Comments from videogame voice actors have sparked plenty of rumours in the past. This month, one voice actor openly talked about Insomniac's plans for a Venom side-game or DLC following Spider-Man 2, but other sources quickly shot down the claim that the game had been cancelled. 

In an interview with the Love it Film podcast, Nadji Jeter, the voice actor for Miles Morales in the Insomniac Spider-Man games, said that a Venom standalone game or DLC was going to happen after Spider-Man 2, but it was cancelled after the voice actor for Venom, Tony Todd, passed away in 2024.

One GDC 2026 attendee (via Insider Gaming) said that they were still hearing about the Venom game at the event this year, which would indicate that the project has not been cancelled. Industry insider and book author, Jason Schreier, also commented on the viral Resetera thread to state that the quote from Jeter “wasn't true”.

Ever since Spider-Man 2 released and Insomniac suffered that massive cyberattack and data leak, there have been rumours about a Venom standalone game, using the gameplay mechanics established in the main Spider-Man 2 campaign. The standalone Venom game also would have presumably been scoped similarly to the Miles Morales game.

Insomniac has never officially announced any plans for additional Spider-Man spin-off games or Spider-Man 2 story DLC. Right now, the studio is focused on Wolverine, which is launching later this year and may be one of a number of PS5 titles no longer guaranteed to get a PC port.

KitGuru Says: I didn't really enjoy the Venom sections in Spider-Man 2, so the idea of a whole standalone game isn't all that appealing to me. 

Over the past week, dataminers have discovered references to a new ‘Starter Edition' tier of Game Pass, one that lowers the price floor further with a limited selection of games. Now thanks to one notorious leaker, we know what titles Microsoft is targeting for this new Game Pass tier. 

Billbil-kun, who has made a name for themselves with various PlayStation leaks over the years, has revealed what he believes to be the full list of 50 titles planned to be available as part of the Game Pass Starter Edition. This cheaper version of Game Pass would seemingly be console-only, but would not offer access to online multiplayer.

The full list of titles includes a mix of back catalogue classics like Among Us, Batman: Arkham Knight, Fable Anniversary, Gears 5, Hellblade, Fallout 76, Fallout 4, Dead Cells, Elder Scrolls Online and Dishonored 2. There are newer titles available too, including the likes of Cities: Skylines Remastered, Chivalry 2, DOOM Eternal, Vampire Survivors, TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, Psychonauts 2 and more.

The complete list of planned Game Pass Starter Edition titles can be found on Dealabs.

KitGuru Says: Without access to online multiplayer, most Xbox players are likely to be better off with the standard Game Pass tier. Still, this would be a quick fix to make Game Pass more flexible, in combination with recent price reductions to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. 

Over the past week, a number of leaks have pointed towards a near-term launch for the Steam Controller, one of three new hardware products that Valve announced in late 2025. 

According to Japanese site, 4Gamer, the Steam Controller is going to launch on May 4th. It would appear that embargo timing was miscommunicated as around a similar time, a tech reviews channel, Techy Talk, uploaded an embargo-breaking review of the controller. Both the initial review and launch article have since been taken down, but the news already spread via community forums and outlets like Insider Gaming.

In the now deleted Steam Controller review, it was also claimed that the controller will cost $99.99 and size comparisons showed it to be very large compared to Xbox and PlayStation controllers.

As the announcement seems to have been delayed somewhere along the way, there is a chance that the Steam Controller doesn't launch on May 4th, but that was likely the plan at one point in the recent past. Valve itself has uploaded a secret Steam Controller unboxing video that it is waiting to unveil to the public.

The big question remains – will the Steam Machine or Steam Frame ship alongside the controller? Valve initially planned to launch all three products in a close timeframe, as they all share the same ecosystem and are designed to work together. However, in recent months, the consumer memory chip market has seen a tight squeeze, leading to hefty price increases. This ultimately led to Valve delaying its new hardware rollout to later in the year but the exact timing has remained unspecified.

KitGuru Says: At the very least, I would like to see the Steam Machine and Steam Controller launching at the same time, but as long as the Steam Controller remains in good supply whenever the Steam Machine does drop, then it won't be a huge issue. 

