Tekken Director Announces New Studio Under SNK

Back in December, Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada announced he was leaving Bandai Namco after decades of leading the publisher’s marquee fighting game series. His announcement was reflective and heartfelt, and fans wished him well wherever he was going next. Now, we know where he’s going, and oh, no…not like this, Harada. Harada is now the…

“A Difficult And Painful Situation” – Metroid Dread Developer MercurySteam Suffers Layoffs

Image: Nintendo Spanish video game developer MercurySteam, best known for developing Metroid: Samus Returns on the 3DS and the critically-acclaimed Metroid Dread on Switch, is the latest studio to be hit with layoffs. “There is no easy way to share this kind of news”, the independent studio said in a LinkedIn post announcing the layoffs…

Marvel Rivals Season 8 Says "To Me, My X-Men" With Cyclops Reveal

Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games has revealed a new look at Season 8: Sins of Alchemax for the free-to-play game, showing off iconic X-Men leader Cyclops in action, as well as a tease for the fan-favorite characters Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Kicking off on May 15, Season 8 revolves around the sinister Alchemax corporation,…

Dead Space 4 looks unlikely as “companies are looking for the next Fortnite,” series producer says

There are few horror games that have elicited as much dread in me as Dead Space. Visceral Games knew how to create a bone-chilling atmosphere, and the interpretable ending of the trilogy’s finale always had me hoping the studio would come back for one last hoorah. Though both former Visceral devs and remake creators EA…

Long-Awaited PS5 Adventure Game Hits PS Store Today

May is arguably one of the most exciting months for PlayStation 5 players as many long-awaited releases will finally make their way to Sony’s video game console. From nostalgia-fueled adventures to spy thrillers, there seems to be something for any type of gamer. That includes Directive 8020, the latest horror adventure from Supermassive Games, which…

Anne Leckie’s Ancillary Justice world returns with first-look at Radiant Star

Ann Leckie became a sci-fi sensation with her 2013 debut novel Ancillary Justice, which swept the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clark, and British Science Fiction Awards. Her space opera about an artificial consciousness in a human body trying to get revenge for her ship’s destruction was followed by Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy. After she…

Wordle is becoming a primetime TV quiz show, because the ultimate five-letter word is ‘money’

The puzzle game Wordle, onetime viral sensation and now a daily fixture of the New York Times, is becoming a gameshow that will be broadcast in both the UK and US. Broadcaster NBC is behind the TV adaptation, which will be filmed in Manchester, England, and hosted by Savannah Guthrie, who currently presents the network’s…

Sega Cancels $882 Million ‘Super Game,’ Details Schedule For Upcoming Games

Sega has canceled its Super Game, which was originally revealed as in development in 2021 with a budget of $882 million. When it was announced, all signs pointed to the Super Game being a single game, but we later learned “Super Game” was a title Sega used to describe various games with large budgets.  In…

Perfect Tides: Station To Station Is One Of 2026’s Best Games

In the summer of 2003, college student Mara Whitefish and her friends venture outside the city to a party at the home of a successful young writer, one of many seizing the advent of online blogs to make a name for himself. Among the guests are people Mara knows well, people she’s only loosely connected…

Marathon reconsiders bug abuse approach after player uses Cryo Archive exploit to butcher an entire team

Marathon developer Bungie has revealed that it is reviewing its policy with regards to taking action against players who bump into bugs. The move follows a player posting a video of themselves mowing down a squad of players after they managed to navigate their way out of bounds on Marathon’s Cryo Archive map. Though it’s…