AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE review

Verdict The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE is a great choice if you’re seeking a GPU with significantly more grunt than an RTX 5060 Ti or RX 9060 XT but don’t have the budget for a full fat RX 9070 or an RTX 5070. It slots in around $75-$100 cheaper than either of those cards…

Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Final Fantasy VII Rebirth For Switch 2?

Image: Square Enix Square Enix has already shown plenty of support for the Switch 2 since it arrived on the scene last June, and this week it delivers its biggest game yet – Final Fantasy VII Rebirth! After escaping Midgar, the second game sees Cloud and the rest of his friends journey across expansive new…

New PS5 Accessories Coming in 2026, Prices Confirmed

PlayStation has confirmed a batch of new accessories are coming out in 2026. The accessories include a new fight stick, a monitor, and more. PlayStation has confirmed when three big accessories are coming out In a new PlayStation Blog post, the company revealed the release dates of several products it had previously revealed. First up,…

Sega’s Streets Of Rage Film Adaptation Will Be Written By The Duo Behind The Sonic The Hedgehog Movies

We learned that Sega’s long-running beat ’em up series, Streets of Rage, was getting the film-adaptation treatment back in 2022 via Lionsgate, around the same time Paramount Pictures acquired the movie franchise rights to Sonic the Hedgehog. Now, three movies later (with a fourth in production), Lionsgate has tapped Pat Casey and Josh Miller, the…

Star Wars Mandalorian And Grogu Suffers 69% Box Office Collapse

What’s next for Star Wars after Grogu interest plummets? Can a Streets of Rage movie be as funny as Sonic’s live-action debut? Will a Baldur’s Gate 2 remake give the classic CRPG a Baldur’s Gate 3–style makeover? It’s a belated edition of Kotaku Checkpoint for June 1, 2026, where we are getting prepared like everyone else…

Zack Snyder’s Escape from New York remake is happening

Two decades after remaking George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, Zack Snyder is tackling another director’s seminal work. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Snyder is attached to write and direct a reimagining of John Carpenter’s Escape from New York, the 1981 action movie that introduced the world to Snake Plissken. Unlike Snyder’s recent straight-to-streaming…

Former World of Warcraft Lead Combat Designer has joined Riot’s League of Legends MMO

News on Riot’s upcoming League of Legends MMO has been thin on the ground, but things are definitely moving behind the scenes at the company, as former Lead Combat Designer for World of Warcraft Brian ‘Swolinka’ Holinka has joined up to become the Principal Game Designer of the project. It’s been over five years since…

Pixar’s New Animated Flick, Hoppers, Is Available For Preorder On Amazon

I Hoppers Steelbook Edition 4K Blu-ray Sold Out | Release June 2 Preorder at Amazon Hoppers Standard Edition $30 | Releases June 2 Preorder at Amazon (Blu-ray) Preorder at Amazon (DVD) Disney and Pixar’s latest animated, animal-themed film, Hoppers, is releasing on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and standard DVD on June 2, and is available…

The League of Legends MMO adds another World of Warcraft vet to its team

We haven’t heard much about Riot’s League of Legends MMO—basically nothing, if you get down to it—but it’s still alive and kicking, and today it kicked again: Brian Holinka, who spent more than a decade at Blizzard, including nearly five years as the lead combat designer on World of Warcraft, has joined the dev team….

UK Charts: 007 First Light Leaves The Competition Shaken

Image: IO Interactive The latest UK charts are in, and just like last week, the top spot has been claimed by a newcomer — another one that’s heading to Switch 2 at some point, no less. It’s 007 First Light that’s snuck off with the gold in its debut week, beating last week’s champ, LEGO…