Title: Take A Look At The 18 Most Impressive Fits From MCM Comic Con London Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:43:27 +0000 Link: https://kotaku.com/cosplay-mcm-comic-con-london-resident-evil-digital-circus-2000704884 Featuring cosplay from Resident Evil, Baldur's Gate 3 and The Amazing Digital Circus

Title: Saw: Genesis Seems Like A Cool Multiplayer Game, But A Questionable Saw One Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:19:41 +0000 Link: https://kotaku.com/saw-genesis-preview-summer-game-fest-timeline-jigsaw-2000704892 The asymmetrical horror game is playing fast and loose with one of horror’s most precise worlds

Title: PS Plus Game Catalog Gets Some Big New Games This Month, Including Final Fantasy 16 Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:19:38 +0000 Link: https://kotaku.com/ps-plus-game-catalog-gets-some-big-new-games-this-month-including-final-fantasy-16-2000704920 Gitaroo Man is also being added to the PS Plus Premium library of retro games

Title: Killer Bean Is A Very, Very Bad Game Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:45:34 +0000 Link: https://kotaku.com/killer-bean-is-a-very-very-bad-game-2000704867 Some cool ideas don't make this open-world action-shooter worth playing

Title: Doctor Who Is In A Whole Heap Of Trouble Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:21:19 +0000 Link: https://kotaku.com/doctor-who-showrunner-abandons-show-christmas-special-cancelled-2000704853 The long-running British sci-fi show's showrunner abandons the TARDIS, and the Christmas special is cancelled

Title: Monopoly Go x The Simpsons crossover is almost here Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:41:21 +0000 Link: https://www.vg247.com/monopoly-go-the-simpsons-crossover-details Monopoly Go players have been looking forward to a major crossover event for what felt like months, and though most of the details ended up leaking, nothing actually beats official information. Read more

Title: Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.3 will take us deeper into the World in Canvas and make Mortenax Blade playable Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 13:43:44 +0000 Link: https://www.vg247.com/honkai-star-rail-version-4-3-all-details HoYoverse has today delivered full details on the next major update for Honkai: Star Rail. Version 4.3, dubbed The Lethe Below the Living, will be available for all players on June 1. The upcoming update adds a new chapter to the Planarcadia arc, and introduce a new playable character. Read more

Title: Forza Horizon 6 explodes on Steam even before it's officially out Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:02 +0000 Link: https://www.vg247.com/forza-horizon-6-steam-numbers-big-launch Steam is abuzz this week with a couple of long-anticipated launches, but in Forza Horizon 6’s case, at least, the game isn’t even out for what will be most of its players. The anticipated sequel in the open-world driving game series doesn’t officially launch until May 19, but owners of its most expensive version - the Premium Edition - can play it right now. Read more

Title: Mystic Messenger's most loyal players are getting banned in droves for seemingly playing the game too much Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 10:02:10 +0000 Link: https://www.vg247.com/mystic-messenger-ban-wave-thousands-of-hourglasses-anniversary Mystic Messenger, arguably one of the best dating sims around, has been dormant for about seven years. Despite not receiving new content or any meaningful updates in all that time, the game remains popular with its core fans, many of whom just woke up to some shocking news about their accounts. Read more

Title: Forza Horizon 6 review - The driving game for everyone still can’t seem to escape its car-collecting legacy Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 12:00:03 +0000 Link: https://www.vg247.com/forza-horizon-6-review There is this idea that, for a long-running series to remain as consistently popular as Forza Horizon has been, it needs to diminish itself somewhat with each new entry, gradually losing more and more of its edge in a bid to appeal to the widest possible audience. Read more

Title: PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium Games For June 2026 Revealed Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:48:12 +0000 Link: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstation-plus-extra-premium-games-for-june-2026-revealed/ Sony has revealed the latest games coming to the Game Catalog for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers in June. Sony is also changing the release schedule for the new arrivals in the US, the UK, and Japan, as the first batch will go live on June 16, while others will arrive at a later date. In other regions across the globe, all of these games will be available starting June 16. Final Fantasy 16 (PS5) | June 16 Sonic x Shadow: Generations (PS5, PS4) | June 10 Kingdom Come: Deliverance (PS5, PS4) | June 23 Life is Strange: Double Exposure (PS5) | June 23 Farming Simulator 25 (PS5) | June 30 Blades of Fire (PS5) | June 30 Black Desert (PS5) | June 30 Gitaroo Man (PS5, PS4) | June 16, PS Plus Premium required This month's headliner is Final Fantasy 16. Released in 2023, this mainline entry in the Final Fantasy series was a darker and more mature spin on the franchise. Players step into the boots of Clive Rosfield, First Shield of Rosaria, and the guardian of his younger brother Joshua--who also happens to be the Dominant of the Eikon Phoenix--and the action-RPG gameplay combines staple Final Fantasy abilities with dynamic battlefield options. While it's not included, you can upgrade the adventure with two post-launch expansions. Sonic X Shadow Generations combines a complete remaster of the classic hit Sonic Generations with a brand-new standalone campaign for Shadow the Hedgehog. It's a mix of classic Sonic the Hedgehog fun and edgy Shadow coolness, offering the best of both worlds. PS Plus subscribers can also download Kingdom Come: Deliverance this month, the original story-driven open-world RPG set in medieval Bohemia. A game about avenging the deaths of your parents and learning the way of the sword, the PS5 version features several graphical upgrades. Fast-forwarding several centuries into the future, Life is Strange: Double Exposure sees the original protagonist of the franchise, Max Caulfield, step into the spotlight. The photographer-in-residence discovers a brutal homicide of a close friend at her university, and using her ability to rewind time, she searches for a way to stop the tragedy from happening. Anyone looking to try their hand at agriculture can hop into a tractor for some fun in Farming Simulator 25, Blades of Fire is another dark fantasy adventure you can try out this month, and Pearl Abyss's original open-world MMORPG Black Desert is worth checking out if you're a fan of Crimson Desert. Finally, PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers can check out Gitaroo Man, a classic PlayStation 2 rhythm game with a hard-rocking soundtrack and a colorful art direction. Don’t forget, all PS Plus members can claim three free games -- Grounded Fully Yoked Edition, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide 2.

Title: $80 Games Are Already Here Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:28:19 +0000 Link: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/80-games-are-already-here/ While many are waiting to see if Rockstar Games decides to price GTA 6 at $80 or more, the video game market already has games at that price point, they've just gone more under the radar. Two more have been announced just this month but may have been missed amid the Summer Game Fest craze. Back in June 2025, Nintendo was the first major company to ask $10 more than the standard $70 rate with Mario Kart World. It was included with a $500 bundle that also included a console, so the effective price of the game was lower, but it was $80 for anyone who bought the game alone. Now that Nintendo discontinued that bundle, everyone has to pay $80 for Mario Kart World. Nintendo said it charged $80 for the game because it has so much value. Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida defended Nintendo's decision, saying people could not reasonably expect prices to stay the same despite rising development costs and larger scopes. Mario Kart World. The $80 price for Mario Kart World is for both the digital and physical editions. In March this year, Nintendo announced that it would begin a new pricing strategy whereby digital and physical games would cost different prices, beginning with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book in May. That game cost $60 digitally and $70 physically. Explaining the price differences, Nintendo said this reflects the "different costs associated with producing and distributing each format," and it offers players choice, the company said. Nintendo also reminded everyone that individual retailers set their own prices--Walmart, for example, discounted the physical versions of Nintendo games already to match the digital prices. More $80 games So far in June, we've learned about two more games that will cost $80 when they release, and they're both also Switch 2 titles. Elden Ring for Switch 2 will be $80 when it launches in August with its Tarnished Edition physically and with a Game-Key Card; this is a physical cartridge with a download code. The Tarnished Edition includes the base game, the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, four new armor sets, two new starting classes, and other digital items. The new Fire Emblem game revealed during the Nintendo Direct will also be $80 for its physical edition (though we don't know yet if it's a Game-Key Card). The digital edition, meanwhile, costs $70 as part of Nintendo's new pricing strategy. "They will pay" Former Nintendo PR manager Kit Ellis said Nintendo is charging $80 for the game because it can. "Nintendo knows fans of that series are as die-hard as they come; they want the game physical and they will pay the premium." Ellis said he expects 2027's Xenoblade Genesis to also cost $80 for the same reason. What comes next It is not a stretch to believe that other publishers will start charging $80 or more for new releases. After all, there is already data that says people are ready and willing to pay $80 for games. Analyst Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics said "the floodgates are now open.” He expects every publisher in video games that can raise prices to do so. Microsoft, for its part, said in 2025 that it would begin charging $80 for its big new games in 2025, but the company canceled those plans and has never charged more than $70 for a big new release's standard edition. Sony, meanwhile, is holding steady at $70 as well for major new releases. A Bank of America stock analyst recently said Rockstar should charge $80 for GTA 6 to help convince the industry at large to raise prices as well. GTA 6. Rockstar owner Take-Two was among the first to hike prices from $60 to $70, with the company pricing NBA 2K21 at $70 back in 2020, citing development budgets that have increased by as much as 300% in the past 10 years. The company later said it saw “no pushback” to the new $70 price being the new price for major releases at Take-Two and many other publishers. Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick said major new releases have actually come down in price over the years when you consider how inflation has affected pretty much everything else you buy these days. The $60 in 2013 dollars that GTA 5 cost at launch is now more than $85 in 2026 dollars, for example. Games have held steady in the $60-$70 range for 10 years, and that “doesn’t make a whole lot of sense,” Zelnick said, with many theorizing that what Zelnick meant here was that GTA 6 could be priced higher. That would not be surprising, but some believe it won't go as high as $100 because Rockstar is keen to funnel people into the game to push them to whatever the developer has in store for the next evolution of GTA Online that is surely coming. Experts have said games not going up in price is causing major issues for the AAA game market. No significant increases help explain why publishers push DLC and microtransactions so much to help cover the costs of ballooning budgets, according to experts and industry veterans. Things like deluxe editions of games, meanwhile, can sell for $80 or more, and the included items--like extra skins and digital weapons--are basically free to develop. Publishers could also look to product placement to help manage costs, and that's a future people generally do not want to see. Prices should have gone up already Former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden said in 2025 that the price of new games should have gone up with every new console generation for the past 20 years. That largely did not happen, and now the industry is worse off for it, he said. "I think it's because everyone's afraid," he told GI.biz. "No one wants to be the first one to raise the price, because you're afraid to lose traffic. So what you do is you just end up eating into your operating income, your profit margin." "There were more sports cars in the parking lot in the PS1 era than there were in the PS4 era, because if you're selling 20 million units at $60 for something that only cost you $10 million to make, that's different than selling 20 million units at $60 for something that cost you $160 million to make." If more companies raise prices to $80 or more for new games, that doesn't mean developers will stop hawking things like microtransactions, DLC, and battle passes--these efforts will likely continue in concert with price hikes. In life, products and services across all categories tend to get more expensive over time, and there is no reason to believe games would be any different. In fact, the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics just announced today, June 10, that inflation in May rose to 4.2%, the highest level in three years. It was up from 3.8% in April, and it's the third month in the row that the Consumer Price Index has gone up. The ongoing increases to inflation are stoking the theories that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in a bid to slow spending and bring down inflation. Inflation is going up, in part, due to the ongoing war in Iran that has sent oil and gas prices soaring. Beyond the price of games, the price of gaming hardware continues to go up and up, due in part to the global macroeconomic environment. Microsoft and Sony have already raised console prices, and Nintendo will follow next with a Switch 2 price hike in September. Just recently, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said Microsoft will need to come up "radically different" business models to help mitigate rising hardware prices against the backdrop of Project Helix. “We’ve reached a point where it will be hard to imagine that mass audiences can afford 1000s of dollars to spend on a console generation. We'll see radically different business models that we never expected start to come into orbit later this year," she said, without elaborating further. No one likes to pay more, but increasing costs are easier to stomach when people are getting paid more to offset, or mitigate, the increased costs of things they need and want. But that isn't always the case, either. In fact, the federal minimum wage in the US is still $7.25/hour, though dozens of states have their own minimum wages that are significantly higher. Beyond all of this, the upcoming SpaceX IPO and the millionaires to be minted out of it is only furthering the growing wealth-disparity issue in America. For now, people should expect to pay more for games, hardware, and everything else in life. Hooray?

