1 May 2026
Platform & Hardware
- Microsoft Outlines Numerous ROG Xbox Ally Updates 4
- Xbox's Shiny New Logo Available Today as a Dynamic Background, And More 4
- Roblox announces AI-driven upscaler called Roblox Reality 3
- Roblox reports strong Q1 growth, revises full-year forecast due to new saftey measures 3
- Arc G3 Extreme Benchmark Leaks: MSI Claw 8 EX Handheld Outperforms the Ryzen Competition 2
- Dualsense on PC: This $16 Raspberry Pi Adds Wireless Adaptive Triggers and Haptic Feedback To The PS5 Controller 2
- Lego And Sega Are Bringing You A Buildable, Tiny Sega Genesis 2
- 'We undercalled the level of enthusiasm': Apple's Tim Cook says supply is constrained for the MacBook Neo, but 'we could not be happier with how things are going at the moment'
- 007 First Light's Controller Doesn't Match The Iconic Barrel Design And Wasn't Meant To
- Alienware AW2726DM review
- Alysa Liu's Olympic Skating Routine Is Now In Fortnite As An Emote, And It's Very Impressive
- Apple CEO doesn't expect the RAM memory crisis to go away any time soon
- Deals: 25 Xbox Back Compat Games That Are Ridiculously Good Value This Week
- Everyone's favorite egg-shaped rodent might be getting the Superlight treatment, meaning Logitech could once again snatch the budget gaming mouse crown
- Feature: 25+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Weekend Offer Sale (Europe)
- GameSir G7 Pro 8K Aimlabs Edition review
- Guide: Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games & Accessories For May & June 2026
- Making black versions of Noctua's beige fans is 'less like painting a wooden fence... and more like changing the colour of a carbon-fibre Formula 1 part'
- Microsoft will hide Windows 11's annoying MSN feed by default as it moves to reduce ads and noise across the OS
- Microsoft’s Xbox Mode hits Windows 11 PCs today
- New 'BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL!' Rating Spotted In Taiwan
- New game digest: Fortnite, Rocket League, Walking Dead, Guild Wars, Monster Hunter, more
- Nintendo Direct has been around for 15 years — it may not last forever
- Now Even Refurbished PS5 Consoles Cost a Fortune
- ON THIS DAY: Microsoft will focus on desktops with UWP — here's why you should care
- Razer Kiyo V2 X review
- Steam Deck restocks or a pile of Steam Frames and Machines? Either way, Valve's been importing a whole heap of 'game consoles'
- Subnautica 2's early access PC system requirements are on the punishing side
- This 4TB SSD hits 7,000MB/s read speeds, perfect for PC gaming — I can't believe it's $914 CHEAPER than normal with a discount not seen at Amazon
- This accessory can snap a Steam Controller to your phone — or almost anything else
- Three First-Party Titles Get New Dynamic Backgrounds On Xbox Series X|S
- Valve on the Steam Machine delays: 'Obviously we're bummed that this is the state of things'
- We tested the Steam Controller
- Xbox To Share More Info On Project Helix In 'Game Dev Update' Show Next Week
- YouTuber discovers dry ice can indeed cool your gaming PC, if you have a very specific model from a very specific manufacturer
Publishers, Studios & Industry
- Academy Awards Rule Updates Tackle AI, Multiple Nominations for the Same Actor, and More Ahead of 99th Oscars 3
- After a successful debut, it sounds like Capcom believes its brand-new IP Pragmata has a bright future ahead 3
- Battlefield 6 Players Divided After EA Opens the Door to Battle Pass Pre-Orders 2
- Magic: The Gathering's Marvel Super Heroes Expansion Has A Big Battle Ahead 2
- New consumer survey finds exclusives are the number one reason people play on a console, but is there more to it than that? 2
- After shaking off Nexon’s copyright infringement accusations, Dark and Darker survives the Korean legal system and will continue development
- All Marvel movie and TV shows coming in 2026 and beyond
- As Steam player counts continue to dominate conversations around multiple games, it turns out 45% of you don't actually care that much for the metric
- Battlefield Movie Bidding War Heats Up, As These 5 Studios Reportedly Made Offers For It
- Disney Reportedly Expects Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu Box Office Opening Lower Than Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Fortnite fans upset as game hides D4vd emotes under a setting
- GameStop Aiming to Acquire eBay in Massive Industry Shakeup
- Homelander Actor Antony Starr Won't Say Which Series Finale Left Him Scratching His Head Because It Didn't Kill Anyone, but Everyone Knows the Show He's Talking About
- Indie dev apologizes for rough game launch, commits to turning it around: 'The critique is fair ... we got work to do'
- Is Microsoft "spending from a position of strength or playing catch-up?": Strong growth isn't enough to settle the AI spending debate.
