report confirms both Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition and The Duskbloods are still targeting a 2026 release on Switch 2, though neither game has a firm date.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

No, Stardew Valley Won't Let You Wreck NPC Marriages

Eric Barone's theoretical musings about consequences in sandbox games got twisted into a headline about adding cheating to Stardew Valley. He's now set the record straight.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Moss Ditches VR, Fuses Both Games Into One Package

Polyarc's award-winning VR series is getting a flat-screen makeover. Moss: The Forgotten Relic combines both games into a single enhanced adventure for PC, PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch this summer.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Mario Galaxy Movie Hits Digital Just 6 Weeks After Theaters

Universal is rushing The Super Mario Galaxy Movie to digital storefronts on May 19, barely six weeks after its theatrical debut. The film is still 2026's top earner but looks unlikely to crack a billion.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Borderlands 4 Weekly Update Notes (14th May 2026)

Grenade builds get a significant boost this week, plus Gearbox is running a special Quadruple Threat Big Encore Boss event to celebrate a designer's birthday.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Warhammer Skulls Drops a Full Game on May 21

Most showcases tease trailers and drop vague release windows. This year's Warhammer Skulls is shipping an entire game alongside its reveals.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

A Real Wearable Tech Brand Just Became a Bond Gadget

Even Realities is putting its real-world G2 smart glasses into 007 First Light as a usable Bond gadget, marking a strange new frontier for product placement in games.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Not Dead Yet? Capcom Slots Dragon's Dogma Into Growth Plan

Capcom's fiscal year report quietly lists Dragon's Dogma among the franchises it plans to grow through sequels, remakes, and ports, offering some reassurance to fans worried the series died with Hideaki Itsuno's departure.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

One Week Out, Mechanicus 2 Finally Locks In Its Launch

After months of refusing to commit to a date, Bulwark Studios has confirmed Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus 2 drops next Thursday, May 21, timed to the annual Warhammer Skulls showcase.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Not Salem but Würzburg: AC Hexe Setting Leaked

A prominent Ubisoft leaker claims Assassin's Creed Hexe takes place during the Würzburg witch trials, not Salem, with Ezio Auditore making a comeback.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

s&box 26.05.13 Patch Notes (13th May 2026)

s&box's latest update tackles AI slop in the Workshop, adds three upscalers for lower-end hardware, and fixes explosive barrels that refused to explode.

Nathan Lees10 min read
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Gaming News

Pokémon's Next Main Theme Recorded by Japan's NHK Symphony

A behind-the-scenes video shows the NHK Symphony Orchestra performing the main theme for Pokémon Winds and Waves, giving the next generation of Pokémon a seriously grand orchestral treatment.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

Astroneer Patch 1.40.3 Notes (13th May 2026)

Astroneer's May patch tackles a pile of Megatech bugs and adds in-game tutorials for Megastructure projects, plus a candid update on Intermodal Terminal work.

Nathan Lees8 min read
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Gaming News

Star Wars KOTOR Successor Dumps AI and 200-Hour Bloat

Casey Hudson is building Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic without generative AI and without the 200-hour runtime that's become an RPG default. It's exactly the kind of stance this genre needs right now.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Talos Principle 3 Unveiled as Trilogy's Grand Finale

Croteam's philosophical puzzle trilogy is coming to an end. The Talos Principle 3 will take players into the Anomaly, a place where the laws of physics break down, across more than a dozen worlds.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Last Epoch 1.4.7 Patch Notes (13th May 2026)

Last Epoch's 1.4.7 patch is a targeted bug fix update, but the Confluence of Oblivion change is the one endgame players will actually care about.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Another 27-Year-Old Arrested for Threatening Nintendo

An unemployed man has been arrested for sending letters threatening to blow up Nintendo's Kyoto headquarters. He's the second 27-year-old to threaten the company in the space of two years.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Haunted Chocolatier Dwarfs Stardew Valley in Every Way

Eric Barone says Haunted Chocolatier eclipses Stardew Valley in maps, monsters, items, and equipment depth. Everything is cranked up, and he's spending five days a week proving it.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

The Steam Controller Screams When You Drop It

Valve's new Steam Controller plays the iconic Wilhelm scream when you drop it, and the internet has been gleefully testing it ever since.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes

FragPunk Patch Notes (13th May 2026)

FragPunk's May 13th update is mostly event prep, but the free reward pool launching tomorrow is worth a look.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Forza Horizon 6 Pirate Banned Until the Year 9999

One content creator played a leaked build of Forza Horizon 6 on camera without hiding his gamertag. Playground Games responded with a ban lasting until December 31, 9999.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Sega Scraps Its 5-Year 'Super Game' and Dumps F2P

Sega quietly killed its ambitious live service 'Super Game' in a single line of a financial presentation, shifting over 100 developers back to full game development. The live service gold rush might finally be dying.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi Survive Sega's GaaS Purge

Sega quietly killed its five-year Super Game live-service project and moved over 100 developers back to working on full games, including its Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, and Golden Axe reboots.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

5/10 to 9.5/10: Directive 8020 Divides Critics Hard

Supermassive's sci-fi horror game is pulling review scores from 5/10 all the way up to 9.5/10, with critics split on whether its new stealth mechanics and ambitious storytelling elevate or undermine the Dark Pictures formula.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Sinking City 2 Ditches Open World for Resident Evil DNA

Frogwares has completely overhauled The Sinking City 2, swapping the original's bloated open world for a focused survival horror structure with safe rooms, limited ammo, and combat pulled straight from Resident Evil's playbook.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Burn the Tape: Troy Baker's Secret Indiana Jones Audition

Troy Baker was so afraid of failing as Indiana Jones that he told the casting director to destroy the tape if it didn't work. Then he landed the part and spent two weeks recreating one of cinema's most iconic openings.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes

PEAK SMALL patch 1.62.a Notes (12th May 2026)

A small but steady update for PEAK adds fresh maps to the daily rotation, with the developers confirming the final biome is in progress.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

NBA The Run Drops June 9 With a Beta This Weekend

A new arcade basketball game hits PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam on June 9 for $29.99, with a closed beta this Saturday giving players a three-hour window to try it out.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes

Overwatch 2 (Legacy) Patch Notes (12th May 2026)

The 10th Anniversary patch brings hero balance across the board, a reworked Initiator subrole, and a community-driven lootbox event running until June 1.

Nathan Lees15 min read
Patch Notes

Overwatch 2 Patch Notes (12th May 2026)

Overwatch 2's 10th Anniversary update brings a Kiriko Suzu rework, Mercy mobility revert, and a big Initiator subrole overhaul alongside seasonal celebrations.

Nathan Lees15 min read
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Gaming News

Lies of P Sequel's Art Could Run Through Midjourney

Round8 Studio, the developer behind Lies of P, is actively recruiting for a generative AI role that would put tools like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion at the centre of its art pipeline. The sequel just entered full production.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

A Palworld MMO? New Trademark Fuels Speculation

Pocketpair quietly filed trademarks for "Palworld Online" in two countries, and nobody's sure yet whether it's a full MMO, a GTA Online-style split, or just new branding for the 1.0 launch.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

5 Years and $882M Later, Sega's Super Game Is Dead

Sega quietly confirmed the death of its ambitious Super Game initiative in a financial results slide, five years after announcing the project and floating an $882 million investment to make it happen.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

ESA Tells Lawmakers You Don't Own Your Digital Games

The Entertainment Software Association is urging California lawmakers to kill a bill that would require publishers to preserve games or offer refunds, arguing the bill rests on the 'false premise' that consumers own their digital games.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

NBC Turns Wordle Into a Cash-Prize Game Show

NBC is turning the New York Times' daily word puzzle into a primetime game show with cash prizes, hosted by Today's Savannah Guthrie and produced by Jimmy Fallon.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

The Uncharted 4 You Never Played Had a Ballroom Dance

Eight years of datamining have unearthed Amy Hennig's wildly different vision for Uncharted 4, complete with sword fighting, fish spearing, and Nathan Drake cutting a rug at a fancy party.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Aaron Paul Campaigned His Way Into Fallout Season 3

After showing up to Fallout events for over 15 years and semi-publicly lobbying producer Jonathan Nolan, Aaron Paul has finally landed a role in the show's third season.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Your $10 Discord Nitro Sub Now Unlocks 50+ Xbox Games

Discord Nitro's new Rewards program bundles a starter edition of Xbox Game Pass into the $9.99 subscription, giving members access to over 50 games including Fallout 4, Stardew Valley, and Doom Eternal.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

The 'My' in My Nintendo Store Dies May 27

Nintendo confirmed the My Nintendo Store will become just 'Nintendo Store' on May 27, a rebrand that changes two letters and absolutely nothing else.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

CD Projekt Red Keeps Raiding Kingdom Come's Talent Pool

Zdeněk Glatz, a senior designer and writer on Kingdom Come: Deliverance, has joined CD Projekt Red as senior open world designer. He's the latest in a growing line of Warhorse veterans making the move.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Nintendo Pulls a Zuckerberg, Drops 'My' From Its Store

From May 27, My Nintendo Store becomes Nintendo Store. Nintendo leaned into The Social Network meme to break the news, and honestly, it might be the most personality the storefront has ever shown.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Pirates Beat Forza Horizon 6's $100 Early Access by 5 Days

A developer apparently forgot to encrypt Forza Horizon 6's files when uploading them to Steam, and pirates had the game running before anyone who paid $100 for early access could touch it.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Age Ratings Leak Star Wars Zero Company's Biggest Secret

Australia's age classification board accidentally revealed that Star Wars Zero Company's story spans into the early Galactic Empire, a detail Bit Reactor hasn't officially announced yet.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Wayne June Said Yes to AI. Darkest Dungeon Said No.

Wayne June gave Red Hook permission to clone his voice with AI before he died. The studio said no, and the reasoning behind that decision says more about the AI debate than any corporate policy ever could.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

TF2 Modders Built the COD Zombies Mode Valve Never Did

A modding team called Breadworks is turning Team Fortress 2 into a full-blown zombie horde survival game, complete with barricades, perks, and endless waves. It looks like the mode Valve should have shipped years ago.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

$8 Casino Game Crushes 1M Sales in Its First Week

Gamble With Your Friends hit 1 million copies sold in just nine days, proving once again that cheap, chaotic co-op games are the most reliable hit factory on Steam.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

September for E-Day? WWE Deal Points to Launch Window

Gears of War: E-Day was revealed as the presenting sponsor of WWE's Triplemania 2026 event in September, and WWE's track record with game sponsorships suggests the timing isn't a coincidence.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Ex-Epic Director Bets AI Can Dethrone Unreal Engine

After eight years managing Unreal Engine at Epic, Arjan Brussee thinks AI-first architecture can topple the very engine he helped run. His new project, the Immense Engine, is being built from scratch in the Netherlands.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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Gaming News

FF14 Player Rebuilds Pragmata's Hub Out of Sofas

A Final Fantasy 14 player used rows of Everkeep Sofas and the game's expanded furniture limit to build an uncanny recreation of Pragmata's shelter hub inside their in-game house.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Subnautica 2's Own Dev Too Scared to Playtest the Dark Parts

Subnautica 2's game design lead says even he can't handle the dark zones he helped build. The sequel hits early access on May 14 with co-op, a mysterious tree, and the same deep-ocean dread that made the original unforgettable.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

40% of Tomodachi Life Players Own a Switch 2

Nintendo's latest financial results reveal that nearly half of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream's 3.8 million players are already on Switch 2, turning a quirky life sim into one of the clearest adoption signals for the new hardware.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Capcom Surprise-Drops Free Roguelike Mode for RE Requiem

Resident Evil Requiem just got a free roguelike mode called Leon Must Die Forever, turning Leon's campaign levels into a replayable, route-based arcade gauntlet with randomised weapons and ability builds.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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Gaming News

Bats Poop on Bruce Wayne in Lego Batman's Launch Trailer

TT Games dropped the launch trailer for Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, and it perfectly captures what this game is going for: every iconic Batman moment you remember, lovingly recreated and then ruined in the best way possible.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Mina the Hollower Drops May 29 for Just $20

Yacht Club Games finally locks down a release date for its Shovel Knight follow-up, and the $19.99 price tag feels like a statement in an era of rising costs.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Double Fine Unionizes All 42 Workers Under New Xbox CEO

Double Fine's entire 42-person workforce has filed to unionize with CWA, making it the first studio to test whether Xbox's new CEO will maintain Microsoft's labor neutrality.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Dragon Quest 12 Leak Came from Its Own Creator

Yuji Horii spoiled Square Enix's surprise by revealing a May 27 Dragon Quest livestream on a now-delisted YouTube video. The man is apparently notorious for this.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Arcana Was Mortal Kombat's Midichlorians, So MK2 Axed It

Mortal Kombat II screenwriter Jeremy Slater openly compared the first film's arcana concept to Star Wars' most mocked lore addition, confirming the sequel intentionally buried it without a retcon.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

No Price, No Date, No Plan? PS6 Hit by Memory Crisis

Sony's CEO confirmed the PS6 has no set launch date or price, with memory costs driven by AI demand forcing the company to consider changing its entire business model.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Hollywood Snubbed Games for Decades. Serkis Says That's Over

From Heavenly Sword to Clair Obscur, Andy Serkis has watched Hollywood's attitude toward games flip completely. Now he says the industry that once looked down on games can't stop borrowing from them.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Sony's AI Tool Replaces Hours of Animation in Seconds

Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hideaki Nishino detailed two internal AI tools during the company's corporate strategy presentation, including one called Mockingbird that compresses hours of animation into moments.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

007 First Light Locks Your Gun Until Enemies Shoot First

IO Interactive's senior combat designer explains why Bond can't just pull a silenced pistol and headshot his way through 007 First Light. The License to Kill system forces you to earn your gunfights.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Morrowind Now Runs on Fallout 4's Pip-Boy

Modder RPGKing117 has streamed the entirety of Morrowind onto Fallout 4's tiny Pip-Boy display using a custom OpenMW build, and the original Fallout is already in progress.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Arrowhead Promises Helldivers 2 Overhaul, Fans Rip It Apart

Arrowhead's latest "Transmission from Super Earth Command" promised multi-week campaigns, better rewards, and improved communication. The community told them to stop talking and start fixing.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

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.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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Gaming News

33MB, $20, 4 Million Sold: FireRed and LeafGreen Won

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.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Serkis Says Drama School Grads Now Beg for Game Roles

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.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

42 Years, 150+ Games: Nintendo Legend Tezuka Exits

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.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Star Fox's Original Designer Prefers the Movie Look

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.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

No Date, No Price, No Plan? PS6 Stalled by AI Boom

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.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Styx Devs Unveil a 'Puzzlevania' Set in Dracula's Castle

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.'