Title: Fable Lets You Live A Second Life, Not Just Save The World Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:00:28 +0000 Link: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fable-lets-you-live-a-second-life-not-just-save-the-world/ Fable is now arriving in February 2027, but with some extra months to fine-tune the fantasy adventure, Playground Games looks set to release an impressive entry in the classic franchise. Older Fable games from Peter Molyneux's Lionhead Studios had lofty ambitions, but with Playground at the helm, the new title is taking the series in an unexpected direction: life-sims. During Summer Game Fest, GameSpot got a closer look at Fable behind closed doors, with the game's developers showing off just how deep relationships are in the game. In one example, the player had to become a success story to woo their chosen romantic pursuit. This involved dressing in fine clothes, starting a business, and ensuring that it was profitable, all to win the hand of a fair maiden. What makes this even more impressive is that the NPC chosen is one of hundreds who populate the game, and each one has a distinct personality. https://youtu.be/Zzwz7KZNBzY Is it possible to pursue a romance with every single one of them? Yes, says Playground Games, but not all at once because each NPC has their own idealized version of who their life-partner should be. "One person might want you to be kind. Another might want you to be a murderer. That's just how it goes," associate game director Craig Littler said to GameSpot. For more details on every new detail we just learned about the game, you can watch the video above. Fable launches on February 23, 2027, for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5. During last week’s Xbox Games Showcase, we saw the reveal of Fable's first story-driven expansion, Order of the Hero, and our first look at the new character Isabel, played by Hayley Atwell.

Title: Gears Of War: E-Day Is Bigger, Bloodier, And More Ambitious Than We Expected Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Link: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gears-of-war-e-day-is-bigger-bloodier-and-more-ambitious-than-we-expected/ Gears of War: E-Day made a big splash during the Xbox Games Showcase, as The Coalition dropped an action-packed preview on audiences. Not only is Gears looking better than ever, thanks to Unreal Engine 5 powering it, but several design choices are also adding up to make the game play better through fluid movement mechanics and levels that'll give you opportunities to put your skills to the test. GameSpot had the opportunity to take a closer look at the game and sit down with The Coalition's developers to learn more about the prequel. You can check out everything new that we learned from this interview that wasn't shown off in the initial preview in the video below. https://youtu.be/hh5Swf5p4jo Gears of War: E-Day is a fresh start for the franchise, and according to The Coalition, the developer started with an "empty hard drive" to rebuild Gears in Unreal Engine 5. The key location for E-Day is Kalona on the planet Sera, a city that will be devastated during Emergence Day when the Locust rise up to attack humanity. The Coalition says that the destruction will be felt throughout the campaign as environments change, and while E-Day isn't an open-world game, its large-scale arenas are combat puzzles waiting for players to solve them through smoother cover transitions and ultraviolence. Some missions will have tighter spaces to fight in, while others will give players access to entire neighborhoods to wage war in. The main goal is to make players feel like they're in a big-budget action movie as they slide and mantle over obstacles so that they can flank enemies. Other interesting tidbits from our time with The Coalition include the studio mentioning that E-Day has the longest campaign that it has ever designed--with the studio estimating that it'll take around 14 hours to complete--how E-Day was the story the studio wanted to tell next, and owners of PC gaming handhelds should expect to see it run just fine on those systems. Gears of War: E-Day launches for PC and Xbox Series X|S on October 3, but it’s not coming to PS5.

Title: Players Think Kingdom Hearts’ New Art Is AI-Generated Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:02:16 +0000 Link: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/players-think-kingdom-hearts-new-art-is-ai-generated/ Yesterday's Nintendo Direct certainly got Kingdom Hearts players talking--but it's not the kind of discourse Square Enix was probably hoping for after unveiling a new Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer and announcing that native versions of the entire Kingdom Hearts trilogy are coming to Switch 2 on October 8. Instead, eagle-eyed players are focused on what appears to be AI-generated key art, which Square Enix shared on X shortly after the announcement of the Kingdom Hearts Collection [I-III] As pointed out by artist and Kingdom Hearts fan Vexmyx, the image appears to show Donald with four fingers on one hand, but five fingers on the other--it's well known at this point that generative AI tools tend to struggle with hands and fingers, frequently generating images with subjects either missing digits, or having too many. As of his most recent appearance in Kingdom Hearts 3, Donald Duck has only four fingers, and knowing how protective Disney is when it comes to legacy characters like Donald and Goofy, it's hard to imagine they'd hire an artist who doesn't know how many fingers he has. Donald's feet are also shaped rather strangely, though that could just be a matter of perspective, as he's floating (flying?) through the air with one foot (flipper?) forward and the other behind him. https://twitter.com/vexmyx/status/2064420981901230165?s=46 Other details, like one of the zippers on Donald's coat and the chain on Sora's beloved Keyblade, are also rather wonky and oddly uneven looking, as if drawn by someone who isn't quite sure how zippers or chain links work. But the fashion faux pas don't end with zippers--the treads on the soles of Sora's shoes are also off, sporting a close-but-not-quite-right pattern of raised squares, when his shoe treads have historically featured tiny, raised crown motifs that match the crown-shaped pendant around his neck. Goofy appears to be wearing steel-toed boots, but his right foot looks much longer than his left foot, and appears to be missing the steel toe. Again, this could simply be a matter of perspective due to the way the characters are posed, but given how beloved the franchise is--and how strict Disney is about sticking to character designs--many Kingdom Hearts fans are wondering if the image was at least partially AI-generated. "Either fully generated or AI-enhanced, I'm not sure," Vexmyx said, sharing an image highlighting parts of the image that feature the most obvious AI fingerprints. "But I'm disappointed. This is unacceptable if [the AI claims are] true, and needs to be addressed." While human error might explain some of the strange aspects of the image, it certainly doesn't explain why the face of the franchise's iconic clocktower has hands that appear to curve and bend. GameSpot has reached out to Square Enix for comment, but did not receive a reply in time for publication.

Title: All joule box upgrade locations in Mina the Hollower Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:37:36 GMT Link: https://www.polygon.com/mina-the-hollower-all-joule-box-upgrade-locations/ Joule box upgrades allow you to use your sidearm more often in Mina the Hollower, but, as you would expect, they're hidden behind many obstacles, enemies, and kear slots. Don't let that scare you, though, as joule boxes are incredibly useful; while you start the game with a maximum stack of 20 joule (sidearm charges), every joule box you'll find adds 10 joule. So, if you find every joule box upgrade in the game, you'll have a sidearm charge count of 100.

Title: PlayStation Plus Extra June 2026 game catalog additions announced Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:08:38 GMT Link: https://www.polygon.com/playstation-plus-game-catalog-june-2026-final-fantasy/ On Wednesday, Sony Interactive Entertainment revealed the lineup of new games joining its PlayStation Plus Game Catalog in June. Final Fantasy 16, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and more will join the catalog on June 16 for PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra subscribers.

Title: Avatar: Fire and Ash streaming release announced for Disney Plus Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:36:16 GMT Link: https://www.polygon.com/avatar-fire-and-ash-streaming-date-disney-plus/ Good news for those who missed Avatar: Fire and Ash and its spectacle in theaters (or who simply want to rewatch this three-plus-hour film while being able to take a bathroom break): the third movie in the Avatar saga will be on Disney Plus on June 24. That’s three days earlier than the previously announced June 27 release date.

Title: Saw: Genesis switches up Dead by Daylight's formula with escape room thrills Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:00:21 GMT Link: https://www.polygon.com/saw-genesis-preview/ The idea of a video game based on Saw, the mega-popular horror movie franchise, seems like a no-brainer until you stop to think about the logistics. Jigsaw isn’t exactly a powerful slasher villain that sounds morbidly fun to embody in a game; he’s a weak old man who hides behind a wall of monitors. The idea doesn’t seem to lends itself to an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game, at least not in a Dead by Daylight kind of way. Bloober Team is hoping that it has solved that deadly puzzle with Saw: Genesis.

Title: Halo: Campaign Evolved will include 42 skulls — see the full list here Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:00:21 GMT Link: https://www.polygon.com/halo-campaign-evolved-skulls-interview-list-all/ I haven’t checked the math on that (wouldn’t even know how to begin), but I believe it. Skulls are a major selling point of Halo: Campaign Evolved, the July 28 remake of 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved, which features a fully rebuilt campaign mode but will not include any competitive multiplayer. Absent a multiplayer mode, the variety in Halo: Campaign Evolved comes from skulls.

