During Wednesday’s State of Play, Joker Studio revealed its first gameplay footage of Sea of Remnants. The puppet pirate game takes on simulation/survival/turn-based strategy genres, being a Venn Diagram of all of them. In Sea of Remnants, you play as an amnesiac sailor who sets off on a voyage alongside a mysterious girl, becoming two […]

Sony’s State of Play didn’t exclude the company’s biggest video game hero of 2024, Astro Bot. The little robot will be back later this month in Astro Bot’s five new challenge levels that will raise the number of planets in the game to 90. Additionally, Sony announced a revised Astro Bot controller, which will be […]

Announced during the February State of Play earlier this year, Digimon Store: Time Stranger reappeared during the June State of Play. The new trailer offered a more detailed look at the RPG’s story as well as a release date: October 3. Time Stranger is the next game in a Digimon RPG series that dates back […]

To kick off the June 4 State of Play, Enhance announced Lumines Arise. It is a follow-up to Lumines, a cult-classic puzzle game that first released on PSP in 2004 before being remastered in 2018. Lumines Arise applies the same psychedelic visual style to Lumines’ gameplay that Tetris Effect did to Tetris’ classic gameplay. Lumines […]

April Fool’s Day pranks in the gaming world have been coming true more often lately, Sometimes that’s because companies decide after the fact to roll out as real what was once a joke. Other times, it’s because companies use the “holiday” prank to announce new products. It can get confusing, but in the case of […]

Fortnite had a very rocky launch with its AI-powered NPC, Darth Vader, last month. The battle royale’s use of artificial intelligence may not be stopping there, either. Epic Games has unveiled a new AI-powered NPC Persona device, which will serve as a way for Fortnite Creative developers to add more interactive character elements to their […]

Hello Games is bringing No Man’s Sky to Switch 2 later this week, but players across all platforms are also getting another free update at the same time. The next update is called Beacon, and it expands on players’ ability to become Overseers of planetary settlements and introduces towns inhabited by sentient robots called Autophage. […]

Two of the most iconic items in Mario Kart weren’t always a lock to return for Mario Kart World for Switch 2. Producer Kosuke Yabuki said in a new interview that Nintendo “re-reviewed all the elements” of Mario Kart, and that included considering cutting the green shell and banana items. The developers ultimately decided against […]

XDefiant, the free-to-play, first-person arena shooter developed and published by Ubisoft, is officially offline. The servers are now closed, according to a post on the games’ official X page. The servers are now closed – Thank you to everyone who played the game ❤️ XDefiant logging off – o7 — XDefiant (@PlayXDefiant) June 4, 2025 […]

On the eve of the Nintendo Switch 2’s launch, there’s one question on everyone’s mind: When, exactly, will the shiny new console they preordered arrive? It’s a question that is surprisingly difficult to answer. While one might assume Switch 2 preorders to arrive on launch day, June 5, one look at social media shows that […]