On September 1, 2026, the price of a Nintendo Switch 2 console will increase across several markets as the world of consoles becoming more expensive the longer they're around instead of less, continues. After that aforementioned date, the minimum price to enter the Switch 2 generation is a cool $499.99 USD, but before that goes into full effect, you can pay that price for a Switch 2 over the summer and get one of three major first-party games to go along with it. Nintendo has announced a new 'Choose Your Game Bundle' for the Nintendo Switch 2, which gets you […]

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Unknown Worlds has opened up pre-orders for Subnautica 2 as the game surpasses 5 million wishlists on Steam ahead of its early access launch later this week on May 14, 2026. Subnautica 2 has reportedly been the most wishlisted game on Steam, and it will almost definitely be one of the biggest launches of 2026 before the end of the year. Even though, technically, it probably should've been one of the biggest releases of 2025 before a legal battle between Unknown Worlds' parent company Krafton and the co-founders of Unknown Worlds overshadowed the game for the past year. After that […]

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As we all anxiously wait for Lies of P developer Round8 Studio to finish working on the upcoming sequel to its stellar 2023 action game now that the game's major DLC expansion is out, a job listing for Round8 has been spotted online that has fans concerned for the sequel. Round8 Studio is hiring for what it is calling an "AI Creator," a person whose job it'll be to "leverage generative AI technology to maximize the efficiency of the art production process and innovate the visual quality of games." Generative AI (GenAI) tech in game development is a sore spot […]

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After it leaked just three weeks ago, today, Discord and Xbox confirmed that a new 'starter' tier of Xbox Game Pass would be included with Discord Nitro. The news was first confirmed by Discord in a blog post and later followed up by Xbox with its own blog post. This new 'Starter Edition' of Game Pass will include over 50 games for players to jump into and 10 hours of cloud gaming, but it does not include online multiplayer for console players. Nitro subscribers at the $9.99 tier are the ones who will get access to this new Starter Edition […]

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Nintendo's share price took a 12% hit over the weekend following the confirmation of a price hike for the Nintendo Switch 2 set to go into effect this September, but that wasn't the only reason for the double-digit decline. An admittance that Nintendo's biggest titles are taking longer to make, forecasting that Switch 2 sales will actually go on a decline in the next year, and an admittance that memory shortages, tariffs, and longer development cycles for major titles are all major challenges for the company played their part in that stock decline. But president Shuntaro Furukawa isn't phased. During […]

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After Stellar Blade was one of the most popular and successful action games in 2024, it was hardly a surprise when developer Shift Up confirmed that it was working on a sequel less than a year after the first game's release. While there's a lot we still don't know about what is just known as Stellar Blade 2 for now, we do know it'll be out on multiple platforms, and as of today, according to Shift Up we know that development is "progressing smoothly," and that we'll hear more about this coming game before the end of the year. That's […]

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Back in October 2024, 2K announced an upcoming title codenamed Project Ethos from developer 31st Union Studio, a team that was founded within 2K five years prior by former Visceral Games director Michael Condrey. After little to no update on the project six years after the studio's founding, Condrey was ousted as president, but 2K was insistent that Project Ethos was still in the works. Now, new studio head Ben Brinkman is just as insistent and confident that the game is still coming as he announces a round of layoffs at 31st Union. In a statement seen by GamesIndustry.Biz, Brinkman […]

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April had a few major game releases across PC and consoles with games like Pragmata, Saros, and Invincible Vs. all arriving within its 30 days, but a new report from Alinea Analytics points to only one of those games reaching near the top of the sales charts. While Pragmata reportedly made the top-five games sold across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox, it was the recently released pirate adventure Windrose that landed at the top spot, with March's Crimson Desert slightly behind in second place. According to the report, despite only being available on Steam, Windrose was the best-selling game of the […]

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The saga of Nacon's upheaval continues, as the French publisher has officially put another one of its subsidiary studios up for sale, and this time it's not one of the studios that already filed for insolvency. Midgar Studios, which is currently working on Edge of Memories, a game featured in yesterday's Nacon Connect 2026 event, is looking for a buyer. Spotted by French outlet Origami, a listing for the studio appeared online today, which, it's once again worth noting, is just one day after Edge of Memories held a major spotlight in Nacon's annual showcase event. It's not clear what […]

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IO Interactive has updated the PC specs for 007 First Light once again ahead of the game's launch at the end of this month. Thankfully, the update doesn't return to the first iteration of the game's PC specs that would've had you go into debt just to afford the RAM required to run the game. Instead, it adds specifications for Enthusiast and Ultra settings, showing what you'll need to run the game at 1440p and 60 FPS or 4K at 60 FPS. Everything save for Ultra requirements has stayed at 16GB of RAM, with the recommended CPUs staying the same […]

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