13 May 2026
Platform & Hardware
- Here are our PS Plus Premium and Extra games for May 7
- Yup, the Steam Controller Wilhelm Screams If You Drop It 6
- Your Xbox Gamerscore Badges Are About To Look A Lot Cooler 5
- Xbox Game Pass For China Seemingly in Development 2
- Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom's Pilotable Mech Gets An Amiibo This Year 2
- "The Geekom Mini IT13 is a fantastic choice for people who just need a basic computer:" it's one of the best mini-PCs that's worth every penny
- "The Razer Enki is very comfortable to use, so your backside is in good hands:" This gaming chair makes a great gift
- “Dragging windows is finally easier”: I break down the Windows 11 tweak that quietly improves daily use
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition review
- AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is still the best PC gaming CPU, and now it's dropped to a bargain price (with a free power supply!)
- Cooler Master MasterFrame 360 Panorama review
- Feature: 25+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Next Level Savings Sale
- Framework says DDR5 memory costs 'remain fairly stable' but 'on SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive' as it raises prices again
- Germany cuts Steam Deck desktop devs a $1.5 million cheque, they declare an end to 'insecure spyware-riddled software imposed by the likes of Microsoft'
- Googlebooks are coming, but should Microsoft be scared? Windows 11's biggest threat could be Android PCs if things don't improve
- Grown Ups 3 Is Officially in the Works at Netflix With Adam Sandler Returning
- I dug into how Microsoft is pushing Windows 11 toward fully native apps, and it could lead to major speed gains
- I turned Windows 11 into my own version of Windows 12 and the results feel closer to Microsoft’s future than you’d expect
- Lenovo’s most powerful RTX 5090 gaming PC just dropped to a record-low price
- Netflix misspells a lead Devil May Cry character's name and has to recall official merchandise
- Netflix's new record-breaking animated hit replaces KPop Demon Hunters
- Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Virtual Boy Library With Five More Games
- Nintendo says it has more Switch 2 games in store for 2026
- Nintendo Won't Focus On Making Switch 2 Games Exclusively, Switch 1 Remains Important
- Rumour: Project Helix Unlikely To Include Disc Drive, But Xbox May Have A Digital Solution
- Save Up To 25% Off Hori's Switch 2 Controllers And Accessories At Target
- Sony's PS6 pricing crisis might lead to a major change in strategy
- Star Fox, Zelda: Ocarina of Time Switch 2 Leaks Are a 'Worst-Case Scenario' for Nintendo, Former Staff Say
- Subnautica 2 is Steam Deck Verified, as is Forza Horizon 6, Mina the Hollower, and Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
- The Top Two Best-Selling Games On Steam Right Now Are Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Titles
- Video: The Great Physical Vs. Digital Switch 2 Debate
- Windows 11 updates are getting massive, and AI often takes the blame — Here's what's actually happening on your PC and why
- Xbox CEO Wants To Know If You Spell It "Xbox" Or "XBOX"
- Xbox mode got overshadowed by this awesome new addition to Windows 11 in the latest Patch Tuesday update
Publishers, Studios & Industry
- Arc Raiders' Next Big Update Isn't Coming Until October, And That Might Be A Good Thing 4
- Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata help Capcom to a ninth consecutive year of record profits 4
- Man Apprehended For Alleged Bomb Threats Toward Nintendo: "I'm Going To Blow You All Up" 3
- As smash success Crimson Desert boosts Pearl Abyss revenue by a whopping 419%, company confirms it's thinking about DLC 2
- Capcom Is Excited About GenAI, Is Still Ramping Up Hiring 2
- Capcom Lists Dead Rising as One of Its 'Leading Brands' That It's 'Nurturing' — but Does That Mean Dead Rising 5? 2
- Last Flag dev Night Street Games is laying off staff 2
- "We Will Continue To Pay Close Attention" - Level-5 Issues A Warning Against Piracy
- AI is 'creatively soulless,' says director of Mass Effect and Knights of the Old Republic: 'I’m just really unimpressed with it'
- As Xbox 'Reevaluates' Exclusives, Its Hellblade 2 PS5 Port Is Considered a Success
- Bit Bot scales leadership team with AAA veteran Frank O'Connor as creative director
- Capcom says it's eyeing Devil May Cry, Ace Attorney, Dragon's Dogma for 'sequels, remakes, ports, etc.', and I'll gladly take the excuse to get my hopes up
- Ex-Tekken boss starts new studio with former rivals SNK
- Former NetEase exec Simon Zhu secures $100m to launch GreaterThan Group
- Gundam just beat Dragon Ball and One Piece in new Bandai Namco report
- Here's how the Iran war is hitting key supplies for components, according to supply chain experts
- Indika dev Odd Meter raises $5m to fund next project
- Inside why Bill Gates expected Microsoft to burn $1B on OpenAI — and how the bet paid off far beyond that
- Laika's Wildwood trailer looks like Spirited Away for Nightmare Before Christmas fans