Alongside this week's announcement of a Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy 14, Square Enix has also announced the game's next major expansion. The MMO's sixth expansion will launch in January 2027, kicking off a new story saga for players to explore.

During the Fan Festival this week, Final Fantasy 14 director and producer, Naoki Yoshida, confirmed Evercold as the next major expansion for the game. This expansion will bring a battle system overhaul, as well as new playmodes. Moving forward, certain jobs will only be playable in the new expansion's ‘evolved' battle mode, while all previous classes will remain playable as-is in Reborn mode.

There will be two new job classes added to the game with Evercold, a new Tank job and a new ranged DPS job. Alongside this, Square Enix is bumping the level cap from 100 to 110, introducing new cities and other map areas, new dungeons, a new series of raids, PvP updates and more.

There isn't an exact final release date for Final Fantasy 14 Evercold but it will be launching sometime in January. This summer, six months prior to the expansion, Final Fantasy 14 will also expand to another console platform – the Nintendo Switch 2.

KitGuru Says: Are you planning on jumping back into Final Fantasy 14 for the new expansion?

Sega confirmed plans to finally return to Alien Isolation around the first game's ten-year anniversary. Things have gone quiet since then but just this week, the publisher uploaded a new teaser trailer, indicating more news is coming soon. 

The trailer, titled “False Sense of Security”, is a simple teaser with just 30 seconds of dark footage of a space station door unlocking, followed by a close-up short of one of the emergency save stations that players will recognise from the first game.

This teaser obviously doesn't reveal much, we don't even get a look at the Xenomorph. However, it does indicate that Creative Assembly is nearing a point of a big reveal.

While the original Alien Isolation was built using Creative Assembly's own in-house engine, this time around, the development team has switched to Unreal Engine 5. In theory this should help speed up production as there is a broader selection of talent familiar with UE5 and its tools, whereas proprietary in-house software can have all kinds of weird quirks that new hires won't be aware of.

KitGuru Says: Do you think Alien Isolation 2 will end up dropping this year? 

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has been officially announced to the world and Ubisoft has teased plans for future remakes. One renowned Ubisoft-focused leaker has claimed that Assassin's Creed 1 will be the next game to get this treatment. 

According to j0nathan, who has accurately leaked Assassin's Creed details in the past, Assassin's Creed will be the next game in the series to get a remake and has been planned since 2023.

Assassin's Creed 1 has the biggest opportunity for Ubisoft to make some real quality of life improvements. The original game is hard to go back to nowadays with its more dated movement and exploration mechanics.

Previous rumours have claimed that Ubisoft already had another Assassin's Creed remake project cooking up alongside Black Flag Resynced, so if J0nathan is correct, then Assassin's Creed 1 Remake may only be a few years away.

KitGuru Says: Assassin's Creed 1 is perhaps the one game in the series in desperate need of a remake. However, not all fans may want a totally overhauled experience, so it will be interesting to see how many changes Ubisoft commits to if this game really is in development. 

Just as promised, last night Ubisoft officially revealed Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. Fans will be able to re-experience the story of pirate-assassin Edward Kenway in July, but the PC system requirements for the game have already been announced. 

The minimum spec sets a fairly low barrier to entry. PC gamers will need at least a 64-bit copy of Windows 10 or Windows 11, along with 16GB of RAM and either an 8th Gen Intel Core i7 or 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen 5 processor, along with a GTX 1660 or Radeon RX 5500 XT graphics card. That spec will get you running the game at 1080p, but not at 60FPS.

The full PC system requirements for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced can be found in the table below:

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced launches in July for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Aside from remaking the entire campaign, Ubisoft has also added some extra scenes to flesh out the story, but the original game's multiplayer mode has been removed from the remake.

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KitGuru Says: Are you looking forward to Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced? 

Asha Sharma has been in charge of Xbox for just a couple of months at this point but we are already starting to see some significant changes. For starters, last year's Game Pass price hikes have been reversed. Next on the agenda is a re-evaluation of how Xbox handles exclusives. 

