Every August Xbox launch window penned by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 2pm Greetings to our digest of every fresh Xbox release slated for August 2025! Beneath, you will find every confirmed title arriving during August 2025 on Xbox, inclusive of every Xbox Game Pass newcomer for August 2025 announced to date. In case you’re curious about
Read MoreIncorporating “one of the community’s most-asked-for quality-of-life tweaks” by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 2:30pm Clair Obscur: Expedition 33—already crowned one of 2025’s finest releases on any platform—just landed a fresh patch with several welcome touches, headlined by what the developers label “a top fan-requested quality-of-life feature.” The star of this update is the new “Battle Retry
Read MoreSix of PS5’s best-selling games from Microsoft by Liam Croft 1:30am We have known some of Microsoft’s porting efforts, like for Forza Horizon 5, have been paying off with very strong PS5 sales as of late, but a new table from Circana really puts into perspective why the Xbox titles are going multi-platform. Across the
Read MorePriced at £24.99 / $29.99 by Liam Croft 12:15am Hotel Barcelona, the collaborative effort from Swery65 (Deadly Premonition) and Suda51 (Killer7, No More Heroes), will launch for PS5 on 26th September 2025, it’s been confirmed. The game will be available digitally on the PS Store and a physical edition is also coming, priced at £24.99
Read MoreHello Kitty Island Adventure out on 5th August Sunblink has confirmed its Animal Crossing alternative, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, will receive its PS5 port next week on 5th August 2025. The game first released for Nintendo Switch and PC at the start of this year to strong reviews, and those strong life-sim qualities are expected
Read MoreBullet-point list of planned fixes posted by Liam Croft Yesterday, 7:30pm Wuchang: Fallen Feathers studio Leenzee has committed to fixing the technical flaws that have dented the PS5 game’s otherwise successful launch. In a post on Steam, the developer shared an apology for “the inconvenience and appreciate everyone for their continued patience and understanding regarding
Read MoreIt’s looking so freakin’ good by Sammy Barker Yesterday, 7pm This week, Sony announced its first officially licensed PS5 arcade stick will be named FlexStrike, and will be playable at Evo later this week. While we covered the new peripheral in its entirety already, those of you who didn’t watch the trailer may have missed
Read MoreUpdate: Demo pre-orders go live later today Update : Ahead of the ‘Global Jam’ demo event for Drag x Drive next month, Nintendo has released a new overview trailer for the game. It details how the mouse mode controls work, the rules of the game, the park section where players can
Read MoreImage: Nintendo Following three updates in June, Mario Kart World‘s first (and probably last) update for July 2025 is now officially live. This might just be the biggest one yet, as it includes a whole bunch of general updates as well as multiple bug fixes. One, in particular, mentions how the frequency of “lap-type courses”
Read MoreSmooth moves Image: Mediatonic, Epic Games Games are already benefitting in all sorts of ways from the Switch 2’s upgrades, and with this in mind, Mediatonic’s free-to-play title Fall Guys has now been updated for the new hybrid platform. In this update, the battle-royale style game has apparently received an “improvement” on Switch 2 in
Read MoreWell, well, well by Alana Hagues Yesterday, 8:15pm Image: Derek Yu / Lost In Cult 2024’s hit puzzle platformer Animal Well is getting a second physical edition, this time from Lost In Cult, and it’s absolutely gorgeous. After announcing an artbook earlier this year, Lost In Cult has lifted the lid on two lovely little
Read MoreOut now in Europe, next week in US by Alana Hagues Yesterday, 7pm Image: The Pokémon Company The Pokémon Company has started rolling out a brand new app from competitive players, which will allow them to track events easily for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon GO, the mainline games, and much more. Play! Pokémon
Read MoreElectronic Arts has published its financial results for the first quarter of this fiscal year, claiming a “strong start” to FY26 with net bookings for the quarter exceeding the high end of Q1 guidance. Read more…Read More
Read MoreGlen Schofield — co-founder of Sledgehammer Games and creator of EA’s Dead Space series — has shared his frustrations trying to bring a game to fruition in the current industry climate, and admitted he’s now wondering if “maybe directed last game.” Read more…Read More
Read MoreThe situation developed rapidly,” said itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran, in what might turn out to be the understatement of the year. Almost overnight, game developers have awoken in a much more censorious atmosphere than the one they’ve grown used to. Read more…Read More
Read MoreIndiana Jones and the Great Circle’s creative director will join BAFTA for Game Republic New Horizons, a new flagship conference for the North of England. Read more…Read More
Read MoreDigital downloads now account for 7 out of 10 video game purchases in Germany, a new report has found. Read more…Read More
Read MoreFor folks who dive into each new entry of the annual Call of Duty franchise, one relentless memory tends to stick: those monstrous install requirements. Continue reading…Learn More
Read MoreMicrosoft is rolling out age checks for Xbox accounts to align with Britain’s freshly minted Online Safety Act. Find out more…Read More
Read MoreWuchang: Fallen Feathers will keep getting patches, the creators have pledged, to further enhance performance and refine the challenge level. Learn more… Learn More
Read MoreIndividuals eager to snag Xbox’s newly unveiled portable systems – the ROG Ally and the beefier Ally X – could be able to reserve one starting as early as next month. Dig deeper…Read More
Read MoreSony has detailed the trio of complimentary titles joining the PlayStation Plus lineup this August, accessible to Premium, Extra, and Essential members. Click for the full list… Discover More
Read More(Image credit: Fumes team) Avalanche’s Mad Max might have gotten off to a slow start, but it eventually emerged as one of the most hidden open-world gems out there. The story of how it came to be a cult classic rather than a literal classic isn’t one for this article, but it does include Mad
Read More(Image credit: Digital Extremes) Any MMO that meets success over a period of time often runs into the same issue – how do you make the prospect of getting into your game less frightening to newer players when there’s upwards of ten years of content to catch up on? For Digital Extremes president Sheldon Carter,
Read More(Image credit: FromSoftware / Bandai Namco) With Elden Ring Nightreign, FromSoftware added just a little agility to Elden Ring’s controls, and then it added more and more until players became the cliff-jumping, marathon-sprinting, castle-scaling athletes that they are today. Inventive players have used the game’s expansive and forgiving climbing system to find parkour shortcuts all
Read MoreLegendary director James Cameron has every intention in the world to helm the next two films in the Avatar franchise, the fourth and fifth. With the series’ third film, Avatar: Fire and Ash, on the immediate horizon, Cameron is assuring fans he’s planning to ride it out till the end. That said, he’s also offered
Read More(Image credit: Nintendo) Retro enthusiasts have had one big request ever since Nintendo unveiled the Switch 2: bring back Mario Paint. The Super NES classic came with a unique mouse built for the console, and as Nintendo has brought back mouse controls for its latest platform, the pairing seemed like a natural fit. Mario Paint
Read MoreTales of the Shire has some charming ideas, but dull gameplay, heaps of bugs, and a general sense of emptiness ultimately drag the promising life-sim down to the pits of Moria. By Jessica Cogswell on July 29, 2025 at 4:15PM PDT When I first played Tales of the Shire back in September 2024, I left
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Multiple editions of the extremely popular Aothia Leather Desk Mat are discounted for a limited time at Amazon. These budget-friendly desk mats–essentially oversized mouse pads–have been reviewed by over 71,000 Amazon customers and hold a 4.6/5-star average
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. PlayStation is hosting a limited-time PS5 accessory sale in celebration of Evo 2025, the annual fighting game tournament that’s owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment From now through August 4, select first-party gear is 15% off on PlayStation
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