At a glance, you could mistake Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days for yet another third-person, cover-based blaster from the Xbox 360’s crowded catalogue—an era absolutely saturated with them. Frankly, that label fits its forebear pretty well: a title now mostly recalled for fueling one of the biggest controversies in games-journalism history…Read More
Read MoreFirst Descendant studio Nexon now faces allegations of flooding TikTok with cringeworthy ads seemingly churned out by artificial intelligence; creators claim at least one of these promos outright cloned the likeness of an existing influencer. Read on… Read On
Read MoreIn a turn of events that probably leaves no one stunned, inventive tinkerers have already undone the “scaled-back gameplay feel” delivered by Wuchang: Fallen Feathers’ newest update, 1.5, on PC. Discover the details…Read More
Read MoreIt’s the 18th of August, and we’re back for another round of our daily live round-up. We’re tackling the biggest headlines of the day, touching base with what you’ve got cooking, and dishing out a bit of hopefully amusing chatter from the gaming universe. Dig deeper…Read More
Read MoreNintendo and The Pokémon Company just dropped a fresh trailer for the forthcoming Pokémon Legends: Z-A, while also breaking down the revamped Link Battles. Read more…Read More
Read MoreShow off or take the leap? Photo: Nintendo Nintendo’s house-made titles keep rolling in, and the one that kicked off August’s duo has raced onto Switch 2. Drag x Drive landed a couple of days ago, and the reaction is split right down the middle. By fusing wheelchair basketball with the Joy-Con 2’s Mouse Mode,
Read MoreHold on—how many minutes!? penned by Jim Norman 1:58pm Plot twist! Nintendo has revealed that a dedicated Kirby Air Riders Direct is scheduled for 19th August 2025—yes, tomorrow. The news arrived through the Nintendo Today! app, where we discovered the presentation begins at 2pm BST / 6am PDT / 9am EDT / 3pm CEST and
Read MoreImproved version scheduled to appear at Gamescom Image: ININ Games The long-rumoured has at last materialised — ININ Games has confirmed Shenmue III Enhanced will hit Nintendo systems. No launch day or timeframe was offered; all eyes now turn to Gamescom 2025, which opens its doors tomorrow (19th August) for the formal reveal. Notice the
Read MoreFollow-up: After letting the cat out of the bag prematurely Update : Surprise, surprise— the official Tales series YouTube channel has now set a premiere date for tomorrow, 19 August 2025. This follows Bandai Namco Europe mistakenly pinning the very same clip to launch today. In other words, they likely meant
Read MoreGateway to Phantomile by Sammy Barker Sat, 10:30am A flood of fresh PS5 launches is right around the corner, so this might be your final chance to polish off that backlog. Here’s what’s on our screens. Jamie O’Neill Since I’m stuck with handhelds for now, I’ll fire up my PS Vita for a nostalgic run
Read MoreA finale framed like an extraction penned by Sammy Barker Saturday, 2 p.m. We’re already aware that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will deliver its complete story with co-op support, yet a fresh report from Insider Gaming, courtesy of steadfast reporter Tom Henderson, claims the closing chapter may shove every participant into a 32-player
Read MoreYou’re already destined for DOOM written by Sammy Barker Yesterday, 1:30 pm Image: Push Square DOOM: The Dark Ages landed earlier this year and, while it’s an entertaining romp, it still appeared to burn bright then disappear just as quickly. If you bypassed it at launch but remain mildly curious, one route worth exploring is the
Read MoreAugusta makes her entrance penned by Sammy Barker Yesterday, 2pm The upcoming flagship patch for the free-to-play RPG hit Wuthering Waves will land on August 28, advancing the overarching narrative as adventurers venture into the newly revealed Sanguis Plateaus. Nevertheless, the spotlight will firmly rest on the fresh 5-Star Resonators—especially the arena warrior Augusta. Her
Read MoreContent creators feature, but they’re AI by Liam Croft 4:30pm Update : It’s now been confirmed that The First Descendant developer Nexon has stolen the likeness of at least one of the content creators featured in its AI-fuelled adverts for the game. DanieltheDemon, who is the content creator first in the
Read MoreMouse in the house Annapurna Interactive has today announced that Furcula’s weird roguelike-meets-creature collector Morsels will be landing on Switch on 18th November. This one briefly popped up in the August 2024 Indie World showcase, where it was accompanied by a ‘February 2025’ release date. That wasn’t meant to be (obviously), but it’s nice to
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Attack on Titan’s Final Season is getting a Complete Edition Blu-ray with a collectible steelbook case. Slated to release November 11, roughly one year after Part 3 initially launched on Blu-ray, Attack on Titan: Final Season Complete
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The recently released Limited Edition Steelbook of Grave of the Fireflies is on sale for its best price yet at Amazon. Studio Ghibli fans can get Grave of the Fireflies Steelbook Edition Blu-ray for $19.67 (was $27).
