Gaming News — 2026-05-06#

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Nintendo shadow-dropped a dedicated Direct to announce a gorgeous ground-up remake of Star Fox 64 for the Switch 2, simply titled Star Fox. The game retains its beloved on-rails action while adding Switch 2 mouse controls, two-player co-op, new story cutscenes, and an AR-filtered online Battle mode ahead of its June 25, 2026 launch.

News & Reviews#

GTA 6 Estimated to Have Cost Take-Two $1 Billion to $1.5 Billion So Far Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick admitted that the upcoming GTA 6 was “expensive,” with industry analysts estimating its development budget has already hit an eye-watering $1 billion to $1.5 billion mark. With staff grinding on the title for over a decade, this staggering cost dwarfs other record-breaking AAA budgets like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, positioning it as potentially the most expensive entertainment product ever made.

Everything We Learned about Stranger Than Heaven During the Xbox Presents Showcase The developers behind the Yakuza series showcased 30 minutes of deep-dive gameplay for their new title, Stranger Than Heaven, which follows a protagonist building a criminal and show-business empire from 1915 onward. Launching on Xbox, PS5, and PC in winter 2026 (and hitting Game Pass on day one), the game introduces deeply tactical limb-based combat and a dynamic world that evolves over half a century.

Nintendo Under Pressure to Raise Switch 2 Console Price, as Hardware Currently Sold at a Loss Despite moving an impressive 17 million units since last June, Nintendo is facing shareholder pressure to raise the $449.99 price of the Switch 2, as the hardware is currently being sold at a loss. Analysts note that a $50 to $100 price bump would ease the company’s financial burden, but Nintendo must delicately weigh investor demands against the massive risk of alienating consumers early in the console’s lifecycle.

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Seems Like a PC Gaming Nightmare TT Games has published worrying system requirements for Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight that heavily rely on frame generation just to hit 30 fps on minimum settings. Utilizing frame generation at such low base frame rates typically introduces awful input lag and visual artifacts, signaling that this Unreal Engine 5 title might be a terribly optimized PC port.

Take-Two CEO Is ‘Deeply Disappointed’ by BioShock 4’s Delays Strauss Zelnick confessed he is “deeply disappointed” by the protracted development of Cloud Chamber’s BioShock 4, attributing the delays to time and money wasted on “creative alleys that turned out to be dead ends”. In separate, similarly bleak sports news, the Take-Two CEO also confirmed that 2K’s arcade-style NFL game is officially dead after failing to come to fruition creatively.

Forza Horizon 6’s Xbox Series X|S Quality and Performance Modes Explained Playground Games officially confirmed that Forza Horizon 6 will offer two rendering modes on current-gen Microsoft hardware. Xbox Series X players can choose between native 4K at 30fps (Quality) or dynamic 4K locked at 60fps (Performance), while Series S owners will be deciding between 1440p/30fps or 1080p/60fps options.

Free Games & Deals#

PC gamers can score an absolute steal right now via May 2026’s Humble Choice, which bundles Diablo IV and Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance alongside six other games for a measly $14.99. Console players haven’t been left out of the deals, as the acclaimed Borderlands 4 for PS5 has dropped to a record-low $34 on Amazon. Finally, the award-winning turn-based RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio is deeply discounted to $21.80 on PlayStation 5 and $17.99 on Xbox Series X.

Also Worth Knowing#

• New Xbox Boot Up Sequence Revealed: New Xbox boss Asha Sharma confirmed a firmware update arriving next week will bring a glossy green logo animation and a refreshed, nostalgic bootup sound to the dashboard.
• Ed Boon Would Love to See a Street Fighter Character in Mortal Kombat: NetherRealm’s Ed Boon confirmed another Mortal Kombat is in the works and revealed his ultimate dream crossover would involve bringing a Street Fighter combatant into the gory franchise.
• Assassin’s Creed Multiplayer Leak Criticized by Ubisoft: Ubisoft publicly called out a leaker who spread an allegedly “heavily altered” AI-edited screenshot of their highly secretive multiplayer title, Assassin’s Creed Invictus.
• Mortal Kombat II Review: The new theatrical sequel successfully leans into the unhinged fun and gore of its video game source material, earning an 8/10 for its stacked roster and clear, heavy fight choreography.