Title: NVIDIA, KRAFTON, NC and Reigning ‘League of Legends’ Champions T1 Celebrate RTX Spark at Korea’s PC Bangs Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:00:15 +0000 Link: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/krafton-nc-t1-korea-gaming-pc-bang-rtx-spark/ At GTC Taipei at COMPUTEX last week, NVIDIA unveiled RTX Spark, the superchip that reinvents Windows PCs for the era of personal AI agents. On the heels of this announcement, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang headed to South Korea, where he introduced RTX Spark to the nation’s passionate gaming community. Leading game developers — including Korea’s KRAFTON and NC — are already working to bring their titles to RTX Spark-powered systems.  Designed for local AI, creating and gaming, RTX Spark brings together 30 years of NVIDIA innovation to slim Windows laptops with all-day battery life and small, ultraefficient desktop PCs.  With the superchip, gamers can play AAA games at 1440p resolution and over 100 frames per second with NVIDIA ray tracing, DLSS and Reflex technologies. In addition, RTX Spark supports all NVIDIA RTX technologies, including the recently announced DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, which features a second-generation transformer model for realistic image quality.  RTX Spark Ignites Korea’s Gaming Community Korea has played a major role in spearheading esports and driving the boom in PC bangs, or internet and gaming cafes. With longstanding collaborations rooted in the country, NVIDIA in October celebrated 25 years of GeForce in Korea with a free festival for gamers, highlighting the rich gaming ecosystem that has been built over decades.    On Friday, Huang headed to T1 Base Camp — a PC bang owned by T1, one of Korea’s top esports teams. There, he met with T1’s reigning League of Legends World Champion team, including six-time World Champion Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok to unveil RTX Spark.  NVIDIA and Riot Games — developer of League of Legends — are collaborating to bring the title as well as VALORANT to RTX Spark, expanding gamers’ access to high-performance gaming on slim laptops.  To mark the occasion, T1 Base Camp attendees had the chance to win RTX Spark laptops, League of Legends and T1 merch signed by Huang and Faker, as well as GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs.  Surprising PC-Bang Gamers  Later, Huang headed to Seoul’s Gangnam district, where he surprised PC-bang gamers with a first look at RTX Spark with KRAFTON and NC.  At the first stop, Optimum Zone PC, Huang and KRAFTON Chairman Byung-gyu Chang showcased PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS and Subnautica 2 on RTX Spark to a captivated crowd of gamers.  Gamers then got the surprise chance to play with the unreleased PUBG Ally, a co-playable character built with NVIDIA ACE technologies on RTX Spark laptops. PUBG Ally resulted from AI research and development at KRAFTON and NVIDIA, part of an initiative to create next-generation game characters that act like teammates and enable more meaningful, immersive engagements with players. Next, Huang stopped at another PC bang, Portal PC, where he showcased NC’s CINDER CITY and AION 2 on RTX Spark, with support from Taekjin Kim, co-CEO of NC.  NC and NVIDIA began working together in the early 2000s on the Lineage franchise and have since collaborated to integrate RTX technology into many of NC’s flagship games, including Lineage 2, AION, Blade & Soul, AION 2 and CINDER CITY.  Gamers at Portal PC were given the chance to play a demo of NC’s highly anticipated open-world massively multiplayer online tactical shooter CINDER CITY on GeForce RTX-powered PCs.   CINDER CITY will support the DLSS 4.5 Dynamic Multi Frame Generation and Super Resolution features at launch. Plus, gamers will be able to experience the title on slim RTX Spark laptops and compact desktops when the game is released later this year.  In addition to KRAFTON, NC, and Riot Games, 100+ Windows software providers and game developers are embracing RTX Spark. These partners include NetEase, Remedy Entertainment and XBOX.  Learn more about RTX Spark and its launch partners.

Title: Forecast: Fun Ahead — 18 Games Join in June to Stream on GeForce NOW Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:00:27 +0000 Link: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-june-2026-games-list/ June’s forecast with GeForce NOW: 100% chance of gaming. GeForce NOW is lining up new adventures for the month, from big-name blockbusters to quirky indies ready for the spotlight. Members can dive into fresh worlds, squad up in new playlists and discover “just one more run” favorites — all streaming from the cloud, no downloads or upgrades required.  Eighteen games are coming this month, starting with the 10 games arriving this week with the highly requested Neverness to Everness.  A World Beyond City limits end where reality bends. Step into a surreal, supernatural open world in NTE: Neverness to Everness from Hota Studio. Reality bends, streets twist into impossible angles and the uncanny waits around every corner. Play as an anomaly hunter drawn into a strange metropolis alive with anomalies, cosmic oddities and dreamlike encounters. Explore the city’s districts at street level or from impossible heights, uncovering secrets, side stories and hidden paths woven through the tangled skyline. Combat and exploration blend together as players move between quiet, eerie spaces and sudden bursts of action.  Every alleyway and rooftop hides something strange and new, from bizarre characters to otherworldly phenomena that reshape the environment in unexpected ways. Streaming with GeForce NOW lets the game’s distinctive art direction and atmospheric lighting shine, keeping the city’s moody glow, deep shadows and supernatural effects crisp and sharp.  Whether wandering its streets on a big screen or checking in from a laptop, NTE: Neverness to Everness stays fluid and immersive — powered by the cloud. June Games Juicing Up the Cloud A legend returns. Return to the Valley of Mines in Gothic 1 Remake, a faithful rebuild of the original experience that expands the world with more detailed questlines, additional nonplayer character routines and reactions, new traversal abilities and a fully modernized combat system. Step into the role of the Nameless Hero and explore a dangerous prison colony filled with rival factions, ancient magic, deadly creatures and choices that shape the journey ahead.  Whether revisiting a classic or discovering it for the first time, GeForce NOW makes it easy to jump into the adventure instantly across nearly any device, no downloads required. Check out what all is available this week: Jurassic World Evolution 3 (New release on Xbox, available on Game Pass) Fatekeeper (New release on Steam, available June 2) House Flipper Remastered Collection (New release on Steam, available June 4) Pro Cycling Manager 26 (New release on Steam, available June 4) GOALS (New release on Steam, available June 4) Gothic 1 Remake (New release on Steam, available June 5) NTE: Neverness to Everness (Launcher) The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition (Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass) Tomb Raider I-III Remastered (Epic Games Store) XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Steam) And look forward to the games coming throughout the month: STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions (New release on Steam, June 11) SpaceCraft (New release on Steam, June 11) Denshattack! (New release on Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass, June 17) The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales (New release on Steam, June 18) Dark Scrolls (New release on Steam, June 22) Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains (New release on Steam and Ubisoft, June 30) Farever (Steam) FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves (Steam)  More From May In addition to the 16 games announced last month, 18 more joined the GeForce NOW library: Alchemy Factory (Steam) Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes (Steam) Blades of Fire (Steam) BeamNG.drive (Epic Games Store) Directive 8020 (Steam) Disco Elysium (Xbox, available on Game Pass) Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure (Epic Games Store) Ostranauts (Steam) Planet Coaster 2 (Epic Games Store) PowerWash Simulator 2 (Xbox, available on Game Pass) Resident Evil Requiem Demo (Steam) Romestead (Steam) SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded (Xbox, available on Game Pass) Subnautica 2 (Steam, Epic Games Store and Xbox, available on Game Pass) Sunderfolk (Epic Games Store) TerraTech Legion (Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass) Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II (Steam) World of Tanks: HEAT (Steam) What are you planning to play this weekend? Let us know X or in the comments below.

Title: The Name’s Gaming … Cloud Gaming: ‘007 First Light’ Launches on GeForce NOW Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 13:00:37 +0000 Link: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-007-first-light-launch/ License to stream, shaken and stirred. GeForce NOW is dialing up the espionage with the launch of 007 First Light, letting members slip into James Bond’s reimagined origin story from almost any device — no tux or preloads required.  For a limited time, the game is included with the purchase of a 12‑month GeForce NOW Ultimate membership, letting members lock in Bond’s next mission and a year of top-tier cloud gaming in one shot. And for those stepping into the role, the look comes with it. Daring Elite Outfit, a signature look capturing the spirit of a rising agent, is now available for Ultimate members — equal parts discipline, ambition and edge. And catch Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem demo in the cloud — catch an early portion of the game and discover its two sides: terrifying survival horror with Grace Ashcroft, and pulse-pounding action with Leon S. Kennedy This GFN Thursday also brings eight new games to the cloud, expanding the library with even more ways to play across genres. Mission Assigned First light, first mission. The mission begins before the legend. 007 First Light puts players in the shoes of James Bond at the dawn of his career, when instincts are sharp, rules are flexible and every decision shapes the agent he’s destined to become. This is a Bond who’s still earning his “00” — unpolished, dangerous and learning when to trust a plan and when to improvise under fire. A cinematic spy thriller unfolds with high-stakes infiltration, tense encounters and stylish set pieces. One moment brings thrills working undercover at an opulent event — the next, white‑knuckle chases and close‑quarters confrontations where timing and composure are everything. Approaches to each mission — quiet and calculated, bold and aggressive, or something in between — define Bond’s path and the allies and enemies that cross it. Stream it all with GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU power in the cloud, with up to 5K high dynamic range and cinematic-quality streaming for Ultimate members. Experience Bond’s origin story in razor-sharp detail across devices — no high-end PC required. Keep It Daring Tailored. Tactical. Dangerously sharp. Looks speak first. A new 007 First Light reward drops today on GeForce NOW, delivering Ultimate members a refined,  unmistakably bold way to step into the world of espionage. The Daring Elite Outfit blends calculated precision with effortless style — the kind that turns heads before the mission even begins. Sleek, confident and just a little dangerous, it’s built for agents who understand that presence is a part of the playbook. All rewards are available starting now through Saturday, June 27, or while supplies last. To claim, log in to a GeForce NOW account, head to the rewards section in the account portal and redeem. Keep It Heated Time to get heated. Armored battles get hero-driven in Wargaming’s free-to-play, player vs. player vehicle shooter, World of Tanks: HEAT, now streaming on GeForce NOW. World of Tanks: HEAT is the franchise’s first hero-driven tank action game, where powerful Agents and their experimental machines shape every fight. Fast-paced 5v5 and 10v10 matches erupt into high-velocity brawls as hero-enhanced tanks trade explosive bursts, clutch escapes and momentum-shifting abilities. Each Agent brings a unique tool kit and vehicle lineup, layering team roles and synergy on top of sharp aim and smart positioning. It’s classic steel-on-steel combat with a hero-shooter twist, now available in the cloud. The next match is always just a quick deployment away on GeForce NOW. Keep It Playing Community stories take the spotlight this week as an Ultimate member on Reddit shares a heartfelt note about what GeForce NOW means to daily gaming. In addition, members can look for the following: Romestead (New release on Steam, May 26) World of Tanks: HEAT (New release on Steam, May 26) 007 First Light (New release on Steam, Epic Games Store and Xbox, available on the Microsoft store, May 26) Starminer (New release on Steam, May 27) Resident Evil Requiem Demo (New release on Steam, May 27) Alchemy Factory (Steam) BeamNG.drive (Epic Games Store) Ostranauts (Steam) What are you planning to play this weekend? Let us know on X or in the comments below. nvidia geforce now delivers such flawless performance, it is possible to exert dominance upon the squad ‘w/ absolute precision & @ ease' ♡ more about @nvidiagfn @ https://t.co/pFHAv1zXRS https://t.co/q67SOJNpbO #nvidiapartner #geforcenow pic.twitter.com/NsiK3FIX6v — airie (@airiesummer) May 22, 2026

