Patch Notes
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT Update Patch Notes (19th May 2026)
A new limited-time spaceship mode, six fresh Curios, and an important infinite combo fix headline NARAKA: BLADEPOINT's May update.
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT12 min read
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Patch Notes
Phasmophobia Hotfix v0.17.1.3 Patch Notes (19th May 2026)
Kinetic Games drops another targeted hotfix for Phasmophobia, this time squashing a crash on event maps that's been hitting players across all platforms.
Phasmophobia1 min read
Patch Notes
Vermintide 2 Weapon balance update! Patch 6.11.0 Notes (19th May 2026)
Fatshark's latest update focuses on bringing underperforming weapons up to speed, with one-handed weapons and axe-type weapons getting the most attention.
Vermintide 223 min read
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
Gaming News
Xbox Asked Fans What They Want. 6,319 Said Exclusives.
Microsoft opened a feedback channel expecting constructive suggestions, but fans turned it into a referendum on the multiplatform strategy.
Nathan Lees2 min read
Gaming News
Nintendo's New Mobile Game Is $14 and Plays Offline
Nintendo's surprise mobile announcement Pictonico has actual pricing now: $5.99 and $7.99 for two volumes totalling 80 minigames. And it works offline.
Pictonico3 min read
Patch Notes
Helldivers 2 Machinery of Oppression: 6.2.4 Notes (19th May 2026)
Helldivers 2 patch 6.2.4 is a small but focused drop, targeting audio issues via a Wwise fix.
Helldivers 21 min read
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.
ARC Raiders2 min read
Gaming News
Exclusives Top the List on Xbox's New Feedback Portal
Xbox launched its Player Voice feedback portal, and the most popular requests from fans tell you exactly where the brand's biggest gaps are.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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
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
Patch Notes
The First Descendant Server Maintenance Notice (05.20 (19th May 2026)
The First Descendant is going down for maintenance on May 20, and Update 1.3.28 is bringing some of the game's biggest content additions yet.
The First Descendant2 min read
Gaming News
Nintendo's New Mobile Game Weaponizes Your Camera Roll
Pictonico turns your personal photos into playable WarioWare-style minigames, and it's co-developed by Intelligent Systems. It launches May 28 on iOS and Android.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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
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.
Patch Notes
CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (18th May 2026)
CS2's latest update tidies up spectator bugs and brings a notable change for anyone being boosted by multiple teammates.
Counter-Strike 22 min read
Gaming News
Black Flag's Star Thought He Was Auditioning for a TV Show
Matt Ryan was pitched a pirate TV show by his agent. He ended up becoming one of the most beloved characters in Assassin's Creed history.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced5 min read
Gaming News
"Please Stop," SaGa Dev Tells FF Creator Over AI Video
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi called an AI-generated FF6 remake video "amazing." SaGa series creator Akitoshi Kawazu wasn't having it.
Final Fantasy 62 min read
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.
Star Wars3 min read
Gaming News
Cyclops and The Thing Blast Into Marvel Cosmic Invasion
Two fan-favourite Marvel heroes join the beat 'em up roster today in a surprise $3.99 DLC drop, and a second content wave is already confirmed for later this year.
Marvel Cosmic Invasion2 min read
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.
PlayStation Plus4 min read
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.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle3 min read
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.
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight3 min read
Patch Notes
Brighter Shores Miner Bounties Patch Notes (18th May 2026)
Brighter Shores adds miner bounties to the Mine of Mantuban, plus a batch of quality-of-life fixes and a longstanding error finally squashed.
Brighter Shores3 min read