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Dotemu, Guard Crush Games, and Supamonks have shipped the cross-play patch that's been the most-requested feature since Absolum launched in October 2025, finally letting all four console and PC versions of the rogue-lite beat 'em up share lobbies for two-player online co-op.
PS PlusSony confirmed eight games headed to the PS Plus Game Catalog on May 19, with Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws leading on PS5, Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 carrying the PS4 slot, and four soulslike-adjacent picks rounding out Extra before Time Crisis lands as the month's Premium classic.
Devolver Digital and Croteam unveiled The Talos Principle 3 today as the final chapter of their philosophical puzzle trilogy, launching on PlayStation 5 and PC in 2027 with a cosmic journey across a dozen worlds inside a reality-bending space called the Anomaly.
IO Interactive's young James Bond origin story 007 First Light has gone gold, with the developer confirming the May 27 launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam is locked in. PC gets full path tracing, PS5 Pro gets a bespoke enhanced mode, and Switch 2 follows in Q3.
Ubisoft flipped the switch on The Division Resurgence Season 1 Phase 2 today, adding three speedrunning events, a Dark Zone quest line, the Classified Ops 1.2 pass, and a free Strawberry Milkshake exotic SMG across iOS, Android, and PC Early Access with full cross-play.
Scuf Gaming's first officially licensed PS5 pro controller is on sale now for 219.99 USD with Omron mechanical buttons, TMR magnetic thumbsticks, and 11 customisable extra inputs across paddles, side buttons and G-Keys.
icefill's pixel-art SRPG roguelike lands on the App Store and Google Play today at .99 with no ads, no IAP, and full mobile-tuned controls. The PC cult favourite from 2022 finally gets a proper handheld release.
Unknown Worlds confirms a single global unlock at 15:00 UTC on May 14, 2026 for Steam, Epic, Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass. The .99 Early Access build introduces drop-in co-op for up to four divers on a new planet.
MachineGames' first-person Indy adventure lands on Nintendo Switch 2 today with mouse and gyro controls, DLSS upscaling, a locked 30fps, and the Order of Giants DLC bundled in at no extra cost.
San Diego Studio just opened global pre-registration for MLB The Show Mobile ahead of the May 26 worldwide launch, with a Diamond Aaron Judge card waiting for every player who signs up early.
Nintendo shares fell as much as 10% in Tokyo on Monday — a second straight session of losses after Friday's earnings — pushing the stock to a 21-month low. The trigger: a 16.5 million Switch 2 forecast, a dividend cut to 162 yen, and a 100 billion yen hit from the AI-driven DRAM chip surge.
Niantic's six-day Spring Marathon kicks off May 12 with a brand-new Paldea Pokemon, the first costumed Pikachu of the season, and a Tier 2 bonus that cuts every egg's hatch distance in half. Here's the full schedule, GO Pass breakdown, and how to actually catch Flittle.