Call of the Elder Gods, from developer Out of the Blue Games, handles a careful balancing act between story-focused adventure and puzzle solving with grace. As the long-awaited follow-up to 2020's Call of the Sea and its emotionally gripping puzzle-box adventure, it's another rare Lovecraft-inspired game that effectively wields the surreal mystery and emotional stakes of confronting the unknown, rather than the macabre aspects of cosmic horror you may expect. The original game focused on exploring a winding, lush island that gradually revealed deeper mysteries and crushing loss with its protagonist, Norah, and Call of the Elder Gods continues the story as a noticeably tighter sequel with two new protagonists who embark on a parallel...
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Things have sure been heating up for the Steam Machine over the last couple weeks. On top of shipment data suggesting Valve's mini gaming PC is coming soon, code found in the latest Steam update hints at the different versions of the console that'll be available.
Spotted by Wccftech, it seems like there will be four different versions of the Steam Machine, along with two versions of the Steam Frame, available at launch. However, while this does suggest there will be plenty of choices for the upcoming hardware, nothing yet indicates just how much the Steam Machine will cost.
Luckily, even though we still don't know how much the Steam Machine will cost, it does seem like Valve will be employing the same reservation queue that it just...
Fans think Gears of War: E-Day could be coming as soon as September, because of a WWE teaser.
Recently announced at Backlash in Tampa, Florida, Triplemania is the biggest event of the Lucha Libre AAA calendar. AAA is a subsidiary of WWE and will be hosting the premium live event over two dates in September, the 11th and 13th. The latter will take place in Ciudad de México, while the former’s location has yet to be revealed.
But how does this all link to Gears of War? Well, the upcoming prequel, E-Day, is set to sponsor the event, as the logo for the game can be spotted at the end of a trailer posted on the Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide's social media accounts.
Is this significant? Well, kinda. Games don’t normally receive this sort of...
Arguably the most famous episode of the 2004 Battlestar Galactica TV series is also one of the first, called 33. In it, every 33 minutes, the relentless Cylons show up like clockwork to pursue Galactica, driving the crew to the breaking point. It was a brilliant concept for a TV show, and a very similar idea works quite well for Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes. This roguelike strategy game about leading a small fleet on a quest to link up with Galactica immediately after the destruction of Caprica borrows that ticking clock and combines it with an unceasing barrage of both missiles and crises, giving a tense edge to its strategic resource management and relatively simple 2D tactical combat.
It's definitely worth watching at least...
Making the leap to space feels like a big departure from the usually grounded horror of the previous games in Supermassive's Dark Pictures anthology series. But Directive 8020 reminded me that the sense of isolation, living in a bubble surrounded by forces hostile to human life, makes the dark beyond a great fit for this genre. Kicking off the second "season" of these self-contained tales of terror, the four-year hiatus after 2022’s The Devil in Me has brought a number of much-needed technical improvements and gameplay tweaks – though some of them are more well-considered than others.
Directive 8020 follows the suspenseful journey of the Cassiopeia, a sleeper ship sent to scout for humanity's first exoplanet colony. This is framed to...
The sequel to Stellar Blade will not be published by PlayStation, developer Shift Up has confirmed — something that could point to a multiplatform launch for the forthcoming game.
Instead, Korean company Shift Up will take on publishing duties itself for Stellar Blade 2, or whatever the game ends up being called. In an earnings relase, Shift Up said this move would help ensure its franchise's "unique appeal" was communicated to players "more directly and effectively."
The first Stellar Blade launched as a PlayStation 5 console exclusive in April 2024, with a PC port then launching just over a year later in June 2025. Its arrival was received positively on both platforms, with players saying its gameplay mixed elements of NieR...
Mouse: P.I. For Hire, the stylish first-person shooter dressed up as a 1930s cartoon, has topped 730,000 sales since its launch in April.
Publisher PlaySide confirmed the milestone during its financial presentation to investors, revealing that publishing and marketing costs have now been "recouped," which means that from now on, funds collated from the "continued strong sales performance" will contribute to PlaySide's FY26 revenue. That's now expected to be around $36-£38 million — up from $34.7 million.
"The upgrade primarily reflects stronger than-expected unit sales and ongoing wishlist conversion of Mouse: P.I. For Hire across PC and console platforms, and has been achieved despite the delayed launch of the title and the absence...
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight fans are bracing themselves for spoilers after some Xbox owners who bought the game digitally from Walmart found they were able to download and play.