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Update: Amazon has restocked the Lego Marvel Infinity Gauntlet deal on August 17 after selling out on August 12, but it will sell out again soon. Fans of the MCU’s Infinity Saga can save big on Lego’s
Read MoreGameSpot might earn income via affiliate or promotional arrangements when sharing this content and through various purchase links. Joy-Con 2’s pointer-style input could pave the way for fresh Nintendo Switch 2 experiences, one of which is the newly launched Drag x Drive. This 3-v-3 wheelchair basketball title leans on those mouse-like sensors for movement, and
Read MoreGameSpot might earn income via affiliate and advertising alliances when sharing this article and from purchases made through included links. The classic ’90s cartoon inspired by Capcom’s beloved Mega Man franchise is finally landing on Blu-ray this autumn. Mega Man: The Complete Series arrives through Discotek’s slate of standard-definition Blu-rays on October 28. This marks
Read MoreGameSpot might earn money through affiliate and advertising partnerships for showcasing this material and via purchases via links. During a period of doubt about the fate of unconventional games, these creators agree on one thing—to keep pushing forward. By Grace Benfell on August 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM PDT Only a handful of weeks after thousands
Read MoreGameSpot might earn money through affiliate and promotional agreements by distributing this content, as well as from purchases via links. Ever since Cal Kestis first appeared in 2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and then again in its 2023 follow-up, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, audiences have speculated about the padawan stepping into real-world visuals. That
Read MoreGameSpot might earn income through affiliate as well as promotional agreements whenever this material is promoted, and also from transactions made via the enclosed links. The iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film trilogy from the early ’90s is arriving on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for the very first time this festive season. Arrow Films has
Read MorePacked with unsung champions, the Battlefield 6 beta sees support troops darting across the map, desperately zapping downed teammates back to life with a defibrillator. Yet even their frantic heroism pales beside one streamer who’s sprinting around and using those same paddles… but aiming them squarely at enemies. To bring allies back from the brink
Read MoreGame-makers frequently bemoan the gap between the quantity of players who hit “Wishlist” and those who ultimately tap “Purchase” after launch. One of the creators behind Revenge of the Savage Planet has added his voice, saying the studio could pour even more into its cosmic follow-up if every wishlister upgraded to a paying customer. In
Read More(Image credit: Kepler Interactive) Since its debut, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been collecting nods from seasoned creators across the industry, and it just added another big name—Baldur’s Gate 3 performance director Greg Lidstone—to its growing list of admirers. During a recent livestream on Larian Studios’ official Twitter account—right around 54:20 in the video below—the
Read MoreFormer PlayStation commander Shawn Layden—who steered Sony‘s gaming arm for the bulk of the celebrated PS4 era—believes the medium has essentially topped out technologically, adding that most gamers wouldn’t spot the change from 90fps to 120fps if it slapped them in the face. (I’m the average eye he’s roasting.) His remarks land at a moment
Read More(Image provided by Blizzard Entertainment) The newest update for World of Warcraft is already live, and adventurers are responding exactly as you’d picture to a 19-mission narrative arc (25 if you tack on the prerequisite tasks) that is inexplicably 100 percent about bees. Conceptually, it sounds sweet. These honey-heavy assignments are folded into the Ecological
Read MoreJourney back through the folds of years and galaxies with me, if you would, to a 2005 evening on my sagging living-room couch. Arched like some pallid Ork, I precariously perched my laptop atop one of those stackable tables—slightly too petite—and slid a twitching Bluetooth travel mouse across an even tinier side-table that whimpered with
Read MoreA full two decades and change have flown by since the most recent F-Zero console release (handheld side-projects and last year’s F-Zero 99 aside), yet the arrival of Nintendo’s Switch 2 finally grants us a reunion with the GameCube’s sublime F-Zero GX. A few awkward controls aside, the racer remains as electrifying now as on
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