Accessible on-site at the World Championships Pokémon Legends: Z-A has an October street date, yet attendees of the 2025 Pokémon World Championships can sample a Switch 2 demo this very weekend. First-hand accounts are beginning to surface, so we’ve collected the highlights so far — kicking off with our senior video producer Zion Grassl’s ‘hands-on’.
Read More“The project that never came to be” Picture: courtesy of Christian Whitehead on Bluesky Sonic Mania ranks among the finest entries in the franchise, and although fans crossed their fingers for a direct follow-up, it emerged a while back that SEGA aimed to leave pixel art behind, so the sequel was shelved. Back then, SEGA
Read MoreTo the stars! Image: Capcom The long-awaited freakin’ break has arrived, and our backlog awaits! Before we load up save files, though, here’s a swift recap of the week. Things were surprisingly hushed in Nintendo Land—no hint of a Direct, which feels odd after the trio of presentations we just saw. The big N quietly
Read MoreThis week on the Game Developer Podcast, Soft Rains imaginative director Joel Burgess and narrative lead Kait Tremblay dive into the creation of Ambrosia Sky, the most captivating release you’re going to learn about in 2025…Read More
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Read MoreSend us your bid by Robert Ramsey Yesterday, 5pm It’s felt like an eternity since Mafia 3 split the fan base; the wait for another entry has been painfully long. So does Mafia: The Old Country bring the widely adored series back on course? That verdict is yours to deliver. The Old Country flaunts a
Read MoreYesss by Sammy Barker Yesterday, 6pm It’s fantastic to witness a fresh wave of narrative-heavy, single-player experiences heading to PS5, and Woochi the Wayfarer is the most recent standout. The Joseon-era fantasy tale by Nexon and LoreVault surfaced via a concept teaser earlier in August, instantly turning heads thanks to its meticulously authentic period recreation.
Read MoreSkate, the free-to-play rebirth of EA’s iconic skateboarding franchise, is sliding ever closer to an imminent early-access debut. Ahead of that watershed moment, Full Circle has pushed out another behind-the-scenes blog to keep the hype rolling. The Grind Vol. 5 is now live for all to read, zooming in this time on player customisation, the
Read MoreFeast your eyes on a fresh 13-minute slice of gameplay by Sammy Barker Yesterday, 7pm A sprawling 13-minute gameplay reel for Crimson Desert has surfaced in the wake of the title’s recent slip to 2026. Although the news of yet another delay stings, this brand-new PS5 showcase should lessen the blow. It’s apparent that Korean
Read MoreSony might pocket only a $20 million return from the Netflix smash-hit by Sammy Barker Yesterday, 8pm Image: Netflix Chances are you’ve already come across K-Pop Demon Hunters. The picture has sat at the top of the Netflix film chart for an astonishing seven consecutive weeks, smashing platform records. If current momentum holds, it’s about
Read MoreCan a video game make you cry? That’s probably a silly question to ask anyone who’s sampled some of the best JRPGs the genre has to offer, so perhaps the better question is this: which games made you cry the most? That’s the question that was recently posed to Japanese RPG fans, and the responses
Read More(Image credit: HBO Max / DC Studios) Peacemaker season 2 reviews have begun to surface, but there are still three episodes that critics haven’t seen, and the show’s creator James Gunn says that’s very much on purpose. Only Peacemaker episodes 1-5 have been screened for critics – a “select few,” as Gunn tells entertainment journalist
Read MoreWe may never fully understand why Ubisoft decided to turn Assassin’s Creed into an open-world RPG series starting with Origins, but we can try to understand it from the perspective of the developers who were with the studio at the time. I had the chance to sit down with Alex Hutchinson, a Ubisoft veteran who
Read MoreYou’ve likely heard it once after French phenomenon Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took over the world with baguettes and berets, or you could have heard it twice, but former Sony CEO Shawn Layden is here to tell you again: AA games are the promised land. “I think we’ve plateaued on the tech, frankly,” Layden says
Read More(Image credit: EA) The second half of the Battlefield 6 beta is well underway, and by now the devs had enough time to really let the feedback sink in. Early responses? Well, the UI is set to be tweaked, refined, and updated constantly, and the bigger maps that everyone wishes were in the beta are
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. If you’re a big fan of Studio Ghibli’s animated movie Howl’s Moving Castle, you may be interested in adding a gorgeous new edition of the novel it’s based on to your bookshelf. Diana Wynne Jones’ beloved 1986
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The Battlefield 6 open beta is currently in its second weekend, and players are still adsorbing the latest entry to the franchise. Meanwhile, Digital Foundry has shared its technical breakdown from the first weekend of Battlefield 6’s
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. It feels like it’s never been a better time to be a Virtua Fighter fan. I’ve loved this series since its inception, and seeing it again at Evo 2025 after a lengthy absence felt incredible. Both Virtua
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Story of Seasons fans don’t have to wait much longer to return to the Grand Bazaar on Nintendo Switch 2, Switch, or PC. The remake of the 2008 Nintendo DS hit launches August 27 with two physical
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. To celebrate the start of the 2025 Pokemon World Championships, The Pokemon Company is giving away another special freebie in the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet games. For a limited time, players can claim a free Farigiraf based
Read MoreThe regular G7 Pro sticks to a cable, yet this model cuts the cord completely! words by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 2:45pm At the start of this week we dug into critics’ verdicts on GameSir’s freshly launched G7 Pro pad, and we pointed out that a cordless Xbox SKU had been penciled into the roadmap—because the
Read MoreYet another sizable load has been dumped in! penned by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 3:30pm Nearly a fortnight back, Microsoft issued its biggest refresh yet to the Xbox ‘Stream Your Own Game’ initiative; increasing the selection by 100 games for the start of August 2025. That tally has now swollen by almost as much midway through
Read More“Carve an existence, nurture a village and establish a lasting legacy” penned by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 4:15pm Tomorrow’s “Next Week on Xbox” round-up is set to include Sengoku Dynasty—an open-world survival RPG that’s already spent some time on PC and will land on Xbox Series X|S come August 21st. From everything we’ve seen, it very
Read MoreWhen nostalgia nudges you toward Bubsy, odds are it’s Bubsy 3D that pops into memory—the 1996 PlayStation platformer that many reviewers and gamers demolished, even labeling it one of the absolute worst releases ever made. Given that reputation, meet Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection! The anthology is pouncing onto Xbox on 9 September 2025, and—shockingly—the
Read MoreWell, that’s only if you’re actually planning to purchase one. written by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 6pm Following this week’s Amazon slip-up sharing another glimpse of the ROG Xbox Ally, we’re edging ever closer to the gizmo potentially stealing headlines at Gamescom 2025—at least within Xbox circles. The hardware is confirmed to appear on the show
Read MoreIt’s a third and first-person shooter Oddball PS5 action game Neo Berlin 2087 has received a new gameplay trailer ahead of Gamescom next week – and there’s not a single German accent to be heard. This game baffled gamers a couple of years ago when it was seemingly revealed out of nowhere, but subsequent footage
Read MoreIt takes two (bits of plastic) by Stephen Tailby Yesterday, 6pm Publisher Annapurna Interactive has announced a release date for its adorable co-op adventure, LEGO Voyagers. Developed by the same team behind LEGO Builder’s Journey, this new game emphasises two-player puzzle platforming, and it looks delightful. A new trailer unveils the release date; the game
Read MoreEA has announced it’ll be hosting a number of beta tests for Battlefield 6 in the lead-up to launch, allowing you to try the new FPS before release in October. This guide is designed to cover everything relating to the beta, such as all Battlefield 6 open beta weekend 2 start times and the server
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