Thick As Thieves Will Launch At $5 In May With ‘Introductory Campaign’ And Expanded Upon With Future Content

Developer OtherSide Entertainment, the studio led by Deus Ex and Thief: The Dark Project creator Warren Spector, has revealed that its upcoming stealth adventure game, Thick As Thieves, will only cost $4.99 when it launches on Steam on May 20. Alongside this pricing news, OtherSide has detailed its plans for the game, highlighting that the…

Sony Sets The Record Straight On The PS5 DRM Freak Out

Over the weekend, YouTuber Modded Hardware discovered a new expiration date for digital PlayStation games that suggested players would be locked out of their purchases without regular online checks. Confusion ensued, followed by shades of Xbox’s disastrously received digital DRM plans ahead of the launch of the Xbox One. Sony has finally stepped in with…

All The New Lego Sets Dropping May 1 – FIFA, Star Wars, Toy Story, And More

New Lego sets typically drop on the first day of each month, and May 2026 is no different–though there are a couple exceptions. The Star Wars Mandalorian N-1 Starfighter drops on May the 4th for $250, Star Wars Day, and on May 7 you can pick up the huge Jurassic Park Jeep Wrangler for $200….

EA’s CEO claims AI isn’t costing people their jobs, instead it’s helping them

EA CEO Andrew Wilson has hit back at the suggestion that using AI in game development is contributing to people getting laid off, claiming that the technology is simply “augmenting” existing roles rather than leading to their elimination.   The use of AI in game development has been a hot topic over the past year….

Constance Review (Switch eShop) | Nintendo Life

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) The idea of an indie Metroidvania exploring mental illness has become a bit of a cliche. The past decade has seen successes in the genre like the Hollow Knight and Ori games, as well as titles like Celeste that manifest their main character’s mental journey through their mechanics. Constance owes…

Beloved PS2 Games’ Spiritual Successor Sets Release Date in New Trailer

A spiritual successor to the classic era of PlayStation 2 sports games has received a release date. What PS2 spiritual successor is out soon? NBA The Run, a brand new basketball game from an independent team of veteran developers within the sports world, is set to release sometime in June on PlayStation 5, Xbox, and…

S&box makes nearly $1 million on launch day, and yes there are problems but that’s okay: ‘We love it when things break because then we get to fix them’

It’s the day after the release of S&box, the successor to the legendary sandbox game Garry’s Mod: Reviews are mixed, complaints are plentiful, player numbers are a fraction of Garry’s Mod, and Facepunch Studios says in a post-release update that everything is going “pretty much exactly as expected.” “The backend went down once or twice….

Spoiler-Free Tips And Tricks To Know Before Starting Saros

Like its spiritual predecessor Returnal, Saros is a challenging game, but not an insurmountable one. Frankly, on the Dark Souls scale of difficulty, I personally find Saros to be less challenging (in a complementary way) than From Software’s games and the Souls games it has inspired. Starting Saros might be intimidating, but the reward of…

Costco Makes PC Gamer A RAM Deal They Can’t Refuse

What would you do if you walked into Costco and saw a killer gaming PC on the shelf for just $1,100? Would you be willing to spend the smallest fraction of that—five bucks—to try Warren Spector’s new game, Thick as Thieves? And what would you want to see in a third Injustice game? Welcome to Kotaku‘s Checkpoint for…

When is the next PUBG update?

When is the next PUBG update? There are very few battle royale games, or any games for that matter, that have a history like PUBG. The first BR that truly broke out, it almost single-handedly created an entirely new genre, and it’s hard to think about the gaming landscape without the shooter-with-the-ever-closing-circle now. If you…