Pokémon XD: Gale Of Darkness is here. Last month, during the Pokémon Day celebrations, it was announced the 2005 GameCube role-playing title Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness was on the way to Switch 2. In case you missed it, here’s your reminder that this successor to Pokémon Colosseum is now officially available to Switch 2…
The big news out of Starfield right now is the Free Lanes update, a patch that will finally let players fly between planets in a system by activating a “cruise mode”, as well as adding a bunch of quality-of-life improvements, upgrades, and a pet. But Bethesda also took the opportunity to tease an upcoming story…
Death Stranding 2 is now available to preload on Steam, but someone got more than a bundle of encrypted files early Tuesday—a pre-release version of Kojima Productions’ delivery sim has leaked, and is now making the rounds on piracy websites two days before release. According to a piracy-focused subreddit, the leak came via Steam, where…
Just one day after taking a very hard L at the hands of the once and future leadership of Unknown Worlds, Krafton says Subnautica 2 will launch into early access in May. The release target was revealed in a statement shared with IGN that also appears to indicate that Krafton will not challenge the order…
Asha Sharma’s elevation to CEO of Microsoft Gaming following Phil Spencer’s surprise retirement caused consternation among some gamers because, well, she’s not a gamer. Sharma only joined Microsoft in 2024 as president of its CoreAI product, and prior to that she was chief operating officer at Instacart and a vice president of product and engineering…
We named Caves of Qud our best roguelike of 2024 based on the merits of its singular atmosphere, arresting procedural systems, and the fact that you can play as a psionic, railgun-wielding bird-ape infected with a sentient fungus. You can imagine, then, how thrilled we were to learn that Qud’s co-creators, Brian Bucklew and Jason…
Following a rough launch in June 2025 and poor sales ever since, Remedy Entertainment is ending support for its co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak, and the big “Open House” update that went live today will be its last. Remedy said the game will remain online and playable, and it’s also permanently lowered the price and added…
MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy has announced the end of its publishing deal with IO Interactive under the IOI Partnership program, and says that as a result, the Hitman crossover mission announced in 2025 will not be happening. Build a Rocket Boy said the change does not signal the end of MindsEye. The previously…
I’ve been enjoying Slay the Spire 2, even if I agree with PCG’s Robin Valentine that it sometimes feels like more of a remake than a sequel. But there’s plenty of time for that to change: the game has only just launched in early access, and developer Mega Crit says it expects to spend one…