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The boss of toy giant Hasbro believes the sci-fi role-playing game space, which famously counts BioWare's Mass Effect trilogy among it, "hasn't had a good game in a long time". Moreover he - Chris Cocks - believes Hasbro's new game Exodus will change that. Read more

As strange as it was, the first Outward managed to sell over 1m copies and build a solid following. With Outward 2 , developer Nine Dots Studio, which is now self-publishing the game, aims to improve on that start and now we have a release date for the new open-world action RPG. Read more

Far Far West - a sci-fi fantasy co-op shooter that launched on 28th April - is off to a fantastic early access start on Steam , and its publisher is now making it very clear it's not interested in working with developers that use generative AI tools. Read more

Microsoft has revealed the next batch of games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service this May, and into next month. Read more

Following its announcement last summer and a look at gameplay during The Game Awards 2025 , Lords of the Fallen 2 (which is actually the series' third game if we don't ignore the fact it was rebooted) has been steadily marching towards an unspecified 2026 launch. On PC, the plan was for it to be an Epic Games Store exclusive, but it seems like that's no longer happening. Read more

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book might be the loveliest surprise of the year so far. It certainly is for me. Going in, I don't think I was expecting too much. There's the slightly forgettable title, for one thing, and then I'd picked up the idea that, since this wasn't a Zelda or a mainline Mario, I could probably give it a miss. Read more

Though we hadn't heard much about Into The Unwell since its Summer Game Fest 2025 debut , it has remained one of the most eye-catching upcoming indies on our list. This week, we've learned the game will arrive in 2027 instead of later this year. But at least there's a good bit of news, too. Read more

Fortnite has returned to Apple's App Store around the world (*excluding Australia) as Epic Games proclaims "the beginning of the end of the Apple Tax worldwide". Read more

The bullet heaven genre, poplarised by relatively new hits like Vampire Survivors , finally has a dedicated tag on Steam. Read more

It's been roughly three months since Asha Sharma took over Xbox , and changes to corporate and business direction haven't stopped coming. From scrapping the "This Is an Xbox" ad campaign to dropping Game Pass prices in exchange for new Call of Duty titles not being on the service from day one, today's Xbox is already feeling different. However, Xbox leadership knows the work is only starting, and…

Nintendo sure loves its surprise announcements, and the latest feels especially chaotic even if the game reveal is rather bite-sized. Pictonico! appears to be heavily inspired by Wario Ware and launches next week on mobile phones. Read more

It has reportedly been decided: Sony will keep its narrative single-player games exclusively for PlayStation 5, no longer converting them to PC. Read more

Sony has announced that PlayStation Plus prices are rising for new customers in "select" regions, but that if you're an existing subscriber, the price change does not apply - not unless the subscription lapses or changes. Or unless you are in Turkey or India. Read more

Kwan Perng was one of the main writers on celebrated Destiny 2 expansion The Final Shape and Guild Wars 2 expansion End of Dragons, and now they'll be the lead writer on CD Projekt Red's multiplayer Witcher spin-off Project Sirius. Read more

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight releases this week on Friday 22nd May (tomorrow, 19th May, for Deluxe Edition owners), and a recurring talking point around the game has been how alike it feels to play as the celebrated Batman Arkham games developed by Rocksteady Studios. Turns out there's a good reason for that: Rocksteady helped make it. Read more