Title: License to Stream: ‘007 First Light’ Coming to GeForce NOW With an Ultimate Bundle Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 13:00:22 +0000 Link: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-007-first-light-ultimate-bundle/ The mission begins now. GeForce NOW is dialing up the action with a blockbuster mix of spy thrills, high-speed racing and member rewards — plus eight new games joining the cloud this week, all ready to stream instantly. Leading the drop: the 007 First Light Ultimate Membership Bundle, which brings a brand-new way to jump into one of the year’s biggest releases and discover James Bond’s reimagined origin story. Rev the engines — the Horizon Festival is calling. Forza Horizon 6 is now available on GeForce NOW — bringing the series’ signature open-world racing and festival energy directly to members, wherever they play. Stream a world built for speed, style and freedom instantly across devices, with no downloads required. Step Into the Cloud of Espionage A license to stream. A mission worth accepting arrives. Starting today through Wednesday, June 10, 007 First Light is included with the purchase of a 12-month GeForce NOW Ultimate membership. Lock it in before the game’s launch, and it’ll be ready to play the moment it goes live on Wednesday, May 27 — no preloads, no waiting, no mission briefings required. This is a new, original take of Bond’s story — before the tux fit perfectly and the martinis got specific. 007 First Light drops players into a sharp, cinematic origin story packed with globe-trotting espionage, close calls and choices that shape how the world’s most famous agent takes form. Expect stealth, spectacle and just enough chaos to keep things interesting. Stream it all with GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU power in the cloud, with up to 5K high dynamic range and cinematic-quality streaming for Ultimate members. It’s high-end PC gaming, minus the high-end PC. Redeeming the mission is simple: After purchase, get the game by going to the “Available to Redeem” section in the account portal, signing in to a Steam account and completing the redemption. The game is for members to keep — and ready to play across devices at launch with GeForce NOW. Welcome to the Festival Engines roar. Crowds surge. The road stretches endlessly forward. Forza Horizon 6 is the ultimate automotive playground — a shared world where racing, exploration and creativity come together. Every road, trail and skyline is designed to be driven, discovered and mastered. Take on a wide range of events, from high-speed street races to off-road expeditions, or drop into live activities happening across the world. Build a garage of iconic cars spanning decades of automotive history, each brought to life with incredible detail and customization. The Horizon Festival is more than competition — it’s a celebration of car culture and music. Seamless online features connect players across events and challenges, making every session feel alive and unpredictable. Powered by the cloud, GeForce NOW delivers the festival in stunning detail. Members experience ultrasmooth performance and vivid environments without needing to wait for installs or upgrading hardware. With technologies like NVIDIA DLSS enhancing performance and visual fidelity, every reflection, speed blur and finish-line sprint hits at full intensity. Community Spotlight Community-created content takes the spotlight this week, as GeForce NOW ambassador Cloud Gaming Battle sits down with Andrew Fear, GeForce NOW product manager director at NVIDIA, to dive into what makes the service tick. The conversation covers how GeForce NOW brings high-performance PC gaming from the cloud to a wide range of devices, giving a closer look at the tech, thinking and passion behind the platform. It’s a conversation that the GFN Reddit community is calling “genuinely inspirational.” In addition, members can look for the following: Forza Horizon 6 (New release on Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass, May 19) Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core (New release on Steam, May 20) Luna Abyss (New release on Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass, May 21) Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II (New release on Steam, May 21) ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies (New release on Steam, May 21) Splitgate Arena Reloaded (Xbox, Available on Game Pass) Sunderfolk (Epic Games Store) TerraTech Legion (Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass) What are you planning to play this weekend? Let us know on X or in the comments below. Rev your engines — the Horizon Festival is calling. @ForzaHorizon 6 is now streaming on GeForce NOW – stream a world built for speed in the cloud today. pic.twitter.com/hJuKFT2GZp — NVIDIA GeForce NOW (@NVIDIAGFN) May 19, 2026

Title: Sea You in the Cloud: ‘Subnautica 2’ Early Access Dives Onto GeForce NOW Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:08 +0000 Link: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-subnautica-2/ Editor’s note: The Gaijin single sign-on feature is now up and running. Dive masks on — Subnautica 2 is making a splash on GeForce NOW day-and-date with launch, so members can plunge into the title’s brand-new alien ocean from almost any device. It leads 11 new games joining the cloud this week. A limited-time HITMAN World of Assassination reward event brings signature tools of the trade — equal parts precision and unpredictability. At the same time Le Chiffre from CASINO ROYALE, played by the legendary actor Mads Mikkelsen, returns to HITMAN World of Assassination. Play for free through May 25 and earn a unique reward for 007 First Light. Meanwhile, engines are already revving — the highly anticipated Forza Horizon 6 races onto the scene with early access, starting today for players who preordered the Premium Edition on Steam or purchased the Premium Upgrade Bundle for PC Game Pass. GeForce NOW members can jump in once early access becomes available on the service — no preinstalls or downloads needed.  It all highlights what GeForce NOW does best: turning PC gaming collections into play-anywhere experiences across devices, with no install, updates or the latest hardware required.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Making Waves Explore the unknown with the cloud. Jump into a shared-world ocean frontier in Subnautica 2 — where survival, exploration and creativity rise to the surface together. Every reef, trench and stormy horizon is crafted to be swum through, studied and slowly tamed as players chart their own course beneath alien waves. Descend into a living seascape of dynamic ecosystems, mysterious ruins and creatures that range from curious to colossal. Take on story-driven missions, dive into resource-rich biomes and construct bases above and below the surface to turn hostile waters into a home. Whether playing solo or with a crew, the ocean stays vast and unpredictable. On GeForce NOW, every current, glow and shadow streams with crisp detail and fluid performance straight from the cloud. Members can plunge into the depths in moments, skipping downloads and hardware upgrades.  Keep It Classy Shaken, stirred and slightly unhinged. Suit up, agent — things are getting a little explosive. A new HITMAN World of Assassination reward event lands on GeForce NOW, giving members a stylish (and slightly unhinged) way to make an impression. Each item leans into HITMAN’s signature tone — equal parts precision, chaos and dark humor. Here’s what’s waiting: Free users: The Purple Streak Explosive Duck — a remote explosive disguised as an innocent rubber toy. Performance members: The Purple Streak Explosive Duck and the Bomb Dynamite, a classic TNT bundle built for loud, messy exits. Ultimate members: Full Ultimate Bundle — adds the Purple Streak Fiber Wire (a sleek, silent takedown tool) and the Purple Streak Swimwear Suit (a bold outfit that trades stealth for style) to the Purple Streak Explosive Duck and the Bomb Dynamite. Starting today, all members get access to the rewards, which will remain available through Sunday, June 14, first come, first served. To claim, log in to a GeForce NOW account, head to the rewards section in the account portal and redeem.  One mission, a handful of questionable tools and a clear message: Stealth is optional, style is not. Splashy New Games In addition, members can look for the following: Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes (New release on Steam, May 11) Outbound (New release on Steam, May 11) Directive 8020 (New release on Steam, May 12) Subnautica 2 (New release on Steam, Epic Games Store and Xbox, available on Game Pass, May 14) Blades of Fire (New release on Steam, May 14) Forza Horizon 6 (Early access on Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass, May 14) Disco Elysium (Xbox, available on Game Pass) Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure (Epic Games Store) Planet Coaster 2 (Epic Games Store) Sudden Strike 5 (Steam) Super Battle Golf (Steam) The Gaijin single sign-on feature is coming soon and is currently in development with Gaijin. Updates will be shared in a future GeForce NOW Thursday once the feature is live. What are you planning to play this weekend? Let us know on X or in the comments below.   Which gaming genres do you play the most? — NVIDIA GeForce NOW (@NVIDIAGFN) May 13, 2026  