Redditor Dramatic-Track-9935 said they obtained a digital code from Walmart, which, when redeemed on their Xbox, let them download the game. Once the “ready to start” message flashed on-screen, they were able to jump in and play. Dramatic-Track-9935 published images to back up their claim.
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight officially launches on May 22, although Deluxe edition owners can play from May 19. IGN has asked Warner Bros. Games for comment.
After the Reddit post caught attention, others tried to repeat the trick, and some reported...
Forza Horizon 6 Suffers Disastrous Leak as Steam Preload Files Are Made Available Without Encryption
Forza Horizon 6 suffered a significant leak after the entire game was reportedly made available via an unencrypted Steam preload.
According to various online reports, 155 gigabytes of unencrypted Forza Horizon 6 files were spotted on SteamDB over the weekend, four days ahead of early access and nine days before full launch. As a result of the leak, Forza Horizon 6 was made available to download from piracy websites.
It appears the leak stems from the Forza Horizon 6 preload, which under normal circumstances allows players to download files in an encrypted format. When a game goes live officially, Steam will push an update through that decrypts the files so players can use them. It looks like the Forza Horizon 6 preload and its...
Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has released this week’s update as promised, and it adds what it said it would add. But it also adds a whole lot more, including a surprise claw machine mini-game that gives unique rewards.
Update 1.06.00, rolling out across all platforms now, adds the extraction feature that lets players recover materials used in refinement. We knew this was coming, but we now know exactly how it works. The details are in the patch notes, below, but the upshot is special materials such as Artifacts and Aeserion's scale are recovered at 100% of the amount used (thank goodness!), and common materials such as iron ore, copper ore, and bloodstones are recovered at approximately 70% of the amount used. This should make...
All 10 episodes of Rooster Season 1 are now streaming on HBO Max.
The first season of Rooster just wrapped, but the team behind the breakout HBO comedy is already deep into planning Season 2. I spoke to showrunners BIll Lawrence, who also created Shrinking, Scrubs and Ted Lasso, and Matt Tarses (Sports Night, The Goldbergs) ahead of the Season 1 finale to break down what we can expect from a new batch of episodes – which is coming sooner rather than later.
Season 2 of HBO’s Rooster will consist of 10 episodes and air within a year.
“We’ve broken the first four episodes,” Lawrence says. “We’re doing 10, and HBO wants it on within a year or less. They’ve got us grinding, so we’ve been at it for a while.”
“Bill’s looking to his...
“An expansion is not about fixing; it's about evolving,” Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred’s Associate Game Director Zaven Haroutunian tells me. “And if we do our job, they are expanding and evolving toward solving existing problems. That’s a win-win. I look at our teams as being heavy hitters when it comes to this stuff. They're operating at such a high level, and they've got enough experience under their belt where they can do just that.”
Diablo IV debuted three years ago, and like previous entries in the groundbreaking action-RPG series, it has been evolving and expanding ever since. From regular seasonal updates and overhauls of existing systems to new activities and a story-driven campaign in the form of Vessel of Hatred, there’s been a...
Darkest Dungeon 2 developer Red Hook Studios has said it won't use AI to replicate the voice of deceased voice actor Wayne June.
Studio co-founder Chris Bourassa spoke about how the passing of the iconic narrator will affect the series going forward in a reply to a post on the Darkest Dungeon subreddit (via Kotaku). He told fans to rest assured that Red Hook will "never, ever erode" June's legacy by using AI to attempt to copy his performance.
"In one of his last emails to me, Wayne gave us permission to train an AI on his voice, something he'd staunchly opposed prior to the end," Bourassa said. "We'd never asked to do it. I think he was trying to put the game/team/fans first - offer us a 'way forward.' I declined, and we donated to...
A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save big on Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Super Mario RPG, Star Fox for Switch 2, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, and more. Check out our top picks for Sunday, May 10, below.
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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds launched late for Nintendo...
Developer TT Games and publisher Warner Bros. Games have quietly added controversial DRM software Denuvo to Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight ahead of its launch later this month.
PC players were quick to raise the alarms after Reddit user luffy_3155 shared that the Lego Batman game's Steam page now features a 3rd-party DRM tag. The last-minute addition sees the anti-piracy measure baked into the game just weeks ahead of its launch for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S May 22, 2026.
Game developers often include Denuvo to fight back against piracy, but the tech has faced backlash from PC players due, more than anything, to its negative effects on each individual game's performance. Now that Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark...
Whether you grew up building with physical blocks or digital ones (or both), you've almost certainly experienced the magic of LEGO at some point. This beloved property has been bringing joy to children and adults alike for nearly a century, after all, and shows no signs of slowing down. So, it makes sense you might be interested in checking out as many LEGO games as possible on your PS5.
