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news4 months ago

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.

news4 months ago

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.

news4 months ago

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.

mobile4 months ago

Bandai Namco Just Opened Digimon UP Pre-Registration Worldwide — A Pixel-Art Mobile RPG That Raises a Partner Digimon From Egg to Mega, Free on July 28

Bandai Namco has officially opened global pre-registration for Digimon UP, a free-to-play, pixel-art monster-raising RPG built mobile-first. Twelve fan-favorite Partner Digimon at launch, branching Digivolution paths tied to care quality, and a worldwide release on July 28, 2026. Hit 100,000 sign-ups and Gekkomon unlocks for everyone at day one.

news4 months ago

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.

news4 months ago

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.

mobile4 months ago

Cats & Soup: Magic Recipe Just Hit Phones Worldwide — NEOWIZ Built a Cozy Merge Sequel to a 60-Million-Download Hit and Tossed It Out Free in Six Languages

NEOWIZ shipped the official sequel to its 60-million-download cozy hit worldwide on April 29 in six languages — no battle pass, no PvP, no ads-as-progression, just merge play, a sharehouse system, and a quietly franchise-sized rollout.

news4 months ago

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.

gaming4 months ago

Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Is Almost Certainly Happening on Switch 2 — Monolith Soft Is Involved, It's Built From Scratch, and a June Direct Reveal Looks Imminent

Multiple credible leakers point to a ground-up Ocarina of Time reimagining for Switch 2, with Monolith Soft co-developing and a June Nintendo Direct reveal expected alongside a late 2026 launch window.

mobile4 months ago

Racing Master Launches Globally Tomorrow — NetEase and Codemasters' Five-Year Racing Sim Finally Brings 120 Licensed Cars to the West

Racing Master hits iOS and Android globally on May 8 with 120+ licensed cars, real-world circuits, and Codemasters racing DNA after dominating Asian app stores for months.

mobile4 months ago

Meg’s Monster Arrives Free on Phones Tomorrow — Odencat’s Overwhelmingly Positive JRPG Gets Vertical Controls, the Lost Memories DLC, and Zero Paywalls

Odencat’s Meg’s Monster launches free on phones May 7 with the full game, Lost Memories DLC, and a vertical-first interface redesign. The 96% positive Steam JRPG ditches gacha and stamina for a clean free-with-ads model.

news4 months ago

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.