Gaming News — 2026-04-17#

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The 2026 BAFTA Game Awards crowned Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as Best Game, dominating the evening with additional wins for Best Debut Game and Best Performer in a Leading Role. The critically acclaimed RPG fended off heavy hitters like Ghost of Yōtei and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, cementing its place as an instant classic in the genre.

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Slay the Spire 2 Review-Bombing Mega Crit’s highly anticipated Slay the Spire 2 was hit by a massive wave of review bombing, tanking its Steam rating to “Mixed” after the controversial version 0.103.2 update dropped yesterday. Players were furious over sweeping balance changes and UI adjustments, serving as a harsh reminder of how volatile the Early Access development cycle can be for both fans and developers.

Gaming News — 2026-04-27#

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Valve officially confirmed the highly anticipated Steam Controller will launch on May 4, 2026, for a highly competitive $99, while the standalone Steam Machine has been delayed due to the ongoing AI-fueled RAM shortage. At the same time, Valve’s Pierre-Loup Griffais confirmed the company is “hard at work” on the Steam Deck 2, though it currently has no firm release window as they evaluate next-generation silicon advancements.

Gaming News — 2026-04-30#

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The highly anticipated co-op deep-sea survival game Subnautica 2 finally has a concrete Early Access release date of May 14, 2026, launching on PC and Xbox Series X|S for $29.99. After overcoming some massive corporate hurdles and executive shakeups, Unknown Worlds is officially back on track to take us back under the waves.

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[Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil Reboot Ditches the ‘Badass’ Tropes] · IGN Director Zach Cregger’s upcoming Resident Evil movie adaptation will focus on a “hapless everyman” navigating the dreadful streets of Raccoon City, running concurrently with the events of the second video game. While some fans are worried about the lack of traditional lore in the newly released trailer, Cregger insists the film focuses heavily on survival-horror resource management and unique “weird creature stuff” rather than relying purely on classic zombies.

Gaming News — 2026-05-05#

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IO Interactive’s highly anticipated James Bond origin game, 007 First Light, is shaping up to be the brilliant, fresh start the superspy franchise desperately needs, delivering stellar stealth-action ahead of its May 27 release. The Danish studio also reassured fans that they haven’t forgotten Agent 47, confirming they eventually plan to dive back into the Hitman series to upgrade and innovate the formula once their current projects are steady.

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.

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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.

Gaming News — 2026-05-07#

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Nintendo shadow-dropped the reveal of a ground-up Switch 2 remake of Star Fox 64 and detailed a new pricing policy that sets the digital version at $49.99 and physical at $59.99. It’s a surprisingly affordable entry for the upcoming console, though fans and even the original franchise creator are already offering mixed reactions to the game’s art direction and the fact that this is the fourth time Nintendo has remade or reimagined the exact same story.

Gaming News — 2026-05-11#

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Nintendo officially announced a massive $50 price hike for the upcoming Switch 2, bringing the console to $499.99 in the U.S. amid rising component costs. To soften the blow and maintain momentum with frustrated investors, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed multiple unannounced Switch 2 games are slated to be revealed and released in the second half of this fiscal year.

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Forza Horizon 6 Suffers Disastrous Leak as Steam Preload Files Are Made Available Without Encryption Microsoft dropped the ball big time, accidentally pushing an unencrypted Steam preload for Forza Horizon 6 that leaked 155GB of game files online. This massive blunder resulted in the hotly anticipated racer hitting piracy and streaming sites well ahead of its May 15 early access date.

Gaming News — 2026-05-14#

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GTA 6 fans are losing their minds over an allegedly leaked Best Buy email indicating physical pre-orders will go live from May 18 to May 21. With Take-Two reportedly spending an eye-watering $1 to $1.5 billion on development so far, this launch is gearing up to be the biggest in entertainment history, and the pre-order leak has gamers frantically anticipating Trailer 3.

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[Forza Horizon 6 Maps a Gorgeous Japanese Playground] · IGN Playground Games finally takes its flagship racing series to Japan, and the results are stunning. Forza Horizon 6 offers a deeply credible map featuring dense Tokyo cityscapes, rural touge circuits, and parking lots built organically for car meets. With global release unlocking on Steam on May 18 (May 14 for Premium early access), this is shaping up to be a masterful evolution of the formula with incredible performance scaling on PC.

Gaming News — 2026-05-18#

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Sony is officially rolling back its strategy to bring massive single-player games to PC. During a company town hall meeting, PlayStation studio business CEO Hermen Hulst affirmed that major upcoming narrative-driven titles like Ghost of Yotei and Marvel’s Wolverine will remain permanent console exclusives to drive PS5 hardware sales.

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PlayStation Plus Prices Are Going Up Again · IGN Just as we march closer to the launch of GTA 6, Sony is hiking the price of PlayStation Plus subscriptions starting May 20, vaguely blaming “ongoing market conditions”. The 1-month and 3-month tiers will see jumps of $1 and $3 respectively, adding yet another annoying squeeze to your gaming budget. With Microsoft recently cutting Xbox Game Pass prices, this move feels particularly disconnected from the current market reality.

Gaming News — 2026-05-21#

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Take-Two Interactive has officially put delay rumors to bed by confirming that Grand Theft Auto 6 will launch on November 19, 2026. The publisher expects the highly anticipated open-world sequel to drive a massive “breakout year” with billions in revenue, setting the stage for what will likely be the biggest entertainment launch in history.

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Bungie Walks Away From Destiny 2 After nearly a decade of highs and lows, Bungie is ending active development on Destiny 2, with the final live-service content update scheduled for June 9, 2026. While the servers will remain playable, the studio is shifting its full focus to its struggling extraction shooter Marathon and other unannounced projects, marking the definitive end of an era for the genre-defining shooter franchise.