Luckily, there are over 30 LEGO games available to play on PS5 across three generations — though it's worth noting that any from the PS3 era can only be streamed using a PlayStation Plus Premium subscription.
Every LEGO Game on PlayStation 5 in Release Order
Note: These are the LEGO games have native PS5 versions.
LEGO Brawls (2022)
LEGO Brawls is...
Psychonauts and Kiln developer Double Fine Productions has laid the groundwork to become the latest Microsoft studio to form a union.
As first reported by Aftermath, the San Francisco-based game studio filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board May 7, 2026. The organization effort with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) follows the 450 Blizzard Entertainment staff who voted to unionize in August 2025, and the union formed by 165 developers at id Software the following December, as well as others. As outlined in the petition, the Double Fine union will include 42 "regular part-time and full-time employees."
“On May 7, the workers at Microsoft studio Double Fine Productions announced their decision to form a union...
Slay the Spire 2 developer Mega Crit has released a new major patch for the roguelike deckbuilder sequel that pulls an Act 3 boss out of the game.
In an update on Steam detailing patch v0.105.0, available now in the beta branch, Mega Crit confirmed it had removed Doormaker, replacing it with Aeonglass.
The significant change comes as Slay the Spire 2 wrestles with pretty much constant review bombing campaigns in reaction to balance changes, including to Doormaker. In late April, Mega Crit addressed Doormaker and the complaints about its various frustrating abilities, insisting it wanted to give players the chance to get to grips with it.
"We are currently monitoring the Doormaker and looking at a combination in-game feedback, social...
Mortal Kombat II is in theaters today, and IGN is partnering with Atomic Monster and Blumhouse to give the opportunity to take home a special keepsake.
IGN, Atomic Monster, and Blumhouse are inviting you to sign up for Blumhouse’s The Van now for an opportunity to take home one of 25 Mortal Kombat II lobby cards signed by Producer James Wan. This opportunity is on a first come first served basis until they’re all gone. Blumhouse will reach out to participants who manage to snag a signed lobby card, so keep an eye on your inbox!
Mortal Kombat II is in theaters now, and sees familiar faces join the action like Johnny Cage (Karl Urban) and Kitana (Adeline Rudolph) along with returning characters Liu Kang (Ludi Lin), Sonya Blade...
The Crimson Desert patches continue, this time with a major update due out in the next few days.
Without providing detailed patch notes, developer Pearl Abyss said Crimson Desert’s next patch will add new special mounts and an extraction feature that will allow you to recover materials used in equipment refinement. Oh, and expect plenty more, too.
The addition of new special mounts is straightforward, but what’s this new extraction feature about? It sounds like a huge time saver, as it will let players get the materials they’ve used to refine their equipment back from the equipment itself. A lot of players who’ve reached the Crimson Desert endgame fuss over refining items to improve their stats, and at later levels, many of the...
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has addressed significant concern within the game’s community, teasing new upcoming content amid ‘mostly negative’ Steam reviews.
Recent user reviews for the third-person action game plunged to ‘mostly negative’ in response to dissatisfaction with recent updates and a perceived lack of content. Responding to “the community’s burning questions,” Arrowhead published an in-universe transmission acknowledging the backlash.
“Helldivers 2 matters to all of us, and we want to be clearer about what we’re working on and what’s coming next,” Arrowhead began.
New content is coming soon, the studio insisted, alongside improvements to the core of the game. Stability, progression, and the Galactic War were all...
The new creative director at Warhorse Studios, the developer of the Kingdom Come: Deliverance series, has opened up about its approach to development and explained why their games are deliberately difficult.
In an interview with PC Gamer, Prokop Jirsa — who joined the studio as a designer in 2014 straight from university and has been there ever since — admitted that Warhorse's "design approach is a little bit different" from other studios, which sets them apart from competitors.
"For example, if you do playtesting — which you should, everybody! It's really useful — they especially measure these points of friction," Jirsa explained. "They say, 'Okay, this is the friction point.' People are getting confused, they are getting confused...
Path of Exile 2 is "redefining" its endgame with an all-new update coming later this month.
Return of the Ancients, dropping on May 29, introduces a staggering 50+ hours of "new endgame content," including a new challenge system, a host of powerful unique items, expanded crafting systems, and a completely reimagined Atlas Tree. We're also getting two new Ascendancy classes — the Marital Artist and Spirit Walker — improved campaign replayability, a new Build Planner, and "numerous quality-of-life features to support every step of your journey."
