Unknown Worlds has opened up pre-orders for Subnautica 2 as the game surpasses 5 million wishlists on Steam ahead of its early access launch later this week on May 14, 2026. Subnautica 2 has reportedly been the most wishlisted game on Steam, and it will almost definitely be one of the biggest launches of 2026 before the end of the year. Even though, technically, it probably should've been one of the biggest releases of 2025 before a legal battle between Unknown Worlds' parent company Krafton and the co-founders of Unknown Worlds overshadowed the game for the past year. After that […]

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As we all anxiously wait for Lies of P developer Round8 Studio to finish working on the upcoming sequel to its stellar 2023 action game now that the game's major DLC expansion is out, a job listing for Round8 has been spotted online that has fans concerned for the sequel. Round8 Studio is hiring for what it is calling an "AI Creator," a person whose job it'll be to "leverage generative AI technology to maximize the efficiency of the art production process and innovate the visual quality of games." Generative AI (GenAI) tech in game development is a sore spot […]

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After it leaked just three weeks ago, today, Discord and Xbox confirmed that a new 'starter' tier of Xbox Game Pass would be included with Discord Nitro. The news was first confirmed by Discord in a blog post and later followed up by Xbox with its own blog post. This new 'Starter Edition' of Game Pass will include over 50 games for players to jump into and 10 hours of cloud gaming, but it does not include online multiplayer for console players. Nitro subscribers at the $9.99 tier are the ones who will get access to this new Starter Edition […]

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Nintendo's share price took a 12% hit over the weekend following the confirmation of a price hike for the Nintendo Switch 2 set to go into effect this September, but that wasn't the only reason for the double-digit decline. An admittance that Nintendo's biggest titles are taking longer to make, forecasting that Switch 2 sales will actually go on a decline in the next year, and an admittance that memory shortages, tariffs, and longer development cycles for major titles are all major challenges for the company played their part in that stock decline. But president Shuntaro Furukawa isn't phased. During […]

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Back in October 2024, 2K announced an upcoming title codenamed Project Ethos from developer 31st Union Studio, a team that was founded within 2K five years prior by former Visceral Games director Michael Condrey. After little to no update on the project six years after the studio's founding, Condrey was ousted as president, but 2K was insistent that Project Ethos was still in the works. Now, new studio head Ben Brinkman is just as insistent and confident that the game is still coming as he announces a round of layoffs at 31st Union. In a statement seen by GamesIndustry.Biz, Brinkman […]

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April had a few major game releases across PC and consoles with games like Pragmata, Saros, and Invincible Vs. all arriving within its 30 days, but a new report from Alinea Analytics points to only one of those games reaching near the top of the sales charts. While Pragmata reportedly made the top-five games sold across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox, it was the recently released pirate adventure Windrose that landed at the top spot, with March's Crimson Desert slightly behind in second place. According to the report, despite only being available on Steam, Windrose was the best-selling game of the […]

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The saga of Nacon's upheaval continues, as the French publisher has officially put another one of its subsidiary studios up for sale, and this time it's not one of the studios that already filed for insolvency. Midgar Studios, which is currently working on Edge of Memories, a game featured in yesterday's Nacon Connect 2026 event, is looking for a buyer. Spotted by French outlet Origami, a listing for the studio appeared online today, which, it's once again worth noting, is just one day after Edge of Memories held a major spotlight in Nacon's annual showcase event. It's not clear what […]

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IO Interactive has updated the PC specs for 007 First Light once again ahead of the game's launch at the end of this month. Thankfully, the update doesn't return to the first iteration of the game's PC specs that would've had you go into debt just to afford the RAM required to run the game. Instead, it adds specifications for Enthusiast and Ultra settings, showing what you'll need to run the game at 1440p and 60 FPS or 4K at 60 FPS. Everything save for Ultra requirements has stayed at 16GB of RAM, with the recommended CPUs staying the same […]

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The first of three new hardware products from Valve has finally arrived and is in players' hands, as the Steam Controller (2026) officially launched on May 4, 2026. When Valve first announced the controller alongside the Steam Machine and Steam Frame last year, it was cause for excitement. For anyone who remembers the first iteration of the Steam Controller (2015), 'excitement' for a new one isn't what you'd expect, but a lot has changed when it comes to Valve's hardware products since the Steam Controller V1 was discontinued in 2019. The biggest change, obviously, is the Steam Deck, which showed […]

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Nintendo has reported its financials for the end of its 2026 fiscal year, and while we're all still reeling from the official confirmation that the Nintendo Switch 2 will go up in price later this year, Nintendo can celebrate where the Switch 2 has gotten them so far. Per GamesIndustry.Biz, the new handheld hybrid console has officially reached 19.86 million units sold since it arrived last year, and its launch helped push a massive 98.6% increase in net sales compared to last year. The 19.86 million units sold figure comes from Nintendo's official IR Information site, which now shows the […]