- Kingdom Come Dev Responds To Accusation That It Fired A Dev To Save Money With AI
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Devs Answered Fan Questions on Reddit and Inevitably Most Were About AI
- Krafton Q1 revenue up 56.9% to $931m, driven by mobile content
- Marvel Star Evangeline Lilly Slams Disney for 'Disgusting' Layoffs, Blames AI
- Podcast: iicon, Gamescom Latam, and Roblox financials
- POKEBOOK Is Taking You Back To Kanto For Pokémon's 30th Anniversary Year
- Remember when OpenAI beat humans in Dota 2? Turns out that was partly thanks to when Elon Musk 'personally called [Satya] Nadella' to secure a load of discounted Microsoft computing power
- Report: VR specialist Survios has laid off the majority of its development team
- Tangled Remake Cast Adds Andor Actor Diego Luna as New Character Created Just for the Live-Action Movie
- Two More High-Profile Games Say No To GenAI
- Union claims Nacon's decision to shutter Spiders was a "premeditated and deliberate choice"
- We're Sure This Petition to Release the PS5 Last of Us Online Multiplayer Game Will Work
Game Coverage
- The Outer Worlds Is Getting Grenades, Nearly 7 Years After It Came Out 5
- 7 New Invincible VS DLC Characters Have Leaked, It’s Claimed 3
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 developer won't confirm whether it's working on a Lord of the Rings game, but has said whatever comes next, it will be "an RPG true to our colours" 3
- Total War: Warhammer 40,000 Devs Reveal Huge Battle Maps, Planets, and Region Scale 3
- With The Hobbit, Magic: The Gathering Hopes Lightning Can Strike Middle-Earth Twice 3
- Yup, Oblivion Remastered Is Still Broken a Year After Release 3
- All Far Far West Codes & How to Redeem Them (May 2025) 2
- Don’t Expect Product Placement in GTA 6 — the CEO of Take-Two Says It Won't Do Real World Brand Partnerships Because 'All the Brands Are Made Up' 2
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Director Has Finished Over ’40 Full Playthroughs’ 2
- Forza Horizon 6’s Multiplayer Suite is Called Horizon Play 2
- Full Fortnite x Star Wars May 2026 Roadmap: LEGO Fortnite, Mandalorian & Grogu, & More 2
- Hogwarts Legacy Is Completely Free Right Now, Here’s How To Get It 2
- How To Preload Forza Horizon 6—File Size, Explained 2
- Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight PC Requirements Demand Lots Of RAM 2
- Resident Evil Movie Director Reveals The Scariest Scene In The Series That Made Him "Nope Out" 2
- Resident Evil Movie Trailer Included a Familiar Easter Egg You Probably Missed 2
- Star Fox For Switch 2 Is Still Coming Despite No Announcement, Leaker Claims 2
- Subnautica 2 Release Date Announcement Forces Outbound Dev to Bring Its Game Launch Forward 2
- We Finally Know What Magic The Gathering's Reality Fracture Set Is About (And It Rules) 2
- WWE 2K26 Locker Codes: All Active Codes For May 2026 2
- 5 new Switch 2 games to play in May 2026
- A rare Steam life sim that makes cozy games look boring
- A treehouse bundle in WoW costs a whopping $75, and while I know exactly who Blizzard's made it for, that doesn't mean I feel good about it
- Alas, you and I will never look and sound as good as Rebounder
- Animal Crossing's Timmy & Tommy Are Getting Their Own LEGO Set This August
- Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Won’t Have Hidden Blade As a ‘Selectable Weapon’
- Battlefield 6’s Vehicles Facing Major Changes in Season 3
- Best new Xbox Game Pass games to play this weekend (May 1-3)
- Blizzard decides 'Limitless Rage' barbarian items should actually have a limit after watching them rampage through Diablo 4 dealing quadrillions of damage
- Creatures Of Sonaria Codes (May 2026)
- Crimson Desert Player Takes a Dragon Ride Out of Bounds, Discovers Previously Unseen Parts of Pywel
- Critical Role actors confirm they are ready for character deaths in Campaign 4
- Critical Role adds sneaky new spell from former D&D lead designer to Campaign 4
- Days after Star Wars: Galactic Racer's release date leaked, Fuse Games makes it official with Deluxe and Collector's edition details
- Diablo 4 die-hards desperate for dyes, following launch of Lord of Hatred Expansion
- Drop everything and watch this indescribably cringe eFootball x Naruto trailer featuring legendary players in head-to-toe anime cosplay
- EA Sports Madden NFL 27 Is On Its Way To Switch 2
- Everything we know about the Forza Horizon 6 Festival Playlist so far
- EXCLUSIVE: Varsity High School Football Will Feature Real Schools
- Far Cry 4 director pushes back against Far Cry TV showrunner calling game stories 'pointless' and executes a drive-by on Alien: Earth 'which turned into a kind of weird Peter Pan gets a dog story'
- Far Far West is a surprise hit on Steam, but its players have one demand: A yeehaw button
- Feature: "It's Rare For Me To Make Downtime" - Naoki Hamaguchi Talks Final Fantasy VII's "Packed And Eventful" Development
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's Internal Resolution Detailed For Switch 2
- Gang Beasts PS5 Port Appears To Be in Development
- Hear me out: What if James Bond just shouldn't be in videogames?
- Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era sold 250,000 copies and 'broke even on development costs' in 1 day
- Hit cowboy co-op shooter's servers are struggling, developer says its service provider 'is currently drinking mojitos instead of helping'
- How to Access Escape from Tarkov ETS—Early Test Server, Explained
- How to beat the King boss in Saros
- How To Build And Upgrade The Jotunn Star Wonder Weapon In BO7 Zombies
- How To Unlock The Totenreich Easter Egg Song In Black Ops 7 Zombies
- I didn't think a 2D platformer could be scary, but oh boy did this game about a forsaken nun in a dead world of demon cockroaches prove me wrong
- Last Flag is the Latest Multiplayer Shooter to Fail Within Weeks
- Loot Up Codes (May 2026)
- May Game Release Dates: These are the biggest games releasing this month
- Metro 2039 Secures One Million Wishlists in Two Weeks
- Morrowind turns 24 today, so come Nerevar and celebrate as an Elder Scrolls tax collector with this huge OpenMW quest mod
- Move Over, Indy - This New Game Boy Color Indie Wants Some 'Fortune & Glory'
- Neverness to Everness interactive maps
- NYT Connections Hints Today (#1056)—Answers for Saturday, May 2
- Onimusha: Way Of The Sword Release Date Announcement Teased Online
- PAC-MAN: Snack Breaks Releases Next Month
- Podcast: Why 007 First Light could be a GoTY contender, and PS5’s DRM controversy explained
- Pokemon Go May 2026 Events: Raid Bosses, Community Days, Spring Marathon, And More
- Poll: One Year Later, Did Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Deserve All the Praise?
- PS Studios Celebrates the Launch of PS5 Exclusive Saros with Brilliant Artwork
- PS5 Gigaflop Mindseye Gets a Permanent Price Reduction, Free Update and PS Plus Premium Trial
- PS5 Players Miss Out as SNK Adds Rollback Netcode to Classic Fighter
- Resident Evil Requiem Director Breaks Down Players' Camera Preferences
- Resident Evil Requiem players mostly chose third-person gameplay with Leon, but were less decisive with Grace
- SNK's Mai, Kula Diamond Return in Dead or Alive 6 PS5, But You'll Need to Buy Them Again
- Sol’s RNG Codes (May 2026)
- Sony's PS5, PC Fighting Game Marvel Tokon Is Teasing a 'Surprise' at EVO Japan
- Splatoon Raiders preorders for the Switch 2 are nearly 20 percent off
- Subnautica 2‘s early access will introduce you to a massive squid monster, before the first post-launch update sends you into its lair
- The 50 Best Nintendo Switch Games
- The Best Star Wars Games Of All Time
- The cozy game launches of May are dominated by a bunch of hotly-anticipated sims
- The freeform structure of The Blood of Dawnwalker means "it is absolutely possible to skip everything" and beat the game immediately, providing you're skilled enough
- The new PC games of May 2026: Forza, 007 First Light, and early access games galore
- The New Resident Evil Movie Takes A Page From The Series' Least-Liked Game
- Upcoming Video Game Release Dates Schedule
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Has Done So Well, Live Support Has Been Officially Extended Into a Third Year
Other
- Dungeon Crawler Carl Author Matt Dinniman Reflects on the Surge of Fans That Came After the Audiobooks 2
- Andy Serkis on the link between his Animal Farm and Lord of the Rings
- BLAST R6 Major Salt Lake City Tournament Guide—Schedule, Teams, and Predictions
- Canonical, the company that makes Ubuntu Linux, says its web infrastructure is under a 'sustained, cross-border attack'
- Chainsaw Man, Hoppers, and every new movie on Netflix, HBO, and more this weekend
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Best Game at the BIG Festival Awards at Gamescom Latam
- Fake AI 'Leak' Trailers Are Filling the Avengers: Doomsday Void — and Misleading Fans
- Friday the 13th Part 2 was reviled by critics, but it turned Jason into a household name
- How Titan X stole the show in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2
- Loungefly's New Star Wars Bags Feature Grogu, Leia, Darth Maul, And More
- Pragmata Community Comforts a Dad Who Shared That Diana Reminds Him of His Late Daughter
- Star Wars - Maul Shadow Lord season 2 release date is closer than you think
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines: An Oral History of Netflix and Sony's anti-AI sci-fi masterpiece
- This historic OS was not stored digitally, so a fleet of historians have transcribed the source code from ancient print-outs in order to make it open source
- Toy Story 5 Features Taylor Swift, Fans Believe, After Popstar Posts Now-Pulled Countdown Teaser