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Dead Studio's Final DLC Drops at Nacon Connect 2026

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.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Playtesters Said Remove the Friction. Warhorse Said No.

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.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Path of Exile 2 Wants You to Quit Before You Burn Out

Game director Jonathan Rogers says a huge percentage of negative Steam reviews come from players who grind 200+ hours with no clear stopping point. The Return of the Ancients update is designed to fix that.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Neverness to Everness Replaces AI Slop With TV Static

Hotta Studio's fix for AI-generated animation in Neverness to Everness? Mute the screen and play static. The studio has admitted to using AI tools on background assets after players, Ironmouse, and a voice actress all called them out.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

90 Minutes of Xbox Dev News, Zero New Helix Details

Xbox aired a 90-minute developer showcase today that was literally a replay of its GDC presentation. VP Jason Ronald confirmed no new Project Helix details, promising more later this year.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

The Granddaddy of JRPGs Now Belongs to Atari

Atari now owns the first five Wizardry games, the series that shaped every JRPG you've ever played. But the deal already has a wrinkle.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Shovel Knight Dev Stakes Everything on Mina the Hollower

After six years of development and one last-minute delay, Yacht Club Games finally has a release date for Mina the Hollower. The studio's co-founder has called it make-or-break.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

A $550 Switch 2? Investors Say Nintendo Must Raise Prices

Nintendo's stock has fallen for six straight months, and investors are pushing for a Switch 2 price hike of up to $100. With Friday's earnings report looming, the pressure is mounting.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Diablo 4 Players Pay Billions for Former Salvage

Lord of Hatred's Horadric Cube has completely upended Diablo 4's trade economy, turning items players used to trash into multi-billion gold listings.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

RUSE Returns to Steam 11 Years After Ubisoft Killed It

Eugen Systems has brought its beloved WW2 RTS back from the dead, bundling all DLC and Steam Deck support into a $29.99 Definitive Edition after Ubisoft delisted the game in 2015.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

After a Flop Film, Assassin's Creed Tries Theater

Ubisoft's latest attempt to take Assassin's Creed beyond games isn't a sequel to the 2016 film. It's a live stage show with parkour, choreographed combat, and a brand-new story.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Take-Two CEO Calls BioShock 4 a Waste of Time and Money

Strauss Zelnick admits Cloud Chamber "wasted a lot of time and money" on BioShock 4's troubled development, calling himself "deeply disappointed" by the project's lack of progress.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Pearl Abyss Paid $425M for CCP, Sold It Back for $120M

Pearl Abyss acquired CCP Games for roughly $425 million in 2018. Seven years later, it sold the EVE Online studio back to its own management for $120 million, taking a staggering $305 million loss.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Snoop Dogg Plays a 1915 Smuggler in Yakuza's New Prequel

RGG Studio's 30-minute deep dive into Stranger Than Heaven revealed Snoop Dogg as a braided smuggler named Orpheus, a late legendary actor brought back via CG, and what sure looks like the Tojo Clan's origin story.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Too Good to Be True? FF7 Part 3 Leak Divides Fans

A highly detailed leak claims Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 will be revealed at Summer Game Fest with a staggering list of features. The community can't decide if it's legitimate or pure fan fiction.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Ubisoft Called Out His AI Leak, So He Posted the Real One

Ubisoft's official Assassin's Creed account tried to discredit a leaked screenshot by calling it AI-altered. The leaker responded by posting the real image, effectively confirming the leak came from a private playtest.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

s&box 26.05.06 Patch Notes (6th May 2026)

s&box's first post-launch weekly patch is a meaty one, halving server load times and reworking how reviews and reports work on the platform.

Nathan Lees7 min read
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Patch Notes

iRacing 2026 Season 2 Patch 4 Notes (6th May 2026)

iRacing's fourth patch of Season 2 is a focused bug-fix drop, but the pace car fix and ghost tow exploit closure are the ones online racers will actually feel.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

MindsEye Studio Blames Sabotage, Then Fires 170

Build A Rocket Boy reportedly cut roughly 170 employees in its third round of layoffs, leaving about 80 staff. This comes weeks after management released an in-game mission dramatising their conspiracy theory about corporate sabotage.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Fate of the Old Republic Is a BioWare Reunion Tour

Arcanaut Studios just updated its website with the creative leads behind Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, and nearly every name on the list spent years at BioWare during the studio's best era.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Even Square Enix Is Chort-Posting Now

A patch 7.5 dungeon boss with zero dialogue and no loot worth chasing has become Final Fantasy 14's biggest meme in months. Square Enix is already in on it.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Call of Duty Finally Dumps PS4 After Six Years

Six years. That's how long Call of Duty kept shipping on PS4 hardware after the PS5 launched. Activision has finally confirmed the next entry is current-gen only.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Xbox Kills Copilot AI, Then Hires Five AI Executives

Asha Sharma announced Xbox will stop developing Copilot for console and wind it down on mobile, then revealed five new hires pulled largely from Microsoft's CoreAI division.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

FF7 Return Leak Already Shot Down by Known Insider

A nearly 1,000-word ResetEra leak claiming Final Fantasy 7 Part 3 will be called "Return" and revealed at Summer Game Fest has already been shot down by a known insider.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

IO Interactive Built 007 First Light for Half Typical AAA Co

IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak claims the studio's Glacier 2 engine and lean development philosophy kept 007 First Light's budget well below the $200 million territory its competitors have crept into.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Lego Batman Hides a Perfect Kevin Conroy Tribute

Preview builds of Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight contain a billboard Easter egg honoring the late Kevin Conroy, and it might be the best tribute to the legendary Batman voice actor we've seen in a game.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (5th May 2026)

Blizzard pushes sweeping class tuning across World of Warcraft: Midnight, pulling back Unholy Death Knight and Guardian Druid while giving Marksmanship Hunter and Outlaw Rogue a serious shot in the arm.

Nathan Lees12 min read
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Gaming News

Only 7 Heroes in Lego Batman, and That's the Point

TT Games stripped the roster down to seven for Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, and early previews suggest the trade-off gives each character real mechanical depth.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Forza Horizon 6 Headlines Massive Game Pass May Drop

Thirteen games hit Game Pass in the first half of May, headlined by Forza Horizon 6 on May 19. It's the strongest two-week stretch the service has had in a while.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

13 Games Hit Game Pass in May, Led by Forza Horizon 6

Forza Horizon 6, Doom: The Dark Ages, Subnautica 2, and Mixtape headline a stacked May for Game Pass, arriving just weeks after Microsoft slashed the subscription price.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Unturned 3.26.3.1 Patch Notes (5th May 2026)

Unturned's latest patch separates safezone damage options and clears up a handful of left-handed character bugs that have been bugging players.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Grieving Dad's Pragmata Post Went So Viral It Reached Capcom

A 55-year-old father shared how Pragmata's android companion Diana reminded him of his late daughter McKenzie. Within a week, his post became the most popular in the subreddit's history and caught Capcom's attention.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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Patch Notes

Rainbow Six Siege Y11S1.3 Patch Notes (5th May 2026)

Rainbow Six Siege's Y11S1.3 update is live today with operator duration buffs, recoil tuning, and a batch of bug fixes including some Solid Snake-specific issues.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Control Resonant's Art Team Refused to Look at Other Games

Remedy's art director deliberately kept the Control Resonant team away from other AAA games during visual development, warning that the industry is heading toward an 'aesthetic singularity' where nobody takes risks.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

$99 Steam Controller Now $400 on eBay

Valve's Steam Controller sold out in roughly 30 minutes on May 4, and eBay scalpers wasted no time listing units for up to four times the retail price.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Blizzard Finally Frees Warcraft 3 From Reforged

Six years after Warcraft 3: Reforged effectively held the original game hostage, Blizzard has quietly made the pre-Reforged client available on Battle.net again.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Valve Flags Indie Dev for Infringing Their Own IP

Japanese solo developer Daikichi has been blocked from releasing a demo on Steam because Valve flagged a board game asset as third-party IP. The board game is also made by Daikichi.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

Hearthstone 35.4 Patch Notes (4th May 2026)

Patch 35.4 brings Class Sets to Restoration of Azeroth, a fresh Dual Class Arena season, and fixes for some nasty card interaction bugs.

Nathan Lees11 min read
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Patch Notes

skate. 0.30.7 Patch Notes (4th May 2026)

A small but focused patch for skate. lands today, targeting audio distortion, trick inconsistencies, and stability.

Nathan Lees1 min read
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Gaming News

7,168 Players Made SF6 at EVO Japan the Biggest FGC Tourname

Street Fighter 6 at EVO Japan 2026 shattered the Guinness World Record for the largest single-game fighting tournament with 7,168 registered competitors, topping the previous record SF6 itself set in Las Vegas.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

PlayStation Store Overcharged You. Sony Now Owes $7.85M

A class-action settlement means Sony has to pay $7.85 million after allegedly monopolizing digital game pricing on the PlayStation Store. If you bought certain digital games between April 2019 and December 2023, you might be owed money.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

160GB on PC? Forza Horizon 6 Preloads Are Huge

Forza Horizon 6 has gone gold two weeks before launch and preloads are live now, but the PC version demands 160GB and an SSD. Console players aren't getting off easy either.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

'We Are Humans Too' Pleads GTA 6 Dev in Crunch Report

An anonymous Glassdoor review from a Rockstar India QA analyst paints a grim picture of GTA 6's final development push, claiming unpaid overtime and 3 AM work sessions are taking a toll on mental health.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

May's Release Calendar Is Falling Like Dominoes

Subnautica 2's gravitational pull has now forced three games to shift their launches, and a post-layoff MechWarrior 5 expansion just slipped two weeks. May 2026 is reshuffling itself in real time.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Too Young, Too Chatty? 007: First Light's Bond Problem

Preview coverage for IO Interactive's 007: First Light is largely positive, but one recurring criticism keeps surfacing: Patrick Gibson's Bond might not feel like Bond yet.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A Nameless Zombie Became RE Requiem's Biggest Star

Capcom treated Selena Corey as disposable zombie filler and didn't even tell the voice actor the character's name. Players turned her into Resident Evil Requiem's biggest star anyway.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Modern Warfare 4 Reportedly Tested on 13-Year-Old PS4

A leaker claims Activision is playtesting Modern Warfare 4 on the PlayStation 4, a console that launched in 2013. If it ships there, every version of the game pays the price.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Tekken 8's Kunimitsu Lands May 27 With Fire Breath

Bandai Namco revealed Kunimitsu's full gameplay trailer at Evo Japan 2026, confirming the fan-favorite ninja arrives May 27 with a fire-breathing move that rewrites her kit.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Marathon's $200M Bet Now Has a Multi-Year Plan

Bungie says it knows where Marathon's story is headed for the next few years, but with an estimated $200 million budget and around 2 million copies sold, the financial pressure behind that promise is enormous.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

HoMM: Olden Era Paid for Itself in a Single Day

Unfrozen's Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era broke even on its entire development budget within 16 hours of launching into early access, then crossed 500,000 sales in under three days.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

MTG Legend Dan Frazier Admits Tracing One Ring Art

Dan Frazier, who painted some of MTG's most iconic cards dating back to 1993, confessed to using fellow artist Marta Nael's One Ring artwork as a base for his own version in the upcoming Hobbit expansion.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Your Ship Steers Itself in Black Flag Resynced

The Jackdaw now steers itself. Ubisoft's Black Flag remake also rebuilds every side activity from scratch and packs new islands into the same 16x16 km Caribbean.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Amazon Asked Nintendo to Break the Law, Says Reggie

Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé says Amazon asked for illegal financial support to undercut Walmart, and Nintendo walked away from the deal entirely.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Halo 2 and 3 Remakes Happening No Matter How CE Sells

Multiple sources claim Halo Studios has greenlit UE5 remakes of Halo 2 and Halo 3 in early development, with the projects proceeding independently of how Campaign Evolved performs commercially.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Bought PSN Games at Retail? Sony Owes You Money

A class action settlement means Sony will pay out roughly $7.8 million in credits to U.S. PlayStation users who bought specific digital games through retail codes. If you're eligible, you might not even need to do anything.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

'Absolutely Terrible' Playtest Threatens AC Invictus

A well-known Ubisoft insider reports that Assassin's Creed Invictus' April 30 playtest was disastrous, raising the possibility the multiplayer project could be delayed or scrapped entirely.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

$3.84M Fine Can't Kill Dark and Darker

South Korea's Supreme Court rejected Nexon's copyright infringement claims and refused to take Dark and Darker offline, though Ironmace still owes $3.84 million for trade secret violations.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Marvel Tokon's Hulk Wears Dinosaur Bone Armor

Arc System Works revealed Hulk and Black Panther at EVO Japan 2026, completing the Fighting Avengers team. Hulk's Savage Land exile gave him a look unlike any version of the character we've seen in a fighter.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Far Far West Sells 250K in 48 Hours, Trips DDoS Shields

Evil Raptor's robot cowboy co-op shooter sold a quarter-million copies in two days, hit so hard it triggered its own network provider's anti-DDoS shields, and currently sits at Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Not Even Imagine Dragons Could Save Their Own Game

Last Flag, the capture-the-flag shooter co-founded by Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds, never cracked 600 concurrent players and is ending post-launch development less than three weeks after release.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

LEGO's Brick-Built Sega Genesis Drops June 1 for $40

LEGO's latest retro console build is a 479-piece Sega Genesis for $39.99, complete with detachable controllers and the option to customize it into the European Mega Drive version.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

A Company 4x Its Size? GameStop Wants to Buy eBay

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is reportedly preparing to make an offer for eBay, a company with a market value of $46 billion compared to GameStop's $11 billion. He warned us this was coming.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Melty Blood's Next Fighter Spans PS4 to Switch 2

French-Bread's next Melty Blood fighter is coming to six platforms spanning two full console generations, from PS4 and Xbox One all the way up to Switch 2.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A Pragmata Character Just Hijacked Onimusha's Twitter

Capcom let Pragmata protagonist Diana take over the official Onimusha Twitter page, teasing that she found a release date for Way of the Sword buried in hacked files before being pulled away.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Even LEGO Batman's Lowest Settings Need Upscaling

TT Games' updated PC requirements for LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight reveal that even the minimum spec tier targets 1080p/30fps with upscaling and frame generation enabled. For a LEGO game, that's a red flag.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

DOA6 Last Round Revives Mai and Kula, Then Charges You Twice

Koei Tecmo confirmed at EVO Japan 2026 that Mai Shiranui and Kula Diamond will return to Dead or Alive 6 Last Round as day-one DLC, but players who already bought them on PS4 will have to pay again.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Jace Rewrites MTG's Heroes Because They Annoyed Him

Magic: The Gathering's upcoming Reality Fracture set gives Jace Beleren the power to rewrite the multiverse, and his edits say more about his own grudges than any grand plan.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Crimson Desert Patch Notes 1.05.00 (2nd May 2026)

Crimson Desert's 1.05.00 update brings back the bosses you already beat, lets enemies reclaim liberated strongholds, and fixes the bug that was killing legendary mounts on summon.

