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…

Baldur’s Gate 2 Is Reportedly Getting The Remake Treatment With One Of The Original BioWare Lead Designers Returning

Baldur’s Gate II is reportedly getting the remake treatment, according to PC Gamer, and former BioWare and Baldur’s Gate II lead designer Kevin Martens is returning for it. The publication also reports that it has heard from its sources that the first Baldur’s Gate is likely to be getting a remake, too.  Martens is already…

Overwatch’s Pride Event Broke My Heart Then Mended It

With each subsequent year, Overwatch’s annual Pride Month event has filled out more of its queer characters’ lives and identities. After years of not being featured in any of the seasonal stories, Lifeweaver, my support main and a pansexual king, is finally getting a bit of the spotlight. Sadly, it may have killed a years-long…

Balatro’s latest crossover lets you design your very own deck of medieval Jimbo cards

That Jimbo sure is getting about, isn’t he? Last year, Balatro‘s starring fool took a dagger to Dying Light 2, and faced off against the legions of the night in Vampire Survivors. I’m starting to think he’s better-traveled than Ben Starr at this point. Well, in Balatro’s latest crossover with Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts, Jimbo…

PS5 Owners Can Play 2026 Sony First-Party Game for Free

A Sony first-party PS5 game released in March 2026 is already going free for a limited time starting Tuesday, June 2. Despite positive critic reviews, Bungie‘s multiplayer shooter Marathon hasn’t had a stellar start commercially, and it looks like Sony really wants players to give it a chance. Bungie PS5 game Marathon will be free…

Yet another rad gaming tool parts ways with Microsoft

As anyone who’s endured hearing me talk about Linux (which is cool) will know, one of my favourite things about the sunlit uplands of free and open-source (FOSS) software is Luxtorpeda, a compatibility tool that will automatically download and install open-source engine reimplementations—and other mods—for supported games you run with it. For instance, fire up…

Hunter x Hunter confirms return with new manga volume and chapters

A new Hunter x Hunter volume is going to be released in Japan on July 3, according to publisher Shueisha. The upcoming publishing of volume 39 of the manga is great news for fans of Yoshihiro Togashi’s seminal shonen manga, because it also means that the long-awaited new batch of chapters is going to be…

Tekken 8 Director Kohei Ikeda Leaves Bandai Namco After 20 Years, Six Months After Longtime Series Producer Departed

Longtime Tekken leader Kohei Ikeda, who most recently directed Tekken 8, has announced he is departing from Bandai Namco after 20 years at the company. This news follows the departure of veteran Tekken director and producer Katsuhiro Harada in December, marking a significant shift in Tekken’s leadership.  As for why, Ikeda’s announcement doesn’t delve into…

The Tekken 8 Exodus Continues As 20-Year Veteran Exits Bandai

Kohei Ikeda, the producer and director behind recent entries in the Tekken fighting game franchise, announced on Monday that his role as Tekken 8’s game director “is coming to a close,” and that he’s “officially left” Bandai Namco after 20 years with the company.Ikeda’s statement was published on X in the early hours of June…

The Asus Xbox Ally X just got a massive screen upgrade, days after the Steam Deck OLED price rise

Asus has announced a new special edition version of the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X, to celebrate 20 years of the Republic of Gamers brand. The Xbox Ally X20 comes with a new, slightly larger OLED display, a special translucent chassis, a gold internal structure, and comes bundled with the ROG XREAL R1 Edition 20…