Limmy has finally been banned from Dead by Daylight, but he’ll be back very soon

“It has finally happened,” Limmy says. “Hello everybody; I have been banned from Dead by Daylight for having a laugh.” It’s official: Limmy has, indeed, been banned from playing Behaviour’s iconic horror game. For now. The alert on-screen is pretty simple: “You have been banned” it warns, framed aptly by the current loading screen’s raging…

Two More Retro Arcade Collections Are On The Way To Switch

Image: Gravity Game Arise / Jaleco If you played any of Jaleco’s arcade titles back in the day, you might be interested to hear it will be releasing two collections for the Switch (as well as PlayStation 5 and PC) with the help of Gravity Game Arise. Jaleco Arcade Collection Vol.1 and Vol.2 are arriving…

How do you reconcile your lore-heavy, dark sci-fi MMO with mod tools that might let people get way too goofy? ‘Everything’s canon,’ say the developers of EVE Frontier

Two of the most interesting aspects of early access space survival MMO EVE Frontier always seemed to exist in opposition to me: Its striking, deliberately crafted vision of a dark future, and its uniquely freeform modding ecosystem. How are you supposed to get in the mood of the former if you’re at risk of stumbling…

PS Plus Essential July 2026 Monthly Free Games Rolling Out Now

PS Plus Essential July 2026 monthly free games have begun rolling out, starting with Japan and Asia, where it’s Tuesday, July 7. Unlike the Extra and Premium catalogs, Essential games aren’t staggered by region, so players around the globe will be able to access the lineup on the same date at noon local time, when…

Outer Worlds Studio Obsidian Losing 25% Of Staff In Xbox Cuts

Among the massive cuts made today across Xbox, Kotaku understands that roughly one-quarter of Obsidian Entertainment, the first-party studio behind Avowed, The Outer Worlds, and Pentiment, is being let go. Speaking to sources with knowledge of the matter, Kotaku understands that somewhere around 60-70 people were cut. The layoffs included producers, artists, designers, programmers, QA…

Game Pass could see major change under new Xbox restructure

Xbox as we know it is about to look very different, CEO Asha Sharma announced Monday in a publicly distributed memo detailing the company’s new plans. 3,200 layoffs. Four (maybe five) studio divestments. Sweeping changes to management structures. And broad implications about how Xbox will approach its business over the next 12 months. Amid it…

Roblox’s reporting system gets big update, and you’ll finally know the impact of your feedback

Roblox is rolling out updates to its reporting tools in-game, with a “simpler, more intuitive reporting flow and a streamlined process behind the scenes.” It’ll also provide tips to people that submit reports, and updates on the ones that they’ve made. The platform never stops evolving, not only its myriad of Roblox games, but also…

Original Nintendo Switch Will Be Discontinued In Europe

Next year will mark the 10th anniversary of the original Nintendo Switch, which remains in active production despite the debut of Switch 2 in 2025. However, the Switch’s time will be coming to a close in Europe just shy of a decade after its initial release. According to a notice on Nintendo’s official site, the…

Pokémon GO Developer Niantic Changes Its Name And Logo

Image: The Pokémon Company After being acquired by the Savvy Games Group subsidiary Scopely last March for the sum of $3.5 billion, it’s been announced the Pokémon GO developer Niantic will be getting a name change and logo update. This is timed in with Pokémon GO’s 10th anniversary celebrations this week and sees the developer…

First Reactions To Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey Are Very Positive

I’m a sucker for a good Christopher Nolan blockbuster and I love the Greek classics. My only reservation about The Odyssey is that I haven’t watched Matt Damon hold down a Hollywood blockbuster in over a decade. Initial reactions from early screenings of the latest epic from the Oppenheimer director, however, suggest the movie won’t…