Nathan Lees17 min read
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Gaming News

2.5 Minutes by Dragon to Crimson Desert's Secret Village

A Crimson Desert explorer rode a dragon far beyond the map's edge and found a snow-covered village that looks suspiciously complete, right down to bounty boards and lootable chests.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Timmy and Tommy Finally Land Their Own LEGO Set

LEGO Animal Crossing's newest set gives the twin tanuki shopkeepers their own 513-piece display, complete with a fishing bridge, balloon present, and hidden fossil.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

WoW Now Sells a Single House Skin for $40

Blizzard's newest housing exterior costs 4,000 Hearthsteel, roughly $40 in real money, and the full bundle runs $75. This arrives barely a week after housing was literally turned off due to game-breaking bugs.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Below Solo? Mandalorian & Grogu Box Office Tracks Low

Disney's own internal estimates suggest The Mandalorian and Grogu will open below Solo at the box office, making Star Wars' return to theaters far quieter than Lucasfilm likely hoped.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Injustice 3 May Ditch Its Own Name for a DC Rebrand

A WB Games artist accidentally confirmed Injustice 3 is in development, but new rumors suggest NetherRealm may be dropping the Injustice branding entirely in favor of a broader DC fighting game.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Outer Worlds Finally Adds Grenades, 7 Years Late

Obsidian is adding grenades to The Outer Worlds via a May 27 patch, nearly seven years after the RPG first launched. The update also brings a free Spacer's Choice Edition upgrade and a $20 price cut.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Microsoft's Big Xbox Ally Fix Borrows a Switch Trick

Microsoft's latest ROG Xbox Ally update finally makes docked play work the way it should, borrowing Nintendo's years-old trick of killing the handheld screen when connected to a TV.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Cops Called to Best Buy at 1 AM Over a Pokémon Card Drop

A 45-year-old man hid inside a Pasadena Best Buy after it closed, apparently hoping to snag Pokémon cards before anyone else. Police arrested him on suspicion of burglary after employees spotted him on camera at 1 AM.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Plague Tale 3 Swaps the Sling for Swords and Daggers

Asobo Studio's next Plague Tale game puts a sword in your hand instead of a sling, marking the series' biggest gameplay shift yet. The studio says release is 'almost here.'

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

10,000 Life in One Combo? MTG and Final Fantasy Collide

Dina, Essence Brewer from the new Secrets of Strixhaven set pairs with last year's Jumbo Cactuar to produce one of the most absurd two-card combos Magic: The Gathering has ever seen.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

007 First Light Plays Like Uncharted, Not Hitman

After three hours of hands-on previews, critics confirm IO Interactive's Bond game is a linear stealth-action experience closer to Uncharted than Hitman's open sandboxes.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

$380M Lost: Xbox CEO Sharma Vows to Win Players Back

Microsoft's gaming revenue dropped 7% in Q3, and new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is staking her reputation on reversing the slide. But the company's own CFO warns things will get worse before they get better.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

FF7 Remake Part 3 Won't Just Wrap Up the Story

Director Naoki Hamaguchi says the final chapter of the FF7 Remake trilogy is about pushing the RPG experience further, not simply tying up loose ends.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

One Check, Not 30 Days: Sony Clarifies PS5 DRM

Sony has confirmed its new PlayStation DRM requires a single online check after purchase, not the recurring 30-day check-in that sent players into a spiral. But the CBOMB issue is still hanging.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Squad 10.4 Patch Notes (30th April 2026)

Squad's 10.4 update moves the game to Unreal Engine 5.7 and overhauls gunplay across the board, ADS times, recoil, and sway all got reworked based on community playtesting.

Nathan Lees34 min read
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Patch Notes

Borderlands 4 1.6 Patch Notes (30th April 2026)

Borderlands 4's Version 1.6 update lands today with major changes to Mad Ellie, Nightmare Rifts, enemy behaviour, and the Pearlescent loot chase.

Nathan Lees22 min read
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Gaming News

007 First Light Won't Let You Shoot First

IO Interactive's upcoming Bond game has a rule: you can't pull a gun unless someone pulls one on you first. It's a bold design choice that defines everything about how 007 First Light plays.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Krafton Is 'Not Not the Publisher' of Subnautica 2

Subnautica 2 hits early access on May 14, but the question of who's actually publishing it is being answered in the most corporate-evasive way possible.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Resident Evil's Director Skipped All 7 Previous Movies

Zach Cregger has never watched a Resident Evil movie. His reboot, starring Austin Abrams as an original character, takes place on the periphery of Resident Evil 2 and borrows camera tricks from Resident Evil Requiem.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

PlayStation's 30-Day DRM Scare Was a Refund Exploit Fix

Sony has finally broken its silence on the PS5 and PS4 DRM controversy, confirming that the 30-day timer is a one-time license check tied to refund abuse prevention, not a recurring online requirement.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Tales of Eternia Remastered Leaked by EU Rating Board

An unannounced Tales of Eternia Remastered has appeared on the PEGI rating board for Nintendo Switch, continuing Bandai Namco's steady march through the franchise's back catalogue.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Witcher 3 Director's Vampire RPG Launches Sept 3

Rebel Wolves confirmed The Blood of Dawnwalker releases September 3, backed by a story trailer and a third gameplay overview that leans hard into its Witcher 3 DNA.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

$2,500 GPU Required to Run Dawnwalker at 4K

Rebel Wolves' vampire RPG lists an RTX 5090 as the requirement for native 4K at 60fps, putting the GPU cost alone north of $2,500. The rest of the spec sheet is more reasonable, but that top tier is eye-watering.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Two Soulslikes in One Month? PS Plus May Is Brutal

PlayStation Plus May 2026 pairs Wuchang: Fallen Feathers with Nine Sols, giving subscribers two very different flavours of punishment alongside EA Sports FC 26.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Last Epoch Patch 1.4.6 Notes (29th April 2026)

Last Epoch's latest patch targets some frustrating bugs, including the Monolith echo errors that were forcing players to leave and re-enter scenes just to progress.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Zenless Zone Zero Finally Makes Its Protagonist Playable

Two seasons in, HoYoverse is finally letting Zenless Zone Zero players take their own protagonist into battle. The Phaethon Pyrois Agent pairs Belle or Wise with an Etheric Other born from the Season 2 story.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

PowerWash Simulator 2's Star Wars Pack Is Canon

FuturLab's upcoming Star Wars DLC for PowerWash Simulator 2 casts you as a canon cleaning droid during the original trilogy, and it's arriving this summer.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

RE Requiem's Free Mercenaries Mode May Drop Next Week

Capcom's developers are all but telling players to finish the campaign this week, strongly hinting the free mini-game drops shortly after Golden Week ends on May 6.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

FragPunk Patch Notes (29th April 2026)

A small update rolls out for FragPunk today, with a free cosmetic event kicking off tomorrow for all players.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

15 Years Later, L.A. Noire Sequel Still Just a Maybe

Strauss Zelnick said "yes" when asked about L.A. Noire's future, then immediately walked it back to "you never know." Fifteen years after the original, fans still have nothing concrete.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Spiders Dead Six Weeks After GreedFall 2 Launched

Eighteen years of scrappy, ambitious RPGs end with a liquidation hearing and a farewell drink. Spiders is shutting down just six weeks after shipping GreedFall 2.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

AI Slop Tanks Garry's Mod Sequel's Steam Reviews

Facepunch's long-awaited Garry's Mod successor s&box launched to mixed Steam reviews, with players overwhelmingly pointing to AI-generated slop flooding the platform's game library.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Mortal Kombat 2 Movie Nails It, First Reactions Say

First reactions to the Mortal Kombat 2 movie call it a "stark improvement" over the original, with Karl Urban's Johnny Cage and Adeline Rudolph's Kitana earning particular praise.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Every Denuvo Game Cracked, So 2K Demands Check-Ins

After hackers bypassed Denuvo in every single-player game it protected, 2K Games is reportedly forcing players to check in online every 14 days or lose access to games they paid for.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

FF7 Rebirth Surprise Demo Drops on Switch 2 and Xbox

Square Enix dropped a free Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo on Switch 2 and Xbox Series X/S with no prior announcement, giving players two full chapters and save carry-over a month before launch.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Wuchang's €30M Franchise Sold for Just €4M

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers earned over €30 million in revenue, but its IP just changed hands for a fraction of that after the original development team was dissolved.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

A Whole Chapter Was Cut From RE Requiem

Director Koshi Nakanishi confirmed that Resident Evil Requiem had its own 'phantom Chapter 2' removed during development, mirroring a similar cut from RE7.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes

Overwatch 2 Patch Notes (28th April 2026)

A small but welcome bug fix update lands for Overwatch 2 today, sorting out a scoreboard movement block and Ramattra's ear-splitting ultimate.

Nathan Lees21 min read
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Patch Notes

Hearthstone 35.2.2 Patch Notes (28th April 2026)

Patch 35.2.2 keeps Standard mostly intact while Battlegrounds gets a significant overhaul, including Dragon buffs, Elemental nerfs, and a reworked Ship Jumper.

Nathan Lees14 min read
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Gaming News

UFC 6 Drops June 19 and EA Still Won't Show It

EA Sports UFC 6 has a release date, two editions, and an expansion pass already locked in. What it doesn't have is any gameplay footage, and the game launches in less than eight weeks.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Donkey Kong Movie? Nintendo Locks In 2028 Film Date

Universal's Spanish release schedule confirms a new Nintendo and Illumination film for April 12, 2028. All signs point to Donkey Kong finally getting his own movie.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

EA SPORTS FC 26 1.5.4 Patch Notes (28th April 2026)

Update 1.5.4 is live for EA SPORTS FC 26, addressing Career Mode save issues, Clubs menu bugs, and a frame rate problem that was hitting performance after the 45th minute.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

50% Faster Isn't Enough? Valve's Wild Bar for Deck 2

Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais confirms the company is 'hard at work' on Steam Deck 2, but won't settle for anything less than a generational performance leap over the original.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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Gaming News

The Studio Behind Godzilla Minus One Killed Fox McCloud

The original Star Fox puppets, used for the SNES game's box art and Japanese promos, were destroyed by the same studio that would later make Godzilla Minus One. Natural rubber and open air don't mix.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Someone Shouted FFXIV's New Weapon Right at Yoshi-P

During a stage Q&A at FFXIV Fan Fest 2026, a fan unknowingly guessed the weapon for one of Evercold's new jobs right in front of director Naoki Yoshida. He confirmed it happened, then refused to say which one.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Majima Crashes Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Tomorrow

Captain Majima sails into Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds tomorrow as a free DLC character, bringing his pirate ship kart, a festival event, and a Steam free weekend in tow.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Hasbro Cut 2,000 Jobs. Now MTG Arena Devs Fight Back

More than 100 Magic: The Gathering Arena developers have filed to unionize with the CWA, giving Hasbro until May 1 to voluntarily recognize the union or face an NLRB election.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Directive 8020 Traded Its Identity for Stealth Horror

Multiple hands-on previews of Supermassive's next Dark Pictures game paint a picture of a studio chasing survival horror mechanics it hasn't earned, at the cost of the cinematic identity that made its games worth playing.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Two Expansions Locked In Before UFC 6 Even Ships

EA Sports UFC 6 isn't out until June, but the $100 Ultimate Edition already bundles two paid expansions stretching into summer 2027. That's a lot of confidence in a game nobody's played yet.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

15 Players at Peak. Atari Still Won't Give Up on Samsara

Adventure of Samsara peaked at 15 concurrent Steam players after launching the same day as Hollow Knight: Silksong. Atari just shipped a major 2.0 update to give it a second life.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Supermassive's The Thing Game Has a Monster Problem

Multiple hands-on previews of Supermassive's Directive 8020 landed today, and they all circle the same concern: a game inspired by The Thing can't afford a monster that looks like a mugger in a hoodie.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Joel's Death Split Naughty Dog Before It Split Fans

A former Naughty Dog artist says the studio was "pretty split" on killing Joel in The Last of Us Part 2, confirming the most controversial moment in modern gaming was divisive long before fans got their hands on it.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Live-Action Samus? Two Studios War Over Metroid Film

Nintendo is reportedly shopping a Metroid movie pitch, and Sony Pictures and Universal are locked in a bidding war to produce it. Both studios want live action.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Yunyun Syndrome Turned 'I Don't Need It' Into a Uterus Joke

The Japanese line いらない means "I don't need it." The English localization of Yunyun Syndrome turned it into "i'd cut my uterus out if i cld." Over 60 lines like this have now been corrected.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