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We've seen a lot of estimates about Marathon's individual commercial performance, all of which has muddied the waters on whether the game has actually done well. Some charts have been more favourable, while the reality of its daily concurrent player numbers on Steam and its reported development costs tell a more negative story. Well, Sony's latest financial report spelled it out pretty clearly that Marathon and Bungie as a whole have underperformed. But it doesn't look like the company is giving up on the game anytime soon. Sony reported a massive impairment loss of nearly $800 million due to Bungie […]

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Shortly after the debut of its Nacon Connect 2026 showcase where French publisher Nacon tried to put up a strong front amidst a major time of upheaval in its history, a new report points to more upheaval and, unfortunately, another studio closure. According to French outlet Origami, Nacon is preparing to shut down Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss and Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong developer Big Bad Wolf as part of its attempt to survive its insolvency filing and that of Big Bad Wolf's parent company Cyanide, which itself is a subsidiary of Nacon. Of course, this is an unconfirmed report […]

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Today, French publisher Nacon finally hosted its Nacon Connect 2026 showcase event after it was postponed from its original date in March 2026. If you don't recall, it was postponed because Nacon filed for insolvency days after announcing the event, after its majority investor, Big Ben Interactive, failed to close its refinancing deal. Since then, Nacon has done its best to portray strength within its portfolio and for the future, claiming that "this is not the end," though that became increasingly difficult to believe as four of its subsidiary studios filed for insolvency, one of which shut down just last […]

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Amidst a period of upheaval for the publisher, Nacon debuted its Nacon Connect 2026 showcase today, which included reveals of previously released titles coming to new platforms, new accessories from Nacon, and the reveal of new games, including Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Rageborn. Developed by Nacon's Montreal-based studio, Crea-ture, the studio behind the skateboarding simulator Session, this top-down action adventure set to arrive sometime in 2027 sees players swap between three forms: human, wolf, and werewolf. Rageborn will feature what Crea-ture president and creative director Lous Lamarche describes as more of a "Metroidvania" structure with its approach, in part because […]

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Revealed during the Nacon Connect 2026 showcase event, Cyanide Studios' next game following Styx: Blades of Greed, which released earlier this year. This time, Cyanide is once again bringing a classic character back into the spotlight, but this character is much more well-known than a sneaking goblin. Dracula: The Disciple is Cyanide's next game, and it delivers its own take on the gothic story, as this first-person puzzle game sees you slowly turn into the famous creature of the night. You play as Émile Valombres, a French archivist suffering from an incurable disease that he is desperate to rid himself […]

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Valve's launch of its new Steam Controller (2026) went great for the company, in the sense that Valve sold a lot of controllers. The entire run of stock that Valve had set aside for launch completely sold out within half an hour, and while many players were able to grab a controller, plenty more were unable to, unless they paid double the price for one on eBay, as scalpers quickly threw listings online with massively marked-up prices. Thankfully, Valve is looking to combat that outcome with some changes to its process. Beginning tomorrow on May 8, 2026, at 10am PT […]

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Cold Iron Studios released the first Aliens: Fireteam Elite game back in 2021 to a middling response. Most critics (Wccftech's Kai Tatsumoto included) agreed that it was an alright game overall but missed the mark in several ways. Three years later in July 2024, a major leak practically confirms that Cold Iron was getting another kick at the can with a sequel. Now, nearly two years after that, we finally get a look at Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, and it'll be in players' hands sooner than later with its arrival set for Summer 2026. Announced with a brief post on […]

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Back in March 2026, Square Enix and Google revealed a new partnership to bring a Gemini AI-powered NPC to Dragon Quest X called Chatty Slimey. The NPC companion was described as a "conversational AI" companion who can aid the player with questions they have in the game, but as reported by Japanese outlet Toyo Keizai (spotted and translated by Automaton), Dragon Quest series creator Yuji Hori hopes that the AI NPC can be more that just a tool for players to utilize. Hori reportedly holds this hope not just for the upcoming Chatty Slimey companion, but for all future AI-powered […]

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Shortly after the new leadership cabinet for Xbox chief executive officer Asha Sharma was made public, Sharma took to her personal X (formerly Twitter) account to comment on the appointments but also to reveal another change regarding Xbox's direction. Microsoft's Copilot AI, which had been introduced into the gaming ecosystem as Gaming Copilot through the mobile Xbox app and the Xbox PC app, is seemingly something that no longer aligns with platform's direction. "Xbox needs to move faster, deepen our connection with the community, and address friction for both players and developers," Sharma began in her statement. "Today, we promoted […]

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