Title: PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for June: Final Fantasy XVI, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and more Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:30:33 +0000 Link: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/06/10/playstation-plus-game-catalog-for-june-final-fantasy-xvi-sonic-x-shadow-generations-kingdom-come-deliverance-and-more/ This month, explore the once-prosperous dark fantasy world of Valisthea in the grip of a blight in Final Fantasy XVI, spin dash through the dark past of the one known as the ultimate lifeform in Sonic X Shadow Generations, work your way up from a humble blacksmith’s forge in medieval Bohemia in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, or forge allies and pursue suspects across two versions of reality in Life is Strange: Double Exposure. All these titles and more are available in June’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup*. Meanwhile, PlayStation Plus Premium welcomes rhythm classic Gitaroo Man.  We’re exploring new ways to deliver PlayStation Plus Game Catalog titles in select markets. Games will be available on varying dates as noted below in the US, the UK and Japan. The full lineup will be available to play on June 16 in all other regions. PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | Game Catalog  View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Final Fantasy XVI | PS5   The 16th standalone entry in the legendary Final Fantasy series marks a darker turn for the RPG franchise, with a complex tale of revenge, power struggles and unavoidable tragedy. Play as Clive Rosfield, First Shield of Rosaria and guardian of his younger brother Joshua, the Dominant of the Eikon Phoenix, in the first fully-fledged action-RPG in the mainline Final Fantasy series. Explore the diverse land of Valisthea and use the spectacular Eikonic powers at your disposal to overcome powerful enemies. Final Fantasy XVI will be available globally June 16.  View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Sonic X Shadow Generations | PS5, PS4 When Shadow’s old nemesis, Black Doom, reemerges and threatens to take over the world, Shadow must journey into his own past, confront painful memories, face familiar foes and unlock new powers to save the world and prove why he’s known as the Ultimate Lifeform. Play a complete campaign as Shadow to dive into his dark past and confront familiar foes to save the world and prove why he’s known as the ultimate lifeform. Sonic X Shadow Generations also includes a complete remaster of the classic hit Sonic Generations, featuring newly remastered versions of iconic 2D and 3D stages with upgraded visuals and bonus content. Sonic X Shadow Generations will be available today, June 10 in the US and the UK, and June 11 in Japan. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Kingdom Come: Deliverance | PS5, PS4 (Re)discover Henry’s saga from the start in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, the story-driven open-world RPG set in medieval Bohemia. You are Henry, son of a blacksmith, thrust into a raging civil war that took away your family and entire village. Narrowly escaping this brutal attack, you grab your sword to fight back. Avenge your parents’ death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices that will have an everlasting impact. The PS5 version of Kingdom Come: Deliverance now features graphical updates including 4K resolution, improved framerate, high-resolution textures and more. Medieval Bohemia has never been so beautiful. Kingdom Come: Deliverance will be available June 23 in the US, the UK and Japan. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Life is Strange: Double Exposure | PS5 Step into an all-new adventure in the Life is Strange series starring the original game’s protagonist Max Caulfield. Photographer-in-residence at the prestigious Caledon University, she discovers her closest new friend, Safi, dead in the snow. Murdered. To save her, Max tries to rewind time – a power she’s not used in years. Instead, she opens the way to a parallel timeline where Safi is still alive, and still in danger. Forge allies and pursue suspects across two versions of reality, shaping both timelines through unforgettable choices. Life is Strange: Double Exposure will be available June 23 in the US, the UK and Japan. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Farming Simulator 25 | PS5 Whether you build your legacy single-handedly or cooperatively in multiplayer – you decide: Farming Simulator 25 invites you to join the rewarding farm life. With the introduction of rice farming, spinach and other crops, as well as new environments in East Asia, North America and Central Europe, the family-friendly series takes another giant leap forward. Expand your ever-growing farm empire with new animals, production chains, construction missions, and more than 400 authentic machines from 150 top agricultural brands. Enjoy improved graphics and physics for a more immersive, atmospheric and relaxing virtual farming experience. Farming Simulator 25 will be available June 30 in the US, the UK and Japan. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Blades of Fire | PS5 You are Aran de Lira, the last warrior capable of forging true steel in a world where metal turns to stone. Your journey is not about collecting weapons, but about forging them through intent, sacrifice, and consequence, and surviving long enough to master their weight. Combat is deliberate and unforgiving. Every strike commits you. Every mistake costs you. Victory is earned through patience, positioning, and understanding both your enemy and the blade you forged to face them. Weapons are forged at the anvil through deliberate choices that permanently shape their behavior, balance, and purpose.  Blades of Fire will be available June 30 in the US, the UK and Japan. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Black Desert | PS5 Fight back the forces that threaten the world or test your might against other adventurers in Black Desert, Pearl Abyss’s open-world MMORPG. From the scorching heat of a desert metropolis to the serene peace of hidden forest enclaves, a thrilling story follows wherever your footsteps take you. Lead your guild to victory in battle to earn great renown and greater wealth. With everything from breathtaking combat and siege wars, to exploration and a variety of life-skill content such as trade, fishing, horse training, alchemy, cooking, and gathering – embark on the adventure you’ve truly been longing for. Black Desert will be available June 30 in the US, the UK and Japan. PlayStation Plus Premium View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Gitaroo Man | PS5, PS4 The classic PlayStation 2 rhythm game is back to rock your world! Rhythm game hero Gitaroo-Man comes to PS4 and PS5 for the very first time. Go from loser to legend with the mythical Gitaroo, an instrument-turned-weapon that can take down any enemy with the power of music. Press, pitch, and play to the rhythm as the young protagonist U-1 fights his way through enemies and gains confidence in himself along the way. Enjoy the unique and heartwarming atmosphere, rock out to the classic soundtrack, and lose yourself in the iconic, colorful designs created by famed Japanese illustrator 326. Gitaroo Man will be available globally June 16. *PlayStation Plus Game Catalog and PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe lineups may differ by region. Please check PlayStation Store on release day. Digital PS5 games available to stream from your library will vary over time, region, and country.

Title: Gran Turismo 7 free update 1.70: choose Your Le Mans Hypercar Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:00:35 +0000 Link: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/06/10/gran-turismo-7-free-update-1-70-choose-your-le-mans-hypercar/ Gran Turismo 7 is about more than finishing 1st — it’s about mastering what you love. Today marks the start of Endurance racing’s biggest stage: The 24-hour Le Mans race. To help players get into the feeling, this game update drops a stacked grid of modern legends, from the Ferrari 499P that brought the Prancing Horse back to glory, to Porsche’s title winning 963, BMW’s hybrid V8 powerhouse, and Peugeot’s boundary pushing 9X8, plus a 911 Turbo S Safety Car to keep it all in line. Also arriving in Update 1.70, a new Menu, five new World Circuits events including the legendary 24 Heures du Mans Racing Circuit. All of this will be available for free beginning today at 11:00pm PDT / June 11 at 7:00am BST / 3:00pm JST*.   Want to know which Hypercar from this update best suits your personality? Answer a few quick questions and keep track of your answers. We’ll match a Hypercar built for your style. Play Video New Cars**  The Quiz (5 Questions)  Q1) Your favorite “win” in GT is…  Setting a clean lap and watching the delta go green Out-strategizing everyone over a long race A fearless pass that makes the replay look unreal Nailing the perfect photo/livery and sharing it Keeping the race clean, controlled, and penalty‑free  Q2) You’d rather drive a car that feels…  Surgical and precise Unshakeable and stable Aggressive and alive Weird, unique, and totally different Predictable, stable, and trustworthy  Q3) Your ideal track is…  Technical with rhythm sections A long endurance test (practice → qualify → race) High-speed with heavy braking zones Anything cinematic with great lighting (sunset/night) Clear visibility, strong flow, and consistency  Q4) When the car feels “off,” you…  Adjust brake balance and keep pushing Think tires/fuel/consistency first Crank the setup and send it Build a new livery and try again Slow things down until everything feels right again  Q5) Your “one more run” trigger is…  “I can find 0.2s.” “I can go longer without mistakes.” “I can take that corner faster.” “I can make this look cooler.” “I can make this cleaner.”  1) Majority A answers  Your car Ferrari 499P  *Can be purchased from Brand Central View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Playstyle You love precision, rhythm, and that “factory team” feeling.  Trademark The Ferrari 499P is rear wheel drive… until it isn’t: The car runs as RWD most of the lap, but becomes four-wheel drive above ~118 mph, giving it extra grip in fast corners like Nürburgring and the Porsche Curves at Le Mans.   Drive challenge Practice: World Map >> World Circuits >> Asia-Oceania >> Suzuka Circuit   Mission: Drive clean, stay on track, and finish the race without crashing — even if you’re not fast.   Advanced Testing: World Map >> World Circuits >> Sardegna – Road Track → World Touring Car 800   2) Majority B answers  Your car Porsche 963  *Can be purchased from Brand Central View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Playstyle You want stability, confidence, and a car that rewards discipline.  Trademark Porsche’s 963 is the result of racing royalty evolving. It blends hybrid tech with decades of Le Mans dominance to deliver a modern prototype that keeps winning when it matters most Drive challenge Practice: World Map >> World Circuits >> Americas >> Daytona Road Course   Mission: Don’t rush at the start. When it’s time to move, be clear and decisive.  Advanced Testing: World Map >> World Circuits >> Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta 3) Majority C answers Your car BMW M Hybrid V8  *Can be purchased from Brand Central View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Playstyle You like aggression, heavy braking, and cars that feel powerful and physical.  Trademark This car’s legend started with a breakthrough win — and it’s built to stay calm when the race turns messy. At Indianapolis, BMW scored a historic 1‑2 finish, and reporting specifically calls out the final laps happening in dense lapping traffic. This car was built to thrive in chaos.   Drive Challenge Practice: World Map >> Missions >> The Passing Challenges  Mission: Pass other cars cleanly without hitting them before time runs out  Advanced Testing: World Map >> Missions >> Watkins Glen  4) Majority D answers  Your car Peugeot 9X8  *Can be purchased from Brand Central View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Your Playstyle You want something different, you enjoy learning curves, and you like mastering the unusual.  Trademark A century‑long rule broken. The 9X8 launched without a rear wing, something unseen in top‑level endurance racing for more than 50 years. The rear wing on a hyper car is its stability dial: more grip in corners, less speed in a straight line. Without a rear wing, all of the 9X8’s downforce came from underbody aero and body shaping. Thankfully, there’s one on this version for you.    Drive Challenge Practice: Garage >> Car Settings >> Brake Balance  Mission: Race at an event, try Monza Circuit Experience. Then go your Garage and move the Brake Balance one or two steps forward. Finally, drive the same event again and try to notice the difference.  Advanced Test: World Circuits >> Europe-Middle East >> Monza 5) Majority E answers  Your car  Porsche 911 Turbo S Safety Car   *Can be purchased from Brand Central View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Playstyle You value discipline, clarity, and clean racing. You don’t chase chaos — you manage it.  Trademark Manthey is Porsche’s partner responsible for running and maintenance of the WEC safety cars, and they help integrate the specialized systems that a world‑championship safety car needs. Manthey turns a fast road car into a reliable mobile control room; meaning it’s built to communicate, react, and lead the field safely under pressure.  Drive Challenge Practice: World Map >> World Circuits >> Trial Mountain >> Free Practice  Mission: Exercise “Perfect Control” by running consistent laps with zero penalties, zero contact, and smooth inputs from lights to flag.  Advanced Test: Pick any Free Practice or Time Trial where you want to feel confident before racing.  Want to learn more about June Update 1.70? Then head over to gran-turismo.com.   If you’re new to GT and want to get a feel for it, download My First GT on the PlayStation store for free and hop into the game!*Internet connection required for update. **Credits (paid or via game progression) required to purchase vehicles.