12 Leaked Fighters Push Fatal Fury's DLC Plans to 2029

A datamine of Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves build 2.0.1 has uncovered references to 12 new fighters, including a Fist of the North Star crossover, suggesting SNK is planning content through 2029.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Dark Souls 2 Remaster Shadow-Drops on Steam

No trailer cycle, no countdown timer, no months of teasing. FromSoftware and Bandai Namco just dropped a Dark Souls 2 remaster onto Steam without warning.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

A Solo Splatoon? Raiders Preorders Now Open on Switch 2

Splatoon Raiders ditches competitive multiplayer for a single-player treasure hunt across the Spirhalite Islands. Preorders are live now for the Switch 2 exclusive, launching July 23.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Even Saving Won't Be Safe in Alien: Isolation's Sequel

Creative Assembly dropped the first teaser for the Alien: Isolation sequel on Alien Day 2026, and its title and imagery suggest the save station won't protect you this time.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

That Phone Is Ringing Again in Alien: Isolation 2 Teaser

A 25-second teaser called 'False Sense of Security' just appeared on the Alien: Isolation YouTube channel, and it features the one object every fan of the original will instantly recognise.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

New Steam Controller Leaked at $99 via Pulled Review

A YouTube channel broke embargo on Valve's new Steam Controller, revealing a $99 price tag before the video was pulled. The internet, predictably, saved the receipts.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Nothing Can Knock Pokemon Pokopia Off Switch 2 #1

Mouse: P.I. For Hire and Pragmata both debuted strong on the Switch 2 eShop this week, but neither could dethrone Pokemon Pokopia from the top spot.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Arc Raiders' First New Map Since Launch Drops Tuesday

Six months after launch, Arc Raiders is finally getting its first new map with the Riven Tides update on April 28, alongside a new large-scale enemy and a reworked Trials system.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

5 Million in 26 Days: Crimson Desert Draws PM Praise

South Korea's prime minister publicly congratulated Pearl Abyss on Crimson Desert's record-breaking sales, pledging government support for the country's gaming industry.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Shovel Knight Dev's Make-or-Break Game Goes Gold

Yacht Club Games has confirmed that Mina the Hollower is complete and in the submission process. For a studio that publicly called this game its make-or-break moment, that's a big milestone.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Players Dwindle but Fortnite's Shotgun Meta Is Peaking

Fortnite's player count may be sliding, but Chapter 7 Season 2's four-shotgun loot pool is delivering the most interesting close-range combat the game has seen in years.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

No New Games? Sega Universe Pushes Classics Into Film

Sega's new initiative spotlights NiGHTS, OutRun, Streets of Rage, and six more classic IPs, but the plan isn't to make new games. It's transmedia: film, music, fashion, and whatever else fits the brand.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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9s and 10s Across the Board for PS5 Exclusive Saros

Housemarque's follow-up to Returnal is earning near-universal praise from critics, with scores high enough to place it among the best-reviewed games of the year.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Streamer Who Beat Elden Ring With His Chin Now Plays With Hi

HandicapableSean, the streamer who went viral for beating Elden Ring bosses with his chin, is back on Twitch after a two-year absence. His condition has worsened, so now he's playing Super Mario 64 with his eyes.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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300 Hand-Drawn Pages Over 6 Years Built This Gamebook RPG

Veteran illustrator Yoshio Nishimura spent more than six years hand-drawing over 300 illustrations for Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle, a digital gamebook RPG launching on Steam this July.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Blizzard Apologizes for WoW's Most Broken Patch in Years

WoW's patch 12.0.5 launched with broken bonus rolls, an exploitable prop hunt mode, a busted housing system, and an unkillable raid boss. Blizzard says it will "do better," but players are asking whether the studio's eight-week patch cadence is the real problem.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Steam Blows Star Wars: Galactic Racer's Release Date

Someone at Steam or Fuse Games jumped the gun, briefly posting an October 6 release date and deluxe edition details for Star Wars: Galactic Racer before pulling them down.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

A24's $100M Elden Ring Film Leaks Scene by Scene

Multiple leaked clips from the Elden Ring film set have surfaced this week, revealing everything from the Dung Eater's public execution to a bustling pre-Shattering marketplace. A24's most expensive production is becoming very hard to keep under wraps.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Ex-Blizzard Boss Says WoW Needs a 'Reset' to Survive

Mike Ybarra, former Blizzard boss and Xbox corporate VP, says World of Warcraft will 'continue to decline' without a firm reset. His comments land as Blizzard scrambles to fix one of the worst patches in recent memory.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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Gaming News

$300M Games Can't Survive Without PC, Yoshida Says

With Spider-Man 2's leaked budget hitting $300 million, former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida says cutting PC releases would make funding future blockbusters extremely difficult.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Black Flag Resynced Dev Promises Blood Won't Be DLC

When a developer has to publicly promise that blood in a pirate game won't be locked behind a paywall, something has gone deeply wrong with how players perceive your company.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Valve Hands Devs FPS Data to Fix Shoddy Deck Games

Valve is giving developers real framerate charts and player disagreement surveys so they can see exactly when a patch tanks their Steam Deck performance.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Nintendo's Game Vault May Be Empty, Ex-Staff Warn

Former Nintendo employees believe the company's famous strategy of stockpiling finished games may not survive the realities of Switch 2 development, leaving Nintendo under release pressure it hasn't faced in years.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Battlefield vs. Call of Duty Now Headed to Theaters

Christopher McQuarrie and Michael B. Jordan are attached to a Battlefield movie currently being pitched to studios, putting the franchise on a collision course with Paramount's Call of Duty film.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Two Subs to Play One MMO? FFXIV's Switch 2 Catch

Square Enix is bringing FFXIV to Switch 2 in August, but Nintendo is requiring a separate subscription to play. Existing subscribers get 50% off, but that's still a second bill for a game you already pay for.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Larian Framed the Article About BG3 Breaking Steam

Larian's publishing director shared a photo of a framed news article about BG3 shaking Steam's servers, then said he hopes Divinity will "absolutely demolish it next time."

Nathan Lees4 min read
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8M Copies Sold, Every GOTY Won. Clair Obscur Turns 1

Eight million copies, every major Game of the Year award, and a free anniversary update with new haircuts. Sandfall Interactive's RPG has had one hell of a first year.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Sega Dusts Off OutRun, NiGHTS, and 7 More Legacy IPs

Sega launched its Sega Universe initiative with nine legacy IPs getting the spotlight, from OutRun to NiGHTS. But the company is being very careful not to promise actual games.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

$44M to Finish, No Backers Left. Gang of Dragon Goes Dark

Nagoshi Studio has wiped its YouTube channel and every Gang of Dragon trailer from the internet. With NetEase's funding drying up in May and no new backer in sight, the Yakuza creator's ambitious successor looks all but dead.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Thought Golf With Your Friends 2 Was Dead? It's Not

After going silent for over a year, Golf With Your Friends 2 popped back up at the ID@Xbox Showcase with a Fall 2026 release window and full cross-platform play.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

$756M and a 43% Score. Miyamoto Calls Critics Baffling

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is 2026's highest-grossing film with $756 million worldwide, yet critics gave it a 43% on Rotten Tomatoes. Miyamoto finds the disconnect baffling and plans to make the movie's changes to Peach's backstory canon in future games.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

ID@Xbox Showcase Dropped 10 New Game Pass Titles

Yesterday's ID@Xbox showcase packed over 20 indie reveals into 50 minutes, but the real headline is 10 brand-new Game Pass confirmations spanning extraction RPGs, co-op roguelikes, and a Souls-like platformer.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

WoW Hikes Sub Prices While Housing Is Still Broken

Blizzard announced subscription price increases for World of Warcraft in the UK, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Georgia, all while patch 12.0.5 remains a mess and housing sits disabled in multiple regions.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes

Overwatch 2 (Legacy) Patch Notes (23rd April 2026)

A balance hotfix lands for Overwatch 2, adjusting Roadhog, Sombra, and a swathe of Stadium heroes whose win rates drifted further than Blizzard intended.

Nathan Lees21 min read
Patch Notes

Overwatch 2 Patch Notes (23rd April 2026)

A balance hotfix lands for Overwatch 2, targeting win rate outliers from Season 2's start and reining in some Stadium builds that have gotten out of hand.

Nathan Lees21 min read
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Gaming News

Vaporeon's First-Ever Ex Card Headlines Pulsing Aura

Pokemon TCG Pocket has been running for over a year and a half, and somehow Vaporeon never had an ex card until now. Pulsing Aura fixes that when it drops on April 27.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Fortnite x Ben 10 Drops Tomorrow with Alien Skins

Ben and Gwen Tennyson hit the Fortnite Item Shop on April 24 with Heatblast, Alien X, and Anodite transformation styles that actually do the source material justice.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Unturned 3.26.2.3 Patch Notes (23rd April 2026)

Unturned's latest patch tightens up sentry logic, squashes two race conditions, and corrects a Hanuberry Seed harvesting bug that was handing out the wrong item.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Control Stealth-Drops on iPhone and iPad for $5

Remedy has shadow-dropped Control Ultimate Edition on iOS with touch controls, reworked UI, and ray tracing for under five dollars. This might be the best mobile game deal in years.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Peach and Rosalina Are Sisters in Mario Games Now

Shigeru Miyamoto says the Super Mario Galaxy Movie's reveal that Peach and Rosalina are sisters is now canon for future Mario games, a rare case of a film permanently rewriting game lore.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Patch Notes

Black Desert Online Patch Notes (23rd April 2026)

97 changes land in Black Desert Online today, headlined by a brutal new Altar of Blood tier and a long-overdue fix to how Extra AP is displayed in your stats.

Nathan Lees15 min read
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Patch Notes

The Finals 10.4.0 Patch Notes (23rd April 2026)

The Finals 10.4.0 is a lighter week, but the Respec Order feedback window has officially closed and Embark is ready to talk about what comes next.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Ride Dragon Bones Like a Surfboard in Infinity Nikki 2.5

Infinity Nikki's Version 2.5 update drops today, adding a new zone called the Boneyard where you can summon dragon bones and ride them like a surfboard. It also closes out the Itzaland Main Quest and adds new Ability Outfits, banners, and combat challenges.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

WoW Patch 12.0.5 Broke Nearly Everything It Touched

Housing disabled, prop hunt ruined by x-ray vision, bonus rolls not working, a raid boss made unkillable, and players who hide too well getting punished. WoW's 12.0.5 patch is a disaster across the board.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

A Haunted Book Keeps Killing Crimson Desert Players

Crimson Desert's Equipment Manual has become the game's most feared enemy, hijacking boss fights and forcing players to flip through its pages while they die.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Ubisoft Axes Animal Crossing Rival After 3 Years

Alterra, Ubisoft Montreal's unannounced Animal Crossing and Minecraft-inspired life sim, has been cancelled after nearly three years of development. Staff were sent home and reassigned to other projects.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Game Pass's $7 Price Cut Was Just the First Step

Microsoft slashed Game Pass prices and pulled Call of Duty from day-one launches. Reports now suggest a 'pick your own plan' model is in the works, and it could reshape the entire subscription.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

007 First Light Steals Hitman's Best Mode

IO Interactive isn't hiding its Hitman influence. 007 First Light's new Tac-Sim mode is Escalation Contracts with a tuxedo on, and I'm completely fine with that.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Finally, a Worthy Mass Effect Successor? Previews Say Yes

Owlcat Games' The Expanse: Osiris Reborn just entered closed beta, and hands-on previews are drawing strong Mass Effect comparisons across the board. After years of failed spiritual successors, this one might actually stick.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

iRacing 2026 Season 2 Patch 3 Notes (22nd April 2026)

Balance of Performance tweaks hit nearly every GT class, the Nissan GTP ZXT gets a significant physics rework, and a handful of annoying UI bugs finally get the axe.

Nathan Lees6 min read
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Gaming News

Gamers Sue Nintendo to Block a Double Tariff Payday

Two Nintendo customers have filed a class action lawsuit claiming Nintendo stands to collect tariff costs twice: once from consumers through price hikes, and again from the U.S. government through refunds.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

From Solo Dev to 15 Games: Poncle's Wild Expansion

Vampire Survivors has hit 27 million players, and developer Poncle is reinvesting that success into 15 new projects, two new studios, and a licensing engine for IP collaborations.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Yoshi's First Game in 7 Years Ditches Finish Lines

Seven years since Crafted World, Yoshi's Switch 2 debut drops the run-to-the-right formula entirely in favour of creature discovery and systemic puzzles.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes

PEAK Patch Notes 1.61.b (22nd April 2026)

PEAK's latest patch tackles a rope performance issue that was causing hitching, restores cold nights to Ascent 5+, and cleans up a handful of badge and achievement bugs.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

Last Epoch Patch 1.4.5 Notes (22nd April 2026)

Last Epoch's latest patch fixes minion targeting, doubles down on Weaver Idol values, and reins in a few bosses that were either too lethal or not lethal enough.

Nathan Lees6 min read
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Gaming News

Just Bought a Studio? Behaviour Lays Off Staff Again

Behaviour Interactive has cut more jobs, with at least one senior Dead by Daylight animator confirming they were affected. This comes just weeks after the studio spent money acquiring The Fun Pimps.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Tifa in Street Fighter 6? Leaker With Perfect Record Says Ye

The same Reddit user who nailed Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui's SF6 appearances now claims Final Fantasy VII's Tifa Lockhart is part of the Year 4 roster. Multiple sources appear to back it up.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

FragPunk Patch Notes (22nd April 2026)

FragPunk's April 22nd update is live, kicking off a food-themed event week with login rewards, limited-time modes, and new weapon skins dropping April 23rd.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Third-Party Xbox? VP Shuts Down Helix Speculation

Xbox's next-gen VP had to publicly confirm that Project Helix is a first-party console after leaker claims about third-party chip licensing spiraled into speculation that Microsoft was getting out of the hardware business entirely.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

StarRupture - Hotfix 0.2.2 Patch Notes (22nd April 2026)

StarRupture's first post-Update 1 hotfix is here, tackling turret logic failures, co-op desync, and a progression rollback that should save some headaches for returning players.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

A $10 Game Pass Deckbuilder Just Scored 89 on Metacritic

Poncle's Vampire Survivors spin-off swaps auto-shooting for card-driven dungeon crawling, and critics are calling it one of the best deckbuilders in years. It's $10, or free on Game Pass.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Fallout 76 Update Notes (21st April 2026)

Fallout 76's April patch overhauls how armor condition damage works and fixes a long list of C.A.M.P. and event bugs.