- Man Who Distributed Mario-Shaped Illegal Drugs Gets 6 Year Prison Sentence
- MercurySteam "initiates a workforce adjustment process"
- Netflix to Adapt Vault Comics’ Fantasy Series Barbaric
- On the podcast: Sega-Rovio woes, Playtika goes casual, Unity’s turnaround, pitching investors, data nuggets, more
- One of BioShock's directors has been questioning the point of one of its key systems: 'I don't care about how many different plasmids I have'
- Outbound developer apologises for asking player to remove negative review from Steam
- Overseas Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Sales Propel Falcom Profits to Insane Heights
- Peter Jackson Has Explained Why He's Not Directing Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
- Peter Jackson's Tintin movie is back on after 19 years of dreaming
- PS5 Boss Says He's Seen the Future of Gaming, and It's 'Unbelievably Positive'
- Sensor Tower acquires AppMagic
- Steven Spielberg's Westworld rumors shot down by Disclosure Day writer
- Teaching software company strikes a deal with hackers to get customer data back, defying FBI guidance
- The drama behind a Steam game stolen two months before launch
- Time Games' opening lineup includes a fantasy prediction market game
- Trump confirms he brought Jensen Huang on his expedition to convince China to 'open up'
- UK MPs claim GTA 6 studio Rockstar "refused to properly engage with staff" during legal wranglings over dev firings
- Update: Microsoft Israel's general manager set to leave amid alleged unethical use of Azure
- Warner Bros. Discovery once again glosses over gaming business in Q1 2026 financials
Game Coverage
- "I can only tip my hat to those guys" - BioShock creator Ken Levine praises Baldur's Gate 3 amid fresh talk about his ambitious plans for next game Judas 5
- Fortnite Is Getting Four Overwatch Skins On Thursday 4
- Real-World Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Treasure Hunt Includes $500,000 In Gold Coins 4
- Forza Horizon 6 Unlock Times: Global Launch And Release Time Explained 3
- Pokemon Winds and Waves’ New Video Is Packed With Adventure Vibes 3
- Saros is off to a slower start than Returnal, with some analysts concerned Housemarque "will struggle to break even" 3
- Silent Hill 2 Remake Reaches 6 Million Players as Silent Hill f Hits New Sales Milestone 3
- The Legend of Zelda Movie Releasing Sooner Than Expected 3
- The Talos Principle 3 is bringing the Serious Sam studio's acclaimed philosophical puzzle series to an end, and it's coming soon to PC and PS5 3
- Ex-Call of Duty: Black Ops Design Director David Vonderhaar Teases New Original FPS: 'If David Lynch Made Shooters' 2
- Haunted Chocolatier Won't Just Be Bigger Than Stardew Valley, It'll Also Be Creepier 2
- Hoping for a Dead Space 4? Series writer and producer Chuck Beaver says the "numbers just aren't there" to make it happen 2
- Marvel Rivals Season 8 release time in your time zone 2
- Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic secures large investment as director Casey Hudson seems to reject the use of gen-AI 2
- Subnautica 2 release date and launch times 2
- Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II Finally Has a Release Date, Timed to Launch Alongside the Warhammer Skulls Reveal Show 2
- "I dunno if I'm cooking or becoming cooked": Iron Lung and Dusk dev David Szymanski is making a giant ant shooter set inside mountains of trash
- "Unofficial builds of Subnautica 2 are currently circulating online," Unknown Worlds confirm, just days before the ocean survival game's early access release
- 007 First Light Now Ready for Action, James Bond PS5 Game Goes Gold
- Absolum's Latest Patch Sees Full Cross-Play Support Join The Fight
- Alabaster Dawn is the kind of 2.5D action-RPG spectacle that makes you question the need for "true" 3D
- All Zelda: TOTK amiibo rewards and unlocks list
- Baldur's Gate 3 modders remaking the original Baldur's Gate show off a revamped Candlekeep as a taste of how their work's evolving
- Bungie is turning Marathon's loot dial to 11 ahead of its first wipe, opening up Cryo Archive 24/7
- Co-Op Horror Game QUIET Reveal Trailer—Insider Access
- Cyberpunk TCG creators reveal the biggest problem in modern games
- D&D's Dungeon Masters just fixed one of Ravenloft's best features for 5.5e
- Dead as Disco is May 2026's surprise 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Steam hit
- Deadzone Rogue 2 announced, and the first is one of the Switch 2’s best games
- Diablo 4 interactive map
- Doom is 10 years old today, and you can pick it up for just $2 on Steam
- Fortnite Zero Build Is Getting A Much-Needed Overhaul This Week
- Forza Horizon 6 Progression Methods Detailed, Including A New 'Horizon Play' Feature
- Garfield Is Getting A New 3D Platformer On Xbox, And People Seem Hyped For It Already
- GTA 6 Wait Has Fans Flooding Rockstar With Bad Google Reviews
- Harvest Moon Makes Its Switch 2 Debut This September With 'Echoes of Teradea'
- Immersive sim sickos rejoice: the makers of Void Bastards are creating their most choice-driven game to date in Godzone 6