Title: Summer Game Fest 2026: Hands-on and more details on 11 upcoming PS5 games Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:00:52 +0000 Link: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/06/08/summer-game-fest-2026-hands-on-and-more-details-on-11-upcoming-ps5-games/ Summer Game Fest Play Days featured a ton of new titles this year, with developers and publishers giving lots of chances to see, and play, a variety of games coming to PS5. I visited SGF Play Days this year to see these upcoming titles in action, and go hands-on with many of them. Here’s everything I played and saw at Summer Game Fest. Alien: Isolation 2 | Release Date: TBD  Publisher: Sega | Developer: Creative Assembly More than a decade after the original was released, Alien: Isolation 2 slithered through a vent to terrify at SGF. I played the game’s prologue, taking on the role of a Weyland-Yutani executive who just arrived on the remote colony planet that serves as the game’s setting. As you’re riding in a rover with two other characters, there’s suddenly a flash and a nearby explosion. The three of you pile out of the rover and you set out into the woods to try to find out what happened. As you make your way through the barren forest, you soon come across the site of what looks like a crashed ship. Alien: Isolation fans will quickly realize this isn’t a ship, it’s the Project KG-348 lab that Amanda Ripley jettisoned from Savastopol station in the first game. That’s the lab where she trapped the alien that had hunted her for the entire first half of Alien: Isolation before she sent it off into space. Of course, the ill-fated group of humans venture inside. After you spend some time exploring and restarting the lab’s power with similar chunky, tactile controls as in the original game, like mashing X to start a generator, the creature reveals itself, dropping from the vents above and stomping away, barely missing you. At least in this prologue, Alien: Isolation 2 feels just like its predecessor. You can crouch to stay tow and quiet with Circle, keep out of sight by ducking behind objects and under tables, and peek around objects to get an eye on the creature by holding L1 and using the analog stick. You can also use tools to distract the xenomorph; in the prologue, I found a couple of flares that could be lit and thrown to draw its attention. But with no motion tracker, you have to rely on your senses to keep track of the alien and avoid its lethal pursuit. The creature is just as smart as it was before, too — it’ll search for you and listen for your footsteps, and even open cabinets or look under tables if it suspects you’re around. I narrowly missed getting grabbed when the creature decided to duck down and check the table I’d been cowering beneath as it walked by. And just like in the last game, you can’t kill the alien; you can only avoid it and hide from it. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Control Resonant | Release Date: September 24, 2026 Publisher: Remedy Entertainment | Developer: Remedy Entertainment Control Resonant takes some big steps forward from Remedy Entertainment’s 2019 game, reframing many of its underlying ideas as a melee-focused action-RPG. I played for about 90 minutes and found it satisfyingly fast and frenetic, and just as fascinatingly weird as its predecessor. My hands-on demo began at the start of the game, taking on the role of protagonist Dylan Faden. After a stalemate battle during the last seven years, The Oldest House has fallen to the Hiss, and the remaining agents of the Federal Bureau of Control evacuate into New York City to face a new threat. Despite his past, Dylan pledges to help fight the Hiss and correct the damage he helped cause. He’s also searching for his sister, Control protagonist Jesse. Though she’s not the protagonist, Jessie is a big part of the story, from what I saw. Dylan is in contact with Jesse in a way that seems to transcend physical space, just as characters sometimes do in Control and Alan Wake 2. Control Resonant gets you right into the action, using Dylan’s parautilitarian abilities and his shapeshifting weapon, the Aberrant, to take the fight to the Hiss. After just a few minutes, I unlocked some powerful movement abilities: hitting Circle lets you dash twice before touching the ground, and X lets you double-jump. Holding X allows you to levitate briefly in the air. All those abilities together make you incredibly mobile, able to leap up to rooftops, cross huge gaps, and chase down enemies. Combat is both easy to pick up and seems to offer a high skill ceiling. Hitting Square swings the Aberrant for your standard strike, while Triangle activates a secondary form you choose, so you can build combos. Other powerful paranatural abilities are mapped to L1, R1, and R2. Battles are often about darting around, taking down enemies quickly with your attacks, while you work to dodge incoming strikes and use your ridiculous mobility to control the flow of combat. As in Control, you’re rewarded for your pure aggression; enemies drop healing items as you defeat them to keep you going. The demo concluded with a boss fight against a huge head cobbled together from road signs, steel girders, and chunks of concrete, using them as projectiles or swinging debris to take Dylan out. It highlighted both the scale of what you’ll face and how your quick reactions and smart use of Dylan’s abilities will let you take on any threat. Onimusha: Way of the Sword | Release Date: September 25, 2026 Publisher: Capcom | Developer: Capcom Capcom provided a new chance to go hands-on with Onimusha: Way of the Sword at SGF, with this look showing off the game’s more open areas, as opposed to the more linear demo we saw previously. This demo takes protagonist Musashi to a temple and the surrounding village in Kyoto, where he encounters people with strange injuries and big smiles. Turns out, people are visiting the temple to ask for changes in their fates, but whatever’s answering their prayers is twisting their wishes. One man asks to be free of knee pain, and loses his leg — no knee, no pain. Musashi and his talking, supernatural Oni gauntlet quickly surmise that a demonic Genma is impersonating the temple’s deity and set out to cleanse it. In addition to giving another chance to practice Onimusha’s intense sword combat, with its many defensive maneuvers that allow you to break an opponent, deflect or parry their strikes, and execute them in brutal fashion, this demo puts an emphasis on exploration. The area around the temple includes a number of side paths where you’ll encounter enemies and can search for crafting materials or other items to strengthen Musashi. The demo culminates in a tough boss fight with the Genma, who reveals they’re using wishes to harvest body parts from the unsuspecting, enthralled villagers. Like all the toughest fights in Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the fight relies heavily on perfectly dodging with Circle, parrying with L1, and deflecting by holding L1 and pressing X. The boss brings some intense attacks of its own, like using supernatural tentacles that will grab and drop boulders and even whole houses on Musashi. Capcom also showed off more of Onimusha in a hands-off theater presentation, which put Musashi in another area he was free to explore, larger than the temple area, complete with a variety of activities to seek out and complete. In that demo, we saw Musashi take on what looked like a side mission to clear the demonic corruption that had overtaken a kabuki stage, battling a pair of tough bosses along the way. From what I played and saw, it looks like Onimusha: Way of the Sword will offer a game world that will be full of things to discover and tough battles that will test your skills. Play Video Resident Evil Veronica | Release Date: TBD Publisher: Capcom | Developer: Capcom The next game in the Resident Evil series, Resident Evil Veronica, continues the publisher’s long list of remakes of classic titles in the series, this time modernizing 2000’s Resident Evil: Code Veronica. Capcom didn’t show anything of Resident Evil Veronica at SGF beyond its announcement trailer, but it did offer a presentation from Producer Yoshiaka Hirabayashi, who provided a little more insight. Hirabayashi confirmed that Resident Evil Veronica will be a third-person game, it’s being developed by the team that remade Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 4, and emphasized that Capcom sees Veronica as just as critical to the series as the numbered titles. That’s particularly true, he said, because the story involves so many characters who are important to the series — namely, protagonists Claire Redfield and her brother Chris, and antagonist Albert Wesker. We can also expect Resident Evil Veronica to retell the story of the original Code Veronica while bringing it more in line with the series’ overall lore and storytelling, Hirabayashi said. “The original Code Veronica was released in the year 2000, so since the year 2000, of course, there have been many entries in the Resident Evil series, and the history of the world, the lore, and the story of Resident Evil have proportionally increased,” he said. “So, as you might have noticed in other remake titles, when we do revisit those older titles, we do kind of retune some things, so that there’s more continuity and there’s more of a connection to the overall lore of the universe that’s been established. So that’s true for other entries, and that’s going to be true for this one as well.” We’ll have to wait for more concrete details on Resident Evil Veronica, but if the launch trailer and past Resident Evil remakes are any indication, horror fans have a lot to look forward to. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image SAW: Genesis | Release Date: TBD Publisher: Bloober Team | Developer: Anshar Studios, Broken Mirror Games Publisher Bloober Team surprised lots of fans with the announcement of SAW: Genesis, a three-versus-one asymmetrical horror game from Anshar Studios and Broken Mirror Games. In a hands-off demo, Bloober and Anshar explained how Genesis channels the SAW franchise for a different approach to battles between killers and survivors. First and foremost, the “one” in this asymmetrical horror game, the Judge, isn’t a killer, per se, and is actually at a disadvantage against the other players, known as the Accused, in a direct confrontation. Instead, the Judge is a mastermind, moving around the procedurally generated map to set traps for the other players. The Judge has access to hidden areas like tunnels and balconies the other players can’t get to, and while the Judge doesn’t know where the other players are, they can figure it out by listening for telltale signs like footsteps. The goal of the Judge is to isolate players, ambush and immobilize them, and dump them down chutes into deadly Retribution Traps. These are the sorts of elaborate torture devices the SAW series is known for, and to escape, players will either need the help of their fellow Accused, or to sacrifice a part of their body to stave off death. But those sacrifices will have consequences; if you give up some fingers to escape a trap with your life, you won’t be able to do things like turn valves that might open doors, and your friends will need to help you. Meanwhile, the Accused must survive and escape, and the best way to do that is by working together to save each other from traps and minimize how much each player is hurt individually. Finding items like weapons can give the Accused an edge if they catch the Judge in the open, or if the Judge summons a powerful accomplice character to help them. SAW: Genesis also adds new lore to the SAW franchise; it’s set in the 1920s, and its Judge character is the person who inspired SAW’s iconic, trap-deploying villain, Jigsaw. Bloober said it intends for SAW: Genesis to be completely canonical to the SAW movies, so for fans, SAW: Genesis looks to be a fascinating addition to the series’ lore, as well as a scary good time with friends. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 | Release Date: TBD Publisher: Daybreak Game Company | Developer: Cold Iron Games Set five years after the events of the Aliens: Fireteam Elite, the sequel continues to capture the feeling that you’re seconds from being overwhelmed by hordes of sleek, deadly xenomorphs, just like in the 1986 movie from which it draws inspiration. We played a mission from the middle of Fireteam Elite 2’s campaign, in which we were tasked with making our way through a derelict spaceship overrun by aliens and aggressive Weyland Yutani androids. Fireteam Elite 2 expands your cooperative third-person shooter squad from three to four, but you’ll face huge hordes of creatures as you make your way through missions. Our fireteam faced off against some familiar enemies, including standard xenos, huge and powerful Drones, and hidden, stalking Prowlers, as well as baton-wielding synthetics and more capable synths equipped with rifles or riot shields. But we also faced a few new enemies, including xenomorphs with huge acid sacs growing from their heads whose goal is to get close and explode on you, and armored, spider-like robots that take quite a bit of firepower to put down. To aid in your battle, you can find weapons and items as in the last game, like sentry turrets and health packs. Scour each mission and you can also nab new ammo types, such as incendiary rounds, cryo rounds, and electrical rounds, which make your weapons more effective against certain enemies — at least until they run out.Developer Cold Iron Studios has made some changes to character classes, but it sounds like they’ll be even more customizable than they were in the last game. I played a medic, which had the capability of dropping a portable healing device that could help my teammates deal with their injuries, but only temporarily since it dispensed health that would slowly decay over time, and an Overclock ability that sped up the reloading and weapon switching of anyone nearby. I saw a few other abilities in action, too, like the Machinist’s deployable flying drone, as well as grenades that could freeze enemies or hit them with electrical bursts. It sounds like Fireteam Elite 2 is making a lot of changes that were requested by fans of the first game, while maintaining the first’s white-knuckle action and challenge. fully expect to get overrun by the universe’s greatest killing machine when the Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is released. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Crazy Taxi: World Tour | Release Date: 2027 Publisher: Sega | Developer: Sega Crazy Taxi World Tour revitalizes Sega’s beloved arcade driving franchise, and it even brings back at least some of the killer ’90s bands that helped define the series. In a hands-off presentation from Director Kenji Kanno, we got a few more details about what looks to be a big expansion on the ridiculous original. The main focus in Crazy Taxi World Tour is on its story mode, which spans five locations in five different countries — hence the “world tour.” While Kanno wouldn’t share many details, we do know that the story kicks off when the protagonist Axel’s car is stolen, kicking off his globe-trotting adventure to retrieve it. With World Tour, the development team is taking the opportunity to build on the characters of Crazy Taxi, expanding on their personalities and backstories, as well as the lore of the series overall. As in the original games, a big part of the action will be picking up passengers and delivering them to their destinations, with the speediest, most ridiculous driving you can manage. Your taxi is decked out with new abilities, like boosting and reversing with the quick back dash. But there’s more to the experience than earning CRAZY money. You’ll also meet different characters and help them out with special activities, like helping deliver a huge stack of pizzas without losing them all over the street, and using your taxi to help a fisherman cast his line ridiculously far, and then hitting reverse to haul in some monster catches. Some of those activities will be silly, and others will be a little more serious, but they all play into Kanno’s vision of creating cities that feel alive with people as you drive, drift, and crash through them. World Tour is also helping the Crazy Taxi developers realize some features that never made it into past games — namely multiplayer, which they couldn’t manage in Crazy Taxi 2 or 3 because of technical limitations. Though there’s a lot we still don’t know, the presentation did show off a few other elements we can expect, like odd jobs to complete and a progression system that’ll have you leveling up as you complete fares and tasks. And Kanno also confirmed that this time, you can drive in the ocean. Play Video gen Atlas | Release Date TBD Publisher: Epic Games | Developer: genDesign The next title from acclaimed developer Fumito Ueda received a second trailer during the SGF Showcase, but it’s still just as cryptic as when it was announced last year at The Game Awards. I got to see a little more than what appeared in the trailer in a hands-off demo, and spoke to Ueda about what players can expect from the new game. In gen Atlas, you awake on a world filled with technologically advanced ruins, with hulking, destroyed mechanical figures scattered across it — a world seemingly abandoned by humanity. What happened here and why everyone is gone is up to you to discover, and as the trailer shows, part of how you’ll do that is by uncovering the head of a giant robot. From what we’ve seen so far, the robot will help you to get around and explore the world, and sometimes allow you to commandeer titanic robot bodies to use for various functions, including solving puzzles and fighting other colossal machines. Ueda wouldn’t share too much about the action-adventure game, but did say there are a number of different ways you’ll get around and engage with the world, both with and without the help of the robot, striking a balance between exploration and solving puzzles. While Ueda’s previous games — Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian — formed a sort of trilogy, with similar settings, characters, and ideas, you shouldn’t expect gen Atlas to be another riff on similar ideas. In fact, Ueda said the sci-fi setting and the focus on giant robots were the result of him trying to do something new, different, and unexpected. “If I put myself in the shoes of the player or a fan that’s been following my own games, I think I would actually want something of a surprise or something that is unexpected of an Ueda game, and I feel the same way,” Ueda said. “If I deliver something that’s sort of on the extension of what I’ve made, I might actually not be as excited, to be quite honest. So I want to keep that sort of excitement and even try to deliver beyond people’s imagination and expectation.” Ueda said he hopes to be the kind of creator whose audiences can’t predict what he’ll make next. With that in mind, we’ll have to wait to see exactly what kind of experience and mystery Ueda delivers in gen Atlas. Play Video Silent Hill: Townfall  | Release Date: September 24, 2026 Publisher: Annapurna Interactive, Konami | Developer: Screen Burn Interactive Developer Screen Burn didn’t provide a chance to play Silent Hill: Townfall at SGF this year, but it did offer a hands-off demo that gave a pretty good sense of how you’ll make your way through its foggy, frightening Scottish town. Central to the first-person experience in Townfall is its portable TV set, Screen Burn’s riff on Silent Hill’s classic, staticky radio. In past games, the radio’s white noise grows louder as enemies draw close, giving you a sense of when you’re about to be attacked as you make your way through the town’s thick fog. In Townfall, the TV helps you deal with enemies, while also providing you with navigational clues and other useful information. In the live demo I watched, protagonist Simon could tune the TV to find signals within the static, including a message from a woman called Zoe, which draws him on through the town. The signal provided still images of locations and objects nearby, giving Simon clues as to where he should go. Zoe’s message was coming from a nearby house, and to get there, he followed the images past some stalls and a tree planted in the middle of the concrete walkway, before finding an alley shown in the images and making his way to the house’s back door. Inside, we saw that Simon will be working to solve puzzles in true Silent Hill fashion, including working to reset an electrical breaker. Later, Simon used the TV for a different purpose: to spot one of Townfall’s hideous, fleshy monsters. Tuning the TV to an enemy’s signal lets you see it through walls, allowing you to gauge where it is in the fog so that you can sneak by. Evasion will be a big part of how you make your way through Townfall — using peek controls to carefully check around corners will be an important way to avoid getting got as you explore. Soon after, Simon found a plank of wood to use as a melee weapon to show off Townfall’s melee combat, which is fast and brutal. While it’s possible to block incoming attacks as you fight, it took only a few hits for Simon to fall, suggesting that fights like this are extremely risky and might be best avoided. While my look at Silent Hill: Townfall was brief, it looks like an intriguing and frightening take on the franchise’s formula, and I can’t wait to see more. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Sonic Pico Park | Release Date TBD Publisher: Sega | Developer: Teco Park Inc. The next entry into the Pico Park series sees Sonic and his pals teaming up for some cooperative multiplayer chaos. Along with three other journalists, I played the eight quick stages that make up Sonic Pico Park’s tutorial, which showed off how you’ll control Sonic characters and cooperate to solve various deceptively simple-looking puzzles. When you jump into Sonic Pico Park with three friends, you’ll each play a different character from the Sonic universe: Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Sonic the Hedgehog himself. All of them are speedy runners and can spin dash when you hit Circle. Working together is key, since the screen only advances forward when all four characters head to the right, and some obstacles will require all of you to surmount them. We quickly ran into walls that were too high for a single character to climb, requiring us to jump on each other’s heads to make a tower to get one person over, or bridges that would collapse if we didn’t all quickly sprint across them at the same time. One puzzle needed a character to spin-dash up a ramp to a high platform, and three of us needed to form a wall by standing on each other’s heads so the fourth could use us to dash up. In another, the only way to cross a long gap was with Tails’ flight ability. Tails can carry another character if you hit X to jump up and catch him, and other characters can hold onto the first one — but with all four characters weighing him down, Tails starts to lose altitude from the strain, so we had to quickly cover the gap before we fell. Classic elements of Sonic games make appearances in Sonic Pico Park’s puzzles. We needed to use spring launchers to cross a big gap in one puzzle, while avoiding the ones that were facing in the wrong directions and could send some of us bouncing off each other. And in true Sonic fashion, sometimes, the solution to the problem is speed. Where Sonic Pico Park got really fun was in the chaos that four characters trying to work together can create. Even in the first few levels, we saw plenty of trouble as we knocked each other into pits or spikes in goofy fashion, and I can only imagine how more complex levels will create even more ridiculous situations. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Virtua Fighter Crossroads | Release Date: 2027 Publisher: Sega | Developer: RGG Studio The Virtua Fighter series is more than 30 years old, but it’s getting an entirely new spin with Virtua Fighter Crossroads. The new title combines what fans love about the series — its pitched, 3D fighting game battles — with the storytelling and worldbuilding developer RGG Studio is known for. Sega brought journalists in for a hands-off presentation with Creative Director Riichiro Yamada that expanded on the trailer launched during SGF. Crossroads takes place 10 or more years in the future from Virtua Fighter 5, and features four protagonists, each a fighter living in the fictional South Asian country of Vilaspara. We’ve primarily seen Cielo, the Paraguayan-American fighter who serves as the beginning, relatable protagonist in the story. But while Cielo’s story is one of personal growth as he works to make a name for himself as a fighter, expect to see the story take darker turns and change tones with the other characters. Player choice is going to be a major part of the single-player experience, with a branching narrative that can change depending on the things you do, the choices you make, and the relationships you build, like those between Cielo and his friends. And while you’ll meet other legendary Virtua Fighter characters along the way, they may be friend or foe — how they treat you and what happens with them might be dependent on your actions. Above all, though, Yamada said the team wants Crossroads to be grounded and believable within the Virtua Fighter universe. Combat in Crossroads takes on the classic Virtua Fighter flare, flipping to a side-on camera perspective when you start throwing punches and kicks. You’ll fight in both one-on-one battles and against groups of enemies, but Yamada said the team has worked to mix action-adventure combat with Virtua Fighter’s approach, and to modernize it. In addition to the single-player campaign, there’s also a one-on-one player-versus-player mode, and Yamada said part of the idea behind Crossroads is to create ways for players to develop their fighting game skills in the campaign, so they can take them into battle with their friends. Above all, he said, the team wants the game to be fun and approachable, whether they’re long-time Virtua Fighter fans or just coming to the series for the first time. —– We’ll add even more games to this list over the next few days, so stay tuned.

