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news3 months ago

Sony's PlayStation Strategy Just Reversed Six Years of PC Ports - Hermen Hulst Tells Staff in a Monday Town Hall That Single-Player PlayStation Studios Games Will Stay Locked to PS5, With Ghost of Yotei's PC Port Reportedly Scrapped and Marvel's Wolverine, Saros, and Intergalactic Locked to Console Exclusivity

PlayStation Studios CEO Hermen Hulst reportedly told staff in a Monday town hall that narrative single-player games will no longer be ported to PC. Ghost of Yotei, Marvel's Wolverine, Saros, and Intergalactic are locked to PS5; live-service titles like Marathon and Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls remain on PC. Existing PC ports stay for sale and supported.

news3 months ago

Sony Pulls the Trigger on Another PlayStation Plus Price Hike - Essential Monthly Goes to $10.99, Three-Month to $27.99, Effective May 20 for New Members, With India and Turkey Catching It Across the Board and 'Ongoing Market Conditions' Cited as the Reason

Sony confirmed a third PS Plus Essential price hike since 2022, lifting monthly to $10.99 (from $9.99) and 3-month to $27.99 (from $24.99) effective May 20 for new subscribers. PS Plus Extra, Premium, and the 12-month Essential plan are unchanged. India and Turkey catch the hike on every renewal regardless of subscription tenure.

news3 months ago

Cyclops and The Thing Beat Their Way Into MARVEL Cosmic Invasion Today - Dotemu and Tribute Games Shadow-Drop the Beat-'Em-Up's First Paid DLC at $3.99 Across PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and Switch 2 to Mark the Brawler Crossing 1.5 Million Players

Dotemu and Tribute Games shadow-launched the first paid DLC for MARVEL Cosmic Invasion today, adding Cyclops and The Thing for $3.99 across PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Switch, and Switch 2. The drop coincides with the brawler crossing 1.5 million players, with a second DLC and a new game mode confirmed for Fall 2026.

news3 months ago

Rainbow Six Siege Cracks Open Year 11 Season 2 With the Operation System Override CGI Trailer - Dokkaebi's Jegeo Payload Replaces the Logic Bomb, Calypso Casino Rebuilds Rainbow Six Vegas From the Ground Up for Comp, and Ranked 3.0 Finally Kills Hidden MMR Ahead of the June 2 Launch

Ubisoft revealed Rainbow Six Siege Year 11 Season 2 - Operation System Override - on May 17 at the BLAST R6 Major Salt Lake City finals, with a CGI trailer showing the new Dokkaebi Jegeo Payload, the Calypso Casino map rebuilt from Rainbow Six Vegas, and Ranked 3.0 killing off hidden MMR. Test Server opens May 18 with full launch on June 2, 2026.

news3 months ago

Forza Horizon 6 Already Owns the Franchise's All-Time Steam Concurrent Record - 172,093 Premium Players Have Doubled Forza Horizon 5's Lifetime Peak Before the May 19 Worldwide Launch Wave Even Arrives

Forza Horizon 6 hit a peak of 172,093 concurrent Steam players during its $120 Premium Edition advanced access, more than doubling Forza Horizon 5's all-time peak of 81,096 before the worldwide launch even arrives on May 19.

news3 months ago

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book Lands on Switch 2 in Three Days - Nintendo's First Big First-Party Switch 2 Exclusive of the Spring Brings a Talking Book, the New Tail Flick, and a Hands-On Consensus That Calls It the System's Most Eye-Catching 2D Platformer Yet

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book lands exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 on May 21 for $59.99 digital / $69.99 physical, with three trailers shipped in two weeks and a hands-on preview consensus that calls it deceptively challenging and the system's most eye-catching 2D platformer.

mobile3 months ago

Bandai Namco's My Hero ULTRA IMPACT Pulls the Plug Today - The 3v3 Quirk Battler That Logged Over a Million Google Play Downloads, Stretched Six Years Across Japan and the West, and Hosted Every My Hero Academia Arc on Mobile Is Officially Offline as of May 18

Bandai Namco's My Hero ULTRA IMPACT goes offline on May 18 after six years in Japan and four years globally, ending a 3v3 Quirk-battle RPG that crossed a million Google Play downloads while KLabGames lines up My Hero Academia UNITED SURVIVAL as the franchise's next mobile move.

mobile3 months ago

Minishoot' Adventures Drops Anchor on Phones May 21 - SoulGame's Steam Twin-Stick Metroidvania Lands on iOS and Android at $5.99 With No Microtransactions, No Energy Bars, and the Full PC Adventure Intact

SoulGame Studio and IndieArk's acclaimed twin-stick Metroidvania Minishoot' Adventures is shipping on iOS and Android on May 21 for a flat $5.99 - less than half the Steam price. The phone build keeps the entire PC adventure intact with no microtransactions, no energy timers, and no ads.

news3 months ago

Ubisoft Has Actually Buried $500,000 in the Caribbean for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced - Gold & Crystal Hunt Sets 15 Puzzles, an Encrypted Bottle, and a Five-Year Dig That Opens November 9

Ubisoft and Unsolved Hunts have buried a real chest in the Caribbean to mark the July 9 launch of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. Gold & Crystal opens November 9, packs 15 puzzles and an encrypted bottle behind a $39.99 entry, and is designed to take two to five years for someone to crack.

news3 months ago

Annapurna Calls Mixtape Delisting Rumors 'a Lie' - Beethoven & Dinosaur Confirms All 28 Songs Are Locked in Perpetuity, So the Smashing Pumpkins, Joy Division, and Iggy Pop Aren't Going Anywhere

Annapurna Interactive shut down rumors that Mixtape would be delisted over expiring music rights, confirming all 28 licensed tracks are paid in perpetuity. Creative director Johnny Galvatron told Kotaku the team paid extra at signing so the soundtrack - Joy Division, Iggy Pop, the Smashing Pumpkins, the Cure, and more - can never lapse.

news3 months ago

Xbox Game Pass May 2026 Wave 1 Is Fully Live - Subnautica 2, Mixtape, Outbound, Black Jacket, Call of the Elder Gods, and Elite Dangerous Are All In the Library Right Now Ahead of Forza Horizon 6 on May 19

Xbox Game Pass's May 2026 first wave is fully playable: Mixtape, Outbound, Black Jacket, Call of the Elder Gods, Elite Dangerous, and Subnautica 2 are all in the library now, with Forza Horizon 6 dropping Day One on May 19. A breakdown of every game, who made it, and where it fits.

news3 months ago

Mineru's Construct Amiibo Finally Has a Release Date - Nintendo Locks the Long-Promised Tears of the Kingdom Figure to September 17 for $34.99 With Articulated Arms and a Paraglider Fabric Unlock

Nintendo has locked the long-promised Mineru's Construct amiibo from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to a September 17, 2026 release for $34.99, featuring fully articulated posable arms and a new glow-in-the-dark paraglider fabric unlock. Pre-orders are already live at every major retailer.