Nathan Lees11 min read
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Gaming News

18 Years Later, Aion's Sequel Finally Goes Global

Aion 2, the sequel to the 2008 MMO that once boasted over 7 million monthly subscribers, is finally heading west with a PC-native global release on Steam later this year.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

MindsEye Studio Secretly Spied on Staff at Home, Union Claim

Forty Build a Rocket Boy employees signed a collective grievance after discovering surveillance software had been secretly installed on their work devices, allegedly recording keystrokes, screen activity, and microphone audio in their own homes.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Splatoon Raiders Hits Switch 2 July 23 with No PvP

Nintendo has confirmed Splatoon Raiders launches exclusively on Switch 2 on July 23, 2026, and it's entirely single-player focused. A Splatoon game with no competitive multiplayer is a bigger swing than it sounds.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Toei Launches Game Studio, Won't Touch Dragon Ball

The anime giant behind Dragon Ball and One Piece is entering the games industry with a new publishing label, but its debut lineup will feature entirely original IP instead of its iconic franchises.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

PlayStation's June Deadline: Verify or Lose Chat

Sony's age verification push now has a hard deadline. PS5 players in the UK and Ireland must verify by June or lose access to voice chat, messaging, and more.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

A 'Rough' PS5 Port Still Launched Starfield to #1

An estimated 140,000 PS5 copies and a weak release window were enough to put Starfield back on top of US sales charts for the first time in nearly three years.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Build a Pirate Kingdom and Fight Krakens in Corsair Cove

The Tropico 6 developers are building a pirate kingdom sim with turn-based naval combat, kraken hunts, and over 50 production chains. Corsair Cove is heading to PC later this year.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

The Man Behind AirPods and iPad Will Run Apple Next

Apple's next CEO isn't a services guy or a software visionary. He's the hardware engineer who shaped the products millions of gamers actually use every day.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Skip Age Verification? PlayStation Cuts Your Voice Chat

Sony is telling PlayStation users to verify their age or lose access to voice chat, messages, parties, and even Discord integration. The rollout starts in the UK and Ireland, with global expansion planned later this year.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Excommunicate Your Rivals? CK3 Unlocks Playable Popes

Paradox has revealed Crusader Kings III's Chapter Five, and the headline feature is wild: you can finally play as the Pope and excommunicate your rivals. A second expansion adds merchant republics with trade routes and monopolies.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

$350B to $4T: Tim Cook Exits as Apple CEO

After 15 years and a market value jump from $350 billion to $4 trillion, Tim Cook is handing Apple's CEO role to hardware engineering chief John Ternus.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

No ID, No Party Chat: PlayStation's Age Wall Hits Soon

Sony is rolling out mandatory age verification for PlayStation communication features. Skip it, and you lose access to messages, voice chat, party sessions, and even Discord integration.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

10 In, 10 Out: Game Pass April's Second Wave Drops

Xbox's second Game Pass wave for April 2026 brings Vampire Crawlers, Kiln, Aphelion, and Final Fantasy V while pulling Citizen Sleeper, Hunt: Showdown 1896, and eight others on April 30.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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A Surprise Lurks in Thursday's ID@Xbox Showcase

Thursday's ID@Xbox Showcase has confirmed four games so far, but IGN is teasing a surprise on top of the announced lineup. Here's why it might be worth your time.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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No Multiplayer? Black Flag Remake Tagged 'Solo' Only

Ubisoft's teaser for the Black Flag remake describes it as 'the iconic solo pirate adventure,' all but confirming the original's multiplayer mode won't return. The full reveal airs April 23.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Forza Horizon 6's Neon Controller Is Gorgeous Chaos

Xbox's new Forza Horizon 6 limited-edition controller is a translucent, neon-drenched love letter to Japanese street racing, and it's going to divide every single person who sees it.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Take-Two CEO to Musk: AI Should Replace You First

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick responded to Elon Musk's claims about AI replacing game development by asking why the world's richest man is still working 20-hour days if AI is so capable.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Is Mercenaries Returning? RE Requiem Files Say Yes

A dataminer has uncovered ten unused music tracks buried in Resident Evil Requiem's files, and several of them sound exactly like what you'd hear in a Mercenaries stage.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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$100M+ Budget Makes Elden Ring A24's Biggest Bet

A24 has never spent anything close to $100 million on a single film. The Elden Ring movie, directed by Alex Garland and starring Kit Connor, changes that calculus entirely.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Yoshida Says Jim Ryan Fired Him for Saying 'No'

Speaking at an Australian games festival, the former PlayStation Worldwide Studios president said Jim Ryan fired him in 2019 because he wouldn't comply with unspecified demands he called "ridiculous."

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

$10K Standoff Left Bethesda Without New Vegas Source Code

A $10,000 payment that never happened may be the reason Fallout: New Vegas still hasn't been remastered. Chris Avellone says Bethesda simply doesn't have the source code to pull it off.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Nioh 3's Free Update Drops April 27 With Brutal New Missions

Team Ninja is giving Nioh 3's endgame a serious shot of adrenaline next week with free high-difficulty Battle Scrolls, a new gear progression system, and skill rewards that should keep hardcore players busy until DLC arrives later this year.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Green Tunic, Master Sword: Zelda Movie's Link Revealed

A now-deleted Instagram post from the Zelda movie's cinematographer reveals concept art of Link in his iconic green tunic, wielding the Master Sword. It's the clearest look yet at the film's visual direction.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Japan's Most Wanted Game Isn't GTA 6. It's Pokemon.

The latest Famitsu most wanted chart tells a very different story than Western hype would suggest. Pokemon Winds and Waves commands four times the votes of GTA 6 in Japan.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Mouse: P.I. For Hire Rockets to #2 on Switch 2 eShop

A 1930s cartoon noir FPS just outsold Pragmata, Mario Kart World, and nearly every Nintendo first-party title on the Switch 2 eShop. Mouse: P.I. For Hire's debut is one of the most impressive indie showings on the platform yet.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

200+ Issues of Legendary Byte Magazine Now Free Online

The Internet Archive hosts over 200 issues of Byte Magazine, the publication that grew up alongside personal computing itself. It's a free, browsable time capsule stretching back to 1975.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Nintendo's New London Pop-Up Hides Inside an Argos

No announcement, no marketing push. Nintendo just slipped a full pop-up store into a London Argos, and a TikTok video is the only reason anyone knows about it.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Pragmata Cracks Switch 2's Top 3 in Week One

Capcom's long-awaited sci-fi adventure hit the Switch 2 eShop running, debuting at #3 overall with its Deluxe Edition also cracking the top 10.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Marathon's Best Shotgun Hit With a Second Nerf

The WSTR has been Marathon's undisputed king of close-range combat since launch. One nerf wasn't enough, and now Bungie is going back for round two.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Wake Island Returns as BF6 Roadmap Drops Seven New Maps

Battlefield Studios has laid out its 2026 plan for BF6: seven new maps, naval combat, Wake Island, and a proper server browser. It took four months, but the roadmap is stacked.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

PS Plus Premium's April Offering? One PS2 RPG.

Premium subscribers are paying top dollar for Sony's highest PS Plus tier. In April 2026, their exclusive bonus is a single PS2 RPG: Wild Arms 4.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Even Microsoft Doesn't Know How to Fix Game Pass

Asha Sharma reportedly called Game Pass 'too expensive' and is floating ideas like a first-party-only tier and removing Call of Duty from day one. None of it is a plan. That's the problem.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Half of Slay the Spire 2 Players Ate the Baby Bird Egg

Mega Crit shared player stats from 145 million runs and a deliberately dateless roadmap for Slay the Spire 2, revealing that nearly half of all players chose to eat the baby bird egg instead of hatching it.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

The Batman 2 Taps Charles Dance as Two-Face's Dad

The Tywin Lannister actor is reportedly in negotiations to play the father of Two-Face in Matt Reeves' Batman sequel, rounding out a Dent family that already includes Sebastian Stan and Scarlett Johansson.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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25% of Voters Want None of April's PS Plus Games

Push Square's latest reader poll shows a quarter of voters aren't interested in a single game from April's PS Plus Extra lineup, and the Premium tier fares even worse.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Fortune's Run Dev Wrote a Whole Game on Paper in Prison

After a year behind bars, the solo developer of cult immersive sim Fortune's Run is free, back at work, and apparently wrote a whole second game in C++ on paper while locked up.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

An Abuse Survivor's Game Was Silenced at the BAFTAs

BAFTA removed an indie game's trailer from its Games Awards ceremony at the last minute, citing concerns about guest wellbeing. The game is about surviving childhood abuse, and its developer says the irony is devastating.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Same Co-op Bugs, Second Fix for Lords of the Fallen

CI Games just shipped a second hotfix for Lords of the Fallen that addresses the exact same co-op bugs it claimed to fix last week. The patch notes are virtually identical.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Fatal Fury 2's Final Boss Joins City of the Wolves

Wolfgang Krauser arrives in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves on April 24 as a Season 2 DLC character, bringing his Emperor of Darkness persona and a grudge against Terry Bogard. A major first anniversary update drops the same day.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Ghost of Yotei's Wolf Was a Dev on All Fours

Erika Ishii revealed that Ghost of Yotei's emotional wolf-petting scene was motion captured with Sucker Punch's director of cinematics on his hands and knees, getting his head patted.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Every EU Lawmaker Backed Stop Killing Games at Hearing

Not a single Member of European Parliament spoke against the Stop Killing Games initiative during its first public hearing. The EU Commission now has until July to respond.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

10 Hours In, Mouse P.I.'s Style Can't Save It

Mouse: P.I. For Hire nails its 1930s cartoon aesthetic, but after ten hours the gorgeous visuals are papering over repetitive enemies, spongy combat, and a game that keeps reminding you how much more there is to slog through.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Patch Notes

Overwatch 2 Patch Notes (17th April 2026)

Sierra gets a significant buff just three days after launch, with weapon damage up and her Anchor Drone now far more survivable.

Nathan Lees21 min read
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Gaming News

Iron Galaxy Cuts Up to 90 Staff, Calls Downturn Permanent

Iron Galaxy Studios has cut up to 90 staff in its second round of layoffs since early 2025, and this time the studio isn't calling it a last resort. It's calling it the new normal.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Slay the Spire 2's First Major Patch Nerfs Infinites

A month of beta patches just hit the main branch of Slay the Spire 2, and the biggest talking point is a deliberate crackdown on infinite combos alongside sweeping class reworks.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

A Four-Hour Voice Gig Haunted Charlie Cox for a Year

After a year of convention questions, Game Awards nominations, and admitting he felt like a "total fraud," Daredevil actor Charlie Cox has finally booted up Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. He made it through the opening. He's not very good.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Netflix Is '100% Behind' Its Gears of War Movie

John Wick director David Leitch says Netflix is fully committed to the Gears of War movie, with a script in great shape and The Coalition fired up alongside E-Day's release.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Hotbars and a Dog? The Division's Wild MMO Past

Before it became a gritty cover-based looter shooter, The Division was a WoW-style MMO with hotbars, cartoonish visuals, and a dog companion. Footage from a never-before-seen prototype tells the whole bizarre story.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Black Flag Remake Scraps RPG Systems for Classic AC

A leaked presentation reportedly confirms Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced won't be an RPG, ditching the level-gating and gear bloat that's defined the series since Origins.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Fable's Cutscenes Are Being Built by the Diablo Team

Playground Games is getting cinematic backup from the team behind Diablo and Overwatch's legendary cutscenes. For a studio making its first RPG, that's a smart call.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Housemarque Built Saros to Justify Your PS5 Pro

Housemarque detailed Saros' PS5 Pro enhancements, including PSSR 2 support and higher base render resolution. It's the strongest case yet for Sony's pricier console.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Windrose Nails the Pirate Fantasy Ubisoft Couldn't

A small studio just shipped the Black Flag spiritual successor that Skull & Bones was supposed to be, and it's a Steam hit weeks before Ubisoft's own remake arrives.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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Gaming News

July 9? AC Black Flag Remake Is Closer Than Expected

Less than three months away. That's the reported timeline for Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, with a July 9 launch date surfacing after a private press event.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

BG3's Astarion and Lae'zel Actors Reunite for D&D Show

Neil Newbon and Devora Wilde, the voices of Astarion and Lae'zel, are joining Wizards of the Coast's first official D&D actual play series. Dungeon Masters launches April 22 with a gothic horror campaign set in Ravenloft.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

A Grittier Sword Art Online RPG Launches July 10

Echoes of Aincrad: Sword Art Online gets a new gameplay trailer showing off its darker, more deliberate take on the franchise. It launches July 10 on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

A $2 Spray Is Black Ops 7's Best Anti-Cheat Tool

A cosmetic spray you can buy with CoD points is doing more to fight AI aimbots in Black Ops 7 than Activision's own anti-cheat system. The clip has over a million views.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Call of Duty's First Sizzle Reel Was Just Game Footage

Paramount revealed a June 2028 release date for the Call of Duty movie at CinemaCon, then showed a sizzle reel that was almost entirely game footage set to Seven Nation Army.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

After Spectre Snub, Lana Del Rey Lands Her Bond Song

A decade after her track was cut from Spectre in favour of Sam Smith, Lana Del Rey finally gets her Bond moment with the title theme for IO Interactive's 007 First Light.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

7 Maps in 7 Months: BF6's Roadmap Fights to Win Back Fans

DICE admitted it shipped Battlefield 6 with too many small maps and not enough large-scale battlegrounds. The 2026 roadmap is EA's attempt to course-correct with seven maps, naval combat, and long-overdue features like a server browser.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Built Under Rocket Attacks, Metro 2039 Hits This Winter

4A Games has unveiled Metro 2039, a darker return to the Moscow tunnels built while the Ukrainian studio endured Russia's ongoing invasion. It launches this winter on PS5, PC, and Xbox.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Last Epoch Patch 1.4.4 Notes (16th April 2026)

Congealed Sludge gets executed for crimes against travelers, Warpath's mana bug finally gets a proper fix, and a pile of Rogue skill issues get cleaned up in Last Epoch's latest patch.

