Latest gaming announcements, leaks, and stories
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core launches into Early Access on May 20 with five new classes, procedurally generated caves, and terrifying new alien species — a full roguelite reinvention of the co-op mining franchise.
Hogwarts Legacy is free on the Epic Games Store until May 3. Claim the $60 open-world wizarding RPG for nothing — once it's in your library, it's yours to keep forever.
Subnautica 2 enters Early Access on May 14 with four-player co-op, a brand-new alien ocean world, and a $29.99 price tag — after surviving one of gaming's messiest developer-publisher disputes.
Pearl Abyss's 190-fix Crimson Desert update introduces Memory Fragment boss rematches across all 69 campaign bosses and a Reblockade system that lets 13 enemy factions try to reclaim cleared strongholds — a direct fix for late-game emptiness.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle launches on Switch 2 May 12, 2026, with full ray-traced global illumination intact, DLSS 3 upscaling, 30 fps docked and handheld, full-data cartridges instead of Game-Key cards, and the September 2025 Order of Giants expansion available via a $19.99 deluxe upgrade.
On May 27 the original Outer Worlds is delisted from Steam, GOG, Epic, and the Microsoft Store. Obsidian is patching the much-hated Spacer's Choice Edition into the definitive version and pushing it to existing owners for free, with grenades, DLSS 3, and a corrected lighting pass arriving the same day.
Sony's 007 First Light Limited Edition DualSense Wireless Controller launches May 27 alongside IO Interactive's James Bond debut. We break down the gold-on-black design (which the game's art director says is NOT actually inspired by the gun barrel sequence), the $84.99 price tag, and how it compares to other premium DualSense editions.
Blizzard has temporarily disabled the Limitless Rage barbarian aspect in Diablo 4 after players combined it with Melted Heart of Selig and Endurant Faith to deal quadrillions of damage in a single hit. The community manager's response was unusually fast — and surprisingly forgiving.
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 will feature heavy destructible terrain, with forests, walls, and fortifications all destroyable via bombardment. Battle product owner Dave Petry walked through the system on the May 1 Show & Tell stream — and explained why cover-cracking ordnance changes the rhythm of every battle in the 40K universe.
Eight-person French indie studio Evil Raptor has sold 250,000 copies of co-op cowboy shooter Far Far West in just 48 hours, climbing to No. 1 on Steam's top sellers and racking up an Overwhelmingly Positive review score. We break down the gameplay, the server hiccups, and the chances this hot streak holds.
Project Helix vs PS6 — every leak compared. Helix targets RTX 5080-class raster as a true PC platform with the Steam store, Epic, GOG, and the MS Store at $1,000+. PS6 chases triple PS5 power at a rumored $750, not before 2028. Full hardware comparison table inside.
Gearbox ships Borderlands 4 update 1.6 on April 30 with major Mad Ellie DLC fixes, then doubles down with a May 28 Raid Boss 2 update featuring Subjugator and Thol the Invincible.