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PS Plus Extra May 2026 Drops Star Wars Outlaws, RDR2
Eight games hit the PS Plus Extra and Premium catalog on May 19, with Star Wars Outlaws and a returning Red Dead Redemption 2 leading the lineup.
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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.
Star Wars Fate of the Old Republic3 min read
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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.
The Talos Principle 34 min read
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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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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.
Haunted Chocolatier4 min read
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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.
Steam Controller3 min read
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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.
Forza Horizon 63 min read
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Harada Confirms New Fighting Game at SNK-Backed VS Studio
Less than six months after leaving Bandai Namco, Katsuhiro Harada has launched VS Studio as an SNK subsidiary and confirmed his intent to return to the fighting game genre.
Fighting Games4 min read
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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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No Torch? Good Luck. Dark Souls 2 Path Tracing Mod Drops
A new path tracing update to the DS2LightingEngine mod makes Dark Souls 2 gorgeous and significantly harder. No light source in a cave? You're in the dark. Literally.
Dark Souls 23 min read
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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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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.
Directive 80202 min read
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Valve Built 27 Million Images to Overhaul Steam's Market
Valve generated over 27 million unique images just to backfill existing Counter-Strike listings as part of a sweeping Community Market redesign now in beta.
Nathan Lees5 min read
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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.
The Sinking City 22 min read
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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.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle2 min read
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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.
NBA The Run2 min read
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Tekken's Creator Founds New Studio With Old Rival SNK
Katsuhiro Harada, the man behind Tekken, has founded VS Studio under the SNK umbrella. He's already said he wants to make a new fighting game.
Tekken4 min read
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UK MPs Blast Rockstar for Stonewalling Union-Busting Case
Three Scottish Labour MPs have publicly accused Rockstar of meeting workers with 'silence and closed doors' as the legal battle over alleged union-busting dismissals drags on.
GTA 65 min read
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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.
Lies of P4 min read
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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.
Palworld4 min read
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$500 for a Switch 2 and a Game, or $500 for Just a Switch 2
Nintendo's new Choose Your Game Bundle gives you a Switch 2 and a first-party title for $500. Come September, that same $500 won't even cover the console.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Game Pass Starter Has a Catch Console Players Won't Like
Discord Nitro's new Game Pass Starter Edition includes 50+ games and cloud streaming, but console players won't get online multiplayer. That's a first for any Game Pass tier.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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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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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.
Stop Killing Games4 min read