Nathan Lees8 min read
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Gaming News

Still Broken on PS5, Starfield Now Targets Switch 2

Bethesda can't get Starfield running properly on PS5, but a Taiwan ratings board leak suggests the RPG is already headed to Switch 2. The priorities here are baffling.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Alex Is Still Kissing His Cousin in Street Fighter 6

Capcom promised to fix Alex's controversial incest storyline in Street Fighter 6. The patch changes his cousin to a 'distant relative or something,' which somehow makes it worse.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Sea of Thieves Release Notes - 3.7.1 (16th April 2026)

Sea of Thieves 3.7.1 is live today, kicking off the inaugural Bilge Rats Weekender alongside a full Doubloon economy reset that changes how the currency is earned and spent.

Nathan Lees14 min read
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Gaming News

29 Games Gone: Disney's Steam Purge Claims Dark Forces

A second wave of Disney delistings hit Steam this week, pulling 15 more games including the original Star Wars: Dark Forces and Outlaws. That brings the 2026 total to 29 titles quietly erased from the storefront.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes

Black Desert Online Patch Notes (16th April 2026)

217 changes land in today's Black Desert Online update, with the Barter system getting its biggest rework in years courtesy of two new high-value trade tiers.

Nathan Lees20 min read
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Gaming News

1,005 Videos Axed After Capcom Targets NSFW RE Modder

Capcom's legal department emailed YouTuber GrizzoUK demanding the removal of over a thousand videos showcasing NSFW mods for Resident Evil and Street Fighter. His channel was briefly terminated by YouTube before being reinstated.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Supergiant Snuck a Secret Game Mode Into Hades 2

Supergiant buried a whole new game mode in Hades 2's latest patch notes, disguising it as a line about decorative furniture. Dream Dives randomize the entire run structure, and you'd never know they existed unless you found the right bed.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Outbound Pushed Back Three Weeks Over Mystery Bug

Square Glade Games has pushed Outbound's launch back three weeks to May 14, citing a vague late-stage issue that "could negatively impact your enjoyment." The studio won't say what the bug actually is.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

SOL Shogunate Builds Feudal Japan Inside the Moon

Chaos Manufacturing's action RPG hollows out the Moon and fills it with feudal Japanese cities, rival clans, and a ronin out for blood. A new dev diary breaks down the world-building, and it's wilder than it sounds.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

No Filter, No Online Sharing: Tomodachi Life Reviewed

Critics agree Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is hilarious and wildly creative, but the inability to share Miis online feels like a baffling step backward from the 3DS original.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Not Even 3 Years Old, Star Trek: Resurgence Axed

Star Trek: Resurgence has been yanked from digital storefronts after its distribution license expired, barely giving the game time to reach all its platforms before disappearing.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

TerraTech Legion Storms Game Pass on April 30

Payload Studios' block-based bullet heaven builder arrives on Game Pass day one, and for a niche genre mash-up like this, that's exactly the lifeline it needs.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Book of Travels Killed as an MMO, Reborn as a $5 RPG

Instead of simply pulling the plug, Might & Delight is converting its troubled tiny MMO into a fully offline singleplayer RPG at a fraction of the original price, with full mod support.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Astroneer Patch 1.39.4 Notes (15th April 2026)

April's Astroneer update fixes a long-standing multiplayer rail network bug, sorts out a pile of Museum perk issues, and hands out a free STARSEEKER Expedition Suit to every player.

Nathan Lees8 min read
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Gaming News

Blood of Dawnwalker's Director Already Beat It on PS5

Konrad Tomaszkiewicz has already played through the entirety of Blood of Dawnwalker on PS5, and the console versions are heading into certification. The game might be further along than anyone expected.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Hades II Finally Lands on Xbox With a Massive Update

Supergiant's roguelike sequel has finally made the jump to Xbox, and it didn't show up empty-handed. A massive April 2026 update drops new content across every platform.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Expired License Kills Star Trek: Resurgence Overnight

Dramatic Labs' well-reviewed Star Trek narrative game has been yanked from multiple storefronts overnight after its distribution license expired, with barely a sentence of explanation.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

GTA Online's $1.3M-a-Day Leak Backfired on Hackers

ShinyHunters leaked Rockstar's internal revenue data expecting to cause damage. Instead, investors saw $1.3 million a day in GTA Online earnings and sent Take-Two's stock soaring.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Refused to Pay for HZD Remastered? PS Plus Delivers

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered headlines the PS Plus Extra catalog for April 2026, vindicating every player who refused to pay full price for what many called an unnecessary upgrade.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

Fragpunk Patch Notes (15th April 2026)

A small background update rolls out for Fragpunk today, with the Pop Can Party event and a free reward bundle landing tomorrow on April 16th.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

STALCRAFT: X Patch Notes (15th April 2026)

STALCRAFT: X's April 15 update tweaks the Inside Out event, squashes a nasty transition time bug, and adds a second seasonal pack.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Icarus Finally Stops Playing Hard to Get in Hades 2

Supergiant's second post-launch patch for Hades 2 arrives alongside the game's console debut, and the most crowd-pleasing change might be that Icarus is finally willing to get in the hot tub.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Merlin Is a Talking Sword in Rumored God of War Spin-Off

Leaked details about the next God of War game claim Faye will be joined by a sentient gelatinous cube and a talking sword named Merlin. The spin-off reportedly spans Chinese, Japanese, and Mayan mythologies.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

'Very Big Discussions' on Exclusives Rock Xbox Internally

Windows Central's Jez Corden says Xbox is having 'very, very big discussions' about returning to console exclusives under new CEO Asha Sharma, raising questions about the future of the multiplatform strategy.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Diablo 4's Switch Rating Lists OG Console, Not Switch 2

An Indonesian ratings board has listed Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred for the original Nintendo Switch, not the Switch 2, and the listing only covers the DLC rather than the base game.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Two Weeks Out, He-Man's Brawler Pushed to Summer

Limited Run Games pushed He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction from its April 28 release to a vague summer window, announcing the delay just two weeks before players were supposed to have it in their hands.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

LoL Coach Tracks Duo's Menstrual Cycle for Win Rate

A League of Legends coach's claim that he tracked his duo partner's period to boost their ranked win rate has racked up over 5 million views, splitting the community between fascination and disbelief.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Slay the Spire 2's Next Character Will Be 'Stranger' Than th

Mega Crit's Casey Yano has teased that the next Slay the Spire 2 character will be mechanically stranger than the existing roster, and the early access trailer may have already shown a glimpse.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

STALKER 2 Cracks Open X-18's Sealed Lower Labs

The lower levels of X-18 are finally accessible. STALKER 2's free Sealed Truth update adds a new story questline and bug fixes ahead of the Cost of Hope expansion.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

No Loadouts Allowed in Marathon's Next Experiment

Bungie's next Marathon experiment drops tomorrow and forces every player into free sponsored kits, levelling the playing field entirely. No purple shields, no upgraded guns, just whatever you can scavenge.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Subnautica 2's Own Parent Company Yanked as Publisher

Krafton, the company that owns Unknown Worlds Entertainment, is no longer listed as Subnautica 2's publisher on Steam or the Epic Games Store. The change happened on April 7 and hasn't been reversed.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Deleted Instagram Post Blows Spider-Man 3's Cover

Ben Jordan, the face model for Peter Parker in Insomniac's Spider-Man series, posted and quickly deleted an Instagram photo of himself in motion capture gear with a spider emoji. The internet, naturally, was faster than the delete button.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Animal Crossing Turns 25, Drops a Free Gift for All

Twenty-five years after Dōbutsu no Mori launched on the N64, Nintendo is sending every New Horizons player a free commemorative Leaf Statue through their in-game mailbox.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Zelda Movie Wraps Filming, Locked In for May 2027

Sony confirmed at CinemaCon 2026 that filming on the live-action Legend of Zelda movie is done, with the May 7, 2027 theatrical release still on track.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

91-Year-Old Ignores Police, Daughter, Everyone to Game

A 91-year-old Ohio woman missed her daily welfare check-in, ignored follow-up calls from police and her own daughter, and forced officers to enter her home. They found her in her bedroom trying to beat her high score.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

A Better Bennett? Genshin Impact Reveals Nicole for 6.6

Nicole is a 5-Star Pyro Catalyst support who buffs ATK, provides shields, and adapts her coordinated attacks to your active character's element. She's being called a better Bennett, but there's a catch.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

29 Years of Graphics, Undone by One FF7 Rebirth Mod

Modder Stepheroth is cramming the original 1997 polygon character models into Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's gorgeous open world, and the contrast is beautiful chaos.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

60fps Portable Overwatch Is Finally Real on Switch 2

Overwatch hits Switch 2 today with 60fps in both docked and handheld modes, a massive upgrade over the original Switch version. Season 2 of Reign of Talon launches alongside it.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Xbox CEO Admits Game Pass Is Too Expensive

New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma acknowledged in a leaked internal memo that Game Pass "has become too expensive for players," promising to evolve the service into something more flexible.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

27 Vintage Warhammer Games Flood Steam Today

Games Workshop and publisher SNEG have dropped 27 classic Warhammer games onto Steam under a new Warhammer Classics label, with seven titles hitting the platform for the first time.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Forget Swords. Crimson Desert's Best Weapon Is Bees

Crimson Desert players have found that releasing dozens of individually captured bees can take down the game's toughest bosses. It's absurd, it's slow, and it's exactly why this combat sandbox works.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Game Pass Doubled to $30 in a Year. Xbox Says Oops

New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told staff in a leaked memo that Game Pass "has become too expensive for players" and that changes are coming. The admission follows a year of aggressive price hikes that doubled the cost of the top tier.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

skate. 0.30.5 Patch Notes (13th April 2026)

Maintenance hits April 14 and brings a solid round of physics and trick fixes alongside some handy co-op and gesture improvements.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Delayed Internally? Fable Devs Won't Budge on 2026

A report claims Microsoft has internally delayed Fable over GTA 6 proximity fears, but the official Fable account spent today repeating 'Autumn 2026' to anyone who'd listen.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Red Dead Redemption Film? Karl Urban Is Volunteering

The Boys star Karl Urban has publicly volunteered to play John Marston in a Red Dead Redemption film. No adaptation exists yet, but honestly, the casting sells itself.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Roblox's Paradox Apologizes for Bugs With 11 Free Codes

The Bleach-inspired Roblox RPG Paradox has been so plagued by bugs, wrong bans, and unannounced shutdowns that its apology codes have piled into a massive freebie haul worth over 150 ability rerolls.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Nintendo Blocked This RPG, So It's Shipping From Asia

After Nintendo blocked the western Switch release of Death end re;Quest Code Z, publisher eastasiasoft found a workaround: ship the English version from Asia on a region-free cartridge.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

7 Years Later, Metro Is Back With a New Xbox Reveal

Microsoft has confirmed Metro 2039 will get its first official reveal at a dedicated Xbox First Look showcase this Thursday, marking the franchise's return after seven years away.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

007 First Light's Ending Leaked by Ratings Board Blunder

A critical security flaw in Indonesia's game ratings system has leaked over an hour of spoiler-filled footage from IO Interactive's 007 First Light, including what appears to be the game's ending.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Crunch or Quit: Naughty Dog's Ultimatum After TLOU

Former senior designer Benson Russell says Naughty Dog openly told staff after The Last of Us that crunch was 'what it takes to make games at our level,' and anyone who disagreed was free to go.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Anthem Died in 2 Years. Inquisition's PS3 Lasted 11.

EA is closing Dragon Age: Inquisition's PS3 servers on April 28, more than 11 years after launch, quietly outlasting BioWare's ambitious live-service bet by nearly a decade.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Is GTA 6 About to Kill Fable's 2026 Launch?

Fable may be fleeing GTA 6's shadow. Jeff Grubb says it's been pushed internally, and the maths on the calendar doesn't look great for Microsoft.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Physint's Villain Is Literally Described as 'Mads Mikkelsen

A casting call for Kojima's next PlayStation game describes its villain as 'Mads Mikkelsen in Hannibal but with flair', which is either a reference point or a very obvious audition invitation.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Crashes Every Two Minutes: Starfield Is Broken on PS5

Bethesda's space RPG has arrived on PS5 in a state that players are calling unplayable, with crashes, freezes, and save corruption driving a wave of refund requests.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Mickey Mouse with a Gun? Epic's Next Game Is Wild

Epic is reportedly building an Arc Raiders-style extraction shooter starring Disney characters, targeting a November launch. Internal reviewers aren't convinced it's ready.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

$629M in Two Weeks, Mario Galaxy Is Unstoppable

Two weeks in, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has crossed $629 million worldwide and sits third all-time among video game adaptations. A billion is looking very possible.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

4 Days Early: Tomodachi Life Is Already Online

The ROM for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is circulating online four days ahead of its official Switch release, with players already running it through the Ryubing emulator.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

$10,000 Up for Grabs if You Fix UMvC3's Netcode

Fighting game YouTuber Maximilian Dood is putting $10,000 on the table for anyone who can bring rollback netcode to Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, a game that's been stuck on delay-based code since 2011.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Bought Games on Amazon Luna? They're Gone in June

Amazon has given Luna users two months' notice that every game they bought through the service will stop working on June 10. No refunds are being offered.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Double Dragon Creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto Has Passed

Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the man who created Double Dragon and the Kunio-kun series, has passed away. His work defined an entire genre and shaped the childhoods of a generation of players.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Game Pass Drops 5 Games April 15, Adds Forza 6

Five games are leaving Xbox Game Pass in three days, and if you haven't touched them yet, the clock is ticking. The good news is what's coming in May.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Attack on Titan Studio Broke Its Own AI Ban

WIT Studio had a policy banning generative AI in its productions. Then fans spotted it in the Ascendance of a Bookworm opening, and the studio had to admit it happened anyway.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Offend an NPC in The Pines and They Hunt You Forever

The Pines is a psychological horror RPG where saying the wrong thing to the wrong person doesn't just hurt your reputation. It makes them hunt you through the woods.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Arknights: Endfield Adds Lightning Swordswoman April 17

Version 1.2 'At the Wake of Spring' hits Arknights: Endfield on April 17, bringing a new playable Operator, a boss fight against Nefarith, and expanded factory-building systems.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Rockstar Hacked Again, GTA 6 Data Could Leak Monday

Hacking group ShinyHunters has set a Monday deadline for Rockstar Games to pay up, or watch its financial records, marketing timelines, and studio contracts go public.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Wit Studio Used AI Despite Banning It, Will Redraw Op

Wit Studio has confirmed generative AI appeared in the Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 4 opening, violating the studio's own internal policy. The affected sequence will be redrawn from scratch.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Sam Altman's House Hit by Molotov, Suspect Arrested

A Molotov cocktail was thrown at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's San Francisco home early Friday morning. A suspect was arrested near OpenAI's headquarters less than an hour later.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

Deadlock Update Patch Notes (11th April 2026)

Deadlock's April 10 update overhauls parrying, rebalances a stack of items including Toxic Bullets and Golden Goose Egg, and adjusts heroes across the board. Full patch notes below.