Title: Summer Game Fest 2026 highlights: 16 games coming to PS5 Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:29:59 +0000 Link: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/06/05/summer-game-fest-2026-highlights-16-games-coming-to-ps5/ The summer continues to be an exciting time for big game announcements with a new look at upcoming titles, some long-awaited release dates, and more than a few surprises along the way. Here are some of the biggest updates and reveals on upcoming PlayStation titles.  Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced | Coming July 9 Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: Ubisoft Singapore | PS5 Play Video Ubisoft unveiled a new trailer for the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. The trailer spotlights Leave Her Johnny Resynced, a reimagined take on the iconic sea shanty by artist Woodkid. Hoist your flag and hit the high seas again in relentless pursuit of freedom. Control Resonant | Coming September 24 Publisher: Remedy Entertainment Developer: Remedy Entertainment | PS5 Play Video We got a new look at Control Resonant, the upcoming action-RPG sequel. The latest trailer explores the game’s version of Manhattan, where Dylan Faden navigates a city transformed by paranatural forces. Players will explore diverse zones, take on story missions, side quests, boss encounters, and puzzles, while also revisiting previously unseen areas of the Oldest House from the original Control. Crossfire | Stay tuned Publisher: Smilegate Developer: That’s No Moon | PS5 Play Video That’s No Moon shared their debut game, Crossfire, available to wishlist now. Combining cinematic storytelling with grounded, stealth combat, Crossfire follows two enemy operators who must form a fragile alliance to overcome an existential threat. Final Fantasy VII Revelation | Coming 2027 Publisher: Square Enix Developer: Square Enix | PS5 Play Video The final battle against Sephiroth begins as a meteor fills the sky, monstrous planetary guardians wreak havoc across the globe, and the fires of war rage. Take to the skies and explore a boundless world, fight alongside a fully assembled party, master strategic and dynamic combat, and prepare yourself for the climactic finale. gen Atlas | Stay tuned  Publisher: Epic Games Developer: gen Design | PS5 Play Video The studio behind Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian unveils gen Atlas, a single-player open-world action-adventure. Awaken on an abandoned planet, colossal massive robots, and resume a halted terraforming project. Stay tuned for more updates. Guild Wars 3 | Stay tuned Publisher: ArenaNet Developer: ArenaNet | PS5 Play Video The third entry in the beloved Guild Wars action-adventure MMORPG franchise and its first new game since 2012. The game will release globally on PS5, marking the first time a Guild Wars game will appear on home consoles. The first beta tests begin in the fall of 2027. Gundam Rogue Orbit | Coming 2027 Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment Developer: Bandai Namco Entertainment | PS5 Play Video An all-new Gundam game is coming to PS5 in 2027. Suit up for humanity in Gundam Rogue Orbit, a high-mobility action game that delivers a new take on the IP, blending a fast-paced cinematic story with intense, hard-hitting combat in a new universe. Lords of the Fallen II | Coming 2026 Publisher: CI Games Developer: CI Games | PS5 Play Video A new trailer for Lords of the Fallen II, featuring the Katana weapon class, new bosses, and locations in Thorngar. Battle against the darkness in an epic adventure across a shattered kingdom. Mafia: The Old Country – Man of Honor (DLC) | Coming August 14 Publisher: 2K Developer: Hangar 13 | PS5 Play Video Step back into the role of Enzo Favara and work alongside Ennio Salieri in Man of Honor, an expansion for Mafia: The Old Country coming August 14. Witness Salieri’s early days in the Valle Dorata via two new story chapters and new Free Ride content. Resident Evil Veronica | Coming 2027 Publisher: Capcom Developer: Capcom | PS5 Play Video Survive the terror of Resident Evil Veronica, a remake of the 2000s Resident Evil Code: Veronica. This new title preserves the essence of the original game while introducing modernized gameplay, a reimagined storyline, and vividly detailed graphics. RuneScape: Dragonwilds | Coming September 15 Publisher: Jagex: The RuneScape Company Developer: Jagex: The RuneScape Company | PS5 Play Video RuneScape: Dragonwilds will be available to PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers at launch.  On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill, and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds | Coming 2026 Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega  | PS5 Play Video Sega announced the release timing of the final two DLCs for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coming in July, and Avatar coming in October – and teased a new Season Pass Two, which includes Godzilla and Evangelion DLCs during Summer Game Fest. Star Wars: Galactic Racer | Coming October 6 Publisher: Secret Mode Developer: Fuse Games | PS5 Play Video Tonight, a new story trailer for Star Wars: Galactic Racer debuted, showcasing how Kestshowingar Bool uses his position as League Champion to threaten other pilots. In a bid to retain control over his racing league, Darius Pax enlists the help of Shade, a mysterious pilot with a personal grudge against the Bool family.  Stranger Than Heaven | Coming January 15, 2027 Publisher: Sega Developer: RGG Studio | PS5 Play Video A fifty-year, action-adventure saga of men with nowhere to go and their desperate struggle to find a home. Use extreme violence to survive, and musical talent to thrive as a showman across five cities and eras of modern Japan. Oh, and Tupac is here. Swords of Legends | Coming soon Publisher: Aurogon Shanghai Developer: Aurogon Shanghai | PS5 Play Video A new trailer for Swords of Legends, a single-player action RPG, offers a first look at its combat, featuring the debut of the Spirit Companion system and a boss fight against the Master of Cantrip, whose every move is staged as classical Chinese stage magic. The Blood of Dawnwalker | Coming September 3 Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment Developer: Rebel Wolves | PS5 Play Video Vampires walk out of the shadows in the latest action-packed trailer for The Blood of Dawnwalker. Experience two different gameplay loops, day and night, in this open-world dark fantasy action RPG. Stay tuned for more SGF news as we go hands-on with some of the titles revealed and share our first impressions of the games headed our way.

