The Biggest New Game Releases Of May 2026

License to thrill The halfway point of the gaming year is fast approaching, but after several months of blockbusters, don’t count on May being a chance to catch your breath just yet. Several big releases are on the horizon, from a new James Bond game to a high-speed tour of Japan in Forza Horizon 6,…

Anne Hathaway’s Mother Mary is a ghost story like no other

“This is not a ghost story,” says on-screen text in the middle of the trailer for David Lowery’s strange new movie Mother Mary. It’s a catchy line. It’s also a little bit strange when that trailer is for a movie whose director made a movie literally called A Ghost Story. (We get it, Lowery’s fans…

Alien Isolation 2 Lives With New Teaser 14 Years After The Original

It’s Alien Day, and this year Creative Assembly and Sega have a special present for Xenoheads everywhere: a new teaser for the upcoming Alien: Isolation 2.  The brief video, titled “False Sense of Security” on YouTube, offers a fresh glimpse into the ominous world of the game. A dark, creaking room opens up to reveal…

Here’s how the Minecraft subreddit banded together to help a father find his distraught daughter’s lost animal sanctuary

In an especially adorable use of everyone’s time, the still-bustling Minecraft subreddit has saved the day – yesterday, specifically – by helping a father locate his daughter’s missing monument in the ever-popular survival game. In a world where people locate your house from a reflection bouncing off your cornea, it’s endearing to see a similar…

Alien: Isolation 2 Gets Its First Teaser Trailer

Developer Creative Assembly has released a short teaser trailer for something related to Alien: Isolation. Titled ‘False Sense of Security’, the short video showcases a door opening into a rain-drenched exterior location, with the iconic save station visible in the background. The Creative Assembly logo displays before we’re treated to a close-up of the save…

Final Fantasy XIV director wants pitches for a single-player spinoff, though he’s ‘half-joking’

Despite the massively multiplayer angle, MMOs can be quite lonely games—and if you play them for very long, you’ll learn there are plenty of people who play them specifically to solo as much as they can. That can mean casually clearing the story or going sicko mode by killing a raid boss intended for a…

My Hero Academia Voice Actor Dubs Over Viral Cheating Apology

In My Hero Academia, protagonist Deku is a typical shonen hero: naive, brave, determined, and really, really corny. The voice actor behind Deku, Justin Briner, is a certified shitposter who’s been known to channel Deku’s whiny pleading for a laugh (with great power comes great responsibility, and even greater joke potential). Briner’s latest such foray…

Doom by Fate codes April 2026

April 26, 2026: Doom by Fate appears to have fallen to, well… fate. We’ll keep looking for new codes, but it’s not looking good. When you’re on the run, any handouts you can get might be the difference between life and death. Doom by Fate codes are here for you – and so are we, as…

First teaser for Alien: Isolation’s long-awaited sequel is here

Sega and Creative Assembly finally shared a brief teaser for their long-awaited sequel to Alien: Isolation to celebrate Alien Day 2026. The teaser, which you can watch below, is titled “False Sense of Security” on YouTube. Its description reads: “A feeling of being safer than one really is.” We see a security door open on…

A Surprise PlayStation DRM Issue Is Worrying Fans

Over the past couple of days, several reports have surfaced claiming that Sony has introduced a new form of DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles. Supposedly, said DRM, which many believe was installed in the latest firmware updates for both systems, imposes a 30-day limit on any new digital…