Nathan Lees9 min read
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Gaming News

RDR2 at 4 FPS Turns a 50-Hour Game into 471 Hours

Danish YouTuber Mongo TV is playing Red Dead Redemption 2 at 4 FPS on an aging laptop, and the numbers are genuinely staggering. The opening chapter took 12 hours. A full run would take 471.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Level-5 Revives Cult 3DS RPG Snack World for Switch 2

Level-5 has announced Snack World: Reloaded, a full remake of the 2017 3DS dungeon-crawler that most Western players never got to touch, heading to Switch 2, PS5, and PC.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Pete Hines Says RDR2 Can't Do What Bethesda Does

Pete Hines is done letting Bethesda take jank criticism without context. His argument: nobody else in the industry is even attempting what the Creation Engine pulls off.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Taiwan Leaks Guardians of the Galaxy for Switch 2

Taiwan's ratings board has outed what looks like a native Switch 2 port of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, the 2021 Eidos Montreal game that deserved a much bigger audience than it got.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Honkai Star Rail's MAPPA Short Teases a Full Anime

HoYoverse partnered with MAPPA on a 2:52 concept animation for Honkai Star Rail's third anniversary, and the studio's own iceberg metaphor makes it pretty clear this isn't where the collaboration ends.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Fantasy Life i Skips Free-to-Play, Hits Mobile This Summer

Level-5 is bringing its 1.5 million-selling RPG to mobile this summer, and it's doing it the right way: premium price, no microtransactions, and full cross-save with every other platform.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Rust 2 Steam Page Appears, Facepunch Says 'Nope'

A legitimate-looking Steam page for Rust 2 appeared out of nowhere, a Facepunch developer said 'you saw nothing', and then the studio's founder flatly denied the whole thing. It's been a morning.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Amazon Luna Cuts EA, Ubisoft and GOG Stores Today

Amazon Luna has quietly gutted its third-party store support today, giving customers until June 10 before their purchased libraries go dark on the platform.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Off The Grid's CEO Called Unpaid Staff 'Haters'

Gunzilla Games CEO Vlad Korolev has responded to serious allegations of unpaid wages by calling the accusations a 'new narrative from haters', a response so tone-deaf it almost defies belief.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Triple-I Showcase Dropped 40 Indie Games in One Shot

Evil Empire's indie showcase returned for 2026 with 40 announcements in a single event, and the sheer density of it is starting to make major publisher showcases look sluggish by comparison.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Phantom Blade Zero Dumps DLSS 5 After AI Backlash

S-Game's CEO has publicly declared Phantom Blade Zero will not use AI visual tech, in a statement that reads as a direct rejection of Nvidia's DLSS 5 after the tech was widely mocked for distorting NPC faces.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Don't Starve Elsewhere Finally Adds a Jump Button

Ten years after the original, Klei Entertainment's next Don't Starve game is adding the one thing players have wanted since 2013: the ability to jump.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

1000xResist Dev Reveals Game Where You Gaslight an AI

Sunset Visitor, the Vancouver studio behind 1000xResist, has revealed Prove You're Human, a first-person narrative game where you play a digital copy of a person tasked with shattering an AI's belief that it's flesh and blood.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Metal Gear Solid Movie Ditches Old Director After 12 Years

Sony has signed new directors for the Metal Gear Solid movie after more than a decade of development, and the casualty is the self-described MGS superfan fans were quietly rooting for.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Mechabellum 1.10.0.3 Patch Notes (9th April 2026)

Void Eye gets cut down to size, Raiden picks up a brand new Energy Shield tech, and Spider Mine becomes a proper swarm-clearer in Mechabellum's latest balance pass.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

Last Epoch Patch 1.4.3 Notes (8th April 2026)

Eleventh Hour Games has dropped Patch 1.4.3 for Last Epoch, tackling overtuned enemies, Omen Window party bugs, and a pile of skill fixes across multiple classes.

Nathan Lees9 min read
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Patch Notes

EVE Online Patch Notes for 20 .1 (8th April 2026)

The Catalyst expansion's major update is live today, reshuffling the capital meta, adding a new high-risk carrier PvE activity, and making Pochven worth visiting again.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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Gaming News

Forza Horizon 6's Japan Map Is Massive but Tokyo Isn't

The full Forza Horizon 6 map is here, and it's a sprawling vision of Japan from snowy mountain passes to coastal highways. Tokyo shows up, but it's not dominating the picture.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Fragpunk Patch Notes (8th April 2026)

Fragpunk's April 8th patch is a lighter one, but it sets up a busy few days with a returning limited-time mode and new skins hitting the store tomorrow.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

ARC Raiders Patch Notes 1.23.0 (8th April 2026)

ARC Raiders patch 1.23.0 is live today, closing off a Trigger 'Nade damage exploit and shipping a wave of Close Scrutiny fixes alongside the new Vanguard Set.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Cyberpunk 2077 Hits 90fps on PS5 Pro Starting Today

CD Projekt Red's long-awaited PS5 Pro update for Cyberpunk 2077 is live today, and the headliner is a Performance mode that pushes up to 90fps on VRR displays. Here's what each of the three new graphics modes actually means for how the game plays.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

DayZ Stable Update 1.29 Patch Notes (8th April 2026)

DayZ Stable Update 1.29 is live today with a hefty list of fixes, new clothing, reworked gunshot audio, and a new underground bunker section for Frostline players.

Nathan Lees10 min read
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Gaming News

Game Pass Lands Hades 2 Day One, Loses GTA V

Microsoft's April Game Pass lineup is impressive, headlined by Hades 2 landing day one on April 14. The catch: GTA V is gone the very next day.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Sony Launches Contest to Scan a Fan Into GT7

Sony wants to put a real fan inside Gran Turismo 7, but getting there involves questionnaires, video interviews, and signing over your likeness. The real question is what Sony gets to keep.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

State of Decay 3 Was a Word Doc When It Was Revealed

The 2020 State of Decay 3 reveal trailer was pre-rendered concept work made by an external studio, with only four or five people at Undead Labs and no actual game in development. Studio head Philip Holt has now confirmed it on camera, and yes, that means no zombie deer.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Mario Galaxy Movie Misses Box Office Record by $2.4M

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie opened to $372.6M worldwide, falling just $2.4M short of its predecessor's record. That's not a failure, it's one of the biggest animated debuts ever.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Starfield Update 1.16.236 Patch Notes (7th April 2026)

Starfield's biggest update yet is live today, adding in-system space flight, a new crafting system, and a Quantum Entanglement Device that lets you carry items through the Unity.

Nathan Lees7 min read
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Patch Notes

Unturned 3.26.2.0: Wild Harvest Patch Notes (2nd April 2026)

Unturned's Wild Harvest update reworks fishing into an active minigame, adds clay-to-brick crafting via a new Pottery Kiln, and drops forageable mushrooms into the world as a fresh food source.

Nathan Lees9 min read
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Patch Notes

The Division 2: Rise Up Patch Notes (2nd April 2026)

The Division 2's Rise Up season update dropped today, bringing an escalating Black Tusk offensive across Washington D.C. and a slate of new challenges aimed squarely at veteran agents.

Nathan Lees16 min read
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Patch Notes

CS2 Animgraph 2 Beta Patch Notes (1st April 2026)

Valve has pushed a beta build for CS2 that migrates the game's animation system to Animgraph 2, promising reduced CPU and networking costs alongside fully re-authored third-person animations.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

Hearthstone 35.0.3 Patch Notes (2nd April 2026)

Hearthstone 35.0.3 is live today, and Druid is taking the brunt of it, three cards nerfed as Blizzard moves to break up the class's grip on the post-CATACLYSM meta.

Nathan Lees11 min read
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Patch Notes

Last Epoch Patch 1.4.2 Notes (1st April 2026)

Eleventh Hour Games has dropped Patch 1.4.2 for Last Epoch, bringing Omen Window tweaks, Bazaar quality-of-life improvements, and a long list of bug fixes across every class.

Nathan Lees18 min read
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Patch Notes

PEAK 1.60.c Patch Notes (1st April 2026)

PEAK's latest patch is a small but focused fix drop, addressing some annoying multiplayer and UI bugs that have been catching players out.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

STALCRAFT: X Patch Notes (1st April 2026)

STALCRAFT: X's April 1st patch is live, bringing a limited-time April Fools session mode and a temporary side quest to the Zone.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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Patch Notes

Teamfight Tactics 16.8 Notes (31st March 2026)

Teamfight Tactics patch 16.8 is the last update before Lore & Legends wraps up, and Riot is going out with a wide balance sweep, Choncc shop additions, and a Malzahar nerf that's been nine patches overdue.

Nathan Lees8 min read
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Patch Notes

Overwatch 2 Patch Notes (31st March 2026)

Overwatch 2's March 31 update is a targeted bug fix patch, wiping replay codes and squashing three specific issues that have been frustrating players in Stadium and beyond.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

VALORANT Patch Notes 12.06 (31st March 2026)

Patch 12.06 lands today with a meaningful Waylay nerf, a long-requested Flex movespeed fix, and backend improvements to Viper's Pit.

Nathan Lees7 min read
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Patch Notes

Dota 2 7.41a Gameplay Patch Notes (27th March 2026)

Valve has pushed out 7.41a, a follow-up balance patch to 7.41 that also cleans up several crash issues and quietly removes the Hero Facet Names display option.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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Gaming News

KCD2 Translator Fired With No Warning, Replaced by AI

Max Hejtmánek, the Czech-to-English translator and editor on Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, says he was called into a meeting on March 27th with no prior warning and told his job no longer exists. Warhorse is replacing him with AI.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Last Epoch Hotfix 1.4.0.1 Notes (27th March 2026)

Eleventh Hour Games has pushed Hotfix 1.4.0.1 for Last Epoch, targeting a cluster of bugs around the Vision of the Observer fight and a frustrating item pickup issue.

Nathan Lees2 min read
REMATCH Season 3 Is Here🔥 Patch Notes (26th March 2026)
Patch Notes

REMATCH Season 3 Is Here (26th March 2026)

REMATCH Season 3 dropped on 26th March 2026, bringing a new Battle Pass, Daily and Weekly Missions, and a Team Up feature that lets you queue straight back in with players you just clicked with.

Nathan Lees1 min read
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Patch Notes

inZOI [v0.7.0] Patch Notes (26th March 2026)

inZOI hits its one-year Early Access anniversary with the v0.7.0 update, and Krafton is marking the occasion with a substantial patch drop today.

Nathan Lees13 min read
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Gaming News

Rocket Racing Had 969 Players Left When Epic Pulled It

The player count data for Rocket Racing, Ballistic, and Festival Battle Stage tells a bleaker story than any corporate statement could. These modes weren't killed, they were already dying.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

ARC Raiders Patch 1.21.0 Notes (24th March 2026)

ARC Raiders patch 1.21.0 is live today, adding a new Raider Tool and Backpack set alongside a batch of bug fixes including a wall-walk exploit that's now been closed off.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

skate. Update 0.30.2 Patch Notes (23rd March 2026)

skate. Update 0.30.2 targets several grind mechanics that broke at Season 3 launch, with most of the issues now fixed and double grinds coming back in the next update.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Final Fantasy Takes Too Long, Says Its Own Director

FF14 director Naoki Yoshida has openly admitted that Final Fantasy's slow release cadence is pushing younger players away. The comment came in a promotional video, which makes it even harder to ignore.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Sony Purges 1,000 AI Shovelware Games from PS Store

Sony has swept two more shovelware publishers off the PlayStation Store, pulling over 1,000 listings from Nostra Games and CGI Lab. It's the second major purge in two months, and the scale suggests this isn't a one-off cleanup.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Minecraft Lands Its First Theme Park with a Roller Coaster

Mojang Studios and Merlin Entertainments have announced Minecraft World, a dedicated theme park coming to Chessington World of Adventures in 2027, complete with a world-first Minecraft roller coaster.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Ubisoft Turns Ghost Recon Studio Into an IT Department

Red Storm Entertainment, the North Carolina studio that created Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six, has been permanently reassigned to IT and engine support by Ubisoft. 105 developers have lost their jobs.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Assassin's Creed Show Skips Renaissance for Nero's Rome

Netflix's Assassin's Creed adaptation has finally started filming, and it's not going anywhere near the Renaissance. The show is set in ancient Rome, 64 AD, right in the middle of Nero's reign.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Spider-Man Brand New Day Trailer Teases Jean Grey Debut

The first full trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day is out, and while Peter Parker's mutating DNA is the headline, Sadie Sink's heavily obscured character is the conversation everyone's actually having.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Crimson Desert Goes Live Tomorrow at 6PM ET

Pearl Abyss's first singleplayer game drops tomorrow. Here's exactly when Crimson Desert unlocks in your time zone and how to get preloading done before it hits.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Bethesda Walks Back DLSS 5 After Fans Roast AI Slop Faces

Bethesda has moved to reassure players after Nvidia's DLSS 5 reveal turned Starfield characters into something resembling an Instagram filter gone wrong. The studio says the tech is 'totally optional' and that artists will have full control over the final look.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Fragpunk th Patch Note Notes (18th March 2026)

Fragpunk's March 18 update is out now, bringing a server-side patch and kicking off the Colors Burst Anniversary content ahead of a free event dropping tomorrow.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Patch Notes

Marathon Update 1.0.5 Patch Notes (17th March 2026)

Marathon's 1.0.5 update landed on 17th March, and the headlining addition is tied directly to the Cryo Archive, Bungie's community puzzle map that players have been picking apart for weeks.