For decades, Xbox copied the likes of Sony and Nintendo by offering first-party exclusive games only playable on its console. Over the past couple of years, as operating costs mounted following a string of high-profile studio and publisher acquisitions, Microsoft opted to start shipping its newer first-party games on competing consoles like the PS5 and Nintendo Switch.

At this point, the three biggest Xbox franchises, Halo, Forza and Gears of War, are all going to be playable on PlayStation starting this year. Other major games like Fable are already in the works for PS5 as well. This puts Xbox in an awkward position for the next console generation, as fewer people will be looking to buy an Xbox for exclusives and will instead opt for a PS5, or a gaming PC.

Sharma and the new Xbox leadership team may look to address. In a recent message to the team, the new Xbox head said that they will “reevaluate” the approach to exclusive games.

While this may result in fewer first-party Xbox titles coming to PlayStation or Nintendo platforms, it will not have an impact on PC. Microsoft still views PC gaming as a core part of its strategy and will continue to improve the Xbox PC app in an effort to compete with Steam.

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KitGuru Says: Do you think Xbox should go back to shipping exclusive games? 

Earlier this week, we learned that Microsoft was reversing last year's price hike on PC Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions. Alongside that, Microsoft also appears to be testing out ideas for new, cheaper tiers of the Game Pass service. 

Dataminers like Redphx have discovered new strings on the Windows Store, referencing a new Game Pass ‘Starter Edition' tier. Interestingly, this starter edition appears to be a bundle with Discord Nitro, which confirms recent leaks claiming that Microsoft was in talks with other subscription providers to discuss bundle ideas.

This new Starter Edition of Game Pass would give users access to both Discord Nitro and a smaller Game Pass library consisting of 50 titles. On top of that, subscribers to this tier of Game Pass would also get ten hours of cloud gaming time per month.

This starter edition bundle including both Game Pass and Discord Nitro makes sense, as Microsoft has been looking to collaborate with Discord even further to replace its own Xbox social tools.

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KitGuru Says: Do you think a Discord / Game Pass bundle would be successful? 

Over the past week, several leaks have pointed towards an imminent reveal for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, followed by a July release. Now, Ubisoft has confirmed the game publicly for the first time. 

In a pre-announcement today, Ubisoft confirmed that it will be revealing Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced to the world later today. The remake of Black Flag will see Matt Ryan reprising his role as Edward Kenway, the main protagonist for the fourth mainline Assassin's Creed game.

The reveal stream will be taking place across both YouTube and Twitch, giving fans a look at rebuilt locations and cinematic sequences, as well as improvements to combat and exploration.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is expected to release for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S systems this Summer. The game is also likely to land on Switch 2 eventually.

KitGuru Says: Black Flag is my personal favourite of the Assassin's Creed games, but I'm not sure I'll be picking this up at launch. Are you looking forward to experiencing Black Flag again? 

IO Interactive has released yet another trailer for its new game, 007 First Light. The new Rules of Spycraft trailer gives us a look at new gameplay, including new stealth and action sequences. 

Gameplay in 007 First Light is centred around a few key pillars – Spycraft, Gadgets and Combat. Spycraft sees players infiltrating spaces and eavesdropping to pick up Intel and identify objective opportunities. Gadgets enable stealth gameplay and creative problem solving. The Q-Lens highlights hackable devices while the Q-Watch can activate environmental devices to serve as distractions.

When you run out of options, sometimes the only way out is with a fight. For combat, Bond will have access to close-quarters takedowns and rush moves to take enemies out before bullets start flying. You will of course also have a gun, and if you run out of bullets, you can just throw the gun at the enemy instead.

007 First Light is scheduled to launch on May 27, 2026, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, and Summer 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2.

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KitGuru Says: I'm looking forward to this game. IO Interactive kept players coming back to Hitman in surprising ways, so it will be interesting to see if they have anything up their sleeve for 007 First Light. 

This week, Nvidia's GeForce Now updates include a round of new games, most of which are new releases, as well as some minor UI tweaks to make the search experience better for all users.

Nvidia is updating the GeForce Now interface with new in-app labels for Game Pass and Ubisoft+, making it easier for users to filter their libraries and find games from their connected subscription services.