- Introducing Insider Access: A First Look At Upcoming Games
- Key Takeaways from the Valorant Dev Update
- Lies of P 2 Still at Early Stage, But the Potential Is Promising
- Little Kitty, Big City's 'Birthday Bash' Update Might Be Its Cutest Yet
- Marathon's First Wipe Is Just A Few Weeks Away, Here's What Carries Over
- Mixtape's Stacey Rockford is unlikable for a reason
- Monster Hunter Wilds Sales Really Have Fallen Off a Cliff
- Mood Swings transforms Magic: The Gathering into a party game anyone can play
- Mouse: P.I. For Hire publisher PlaySide recoups all expenses since April launch
- No, Eric Barone is not adding infidelity to Stardew Valley, although he did briefly consider letting you ruin marriages, to Grandpa's deep disappointment
- NYT Strands #801 Hints and Answers for Today, May 13, 2026
- Opinion: Replaying Star Fox 64 Convinced Me A Switch 2 Remake Is A Good Idea
- Outbound is an excellent idea but fails to pin down what people love about co-op crafting
- Pokémon Champions Producer Teases Legendaries and Future Updates
- PS5 Fighter Marvel Tokon Actually Does Have Gameplay During Its 10-Hour Story
- PS5 Soccer Sequel Captain Tsubasa Takes Its Shot Shortly After the World Cup
- Rainbow Six Siege Operation System Override Reveal Coming This Sunday
- Real-Life Smart Glasses Are Being Added To 007 First Light Later This Year
- Review: Indiana Jones and The Great Circle Arrives Surprisingly Intact on Switch 2
- Round Up: Mina The Hollower Gets Glowing Comparisons To Zelda & Soulsborne In Final Previews
- Rugrats: Retro Rewind Collection Will Bring PS1, N64, & GB Favourites To Switch This May
- Saros Squashes Trophy Bugs and Other Nasty Issues in Latest PS5 Patch, Available Now
- Smolder Nerf Hotfix Added to LoL Patch 26.10
- Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic Developer Teases Game's Length and Development Time
- Subnautica 2 devs say it's 'bigger and more polished' than any of the studio's previous early access launches
- Subnautica 2 Will Be Available on GeForce Now
- T1 Peyz Records All-Time LoL Esports Pentakill Record
- Taking a heroic stand against the holy trinity, 5 bears beat a WoW dungeon on its highest difficulty—Blizzard says oops, quickly reverts 200% buff that caused it
- The amazing Dark Souls 2 path tracing mod is now available to download — I'm shocked at how it makes the ugliest Dark Souls look like a modern game
- The Last Of Us Season 3 Writer Hints At Emotional Struggles To Come In The Story
- The Resident Evil Series Has Surpassed An Astonishing 200 Million In Unit Sales
- This city-smashing monster sim is the first game I've ever played where my reward for beating a level is getting a nuke dropped on my head
- Today’s Contexto: Hints & Answer For May 13, 2026
- Today’s Wordle #1790: Hints and Answer for May 14, 2026
- True 3rd-person view has been hidden in a single Metal Gear Solid 2 variable for 15 years—now we're finally getting it
- Ubisoft's leak-a-thon continues with a dump of Assassin's Creed Hexe info that hints at the return of a familiar 'old man'
- Uncharted 4's binned original version would have had a much bigger role for Nathan Drake's love interest, Elena Fisher
- We Troll Each Other with BAD Songs In Dead as Disco
- When Is Forza Horizon 6 PS5 Release Date? Here Is What Microsoft Has Said
- Xurkitree Pokemon Go Raids: Weaknesses, Best Counters, And How To Get Shiny Xurkitree
- You could win a $500 Amazon gift card by playing Subnautica 2 this month, so remember to send us your best video clips!
Other
- Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Debut Trailer Is Packed With Big Bang Theory Party Members and Movie References 2
- The Punisher: One Last Kill 'CGI' Shot Was Mocked for Looking Like a GTA Cutscene, but It Turns Out It Was Done for Real 2
- 'We would need to shut off power for half the country': Microsoft's $1 billion Kenya data center project runs out of juice
- 'What if behind the pointer, there was an AI model': Google DeepMind wants to reinvent the humble mouse cursor
- CDL Major 3 Tournament Guide—Schedule, New Format, and Teams
- Dell SupportAssist is crashing some Windows 11 PCs, causing them to enter reboot loops. Here's how to stop it.
- Disney Sets an Avatar: Fire and Ash Streaming Release Date Before the Next Movie Is Confirmed
- Every Video Game Showcase To Watch In 2026
- How to Watch Minecraft LIVE—Start Date, Times & What to Expect
- I hit the Windows 11 emoji picker bug that hides search and found a quick fix
- IEM Atlanta 2026: Vitality Shocked by BetBoom, BC Game Eliminated, and NA Hopes Fade
- Investors and publishers want pragmatism, flexibility – and games that AI can’t copy
- New 25k Seater ‘London Colosseum’ Arena Plans To Host Esports Finals
- PGL Astana 2026 Playoff Preview: Who Will Take the Trophy?
- Talking Point: What Dream Reveal Would You Like To See At The Xbox Games Showcase 2026?
- The original Mortal Kombat movie still does one thing better than most of the games
- There's a devious hacking scheme that involves a hijacked Microsoft Teams account, a fake IT helpdesk, and a covert infection tool