Nathan Lees9 min read
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Patch Notes

Fallout 76 Update Notes (17th March 2026)

Bethesda has pushed a hotfix for Fallout 76 today, targeting some of the messier issues that surfaced after The Backwoods update dropped.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

ARC Raiders Patch Notes 1.20.0 (17th March 2026)

ARC Raiders update 1.20.0 is live today, headlined by a long-requested Il Toro rebalance that touches DPS, range, and how the weapon scales with upgrades.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Switch 2 Update Gives Old Switch Games a Free Graphics Boost

Nintendo's latest firmware update quietly delivers something Switch 2 owners didn't know they were getting: a free visual upgrade for hundreds of original Switch games, no upgrade pack required.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

VALORANT Patch Notes 12.05 (17th March 2026)

Act 2 is live, and Patch 12.05 brings a new Croatian Controller, meaningful nerfs to two dominant Agents, and a reworked A-site on Lotus.

Nathan Lees10 min read
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Gaming News

IO Interactive Dumps MindsEye, Kills Hitman Crossover

IO Interactive has cut ties with Build a Rocket Boy, handing full publishing control of MindsEye back to the developer. The Hitman crossover mission announced last June is gone with it.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Todd Howard Wishes He Never Announced Elder Scrolls 6

Eight years after that famous title card, Todd Howard openly regrets the Elder Scrolls 6 reveal. The good news: he also just confirmed the game is finally in full production.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Bethesda to Finally Announce Starfield on PS5

Bethesda has confirmed Starfield news is coming next week, and with a rumoured PS5 launch date of April 7 already circulating, the announcement almost writes itself.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Bananza's Producer Already Hints at Nintendo's Next Game

Donkey Kong Bananza producer Kenta Motokura says the team's next project will probably inherit ideas from Bananza, continuing a creative lineage that traces back to Super Mario Odyssey.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Overwatch 2 Patch Notes (12th March 2026)

A small but targeted hotfix landed for Overwatch 2 yesterday, cleaning up two issues introduced by the March 10 patch.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Epic Slashes Fortnite V-Bucks to 'Pay the Bills'

Epic Games is reducing the amount of V-Bucks players get for their money starting March 19, and their official explanation is that they need to 'pay the bills.' From a company that makes billions.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

PS Plus Extra Drops Space Marine 2 on March 17

Sony has confirmed the PS Plus Extra and Premium lineup for March 2026, and Space Marine 2 is the headliner. Eight games go live on March 17.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Steam Doubled Its $100K Earners in Just Five Years

Valve's GDC numbers quietly dismantle the indie saturation panic: nearly 6,000 games cleared $100K on Steam last year, double the count from five years ago.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Sandfall Sued a Fan Over a Name, Then Walked It Back

Sandfall Interactive's legal team went after a French graphic novel author whose book shares a name with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. The studio has since pulled the action and apologised, but the whole episode is a case study in how corporate legal reflexes can contradict a studio's own stated valu

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Patch Notes

Rocket League Patch Notes v2.66 (10th March 2026)

Rocket League v2.66 dropped on March 10th and it's a surprisingly meaty quality-of-life update, with visible MMR, a Flip Reset Indicator, and a Boost Timer Visualization all landing at once.

Nathan Lees7 min read
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Gaming News

Resident Evil Requiem Locks In Story Expansion DLC

Director Koshi Nakanishi confirmed in a video message that a story expansion is in development for Resident Evil Requiem, with photo mode and a surprise minigame also on the way.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Capcom Loses Mega Man's Voice Rather Than Go Union

Ben Diskin voiced Mega Man in the best-selling entry in the series. Capcom asked him back for Dual Override, then refused the one condition that would have made it work.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Fallout 3 Remaster Leaked by a $51 Action Figure

Bethesda hasn't said a word, but a $51 action figure just did. A McFarlane Toys listing explicitly naming 'Fallout 3 Remastered' is the clearest signal yet that the remaster is happening.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Lawsuit Claims Steam Loot Boxes Are Slot Machines

A class-action lawsuit filed in Washington state doesn't just argue that Steam loot boxes are gambling, it argues Valve engineered them to work like slot machines, down to the spinning animations and near-miss effects.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

WarioWare's Director Quit Nintendo to Teach College

Goro Abe, the man behind WarioWare's gloriously chaotic microgame formula, has left Nintendo after more than 25 years. He's not joining another studio. He's going to teach.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Until Dawn Studio Dissolved After Flopping Worse Than Concor

Ballistic Moon, the UK studio behind the 2024 Until Dawn remake, has been officially dissolved after a catastrophic commercial failure that reportedly underperformed Concord's launch on PlayStation 5.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Hearthstone 35.0 Patch Notes (9th March 2026)

Hearthstone Patch 35.0 goes live tomorrow, clearing the board ahead of CATACLYSM with balance hits to several Standard overperformers and a wave of Wild reversions.

Nathan Lees17 min read
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Patch Notes

skate. 0.30.1 Patch Notes (9th March 2026)

skate.'s 0.30.1 patch hits servers on March 10 with a broader fix list than originally planned, after Full Circle squeezed in extra bug fixes at the last minute.

Nathan Lees12 min read
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Gaming News

Monster Hunter Stories 3 Is the Pokemon Game We Need

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection launches March 13 with glowing reviews across the board. With no mainline Pokemon this year, Capcom may have accidentally filled the gap.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Marathon Players Unlock Creepy Cryo Archive Footage

Bungie hid the Cryo Archive map behind a community-wide puzzle, and players just cracked the first stage. The reward is a set of eerie surveillance feeds from aboard the Marathon ship, one of which has something moving in it that nobody can explain.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Microsoft CEO Fires Back at Xbox Shutdown Rumors

Satya Nadella joined new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma for an internal Q&A and told staff Microsoft will 'always' invest in gaming. The timing is deliberate.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

PS5 Slim Runs GTA 5 at 60fps But Overheats Doing It

Modder Andy Nguyen got Linux running on a PS5 Slim, booted GTA 5 Enhanced with ray tracing at 60fps, and immediately hit the thermal wall that explains why Sony has never flipped this switch officially.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

NetEase Axes Yakuza Creator's Studio Over $44M Gap

Three months after Gang of Dragon's reveal at The Game Awards, NetEase is walking away from Toshihiro Nagoshi's studio over a $44.4 million funding gap. The game's future is now entirely uncertain.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

WWE 2K26 Devours 92.8GB on Switch 2

The latest Switch 2 eShop listings are out, and WWE 2K26 is sitting at a jaw-dropping 92.8GB. For context, Monster Hunter Stories 3 and the Fatal Frame 2 remake combined don't come close.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Hunter: The Reckoning Leaked Through RoboCop on Steam

Someone at Teyon pushed the wrong build to Steam today, and for about half an hour, RoboCop: Rogue City became an unannounced Hunter: The Reckoning game. The files are gone, but the screenshots aren't.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Valve Erased 'We Hope' From Its Steam Machine Post

Valve published a Year in Review blog post with uncertain language about the Steam Machine's 2026 launch, then quietly rewrote it the same day. The edit says a lot about where things actually stand.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Mario Galaxy Movie Brings Back Wart After 38 Years

Nintendo dropped new artwork for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ahead of a March 9 Direct, and buried in the corner is a villain nobody expected: Wart, last seen in 1988's Super Mario Bros. 2.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Death Threats Shut Down Helldivers 2's $1K Charity Event

A fan-run charity challenge asking Arrowhead devs to beat Helldivers 2's hardest difficulty for a $1,000 donation ended with the creator receiving death threats, being doxxed, and watching harassers contact the horse sanctuary where they volunteer.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Borderlands 4 Minor Update Notes (5th March 2026)

Borderlands 4's latest minor update landed yesterday, adjusting Pearlescent drop rates and cleaning up Bounty Pack 2 with a handful of quality-of-life fixes.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

The Only Nintendo PlayStation Ever Built Is Now in a Museum

The National Videogame Museum has acquired the Sony MSF-1, the oldest known Nintendo PlayStation prototype ever built and the only one of its kind. It's now housed in Frisco, Texas, where it belongs.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Forza Horizon 6's Tokyo Has Almost No Traffic

Nine minutes of raw Forza Horizon 6 footage dropped today, and instead of generating hype, it's generating one very specific question: where are all the cars?

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Sony Axes PC Ports for Ghost of Yotei and Saros

Sony has quietly killed the PC versions of Ghost of Yotei and Saros, according to a Bloomberg report by Jason Schreier. If you were waiting to play either on Steam, you're now waiting forever.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

CS:GO Is Back on Steam With No Servers and No Explanation

CS:GO has quietly reappeared on Steam as a standalone listing, three years after Valve folded it into Counter-Strike 2. The servers are still offline, the page is hidden from search, and Valve hasn't explained any of it.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

MindsEye CEO Claims Espionage Proof, Axes More Staff

Mark Gerhard says Build a Rocket Boy now has 'overwhelming evidence of organized espionage and corporate sabotage' behind MindsEye's dismal launch. He's also firing more people.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

Fragpunk Update Patch Notes (4th March 2026)

Fragpunk's March 4 patch is a background update with no downtime, rolling out ahead of a wave of Anniversary events that kick off tomorrow.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Marathon Wipes Your Whole Vault Every 3 Months

Bungie has confirmed that Marathon's seasonal resets are mandatory and total. Every three months, your vault is gone. Here's what that actually means.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Sims 4 Adds Paid Mods After $1,500 Worth of DLC

EA is launching a paid mod Marketplace for The Sims 4 on March 17, complete with a new real-money currency called Moola. The community is not thrilled.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Life Is Strange TV Casts a Near-Unknown as Max

Amazon Prime Video has found its Max and Chloe for the Life Is Strange live-action series. One name you'll recognise; the other you almost certainly won't.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Cities Skylines 1 Beats Its Own Sequel to New DLC

The original Cities: Skylines is getting a proper new expansion next week while its sequel limps along with creator packs. Paradox's anniversary celebrations tell you everything about where this series actually stands.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

Fallout New Vegas Remaster Teased by THPS 3+4 Studio

Iron Galaxy posted a company meeting photo with Fallout's 'Please Stand By' screen front and centre. The studio behind THPS 3+4 may have just confirmed the remaster fans have been screaming for.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Bandai Namco Breaks 5-Year RPG Silence This Friday

Bandai Namco has scheduled a new RPG reveal for this Friday, March 5, and the five-year gap since Tales of Arise means speculation is already running hot.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Warzone Scraps Loadouts and Gulag for Black Ops Royale

Warzone's new Black Ops Royale mode strips out custom loadouts, the Gulag, and Buy Stations entirely, replacing them with a scavenge-to-survive loop straight out of Blackout. It launches March 12.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Gaming News

Xbox Teases Cyberpunk 2077 Is Coming to Game Pass

The official Xbox Game Pass account posted a fake internal email stuffed with Cyberpunk 2077 references. No confirmation yet, but the hints aren't subtle.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Patch Notes

World of Warcraft Hotfixes 2nd March 2026

Blizzard dropped a fresh round of World of Warcraft hotfixes on March 2, covering dungeon access, quest blockers, and a Mage that was apparently pulling enemies through solid walls.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

98K to 541 Players. Highguard Dev Finally Explains Why

Former Highguard senior level designer Alex Graner went on the Quad Damage podcast and said what everyone who watched the numbers crater already suspected: the game built a wall around itself and called it a feature.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Pokémon Winds & Waves Won't Run on Switch 1

Game Freak's 10th generation Pokémon games are Switch 2 exclusives, and that means the hundreds of millions of Switch 1 owners are simply out of luck.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Gaming News

PS3's Netflix App Dies Tomorrow

Netflix officially kills its PS3 app tomorrow, March 2. The surprising thing isn't that it's dying, it's that it was still alive.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Sony Said Yes. FromSoftware Said No. Bluepoint Died.

Sony greenlit the numbers on a Bloodborne remake from Bluepoint. FromSoftware said no. Then Sony shut Bluepoint down entirely. The chain of events is hard to ignore.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Bungie's Beta Proves Marathon Isn't Dead Yet

After a bruising development cycle and skeptical fans, Marathon's open beta just posted numbers that nobody expected. Bungie might actually have something here.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

The Guitar Hero Founders Just Backed a New Rhythm Game

The original founders of Guitar Hero are on the advisory board of Stage Tour, a new rhythm game from reformed studio RedOctane Games targeting a Holiday 2026 release. Here's what we know.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Stardew Valley Turns 10, Adds Clint

Stardew Valley just turned 10, and ConcernedApe celebrated by announcing two new marriage candidates for update 1.7. One of them is Clint, the blacksmith who has been silently pining for Emily for a decade.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Marvel Rivals Bounty Site Backfires Spectacularly

A new third-party site promised to make Marvel Rivals griefers pay, literally. Instead, it's flooding ranked lobbies with even more intentional losses and ended up getting hacked.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Skate's Studio Cuts Staff to 'Move Faster'

Full Circle just cut an unknown number of staff from the team building Skate, framing the layoffs as a restructure that will somehow speed up development on a game that's been in early access since September.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Gaming News

Nacon Files for Insolvency Amid Big Game Plans

French publisher Nacon has filed for insolvency, raising questions about the future of major upcoming titles and its financial survival.

Nathan Lees3 min read