Nintendo Showcases Every Direct Game In A New Infographic
Which have you got your eye on? Nintendo has released a new infographic showcasing every major game featured in its latest Direct. We understand that there were some concerns around the pacing and content of the recent showcase, but damn, when you look at the full line-up here, it’s hard to argue with the sheer…
Round Up: The First Previews Are In For Alien: Isolation 2
Do they admire its purity? In what might be one of the biggest surprises of this year’s Summer Game Fest showcase, Alien: Isolation 2 was confirmed for the Switch 2, expanding upon what is easily one of the finest survival horror games of all time with a full-fat sequel. It’s still a ways off at…
Join Us – Creating Calamity Within a Chaotic Cultist Sandbox
Category: XBOX Games Showcase June 10, 2026 Join Us – Creating Calamity Within a Chaotic Cultist Sandbox Mike Nelson, XBOX Wire Editor Summary We go hands-on at XBOX Games Showcase 2026 with the darkly humored Join Us, an upcoming open world sandbox game that has you creating and managing your very own cult. Combat was…
More Exciting “Premium” Physical Releases Could Be On The Way From Zool & Utopia Publisher After New Partnership Deal
“Piko has spent many years at the forefront of classic IP revival”. As most people’s video game collections have increasingly gone digital, a number of companies have emerged to fill the gap for players who still want something tangible, releasing new premium reprints of classic games, in addition to physical editions of the latest titles….
Xbox ‘console exclusives’ are strictly about console releases, Xbox exec affirms: Games will ‘still show up on all the normal places where we sell the PC version’
There was a spot of confusion when Xbox CEO Asha Sharma declared during the recent Xbox Games Showcase that Gears of War: E-Day is an “Xbox console exclusive.” What, we wondered, does that mean for us when it’s said by Xbox’s new management? In a new interview with GameInformer, Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty…
Anime Co-Op Platformer ‘Orbitals’ Finally Picks Up A Release Date, Exclusively On Switch 2
It Takes Toon. We have been eagerly awaiting more news about Orbitals ever since it was first revealed at last year’s Game Awards, and thanks to the latest Nintendo Direct, we finally have a release date. This anime co-op adventure will jump onto Switch 2 (as a console exclusive, no less) on 3rd September 2026….
Long Overdue, Bad Magpie Finally Expands the ‘Be a Rude Bird’ Genre
Category: XBOX Games Showcase June 10, 2026 Long Overdue, Bad Magpie Finally Expands the ‘Be a Rude Bird’ Genre Will Fulton, XBOX Wire Editor Summary Bad Magpie comes out next year for XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, cloud, and included with Game Pass. Play it on both console and PC at no additional cost…
Steam Frame’s tutorial video appears to leak on Reddit, demonstrating a very brief explainer of its software
Though the Steam Controller broke Valve’s storefront, and the Steam Machine otherwise stealing the show, I’m most looking forward to Valve’s VR headset, the Steam Frame. Until its release date is announced, however, the brief look at the headset’s Welcome Tour software, allegedly leaked to Reddit, will have to tide you over. Over on the…
18 embargoes from Summer Game Fest just lifted, so let’s rank everything I saw in LA
Greetings from my desk, a place I have not seen much in the month of June. I just got back from Summer Game Fest’s in-person event, Play Days, in Los Angeles. I saw and played a boatload of cool games that I’m eager to talk about. If you’ll allow me to step behind the curtain…
Guide: DK Challenge Event: Challenge Card List & Event End Date
Complete NSO challenges across Donkey Kong history to earn time-limited rewards. The DK Challenge event tasks Switch players with completing a series of Donkey Kong challenges to win themed Challenge Cards. The challenges have you jump into Donkey Kong games across the Nintendo Classics library, as well as the most recent series release, Donkey Kong…
