
007 First Light Is Too Cinematic for Its Own Tropes
IO Interactive built a game so polished it accidentally exposed how stale parry prompts, colour-coded climbing, and signposted combat still feel in 2026.
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IO Interactive built a game so polished it accidentally exposed how stale parry prompts, colour-coded climbing, and signposted combat still feel in 2026.

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.

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.

One indie developer's Bluesky post about Bond saying 'parking lot' instead of 'car park' led IO Interactive to fix the dialogue before launch.

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.

Frontier's long-awaited sequel adds aquatic and flying species alongside wildlife reserves, launching October 13 on all platforms simultaneously.

Pragmata director Yonghee Cho told GamesRadar he'd love to make a sequel, and Capcom's PR team apparently treated the comment like a live grenade.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kane Parsons says he literally dreams about Aperture Science, and that Portal's vast, decaying interiors shaped the look and feel of A24's Backrooms.

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.

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.

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.

Valve just hiked Steam Deck OLED prices by hundreds of dollars with zero advance warning. The 1TB model now costs $949, more than a PS5 Pro.

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.

Reliable leaker billbil-kun claims Sonic Frontiers Definitive Edition will launch on June 23, Sonic's birthday, with all DLC included and a technical overhaul for Switch 2.

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.

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

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.

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.