Foxconn confirmed a ransomware attack on North American factories after Nitrogen claimed to steal 8TB of data including Apple, Nvidia, and Intel project documentation.

Neverness to Everness Phase 2 is live with Hotori's Misty Tipsy Style banner running May 13 to June 3, alongside the Bright Moon arc banner and Hourglass Perks event.

Bandai Namco has confirmed Digimon Alysion launches on iOS and Android in 2026, bringing the Digimon Card Game to mobile with original story content and TCG battles.

Arknights: Endfield Version 1.3 launches around May 29 with Camille, the game's first male 6-star Operator, alongside Mi Fu. The Fest of Brilliance banner opens on May 14.

Genshin Impact Version 6.6 Luna VII launches May 20, 2026, with Nicole Reeyn, Lohen, and Prune, a new Archon Quest in Sumeru, and a Snezhnaya teaser for Version 7.0.

Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on May 28, 2026, marking the franchise's first appearance on PlayStation and Xbox hardware.

My Hero Ultra Impact closes its servers on May 17 at 10:59 PM ET. Players have five days to spend Hero Gems and claim daily free 10x pulls before the shutdown.

Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.2 Phase 2 starts today with Evanescia's debut banner, Tribbie, Sunday, and Feixiao reruns, and all Light Cones running until June 1, 2026.

Phasmophobia's first-ever collaboration with Alan Wake 2 is live today until 2 June. The one-time event brings the Dark Place into ghost-hunting investigations for free.

Windows 11 May 2026 Patch Tuesday rolls out KB5083631 today, pushing Xbox mode to all users and advancing Secure Boot certificate deployment ahead of the June 26 deadline.

Exclusive | Hitoshi Sakimoto settles a 29-year debate exclusively with Notebookcheck: Final Fantasy Tactics is a rock record. We also got a chance to discuss his London Game Music Festival 2026 debut, made possible by the Game Music Foundation's efforts.

Google's GTIG has confirmed the first zero-day exploit developed by AI, targeting 2FA in a web admin tool. A mass exploitation campaign was disrupted before it launched.

Brawl Stars Season 50 Starr Patrol launches May 7 with a free Starr Nova Brawler on May 24, the Void Master Finx boss event, and Brawl Cup Berlin on May 15-17.

PUBG Mobile 4.4 Hero's Crown launches May 12 with a Greek mythology map overhaul, Nimbus Island, a Centaur boss fight, the M1 Garand, and a Blue Lock collab on May 22.

Age of Empires IV: Yue Fei's Legacy is now live on Xbox, PC, and PS5, adding the Jin Dynasty civilization, an 8-mission campaign set during the Song-Jin Wars, four new maps, and two new biomes.

OpenAI has launched GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper through its Realtime API, now generally available for production voice agents.

Snowbreak: Containment Zone is back online on May 8 after a 66-day shutdown sparked by a China Post collab controversy, with generous compensation for all returning players.

CookieRun: Kingdom's Timeline of Fate update launched May 7 with Timekeeper Cookie, Ash Salt Cookie, a fractured timeline story, and new battle systems for Act 2.

A fake Claude AI website is pushing the Beagle Windows backdoor through Google sponsored search results using a trojanized Claude-Pro Relay installer that silently deploys a remote access tool.

Instagram removes end-to-end encryption from DMs on May 8, 2026. Here is why Meta made the decision, what it means for your privacy, and how to download your chats today.

The RPG is set to disappear for good this June, with downloads and in-app purchases ending today, May 7. No offline version is planned, and all player data will be permanently deleted when the servers close.

A faulty Defender signature update flagged two trusted DigiCert root certificates as malware and removed them from Windows systems worldwide.

Ironmouse has cut ties with Neverness to Everness after claiming Hotta Studio lied about AI use. Players have flagged suspected AI assets across the game's environments.

Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.8 launches today with new agents Promeia and Starlight Billy, plus HoYoverse's official confirmation of a Steam release in Q2 2026.

Windows 11 KB5083769 is blocking the psmounterex.sys driver used by Macrium Reflect and Acronis, causing backup failures and VSS timeouts on 24H2 and 25H2.

Kakao Games has confirmed Eversoul will end service on June 30, 2026. In-app purchases are already disabled and refunds are available for recent purchases.

Subnautica 2 enters Early Access on May 14, 2026, at $29.99 with four-player co-op, new biomes, and day one Xbox Game Pass availability on PC and Xbox Series X/S.

Pokémon TCG Pocket's Pulsing Aura expansion launched with 234 new cards, including Mega Lucario ex, Mega Sceptile ex, and a full month of May events.