Slay the Spire 2’s least frightening enemies just got a lot more scary

Mega Crit is now dropping Slay the Spire 2 patch notes every other week, giving it more time between updates to consider possible moves. The first set of changes in this new cycle is now here, and it makes me a lot more terrified. Several notable enemies that I’ve never really been scared to run…

Bubsy 4D Review – Bobcat Banality

There is apparently a storied and infamous history to the Bubsy series, but I know little of it. And after enduring Bubsy 4D, a modern platforming take on the orange and obnoxious bobcat, I have no desire to learn of it. Bubsy 4D features a passable platformer style built upon comboing from one move to…

The Mandalorian & Grogu Is A Good Star Wars Movie, But It’s Not What The Franchise Needed Right Now

When the credits rolled at the end of Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu, I was surprised by just how much I enjoyed it. While I consider myself a massive Star Wars nerd and a fan of the original Disney+ live-action series that spawned Baby Yoda and his armor-clad dad, I wasn’t sold on these…

What Are You Playing This Weekend? (23rd May)

Enough waffle. Let’s catch up with Team NL and see what’s in their slots this Saturday… Gavin Lane, Editor I was having a great time with Pragmata and will definitely go back, but Henry Jones Jr. dropped in and I’ve played nothing else this week. Wandering around the Vatican, pocketing pamphlets and medicine bottles, and…

New PS5 Exclusive Game Leak Is Already Causing Concern

An unannounced PS5 exclusive game has leaked ahead of June 2026’s PlayStation State of Play, and it’s already causing concern. Internet sleuths discovered that Sony trademarked something called Break In under categories used for video game software, and a popular theory is that it’s a rebrand of the troubled Fairgames. Is unannounced PS5 exclusive game…

Hamilton: Collector’s Edition Buying Guide

Hamilton: Collector’s Edition (4K Blu-ray) $80 | Releases June 16 Preorder at Amazon View at other stores Preorder at Walmart Hamilton has been one of the hottest Broadway musicals for over a decade, and while the movie has yet to be adapted into a feature film, you can catch it on Blu-ray. The musical historical…

Last Flag studio lays off half its employees as it puts ‘the future of the game in the hands of our players’

The CTF shooter Last Flag initially caught our eye because of the co-founders of developer Night Street Games: Mac and Dan Reynolds, better known to the world as, respectively, the manager and lead singer of Imagine Dragons. But it turned out to be a pretty good shooter too: PC Gamer editor Tyler Wilde, who’s no…

Riot responds to Vanguard “bricking” claims: “We would not, and cannot, impact your PC’s functionality”

May 22 2026, 11:27am PST: Riot has since issued a tweet confirming that Vanguard does not “brick” PCs, clarifying that the devices in its tweet are “cheat hardware devices.” It states that “Vanguard now makes those devices worthless for Valorant, but does not in any way brick PCs or PC components or PC software.” PCGamesN apologizes…

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Preview – A Textbook Remake, And All The Better For It

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced was perhaps one of the worst-kept secrets in the gaming industry prior to its official unveiling earlier this year. I already knew so much about the game by the time Ubisoft finally decided to make it real, and since then, the developer-publisher has continued to release gameplay videos, behind-the-scenes breakdowns,…

Physical Copies Of Gothic Remake Unplayable Without A Day 1 Update

Folks planning to buy a physical copy of the upcoming remake of 2001’s Gothic might want to rethink that if they care about preservation. According to the RPG’s publisher, the remake’s physical version will require a day-one update to play. On May 22, a tweet from Does It Play, an account that monitors video game…