We're also getting five new storylines, 15 new formidable new bosses, including four towering Pinnacles, and will get to explore new Ascendancy classes as either the Martial Artist or Spirit...
Capcom has launched a new roguelike minigame for Resident Evil Requiem featuring fresh challenges for Leon S. Kennedy, rather than the series' usual Mercenaries mode that many fans were expecting.
The minigame, titled "Leon Must Die Forever", was quietly launched overnight, with fans spotting a fresh update for Requiem dropping first on PC and PlayStation.
Leon Must Die Forever is essentially a roguelike set of levels featuring familiar enemies and environments, and random weapons and special abilities. The ultimate goal is to get to Victor, the game's final boss.
Levels take place in rough chronological order, so you'll start in Wrenwood's main street, head to the Care Center and then Raccoon City. As you progress, enemies will...
Sony has reported a $765 million impairment loss due to underperformance of Marathon developer Bungie during its last financial year.
During the financial year ending March 31, 2026, Sony’s Game & Network Services Segment, of which PlayStation is a part, suffered a 120.1 billion yen (approx. $765 million) impairment loss against Bungie’s assets. Sony had already reported a 31.5 billion yen (approx. $204.2 million) impairment charge as a result of Destiny 2’s underperformance during the second quarter of its fiscal year, but it’s now reported another 88.6 billion yen (approx. $565 million) impairment charge during the fourth quarter.
Hardcore extraction shooter Marathon launched early March, within the last fiscal year and, crucially...
French publisher Nacon has revealed the next official World Rally Championship game is being developed by a new studio called Grit Games.
While it might have been assumed the series would return to KT Racing after departing Codemasters, this has not turned out to be the case. KT Racing was the developer of 2022’s WRC Generations and six prior games in the series.
Nacon has revealed very little information about WRC 2027 in its debut video. Other than the fact a part of the Grit Games team visited the 2026 Monte Carlo Rally in January, we only know it will be a fresh project built from scratch and will use Unreal Engine 5. Assetto Corsa Rally, which is currently available on Steam Early Access and shaping up most impressively, also...
The Lord of the Rings actor Andy Serkis has nothing but great things to say about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. The legendary actor was part of the award-winning cast in the 2025 Game of the Year winner, and he's extremely proud of how the game turned out. In an interview with Variety, Serkis talked about his experience with being pitched the role and went on to awe over how the gaming industry has matured.
"What a video game, and I'm so thrilled with how it turned out for these guys because I love the idea of it, but I love the visuals of it. I thought it was beautiful. I am so thrilled for their success. [...] It's such an emotional story for a video game, and it just looks extraordinary, and the music in it is so powerful."
Serkis...
In a blog post, Rockstar Games teased that an "exciting" new GTA Online update will be released this summer, sparking speculation about what it could involve given GTA 6 is set to launch in November.
Historically, Rockstar releases two megaton GTA Online updates every year: one in the summer, one in December. With GTA 6 due out on November 19, 2026, could the summer update mark a turning point for GTA Online?
"After 13 years and almost 50 content updates, the end is almost here. Hopefully, they send this game off with a bang," said one fan. "They don't specify that it'll be the last one, but are we ready to say goodbye to Los Santos after 13 years?" asked another.
Rockstar has given fans very little to go on. "There’s also plenty...
Paranormal Activity: Threshold, a new game from the creator of The Mortuary Assistant, has been cancelled. Brian Clarke, the solo developer behind the game, released a statement today regarding the cancellation of the horror game. Clarke revealed that he needed more time to work on the game, but Paramount (the owner of the Paranormal Activity IP) did not offer to extend development time. As a result, Clarke had two choices: release a compromised, subpar game or cancel it to avoid releasing something he wasn't proud of. He chose the latter, and as a result, the game will no longer be released.
Clarke was a perfect fit for a Paranormal Activity game, as The Mortuary Assistant is an incredible supernatural horror game. As the title...
New Xbox boss Asha Sharma is reportedly “treading carefully” as she works out what to do with exclusive games.
Sharma, who replaced Phil Spencer as boss of Xbox earlier this year, has spent her first few months in the job making a number of significant changes as Microsoft works to win back the hearts and minds of its core gaming fans. Among them was the end of the controversial ‘This is an Xbox’ marketing campaign, quickfire new Xbox console features, and a Game Pass price cut.
Perhaps most significant of all, Microsoft has said it will “reevaluate our approach to exclusivity,” a tantalizing tease particularly for core fans who feel Xbox consoles have been devalued amid the company’s multiplatform push in recent years.
But what...