The full list of games joining the GeForce Now library this week includes:

• Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors (New release on Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass, April 21)
• Tides of Tomorrow (New release on Steam, April 22, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
• ‘83 (New release on Steam, April 23, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
• Diablo III (New release on Ubisoft Connect, April 23)
• Crimson Desert (Xbox, available to play via Xbox Play Anywhere, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
• MapleStory M (Steam)

Most of the titles joining the library this week are new releases, including Vampire Crawlers, a new spin-off game from Vampire Survivors developer, Poncle.

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KitGuru Says: Are you playing any of this week's new releases? 

Pearl Abyss continues to impress with the speed of its patches for Crimson Desert. A number of criticisms from the pre-launch period were addressed in the week of the game's release. Since then, the studio has been focused on making more improvements based on user feedback. 

The latest patch for Crimson Desert, Version 1.04, is now rolling out across PC and consoles. The headlining feature of this update is a new difficulty selection system, with easy mode making enemies slower and giving players larger timing windows for dodges and parries, while hard mode makes enemies tougher and players weaker.

Beyond combat tuning, the update delivers a major expansion to housing, storage, and quality‑of‑life systems. New placeable containers—including the 1,000‑slot Sturdy Gatherables Chest, the Kuku Cooler line for food storage, and a 1,000‑slot Collectibles Chest—let players offload materials and ingredients without carrying them. Wardrobes now support outfit storage up to 1,000 slots, and a new “Select House” option allows players to swap between multiple home layouts as their Greymane Camp grows. Housing mode also benefits from improved UI, better controls, and a one‑click option to retrieve all placed furniture.

The patch also adds new pets, gear, tools, and world interactions. Birds join the roster of tamable companions, supported by the new Sotdae of Bond item, while five new cat types and pet accessories expand customisation. Several new weapons and outfits have been introduced, alongside a secret pet‑equipment shop and dyeable Kuku armour variants. Broader improvements touch nearly every system—map filters, inventory categories, shop stock indicators, visual upgrades, controller presets, and a long list of combat refinements for all three protagonists. Stability fixes, HDR improvements, and enhanced upscaling options round out one of the game’s most wide‑ranging updates to date.

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KitGuru Says: I've been spending a lot of time in Crimson Desert over the past couple of weeks. I don't see myself ever truly ‘finishing' the game but I am enjoying the journey for now. Have any of you picked up Crimson Desert already? 

For years, a group of former Witcher 3 developers have been working on a new game, titled The Blood of Dawnwalker. Now, this vampire-themed RPG is finally nearing launch, with a big showcase scheduled for later this month.

Next week, the team at Rebel Wolves will give us our first look at gameplay from The Blood of Dawnwalker. The showcase reveal will last around 45 minutes, indicating that we'll be getting a deep dive into the game, not just a surface-level trailer.

The reveal takes place on April 28th and we also expect to get a release date during this event. Pre-orders for the game may also go live shortly after the reveal event.

The Blood of Dawnwalker takes place in a fictional region called Vale Sangora during the chaos of the Black Death, a moment when vampires seize the opportunity to rise from the shadows.

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KitGuru Says: The Blood of Dawnwalker is shaping up to be one of the most interesting games of the year.

Earlier this week, Microsoft confirmed that it would be unwinding last year's Game Pass price hike, reducing the price for both Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Now, the UK price changes have been confirmed. 

As we know already, over in the US, Game Pass Ultimate is coming down from $30 per month to $23 per month. Here in the UK, that works out to £16.99 per month under the new pricing structure.

PC Game Pass, the version of Game Pass exclusively for PC platforms, is the only non-Ultimate version of Game Pass to still include day-one first-party games like Fable, Forza Horizon 6 and Halo Campaign Evolved. Here in the UK, the service will drop in price to £10.99 per month, essentially putting both Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass back at the pricing tiers they were at this time last year.

To help keep Game Pass prices down moving forward, Call of Duty will no longer be a day-one release on Game Pass. Instead, Game Pass subscribers will have to wait one year to get their hands on the game, indicating that previous reports about lower COD sales this year were accurate.

