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Xbox's Disc-to-Digital Is Now Live for Every Player
news3 weeks ago

Xbox's Disc-to-Digital Is Now Live for Every Player

Xbox's disc-to-digital program is rolling out to all players, turning most supported Xbox One and Series X discs into digital licences, as long as you keep the disc.

Stranger Than Heaven's Gamescom Demo Rebuilds RGG Combat
news1 month ago

Stranger Than Heaven's Gamescom Demo Rebuilds RGG Combat

SEGA released the full gamescom demo playthrough, and it is the first proper look at a combat system that maps striking and guarding to the shoulder buttons, replaces health bars with circles, and runs a boss fight for nearly three unbroken minutes.

GTA 6's Extended Look Brings 27 Minutes of PS5 Gameplay
news1 month ago

GTA 6's Extended Look Brings 27 Minutes of PS5 Gameplay

Rockstar handed Netflix 27 uninterrupted minutes of Grand Theft Auto VI running on a base PS5 - and it finally showed the Jason-and-Lucia premise as a mechanic rather than a story. A six-star wanted level that persists after you torch the car, Max Payne-style gunplay with pickup weapons, a slim jim for quiet car thefts, Red Dead-style NPC conversations with a karma nudge for petting dogs, and a Leonida dense enough that the size is the least interesting thing about it.

Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation Launches This Week
news2 months ago

Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation Launches This Week

Game Freak's biggest non-Pokemon project, Beast of Reincarnation, launches August 4 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S - day one on Game Pass. It's a "one-person, one-dog" action RPG starring the warrior Emma and her beast companion Koo, blending real-time combat with command-based partner abilities in a gorgeous, ruined world.

Star Wars Zero Company Wants to Be the Clone Wars XCOM
news2 months ago

Star Wars Zero Company Wants to Be the Clone Wars XCOM

Star Wars Zero Company, an XCOM-style turn-based tactics game from ex-Firaxis developers at Bit Reactor, launches August 27 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Set in the twilight of the Clone Wars, it puts you in command of an elite mixed squad of clones, Jedi and mercenaries, with a bond system that rewards keeping a core team together.

A Plague Tale Returns With the Prequel Resonance
news2 months ago

A Plague Tale Returns With the Prequel Resonance

Asobo Studio's Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is a new prequel to A Plague Tale, launching August 27 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It stars Sophia from Requiem on the mythic Minotaur's Island, swapping the series' grim European towns for sun-bleached ruins, ancient labyrinths and a curse tied to a mythical creature.

Xbox Raises Series X and S Prices Worldwide on August 1
news3 months ago

Xbox Raises Series X and S Prices Worldwide on August 1

Microsoft is hiking Xbox Series X and Series S prices worldwide from August 1 - up to $799.99 for a disc Series X and $499.99 for the Series S - while discontinuing the 2TB model, blaming a 2.5x surge in memory and storage costs.

Runaway Co-Op Hit RV There Yet? Drives Onto Xbox June 30
news3 months ago

Runaway Co-Op Hit RV There Yet? Drives Onto Xbox June 30

RV There Yet?, the physics-based co-op comedy that grew from a game jam into a 4.5-million-selling Steam smash, parks on Xbox Series X|S and PC via the Microsoft Store on June 30 - day one on Game Pass with Play Anywhere support.

It's Official: GTA VI Pre-Orders Are Live
news3 months ago

It's Official: GTA VI Pre-Orders Are Live

Rockstar Games opened Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders on June 25, 2026 with two editions - Standard ($79.99) and Ultimate ($99.99) - and a shared Vintage Vice City Pack bonus, ahead of the November 19 launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Bubsy 4D Launches Worldwide and Splits the Reviewers
news5 months ago

Bubsy 4D Launches Worldwide and Splits the Reviewers

Atari and Fabraz ship Bubsy 4D worldwide on May 22 across PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, Switch 2 and Switch. The Fabraz-developed 3D platformer leans on speedrun-friendly movement and a Pawsome Edition tie-in, and the reviews are genuinely split for the first time in the bobcat's 30-year history.

Forza Horizon 6 Goes Wide Today
news5 months ago

Forza Horizon 6 Goes Wide Today

Forza Horizon 6 launched worldwide on May 19 across Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud, and Game Pass. Playground Games' Japan-set racer arrives with a 92 Metacritic, 100 percent OpenCritic recommend rate, and the title of 2026's best-reviewed game already secured. The PS5 version still has no firm date beyond a fall 2026 window.

Cyclops and The Thing Join Marvel Cosmic Invasion Today
news5 months ago

Cyclops and The Thing Join Marvel Cosmic Invasion Today

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.

Rainbow Six Siege Opens Year 11 Season 2 With a Trailer
news5 months ago

Rainbow Six Siege Opens Year 11 Season 2 With a Trailer

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.

Forza Horizon 6 Owns the Series' Steam Concurrent Record
news5 months ago

Forza Horizon 6 Owns the Series' Steam Concurrent Record

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.

Ubisoft Buried $500,000 in the Caribbean for Black Flag
news5 months ago

Ubisoft Buried $500,000 in the Caribbean for Black Flag

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.

Annapurna Calls Mixtape Delisting Rumors 'a Lie'
news5 months ago

Annapurna Calls Mixtape Delisting Rumors 'a Lie'

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.

GTA 6 Trailer 3 Is Almost Certainly Dropping Before May 21
news5 months ago

GTA 6 Trailer 3 Is Almost Certainly Dropping Before May 21

Take-Two's Q4 earnings call locks in for May 21, and Rockstar's pattern of dropping major GTA marketing beats days before investor events makes Trailer 3 between May 13–20 the easiest prediction in gaming. Pre-orders may flip on the same day.

Supermassive's Directive 8020 Lands on May 12
news5 months ago

Supermassive's Directive 8020 Lands on May 12

Supermassive's Directive 8020 swaps slasher tropes for The Thing-style space horror on May 12 — Lashana Lynch leads an eight-crew Cassiopeia as a real-time roaming alien hunts the ship and a new rewind mechanic breaks Dark Pictures' permanent-choice rule.

Crimson Desert's 1.05 Patch Adds Rebellious Strongholds
news5 months ago

Crimson Desert's 1.05 Patch Adds Rebellious Strongholds

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.