The squid kids will be back this summer. Nintendo announced this morning that Splatoon Raiders, a single-player spinoff of its competitive shooter series, will launch on the Nintendo Switch 2 on July 23rd. It’ll be the first new entry in the series since Splatoon 3 in 2022. In addition to the date, Nintendo also released […]
Sony is starting to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act by notifying PlayStation players of its age verification requirements today. PS4 and PS5 owners in the UK and Ireland won’t be able to participate in voice chats, messaging, parties, or other third-party communication services from June unless they verify their age. “Beginning June 2026, […]
You can still find the Asus Xbox Ally X and the MSI Claw 8 AI Plus for $999 and $1,049 respectively, but Lenovo’s Legion Go S has seemingly given up the fight. The best version of Lenovo’s 8-inch handheld now costs nearly double what it did at launch – originally $829.99 last summer, the SteamOS […]
Following last year’s AI-powered Darth Vader in Fortnite that swore in a re-creation of James Earl Jones’ voice, Epic Games is now letting Fortnite creators experiment with a new “conversations” tool to create AI-powered characters that players can talk and interact with. “Instead of authoring dialogue trees for characters in your islands, conversations transforms an […]
It’s going to be a little while before The Lands Between is realized in movie form. Bandai Namco just confirmed that the live-action Elden Ring movie, which was announced last year, is expected to hit theaters on March 3rd, 2028, with production kicking off this spring. Based on FromSoftware’s open-world fantasy RPG from 2022, Elden […]
When Vampire Survivors first exploded onto the scene, it was pretty much all I could think about. The formula of jumping into runs, taking on thousands of enemies, and becoming absurdly overpowered kept me picking up the game again and again – Steam says I’ve played it for more than 60 hours. Over time, though, […]
With a vacation comes a big choice: What game should I focus on during the trip? I thought about grinding out the harder levels of Super Meat Boy 3D, but I was looking for something more chill. I could have dabbled more with Slay the Spire II, but I already know that’s a game I’ll […]
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief has had a busy couple of months after promising “the return of Xbox.” Asha Sharma met with publishers at the Game Developers Conference in March, and has also been on the road visiting Microsoft’s own game studios and product teams in recent weeks. Sharma, who used to work in Microsoft’s CoreAI […]
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Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is hard to explain. The best way to understand is to see it in action; a screenshot of Handsome Squidward and Bob Belcher falling in love over their shared appreciation of cannibalism makes it clear that, while it’s a life sim, the game is really a joke-generating machine. Living the […]