The latest stories from the gaming world
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.
For the first time in its history, Tennis Manager launches on phones alongside PC and Mac on May 12, putting a new My Player career mode, 5,000+ real athletes, and 2,000+ tournaments in your pocket for $9.99.
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.
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.
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.
Playdigious brings Monomi Park beloved first-person ranching sim to phones on May 26 with rebuilt touch controls, all three game modes, and zero microtransactions at 8.99 dollars.
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.
Sony’s San Diego Studio is bringing MLB The Show to phones as a free-to-play title on May 26, 2026. The mobile version features all 30 MLB stadiums, 900+ player cards in Diamond Dynasty, simplified pitching with deeper batting controls, and a Diamond Aaron Judge card as a pre-registration reward. Pre-registration is live now on iOS and Android.
Resident Evil Requiem producer Masato Kumazawa says the fan backlash to Nvidia’s AI-yassified Grace Ashcroft from the DLSS 5 demo was actually ‘a positive.’ The intensity of the negative reaction, he argues, proves the original character design was successful enough to make players genuinely defensive of her appearance.
Valve’s redesigned Steam Controller launched May 4 for $99 and sold out in roughly 30 minutes. The controller introduces TMR magnetic thumbsticks, capacitive Grip Sense for automatic gyro activation, dual angled trackpads, four rear buttons, and 35+ hours of battery life. A magnetic charging Puck doubles as a wireless 2.4GHz USB-C transmitter.
Kill It With Fire 2 hits Nintendo Switch on May 7 for $14.99 with full four-player online co-op and the new Humans vs. Spiders PvP mode. The chaotic spider extermination sim from tinyBuild brings its full arsenal of absurd weapons to portable play.
Hotta Studio's Neverness to Everness launched globally on April 29 as a free-to-play supernatural open-world RPG across PC, PS5, and mobile. With responsive tag-team combat, a dense explorable city, and more generous gacha than Tower of Fantasy, NTE is making a strong case for your screen time.