Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Let’s You Fight Joan Of Arc And Explore Notre Dame In New Trailer

Today’s Triple-i Initiative showcase promised us some Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse news, and we got a little bit of that during today’s presentation. In the short new trailer up top, featuring commentary from Motion Twin — the lead developer on Konami’s revival, who also created Dead Cells — we got a look at some of the…

Dune: Awakening Is Finally Removing PvP Areas And Making PvE The Focus

Dune: Awakening, the open-world survival game set in Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi universe, is finally making it so player-versus-player encounters are entirely optional. When Dune: Awakening first launched last summer, more than a few players felt blindsided by its PvP-focused endgame that required journeying into the Deep Desert map filled with roaming bands of hostile…

Stellaris is finally adding a major feature its director has wanted “for a long time”

Stellaris 4.4 will expand your diplomatic power with a new feature that game director Steven ‘Eladrin’ Muray has been wanting to introduce to the interstellar 4X game “for a long time.” Calling back to the launch trailer for the Apocalypse expansion, Muray wistfully recalls how the Commonwealth of Man came to the aid of its…

New PS5 UI Explained: Who Has the Update and What’s Different

A few days ago, PlayStation LifeStyle was one of the first outlets to report that Sony is rolling out a new PS5 UI update for April 2026. What followed was a ton of confusion and misleading headlines about the changes, what the “update” entails, and who it’s being rolled out to. This article offers clarification…

Crimson Desert is now somewhat playable on Intel Arc graphics cards, though Kliff’s face didn’t make it

A new Intel driver dropped a couple of days ago, and to the surprise of some Reddit users, it’s allowing them to play Crimson Desert. A game that was previously unable to run on Arc graphics cards and integrated GPUs. There’s no explicit note about support for Crimson Desert in the driver update, 32.0.101.8629 WHQL,…

Pokémon Champions Made Mega Hawlucha Into An Instant Win Button

Despite the bugs and controversy, Pokémon Champions is going to be the future of competitive Pokémon moving forward. As such, while plenty of players are making their displeasure with the battle simulator known, a lot of folks are also locking in and defining the new meta within the game’s limitations. One of the surprising standouts…

Forza Horizon 6 map reveals real-world circuits and Initial D touge routes

Playground Games has revealed the full map of Forza Horizon 6‘s take on Japan, and fans have noticed several sections of the road layout that bear striking resemblances to real-world Japanese racetracks and mountain passes. The developer previously said it had been “inspired by” Japanese mountain roads like Mount Haruna, made famous by the touge…

Ghost Of Tsushima And Yōtei’s Legends’ Co-op Modes Are Experiments According To Lead Designer

Ghost of Yōtei was both Game Informer and one of my own favorite games of last year. The single player campaign is dense and often solitary by design. Atsu spends a lot of time alone, pushing even those who want to get close to her away. The new Legends mode, which released March 10, is not…

New Fortnite competitive mode lets you 1v1 any of your friends

Fortnite has always been about large-scale fights on big maps. 100 people drop into anywhere from Tilted Towers to Risky Reels and fight to be the last one standing. The idea of 1v1’ing a friend on a small map is something reserved for the old Call of Duty games, but it’s coming to Fortnite today…

Rhythm Heaven Groove Drums Up Switch Release Date

Image: Nintendo This one has felt like a long time coming, huh? Nintendo has today revealed that Rhythm Heaven Groove will arrive on Switch on 2nd July. Groove was first announced back in the March Direct last year with a mysterious ‘2026’ release date. Today’s announcement, made first on Nintendo Today!, was the first peep…