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KitGuru Says: With Game Pass prices coming back down, I may reconsider subscribing for this year's slate of titles, like Fable, Gears E-Day and Forza Horizon 6. 

The Nintendo Switch 2 continues to impress. The new console has already been outpacing its predecessor in first-year sales and that trend continued last quarter, with the Switch 2 being the highest-selling console in March. 

According to the market analysts at Circana, the Switch 2 led US game hardware sales for March 2026. In total, console hardware generated $500 million last month, up from close to $300 million during the same time period last year.

The Switch 2 is currently the second-fastest selling console in the US since tracking began in the mid 90s. The new console continues to be on track to outsell the original Switch system by about 12 percent in its first year.

With the Switch 2 leading the pack, the PS5 continues to control second place, leaving Xbox in a distant third place for console sales.

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KitGuru Says: The Switch 2 hasn't had the same calibre of first-year exclusives as the original console, but that hasn't hurt sales at all. 

Many criticised last year's Game Pass price hikes. When new Xbox leadership came into place in 2026, we began to hear that people within Microsoft now deemed the service as too expensive. That turned out to be true, as Microsoft is now bringing Game Pass prices back down. 

As first reported by Bloomberg, Microsoft is now winding back Game Pass pricing. Game Pass Ultimate will drop from $30 a month down to $23, while PC Game Pass will drop from $16.50 a month to $14 a month.

There is a downside to the price reduction though. Microsoft has also made the decision to not include Call of Duty on Game Pass at launch moving forward. This confirms reports that Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7 sales were hurt by their inclusion on Game Pass, while also not providing the growth boost to offset those lost sales.

Call of Duty games will now arrive on Game Pass roughly a year after their launch. It is unclear if other major first-party titles, like Fable or the next Bethesda RPG, will be impacted.

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KitGuru Says: With Game Pass prices coming back down, are you planning to re-subscribe? 

In the final months of 2025, we began hearing that Apple may be on the hunt for a new CEO, as Tim Cook was expected to step down sometime in 2026 after leading Apple since the passing of Steve Jobs in 2011. Now, it has been confirmed that Cook is indeed departing as Apple CEO. 

Apple confirmed last night that Tim Cook would be stepping down as CEO but would remain with the company as Executive Chairman. In his place, John Ternus will become the new CEO of Apple.

Apple has apparently been preparing for this since last year, when Ternus emerged as a frontrunner for the CEO position. For those who don't know, Ternus has worked at Apple for around 25 years and has been a major contributor to generations of iPhones, iPads, AirPods, Watches and other products.

At this point, Apple has cemented itself as one of the biggest tech companies in the world, in large part thanks to the dominance of the iPhone. Ternus will be leading Apple during an interesting time with experimental ideas like the foldable iPhone coming up.

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KitGuru Says: Apple's new leader is going to have a chance to show something bold later in the year, when it is expected that the foldable iPhone will be announced. 

Earlier this month, a report claimed that Amazon had ordered a round of re-writes for its upcoming Mass Effect series, with the goal of broadening its appeal to people who aren't fans of the game. Now, one of the actual writers on the show has spoken out to dispute this claim.

Daniel Casey, who is one of the writers working on the Mass Effect series, said that the previous report ‘caught him off guard', specifically singling out the ‘non-gaming audiences' quote as untrue: “So, I can’t talk about the specifics of what I’m writing (I’ve signed NDAs, etc) — but for whatever it’s worth, that article by the Ankler caught me off guard just as much as you. I don’t know where that “non-gaming audiences” quote came from or who said it, but at no point has that been said to me.”

Fans were concerned by the previous report as it claimed that Amazon was targeting a ‘non-gaming audience' for the Mass Effect series. In the past, shows like The Witcher and Halo have veered too far away from the source material that made them great, resulting in a show that displeased both fans and newcomers.

Mass Effect is one of the most celebrated Sci-Fi RPGs of all time, so fans are keen to see a show that makes use of established lore, even if it doesn't re-tell the story from the Sheppard trilogy.

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KitGuru Says: The Mass Effect series is still early on in development, so it will be a while before we even see a cast or a trailer for the show.