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Nintendo Just Raised the Switch 2 to $499.99 — Sweeping Price Hikes for Hardware and Online Hit Japan on May 25 and the West on September 1, With the Original Switch Catching a Bigger Increase Than the Sequel

Nintendo announced sweeping price hikes on May 8, 2026: Switch 2 jumps from $449.99 to $499.99 in the US (+$50), with Canada and Europe seeing similar increases — all effective September 1. Japan gets hit harder and earlier on May 25, with the Switch 2 jumping ¥10,000 and original Switch hardware climbing 26 to 36 percent. Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions also rise in Japan effective July 1. Nintendo cited market conditions and the global business outlook without naming tariffs, semiconductors, or the yen.

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Capcom Just Shadow-Dropped Leon Must Die Forever for Resident Evil Requiem — A Free Roguelike Mode That Sends Leon Kennedy Through Wrenwood, the Rehab Ward, and Raccoon City Central Camp Until the Timer Kills Him

Capcom shadow-dropped a free Resident Evil Requiem update on May 8 adding Leon Must Die Forever — a roguelike Extra Games mode starring Leon S. Kennedy. Five difficulty ranks, randomized routes through Wrenwood, the Rehab Ward, and Raccoon City Central Camp, an Ability Enhancer system with bronze/silver/gold perks, star-ranked weapon drops from Red and Blue enemies, and a Special Content shop for permanent unlocks. PS5, Xbox Series, PC, and Switch 2.

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Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Is Real — Cold Iron and Daybreak Just Confirmed Four-Player Co-Op, a Specialist Class You Custom-Build From Every Other Class, and a Summer 2026 Drop on PS5, Xbox, and PC

Cold Iron Studios and Daybreak just announced Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 with an IGN-exclusive reveal trailer on May 7, confirming Summer 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC with full crossplay. The sequel jumps from three-player to four-player co-op, adds a customizable Specialist class that mixes major and minor abilities from every other class, and ships with dedicated Horde maps at launch.

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Teyon's NACON Connect Dev Diary Just Sold the Hardest Pitch Yet for Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish — A First-Person Open New York Where Talking a Vampire Down Beats Shooting It

Teyon used NACON Connect 2026 on May 7 to drop a Pillars of the Hunt dev diary for Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish. The first-person, single-player action-RPG sets you loose in an open New York where you can finish missions with stealth, gunplay, or a non-lethal Persuasion-and-Investigation build that talks vampires down instead of shooting them. Summer 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC, with Game Pass day one.

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Xbox Presents Just Aired the Most Ambitious RGG Studio Reveal in Years — Stranger Than Heaven Spans 50 Years and Five Japanese Cities, Snoop Dogg Plays a Smuggler, and It's Hitting Game Pass Day One This Winter

RGG Studio's Xbox Presents showcase confirmed Stranger Than Heaven's 50-year saga across five Japanese cities, a per-arm combat system, a full Showman entertainment sub-game, a cast led by Snoop Dogg and Tori Kelly, and the bombshell that protagonist Makoto Daito eventually becomes Makoto Tojo — founder of the Tojo Clan.

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Nintendo Just Surprise-Announced Star Fox for Switch 2 — A 15-Minute Direct, a $49.99 June 25 Launch, and a Cinematic Star Fox 64 Remake With 4v4 Multiplayer

Nintendo's surprise 15-minute Direct on May 6 unveiled a Star Fox 64 remake with full voice acting, 4v4 Battle Mode, Joy-Con 2 mouse aiming, and a $49.99 June 25 launch on Switch 2.

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Descenders Next Lands on Game Pass With a Full Career Mode — RageSquid Traded Downhill Bikes for Snowboards and the Mountain Just Got a Lot More Interesting

Descenders Next arrives on Xbox Game Pass as a Game Preview with a brand-new career mode. The extreme sports sequel swaps bikes for snowboarding and mountainboarding across four biomes with physics-driven freestyle controls.

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Summer Game Fest 2026 Is One Month Away — Geoff Keighley’s Hype Reel Just Dropped, Xbox Showcase Is Confirmed, and June 5 Might Be the Biggest Night Gaming Has Seen in Years

The annual Summer Game Fest showcase returns June 5 at the Dolby Theatre in LA, with an Xbox Games Showcase confirmed days later and Sony expected to follow. Keighley’s hype trailer teases Tomb Raider, Control Resonant, and potential GTA 6 reveals.

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Diablo 4's Secret Cow Level Is Finally Real — Three Years of Hunting, a Horadric Cube Recipe, and a Mythic Helm That Buffs Based on the Day of the Week

After three years of false leads and community obsession, players have cracked the code to Diablo 4's Secret Cow Level using the Lord of Hatred expansion's Horadric Cube — and the Cow King drops a Mythic helm with hilariously specific day-based affixes.

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Subnautica 2 Enters Early Access Next Week With Four-Player Co-Op — Unknown Worlds Finally Built the Multiplayer Everyone Modded Into the Original

Unknown Worlds underwater survival sequel enters Early Access on May 14 with four-player co-op built from the ground up, cross-platform play, day-one Game Pass access, and no microtransactions at 29.99 dollars.

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Mixtape Launches Tomorrow — Annapurna’s 90s Coming-of-Age Road Trip Brings The Smashing Pumpkins, Joy Division, and a Full Existential Crisis to Every Platform

Beethoven and Dinosaur’s narrative adventure launches May 7 across all platforms with day-one Game Pass access, a killer 90s licensed soundtrack featuring The Smashing Pumpkins and Joy Division, and a coming-of-age story set on the last night of high school.

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EA Sports UFC 6 Drops Its First Reveal Trailer — Alex Pereira and Max Holloway Headline a Dual-Cover Launch on June 19

EA Sports UFC 6 dropped its first reveal trailer on May 5, confirming a June 19, 2026 launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Alex Pereira covers the Standard Edition while Max Holloway fronts the $99.99 Ultimate Edition with seven days of early access from June 12. The trailer also teased a possible Conor McGregor return.