Title: Official PlayStation Podcast Episode 543: State of Faye Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:05:55 +0000 Link: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/06/05/official-playstation-podcast-episode-543-state-of-faye/ Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or download here Hey, everybody! Tim, Kristen, Brett, and I are back this week to discuss the latest State of Play, along with some of our favorite announcements and what we can’t wait to get our hands on. This episode also includes a special interview with the Head of Creative at Santa Monica Studio, Cory Barlog, and God of War Laufey Director Ariel Lawrence. Stuff We Talked About Next week’s release highlights: Solarpunk | PS5  NBA The Run | PS5  Beastro | PS5  PlayStation peripherals — Get all the new details on the FlexStrike wireless fight stick coming August 6, the 27” Gaming Monitor with DualSense Charging Hook coming August 27, and the Pulse Elevate Wireless Speakers coming later this year. Get a detailed hands-on report and pricing. Ace Combat 8 Wings of Theve hands-on — Learn how aerial combat has evolved with air-to-sea and air-to-land combat, including a big battle with a land battleship. State of Play —  Check out all the big announcements and updates from the show, including an extended look at Marvel’s Wolverine and the first reveal of Marvel’s Wolverine, Until Dawn 2, and God of War Laufey. The Cast View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Tim Turi – Content Communications Manager, SIE View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Kristen Zitani – Senior Content Communications Specialist, SIE View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Brett Elston – Manager, Content Communications, SIE View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image O’Dell Harmon Jr. – Content Communications Specialist, SIE Thanks to Dormilón for our rad theme song and show music. [Editor’s note: PSN game release dates are subject to change without notice. Game details are gathered from press releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating descriptions.]

Title: There's never been an easier time to boycott Microsoft, the most boring video game publisher in the business Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:07:59 +0000 Link: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/theres-never-been-an-easier-time-to-boycott-microsoft-the-most-boring-video-game-publisher-in-the-business When I talk to other journalists and random bus stop strangers about the idea of divesting from Microsoft and Xbox - worth doing for many reasons besides the company's dealings with the Israeli military - there is often an air of learned helplessness, a kind of deer-in-headlights mentality. Microsoft's gaming biz is too huge to ignore. They own so much. They own a lot of the malarkey that gets eyeballs. Which I can confirm, based on day-to-day experience of traffic stats. Still, I would argue that they do not have any momentum with the things they own, and to be frank, a fair whack of their stuff does sod-all traffic for us. Microsoft today are institutionally incapable of being intriguing. As such, an extremely indulgent way of thinking about the BDS boycott is to treat it as positive encouragement to seek intrigue elsewhere. Read more

Title: Every detail of Blood Dungeon looks slapdash, but its mix of platformer and Vampire survivors gets my heart thumping Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:31:39 +0000 Link: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/every-detail-of-blood-dungeon-looks-slapdash-but-its-mix-of-platformer-and-vampire-survivors-gets-my-heart-thumping I have sacrificed many an hour to the altar of Vampire Survivors and its kin. Deep Rock Galactic Survivors, Nimrods, Brotato, TerraTech Legion, Soulstone Survivors. I could go on. So I will, Rogue Genesia, 20 Minutes Till Dawn, Halls of Torment, Swarm Grinder. I've even put more time into the Warhammer Survivors demo than I'd care to admit. Many of them follow a similar formula to Poncle's original with only slight tweaks, and yet I'm still drawn into the loop of dodging about an arena, kiting hordes of enemies as my autofiring weapons soar up a generous power curve. Blood Dungeon, though, is different. By stretching the familiar mechanics of Vampire Survivors over the skeleton of a platformer, Nidhogg's creators Messhof have made something delectably different. Read more

Title: Valve won't let retailers stock physical Steam gift cards anymore because "scammers have adapted" to whatever security measures they've tried Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:15:00 +0000 Link: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-wont-let-retailers-stock-physical-steam-gift-cards-anymore-because-scammers-have-adapted-to-whatever-security-measures-theyve-tried Valve have stopped producing physical Steam Gift Cards for retailers, meaning once the current stock runs out you won't see them anywhere out in the wild. Valve say this is because no matter what protections they've added to the cards, "scammers have adapted". While Valve will continue to sell Steam Digital Gift Cards through their shop, this means the days of trading in old physical games and using the credit to buy a gift card are coming to an end. Read more

Title: We're finally getting a Vanillaware game on PC - Muramasa: Revenant Blades, an expanded 4K edition of the gorgeous Japanese action RPG Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:56:58 +0000 Link: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/were-finally-getting-a-vanillaware-game-on-pc-muramasa-revenant-blades-an-expanded-4k-edition-of-the-gorgeous-japanese-action-rpg For years, lovers of exquisite sprite designs have clamoured for Vanillaware to bring their action RPGs and strategy games to PC. Games like time-rewinding mecha soap opera 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, or prancing kingdom saver Unicorn Overlord. The rationale for these games not appearing outside console has been nebulous, to date: at one point in 2024, Vanillaware and publishers Atlus appeared to blame each other for Unicorn Overlord's absence from desktops. Read more

Title: "Even dry and lost places can flourish with a little care": Waterful is a gentle, beautiful puzzler about drawing rivers that makes me yearn for something overwhelming Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:06:26 +0000 Link: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/even-dry-and-lost-places-can-flourish-with-a-little-care-waterful-is-a-gentle-beautiful-puzzler-about-drawing-rivers-that-makes-me-yearn-for-something-overwhelming Waterful is that most appropriate and disquieting of things, a "nature-builder". It's a soft and colourful chillout game in which you cut rivers through procedurally generated landscapes with a cursor, drawing from a limited supply of water that is topped up by connecting springs. Importantly, and perhaps dispiritingly, you can dig and refill the terrain as you please. Depending on the shape of the river and the depth of its bed, you'll cultivate different vegetation. The vegetation, in turn, attracts a range of creatures, from butterflies to big-eared foxes. For each creature, you get a sticker. There are also machines you can build to, for example, carry the watercourse over hills. Comparisons given by Berlin-based solo developer Lenja Kaufmann include Dorfromantik, Tiny Glade, Islanders, Terra Nil and Townscaper. Read more