Haunted Chocolatier Is Set To Be ‘Way Bigger than Stardew Valley’

Stardew Valley developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone is juggling a lot right now. Between developing the massive 1.7 update for Stardew, catching up with a lot of fan mail, and celebrating Stardew’s tenth anniversary with a bunch of interviews, I do not understand how this guy has time to sleep. However, he’s also managing to make…

PlayStation Store Update Worldwide May 12, 2026

Each week Sony brings PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR, and PlayStation Plus owners new content, add-ons, games, and more. Here is the complete global PlayStation Store update. PlayStation LifeStyle catalogs the PlayStation Store updates for the major regions across the globe. Check back every Tuesday to keep up to date with each week’s PlayStation…

Path of Exile’s overwhelming complexity isn’t the real reason new players pass on it, director believes: ‘I think that PoE 1’s being such an old game is in itself the accessibility problem’

Talk to a Path of Exile player and they’ll tell you they’re still a new player after 3,000 hours. By all accounts, PoE is the most action RPG you can find. It has over a decade of systems layered on top of each other, a web of complexity that you’d probably only understand if you…

Forza Horizon 6 leak not a “pre-load issue,” Playground Games claims as dev bans entire bloodlines for playing pirated copies

If I had a nickel for every big triple-A game that’s been leaked early over the past couple of months, I’d have two nickels. It’s not much, but it’s certainly a big problem. Forza Horizon 6 has been uploaded to Steam in its entirety, opening it up to the videogame seven seas. While, initially, it…

Cover Reveal – The Blood Of Dawnwalker

In 2015, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt set the bar for immersive storytelling and choice-driven narrative within the action/RPG space. Now, the director of that game is back with his new studio, Rebel Wolves, to deliver another ambitious, narrative-driven role-playing game with The Blood of Dawnwalker. That very game graces the cover of the latest…

Tekken Director Announces New Studio Under SNK

Back in December, Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada announced he was leaving Bandai Namco after decades of leading the publisher’s marquee fighting game series. His announcement was reflective and heartfelt, and fans wished him well wherever he was going next. Now, we know where he’s going, and oh, no…not like this, Harada. Harada is now the…

“A Difficult And Painful Situation” – Metroid Dread Developer MercurySteam Suffers Layoffs

Image: Nintendo Spanish video game developer MercurySteam, best known for developing Metroid: Samus Returns on the 3DS and the critically-acclaimed Metroid Dread on Switch, is the latest studio to be hit with layoffs. “There is no easy way to share this kind of news”, the independent studio said in a LinkedIn post announcing the layoffs…

Marvel Rivals Season 8 Says "To Me, My X-Men" With Cyclops Reveal

Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games has revealed a new look at Season 8: Sins of Alchemax for the free-to-play game, showing off iconic X-Men leader Cyclops in action, as well as a tease for the fan-favorite characters Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Kicking off on May 15, Season 8 revolves around the sinister Alchemax corporation,…

Dead Space 4 looks unlikely as “companies are looking for the next Fortnite,” series producer says

There are few horror games that have elicited as much dread in me as Dead Space. Visceral Games knew how to create a bone-chilling atmosphere, and the interpretable ending of the trilogy’s finale always had me hoping the studio would come back for one last hoorah. Though both former Visceral devs and remake creators EA…

Long-Awaited PS5 Adventure Game Hits PS Store Today

May is arguably one of the most exciting months for PlayStation 5 players as many long-awaited releases will finally make their way to Sony’s video game console. From nostalgia-fueled adventures to spy thrillers, there seems to be something for any type of gamer. That includes Directive 8020, the latest horror adventure from Supermassive Games, which…