Riding into the sunset. Sabotage Studio has today announced that 2023’s wonderful RPG, Sea of Stars, is getting its final update, with a Switch 2 version launching to mark the occasion. The Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition — to give the update its official name — is all about bidding farewell to the project that…
Summer Game Fest Play Days featured a ton of new titles this year, with developers and publishers giving lots of chances to see, and play, a variety of games coming to PS5. I visited SGF Play Days this year to see these upcoming titles in action, and go hands-on with many of them. Here’s everything…
Category: Games June 8, 2026 Dive Into the Depths in Grounded 2’s Into the Abyss Update Shyla Schofield, Senior Communications Manager, Obsidian Entertainment Summary Grounded 2‘s Into the Abyss update launches August 11, opening the pond and one of the biggest new areas in Brookhollow Park. Explore above and below the water’s surface with new…
We knew when we gave the original Half-Life a 97% way back in 1998 that it was something special that gamers would be playing years from then. But I don’t think we ever thought someone would play it on a Nokia phone at 30 FPS, with mouse and keyboard support. Oh, technology can be a…
I’ve played a few theme park sims in my day, which means I’ve accidentally—and occasionally on purpose—killed some of my guests. Maybe it was a faulty roller coaster, or maybe it was a roller coaster I’d deliberately removed a few lengths of track from just to see what would happen. Sorry (or not sorry) valued…
Category: XBOX Games Showcase June 8, 2026 Discover the Gears of War: E-Day Collector’s Edition Nicole FawcetteStudio Brand Director, The Coalition Summary The Coalition has unveiled the Gears of War: E-Day Collector’s Edition, featuring collectible physical items and the Xbox Series X Premium Edition of the game. Pre-Order is open now. The Collector’s Edition launches…
Available to download now from GitHub & romhack.ing. A fan translation has just been released for the Super Famicom title Rushing Beat Shura — the third entry in Jaleco’s Rushing Beat series of beat-em-up games. Rushing Beat Shura was first released in Japan in 1993 and is a sidescrolling beat ’em up that notably features…
I was pleasantly surprised by the Xbox Showcase overall this year. Seeing Marcus in normal clothes was rather funny, but Gears of War E-Day looks as gnarly as ever. Clockwork Revolution is a very promising time-bending steampunk RPG, and a hit of Bioshock nostalgia. I’m already sold on Vivarium, the most charming Ghibli-esque life sim…
It’s about time! Nintendo has announced that a long-awaited (and much-rumoured) Nintendo Direct is coming our way tomorrow, 9th June. As revealed on the Nintendo Today! app, the showcase is set to get underway from 3pm BST / 7am PT / 10am ET, offering up 50 minutes of news and announcements about games coming to…
Hideo Kojima got to live out his well-documented dream of visiting space recently, but don’t get too excited, it was only via an appearance in an AI-generated Prada ad. It was tremendously bleak and no one liked it. Including, I suppose, Hideo Kojima himself? In a recent chat with The Washington Post, Kojima said that—ignore…